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Day of infamy in Dhaka, Bangladesh

April 24 is a day of infamy for the global garment industry. On that day in 2013, the Rana Plaza…

April 25, 2016

African liberation struggles drove Portugal’s April 1974 Revolution

It was April of 1974. A popular folk song serving as a secret signal to the captains in Portugal’s Armed…

April 25, 2016

Pentagon revs up war machine in Asia

The U.S. has begun to implement its Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement (EDCA), recently signed with the Philippines, by building up…

April 24, 2016

EU-Turkey deal puts migrants at risk

Thousands of migrants in Greece from the Middle East, Africa and Asia are being sent to Turkey in an effort…

April 24, 2016

On Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, activists demand divestment, protest Clinton

New York -- Several dozen activists, including large numbers of students, rallied in Brooklyn’s Cadman Plaza Park on April 17…

April 22, 2016

Obama and the Cuban economy: Understanding what wasn’t said

This is the second part of an article by Agustín Lage Dávila, director of the Center of Molecular Immunology in…

April 22, 2016

Puerto Rican unions join to reject Fiscal Control Board

This is a news release from 30 Puerto Rican unions, issued March 29. San Juan, Puerto Rico -- The proposal for…

April 22, 2016

What’s Behind Egypt’s Gift of Two Red Sea Islands to Saudi Arabia?

During the week of April 11, it was revealed that the Egyptian government of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is proposing…

April 22, 2016

Donetsk communists host Cosmonautics Day for kids

In the former Soviet Union, Cosmonautics Day on April 12 celebrates the anniversary of the first space flight by a…

April 22, 2016

U.S. hidden war continues in Donbass

Ukrainian Army and paramilitary battalions on the night of April 17-18 attacked the northern and western outskirts of the capital…

April 21, 2016