Category: International

LIVE NOW: Multi-National Officials Warn of Dangers of Crossing US-Mexico Border Illegally

Officials from the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, and Peru hold a press conference at 11:45 a.m. ET on April in Yuma, Arizona, to warn about the dangers of crossing the U.S.–Mexico border illegally. …


Multi-National Officials Warn of Dangers of Crossing US-Mexico Border Illegally

Officials from the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, and Peru hold a press conference at 11:45 a.m. ET on April in Yuma, Arizona, to warn about the dangers of crossing the U.S.–Mexico border illegally. …


Deutsche Bank to Cut 800 Jobs After Strong 1st Quarter

FRANKFURT—Deutsche Bank is to cut 800 jobs in a new cost-saving drive after reporting a bigger than expected rise in profit for the first quarter, a volatile period globally for finance companies. Germany’s biggest bank produced solid earnings at a time when banks had to be rescued in the United States and in Switzerland. The…


Report Finds Wealthiest New Zealanders Pay Half the Tax of Most, Sparking Calls For Tax Hikes

Calls to increase the taxation of the wealthy have resurfaced in New Zealand after a report by the country’s tax department found that the wealthiest Kiwis paid less effective tax than most others. Inland Revenue (IRD) conducted a two-year investigation into how much tax the wealthy people in New Zealand pay based on the full…


Labor Government Buys Radar Defence Firm to Safeguard Tech Supply Chain

The Australian government will buy defence radar system manufacturer CEA Technologies, in a move Defence Minister Richard Marles says will safeguard the supply chain for radar technologies. CEA has operated for 40 years, has over 600 staff, and develops cutting-edge radar systems for major naval vessels. From July 2023, the Commonwealth will hold a non-controlling…


The Voice Is so Divisive That Even Those on the Same Side Aren’t on One Page

Commentary A voice that speaks out of both sides of its mouth is not to be trusted. And so it is with The Voice proposal on which we will need to cast a vote later this year. Having been promised that this is a move to unite us, we see The Voice dividing our community….


Australia’s Northern Bases Receive $3.8 Billion Funding Boost to Prep for Potential Conflict

The Labor government has pledged $3.8 billion (US$2.5 billion) for upgrades to military bases across Australia’s north as part of a steady build-up to deal with potential conflict in the region. The announcement follows an earlier pledge in 2021 to upgrade four military training facilities in the Northern Territory. According to Defence Minister Richard Marles,…


Green Energy Transition Will Keep Inflation High, Norway’s Oil Fund Chief Warns

Climate change will keep inflation stubbornly high and result in low investment returns for an extended period, said Nicolai Tangen, the head of Norway’s $1.3 trillion oil fund. Tangen told the Financial Times on April 25 that “inflation is going to be tough to get down,” alluding to a multitude of factors, such as rising…


IN-DEPTH: China Is Subverting the UN; How Can the US Respond?

China’s manipulation of United Nations (U.N.) institutions, platforms, and practices for its foreign policy objectives in recent years has increasingly come into the spotlight. Experts have also been concerned that until the United States redraws its policy goals at the U.N. and asserts its leadership, China will increasingly violate, modify, and control it in its pursuit…


10 Years After Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza Disaster, Advocates Say There’s Still Work to Be Done

Ten years after the worst industrial accident in the garment industry’s history, labor leaders say much has been done to improve conditions. But much more remains to be done. “We are not dying [by the] hundreds like 2013,” said Kalpona Akter, an activist and labor organizer from Bangladesh. “We still have a long way to…