The first event of President Lula da Silva’s long-awaited visit to China in mid-April 2023 is the official swearing-in ceremony of Dilma Rousseff as president of the New Development Bank (popularly known as the
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On March 21, 2023, India’s air force confirmed that a major Russian arms delivery would not occur, citing Russia’s logistical challenges stemming from its war in Ukraine. It has served as the latest example
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A March survey of 347 service workers in the U.S. South found that a shocking 87 percent were injured on the job in the last year. The workers surveyed came from eleven states across
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On April 5, tens of thousands of farmers and workers from across India came to the capital New Delhi to protest the central government’s anti-farmer and anti-labor policies. The rally was held
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On April 5, the leaders of 11 Latin American and Caribbean countries took part in a virtual summit against inflation called by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). The summit sought
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The governments of Argentine President Alberto Fernández and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva have officially rejoined the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), a regional integration organization founded in May
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Editorial “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar Congratulations, President Emmanuel Macron! He hit the nail on the head. He has
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This short contribution analyses the crisisthat Sri Lankan society is facing today to be result of contradictions arising from two processes in the specific Sri Lankan context: efforts to sustain the post-war
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The Pitfalls of Unrestrained Capitalism: Climate Disaster, Financial Collapse, and Military Conflict
The following is excerpted from David Barsamian’s recent interview with Noam Chomsky at AlternativeRadio.org David Barsamian: On March 20th, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued its latest report. The new
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The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates hosted an `Iftar’ for the community on 08 April 2023 at the Embassy premises marking the holy month of Ramadan. For
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As a flood of secrets spills out onto the internet, and officials in Washington scramble to contain the damage and plug the leaks with FBI counterintelligence investigations and Justice Department referrals, it’s
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Ten days after the 1973 coup against the Popular Unity (UP) government of President Salvador Allende, the military opened the Río Chico concentration camp on Dawson Island, located in the Strait of Magellan, near
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The fourth Export Barometer Survey conducted by The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce highlighted the fall in exports in the second half of 2022, in line with the decline in national exports during
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A lack of independent financial policies and oversight has put the European banking industry in turmoil due to spillover risks from the U.S. financial system, a Singaporean economist told Xinhua in a
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Editorial The recent wave of crimes in the country is a disturbing reminder that despite the efforts of religious institutions to educate the public on the meaning of life, there are still
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