Daily Features

TURIN – US President George H.W. Bush once remarked that, “No nation on Earth has discovered a way to import the world’s goods and services while stopping foreign ideas at the border.”

By Nina L. Khrushcheva NEW YORK – “We cling to power as a flea clings to a collar,” Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, my great-grandfather, declared in 1957.

By Renzo R. Guinto SINGAPORE – People across Asia have eagerly awaited the end of heat-wave season, which now appears to be drawing to a close.

Last week, the Minister of Home Affairs stated that: the ‘biggest immediate ongoing problem’ of the Guyana Police Force is allegations of corruption in procurement; and he has an obligation to make sure that ‘there is an accounting for the people’s sweat, wealth and labour which comes to us for the operations and administration of the Guyana Police Force’.

By Red Thread, Guyana A recent regional hearing on corporal punishment and its impact on the rights of children in the Caribbean was organized by the Inter American Commission on Human Rights.

By John W. McArthur and Zia Khan NEW YORK – It is a truism in the business world that vision without execution is a hallucination, and execution without vision is futile.

By Eric Parrado WASHINGTON, DC – Long before he became a leading theologian, Saint Augustine famously appealed to God: “Lord, grant me chastity and continence – but not yet.”

Op-Ed World Population Day 2024 By Elizabeth Arnold–Talbert and Adler Bynoe Over the past 30 years, significant advancements have been made in sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR).

By Steve Pincus CHICAGO – In her dissenting opinion in Trump v.

By Dr Bertrand Ramcharan Seventh Chancellor of the University of Guyana Sometime Fellow of Harvard University There is an intense debate underway about the risks that artificial intelligence (AI) might pose to human security and human rights and, indeed, whether they might even surpass and control humans in the future.

By Mattia Ferraresi WASHINGTON, DC – Europe is no stranger to political violence like the recent attempt on Donald Trump’s life at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

Interviews and photos by Subhana Shiwmangal Part 84 Stabroek News spoke to members of the public on the island of Wakenaam in the Essequibo River about the rising cost of living and how it is affecting them.

Last Monday, the annual report of the Public Procurement Commission (PPC) for the period ending July 2023 was tabled in the National Assembly.

By Preity Kumar Dr. Preity R. Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Rhode Island.

By Chris Patten LONDON – The most compelling argument for liberal democracy is that it empowers citizens to choose their own leaders, effectively placing the country’s present and future in voters’ hands.

The screams of the nation’s children should wake us. Young children burning in fires should shake us.

By Mary Robinson DUBLIN – This summer of record-breaking heat waves and contentious elections around the world offers a valuable opportunity to reflect on the role individuals can play in driving positive change.

Business and Economic Commentary by Christopher Ram Court setback Banks DIH Limited and its newly minted holding company Banks DIH Holdings Inc.

By  Zaki Laïdi PARIS – By calling a snap parliamentary election in the wake of his party’s defeat in the June European Parliament election, French President Emmanuel Macron hoped to “clarify” the political situation for his own benefit.

By Shashi Tharoor NEW DELHI – Last month, the lieutenant governor of Delhi granted the police permission to prosecute Indian activist and prize-winning author Arundhati Roy under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).