Whilst almost every sovereign state has, to some degree, embraced the progress of the 21st century, the DPRK (Democratic People’s Republic of Korea), by its own volition, has isolated itself from the rest.
The Polish vodka Sobieski states on its website that vodka’s “birthplace was in Poland” and not in Russia, as many believe. However what draws attention to the product is the use of whistleblower Edward Snowden in...
In recent years, Greece’s place in the Eurozone has been an example of how severe economic debt can detrimentally affect global and European financial markets. Currently, we’re waiting for a draft of the bailout deal to be ...
Last night the US government barely avoided breaching the US debt ceiling, which would have left the US Treasury unable to pay their bills within the next few days. This could have been disastrous for the recovering global econ...
The events that have been unfolding in Hong Kong lately probably have left many, especially in the West, wondering what’s up with this city that has long been considered a bridge and melting pot between East and West. A...
Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘Economy in 2020’ is admirable for the working class in its principles but ultimately has its flaws. Battered and bruised, with knees rocking after a haymaker, Labour’s current predicament within British...
A graphic video showing the killing of journalist Ramy Ryan in Gaza and an attack on an ambulance and rescue workers by Israeli air strikes has surfaced online.Warning: This six-minute video is very graphic. Viewer discretion i...
The news broke earlier this week that the Home Office backed, inevitably, by Teresa May, plans to “find a way of overturning international human rights conventions”, and seize the power to confiscate the passports of susp...
A group of young Palestinian activists have sledgehammered a hole into a separation barrier between the West Bank and Israel to mark 25 years since the collapse of the Berlin Wall.