Myanmar’s quandary: Disunited opposition to challenge the army?
The Bamar mainly populate the central parts of the country, while various ethnic minorities have traditionally lived in the peripheral regions that...
Turkey elections: Refugees are a top political issue
22 April 2023 1:30 PMWith the exception of the pro-Kurdish Green-Left Alliance, all other alliances have pledged to immediately send almost 4 million Syrians back to...
Holocaust remembrance: The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, 80 years on
21 April 2023 1:30 PMMembers of the ZOB joined with the Jewish Military Union (ZZW) and other resistance groups to rise up against the German occupiers. Their motto was...
Tilting the scales: Brazil struggles to protect Amazon amid beef...
20 April 2023 5:30 AMThe government’s reluctance to stop the destruction of the Amazon led to boycotts of Brazilian beef by some major global retailers.
Carbon footprint - It’s not easy being green: Offsets explained
19 April 2023 9:30 AMMax claims to offset 110% of its carbon emissions — an annual total of 147,000 tons in 2020 — mainly by donating a fraction of profits to plant trees...
Change of sentiment: Will Syrians gain from Arabs embracing Assad?
18 April 2023 5:30 AMBut there is also no doubt that reconciliation with the Syrian government, headed by the dictator Bashar Assad, is coming — at least in the Middle...
G7 Hosting duties: Can Japan walk the talk on climate?
17 April 2023 5:30 AMThe plan is to co-fire coal and gas plants with lower emission ammonia and hydrogen.
Presidential visit: China eyes closerties with Brazil
13 April 2023 9:30 AMThe visit was postponed when the Brazilian leader was admitted to hospital with pneumonia.