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Peace in Ukraine will not be brought about by escalation
If we are serious about peace, we must look at the context of a war that has the potential to widen and grow, writes ALEX KENNY
People receive food from a church in the town of Borodyanka, about 40 miles northwest of Kiev, Ukraine, on Sunday April 10 2022
Schools are at breaking point, argues NASUWT general secretary MATT WRACK — we urgently need investment in our kids’ futures
MIKE SCOTT assesses the AI threat to jobs in the first of a pair of articles on the problems it poses
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
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?
THE Russian invasion of Ukraine and the war that has followed present a dramatic and dangerous moment in world history — one that will have repercussions for global politics for decades to come.
The scenes we are witnessing from Mariupol, Bucha and other Ukrainian cities and the attacks on civilians should appal any sentient being.
The threat of nuclear weapons being used is perhaps more real than it has been for a generation.
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