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Conflict as System Realignment: How Overloaded Systems Reset Themselves
When political systems descend into conflict, the standard explanations tend to revolve around human error: failed diplomacy, miscalculation, or the deliberate pursuit of aggressive ambition. These accounts can be persuasive, but they often...

Yugoslav Self-Management: Forgotten Seeds of Post-Growth Democracy
This article highlights the historical significance of self-management practices in Yugoslavia as inherently anti-capitalist and anti-colonial. The Yugoslav model’s institutional structure embodied principles that degrowth theorists advocate,...

Corporate Farming Vs Cooperative Farming In Pakistan: Who Really Benefits?
Recent attempts to pave the way for the one-canal project and introduce corporate farming have been met with fierce opposition. Both landowners and cultivators (kashtkar) stand to be affected by the advent of corporate farming. Corporate farming,...

Everything you need to know as Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic leads Serbia into EuroBasket tournament
Basketball fans in the Denver area suffering from Nikola Jokic withdrawal can breathe a sigh of relief. You’re still looking at a two-month wait for Nuggets opening night, but at least you can watch Jokic in the meantime. Denver’s three-time MVP...

The Case Against a Military Intervention to Stop the Gaza Genocide
Have you read The Case for Military Intervention to Stop the Gaza Genocide? I dont mind promoting it to you, since I agree with most of it (and also consider most of it to do absolutely nothing to advance any case for military intervention to stop...

How Israelis turned atrocity denial into an art
A decade ago, in the final days of the weekly joint Palestinian–Jewish protests against Israel’s construction of the separation wall in the West Bank village of Al-Ma’asara, one of our pre-demonstration rituals was a speech by Mahmoud, a local...

In the know: Aug. 22
Aug. 22 The El Dorado Hills Community Services District will host a Free Concert in the Park with Island of Black & White from 7-9:30 p.m. at Community Park. For more information visit eldoradohillscsd.org. Bumgarner Winery's tasting room in...

No, This Isn’t a Typo: You Can Actually Fly Round-Trip to These 10 European Cities for Under $500!
You read that right. You can fly from the GCC to Europe and back for under USD 500. It’s not a gimmick. We checked the data, and here are ten cities that prove it. Before you book: Fares are averages for autumn travel (Aug-Nov) and will vary based...

Wego unveils last-minute summer family spots for UAE residents
Travel, Tourism & Hospitality August 2025 294 Wego, a travel app in Mena, has compiled a list of last-minute family-friendly destinations for UAE residents to enjoy the final summer days before school starts, offering attractive airfare options...

Purpose over pageantry: How Sophie has become the Crown’s most effective diplomat
While the royal spotlight often drifts toward palace intrigue or the antics of its more outspoken members, a quieter revolution is unfolding within the House of Windsor. Its architect is not the King, the Prince of Wales, or even the indomitable...

Never again?
‘NEVER again. And yet, here we are. Again.’ Two years into Israel’s war on Gaza, the global debate is still trapped in grotesque semantics: is this genocide, or ‘merely ethnic cleansing’? Is it famine, or ‘just food insecurity’? Is it mass...

Two new major overseas tours announced for Edward and Sophie
The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh will carry out major overseas visits to Papua New Guinea and Japan next month, Buckingham Palace has announced. Prince Edward will travel to Papua New Guinea from 14 to 17 September to represent King Charles III...

World’s fact-checkers to meet in Vilnius for GlobalFact 2026
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (August 20, 2025) — The world’s fact-checking journalists will convene in Lithuania’s capital city of Vilnius for the 13th annual GlobalFact summit in June 2026. Presented by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN) at...

China Port Watch: From a small harbor to a global logistics powerhouse as Lianyungang expands global connectivity under China's Belt and Road Initiative
A view of Lianyungang Port, the largest seaport in East China's Jiangsu Province on August 4, 2025 Photo: Yin Yeping/GT Editor's Note: How are Chinese ports navigating fierce global competition to bolster the resilience of China's foreign trade?...

Will Serbia stick with Europe?
In Belgrade, the morning after the night before, the city is serene. The roads have been fastidiously cleared of the banners and debris. The violence exists now only on social media, and in the collective consciousness. All the while, the...

'Upsetting' - Hull City new boy Brandon Williams makes candid confession in revealing interview
Mention the name Brandon Williams to any Manchester United fan and there will no doubt be a look of disappointment about what might have been for a player they describe as one of their own, who promised so much. When he burst on the scene at the...

Effective Reforms Could Increase Economy by 9%
The efficiency of reform implementation will increase the economy of Albania and the Western Balkans in general by about 9% in the medium term, according to estimates from the International Monetary Fund, in a recent document on structural reform...

Susan Elliott: Uzbekistan Demonstrates Impressive Results
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) — On 19 August, during the High-Level Meeting in Tashkent between Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, and European partners on the theme “Cooperation for Common Development,” Susan Elliott, Director General of the U.S....
New Classmates, Kosovar children navigating Slovenian school system
Albanians are the second largest group of immigrants to Slovenia. Filmmaker Toni Cahunek explores the background of immigration and the challenges of integration in his new documentary about four Albanian-speaking children from Kosovo. New...

Review: Otter
19/08/2025 - With his latest film, Srđan Vuletić attempts to step into the shoes of a teenage girl at a crucial moment in her life Maša Drašler in Otter The kids are not okay. Or, in other words, we do not know whether they are or are not, because...