In our society escapism is often necessary for survival. It is a global coping mechanism with wars and rumours of wars, genocide, disease, hopelessness, and other death traps that plague mankind.
By Saber Hossain Chowdhury and Hassan Damluji DHAKA/LONDON – The world is barreling down a perilous path.
GENEVA – The overuse of antibiotics is now widely recognized as one of the main factors contributing to antimicrobial resistance – often called the “silent pandemic.”
Introduction Today’s column continues with a review of Chapters IV and V of Mr.
By Nina L. Khrushcheva MOSCOW – The Kremlin rarely surprises me.
By Yanis Varoufakis ATHENS – Modern societies have had to deal with exorbitant market power for more than a century.
By Joseph E. Stiglitz NEW YORK – Following the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank this month, the Middle East is teetering on the edge of a major conflict, and the rest of the world continues to fracture along new economic and geopolitical lines.
By Yeşim Oruç, UN Resident Coordinator Guyana Today is United Nations (UN) Day.
By Kimalee Phillip Kimalee Phillip is a Grenadian migrant currently living on the stolen lands of Tkaronto (Toronto) where she works as a labour human rights representative and organizes with the Caribbean Solidarity Network.
There were talks this week about Venezuelan troops near our borders.
Introduction Today’s column begins the review of Raphael Trotman’s book From Destiny to Prosperity – the names of two of the first three Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessels (FPSO) in the petroleum operations conducted by the Contractors in the Stabroek Block, the other being Unity.
By Carl Bildt .ABU DHABI – Gaza is now at risk of sinking into a new hell.
2025 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program – Your Guide to Applying Many people are interested in immigrating to the United States but do not have a qualifying family member or employer to sponsor them.
A Call for Signatures, A Call for CARICOM Action https://chng.it/LR5TSJPd4h Editor’s Note: In the past week, Guyanese have been organizing pickets demonstrating the importance of regional and international solidarity that does not answer to the geopolitical imperatives of the powerful.
It was refreshing that no politicians were invited to speak this year at the observance of the African Holocaust Day (Maafa Day) at the Seawall Bandstand.
Introduction It has been several months since column 108. Yet, when I told a friend that I intended to publish approximately eight columns over the next few weeks, his immediate reaction was the question: what will you say that you have not addressed in the one hundred and eight columns and dozens of letters over the past four years?
By Barak Barfi WASHINGTON, DC – The multi-pronged operation that Hamas launched against Israel one day after the anniversary of the 1973 Yom Kippur War is eerily similar to that conflict.
By Shlomo Ben-Ami TOLEDO – Sooner or later, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s destructive political magic, which has kept him in power for 15 years, was bound to usher in a major tragedy.
By Myrtha Désulmé Myrtha Désulmé is President and Founder of the Haiti-Jamaica Society, a Board member of the Haitian Forum for Peace and Sustainable development (FOHPDD), and longtime Advocate for Haiti.
Last week, former Nigerian oil minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, appeared in court in London charged with receiving bribes in the form of cash, luxury goods, flights on private jets and the use of high-end properties in Britain in return for awarding billions of dollars in oil contracts.
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