Sanders-Clinton, the debate for New York primaries is heated
The two candidates at the US primaries faced off each other in the CNN’s democratic debate, few days before the polls in the US state of New York.
Fighting in the Caucasus. Tensions between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan resume
Located in the South-Caucasus, the mountainous republic of Nagorno Karabakh is a presidential democracy inhabited by ethnic Armenians. In 1923, Stalin handed the territory over to Azerbaijan following a divide and rule policy put into place to weaken the national aspirations of minority groups. After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, a war broke
Child suicide bombers, Boko Haram’s most despicable weapon
4 in 2014, 44 last year alone. The number of children used as suicide bombers by terrorist group Boko Haram – operating in Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Niger – is dramatically increasing. The warning has been issued by a report of UNICEF, published 2 years from 14 April 2014, when 276 schoolgirls were abducted by terrorists
Brazil, Dilma Rousseff may face impeachment
The Brazilian congressional commission has backed impeaching President Dilma Rousseff, with 38 votes to 27. This is a crucial week for the country and the government: the impeachment proposal will now be taken to the full session of the lower house to decide – by Sunday and with a two-third majority – if the head
Macedonian police fires teargas at women and children. Idomeni, Europe’s biggest shame
Macedonian police fired teargas and rubber bullets at migrants trying to cross the border in Idomeni, Greece. Women and children were left wounded.
Leonardo DiCaprio risks being banned from Indonesia for denouncing palm oil
Leonardo DiCaprio is unstoppable, and so is his commitment to protecting the environment, even if it may cost him being banned from Indonesia. The country’s government was angered by a series of photographs the Oscar-winning actor posted on social media. These were taken during his visit to Gunung Leuser National Park in the province of
Syria, bombs dropped north of Aleppo. Women and children among the victims
A pregnant woman and three kids are among the 18 victims of the bombing carried out in Sheikh Maqsud, north of Aleppo, on 5 April. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), 70 people were injured, 30 of which are children. The NGO, based in London but boasting a dense network all over Syria, underlines
Panama Papers. Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson resigns
17:52 – Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson has resigned according to the leadership of the Progressive Party. After the strong pressure put on him by the Icelandic people following the Panama Papers scandal, Gunnlaugsson decided to resign from the position of head of the Reykjavik government. The protest in front of the Icelandic Parliament
Why Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton argued over the fossil fuel lobby
In Purchase, US town just a few kilometres from New York City, Hillary Clinton carried out yet another electoral speech for the primaries. As she left the stage, a young Greenpeace activist asked her: “Thank you for tackling climate change. Will you act on your words and reject future fossil fuel money in your campaign?” The
What are the Panama Papers, which reveal tax havens’ secrets
A huge archive of documents, nicknamed the Panama Papers and leaked from Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, allowed discovering how the world uses tax havens. 107 international newspapers carried out a 9-month investigation on 11.5 million dossiers filed in the law firm founded in 1977 by German Jurgen Mossack and Panamanian Ramon Fonseca, specialists of offshore