10+ hour, 33+ min ago  (411+ words) The Turkish writer Ece Temelkuran, driven into exile by the regime of Recep Tayyip Erdo'an, in her book "Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home in the 21st Century," lays out the familiar pattern: As Temelkuran warns, Americans, like those in other nations…...

11+ hour, 22+ min ago  (868+ words) Brazilian legendary footballer Pel" is credited with making the phrase the beautiful game synonymous with football. In 1977, he named his autobiography My Life and the Beautiful Game. The book's dedication reads: "I dedicate this book to all the people who…...

10+ hour, 39+ min ago  (990+ words) Around 80% of the global population can get 80% uptime solar-plus-storage power for less than $100/MWh, and half can get it for below about $80/MWh. That is already competitive with average fossil generation costs today, typically around $100/MWh. And they go on…...

11+ hour, 37+ min ago  (1558+ words) On the 10th of this month, the Princess of Asturias Foundation announced that its 2026 Literature Prize had been awarded to the British writer Julian Barnes. As stated on its website, the "Princess of Asturias Foundation is a private, non-profit organization whose…...

11+ hour, 29+ min ago  (688+ words) After nearly 15 months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was invited as a special guest to attend the G7 meeting, since India is not a member of this group. During the event, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U. S. President Donald Trump held a brief…...

16+ hour, 14+ min ago  (525+ words) [Alfred Mc Coy is certainly one of the greats when it comes to grasping this mess of a planet of ours and its painful history. Today, with my latest piece, I'm posting the cover of his recent instant classic history…...

18+ hour, 20+ min ago  (897+ words) Congratulations to you and your team for successfully running'Countercurrents. org'for the past 24 years, despite very limited resources. Is it more difficult to manage today than when it was started nearly two and a half decades ago, or has it become…...

23+ hour, 20+ min ago  (252+ words) Dr. Binoy Kampmark was a Commonwealth Scholar at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He currently lectures at RMIT University. Email: [email'protected] There is a strange contradiction visible in many educational institutions today. Thousands of young people proudly identify themselves as students, yet…...

23+ hour, 34+ min ago  (186+ words) S. R. Darapuri I. P. S. (Retd), National President, All India Peoples Front Anti-conversion laws, formally known as Freedom of Religion Acts, have been enacted in approximately twelve Indian states. These laws seek to regulate religious conversions by prohibiting those induced through force," India has…...

22+ hour, 2+ min ago  (375+ words) Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza have had their bank accounts frozen and closed without notice by the Bank of Palestine, the largest Palestinian financial institution, cutting off access to funds amid an ongoing Israeli genocide and blockade that has destroyed…...