Thu 15 December 2022: Uzbekistan has poured cold water on a potential alliance in another sign Central Asia is keeping Russia at arm’s length. Kyiv, Ukraine – The Uzbek official sounded like he was talking about his nation’s freedom. “We will never compromise our national interests,” Energy Minister Zhurabek Mirzamakhmudov told the Kun.uz news website, an […]
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Thu 08 December 2022: Chinese President Xi arrives in Saudi Arabia to much fanfare, unlike the low-key welcome afforded to US President Biden. Chinese President Xi Jinping is in Riyadh for a three-day trip, underscoring the constantly growing importance of Sino-Saudi relations, and a clear message from Saudi Arabia that it will not take diktats from […]
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Sun 04 December 2022: Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter has been tumultuous, to say the least. Twitter Verification has been rolled out and everyone interested in the service can pay $8 a month to get verified and receive benefits, such as the coveted blue tick, with a potential for higher visibility and reach on the platform. In […]
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Tue 29 November 2022: The stakes for what happens after tonight’s match are very high as a win will catapult Iran into the elimination stage for the first time in history. Tehran, Iran – It is Iran versus the United States in the Qatar World Cup 2022 on Wednesday. There’s survival at stake. But for the majority of the millions […]
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Mon 28 November 2022: Chinese censors are scrambling to scrub references to protest codewords and demonstration hotspots like Xinjiang. Taipei, Taiwan – Chinese internet users and government censors are engaged in a cat-and-mouse game to control the narrative around the country’s anti-“zero COVID” protests. Protests began in Urumqi, the capital of the far-western Xinjiang region, on […]
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Sun 27 November 2022: Anti-colonial activists in Namibia – calling themselves A Curt Farewell – have scored a victory after a statue of a colonial German officer, Curt von François, was removed from outside the Windhoek City Council in the country’s capital. Namibia was under German colonial rule before being governed by apartheid South Africa, gaining independence in 1990. We asked Namibian political […]
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Sat 26 November 2022: The Russian military setback that took place recently in Kherson, after the Russian President had annexed it to his country weeks ago, is in fact a strategic military setback for Putin personally, despite him distancing himself from the withdrawal decision made by Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu. However, everyone inside and outside […]
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Fri 25 November 2022: In 2009, Qatar applied to host FIFA World Cup finals in 2022. Many doubted that such a small conservative Arab country would be able to do it. For it is the first time that an Arab and Muslim country hosts this global event since it was inaugurated in 1930, so the […]
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Mon 21 November 2022: In November 2017, at the dawn of his first term, French President Emmanuel Macron made a commitment, in front of 800 students in the West African country of Burkina Faso. Macron’s promise still carries very particular importance today, since it aimed to return works looted from Africa during the colonial period. […]
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Sun 20 November 2022: Soon after arriving in Oslo, my taxi zigzagged through the city’s well-organised streets and state-of-the-art infrastructure. Large billboards advertised the world’s leading brands in fashion, cars and perfumes. Amid all the expressions of wealth and plenty, an electronic sign by a bus stop flashed the images of poor looking African children […]
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