Emma Wilde Botta聽looks at US President Donald Trump鈥檚 latest effort to 鈥渂reak the regime鈥 in Iran 鈥 by renouncing the nuclear deal negotiated by his predecessor.
Donald Trump鈥檚 announcement that the US will withdraw from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran and reimpose economic sanctions will intensify geopolitical conflicts in the region. It threatens to spark a wider war, engulfing the region and possibly the world.
With growing concern over the possibility of a trade war between China and the United States, Marty Hart-Landsberg takes a look at the issues at stake.
I awoke this morning to Radio National telling me that United States President Donald Trump could be in line for a Nobel Peace Prize.
What the 鈥 is black white? Had I awoken in a dystopian parallel universe?
Last week, the creep was bombing Syria. This week he鈥檚 the world鈥檚 greatest peacemaker and British bookies are slashing the odds on Trump and Kim Jong-un getting a Nobel Prize!
The intra-Korea summit on April 27 may well be recorded as historic, writes Youngsu Won from Seoul, but questions remain about how stable any peace that emerges will be.
The Panmunjeom Declaration signed by Kim Jong-un and Moon Jae-in clearly signifies Korea鈥檚 transition to peaceful coexistence. This development is welcomed by all except for anti-communist hysterical lunatics, nationally and internationally.
A suspected chemical weapons attack on April 8 killed at least 60 people and wounded more than 1000 in the Syrian town of Douma, the last rebel-held town in Eastern Ghouta. The Syrian opposition blamed the Assad government for carrying out the attacks, but Syria denied having any role. The chemical attack came one day after Syrian forces launched an air and ground assault on Douma.
Bhaskar Sunkara is editor of the US-based socialist magazine Jacobin and a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, which has experienced rapid growth over the past year. 麻豆传媒 Weekly鈥檚 Alex Bainbridge spoke to him about US politics under President Donald Trump and prospects for socialists.
Under the Donald Trump administration, the US government and weapons manufacturers are making a killing through arms sales to other countries, writes Jose Olivares.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has come out strongly against United States President Donald Trump鈥檚聽latest sanctions on the South American country. These prohibit 鈥渁ll transactions鈥 with 鈥渁ny digital currency鈥 issued by the Venezuelan government 鈥 alluding to the cryptocurrency promoted聽by the Venezuelan authorities, known as 鈥淧etro鈥.
Following the resignation of former Goldman Sachs executive Gary Cohn as the Trump administration's Chief Economic Advisor, US President Donald Trump tweeted: 鈥淲ill be making a decision soon on the appointment of new Chief Economic Advisor. Many people wanting the job 鈥 will choose wisely!鈥
I am sure he's right on at least the first part of that tweet. There will undoubtedly be a conga line of other corporate bloodsuckers eager to take the job.
The United States administration has stepped up聽its efforts聽at 鈥渞egime change鈥 in Venezuela in recent weeks.
During his recent meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull proposed that Australian superannuation funds invest in Trump's plan to renew the US's ailing national infrastructure. He was repeating a view being pushed by Australian ambassador and former Treasurer Joe Hockey for the US to adopt Australia's controversial "asset recycling" scheme by state and local governments, aided by federal subsidies.
Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said US-imposed sanctions are making foreign debt renegotiation more difficult and that the government would look to work with other countries to alleviate their needs.