Following Zelensky’s address to US Congress, anti-war activists call for peace
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy showed up to US Congress to demand even more military aid despite the billions that Ukraine has received since the start of the war
In the wake of mass abortion rights protests across the US, the powerful start to react
US government figures have rushed to the defense of the political system after the leak of the draft decision set to overturn Roe v. Wade
Trump avoids conviction a second time
Several Republican legislators in both chambers of the US Congress have strongly condemned the former president’s attempts to undermine the results of the presidential election.
Dear Republicans, was your deal with Trump worth it?
The United States needs a reckoning for the dark deal the GOP has made with President Donald Trump in edging us so dangerously close to fascism
Trillions for Wall Street, pittance for the people
Compared to the scale of the crisis, the stimulus package will be far from enough to give people the kind of relief they need.
US COVID relief package: Too little, too late
After much wrangling, the US Congress managed to pass the a COVID-19 relief package. However, it offers only a pittance at a time when large sections of the population are facing an unprecedented economic crisis
Trump administration announces partial troop withdrawals from Afghanistan and Iraq
By January, the number of troops in both these countries will be down to around 2,500. Peace activists have welcomed the decision even as sections of the establishment have resisted it
America—and the Democrats—won’t have a future if Joe Biden adopts a centrist agenda
It is up to the Democratic president-elect to ensure the future of both his party and the nation. Moving to the right, or even the center, will do neither
US Senate finally agrees on relief package worth USD 2.2 trillion to fight COVID-19
The USD 2.2 trillion plan once passed by both houses of the Congress will be the largest rescue plan in US history. It includes urgently required measures such as direct transfers to citizens and the infusion of funds into healthcare and insurance
- Capitalism is the greatest threat to public health, warn researchers and activists
- Syrian president visits China, seeks to increase economic cooperation
- Colombian government and FARC dissident group announce bilateral ceasefire
- Houthi delegation holds first direct talks with Saudi Arabia in Riyadh
- Libya’s disastrous flooding… causes and hope?
