Launch of SMU Resilient Workforces Institute [right to left: Professor Alan Chan, SMU Provost, Guest-of-Honour Dr Janil Puthucheary, Senior Minister of State, Ministry of Education […]
Month: April 2026
Stablecoins, RWAs and Hong Kong’s interface moment
Why the real contest is no longer about crypto enthusiasm, but about payment rails, trade finance and the architecture of cross-border liquidity The loudest reading […]
Exposing five lies about Lebanon’s resistance
The U.S. & Israel seek to turn Lebanon into a vassal state. But the Lebanese people are determined to keep their independence and dignity.
Vote the Fascists Out (Neon Liberalism #70, with Greg Sargent)
Why did JD Vance personally campaign for the former Hungarian prime minister, Victor Orban? Why did his comprehensive defeat by a former member of his […]
TLP Weekend Edition (March 21-22, 2026)
Nothing beats the first two rounds of March Madness for thrills, upsets, and great storylines, like the 11th-seeded VCU overcoming a 19-point deficit to defeat […]
Troops Warned They’ll Be Prosecuted For War Crimes If They Follow Illegal Trump Orders
Members of the Trump administration are leaking to reporters that the president is bluffing when he threatens Iran, but on Sunday, Trump threatened Iranian power […]
A New Generation Tries to Dignify Manila
By: Tita C. Valderama Facebook photo On April 12, a 53-year-old construction worker named Jhony Lanquino was trying to beat the 38-degree heat by shedding […]
Cape Town announces a 10-hour power outage on Friday
Some Cape Town residents will face a full-day power outage as the city schedules critical maintenance at multiple substations on Friday…See More
Obasa Backs Tinubu To Continue Beyond 2027, Says It’s Key To Deepen Renewed Hope Agenda
Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has said the continuity of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration beyond 2027 is […]
Radda Assures Commitment To Restore Peace, Protect Lives In Katsina
Radda Assures Commitment To Restore Peace, Protect Lives In Katsina SEGUN OLANIYAN KATSINA Governor Dikko Umaru Radda of Katsina State has expressed his administration commitment […]
Israel Intensifies Destruction Across Southern Lebanon Despite Ceasefire
Despite a ceasefire announced Friday, after U.S. President Donald Trump said Israel was “PROHIBITED” from continuing to strike Lebanon, Israel continued to level villages and […]
Orbán is Ousted After 16 Years as Hungarians Reject Authoritarian Rule
On Sunday night, the streets of Budapest were filled. Tens of thousands of Hungarians poured into the streets along the Danube River, singing folk songs […]
Health, resilience and prosperity: Why immunization matters
I’ve spent years working on vaccination policy in Europe, and if there’s one thing we still underestimate, it’s this: the value of immunization does not […]
Iran says it won’t negotiate with ‘erratic’ Trump
Iran says it has no plans to negotiate with the US after President Donald Trump threatened Sunday that “the whole country is going to get blown up” if […]
How the death of middlebrow culture led to Trump’s barbarism
Those of us of a certain age can remember the middle-class suburban home of the late 1950s and early 1960s. On the coffee table lay […]
Politics is shaken by a new wave of #MeToo reckonings
This story was originally reported by Grace Panetta of The 19th. Meet Grace and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. […]
US Fires On, Seizes Iranian Ship, While Fate Of Cease-Fire, Peace Talks Uncertain
US forces have fired at and seized an Iranian-flagged ship in the Gulf of Oman that was attempting to evade a US maritime blockade, President […]
Trump Says US Negotiators Returning To Pakistan, Threatens Iranian Power Plants
US President Donald Trump said his representatives are traveling to Islamabad, Pakistan, for another round of talks on April 20 with Iran as the Strait […]
Iranian Military Command Vows Revenge For US Seizure Of Cargo Ship
As the US-Israeli war with Iran continues to impact and shape the region, journalists from RFE/RL deliver ongoing updates and analysis.
Snatching Even More Defeat from the Jaws of Defeat
So the Strait of Hormuz is closed again, I take it. It was open, but as I write this on Saturday evening it’s closed. Iran […]