By Michael R. Bloomberg NEW YORK – Even as COVID-19 recedes into the background of everyday life, the broader decline in US life expectancy is still with us, because too many elected officials refuse to take its causes seriously.
By Yacob Mulugetta, Dean Bhekumuzi Bhebhe, and Niclas Hällström LONDON/JOHANNESBURG – At the most recent United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA), held in Nairobi, African countries took a strong stand against potential new technologies that, if developed, could tip an already disrupted climate into chaos.
Editor’s note: Last week, former US President Bill Clinton visited Guyana, to participate in conversations on investment in the region at the United Caribbean Forum, organised by the locally based Dominican Republic Chamber of Commerce.
In last week’s article, we began a discussion of the audit report on Exxon’s post-contract costs covering the period 2018-2020.
Introduction During the recent Oil and Gas conference in Guyana, Mr.
By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Seventh Chancellor of the University of Guyana; Formerly Fellow at Harvard University; Author of ‘The Protective Function of the UN Security Council’ (forthcoming) ‘The Return of Great Powers.
By Mohamed A. El-Erian and Michael Spence CAMBRIDGE/MILAN – India’s recent economic success, solid momentum, and promising prospects are making the country ever more influential both regionally and internationally.
By Omar Ashour DOHA – The terrorist attack on the Crocus City Hall concert venue in a Moscow suburb was no bolt from the blue.
Before proceeding with today’s article, we refer the response by Guyana’s Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Governance to a question posed by the United Nations Human Rights Committee.
Editor’s Note: Last Friday, March 22, a resolution was presented by the US at the UN Security Council that “would have determined the imperative of an immediate and sustained ceasefire in Gaza,” for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and that according to a Reuters report, called for “the release of all hostages and an expanded flow of humanitarian assistance to Gaza.”
Vitesh Jamnapersad Guptar was arrested this week by the Guyana Police Force.
By Carl Bildt STOCKHOLM – Is the dominance of “Indo-Pacific” thinking leading Western strategists astray?
Embassy of the United States of America 100 Duke & Young Streets, Kingston, Georgetown, Guyana In this edition of our Ask-the-Consul, we will answer some common questions about traveling to the United States for non-immigrant purposes.
By David Miliband NEW YORK – On March 8, the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in Sudan during the holy month of Ramadan.
By Joseph E. Stiglitz NEW YORK – Last year, US President Joe Biden’s administration infuriated lobbyists representing Big Tech firms and others that profit from our personal data by denouncing a proposal that would have gutted domestic data privacy, online civil rights and liberties, and competition safeguards.
By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan (Guyana) Formerly Special Advisor to the UN Secretary-General (USG) and UN Fellow at Harvard University The United Nations was born in 1945 at the advent of the first Cold War, which lasted from 1945 to 1989.
Chief Justice & President of the Supreme Court of Kenya, 2011-2016.
What is happening in Gaza is barbaric. It has been reported that since October of last year more than thirty-one thousand people have been killed and there have been over seventy-two thousand injuries.
By Jan-Werner Mueller PRINCETON – Among her final acts as chair of the Republican National Committee, Ronna McDaniel requested that her colleagues endorse the two people handpicked by Donald Trump to replace her.
Project Syndicate: As the Ukraine war hit the two-year mark, and following Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s death in prison, the United States and the European Union have piled new sanctions onto Russia.
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