Without energy and without a strategic partner, Cuba is currently fighting for its survival. While the population is literally sitting in the dark, the Trump administration is trying to definitively break the socialist project through economic blackmail. What lies ahead for the island, asks MARC VANDEPITTE
Ending sex-based violence — women must take the lead
On International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls, CAROL STAVRIS warns that much remains to be done to make women’s right to be safe a top priority
Image: One Thousand Words — © Laura Dodsworth.
A setback for IG Metall at Tesla’s Berlin plant has ignited claims of intimidation and raised fears for the future of collective bargaining and workplace democracy, says TONY BURKE
The question for the media, in the US and across the globe, says ROGER McKENZIE, is will they do their job fearlessly and call Donald Trump out?
A recent Financial Times column on the Iran war exemplifies how the Western elite worldview is more concerned with strategy and power than legality or human life, writes ANDREW MURRAY
STEVE BISHOP considers the prospects for a settlement of the conflict and how the demands of both sides are being viewed
The PM is drawing cautious distance from Donald Trump over Iran – but history suggests Britain’s support may run deeper than it appears, just as it did during the Vietnam war, says KEITH FLETT
A COUNTRY’S response to the violence in its society against women can be assessed by the results of the measures it takes to end it.
The United Nations International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Girls 2022 is a good time to take a look at how Britain is shaping up in this respect.
The British government published its strategy of tackling violence against women in July 2021 and a progress update in March 2022.
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