By Jan Servaes* BRUSSELS, 28 March 2023 (IDN) — I first watched Mike Chinoy during the so-called Tiananmen ‘revolt‘ in 1989 when he and ‘anchor’ Bernard Shaw reported live from the roof terrace of the Peking Hotel for the relatively new and ambitious American TV channel CNN of what was happening on Tiananmen Square.
Immigration Into Europe Has to Slow Down
By Jonathan Power* LUND, Sweden, 28 March 2023 (IDN) — “The truth is awful things are now happening. Last year there were race riots in Oldham in the old industrial revolution heartland of England. This year it is the burning of Jewish synagogues in Marseilles by Muslim youths angry at the Israeli response to the […]
We Don’t Have to Choose Between Nuclear Madmen
By Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO, 28 March 2023 (IDN) — The announcement by Vladimir Putin over the weekend that Russia will deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus marked a further escalation of potentially cataclysmic tensions over the war in neighbouring Ukraine. As the Associated Press reported, “Putin said the move was triggered by Britain’s decision […]
China’s Peacemaker Role Stymied In Ukraine, But Makes Headway Elsewhere
By Arul Louis The writer is a New York-based non-resident senior fellow of the Society for Policy Studies, a New Delhi-based think tank. He can be contacted @arulouis. UNITED NATIONS, 27 March 2023 (IDN) — Chinese President Xi Jinping is auditioning for the role of a global statesman through diplomatic efforts to mediate in several […]
U.S. Vice President to Reset Relations with Africa on Her First Trip There
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 27 March 2023 (IDN) — The U.S. has been sending its best and its brightest to Africa with gifts and promises aimed at winning back the continent from its partnerships with China. On 26 March, Vice President Kamala Harris went off on a 9-day trip designed to […]
East African Leaders Clash with West Over Gay Rights and the Environment
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 27 March 2023 (IDN) — In defiance of the United Nations, the U.S. and other world government and human rights organizations, the Ugandan parliament has passed a bill imposing the most severe penalties against its gay community – criminalizing lesbians, gays and bisexuals for simply existing. Ugandan […]
U.S. Wins Release of Jailed Hero of Hotel Rwanda
By Lisa Vives, Global Information Network NEW YORK, 27 March 2023 (IDN) — From the cinematic screen of “Hotel Rwanda” to solitary confinement in a Rwandese jail, Paul Rusesabegina has been there and back. Now, following a round of quiet diplomacy with two U.S. senior officials of the Biden administration and a final meeting with […]
Is The New Agreement a Turning Point for Serbia and Kosovo?
By Dr Alon Ben-Meir* NEW YORK, 26 March 2023 (IDN) — The recent verbal agreement reached between Serbia and Kosovo in Ohrid, North Macedonia, obviously represents a positive development in the process of normalization between the two countries. There are however many obstacles and a considerable number of ambiguities that will make it difficult to […]
WHO Providing War-torn Yemen Crucial Humanitarian Aid
By Bernhard Schell CAIRO, 25 March 2023 (IDN) — The United Nations has warned that eight years of protracted multilateral conflict in Yemen, with the involvement of Saudi Arabia, has produced the largest humanitarian crisis in the world. Over two-thirds of Yemen’s population—21.6 million people—are in acute need of humanitarian assistance, and more than 20 […]
Washington Extends Its Long Arm into Africa’s Sahel
By Vijay Prashad* This article was produced by Globetrotter. NORTHAMPTON, Massachusetts, 25 March 2023 (IDN) — On 16 March 2023, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced—during his visit to Niger—that the United States government will provide $150 million in aid to the Sahel region of Africa. This money, Blinken said, “will help provide life-saving […]