The Dark Side of America

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was shot and wounded on Wednesday, is a seasoned politician known for his controversial stance. The populist leader made a stunning comeback last October, securing his third term after running a campaign that criticised the West for supporting Ukraine in the conflict with Russia. However, his decades-long career has now been marked by an episode of violence. He is currently in a life-threatening condition in hospital after being shot multiple times in a ...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday in an unannounced diplomatic mission to reassure Ukraine that it has American support as it struggles to defend against increasingly intense Russian attacks . The visit comes less than a month after Congress approved a long-delayed foreign assistance package that sets aside $60 billion in aid for Ukraine, much of which will go toward replenishing badly depleted artillery and air defense systems. On his fourth trip to Kyiv since ...

It was 7 a.m. recently on a Friday when Wang Gang, a 36-year-old Chinese immigrant, jostled for a job in New York City’s Flushing neighborhood. When a potential employer pulled up to the street corner, Wang and dozens of other men swarmed around the car. They hoped to be chosen to work on a construction site, on a farm, as a mover – anything that might pay. Wang had no luck, even though he waited another two hours. It would be another day without work since he illegally crossed the southern U.S ...

A new opinion poll has revealed that the majority of US college students support pro-Palestine demonstrations on campuses across the country as Israel’s genocidal war on the besieged Gaza Strip continues to rage for over seven months. The survey, conducted by Intelligent, an online magazine focused on higher education and ran by the New York Post on Sunday, said 65 percent of American college students support the recent protests as anti-Israel demonstrations spread to scores of US campuses. The ...

Student protests calling for divestment from Israel on university campuses around the United States are the latest sign of public discontent with the Israel-Palestine conflict. Some notable violent clashes have recently taken place, such as on the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus, where demonstrators and counter-demonstrators fought at a student encampment overnight on 30 April. However, between 7 October and 3 May, the overwhelming majority of student demonstrations — 97% — h ...