India, 288 morti e quasi 900 feriti in uno scontro tra treni

Read More Quasi 300 persone hanno perso la vita in India dopo che un treno passeggeri si è scontrato con un treno merci nel distretto di Balasore, nello Stato occidentale dell’Orissa. Quasi 900 i feriti. Il Coromandel Express, che va da Kolkata a Chennai, è deragliato dopo la collisione ed è caduto sul binario opposto, […]

Guerra Ucraina – Russia, le news di oggi: “Pronti alla controffensiva” dice Zelensky al WSJ. Prigozhin: “I russi vogliono far esplodere i miei uomini”

Read More Il presidente Volodymyr Zelensky ha dichiarato “imperativo” per l’Ucraina ricevere la quantità di Patriot congrua per proteggere completamente i suoi cieli. “Il nostro compito non è il 70-75% di distruzione dell’obiettivo, ma il 100%. Sì, è davvero un obiettivo ambizioso. È molto impegnativo, non solo a causa del tempo di attesa per i […]

Defense Ministers Speak at Shangri-La Dialogue Asia Security Summit in Singapore

Read MoreOn the first day of the Shangri-La Dialogue Asia security summit in Singapore, defense ministers from the United States, Britain, Canada, and other countries deliver remarks on June 3. Schedule 8:30 a.m.–8:35 a.m. local time (8:30 p.m.–8:35 p.m. ET, June 2) Opening of the summit by Dr. John Chipman, director-general and chief executive of […]

US Defence Chief Calls on Beijing to Engage in Dialogue to Avoid Conflict

Read More The Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the ruling party of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), has demonstrated little interest in engaging in serious talks with the United States about the fraying relationship between the global superpowers and its potentially catastrophic consequences.  U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, however, in his address on June […]

Cannibalism haunts the ruins of capitalism

Read More Cannibalism is macabre but it is everywhere. In colonial Congo, the Belgian empire ate the labour, timber, hands and cocoa of the Congolese. Writing more than 60 years ago, Aime Césaire recorded the bloody massacres by European foot soldiers on the African continent. He reminds us that in the European quest to civilise […]

It’s crisis time for out-of-touch JSE

Read More “It almost feels indulgent to be discussing the nature and the structure of the public market when the economic roof is falling in. But we’re going to anyway, right?” Paul Miller said wryly before diving into why he believes the Johannesburg Stock Exchange has become a shadow of its former self. Miller is […]