As many of you know, out of the blue, I have been called in to assist the Interim Government led by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus in stabilising the economy left in ruins by the fallen autocratic-kleptocratic regime that looted the banks, stole public money and robbed small investors in the capital market to siphonContinue Reading

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Portland police have urged calm as the shooting remains under investigation, amid heightened tensions over ICE actions., BREAKING, Portland police have urged calm as the shooting remains under investigation, amid heightened tensions over ICE actions. Federal agents in the United States have reportedly shot two people in the city ofContinue Reading

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Despite an agreed-upon ‘peace plan’, Israel continues to violate the ceasefire., The Take Despite an agreed-upon ‘peace plan’, Israel continues to violate the ceasefire. In the three months since the United States unveiled a 20-point Gaza plan, more than 400 Palestinians have been killed and thousands injured in near-daily IsraeliContinue Reading

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It is the eternal tension of political cinema: to dramatize, or inform? Cherien Dabis’ multigenerational chronicle “All That’s Left of You” begins by leaning into the latter, but sheds its didacticism to become a harrowing multigenerational tale of a Palestinian family’s nakbas.  The story’s flashpoint is a West Bank protestContinue Reading

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EXPERT OPINION / PERSPECTIVE — Ask any Russian intelligence officer about “naruzhka,” and you’ll see them nod knowingly. It’s the term for physical, trailing surveillance: watchers on the street who follow targets, track meetings, and report patterns. The Russians are experts at it, and they have been for centuries, datingContinue Reading