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Democracy in the Kingdom of Thailand
Throughout the summer of 2023 Thailand has been struggling to form a new government. The reform-oriented Move Forward Party, the election winner …
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By Osama Hajjaj, 5 September 2023.
Can BRICS Countries Challenge US Dollar Hegemony?
Throughout history, international monetary systems have evolved every few decades, from the gold standard to the Bretton Woods system and eventually to the current free-floating system with the US dollar as the dominant currency. Although rumors of a new gold-backed currency emerged at a recent BRICS summit, the dominant position of the US dollar remains largely unchallenged. Time will tell …
Why are Chinese buying land near US military bases?
A billion-dollars-worth of farmland encircling US military bases in California has recently been purchased by a mysterious company. China is buying land around many US …
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The EU’s Futile Mediation between Kosovo and Serbia
n May 2023 violent riots between Kosovo law enforcement authorities and Kosovo Serbs in Northern Kosovo broke out. Kosovo-Serbian relations deteriorated again …
Russia in Abkhazia—Where is the EU?
Abkhazia has remained largely unknown even to the interested political observer. It is one of the most isolated European countries. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Abkhazia fought for its independence from Georgia …
Is Erdogan’s Victory a Win for Turkey?
Despite Turkish inflation peaking at 85%, deadly earthquakes in February which claimed more than 50 000 lives, an ongoing divisive migration crisis and the Kurdish issue, incumbent President Erdoğan and his party …
Power Cuts and Power Corrupts
South Africa finds itself in its worst energy crisis in decades with daily rolling blackouts throwing the country into economic and social disorder. The former CEO of the main public utility company ESKOM alleges that high-level …
Security Trumps Climate Change in the Sahel Region
Weak state authority, easy access to firearms and indifference towards conflict resolution mechanisms has ensured that militant groups rather than the states are the predominant enforcing agents in diverse sections of the Sahel …
Macron’s Future of Europe: “Sovereignty is a Necessity”
President Emmanuel Macron presented his vision for Europe in a keynote speech at the Nexus Institute in The Hague on 11 April. His comprehensive economic security doctrine for the European Union emphasized European …
Austria: The Reality of Neutrality
Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer re-stated in March 2023 Austria’s commitment regarding neutrality. The small opposition party NEOS is demanding that Austria relinquish its neutrality and join NATO. Neutrality has served Austria …
China’s Peace Plan: Stopping a Hot War and Preventing a Cold War
China’s 12-point peace plan has already started to have an effect and proven China’s relevance on the global stage. In order to end the hot war and prevent a cold war, the plan calls for an immediate cease fire …
The Future of Green Hydrogen in Southern Cone Countries
Green hydrogen uses renewable electricity to split water’s molecules. The US, EU, India, Republic of Korea, Japan, and Australia have increased subsidies in their …
Austrian Finance Minister Brunner’s Interview with iGlobenews
Austrian Finance Minister Dr. Magnus Brunner gave iGlobenews an exclusive interview and answered our questions regarding Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International, the banking crisis, European …
ESG Investment Ideology: Not Doing Well and Not Doing Good
ESG assigns numerical scores to company and country performance in the environment, social and governance areas. Trillions of dollars have been poured into ESG-funds, especially by …
Sam Bankman-Fried: From Hero to Zero
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the now-defunct FTX crypto exchange and former darling of MSM, the liberal elite and Democrat politicians, was arrested in the Bahamas on multiple felony charges …
Interview with Florian Tursky, Austrian State Secretary for Digitalization and …
The Austrian State Secretary for Digitalization and Telecommunication Florian Tursky gave iGlobenews an exclusive interview. Tursky who is responsible for AI …
“ChaosGPT” might Destroy Humanity while Regulators look on
On 5 April 2023, the world awoke to a YouTube video, posted by a user calling themselves ChaosGPT. The chatbot, similar to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, has a sinister plan to destroy humanity and establish its own dominance …
European Space Independence, Ariane 6, and the Search for Extraterrestrial Life
ESA has recently confirmed that the Ariane 6 will be launched in the fourth-quarter of 2023. Its goal is to replace the Ariane 5 and confirm the European Union’s common goal of space independence. JUICE was launched …
Who Elected ChatGPT to Represent the Romanians?
In March, the Romanian Prime Minister, Nicolae Ciucă, introduced his people to the world’s first artificial-intelligence government advisor. Designed to capture and present the views of the Romanian public in order …
Is Silver the New Gold: Epunkt’s Study on Why 55+ Professionals are Worth …
As populations especially in Europe are living longer and staying young and healthy, the inevitable question arises: How can the economy continue to tap into this valuable resource? Age-discrimination by employers and society …
Child labor: The dark side of sweet chocolate
Global supply chains featuring commodity ingredients and foods are often opaque, tangled and secretive. Huge multi-national food companies often have well-crafted human rights policies listed on their websites while …
The Amazon Gold Rush Catastrophe Endangers the Survival of Indigenous …
Illegal gold mining in the Amazon rainforests of Peru, Brazil and Venezuela is causing unprecedented und irreversible consequences for indigenous people and their lands. Immediate measures are required to save the Amazon …
Is there a future for the British monarchy?
On 6 May 2023 Charles Windsor will be crowned King Charles III, only days after a national census demonstrated the popularity of the British monarchy to be at an all-time low. Can Charles and Queen Camilla persuade the British …
Quality v. Quotas: Challenges to US Legal Education and the Constitution
What is happening to the First Amendment of the US Constitution? Ilya Shapiro, renown conservative constitutional scholar, gave iGlobenews an interview to discuss this issue and the dangers facing US law schools. Shapiro is a strong supporter of free speech. His new book “Canceling Justice: The Illiberal Takeover of Legal Education,” highlights the crisis facing higher education in …
Austrian MINTality Foundation Aims to Increase Women in STEM Areas
Therese Niss, initiator and board member of the Austrian MINTality Foundation, gave iGlobenews an exclusive interview and discussed how the foundation she helped create will increase the number of women in STEM areas – science, technology, engineering …
150th Anniversary of BOKU – Austria’s University of Natural Resources …
What once started as a small school for agriculture and forestry in 1872 has become a top life sciences university in Europe. The BOKU (Vienna’s University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences) leads the way in climate change and farming …
Novartis’ Unique Life Science Campus for Training, Research and …
Novartis is a leader in the production of pharmaceuticals. Sandoz, a division of Novartis, is the sole manufacturer of generic antibiotics in the western world. Novartis, based in Kundl/ Schaftenau in Tyrol, Austria, is opening a Life Science Campus …
Drowning in Plastic
The plastic pollution crisis has reached unprecedented levels: plastic shopping bags, plastic packaging, plastic water bottles, etc. About 80% of all the plastic ever produced remains in the environment, from Mount Everest to the ocean floor. The UN, NGOs and the private sector are teaming up to fight this existential threat. In June 2023 the UN announced that it is close to finalizing a treaty …
TCM Endangers Malayan Sun Bears
The Malayan sun bear is on the brink of extinction. They are hunted, captured, harvested and killed for their bile. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) regards sun bear bile as a cure to many human illnesses. Not enough is being done …
Toxic Truth about Lithium
Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s recent visit to Chile, Argentina and Brazil aimed to secure sufficient lithium for Germany’s auto industry. Lithium batteries in our cars are seen as the savior in our quest to reduce carbon …
Saving the Seahorse: Here Today Gone Tomorrow
Seahorses have existed for 13 million years. The main factors contributing to their impending extinction are climate change, trawling and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The Panama meeting of the Parties to CITES …
Biennale Architecture 2023: The Global African Laboratory of the Future
Ambassador Thun-Hohenstein shares impressions of the 2023 Architecture Biennale in Venice. African architects and their vision for the future stood at the center of this exhibition which has lived up to its reputation for …
LUMAGICA: Magical Winter Wonderland in Innsbruck’s Imperial Gardens
During the holiday season LUMAGICA’s magical light display transformed Innsbruck’s historic Hofgarten. The Imperial Gardens’ 600-year history was incorporated into many of the luminous installations. Thousands …
Tu Felix Austria Nube: NHM Exhibition Celebrates 200 Years Brazil-Austria Relations
Vienna’s Natural History Museum (NHM) celebrates 200 years of Austrian-Brazilian relations with an exceptional exhibition. It all started with a dynastic marriage in 1817, when Archduchess Maria Leopoldina of Austria …
“rich & poor“ („arm & reich“) at Dom Museum Wien
The current exhibition at the Dom Museum Wien “rich & poor” is devoted to the ever-widening gap between the rich and poor. The spectrum of the exhibition ranges from photographic works that capture those affected …
Catastrophe and Coverup of PFAS
The unique properties of Per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals, commonly known as PFAS, has led to their use in thousands of household products since the 1940s. However, they are not only hazardous to health, causing cancer, birth defects and schizophrenia, they are extremely difficult to remove from the environment. Two giants of the chemical industry, 3M and DuPont, have been shown to have known …
The Obesity Epidemic: The Costs to Society and the Individual
A recent Harvard study highlighted the true costs to society and the individual of body dissatisfaction and appearance-based discrimination amounting to billions of dollars. Obesity is on the rise globally and the US. The WHO has called obesity …
Food for Thought: Flavonols Linked to Long Life and Healthy Mind
Research into the long-term relationship between brain function and the food we eat has been published in the respected academic medical journal Neurology® and raises both optimism and further questions. Consuming food with the possible miracle …
Brain Drain from Social Media
Social media is unquestionably here to stay. Researchers are becoming increasingly concerned about the effects of social media on human behavior and, in a recent ground-breaking study, on brain development…
FINA Bans Transgender Athletes from Women’s Elite Swimming Competitions
FINA’s new policy on who can compete in women’s sports will effectively bar transgender athletes such as Lia Thomas and CeCe Telfer from competing against biological women. If sports organizations do not step in to protect women …
Interview With Maria Rauch-Kallat, President Of Austria’s Paralympic Committee And Former Minister For The Environment, Women And Health
She discussed women rights, politics, the pandemic, her role as President of Austria’s Paralympic Committee and Club Alpha, a non-partisan women’s organization …
Rebelling Against Sexism: Can The Norwegian Handball Association Improve Conditions For Female Athletes?
After being threatened with punishment for not complying with dress code regulations, female beach handball athletes take a stance against outdated rules and double standards.
Tokyo Olympics: The Games Haunted By Travel Restrictions And Vaccine Shortages
It is the second time Olympic Games are held in Tokyo. While 1964 was crowned with success, this year’s Olympics are facing multiple challenges: travel restrictions …
Karl von Frisch and the Dance of the Bees
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Austrian Karl von Frisch’s 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology for his ground breaking discoveries on bees. Frisch showed that bees exhibit complex behaviors and social learning …
Maryam Mirzakhani: Fields Medal Winner and Pioneer in Mathematics
Mathematics was Maryam Mirzakhani’s passion. In 2014, she became the first and only winner of the prestigious Fields Medal, the ‘Nobel Prize’ of mathematics …
Amelia Earhart’s Historic Solo Transatlantic Flight: 90th Anniversary
Earhart is best known for setting flying records and championing the inclusion of women in aviation. She became the first female pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, but 90 years since her historic solo flight, women …
Hedy Lamarr – Hollywood Star and the ‘Mother of WiFi’
Lamarr, the glamorous silver screen legend of the 1930s and 1940s, was not just a pretty face – she was a genius and, she was Austrian. Her frequency hopping technology has become the foundation of today’s WiFi, Bluetooth …
