G7 leaders devote first day of Hiroshima summit on working on punitive sanctions against Russia
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who represents Hiroshima in parliament, wants nuclear disarmament to be a major focus of discussions, and he formally started the summit at Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park. The visit by world leaders to a park dedicated to preserving reminders of August 6, 1945, when a US B-29 dropped an atomic bomb over Hiroshima, provided a striking backdrop to the start the summit.
What Uganda calls modernity is a byword for bandit economy run by refugees, ‘imported’ criminals
Unfortunately, integration of an African country in the WTO does not favour local industrialisation but instead, as a tool of globalisation and modernisation, sustains the dependency syndrome on goods and services of foreign origin with strings attached.
Democrats and Republicans sound optimistic of sealing debt ceiling deal as US President Biden cuts Asia trip short
Democratic President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy edged closer to a deal to avoid a looming US debt default on Tuesday, as the threat of an economic nightmare prompted Biden to cut short a trip to Asia this week. After an hour of talks, McCarthy, the speaker...
Sudan’s army and paramilitary intensify fighting as capital is rocked by airstrikes, artillery fire
Fighting has surged both in Khartoum and in Geneina, capital of West Darfur, since the two warring parties began talks in Jeddah brokered by Saudi Arabia and the United States more than a week ago.
Proxy war: Identities of foreign actors in Sudan conflict surface as military factions get support
Military rivals locked in a conflict that erupted in Sudan on April 15 both courted foreign backing in the years leading up to the fighting. That support could now influence the course of the power struggle between army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and the leader of the paramilitary Rapid Support...
Chaina says Ukraine war raises urgency for unconventional warfare to repulse US threat
Despite the hundreds of billions of dollars poured into defence spending, China’s armed forces do not have much recent experience in a hot war, with its last – and brief – military conflict in 1979 with Vietnam. The ability to win is needed to maintain national security, Wang wrote.
Russia launches air raid on Kyiv ‘exceptional’ in intensity, but Ukraine is able to neutralise the attacks
After a weeks-long hiatus, Russia in late April resumed its tactic of long-range missile strikes and has launched a flurry of attacks in recent days, often targeting Kyiv. Ukraine has been able to repel vast majority of the attacks so far.
G7 leaders evaluating type of sanctions to impose on Russia at the Japan summit this week
While US allies have not agreed to apply the more-restrictive approach broadly, US officials expect that in the most sensitive areas for Russia’s military G7 members will adopt a presumption that exports are banned unless they are on a designated list.
Ukrainian offensive routs Russian forces in Bakhmut as Wagner mercenary boss fears a bloodbath
The setback for Russia, which follows similar reports of Ukrainian advances south of the city, suggests a coordinated push by Kyiv to encircle Russian forces in Bakhmut, Moscow’s main objective for months during the war’s bloodiest fighting.
Women say New York court’s verdict against Trump’s sexual offences is rare victory against powerful randy men
With a string of investigations swirling around Trump, the sex-abuse case — a civil verdict, with no criminal prosecution possible – hit only so hard across a news-weary America. Nuñez followed the trial and discussed it with a few colleagues at her public relations job. For others, the news barely hit their radar, if they were aware of the decision at all, even as Trump campaigns for the presidency again
