By Peter Singer
MELBOURNE – One day, we may look back on 2023 as the year when it became apparent that the gigantic industry of raising animals for food was heading the same way as the industry that for most of the twentieth century dominated how we record and store images.
By Michael Witter
Michael Witter is a retired Senior Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, and currently researches and consults on problems of Small Island Development with special reference to the Caribbean islands and coastal territories.
For four consecutive days during last week, the Earth recorded its hottest days, with the global average temperature reaching 62.92 degrees Fahrenheit.
By Hollis France and Alissa Trotz
Hollis France is Associate Professor and
Chair of the Political Science Department at
the College of Charleston
Alissa Trotz is Professor and Director of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Toronto.
By Joschka Fischer
BERLIN – Russia’s senseless war in Ukraine has been raging for nearly a year and a half, and the basic criminal nature of the enterprise has not changed.
By Joseph S. Nye
CAMBRIDGE – When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with US President Joe Biden in the White House last month, many observers saw the makings of an evolving alliance against China.
The Petroleum Activities Bill 2023
On 20 June 2023, the Ministry of Natural Resources released the draft Petroleum Activities Bill 2023 for public comment, with a 14-day period for doing so.
By Jeffrey Sachs
New World Economy
Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley and French President Emmanuel Macron invited world leaders to Paris on June 22-23 to reach a new “global pact” to finance the fight against poverty and human-induced climate change.
By Wacław Radziwinowicz
WARSAW – In his address to the Russian people in the wake of Yevgeny Prigozhin’s mutiny, Russian President Vladimir Putin alluded to the events of 1917, when General Lavr Kornilov’s infantry rebellion opened the way for the Bolsheviks to seize power and unleash a five-year civil war.
By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan
Seventh Chancellor of the University of Guyana Previously: Professor at the Geneva Graduate Institute, Fellow of Harvard University and Fellow of the LSE.
By Nina L. Khrushcheva
MOSCOW – Yevgeny Prigozhin may have called off his attempted coup just before his Wagner Group mercenaries reached Moscow, but the rebellion may nonetheless have fatally undermined Vladimir Putin’s regime.
The disclosure last week of a sitting Minister of the Government and Member of Parliament (MP) accused of raping and sodomising a 16-year old girl from the indigenous community, has sent shockwaves throughout the length and breadth of Guyana and beyond its borders.