China is leading an international effort to develop alliances to counter U.S. hegemony.

Canada’s involvement in the war on Yemen can be explained in two words: blood money

Russian President Vladimir Putin, you may have heard, has amassed 100,000 troops on the border with Ukraine, a country within which there is a significant Russian minority. We’re told that, as a NATO member, Canada must step up military assistance or suffer consequences, ignoring what exactly we’re doing in Ukraine and its consequences. That Canada must participate in NATO’s hostile encirclement of Russia is taken as a foregone conclusion.

Without swift and focused action, truly catastrophic events—events that could end civilization as we know it—are more likely. When the Clock stands at 100 seconds to midnight, we are all threatened. The moment is both perilous and unsustainable, and the time to act is now.

The high court has certified only one ground of appeal, leaving Julian Assange’s defense team 14 days to file for permission to appeal at the UK supreme court

The care economy refers to activities related to the provision of care, including care for children, seniors, and people with disabilities, as well as healthcare, education, personal, social and domestic services. It is a fundamental component of any society and a quickly expanding sector of the economy.

Care workers include a wide range of workers who differ in terms of education, skills, sector and pay. They range from secondary school teachers, psychologists, nurses and doctors to childcare workers and personal care workers. As a result, some of the broad conclusions made in this study do not necessarily apply to all care occupations.

Former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi’s government has been widely hailed for using EU funds to invest Italy’s way out of crisis. Yet while the plan promises big spending, it’s mainly a transfer of public resources to private business.

By Ramzy Baroud | Facebook’s involvement in Israel’s efforts aimed at silencing Palestinian online voices that call for justice, freedom and end of the occupation, is itself situated in an agreement the company had reached with Israel in September 2016. Then, the Israeli government announced that it had signed an agreement with the social media giant “to work together to determine how to tackle incitement on the social media network.” Within days, the accounts of prominent Palestinian journalists and activists were reportedly being deleted.

A surge in identity theft during the pandemic underscores how easy it has become to obtain people’s private data. As hackers are all too happy to explain, many of them are cashing in on it.