Category: World Affairs

Violence of any kind is so upsetting to those of us who belong to the health professions and are in the frontline having to deal with the damage

By Nita Chicooree-Mercier

By Dr R Neerunjun Gopee

France needs another brand of leadership that embodies French culture, defends its language and civilizational values. Otherwise, as former president François Hollande warned, the outcome will be Partition

We lay people are mired in the vortex of the tragedy of this century. Or is it that Mother Nature is simply taking matters in her hand and

China’s actions in the past weeks achieved precisely the opposite of what it wanted – it has pushed India into much closer partnerships with the west

The tragic death of a Mayan elder recalls its encounter with Spanish Conquistadores, the imported epidemic that decimated its population in the 15th century followed by genocide and

Covid-19 is the Chernobyl moment for bad regimes and badly managed aid programmes in Africa

Agora

Lives have been destroyed, economic activities are disrupted, massive lay-offs will follow… If anything, the current situation gives a glimpse of the widescale damages that can be caused

The View from Moscow

Spotlights

By Nita Chicooree-Mercier

We are in this boat together. This is not the time to panic or scramble helter-skelter for masks and food supplies. This is also not the time for

By Nita Chicooree-Mercier