Police attack mass protest over wind-turbines in northern Sri Lanka

Rally opposing police attack on a protest against the wind power plant in Mannar [Photo: Facebook/Wasantha Mudalige] On September 29, thousands of workers, fishermen, youth and women participated in a mass shutdown... Read more »

Gaza protests under way in Europe as arrests made in London | Gaza News

Protests take place in Barcelona, Rome, Lisbon and London, where police made more than 100 arrests. Tens of thousands of people are marching in major cities across Europe to protest against Israel’s... Read more »

Scale of Australian military exports to Israel exposed

A detailed investigative report, published this week by Declassified Australia in partnership with the Ditch, has lifted the lid on extensive and ongoing military exports from Australia to Israel. The report builds... Read more »

‘Will they change course?’: US Senate in deadlock over government shutdown | Donald Trump News

“ Well, the shutdown melodrama continues.” That’s how, with the verbal equivalent of a sigh, Senator John Kennedy of Louisiana summed up the third day of the United States government shutdown. Recommended Stories... Read more »

Henry Ford Genesys Hospital nurses remain determined as strike enters second month

As the determined strike by 700 nurses and case workers at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Michigan, enters its fifth week, the healthcare corporation has escalated its strikebreaking campaign. Striking... Read more »

How much of Europe’s oil and gas still comes from Russia? | Russia-Ukraine war News

Last week the European Commission said it was preparing to introduce tariffs on Russian oil imports entering the EU through Hungary and Slovakia. It comes as US President Donald Trump has piled... Read more »

Lifting the ‘constant black cloud’: how a smog-bound city cut dangerous levels of air pollution | Air pollution

In Santiago, this winter was different. The mountains surrounding the city – the same ones that usually trap smog and turn it into a “pressure cooker” – were visible more days than... Read more »

Australia: NSW Labor government imposes real wage cut on nurses and midwives

The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) announced on September 4 that an “interim” offer from the NSW Labor government for a 3 percent nominal wage “increase” had been accepted... Read more »

Russia advances in Ukraine as Zelenskyy touts ‘mega’ US weapons deal | Russia-Ukraine war News

As tensions between Russia and Europe continue to grow, Moscow has tried to present its ground war in Ukraine as unstoppable. The Kremlin claimed last week to be in control of two-thirds... Read more »

Trump’s renewed threat of 100 percent tariffs on foreign films

On Monday, President Donald Trump once again threatened to impose a 100 percent tariff on all films made outside the United States, in a rant on his Truth Social platform. His latest... Read more »