Indian farmers protest visit of JD Vance and opening of country to US agriculture
The Indian government is under heavy pressure to open the country’s market to US agricultural products. Farmers claim the move would be a disaster for India’s already crisis-ridden agriculture sector.
US set to impose 104% tariffs on Chinese imports
The Trump administration set midnight on April 9 as the deadline for raising tariffs against China by 50%, part of the fallout from Trump’s “Liberation Day”
Evo Morales: “If lithium were in the hands of the states, we would be a world power”
The pre-candidate for president of Unión por la Patria, Juan Grabois, and the former president of Bolivia call for the nationalization of natural resource
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
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
