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Sri Lanka Urged To Renegotiate With IMF

Church leaders have joined hands with rights advocates to urge the Sri Lankan government to renegotiate its agreements with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), arguing that strict spending conditions have weakened the state’s response to the recent flood disaster
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Trump's '28-point Plan' For Ukraine War Provokes Political Earthquake

When it comes to the reported draft framework agreement between the US and Russia, and its place in the Ukraine peace process, a quote by Winston Churchill (on the British victory at El Alamein) may be appropriate: “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
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The Top US Military Contractors Cashing In On Caribbean Operations

As fears mount that U.S. strikes against so-called “narco-terrorists” in the Caribbean could escalate into full-scale war with Venezuela, weapons makers are well positioned to benefit from the unprecedented U.S. military build-up in the region, not seen on such a scale in decades, and continues unabated
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Pengajaran Perang Dunia Kedua Dan Cabaran Dunia Moden

Pada tahun ini, rakyat dari bekas negara-negara Kesatuan Soviet dan banyak negara di seluruh dunia memperingati ulang tahun ke-80 Kemenangan dalam Perang Patriotik Besar (1941–1945), sebahagian daripada Perang Dunia Kedua — sebuah tragedi kemanusiaan yang tiada tandingannya dari segi pertumpahan darah dan kemusnahan
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Multiculturalism, Human Rights And The West

: The laws of the Torah, which became known to the world as Moses' Ten Commandments, founded the West's moral and ethical precepts on which its laws and judicial concepts such as justice and mercy are based
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Pressing Issues Await Pope Francis In Indonesia

A host of pressing issues, including the rise of religious intolerance, climate change, human trafficking, violence in Christian-majority Papua, disputes over development projects, and lay-clergy conflict
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Asia-Pacific And World Order On The Cusp Of Change

Asia- Pacific leaders will discover - as Australians are finding with AUKUS - that the price for being deputy sheriff to the US will cost them and the coming generation more than just an exorbitant monetary sum
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Have Faith In Fostering Malaysian Unity

In diverse Malaysia, it appears that a red line is likely to be crossed these days, particularly in the areas of religion and race
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An Assassination Attempt And A Crisis Of Legitimacy

WASHINGTON, US: The attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, dramatically escalates political tensions in a society that neither wants nor can afford such escalations. 
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A Confident Marcos Returns to the White House

HONG KONG, SAR: Tomorrow, April 11, US President Joe Biden will host a tripartite summit in the White House with Fumio Kishida of Japan and Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. of the Philippines as guests. Announced at a time of escalating tensions in the South China Sea, the optics of the summit are as much about decline as they are about resurgence.
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Why Pakistan’s Electoral System Fails To Empower Minorities

HONG KONG, SAR: The unprecedented hobnobbing of some top Christian leaders with major political parties ahead of the Feb. 8 general election triggered more scorn from the minority community than praise.
 
 
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