Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Tag: Foreign Affairs
04/07/2022
UN and NATO Fail
Imagine a legal system where the accused sits on the jury? That’s the UN Security Council.
04/07/2022
Congress Sends Legislation Suspending Normal Trade With Russia to Biden
Congress voted on Thursday to strip Moscow of its preferential trade status and to ban the import of Russian energy into the United States, sending the legislation to penalize Russia’s economy over the invasion of Ukraine to President Biden’s desk.
03/11/2022
Museums worldwide called on to support colleagues in Ukraine
A number of initiatives have been launched to help prevent a catastrophic loss of Ukrainian heritage as the Russian invasion intensifies.
04/02/2022
‘We feel safer’: how green energy is brightening refugee lives in Rwanda
Solar panels and cleaner-burning stoves have reduced dangers faced by residents of three camps.
03/21/2022
Amid Russian Invasion, New Initiative Launches Free Telemedicine For Ukrainians Under Siege
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine rages on, critical healthcare infrastructure has come under fire.
04/03/2022
On Sparrows and the War in Ukraine
The song sparrows are back. They fall into the category that birders call “little brown jobs”: small birds that are mostly brown and seemingly indistinguishable from one another, especially moving fast through leaves or grasses.
04/03/2022
Red is dead: Russian anti-war protesters fly a new flag for peace
Seeing the tricolour as tainted, they took the ‘blood’ out to leave blue and white, then found others had done so too.
04/03/2022
Lithuania cuts off Russian gas imports, urges EU to do same
Lithuania says it has cut itself off entirely of gas imports from Russia, apparently becoming the first of the European Union's 27 nations using Russian gas to break its energy dependence upon Moscow.
03/27/2022
Russian energy embargo: Europe must stop financing Putin’s Ukraine war
The head of Ukrainian energy giant Naftogaz has accused European countries of funding Putin’s Ukraine war and called for a complete ban on Russian energy exports.
04/01/2022
The Bear Breaks Down: Andrei Soldatov on Russia’s Self-Destruction
About 20 years ago, Andrei Soldatov, a Russian newspaper reporter, co-founded a website called Agentura.ru devoted to monitoring the activities of Russia’s security services.
03/31/2022
Opinion: Russia is the last multinational empire, fighting to keep its colonies
“All wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory,” writes Viet Thanh Nguyen, the Vietnamese American novelist.
03/31/2022