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Russia lowers nuclear weapons threshold after U.S. allows Ukraine to use missiles
Russian President Vladimir Putin has lowered the nation’s nuclear weapons threshold after the United States gave Ukraine the green light recently to use Western-supplied long-range missiles to strike targets deep inside the country. Putin on Nov. 19 signed a decree revising Russia’s nuclear doctrine to indicate the Kremlin’s preparedness to respond aggressively to Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory with American...
Why people with disabilities in Nairobi are looking beyond public transport to navigate busy city
NAIROBI, Kenya—Caroline Mwikali lost her ability to walk at age 13 after an illness. She quickly learned how difficult it is to get around in Kenya’s busy capital, Nairobi. Mwikali, who now works at a car financing company, said public transport is not designed to accommodate wheelchair users like her. Nairobi’s most popular modes of transport include motorbikes along with minivans...
What was behind the death of the first African Nobel Peace Prize winner?
Many believe Albert Luthuli was silenced because he was using a global platform to highlight the horrors of Apartheid by Kubendran Chetty - RT.com Chief Albert Luthuli, renowned anti-Apartheid activist and Africa’s first Nobel Peace Prize laureate, died in 1967 after being struck by a train. His death was ruled accidental, but in May this year, 57 years later, South Africa’s...
Looming famine in Rakhine signals wider crisis in Myanmar
Up to two million people in Myanmar’s Rakhine state face the dire prospect of famine, amid a broader economic collapse and worsening humanitarian crisis triggered by the military’s 2021 overthrow of the democratically elected government. In a report released on Nov. 7, the UN Development Program (UNDP) described the situation in the poverty-struck province as an “unprecedented disaster.” “A perfect storm is brewing,”...
Promoting unity: A common line of action of Cuba and the Sao Paulo Forum
by Dayán González Ramírez - Granma Member of the Political Bureau and Secretary of Organization of the Central Committee of the Party, Roberto Morales Ojeda, on Nov. 13 received the Executive Secretary of the Sao Paulo Forum (FSP), Monica Valente, who is on a working visit to Cuba. Morales Ojeda thanked her for her presence in the country, in a complex moment,...
1 in 3 Muslims considers leaving UK due to rising Islamophobia
A third of Muslims in Britain say the recent far-right riots fueled by racist and Islamophobic attitudes have forced them to consider leaving the country, a survey says. The survey of 750 Muslims was conducted by charity Tell Mama eight weeks after the Islamophobic riots that swept across England and the north of Ireland at the end of July and...
Will Sudan be seen as a pawn in a regional deal with U.S., Arab allies?
Recently, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) met to consider actions on the war in Sudan. According to the Sudan Tribune, it has been mostly women and children who have been caught in the crossfire between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militia which is supported by the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Noting that both...
Māori mobilize to protect treaty rights
by Arama Rata Māori activists began a national mobilization on November 10 to oppose proposed legislation threatening Māori Treaty rights. The mobilization takes the form of a hīkoi, a protest tactic used to build many of the largest movements in New Zealand’s history, and through which some of the most significant Māori political developments have been achieved. The hīkoi began at the Northern tip of New Zealand, and...
Iran, Russia, Turkey condemn Israeli atrocities in West Asia
Iran, Russia, and Turkey have condemned the Israeli regime’s continuous atrocities in the West Asia region, calling for increased international efforts to secure an “immediate and permanent” ceasefire in Gaza. A closing statement from the three countries following the 22nd international meeting on Syria in the Astana format, held in Kazakhstan’s capital, expressed their “strong condemnation and deep concern over...
Dutch police attack pro-Palestine protesters in Amsterdam, arrest activists
Pro-Palestine demonstrators have rallied in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam despite selective arrests and a heavy-handed crackdown by police, days after the violence between fans of an Israeli football club and pro-Palestinians in the Netherlands. On Nov. 10, Palestine solidarity groups convened in Amsterdam to rally in support of Palestine and against Israel’s genocidal war in the besieged Gaza Strip despite...