
FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron held talks today with key political players in a bid to form a new government.
This comes after legislative elections last month resulted in no party winning the majority at the National Assembly, France’s lower house of parliament.
Mr Macron refused to appoint a new prime minister until the Paris Olympic Games were over, opting instead to continue with a caretaker administration from his own neoliberal coalition even though they came in second at the polls.

ROGER McKENZIE argues that the BRI represents a choice between treating humans as commodities or as equals — an essential project when, aside from China’s efforts, hundreds of millions worldwide are trapped in poverty

The colonial mindset behind the governance of the UN is the reason for its inertia when it comes to conflict resolution, argues ROGER McKENZIE – but can China’s Global Governance Initiative point in a new direction of global equality?