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Opinion

Nothing good with Australia as frontline state

ON NOVEMBER 15, during the G20 summit in Bali (Indonesia), Australia’s prime minister Anthony Albanese told journalists that his country ‘seeks a stable relationship with China’. This is because, as

The World Cup runneth over

Can chronopolitics offer an insight into how the current World Cup moved from FIFA’s dubious selection of the host country to setting record-breaking numbers of people watching in the stadiums

People’s uprising and betrayal of the democratic cause

Bangladesh entered a new era of its political history with the fall of General HM Ershad’s military junta 32 years ago on this day — December 6, 1990. General Ershad

Future of democracy depends on what happens next

The Musk-Twitter apocalypse is a symptom of a much bigger crisis. Big Tech still occupies the commanding heights of our global information infrastructure, and as such its evolution should be

An objective look at US foreign policy

EVENTS continue to unfold at a quickening pace. Facing an alarming escalation in tensions around the world, we asked Noam Chomsky for his current thoughts. Noam Chomsky needs no introduction.

Cracks in Atlantic Alliance

Wagner Group soldiers are in Mali, but Vijay Prashad delves into the reasons why they are not the cause of the rift with France ON NOVEMBER 21, Mali’s interim prime minister, Colonel

No just compensation for families back home

IN MUD and bamboo hut in Nepal’s southern plains, Ram Priya Ray, 63, shed tears. He was looking at the funeral photo of his son. He had been awake all

Decision to investigate Akleh murder unprecedented

THE recent decision by the United States Department of Justice to open an investigation into the killing last May of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh is not a game-changer but

Lethal US hypocrisy on press freedom

The only media the US government supports are those whose persecution can be politically leveraged and those who can be used to peddle propaganda, writes Caitlin Johnstone I WILL never get

Hypocrisy’s penalty corner

THERE has been severe criticism, primarily in the western media, of the gross exploitation of migrant workers in Qatar’s bid to host football’s World Cup that began in Doha last