Nippon Steel plans to invest about $3bn in a major modernisation of U.S. Steel’s Mon Valley works in Pennsylvania, making the facility the largest target of its planned investment in the United
There is a scene early on in Nathanael West’s satirical 1933 novella Miss Lonelyhearts that reeks of depression, despair, and genius. It’s hard to forget. The protagonist is a lovelorn advice columnist for a
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The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has issued a statement addressing concerns raised in a report published yesterday by the Sri Lanka Guardian regarding the Colombo West International Terminal (CWIT) project.
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The Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a statement on Thursday regarding the two attacks by Western long-range weapons on Russian territory on November 19 and 21 and Moscow’s reactive strike on a facility within Ukraine’s defence industrial complex
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The immigration issue has split and/or weakened both center and left parties and movements across many nations in recent years. Serious economic and social problems afflicting national working classes have been “managed”—at
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President-elect Donald Trump has issued a stark warning that the United States is closer than ever to World War III under the current administration. Speaking on the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, Trump
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The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has put its proposed $500 million loan to an Adani Group-backed port development project in Sri Lanka on hold, citing ongoing due diligence amidst bribery
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National security advisers from the Biden administration convened a high-level meeting with executives from major telecommunications companies on Friday to address what has been described as the most severe cybersecurity breach in
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RISE OF ADOLF HITLER TO POWER Hitler’s rise to power traces to 1919, when he joined the German Workers’ Party that became the Nazi Party. With his oratorical skills and use of propaganda,
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On November 14, 2023, a month into Israel’s genocidal attack on the Palestinians in Gaza, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, one of the leaders of Ansar Allah and of the government of Yemen, delivered a
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We’ve seen an uproar since it’s become apparent that the US has given Ukraine permission to launch long-range strikes deep inside Russia. There are several reasons for this. Firstly, Moscow’s unequivocal warnings
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ifty years ago, Republican President Richard M. Nixon resigned from the nation’s highest office, becoming the only U.S. president so far to do so. There is much to be said about Nixon’s
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Statement by The Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) In August 2021, following the withdrawal of major U.S./NATO military forces from Afghanistan after two decades of occupation, Taliban forces took effective control over
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US Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Julie Chung, today expressed strong optimism about the future of Sri Lanka’s relationship with the United States, emphasizing the nation’s support for the island’s new government. Ambassador
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The U.S. Department of Justice has unveiled a sweeping indictment against prominent Indian business mogul Gautam S. Adani and senior executives from his renewable energy conglomerate, accusing them of orchestrating a bribery
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The global response to Donald Trump’s imminent return to power has been nothing short of remarkable. From Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu hinting at a potential Lebanon cease-fire as a “gift” to the president-elect,
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