Israeli settlers stormed the Palestinian village of Qusra in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, attacking residents and seizing a home while its owner was still inside. When Israeli soldiers arrived, they turned their weapons against the Palestinians under attack….
Europe is heading towards winter with its gas stores at their lowest level in 13 years, raising the prospect of another surge in household energy bills. EU storage facilities were only 63 percent full in the final week of August….
Natural forest regeneration can restore tropical ecosystems while costing up to 96 per cent less than conventional tree-planting programmes, according to new research from the University of Queensland and the University of Newcastle. The study found that allowing forests to…
China has sentenced Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan to life in prison for bribery, fraud and falsifying financial information, bringing down one of the country’s most powerful private capitalists. The Shenzhen court also imposed an 8.82 billion yuan ($1.3 billion)…
The world’s largest ultra-processed food corporations are using lawsuits to obstruct public health measures, delay new regulations and protect the profits they make from unhealthy food. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization, has accused global food…
The United States has added more than 40 Chinese entities to its so-called “Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act Entity List”, extending its campaign of economic warfare against China under the familiar cover of concern for human rights. China’s Ministry of…
An American pilot has been killed in West Papua after fighters from the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) attacked and burned a civilian aircraft in Indonesia’s Highland Papua province. TPNPB spokesperson Sebby Sambom identified the pilot as Nicholas F….
Cuba’s National Assembly has approved 176 economic reforms in what commentators are calling the most significant changes to the island’s economic model since the revolution of 1959. Western media have predictably rushed to present the reforms as evidence of socialism’s…
Nigeria has become the latest African country to repatriate citizens from South Africa as anti-migrant agitation and xenophobic violence continue to escalate. A flight carrying 268 Nigerians landed in Lagos this week, part of a larger group of around 1,000…
“Emphasis on public participation by Cubans is focused not only on periodic voting but also on continuous participation in governing.” MarkH. Kruger (2007) Community Based Crime Control in Cuba Countries like the US and UK treat crime as if it’s…
