Letter from Christchurch building collapse victims in New Zealand to the families of the Tennessee explosives plant disaster

Recovery operation personnel work on the destroyed CTV building in Christchurch, New Zealand, after the city was hit by a 6.3 magnitude earthquake. Feb. 24, 2011 file photo. [AP Photo/Rob Griffith] The... Read more »

What we know about Pakistan-Afghanistan ceasefire, will it hold? | Pakistan Taliban News

Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to an “immediate ceasefire” after a week of deadly clashes along their border, as the ties between the two South Asian neighbours plunged to their lowest point... Read more »

Bus drivers at Stagecoach and Metroline in Greater Manchester speak after Unite union agrees rotten pay deals

Bus drivers spoke to the World Socialist Web Site after the Unite union pushed through deals concocted behind closed doors in collusion with Labour Mayor Andy Burnham and three bus companies, at... Read more »

Crisis-hit Bolivia to vote in run-off election, ending decades of socialism | Politics News

Bolivians are set to head to the polls to choose between two pro-market candidates in a presidential run-off that marks the end of nearly two decades of socialist rule and the start... Read more »

Millions rally against fascism in “No Kings” protests

Mass demonstrations likely largest protest in US historyTens of thousands gather in New York City against dictatorship, October 18, 2025. Millions of people across the United States and around the world took... Read more »

Thousands gather for anti-Trump ‘No Kings’ protests across US | Donald Trump News

More than 2,600 rallies are planned in cities large and small, organised by hundreds of coalition partners. Protesters have gathered in several United States cities for “No Kings” demonstrations against President Donald... Read more »

Trump administration furloughs nuclear weapons agency staff due to shutdown | Nuclear Weapons News

About 1,400 workers will be cut from the agency, which is responsible for overseeing the US nuclear weapons stockpile. The administration of United States President Donald Trump has announced that it will... Read more »

Raila Odinga’s funeral turns into another Ruto government massacre

Nothing could more starkly capture the political and moral bankruptcy of Raila Odinga’s legacy than the massacre that unfolded at his funeral, carried out by the “broad-based” Kenyan government he helped forge.... Read more »

Military leader Randrianirina sworn in as Madagascar’s new president | Protests News

Madagascar has sworn in an army colonel as president, just days after a military takeover on the back of a popular rebellion that sent President Andry Rajoelina fleeing into exile. The African... Read more »

US-China economic war intensifying, not de-escalating

While US President Trump is seeking, at least in public, to de-escalate trade tensions with China ahead of his proposed meeting with President Xi Jinping at the end of the month, the... Read more »