Crimea: Ukraine uses new tactics to attempt to take back strategic territory from Russia
Aug 21, 2022 17:21 pm UTC| Politics
Russian president Vladimir Putin has reportedly replaced the commander of his Black Sea fleet just three days after an attack on the Russian Saki airbase in Crimea, as Ukraines military strategy shifts towards regaining...
Aug 08, 2022 05:46 am UTC| Insights & Views
Every five years, the nearly 200 member states of the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons meet to review their progress or lack thereof. After being postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the monthlong...
The US is revisiting its trade relations with African countries: key issues on the table
Aug 08, 2022 05:43 am UTC| Economy
Last year, the USs Biden administration announced plans to increase two-way trade and investment between the US and Africa. The starting point was a revamp of the Trump-era Prosper Africa initiative. As American secretary...
Ukraine Recap: grain and gas were problems the west should have seen coming
Aug 06, 2022 10:18 am UTC| Politics
There was a perceptible sense of relief on Monday when the Razoni, a Sierra Leone-flagged vessel, left the port of Odesa with 26,000 tons of grain bound for Tripoli in Lebanon. This was the first ship out of the port city...
Why Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan puts the White House in delicate straits of diplomacy with China
Aug 03, 2022 03:18 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Aug. 2, 2022 a highly controversial trip that has been strongly opposed by China. Such is the sensitivity over the islands status that even before Pelosis plane...
Aug 03, 2022 00:59 am UTC| Economy
Australias east coast gas crisis is set to sharply worsen. A new report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) notes supply conditions will deteriorate significantly in 2023 if no action is taken....
Ukraine war: first grain ship leaves Odesa, but EU should have seen food and energy crises coming
Aug 02, 2022 04:13 am UTC| Politics Economy
Vladimir Putins invasion of Ukraine has resulted in four interrelated security crises. The war in Ukraine is a tragedy for human security, but it affects geopolitical security as well as food and energy security. These...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects