“Nuclear weapons are nonsense. Three-quarters of a century later, we must ask what we’ve learned from the mushroom cloud that swelled above this city in 1945”, he urged during the solemn event at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park attended by...
GENEVA (ILO News) – The International Labour Organization (ILO) will launch a new report on global youth employment on Thursday 11 August 2022.Global Employment Trends for Youth 2022 – Investing in transforming futures for young people (GET Youth), is...
Anoli Perera (Sri Lanka), Dream 1, 2017
On 9 July 2022, remarkable images floated across social media from Colombo, Sri Lanka’s capital. Thousands of people rushed into the presidential palace and chased out former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, forcing him to...
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (R) fist bumps US President Biden upon arrival, Jeddah, July 15, 2022
Washington has backtracked from the dissimulation by the US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan that Washington had intelligence suggesting Iran was...
© OCHA/Saviano Abreu | The M/V Razoni sails from the port of Odesa following the authorization of the Joint Coordination Centre (JCC), established under the Black Sea Grain Initiative.
UNCTAD Secretary-General Rebeca Grynspan joined UN Secretary-General António Guterres in welcoming the...
Photo: Construction of a cylindrical metal structure in Myanmar. © ILO/M. Crozet
BANGKOK, Thailand (ILO News) – Myanmar remains deeply affected by heavy job losses 18 months after the military takeover on 1 February 2021 and two and a half...
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The tame ending of the saga of Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan leaves many intriguing loose ends, although the world is lucky that she didn’t choose to test the authenticity of the Chinese rhetoric.
Speaking of authenticity,...
The Ranil government being seen as wishy-washy over the Chinese ship’s Hambantota visit, it remains to be seen how much more India would be enthused to rush aid and assistance with the same amount of enthusiasm as through the...
President Joe Biden was not wrong when he declared that “justice has been served” with the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman Zawahiri in a US drone strike.The problem is that’s only half of the truth; the other half...
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By Boaventura de Sousa Santos / GlobetrotterWhat Westerners call the West or Western civilization is a geopolitical space that emerged in the 16th century and expanded continuously until the 20th century. On the eve of World...
