Venezuelans voted Sunday in legislative #elections set to tighten President Nicolas #Maduro‘s grip on power and further weaken his US-backed opposition rival Juan #Guaido, who is leading a boycott of the polls he...
Brexit talks: EU, UK face ‘narrow path’ to deal in final push
#EU and #UK post-#Brexit trade talks reached crisis point on Monday with the outcome highly uncertain and the risk of a damaging “no-deal” still alive.
DR Congo President Tshisekedi announces he is quitting ‘Kabila coalition’
#DRCongo President Felix #Tshisekedi on Sunday said he planned to form a new #coalition government and warned he might be forced to dissolve parliament and hold fresh elections if he was unable to do so.
Australia bushfire: Fraser Island residents told to leave immediately – BBC News
Firefighters are battling to keep a large bushfire which has come within 700 metres of a small township on an Australian holiday island at bay. Dozens of residents of Happy Valley were earlier urged to evacuate as the...
India ‘mystery’ illness puts hundreds in hospital – BBC News
At least one person has died and 227 have been hospitalised by an unidentified illness in India’s southern state of Andhra Pradesh. The patients had a wide range of symptoms from nausea to fits and falling...
CrossTalk Bullhorns| Quarantine Edition | Dual Power?
Joe Biden may indeed be inaugurated in January of next year. However, will he have a legitimate mandate? Will the next campaign start when the next president takes office? Also, the neoliberal order is headed back into...
Pianist turns tense standoff between eco-activists & police in Germany into concert
For a short while, a forest in central Germany has been filled with the sounds of piano music as renowned pianist, Igor Levit, delivered his “musical statement” in support of the woodland about to be cleared for a new...