Up to 100 Ukraine troops could be dying in Donbas each day, says Zelenskiy

Read More Ukraine’s president has given an insight into the level of losses being suffered by Ukrainian forces in the Donbas, saying between 50 to 100 Ukrainians could be dying every day. While Ukraine and its allies have made much of Russian losses since the war began, the issue of Ukrainian casualties has been something […]

US Will Support Japan Becoming Permanent Member of Reformed UN Security Council: Kishida

Read More Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said that the nation intends to become part of the group of permanent United Nations Security Council members that currently includes China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. “I expressed the necessity to reform and strengthen the United Nations including the Security Council, which bears […]

How the ANC wants to re-evaluate cadre deployment during policy conference

Read More The ANC has proposed an overhaul of its highly criticised system of cadre deployment to introduce more objective, meritorious and fact-based criteria, so that positions taken are publicly defensible, including in court if challenged. The ANC’s cadre deployment policy has been under scrutiny over the years. The Democratic Alliance has called the ANC […]

Nomzi Khumalo’s ‘The Truth’ tells it like it is

Read More They say, love can also happen by chance and instantaneously. I encountered Nomzi Kumalo’s music by chance in 2019. Based in Oslo, Norway, Kumalo is a storyteller who has managed to mend my heart with her poetry in song.  I fell deeply in love with the singer and songwriter while trying to navigate […]

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe accuses UK of role in forcing her to sign confession

Read More Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has accused the UK Foreign Office of being complicit in forcing her to sign a letter of false confession to the Iranian government as part of the last-minute terms of her release in March. The British-Iranian signed the letter at Tehran airport as she waited to find out whether she would […]

Zelenskiy urges ‘maximum sanctions’ against Russia in Davos speech

Read More Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has urged the west to intensify its economic sanctions against Russia as he said business leaders in Davos needed to decide whether “brute force” should rule the world. In a keynote video address to the World Economic Forum (WEF), Zelenskiy called for a full oil embargo, the severing of […]

A violent schism just exploded in Israel’s most powerful Hasidic sect

Read More Rival factions of the Ger Hasidic sect fought running battles in three Israeli cities over the weekend. This is why the fur is flying May 23, 2022 11:17 AM Clashes between rival factions of the Ger Hasidic sect spread across the country over the weekend, exposing a growing and increasingly violent rift in […]