By J Nastranis - NEW YORK (IDN) – While governments meet in New York for the first ever United Nations High-Level Conference on Nuclear Disarmament from May 14-16, 2018 campaigners for ‘zero nuclear weapons’ will be busy counting one million specially designed notes each of $1 million value, adding up to $1 trillion.
The amount of one trillion dollars [...]
By Andreas Becker (DW) – The gap between the rich and the poor has been widening in most countries. Economists are analyzing the potential consequences, among them pundits at the IMF which is holding its spring meeting in Washington this week.
Economists don’t have a reputation for being compassionate. They focus on numbers, not human fortune. [...]
By Chase Winter (DW) – US, French and British strikes on Syria have been limited to attempting to deter chemical weapons use. The action may be ineffective and could provoke an asymmetrical response from Syria and its allies, experts say.
The United States and its European allies early Saturday launched airstrikes on Syrian research, development and [...]
By Thalif Deen - UNITED NATIONS - The United Nations, whose peacekeepers have come under increased scrutiny because of widespread charges of sexual abuse and human rights violations, claims it is now committed to ensuring that all personnel serving with the UN meet the “highest standards of conduct, competence and integrity, including respect for and commitment [...]
By John J. Metzler - UNITED NATIONS — The setting was all about renewing an old friendship between a political pariah and the People’s Republic of China, its longtime patron.
So in his first state visit outside of the African continent, Zimbabwe’s new president Emmerson Mnangagwa visited China to reaffirm and re-enforce the close political and commercial ties which [...]
(WEBPUBLICAPRESS) New York – The World Trade Organization has forecast strong global trade growth this year but has warned that any further escalation in trade tensions between the United States and China could compromise those gains, DW reported quoting other news agencies.
The world trade in goods would grow 4.4 percent this year, above the post-financial-crisis average [...]
By Mark Hallam (DW) – Chancellor Angela Merkel has shed some light on Germany’s position as tensions flare in Syria. She said Germany stood ready to assist its allies, but that Germany’s military would not be involved.
Angela Merkel twice stated during a press conference on Thursday that Germany’s military “will not participate in possible military actions” [...]
(WEBPUBLICAPRESS) NEW YORK – Dubai is splashing tens of billions of dollars on infrastructure and hospitality projects related to the international trade fair Expo 2020, Dubai-based BNC Network said in a report published recently.
The value of Expo-related projects underway hit $42.5 billion in March, according to the Construction Intelligence Report.It said that $17.4 billion were [...]
By Rob Mudge (DW) – On the fifth anniversary of her death, what would former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher have made of the Brexit furor? Rob Mudge takes a look at her credentials within the European Union.
“No, no, no.”
Margaret Thatcher’s memorable House of Commons riposte in 1990 to European Commission chief Jacques Delors, who [...]
(WEBPUBLICAPRESS) UNITED NATIONS – New York – The Association of Roma in Poland is located near Auschwitz, where German Nazis murdered more than 1 million people. Speaking to DW, spokesman Wladyslaw Kwiatkowski says the community still faces discrimination today, Andrea Grunau of Deutsche Welle (DW) reported..
DW: How many Roma live in Poland today and what [...]
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