Новости за 14.02.2024

“Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen [pounds] nineteen [shillings] and six [pence], result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery.” —Mr. Micawber (fictional character in David Copperfield by Charles Dickens)

Edi Rama’s justification for the migrant deal with Rome – that Albanians owe Italy a historic ‘debt’ to Italy – is based on a misreading of history.

By Paul Ainscough

Formerly regarded as one of Latin America’s safest countries, the recent uptick in violence has seen Ecuador descend into a maelstrom. These developments would be no surprise to those who have monitored Ecuador’s declining situation over recent years.

Statistics reveal an unprecedented increase in the murder rate from 6.9 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants in 2019 to 26.7 in 2022. Mirroring the events of past decades elsewhere in Latin America, the proliferation... Читать дальше...

Legal challenges regarding the Israel-Gaza War are starting to bulk lawyers’ briefs and courtroom proceedings.  South Africa got matters underway with its December application before the International Court of Justice accusing Israel of genocide in its campaign against the Palestinians.  While determining whether genocide has taken place, the ICJ issued an interim order warning Israel to prevent genocidal acts, preserve evidence relevant to the prosecution of any such acts, and ease the crushing restrictions on humanitarian aid. Читать дальше...

By Arie Firdaus

Tens of millions of Indonesians began voting Wednesday, with all eyes on whether frontrunner Prabowo Subianto – an ex-general with a checkered human rights record – will win the election outright, or the race will go to a runoff in June.

Prabowo, twice a losing candidate, is the leading contender to succeed the wildly popular Joko “Jokowi” Widodo as president of the world’s fourth-most populous nation.

The 72-year-old defense minister – with Jokowi’s eldest son as his running mate ... Читать дальше...

The US is perhaps the only country in the world with more than 750 military bases in over 80 nations, mostly in Western Europe, the Middle East and Asia, plus in some of the still-existing colonies and self-governing territories.

New findings and significant advances in research have scientists rethinking our origins, and museums around the world are working to catch the public up.

The modes of communication that a society uses can tell us a lot about its political structure. A research study we published in 2022 revealed distinct modes of communication and administrative recordkeeping in autocratic and collective social governance among a sample of urban societies from pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica, where writing was initially developed for political purposes. Each society had its unique communication system, but the patterns were clear enough to identify where a particular... Читать дальше...

Ash Wednesday 2024 falls on February 14, Valentine’s Day, which is sacred for lovers, the most romantic day of the year that encourages luxurious indulgences. On the other hand, Ash Wednesday is a holy day in the Catholic Calendar, the start of the liturgical 40-day season of Lent that requires fasting and abstinence.

Most Americans have not considered “cash bail” as critical to equality and freedom. The term is an esoteric one but is increasingly central to the ongoing battle over racial capitalism, policing, and mass incarceration, especially in an election year as critical as 2024.

By Osama Al-Sharif

Israel’s plan to launch a ground offensive into the heavily populated enclave of Rafah, nestled close to the Egyptian border in the Gaza Strip, could bring relations between US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a tipping point. Netanyahu has angered the White House by ignoring US warnings regarding the planned incursion into Rafah, where more than 1.4 million Palestinians have sought refuge and are living under horrendous conditions. Читать дальше...