A case for the Global South in securing Ukraine peace
It is time for the Global South to rise to the occasion and offer to lead a United Nations-backed peacekeeping mission in ...
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Pain from tariffs ‘won’t be short-term’ with pharma industry in Trump crosshairs; China imposes 34pc retaliatory tariff on US goods
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The rise of war-hardened Balkan crime groups in South America’s cocaine market
By Clare Nuttall in Glasgow Over the past two decades, organised crime groups from the Western Balkans have firmly embedded themselves in South America’s cocaine trade, transforming into key players ...
African Union mediators arrive in South Sudan to try to rescue peace deal
African Union mediators arrived in South Sudan's capital Juba on Wednesday for talks aimed at averting a new civil war after ...
VTA union files appeal of judge’s decision mandating end of strike
On March 26, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Daniel T. Nishigaya ordered the striking union to return to their jobs immediately. The judge issued an injunction on the grounds that the VTA had ...
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The morning after Trump’s so-called ‘Liberation Day’: US president ignites historic trade war
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Supreme Court considers whether states may prevent people covered by Medicaid from choosing Planned Parenthood as their health care provider
Through a federal law known as the Hyde Amendment, Medicaid cannot reimburse health care providers for the cost of abortions, with a few exceptions: when a patient’s life is at risk or her pregnancy ...
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Atlantic Union closes massive Sandy Spring Bank acquisition
Fool’s Day was all business for Atlantic Union Bank, as it completed its leap to become a nearly $40 billion regional banking ...
Senate confirms Matt Whitaker as Trump’s ambassador to NATO
The Senate confirmed Matt Whitaker late Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s U.S. ambassador to NATO, a crucial emissary to the Western alliance at a time of growing concern about ...
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GameStop announces more store closures across the U.S.
The struggling video game retailer plans to close even more stores and invest in Bitcoin ...
Judge blocks imports of some Chilean sea bass from Antarctica in fishing feud at bottom of the world
The U.K.’s response to Russia's gambit was to unilaterally set its own catch limit for Chilean sea bass — lower than the never-adopted recommendation of the scientific commiss ...
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The problem of organizing weak states; and why Africa needs a new model of Pan-Africanism
This post answers two questions. First, why are African international organizations (IOs) so weak? Given the weakness of many ...