Tag: Congress
Trump has ‘declared war against the American people’, says Ralph Nader
Democracy Now!
AMY GOODMAN: President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress in a highly partisan 100-minute speech, the longest presidential address to Congress in...
Powerless – another Asia-Pacific angle on the long siege of USAID
COMMENTARY: By Robin Davies
Much has been and much more will be written about the looming abolition of USAID.
It’s “the removal of a huge and...
Fears over China influence leads US to reopen Solomon Islands embassy
RNZ Pacific
Washington has announced plans to reopen the United States Embassy in Solomon Islands.
Inside the Games reports that the move is a bid to...
The world must not wash its hands of Afghanistan’s misery
ANALYSIS: By Mohammad Sadiq Sohail, an East-West Centre research specialist in Honolulu
Part 1 of a two-part series on the one-year anniversary of the Taliban...
New Caledonia’s Roch Wamytan set to be re-elected Congress president
RNZ Pacific
The President of New Caledonia's Congress Roch Wamytan is set to be re-elected for another one-year term after the party holding the balance...
Crispin C. Maslog: Open letter to Philippines president-elect Rodrigo Duterte
OPINION: By Crispin C. Maslog in Manila
Let me start by saying I was not your best fan during the elections. I normally do not...