Global catastrophes cost world $117 billion in first half of 2024
Global natural disasters have cost the world at least $117 billion in economic losses and $58 billion in insured losses in the first half...
Revealed in Brazil: The U.S. monitored Lula da Silva for more than five decades
Journalist and writer Fernando Morais recently revealed that U.S. government agencies have been monitoring Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva for more than...
UK’s scrapped Rwanda migrant plan a ‘shocking waste’ of $904 million in public funds, minister says
LONDON—A scrapped plan by former British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to send some migrants on a one-way trip to Rwanda was the “most shocking...
Death of 40 Haitians in boat fire shows ‘crucial need’ for safe, legal migration: UN
by Brett Wilkins United Nations experts recently renewed calls to protect migrants following the death of at least 40 Haitians in a boat fire in...
Kenyan troops in Haiti bring feelings of uncertainty, uneasiness
Among Haitians, mixed feelings and controversy surrounds the arrival of 200 highly militarized police from the East African country of Kenya, under the guise...
China and Africa engaged in new development stage
Western powers, mainly the U.S., are seemingly hell bent on reducing China’s global economic footprint through increasing tariffs and sanctions. It is...
UN experts say Gaza children are dying in Israel’s ‘starvation campaign’
UN experts have sounded the alarm about the Palestinian children in the besieged Gaza Strip losing their lives due to Israel’s “starvation campaign.” “We declare...
Human traffickers: The sinister cabal of human trafficking
by Raúl Antonio Capote, Granma Each year, between 14,500 and 17,000 people from some 59 countries are trafficked into the U.S.; however, experts in the...
Brazil initiates free trade deal with Palestine in show of support
Brazil has adopted a free trade agreement with the Palestinian Authority (PA) in a show of support for the Palestinian statehood. “The agreement is a...
African nations continue push for self-determination
Three African nations officially announced they are through with the pro-West regional Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The leaders of Burkina Faso,...