Households and businesses across Pakistan are covering their roofs with cheap Chinese solar panels. Generating their own electricity is softening the blows from steeply increasing prices.
The more panels go up on factories, shops and middle-class homes, the less money electricity companies collect for their supply, which is generated from coal, gas, nuclear and hydro power stations.
This has exacerbated the cash crisis in the electricity sector, which is about $9 billion in debt, and (…)

Since the start of the large-scale war, due to Russian bombing, more than 3,400 educational establishments have been damaged and 400 have been completely destroyed. Among them are many universities. In these establishments, the conditions for students to study are becoming increasingly difficult, particularly because the university administrations are not carrying out the necessary repairs. This issue of repairs is one of the concerns of the student union Priama Diia, which is demanding that (…)

Depuis le début de la guerre à grande échelle, en raison des bombardements russes, ce sont plus de 3 400 établissements d'enseignement ont été endommagés et 400 ont été complètement détruits. Parmi eux de nombreuses universités. Dans ces établissements, les conditions d'études des etudiant·es deviennent de plus en plus difficiles, notamment parce que les administrations universitaires ne procèdent pas aux réparations nécessaires. Cette question des réparations est une des préoccupations du (…)

Despite hopes for change, things may stay the same or worsen in Myanmar, as the junta's fight against resistance groups and civilians continues into another year.
On 1 February 2025, Myanmar will enter a fifth year under military rule. Will 2025 bring change to Myanmar's current woes?
As 2025 began, more people and members of the resistance against the military in Myanmar were hoping for and expecting the fall of the State Administration Council (SAC) junta. The junta is intent on (…)

L'idéologie dominante de l'extrême droite est devenue un survivalisme suprémaciste monstrueux. Notre tâche est de construire un mouvement suffisamment fort pour les arrêter.
Le mouvement pour les cités-États corporatives n'en croit pas sa chance. Depuis des années, il promeut l'idée extrême que les personnes fortunées allergiques aux impôts devraient créer leurs propres fiefs high-tech, qu'il s'agisse de nouveaux pays sur des îles artificielles en eaux internationales (« seasteading ») ou (…)