And he knew, also, what the old man was thinking as his tears flowed, and he, Rieux, thought it too: that a loveless world is a dead world, and always there comes an hour when one is weary of...
Social media, in March 2020, was awash with rumours. Swans and dolphins could be seen in totally deserted Venetian canals. A group of elephants marched into a village in Yunnan (China), drank corn wine, and went to sleep in...
No international organisation would have received such a remorseless birthday gift than this global health governance agency—World Health Organisation (WHO). The United States President Donald Trump has already earned an unsavoury reputation as the destroyer-extraordinary of multilateral organisations...
As an unprecedented global pandemic sweeps the planet, who better than the supercharged Slovenian philosopher, Slavoj Žižek to uncover its deeper meanings, marvel at its mind-boggling paradoxes, and speculate on the profundity of its consequences, all in a manner...
By Prabir Purkayastha
This article was produced in partnership by Newsclick and Globetrotter. Prabir Purkayastha is the founding editor of Newsclick.in, a digital media platform. He is an activist for science and the free software movement.
Source: Globetrotter
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Amnesty International is calling on G20 leaders meeting this week to take unprecedented steps towards tackling the global inequalities which are fueling the COVID-19 and climate crises – two of the greatest threats to human rights of our time....
The global public health pandemic of lethal COVID-19 became a major challenge in the global landscape since the beginning of 2020. Its concomitant apprehension of the fatality of the disease created a sense of anxiety, fear, paranoia, and human...
Dharavi, located in Mumbai, is known to have maintained one of the largest slums in Asia. With a population of a million, the place remained ill-famed for long, due to its association with many underworld dons and parallel economy...
Rome - Food markets will face many more months of uncertainty due to COVID-19, but the agri-food sector is likely to show more resilience to the pandemic crisis than other sectors, according to a new report released today by the Food and...
Kwamchetsi Makokha
Just as the 9 o’clock curfew kicks in around the country, the crickets fall silent at the approach of stomping footsteps: it is the new witching hour at Sitikho Police Post in Bungoma.
Steel bells clink in rhythm...
