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Yemen's Houthi rebels have demonstrated unwavering support for the Palestinians in Gaza. Unlike many Arab leaders who express insincere sympathy, the Houthi rebels, despite being from one of the world's poorest countries, have taken action by launching ballistic missiles at Israel and targeting ships passing through the Bab al-Mandab strait, a crucial pathway for global trade.

Japan, once the most highly rated economy, is officially in recession, with its GDP shrinking for two consecutive quarters. United Kingdom, currently a pale shadow of its past glory and long discounted as a major economy, has also just landed in recession posing questions about Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s economic policies.

South Africa, the most politically important nation in the African continent, is heading towards its national elections by the end of 2024 which promises to be the fiercest polls since the establishment of democracy in the country in 1994 after the abolition of apartheid.

Even before the results for the two parliamentary seats were formally made public, the message was moving around the British political and social circles that Conservatives are set for losing Wellingborough and Kingswood, supposed to be their safe seats. A deeper look into the reasons would make it clear that the outcome could not be construed as defeat for Tories or a win for Labour. Instead, it is a manifestation of no-trust in the policies and style of functioning of the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

The realisation that Saudi Arabia is not Qatar may seem obvious, but it has significant meaning for the lessons rights activists and others draw from the Qatar World Cup as they prepare for a Saudi-hosted tournament in 2034.

In The Junius Pamphlet written from jail in 1915, Rosa Luxemburg had said that the choice before mankind was between barbarism and socialism. Liberal opinion would contest this, arguing that the barbarism that marked the two world wars and the period in between was unrelated to capitalism; indeed the liberal tendency that comes to the fore under capitalism, it would claim, fought against the barbarism of that period. Capitalism, it would assert, has been characterised by the ascendancy of humane values to an unprecedented extent, as the post-war years have shown.

It was expected that Colombia’s elites, who had enjoyed a monopoly over the state for two hundred consecutive years up until twenty months ago, would attempt to obstruct the left-wing President Gustavo Petro’s administration. This effort to undermine the process of change mandated by the majority of Colombians has involved everything from misinformation campaigns to the blocking of policies in Congress — but there have also been more direct and sophisticated strategies to overthrow the progressive project.

OneCause, a leading digital fundraising technology provider, recently celebrated its fifteenth year. Since its beginning, nonprofit users of OneCause fundraising software have raised over $6.5 billion for their causes. In 2023 alone, OneCause customers raised $1.4 billion."We consider it a privilege to partner with thousands of nonprofits, and providing them with fundraising tools to support their success is at the core of our mission," said Steve Johns, chief executive officer of OneCause.

Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto, ex-general known for committing human rights atrocities in the past, who was once banned by the United States from entering for two decades for his human rights record, has claimed victory in Indonesia’s presidential election, getting more than 58 percent vote.

Finally, the Social Democratic Chancellor Olaf Scholz has shown some guts by taking strict measures against the far right including the neo fascists, following the massive demonstrations organized by the left parties, trade unions, the Social Democrats and other sections of the civil society. The huge participation of the common German people in the continuing demonstrations during week end in major cities of the country, surprised the political watchers.