The State Of US Real Estate Is Not Good – OpEd
By Jonathan Yen As reported byZeroHedgerecently, the NAR U.S. Pending Home Sales Index dropped 2.1 percent MoM in May, down 6.6 percent YoY. To put these numbers into perspective, thecurrent indexis...
View ArticleBosnia And Herzegovina 2024: Is Peace In BiH Under Threat? – Analysis
Local elections in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) are scheduled for 6 October 2024. Although Bosnia and Herzegovina received the green light to start EU membership negotiations in March this year, this...
View ArticleESG: A Gordian Knot Of The Highest Order – OpEd
By Kimberlee Josephson Early on in May of this year, ESMA (the European Securities and Markets Authority),finalized its guidelinesfor sustainability and ESG-related fund labeling. Pressure for taking...
View Article‘Demographic Dividend’ A Long-Term Casualty Of Myanmar’s Civil War – Analysis
By David Hutt Aside from the human tragedy of the ongoing civil war in Myanmar, the economic fallout has been dire. But ten or twenty years ahead lies another bad consequence of the 2021 military...
View ArticleJoe Biden Is Most Effective Campaign Ally Of Donald Trump – OpEd
By Norman Solomon and Jeff Cohen* When Joe Biden’s ABC News interview aired on Friday night, it made clear that he should not be running for re-election. Rather than reduce the concerns sparked by his...
View ArticleCountering China’s Himalayan Advantage: India’s Zorawar Tank Adds Zing To Its...
On Saturday (July 6), the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully tested its light battle tank, Zorawar, in Hazira, a suburb and transshipment port in Surat City of Gujarat....
View ArticleThe Rise And Fall Of The Ideal Worker Model In Japan – Analysis
By Hiroshi Ono There is a significant shift occurring in the Japanese labour market. The model of work that supported Japan’s economic rise in the postwar period is meeting its demise. In that era,...
View ArticleFrom Iron Dome To Cyber Dome: Defending Israel’s Cyberspace – Analysis
By Rohit Kumar Sharma Threat actors linked to Hamas and its allies have been incessantly targeting Israel since the onset of the Israel–Hamas conflict in October 2023. According to the Israel National...
View ArticleHathras To Kallakurichi Liquor Tragedy – OpEd
More than one hundred and twenty-one people died in a stampede at a religious gathering in the Pulrai village of Hathras district, located in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. This tragic...
View ArticleRobert Reich: The Pile-On – OpEd
Joe Biden is being treated far worse than Donald Trump by the two institutions critical for deciding the outcome of the 2024 election: the political parties and the media. The RepublicanParty has...
View ArticleMassacre At The Ballot: The Punishing Of The Tories – OpEd
Few would have staked their political fortune, let alone any other sort of reward, on a return of the British Conservatives on July 4. The polls often lie, but none suggested that outcome. The only...
View ArticleNavigating the Geopolitical Waves In The Indian Ocean: India’s Strategic...
The Indian Ocean has emerged as one of the strategic regions of contest where India, China and the US are involved in a power struggle. This is why India has to navigate between two giants while...
View ArticleWelcoming Refugees Would Have Saved Millions Of Lives – OpEd
Fifty years ago, on July 4, 1974, Hajj Amin al-Husayni, the "Grand Mufti" of Jerusalem, died of natural causes in Beirut, Lebanon at age 79. The Mufti was appointed to his position by the British in...
View ArticleCAR Accuses Chinese Mining Company Of Colluding With Rebel Groups
Authorities in the Central African Republic revoked a Chinese mining company’s license in the southern town of Mingala in June over concerns it was cooperating with armed militias. The CAR’s mining...
View ArticleYemeni Parties Fail To Reach Prisoner Exchange Deal In Muscat
By Saeed Al-Batati Yemen’s internationally recognized government and the Houthis have failed to strike a fresh prisoner exchange deal, crushing Yemeni families’ hopes of seeing their detained...
View ArticleSafeguarding Our Forests: A Multifaceted Approach For Governments – OpEd
Forests play a critical role in maintaining ecological equilibrium, supporting biodiversity, and mitigating climate change. However, threats of deforestation and forest degradation persist on a global...
View ArticleThe Labour Party’s Foreign Policy Agenda: Addressing The Gaza And Ukraine...
The election of the Labour Party to government in the United Kingdom marks a significant shift in the country's foreign policy, with implications for its stance on key global issues like the...
View ArticleThe Rise Of A New Breed Of Islamic Preacher In Malaysia – OpEd
By Vanitha Nadaraj (UCA News) -- The Malaysian government has consistently claimed that it will not tolerate any discussion in the public domain that touches on the 3Rs (race, religion and royalty)....
View ArticleMasoud Pezeshkian: A New Era Of Moderation And Reform In Iran – OpEd
The election of Masoud Pezeshkian as President of Iran is a significant development that carries profound ramifications both domestically and globally. As a moderate leader, Pezeshkian's ascension...
View ArticleBiden Hits Campaign Trail As Democrats Fret About His Candidacy
By Ken Bredemeier U.S. President Joe Biden visited the political battleground state of Pennsylvania on Sunday, pressing his case for reelection even as some fellow Democrats said he must quickly show...
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