by Liu Hong This year marks the first year after the expansion of BRICS with Russia assuming the rotating presidency. As U.S. political scientist Peter Katzenstein has said, “We live in a
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The United States’ diplomatic initiative to issue a joint statement condemning Iran on its “Attack on the State of Israel” has ended in fiasco, as there were hardly any takers for it from outside
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Brazilian landless workers, who live on settlements and encampments of the Landless Workers’ Movement (MST), gathered roughly 13 tonnes of food to send to Palestinians in Gaza between October and December 2023.
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On April 13, Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles from its own territory in its first-ever direct, attributable attack against Israel, thrusting the long-simmering shadow war between the two regional foes into the
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF)’s fiscal chief has warned that fiscal expansion is dominating the political discourse in the biggest-ever election year, calling for a durable and credible fiscal tightening to safeguard
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There is still a great deal to learn about Iran’s drone and missile attack on Israel. Even so, it is very clear that if such an attack was launched by China against
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During a ceremony at the Kigali Genocide Memorial on April 7, Rwandan President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame lit a memorial torch, a flame of remembrance set to burn for
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When touring a China-Germany hydrogen technology cooperation project in Chongqing Municipality during his three-day official visit to China, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz tried out the assembly of the hydrogen power module and
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Standing inside his destroyed mud house and thinking about how to cope with the problems arising out of the destructive flood, the impoverished Qand Agha lamented that rebuilding his house requires at
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As the world witnesses a sharp deterioration of the Middle East’s security landscape, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said he would try to advance wartime aid for Israel. Johnson’s announcement came shortly
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It’s surprising that human infants as young as 10 months may be able to identify social rank. Research suggests that infants learn to distinguish who around them is dominant, using relative body size as
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Editorial Today, we stand at the precipice of justice, or so we are led to believe. The solemn occasion of commemorating the victims of the Easter Sunday Massacres in Sri Lanka is
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The State Administration Council (SAC) of Myanmar has announced the release of thousands of prisoners, including 13 Indonesians and 15 Sri Lankans, under section 401, subsection (1) of Myanmar’s legal framework. This
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Exclusive by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor In the wake of recent military actions between the Islamic Republic of Iran and Israel, we sit down with His Excellency Dr. Alireza Delkhosh, the Ambassador
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The US has announced the transfer of decommissioned USCGC Decisive (WMEC 629) to Sri Lanka next year. The US Coast Guard decommissioned the 210-foot vessel after 55 years of service, at a
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