Britain's May 7 general elections, in which the Conservative Party won an outright majority, produced a couple of silver linings on a very large black cloud.
One was the success of the Green Party of England and Wales. While the party did not sweep into Westminster, it made progress politically and in terms of votes.
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Britain's May 7 general elections, in which the Conservative Party won an outright majority, produced a couple of silver linings on a very large black cloud.
One was the success of the Green Party of England and Wales. While the party did not sweep into Westminster, it made progress politically and in terms of votes.
Greek pensioners joined the march for a better healthcare in Athens.
More than 300 migration experts and academics have condemned the European Union's plan of military intervention against the surge of smuggling boats heading to Europe across the Mediterranean Sea.
The academics鈥 strong condemnation of the plan comes after Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi compared the current migrant crisis to the 18th and 19th century slave trade. In a recent article for the New York Times, he wrote that 鈥渉uman traffickers are the slave traders of the 21st century, and they should be brought to justice鈥.
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The June 7 elections to Turkey鈥檚 Grand National Assembly are shaping up to be the most important in a long time. The bold decision of the People鈥檚 Democratic Party (HDP) to run as a party and strive to exceed the grossly undemocratic 10% threshold needed to win representation in parliament has put the group at the political centre stage.
"Resign Now" is the rallying cry of the popular movement bringing together diverse social sectors calling for President Perez Molina's resignation. Photo: Prensa Comunitaria.
Despite growing social movement pressure and emerging corruption scandals, Guatemalan President Perez Molina says he will not resign.
As Nepal struggles to revive from the catastrophe caused by the April 25 earthquake that registered 7.8 on the Moment Magnitude Scale and its aftershocks, Latin America's socialist governments are busy soothing the wounds of the Nepalese people.
The orange-coloured team of Venezuelan aid workers and white-coloured medical team from Cuba have brought to the people of Nepal the spirit of Argentine-born Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara and Venezuela's late revolutionary president Hugo Chavez.
The fossil fuel industry receives US$5.3 trillion a year in government subsidies, despite its disastrous toll on the environment, human health, and other global inequality issues, a new report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has found.
That means that governments worldwide are spending $10 million every minute to fund energy companies 鈥 more than the estimated public health spending for the entire globe.
Traces of chemicals commonly used for fracking were found in鈥 鈥瑃he鈥 鈥琩rinking鈥 鈥瑆ater鈥 鈥瑂upply of three homes in Bradford County in the US state of Pennsylvania,鈥 鈥琣 study revealed on May鈥 鈥18.鈥
The investigation,鈥 鈥瑆hich appeared in scientific鈥 鈥琷ournal鈥 鈥鈥琍roceedings of the National Academy of Sciences鈥<鈥/i鈥>鈥,鈥 鈥琾roved the long-held worry of damaging underground drinking water sources from the method of extracting gases known as hydraulic fracturing.鈥 鈥琓he report explicitly links the practice with the affected water systems.鈥
More than鈥 鈥200鈥 鈥琫nvironmental activists鈥 鈥琤locked a terminal in Seattle鈥欌瑂 port to protest against Royal Dutch Shell鈥欌瑂 imminent plans to begin drilling for oil in the Arctic.鈥
A huge vessel,鈥 鈥琻amed Polar Pioneer,鈥 鈥琲s temporarily stationed at the port before heading out to the Arctic to explore for oil.鈥 鈥琁f successful,鈥 鈥琲t will be the first time the multinational has exploited oil in the Arctic.鈥
Popular left-wing activist activist Ada Colau has won Barcelona's May 24 mayoral elections. Running on the ticket of Barcelona Together, which united several left groups and grassroots activists, Colau came first with 25% of the vote.
Burundi's embattled President Pierre Nkurunziza agreed on May 20 to postpone parliamentary elections, but refused to change the date of the presidential vote.
Parliamentary and local elections were moved back from May 26 to June 6. However, the contentious presidential vote remains scheduled for June 26.
Condolences and tributes to legendary revolutionary and champion of women鈥檚 rights Nora Castaneda have been pouring in from across Venezuela after news of the activist鈥檚 death on May 16.
An economist, university lecturer and much-loved revolutionary, Castaneda is renowned for having founded and presided over Venezuela鈥檚 internationally celebrated Women鈥檚 Development Bank, 鈥淏anmujer鈥 since 2001. She was also one of the chief protagonists of Venezuela's working-class women鈥檚 movement that emerged in the 1980s.
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