As right-wing demagoguery continues to grow from Poland all the way to Brazil, negotiators from almost 200 countries meet this week in Bonn, Germany, in the biggest climate change talks of the year.
There seems to be an emerging global trend of overtly corrupt leaders strengthening their vice-like grip on power, whether with electoral backing or not.
The Middle East and European Union, particularly UK, are scrambling to avoid an implosion. New Zealand, for all its appearance of a progressive liberal government, has a venomous right-wing party ruling from the shadows, and in his totally troubled times, Trump seems to have at least got the North Korea speech right.
The US may never go back to what it was. The Saudi kingdom has little semblance with even its recent past. Is the political landscape across the globe changing in indelible ways?
The Paradise Papers are not as devious as the notorious Panama Papers; the fifth meeting between Shinzo Abe and Trump promises to "make alliance great again"; and Mohammad bin Salman is set on the path to an absolute monarchy.
Social media is being used to spread poison while Russia's craving for world power is a geopolitical imperative and the Pentacostalism movement may soon make Catholics a minority in Brazil
The resigned air that has for decades bred women’s “whisper networks” about sexual harassment seems to be giving way to emphatic and tense debates on the “legitimate” ways of calling out predators across the world.
In commercial areas, arcades can protect people from the sun. Remarkably, the Fort area in Mumbai and Connaught Place in Delhi, both built in the early 20th century, have these features.
Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
It is all about fake news and manipulation. He is not against anything. It is time for Brazil to turn right.