‘CHANGING GLOBAL ORDER’: CHINA’S HAND IN THE IRAN-SAUDI DEAL

Sat 11 March 2023: China brokering a deal between longtime Gulf rivals is ‘a broader sign of a changing global order’, analysts say. China’s efforts in brokering a deal between Iran and Saudi Arabia have been seen by analysts as broader signs of a “changing global order”. During talks in Beijing on Friday, Saudi Arabia and Iran […]

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EMPTY SHELVES EXPOSE BRITAIN’S RELIANCE ON NORTH AFRICA FOR FOOD SECURITY

Sat 04 March 2023: North Africa was once known as the “breadbasket” due to its favourable climate and significant arable land along the Mediterranean coast. This was especially true at the time of the Roman Empire, when it was Rome’s primary source of food. Yet in the modern era, North Africa has experienced a decline in agriculture due to […]

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WHY MONEY WILL NOT BE ENOUGH TO ADDRESS JAPAN’S BABY CRISIS

Tue 28 February 2023: Japanese women are having children later in life worried that motherhood will end their careers. Chika Hashimoto, a 23-year-old who recently graduated from Tokyo’s Temple University, is not averse to having a family in the future, but nor is she jumping at the opportunity. “It is definitely not my first choice,” […]

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IS SAUDI ARABIA PREPARING FOR THE COLLAPSE OF THE PETRODOLLAR AND US DOLLAR DOMINANCE?

Mon 27 February 2023:   One of the most illusory phenomena in our current existence is the money we use for buying, selling and hoarding on a daily basis. It is, to put it simply, in the air, backed up by nothing and reliant on nothing, yet at the same time highly delicate and sensitive […]

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SANCTIONS OR ASSAD: WHAT IS BLOCKING AID FROM ENTERING NORTHERN SYRIA?

Thu 23 February 2023: As the death toll from the earthquakes which rocked Turkiye and Syria continues to rise, many are questioning whether sanctions on Syria are preventing aid from reaching the war-torn country. After 12 years of civil war, most of Syria is once again under the control of the Assad regime, but a small […]

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CRACKDOWN ON CHILD MARRIAGE TEARS FAMILIES APART IN INDIA’S ASSAM

.  Abroan Nissa holds a photo of her husband arrested during the crackdown [Md Meharban/Al Jazeera]  Tue 21 February 2023: More than 3,000 people arrested this month, with the state’s BJP government accused of targeting Muslims in the ongoing drive. Assam, India – As Saidul Islam stares at rows of wilted cauliflowers and cabbages, the 33-year-old […]

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WHY INDIA’S LADAKH REGION IS NOW FIGHTING FOR FULL STATEHOOD

Sat 18 February 2023: Three years after Ladakh was separated from Indian-administered Kashmir, residents say they want more safeguards for land and livelihoods. On August 5, 2019, when Ladakh was separated from Indian-administered Kashmir and turned into a federally governed territory, the streets in its main city – the Buddhist-majority Leh – erupted in jubilation. […]

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