UK home rents more than doubled in deprived areas over past four years: Study
A countrywide study in the UK shows home rents have more than doubled in the most deprived urban areas over the past four years, pushing...
Coups or revolution? African nations at a crossroads and throwing off Western colonial shackles
Military leaders in the Central African nation of Gabon announced that they had taken power, ousted the government, and placed its longtime President Ali...
Summit shows growing strength of BRICS alliance which challenges Western-dominated global order
Many observers and analysts framed the recent BRICS Summit held in South Africa as a challenge to the Western-dominated global order. The group’s increasing...
Thousands take to Colombia’s streets to protest 50 percent increase in gasoline prices
BOGOTA, Colombia—Thousands of protesters on cars and motorbikes took to the streets of Colombia’s main cities on August 28 to reject recent hikes in...
Hundreds of thousands trafficked into online criminality across Southeast Asia
Criminal gangs in southeast Asia are using torture and abuse to force hundreds of thousands of people into an online scam operation that generates...
Facebook’s parent company sued by African staffers citing ‘trauma’
Meta, Facebook’s parent company, is facing a $1.6 billion lawsuit from content moderators in Kenya over poor working conditions, insufficient mental health support and...
Israel tried to influence UK courts against pro-Palestine activists: Report
Israeli forces have arrested more than 5,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank since the beginning of the year, amid a surge in the...
France convicts 2,000 people in connection with June protests
France has convicted nearly 2,000 people for having participated in protests against police brutality and racial profiling in late June. The country witnessed weeks of...
BRICS Summit, with new proposed members, represents one-third of the global economy
The 15th BRICS Summit was held in Johannesburg, South Africa, August 22, to 24. BRICS is currently comprised of the countries of Brazil, Russia,...
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh need urgent support as crises multiply: UNHCR
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is calling on the international community to renew its commitment to the nearly one million Rohingya refugees who have...