The threat of a full-blown trade war between the US and China and Brexituncertainty are posing mounting risks to the EU economy, the European commission has warned, after downgrading its growth outlook for 2019. Brussels’ executive arm said a recent slowdown in global trade volumes had taken its toll across the continent, as it cut its GDP growth forecast for the… Read more »
At the Venice Biennale this year, visitors to the city’s Arsenale will see a replica of the Lincoln Memorial’s marble throne being thrashed, with vicious and terrifying force, by a rubber hose. The work, by Chinese artists Sun Yuan and Peng Yu, is certainly one kind of response to an era of phallic power gone mad. Cathy Wilkes, however, the… Read more »
As a huddle of artists and curators watched from the shore, the immense rusted, pitted body of a wrecked ship was painstakingly brought to shore at Venice’s ancient Arsenale, one of the venues for the city’s art Biennale. It is the remains of one of the Mediterranean’s most shocking tragedies, in which between 700 and 1,100 people perished. The 90ft fishing… Read more »
Understandably, the donation of reconstruction money to the Notre Dame Cathedral has caused a lot of debate. Even in the United States, especially over Twitter, there are left-leaning individuals saying that the Notre Dame reconstruction can solve a lot of world issues such as world hunger, poverty, the Flint Water Crisis, etc. The donation of money in France has caused… Read more »
During the simulation, I mostly spoke to the other delegations during the unmoderated caucuses. I never formally spoke during the moderated or gave a speech. Although I did not, I feel like I had a role in our negotiations. I looked at clauses provided by other delegations and agreed whether we would sign on them or not. Ben did a… Read more »
Many sex workers’ across the globe do not have rights that involve health and labor. This applies specifically to many underdeveloped nations and their sex worker populations. Western countries tend to be more accommodating for their work if it is legally or at least partially legal. For example, the Red Light District in Amsterdam. The women are protected and have… Read more »
Holding signs that read “What about the poor?” and chanting “Justice for all,” France’s yellow vest protesters, ignoring the displays of unity by the French political class in the wake of the Notre Dame fire, marched through the streets of Paris and other cities on Saturday, vowing to persevere in what they called “Ultimatum 2”. “These [protests] are very important for… Read more »
In June 2018, two Italian populist parties formed a new government with an anti-immigration agenda. Italy started turning away NGO rescue boats at sea, evicted refugees from a camp and an abandoned building in Rome, and introduced a decree that scrapped a whole category of humanitarian protection. But the government’s far-right platform has also boosted solidarity initiatives. NGOs that offer programmes… Read more »
Comedian Volodymyr Zelensky has won both rounds of Ukraine‘s presidential election with a huge margin, erasing President Petro Poroshenko‘s chances of reelection five years after coming to power. On Sunday, Zelensky secured more than 73 percent of ballots in the country’s runoff vote with under 25 percent of voters supporting the incumbent. Just three weeks ago, on March 31, the political novice… Read more »
Dissident republican group the New IRA admitted on Tuesday responsibility for killing Northern Irish journalist Lyra McKee during rioting in the city of Londonderry last week, in a statement to The Irish News. The New IRA “offer our full and sincere apologies to the partner, family and friends of Lyra McKee for her death”, it said in a statement reported by the Irish newspaper,… Read more »