Has Trump pushed Cuba to the brink of collapse?
While still engaged in a war with Iran, Donald Trump’s attention is also on Havana. The US president suggested last week that he expects to soon have the “honour” of “taking Cuba, in some form”. He ad...
31 Maalis 27min
Is the Iran war helping Putin?
With the world’s attention on the war in Iran, Vladimir Putin appears to be stepping up Russia’s war in Ukraine. Last week saw the biggest Russian drone attack since the beginning of the war. Some Ukr...
30 Maalis 27min
Meta and YouTube lose in a landmark trial
In a bellwether case, a jury in Los Angeles found on Wednesday that Meta and YouTube are responsible for a young woman’s childhood addiction to social media, and intentionally built addictive platform...
27 Maalis 27min
The cities built on scamming us all
Have you ever received a call from a stranger regarding student loans you don’t owe? An Amazon order you never placed? An unpaid parking ticket for a car you don’t own? If so, it’s possible that you’v...
26 Maalis 27min
Are we heading for World War Three?
It has been almost a month since Israel and the US launched their war against Iran, and already there have been strikes in more than a dozen countries, with reports of over 2,000 people killed across ...
25 Maalis 27min
The Venezuela model for regime change
Nicolas Maduro, the deposed president of Venezuela, is due to appear in court in New York this week alongside his wife, Cilia Flores. The pair face charges of cocaine trafficking and possession of mac...
24 Maalis 27min
Trump's Iran options
As the US and Israel war with Iran enters its fourth week, there are growing number of people in the United States calling for it end. But the military operations are increasing, not winding down. Th...
23 Maalis 26min
Netanyahu is not dead. So why did the internet think he was?
Social media platforms this week have been flooded with a wild rumour: that Benjamin Netanyahu was dead (which he is not). Fake photos and videos of his body, coated with dust and debris, seemed to sh...
20 Maalis 26min
