A record number of Black GOP candidates are running for Congress this year, Republicans say, a trend that accelerated since President Donald Trump‘s expansion of the conservative base in his 2016 campaign for the White House. If elected, however, they won’t be welcomed to join the Democratic-dominated Congressional Black Caucus, current CBC members told The…Continue Reading

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is shifting its focus toward cyber as Russian signal jamming and security concerns have disrupted the satellite internet services the company is working to provide to Ukraine.  The billionaire entrepreneur said the change in priorities will cause slight delays on other projects involving such things as products to improve its Starlink satellite…Continue Reading

January 6 is providing a pretext for a politically motivated crackdown on dissent.Since the storming of the U.S. Capitol by outraged supporters of President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021, the growth of political intolerance in the United States has reached toxic levels.  Trump’s adversaries immediately branded the incident as an insurrection and accused the…Continue Reading

Where foreign relations make no sense and the rules of cause and effect do not apply.Russian President Vladimir Putin has invaded Ukraine, and suddenly whatever was received wisdom last week is cancelled, and we are playing with a whole new set of rules. The endless shuffling of hypocrisies and non sequiturs in the West, the…Continue Reading

Ukraine seeks emergency order from ICJ to halt hostility on its territory, arguing Russia falsely applied genocide law to justify its invasion.Published On 7 Mar 20227 Mar 2022Russia has boycotted hearings at the UN’s highest court during which Ukraine is seeking an emergency order to halt hostilities, arguing that Moscow has falsely applied genocide law…Continue Reading

Chisinau, Moldova – Concentric lines trace the indoor running track at the Manej Sport Arena in Moldova’s capital Chisinau. Athletes used to compete and train here. Now, the track is home to some 800 Roma people who fled from Ukraine after the Russian invasion. Cristina, 41, is one of them. She lost everything she owned…Continue Reading

A woman carried by Ukrainian soldiers crosses an improvised path while fleeing the town of Irpin, on the outskirts of Kyiv. [Oleksandr Ratushniak/AP Photo]Published On 7 Mar 20227 Mar 2022Ukrainian cities continued coming under increasingly heavy bombardment on Sunday as Russia’s nearly two-week invasion of its neighbouring country intensified. Scenes of destruction were reported around…Continue Reading

Apologists of Russian President Vladimir Putin around the world continue to hold that he is a “realist” and “a rational actor”, and blame his invasion of Ukraine on the West breaking its 1989 promise to not expand NATO eastward. Following this line of argument, the most logical solution to the current conflict, they argue, is…Continue Reading