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Earthquake in Venezuela: The Struggle to Survive
4+ hour, 40+ min ago (314+ words) At the time of this writing, the'official information'released by the president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodr'guez, reports 1, 719 deaths, 5, 034 injured, 15, 866 displaced, 855 damaged buildings (of which 189 collapsed completely), 38 affected hospitals, and 1, 645 other structures'such as bridges and roads'damaged. This level of destruction…...
July 5: Algeria's Long Reckoning with Empire and Memory
10+ hour, 47+ min ago (678+ words) Bow your head before you read further. What follows is not an anniversary tribute. It is an accounting. The fifth of July is not a feast. It is a debt. Here is its ledger, in order, from the first morning…...
Why Diverse Farms Still Face Pest Attacks
4+ hour, 27+ min ago (845+ words) For years, Natural Farming has championed crop diversity as one of agriculture's most effective ecological tools. The logic is simple: grow multiple crops together, include flowering plants, avoid synthetic pesticides, and nature will help regulate pests. Rooted in ecological science,…...
From Somnath's Plunder to "Chanda Chori' in Ayodhya
4+ hour, 21+ min ago (472+ words) The country is currently shocked by the alleged huge heist of wealth, or "chanda chori(theft of donations), in Ayodhyas Ram Temple. The "theft" of funds from the temple came as a big blow to the nation, particularly to those…...
The New Geopolitics of Hunger
8+ hour, 37+ min ago (267+ words) A System Built on Assumptions That No Longer Hold War as a Direct Lever on Global Food Supply Climate Shocks Layered on Top of War When Exporters Turn Inward Food as the Next Strategic Resource Utkarsh'Mishra'is'a journalist based in Ranchi…...
Temple Loot Is Acceptable'If the Looter Is a Hindu
5+ hour, 30+ min ago (862+ words) I am deeply disappointed to hear so many people speaking about the alleged loot in the Ram Mandir at Ayodhya. They speak of gold, silver, jewellery, cash, and donations. They speak of corruption, misappropriation, and betrayal. They speak with great…...
Beyond Track II: Why India and Pakistan Need a People's Peace Process
10+ hour, 58+ min ago (898+ words) Yet beneath the rhetoric lies a simple truth: neither India nor Pakistan can change its geography. They are destined to remain neighbours. The only question is whether they choose to remain adversaries or become partners in shaping a more peaceful…...
Pakistan's Handcuffed Democracy and Imran Khan's Long Incarceration: Is Democracy Dying?
7+ hour, 57+ min ago (177+ words) Dr Syed Mohammad Raghib completed his Ph D from the School of International Studies, JNU, New Delhi. by Baloch Siddik Azad01/07/2026 Abstract This paper examines the philosophical roots of Pakistan's governance crisis in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and Sindh. It argues that…...
Europe in Dire Straits: The European New Right Looks Towards Prometheus
8+ hour, 51+ min ago (893+ words) United States is Anti-Europe Unlike the right-wing neocons of the United States, much of the New European right has always viewed the US as a greater threat to Europe than communist Russia. Conservative revolutionaries between 1918 and 1932 in Europe supported the…...
Mark Twain 1835-1910: How a Satirist Exposed What Nuclear Weapons Conceal
8+ hour, 14+ min ago (446+ words) Nuclear Deterrence and the Logic of Threat Nuclear deterrence rests on the credible threat of overwhelming retaliation. It assumes that stability can be produced through mutual vulnerability and that peace can be sustained through the permanent possibility of catastrophe. In…...