The attacks on black academics are well-funded and relentless, writes DIANE ABBOTT, and they need to be fearlessly resisted by all concerned
Ukraine and the lessons of ‘bloc politics’
The major powers need to accept that attempts at domination over others will lead to perpetual instability and bloodshed. JOHN WIGHT examines the historical record
DEVASTATION: A destroyed apartment house after Russian shelling in a residential area of Chuhuiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine
Extreme hot weather resulting from environmental change needs to be tackled through greater firefighting investment instead of fewer jobs and less resources, writes COLIN BROWN
There are many intricate details about the new Saudi, Turkish and Pakistani alliance we do not yet know, suggests ROGER McKENZIE, but its impact could be considerable
Holyrood incompetence has cost jobs and put the future of Clydeside’s Ferguson Marine shipyard into jeopardy. Its future should have been assured, argues KENNY MACASKILL
Hot and dry conditions are threatening British species unequipped for drought, explains PAUL ASHTON
The Baltic state is set to reverse its constitutional prohibition on nuclear weapons and foreign bases as part of accelerated Nato war preparations, warns TOM UNTERRAINER
“SO FOUL a sky clears not without a storm” – William Shakespeare.
The conflict in Ukraine marks a major inflection point in human affairs, developing as it has into a proxy conflict between a resurgent Russia and a Washington-led Western ideological bloc whose global hegemony is being challenged as never before.
When it comes to the situation on the ground, Russia’s military campaign is currently focused on taking control of the entire Donbass, made up of the Donetsk and Lugansk oblasts.
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