Corporate
Gates Foundation withdraws host country agreement with Kenya following legal challenge and public pressure
Facing a court suspension of its diplomatic-style privileges and growing national backlash, the Gates Foundation has opted to abandon its special legal status in Kenya.
How corporates caused inflation
Senior journalist Aunindyo Chakravarty examines the reasons for the global inflation and points out that the biggest factor is higher corporate profits, as companies have used the cover of COVID disruptions to mark up prices way beyond the rise in costs
Walden Bello| Is COVID an opportunity for Food Sovereignty?
Walden Bello, from Focus on the Global South, shows how the COVID-19 crisis exposed the fragility of the present corporate and free trade driven food supply system
Indonesia, COVID and Deglobalization of Food Systems
Indra Lubis of the Indonesia Political Economy Association, discusses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on small farmers and informal workers in Indonesia
- Brazil approves end to 6×1 work schedule and reduction of the work week to 40 hours
- Israel kills 31 people in Lebanon on the eve of Eid al-Adha
- Israel carries out sixth consecutive Eid massacre in Gaza
- Far-right Janez Janša to return for fourth government term in Slovenia
- With peace deal nearly final, US launches fresh attacks on Iran
