Trump's ambition to extend the powers of the president has prompted national ‘no kings' protests. Donald Trump is looking to extend presidential powers. Geopix/Alamy The American Revolution was a result of the tyranny experienced by colonists under the British monarchy. Many Americans had fled from Europe where they had been persecuted under the rule of powerful monarchs. The government produced by the revolution was designed to ensure no such tyranny could be reproduced in the newly (…)

As the Musk v Trump feud steps up a level there are classic signs from a psychological point of view of why they are falling out. EPA-EFE/Aaron Schwartz/pool It is not a good break-up. These were always two big beasts used to getting their own way. Two alpha males, if you like the evolutionary metaphor, trying to get along. And now the Donald Trump and Elon Musk relationship is in meltdown. Who could forget that iconic image from just a few short weeks back ? Elon Musk standing behind (…)

Cette tuerie tragique entraîne la perte tragique d'une jeune vie et met en lumière les conséquences mortelles de la misogynie et de la domination masculine qui gangrènent notre société. Aucune femme ne devrait vivre dans la peur pour avoir rejeté des avances importunes. Le meurtre de Sana nous rappelle que nous devons nous attaquer d'urgence à la culture de la violence à l'égard des femmes et à la croyance toxique selon laquelle les hommes ont droit à l'attention ou à l'affection des (…)

Un homme de 22 ans a été arrêté au Pakistan et a avoué le meurtre de l'influenceuse de médias sociaux Sana Yousaf, âgée de 17 ans, selon la police. Une adolescente sourit en tenant un bouquet de fleurs Sanayousaf22 Sana Yousaf était une influenceuse bien connue sur les réseaux sociaux au Pakistan. Les autorités ont déclaré qu'elles étaient convaincues qu'Umar Hayat avait assassiné Mlle Yousaf à son domicile d'Islamabad lundi, après qu'elle eut rejeté ce qu'elles ont appelé ses « (…)

So India under Modi now needs 'a long night of American mediation' to agree to a ceasefire after three days of growing concern in the country about the consequences of a full-scale India-Pakistan military conflict. The news of a ceasefire was broken by Trump and his officials before being corroborated by India and Pakistan. Wish the two regimes listened to their own people and did not leave room for American intervention. Shame on the dominant media in India and Pakistan which were busy (…)

Following the extra-judicial killing of CPI(Maoist) general secretary Comrade Nambala Keshav Rao alias Basavaraju in the Narayanpur massacre on 21 May, the Modi government seems to be in a celebratory mode. While Home Minister Amit Shah called it 'a landmark achievement in the battle to eliminate Naxalism', promptly endorsed as a 'remarkable success' by PM Narendra Modi, the BJP Karnataka unit used a meme showing Amit Shah holding a cauliflower. The symbolism invokes the carnage of Muslims (…)