Global Issues
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Rising prices: why the global drive to keep food cheap is unsustainable
There are predictions that the number of people in the world experiencing acute hunger – currently 276 million – could soon rise…
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Senators working for gun safety legislation will pay a price, but they are doing the right thing
Too frequently, our leaders choose to attack each other rather than solve problems. Joe Lieberman The Hill But in recent…
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Coalition government spent $6m prosecuting Bernard Collaery and three other whistleblowers
The former Coalition government spent almost $6m prosecuting Bernard Collaery, Witness K, Richard Boyle and David McBride over their actions…
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South Asia’s record-breaking weather set to worsen as climate change brings more dangerous monsoon seasons
Last month, as one side of India’s north faced a heatwave with the hottest temperatures on record, Shatadeepa’s hometown in…
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Young women’s memoirs of migration, dispossession and Australian ‘unbelonging’ demand to be heard
Her memoir begins at the age of five, when she fled with her mother and her three siblings from civil…
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Considering Political Engagement with Al-Shabaab in Somalia
As it reviews its options, Somalia’s new government should look into what room there might be for dialogue with the…
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Interview: Belt and Road Initiative a platform to build a community with a shared future for mankind — Cypriot expert
NICOSIA, June 21 (Xinhua) — Promoting peace and cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning and mutual benefit around the world,…
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Whoever, Wherever, Whenever – Everyone has the right to seek safety!
A Photographic Exhibition, featuring the work of Sebastian Rich On the occasion of World Refugee Day On the occasion of…
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Ballots and Bullets in the Bangsamoro
Organised in parallel to national polls, these contests pitted former rebels against powerful political clans, with an incomplete peace process…
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The world’s affluent must start eating local food to tackle the climate crisis, new research shows
It reveals how transporting food across and between countries generates almost one-fifth of greenhouse gas emissions from the food sector…
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England’s heatwave could be deadly for homeless people, charity warns
Temperatures soared to over 30°C as the UK Health Security Agency issued a level three heat alert for London, the…
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Australians Show Strong Support For Refugees: New Research
The research, commissioned as part of Amnesty’s annual Human Rights Barometer, shows that 72% of Australians support either maintaining or…
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Presidential or Parliamentary System
When supreme powers are vested in a single individual—such as a president—it often leads to arrogance, autocracy or corruption! Andreas…
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Group of British MPs and peers call for Parthenon marbles to return to Greece
Six legislators call for return of cultural treasures held by British Museum ‘to their Athenian home’ Helena Smith The Guardian…
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Dark Day For Humanity As Number Of Refugees Hits 100 Million
As if that figure wasn’t worrying enough, almost 40 per cent of that figure are children, of whom 21 million…
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UK govt approves extradition of Assange; he plans to appeal
WikiLeaks said it would appeal. Hurriyet Home Secretary Priti Patel signed the extradition order on Friday, her department said. It…
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