Thailand protests 2021: Anti-government protesters clash with law enforcement
Aug 09, 2021 08:45 am UTC| Politics
There has been another case of civil unrest that occurred in Thailand as many of its citizens have grown frustrated with their governments handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Over the weekend, the unrest...
Nancy Pelosi defends Democratic Rep.'s warning about possibly losing House majority in 2022
Aug 09, 2021 08:22 am UTC| Politics
The 2022 midterm elections are looking to be a tight race as it may determine if the Republicans will reclaim the majority in either the House or the Senate or if the Democrats are keeping it until 2024 and perhaps beyond....
Aug 09, 2021 08:11 am UTC| Politics
The records containing information and findings surrounding the tragic 9/11 terrorist attack in the US remained unreleased to the public. With the 20th anniversary of the incident happening in a little over a month, the...
Joe Biden, Dr. Jill Biden congratulate US Olympians and extend White House invite
Aug 09, 2021 07:20 am UTC| Politics
The Tokyo Olympics has come to a close, with the US team returning to the country with medals in the various competitions. US President Joe Biden and first lady Dr. Jill Biden extended their congratulations to the athletes...
GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy debunks misinformation on bipartisan infrastructure package
Aug 09, 2021 06:15 am UTC| Politics
This week, the Senate appears to be gearing up for a final vote on the bipartisan infrastructure package that has been met with opposition from several Republican Senators. Republican Senator Bill Cassidy recently took to...
Why Andrew Cuomo's job is more vulnerable to scandal than Donald Trump's was
Aug 07, 2021 01:26 am UTC| Politics
Riding high in politics frequently means you simply have further to fall just ask sitting New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo went from being talked about as a potential presidential candidate in the spring of 2020 ...
Tunisia: the complex issues behind the presidential power-grab
Aug 07, 2021 01:22 am UTC| Politics
Ten years on from the Arab uprisings, Tunisia has often been presented as a rare success story. Elsewhere Egypt sank into an army dictatorship, Syria, Libya and Yemen into bloody civil war. In other countries, meanwhile,...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Why Germany ditched nuclear before coal – and why it won’t go back
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight