Tag: current affairs – international

Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte arrested in Manila after ICC warrant

Duterte is wanted by the international criminal court over his so-called ‘war on drugs’, which rights groups say left 30,000 people dead Rebecca Ratcliffe The former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has been taken into custody after the international criminal court issued a warrant for his arrest for his so-called “war on drugs”. The former leader, who… Read More Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte arrested in Manila after ICC warrant

Dilip

US stock market loses $4 trillion in value as Trump plows ahead on tariffs

By Lewis Krauskopf and Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK, March 10 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s tariffs have spooked investors, with fears of an economic downturn driving a stock market sell-off that has wiped out $4 trillion from the S&P 500’s peak last month, when Wall Street was cheering much of Trump’s agenda. A barrage of new Trump… Read More US stock market loses $4 trillion in value as Trump plows ahead on tariffs

Dilip

Neighbourhood Lost: The End is Nigh for South Asian University

Sasanka Perera On February 26, 2025, Yashada Sawant, an Indian student from the South Asian University (SAU) was publicly assaulted by Ratan Singh and a gang of goons with clear affiliations to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP). The attackers’ grouse was that fish was being served on Maha Shivaratri and Sawant’s ‘crime’, as the university’s mess secretary,… Read More Neighbourhood Lost: The End is Nigh for South Asian University

Dilip

Juan Cole: Cyberpunk Nation

The opening weeks of the second Trump administration have produced daily headlines that read — no, this is not hyperbole! — like science fiction. The spectacle of a South African tech billionaire and his cronies staging a twenty-first-century cybercoup with the acquiescence of an aging lunatic of a president beggars belief. Elon Musk has given… Read More Juan Cole: Cyberpunk Nation

Dilip

There are 1,000 grotesque memes of J. D. Vance: they’re all more likable than the real thing

Angry, rude and addicted to web troll-ery, the vice-president has the Make America Awful Again portfolio. Seems a perfect fit Marina Hyde You may well be aware that Backpfeifengesicht is the German word for a face that is worthy of being slapped. Even so, how has this not been internationalised? Or at the very least Americanised, where… Read More There are 1,000 grotesque memes of J. D. Vance: they’re all more likable than the real thing

Dilip

The Mask is Off. After Ukraine, imperialism is now the norm

NB: Whereas I agree with Professor Mehta’s arguments about the sinister significance of Trump’s treatment of President Zelenskyy; the following is where I disagree. He says the Russian invasion of Ukraine was only the second time since World War II that one country had claimed an entire other country… It was a war to erase… Read More The Mask is Off. After Ukraine, imperialism is now the norm

Dilip

Surviving Hard Times

The Last Generation of Black Americans Under Jim Crow and the Culture of Racism in America By Douglas H. White Today, racism remains a poisonous force in America. Fascism and authoritarianism are on the rise and President Donald Trump is giving voice to such hate, making it state policy and central to his presidential agenda. Recently,… Read More Surviving Hard Times

Dilip