26/03/2018
By Chandra Muzaffar*
26 March 2018 – TRANSCEND Media Service — The escalation of tensions between the United States, Britain and France, on the one hand, and Russia, on the other, should not surprise anyone.
Dr. Chandra Muzaffar
In the last few years, the US leadership and mainstream British media have presented Russia as a major threat to global peace and the international order.
Russian president Vladimir Putin in particular has been demonised as a ‘war-monger,’ an ‘aggressor,’ an ‘unscrupulous politician’ hell-bent on restoring Russia’s past glory’ at whatever cost.
This projection of Russia as a threat to world peace has intensified in recent days partly because of Putin’s unveiling of Russia’s cutting edge military technologies on 1st March 2018.
They include advanced generation missiles with unlimited range and capability that can evade US or NATO anti-missile defences.
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26/03/2018
22 March 2018 Recent incidents in Brazil and Australia have once again put the spotlight on the safety of mining operations, and specifically their dams.
In February, Brazil’s environment authorities in the eastern Para State asked operators of the Alunorte alumina refinery to reduce operations by 50 per cent due to concerns over potential water contamination.
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26/03/2018
Honouring those who suffered the brutalities of the Transatlantic slave trade, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said the International Day set aside to remember this “epically shameful” chapter of human history is an opportunity raise awareness about the dangers of racism and prejudice today.
UN Photo/Devra Berkowitz | Details from the permanent memorial in acknowledgement of the tragedy and in consideration of the legacy of slavery and the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
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26/03/2018
UN Women/Ryan Brown | Participants at the 62nd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women rejoice as the Commission adopts Agreed Conclusions to ensure the rights and development of rural women and girls.
Coming on the heels of unprecedented global activism and public outcry to end gender injustice and discrimination worldwide, the 62nd session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) reached a robust agreement highlighting the urgency of empowering and supporting those who need it most and have, for too long, been left behind.
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