“Tear gas, mass arrests as new ‘yellow vest’ protests hit Paris”, Agence France-Presse
Paris, 8 Dec 2018
Police fired tear gas and arrested hundreds of people in Paris on Saturday as the French… Continue reading
“How the arrest of a member of China’s ‘corporate royalty’ could affect trade tensions”, PBS NewsHour
Amna Nawaz, December 6, 2018
The CFO of the Chinese tech giant Huawei was arrested in Vancouver recently on an… Continue reading
“Ganges: The holy men fasting to death keep a river alive”, BBC News
Soutik Biswas India correspondent, London, 8 December 2018
Over the past two decades, holy men in India have gone on… Continue reading
“Who is listening to Chad?”, Le Monde diplomatique
By Todd Pitock, Paris, 7 December 2018
When Binyamin Netanyahu welcomed Chad’s president Idriss Deby to Jerusalem last month to… Continue reading
“White nationalist convicted of murdering protester in Charlottesville, Virginia”, Reuters
Gary Robertson, December 7, 2018
Charlottesville, Va. (Reuters) – A white nationalist who drove his car into a crowd protesting… Continue reading
“Mueller Weaves Trump, Manafort and Cohen Ever Closer”, Bloomberg News
By Timothy L. O’Brien, Politics & Policy, Opinion, December 7, 2018
Three sentencing memos paint unflattering portraits of the president’s… Continue reading
“‘Paying for Independence’, a new short story by Sisonke Msimang”, The Johannesburg Review of Books
Johannesburg, December 5, 2018
The JRB is proud to present a new short story by Sisonke Msimang. … Continue reading
“The U.S. was looking for the enemy near Pearl Harbor — but it was looking in the wrong direction”, The Washington Post
By Michael E. Ruane, Retropolis, December 7, 2018
U.S. planes were told to avoid war, while the enemy armada was… Continue reading
“Why Does Alex Acosta Stiil Have a Job?”, The New York Times
By Michelle Goldberg, Opinion Columnist, Dec.3, 2018
The cabinet official’s connection to a shady deal for an alleged child molester.… Continue reading
“The Guardian view on Brexit: the beginning of the end”, The Guardian
Editorial, London, 4 December 2018
Theresa May’s plan to leave the European Union is off to a disastrous start. How… Continue reading