Tag: global

• Can ICC chief prosecutor Bensouda hit back at President Trump?

  September 20, 2020

  A climate of fear reigns in The Hague following Washington’s move to blacklist the ICC prosecutor in response to the institution’s opening of an inquiry into war crimes and crimes… more ›

• Climate migration

  September 6, 2020

  Sea level rise, sweltering temperatures, parching drought, intense wildfires, catastrophic flooding, powerful hurricanes—the effects of climate change are widespread and varied across the globe. These events, which are becoming more… more ›

• Fast fashion, slow destruction: this is the price other people pay for the cheap clothes we buy

  September 6, 2020

  For years, C&A and other large clothing companies contributed to the erosion of the garment industry in Bangladesh. When trade suddenly came to a standstill as a result of Covid-19… more ›

• Chinese-Made Smartphones Are Secretly Stealing Money From People Around The World

  September 6, 2020

  It’s the latest example of how cheap Chinese smartphones take advantage of the world’s poorest people. Current security concerns about Chinese apps and hardware have largely focused on potential back… more ›

• Kagame: “On Judgement Day, I will get better marks than those who criticise us over human rights”

  September 6, 2020

  From the struggle against the coronavirus, to the relationship with France and with the neighbours, and the state of human rights in Rwanda, an interview with Rwandan President Paul Kagame.… more ›

• What China has to gain from Africa

  September 6, 2020

  DESIGN: QUARTZ/BÁRBARA ABBÊS. PHOTO: UNSPLASH/ EVA BLUE AND MACAU PHOTO AGENCYFrom our ObsessionBecause ChinaChina is striving for global leadership, and has the economic clout to realize its vision. https://qz.com/africa/1897036/what-china-has-to-gain-from-africa/ more ›

• Wealthy Nigerians are buying up passports for cash from Caribbean nations to beat visa rules

  September 6, 2020

  A year ago, the office of Citizenship by Investment Program (CIP) in the small Caribbean island nation  of St. Lucia had received no applications from any Africans in its nearly… more ›

• The Twin Insurgency

  August 24, 2020

  The postmodern state is under siege from plutocrats and criminals who unknowingly compound each other’s insidiousness. States within the global political economy today face a twin insurgency, one from below,… more ›

• Exclusive: Cyprus sold passports to criminals and fugitives

  August 23, 2020

  Convicted fraudsters, money launderers and political figures accused of corruption are among dozens of people from more than 70 countries who have bought so-called “golden passports” from Cyprus, according to… more ›

• Jack Dorsey on Twitter’s Mistakes

  August 9, 2020

  It’s been four years since the 2016 election laid bare the powerful role that social media companies have come to play in shaping political discourse and beliefs in America.Since then,… more ›