NATO and Europe are crying hoarse about North Korean troops being deployed in Russia. According to the Pentagon, about 10,000 North Korean troops are ready to be deployed in the war zone, most of whom are undergoing training in Russia. This would imply strength of about one division.
Recent data highlights a complex and challenging moment for the American labour market, revealing both troubling signs and resilience in the face of adversity.
The recent catastrophic floods in Spain’s Valencia region serve as a stark reminder of the intensifying climate challenges facing Europe.
Hungarian anthropologist Karl Polanyi says that there are certain critical periods of history when time expands. In recent years, time has expanded in Spanish politics.
My mother was worried sick when I was coming to the US thinking about how I would do my domestic chores all by myself.
The American elite are as nepotistic as their South Asian counterparts; at least as far as getting a head start in college education goes, thanks to the practice of legacy admissions in the country’s top universities.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said in its World Economic Outlook that the “global outlook is expected to decline this year to 3.6 per cent, down from 6.1 per cent in 2021”.
One struggles at times to make sense of the international support in some quarters for Vladimir Putin’s disastrous military endeavour, devastating in obvious ways not just for Ukraine but even for Russia.
As if this were not enough the growth of Hindu right-wing extremism, if it can be called that, spewing venom against the Muslims in particular and Christians to a lesser extent further aggravates the situation.
The Russia-Ukraine conflict has certainly contributed to the increase in food prices and the worsening of global food security.
