Kerry Brown is Professor of Chinese Studies and Director of the Lau China Institute at King’s College, London. He recently spoke about his important new book, “The Great Reversal: Britain, China and the 400 Year Contest for Power” (Yale University Press, 2024) with Richard Cullen. A fundamental reality, which this stimulating book stresses, is how Continue reading »
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Both parties in Sudan’s civil war are to blame for a looming mass famine, experts say, and the military’s blocking of U.N. aid at a border crossing with Chad exacerbates the problem. Sudan’s military is blocking United Nations aid trucks from entering at a key border crossing, causing severe disruptions in aid in a country Continue reading »
Attorney General Andrew Bailey had argued that the state should execute Marcellus Williams without vetting evidence of his wrongful conviction.
The post Despite Missouri AG’s Best Efforts, Man Condemned to Die Will Get Hearing On His Innocence Claim appeared first on The Intercept.
In the village of Buula-Balow, near the district of Bariire, in Somalia’s volatile Lower Shabelle, Qaadi Hamud and his family were socialising after breakfast – when their lives changed forever
The next generation cannot take forward the peace process if they continue to be subject to segregation and reinforced division that defined previous generations, argues Emma DeSouza
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The allegations could be a 'huge headache' for the Conservative Party as it tries to move on from the scandals of its recent past
Airlines turned a new chapter in their ongoing battle against automatic refunds.
Minnesota police want a reform prosecutor off their backs and are asking Walz to intervene.
The post Amid Veepstakes, Minnesota Cops Push Gov. Tim Walz to Back Off Police Violence Cases appeared first on The Intercept.
The drone company XTEND secured Israeli military contracts and venture capital funding. Still, it sought out charitable donations.
The post The Crowdfunding Campaign for Deadly Israeli Military Drones appeared first on The Intercept.
In an alarming turn of events, Israeli officials and media back soldiers accused of brutally raping a Palestinian detainee, claiming their right to 'self-defense.'
The post Rape as Self Defense? Israeli Soldiers Accused of Gang Raping Palestinian Defended as ‘Heroes’ appeared first on MintPress News.
by Alix Underwood
Like the economy of nature, the human economy has a “trophic” structure. In nature, nutrition and energy flow from plants to herbivores to carnivores, with each of these comprising a trophic level of the ecosystem. In the human economy, materials and energy flow from agriculture and other extractive activities to heavy manufacturing to light manufacturing. Both economies include service providers, such as pollinators in nature and the transportation sector in the human economy.
The post A Trophic Perspective on Fossil Fuels appeared first on Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy.
There are many victims in the story of twentieth-century literary censorship in Ireland. Contrary to popular belief, Ulysses was not banned in Ireland, but that may have owed more to the fact that the Censorship of Publications Board had not yet come into being. Established in the aftermath of the published findings of the ludicrously […]
They were all buddy-buddy for the cameras, going for a joy ride in a deluxe limo and toasting each other at a gala dinner. In June, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was determined to welcome Russian President Vladimir Putin in grand style on his first visit to Pyongyang in 24 years. A red carpet, flowers, and champagne: it was a veritable romance of rogues. In reality, the two autocrats make a very odd couple. Kim is still a youngish man with a few extra pounds on his frame, while Putin is in his seventies and loves to appear shirtless on horses, the better to showcase his judo-trained body. Kim is the dynastic ruler of a small, isolated, homogeneous country that... Read more
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A stone’s throw from the British Museum’s imperial plunder stands a monument to an opposing source of power. Congress House, which has served as the headquarters of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) for over half a century, is one of the great physical testaments of the British labour movement. Opened in 1958, the building was […]
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