Новости за 13.05.2024

The 21st century has brought about a greater recognition of the importance of environmental relationships well-being and global peace. It is becoming increasingly clear that as the environment continues to degrade it has the potential to worsen conflicts and act as a multiplier threat.  This essay aims to explore this relationship by crucially focusing on how environmental scarcity amplifies conflict and by proposing the use of environmental cooperation as an effective tool for peacebuilding. 

Upset Hindus are seeking relocation of Lord Brahma Shrine, located outside iconic Caesars Palace casino on the Las Vegas strip, which they call sacrilegious.

My only marriage began relatively late in life, at age 43. I convinced myself I was sufficiently mature in making this decision that it would be a lasting one. As the years passed and irreconcilable differences arose, I was determined not to become yet another divorce statistic. Marriage counseling failed to repair the widening fissures, and we devised coping mechanisms of compartmentalization to hold our fragile façade of a blended family together. The thought of splitting up was just too shameful. Читать дальше...

Rebekah Tokatlilar writes in the April 17, 2023 issue of the Religious News Service that "When I was 18, I moved from Round Rock, Texas, to Greenwich Village to attend New York University, my dream school. My dorm happened to be around the corner from the Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life. I wasn't Jewish but had always been interested in the faith. So, knowing no one and desperate for connection, I walked into the center and told the first rabbi I met that while I wasn't Jewish yet, I thought I wanted to be: Could he help me? Читать дальше...

In a world increasingly driven by efficiency and competitiveness, governments globally are reassessing their roles in national economies. A significant reflection of this global trend can be seen in Pakistan, where the Government has embarked on an ambitious and strategic transformation of its public sector through privatization. This initiative is led by the Privatization Committee, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Ishaq Dar. In a pivotal recent meeting, the committee... Читать дальше...

A lot has been spoken and written about the recent ambush of an Indian Air Force [IAF] convoy in the Poonch district of J&K that left one air warrior dead and four others injured. Given the seriousness of the incident, the interest generated is a positive sign as it indicates the high degree of public concern on Pakistan’s continuing proxy war against India. Moreover, despite heightened emotions, discussions and debates on this incident have largely been constructive in nature, which is a positive. Читать дальше...

Few would regard New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to be a racist, yet her recent remark about how clueless black kids are smacks of racism. What she said was not intended to be racist, but her Freudian slip revealed the way she really thinks about blacks. And she is not alone: her patronizing attitude is shared by millions of white liberals.

According to new reports from the Social Security and Medicare trustees, Social Security and a Medicare fund that pays for hospital expenses will both begin running deficits in 2035 and 2036. Disappointingly, but not surprisingly, Congress was too preoccupied spending billions more on military aid for foreign countries and banning TikTok to pay attention to the looming bankruptcy of the two largest federal entitlement programs.

Tens of thousands of students are graduating from American colleges and universities. Some graduation ceremonies have been cancelled or at least inconvenienced by student protests. 

By Zachary Davis

(FPRI) — Equatorial Guinea is a country that was freed from colonial rule but never truly escaped the influence of the economic superpowers in a globalized world. When Spain granted independence to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea in 1968, Francis Macias Nguema came to power in a dictatorship that saw the country’s infrastructure destroyed and half of the population jailed in only eleven years. Nguema was overthrown in 1979 by Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who remains the country’s leader to this day. Читать дальше...

By Tham Siew Yean and Neo Hui Yun Rebecca

Malaysia has announced an ambitious plan to boost Electric Vehicles (EVs) development within the country, proposing to achieve at least 15 percent EV usage of the country’s total industry volume (ITV)[1] by 2023, and 38 percent by 2040.[2] To facilitate this ambitious plan, the government formulated the National Automotive Policy (NAP) and the New Industrial Master Plan 2030 (NIMP 2030). The NIMP 2030 is an industrial policy document formulated... Читать дальше...

By Marcel Dumas Gautreau

Starting in 2020, things started to get strange in Africa for those who knew what to look for. Normally, coups in Africa are nothing to write about. But starting in 2020, we saw sixcountries flip into a pro-Russian direction in just three years. Individually, they were a curiosity. Taken together, that rate of turnover outpaced even the most optimistic neoconservative ambitions for pro–United States regime changes in the Middle East. As General Wesley Clark summarized... Читать дальше...

Authorities in Vietnam have stopped water flowing from a dam near the Cambodian border for two months, causing water levels in the Sesan River to drop or even run dry, affecting nearly 60 villages downstream in Cambodia, residents told Radio Free Asia.

By Hirohito Ogi

In April 2024, the Australia–UK–US trilateral security cooperation framework (AUKUS) declared their intention to consider ‘cooperation with Japan on AUKUS Pillar II advanced capability projects’. AUKUS currently involves developing nuclear-powered submarines (Pillar I) and advanced defense technologies (Pillar II). The following Japan–US summit statement reiterated this intention, with the addition of the recognition of ‘Japan’s strengths’.

While the media reported... Читать дальше...

By Aparna Roy

The India Meteorological Department’s recent warning on intense heatwave conditions over parts of eastern and peninsular India comes at a time when Bengaluru is already grappling with a severe water crisis. Heatwaves and compound events increase evaporation rates from water bodies and soil, as well as raise water consumption due to a temporary surge in demand under high temperatures – factors likely to threaten the city’s future sustainability.

However, Bengaluru is not alone. Читать дальше...

Vladimir Putin’s new decree goes far beyond Stalin in defending all Russian actions against non-Russians past and present and in insisting that non-Russians must have as their heroes not those who allied themselves with Russians but only those who abjectly subordinated themselves to Russian leadership, Kharun (Vadim) Sidorov says.

By Kung Chan and Zhijiang Zhao

The downturn in the Hong Kong property market has persisted for several months, with both prices and transaction volumes remaining low. Despite the special administrative region (SAR) government's scrapping of the so-called “spicy measures”, a term referring to residential property demand management measures,

which caused some ripples in public opinion and elicited a positive market response, prices of primary market properties there have not shown significant increases. Читать дальше...

By Hafed Al-Ghwell

Nearly a decade and a half after a supposed “awakening,” Libya is still paralyzed by division, conflict and the pursuit of narrow self-interests by a range of actors disguised as well-intentioned support.

Today, the North African country remains suffocated by quarrelsome rival administrations: the internationally recognized Government of National Unity in Tripoli and the eastern-based Government of National Stability. The last notable effort to bridge this... Читать дальше...

Student protests at dozens of university and college campuses across America have been very effective in raising public awareness of Israel’s genocide in the Gaza Strip.

The international security landscape typically prioritizes threats from nation-states. However, the most significant threat stems from climate change. This essay aims to explore the relationship between climate change and international security by providing clear definitions of climate change, global security, and human security. It will also discuss the concept of a multiplier threat and examine how climate change intensifies existing conditions. Furthermore, the essay will delve into other noteworthy security issues that demand attention. Читать дальше...

The controversial Bangladeshi social entrepreneur and 2006 Nobel Peace Prize winner Professor Mohammad Yunus has participated in the 2nd World Meeting on Human Fraternity at the Vatican on 10 May 2024. The two-day conference was organized by the Fratelli Tutti Foundation to discuss ways of promoting human fraternity in areas of environment, education, business, agriculture, media and health. Thirty Nobel Peace Prize winners, scientists, economists, mayors, doctors, managers, workers, sports champions... Читать дальше...

The concept of identity, as a reflection of one's own self as an individual, is intricately intertwined with various factors such as birth, sex, and a myriad of social, political, cultural, and economic determinants. These determinants, ranging from class and race to region, religion, gender, and nationality, wield significant influence in the formation of one's identity.

As the Earth spins around the weight of its multiplying populace, a formidable concern emerges– overpopulation. With each passing moment of the clock, another individual adds to the global choir, each asserting its claim to a portion of the Earth's finite resources.

Amidst the crisis in Myanmar, it is crucial to have effective mediation. Although ASEAN's efforts have faced obstacles and yielded limited progress alternative strategies are being explored. The prospect of President-elect Prabowo Subianto of Indonesia serving a as mediator is a significant development. In this paper we will evaluate Prabowo's military background assess his suitability as a mediator, examine and Indonesia's historical role in mediating regional conflicts. We will explore also... Читать дальше...

From dawn till dusk, and dusk till dawn, she toils within the confines of an unjust patriarchal framework as a grandmother, mother, sister, lover, girlfriend, wife, partner, professional, worker and relationships in any other name. When misfortune strikes or accountability evades a man's actions, the burden of blame often unjustly falls upon her shoulders. This societal phenomenon perpetuates the cycle of inequality, relegating women to the role of scapegoats for the failings of a system that thrives on their oppression. Читать дальше...