Do the Labor Provisions in Trump’s Southeast Asian Trade Deals Have a Point?

“BIG NEWS on the FORCED LABOR IMPORT BAN FRONT!” wrote Laura Murphy, professor of human rights and contemporary slavery at Sheffield Hallam University’s Helena Kennedy Centre for International Justice, in a LinkedIn post over the weekend. Murphy,...

Reimagining Commercial Underwriting in the Age of AI

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Tony Wood: Sell Your Children

The last seven years​ have brought a string of successes for the right in Latin America. In October 2018, Jair Bolsonaro won the Brazilian presidency. In June the following year, Nayib Bukele came to power in El Salvador, and that November, the...

EU welcomes Vietnam to WTO’s alternative arbitration arrangement

The EU has welcomed the decision of Vietnam to join the Multi-party Interim Appeal Arbitration Arrangement (MPIA) for WTO members. The MPIA now covers 58 World Trade Organization (WTO) members and 59.5 per cent of world trade.The arrangement...

Belt and Road Monitor, Edition 9, 2025

This edition of the Belt and Road Monitor covers developments from 1 to 30 September 2025. If you enjoy our Belt and Road coverage, consider checking out Janes IntelTrak, a visual analytics tool that tracks and maps the global activities of...

Premio Nobel per la Guerra: gli Stati Uniti preparano l’invasione del Venezuela

Dopo gli attacchi ai pescherecci venezuelani e l’esclusione di Caracas, L’Avana e Managua dal Vertice delle Americhe, il Nobel a María Corina Machado appare come un nuovo tassello propagandistico per legittimare un’aggressione statunitense contro...

Trump is coming for Venezuela

America’s foreign policy appears to have been turned upside down. In the Middle East and Far East, which have consumed most of America’s defence planning energy over the last few decades, trade wars and diplomatic negotiations have replaced shows...

New Bean Bar opens in Kamares Alphamega store

Bean Bar is continuing to expand in the Cypriot market, sending out good vibes to even more areas across Cyprus. The chain’s latest pop-up store has opened its doors inside the Alphamega Hypermarket of Larnaca’s Kamares area, offering customers...

Russian Forces Push To Take Control Of Key Ukrainian Stronghold Pokrovsk

Home Russia Russian Forces Push To Take Control Of Key Ukrainian Stronghold Pokrovsk Control of Pokrovsk would allow Moscow to further disrupt Ukrainian supply lines along the eastern front and boost its long-running campaign to capture Chasiv...

Prince Andrew’s Kids: Everything to Know About Princesses Beatrice & Eugenie

Prince Andrew, Duke of York is the father of two royal women. Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie are the only children of Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah, Duchess of York. Their father has been in the spotlight since Virginia Giuffre, who is one...

Why a legal response to the Genocide in Gaza is necessary but insufficient

This weekend, I attended the Gaza Tribunal, not the international event in Istanbul, but a conference in Berlin with the same name and held on the same weekend. This tribunal was organised by Deutsche JuristInnen für das Völkerrecht (German...

Explainer-Russia prepares to take strategic Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian forces are close to taking the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk after a pincer movement almost totally encircled it while small groups of highly mobile Russian units penetrated the city, according to Russian military...

‘It’s complicated’: How safe do foreign residents feel in German cities?

An off-the-cuff comment by Germany's chancellor, linking safety concerns in German cities to immigrants, sparked backlash and widespread debate. Some have called the comments racist while others voiced agreement. We asked our readers what they...

La presión contra Venezuela como guerra híbrida contra Rusia y China

Un vicio comúnmente encontrado entre los analistas geopolíticos y periodistas de orientación antiimperialista es el intento de explicar todos los conflictos internacionales por la “causa única” de la búsqueda imperialista de recursos naturales....

Central American Games Basketball: Belize to face Guatemala for bronze Wednesday at 3:00pm

Views: 37 Views: 33 Posted: Wednesday, October 29, 2025. 9:36 am CST. Panama and Nicaragua to clash for gold at 8:00pm Jason Orosco sinks Panama in Central American Games semifinal loss on Tuesday at the Gimnasio Nacional Teodoro Palacios Flores...

Thanksgiving Coffee’s Holiday blend returns for its 44th season

Thanksgiving Coffee Company has just announced the annual return of its Holiday Blend, now in its 44th year. Crafted from coffees grown in Nicaragua, Colombia, and Sumatra, the Holiday Blend 2025 steeps the spirit of the season in every cup. This...

Melissa joins small list of Cat 5 hurricanes that have made landfall

Hurricane Melissa has joined a list of only about a dozen other Category 5 hurricanes that have made landfall in the Atlantic. The deadly Hurricane Melissa slammed into Jamaica's southwestern coast with 185 mph winds around noon CT on Tuesday....

Trump’s 2025 Venezuela Escalation Is A Sham For Oil

Above photo: theweek.com. On October 16, 2025, Donald Trump’s second term ignited a reckless campaign against Venezuela, greenlighting covert CIA operations, deploying 4,000 Marines and F-35 jets to the Caribbean, and launching strikes on...

Week of October 19, 2025, Trade News

U.S. Launches Section 301 Investigation into China’s Phase One Trade Agreement Compliance On October 24, 2025, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced the launch of a Section 301 investigation into China’s implementation of its...

How to watch Newcastle vs Tottenham: live stream Carabao Cup 2025/26 game for FREE, TV channels, preview, team news

The Newcastle vs Tottenham live stream features Eddie Howe's defending champions hosting Thomas Frank's away specialists in a potential Carabao Cup 4th round classic. The Magpies are nothing if not inconsistent this season, but when they're hot,...