Europe
Break-up of United Kingdom impending?
The Brexit may signal the beginning of the dissolution of the UK, renewing calls for Scottish independence, a united Ireland, and even for London to secede as a free city-state.
Tag: crisis of capitalism
The Andes
Bolivia: labor unrest rocks La Paz
Riot police clashed with protesting laid-off workers in Bolivia's capital during a march against the government's decision to close the country's largest state-run textile company.
Planet Watch
A ‘New Oil Order’?
Experts declare a "new oil order" in which hydrocarbons will lose market share to renewables. But is it market conditions or geopolitics that explain the current price slump?
Southern Cone
Argentina: police repression of labor protests
Riot police fired rubber bullets and tear-gas at protesting public-sector workers laid off by budget cuts mandated under new President Mauricio Macri in Argentina's La Plata.
Central America
Setbacks for Nicaragua canal project
Financial woes for the Hong Kong-based developer and an unfavorable World Court ruling in a border dispute with Costa Rica have slowed Nicaragua's inter-oceanic canal project.
The Andes
Ecuador: general strike, indigenous march on Quito
An indigenous March for Life and Dignity arrived in Quito just as a general strike was launched to press Ecuador's President Rafael Correa on economic and environmental demands.
Iraq
Mass protests shake Baghdad regime
Tens of thousands took to the streets of Baghdad to protest economic conditions and corruption. The demonstrations are bringing together Sunnis, Shi'ites and leftists.
Greater Middle East
Suez Canal expansion amid regional war
Egypt formally opened an expansion to the Suez Canal amid pomp, spectacle—and a massive troop presence. The new trade hub opens as a jihadist insurgency mounts in the Sinai.
Europe
Greece seeks ‘security axis’ with Cyprus, Israel
With his own country in turmoil, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias spoke in Jerusalem of developing an "axis of security" made up of Greece, Cyprus and Israel.
The Andes
Ecuador: general strike in Galápagos
The Galápagos Islands were shut down by a general strike called by residents to protest the repeal of a law subsidizing wages to meet high living costs in the remote territory.
Southern Cone
Labor split on Argentine transit strike
A transport strike to oppose a wage cap in Argentina brought Buenos Aires to a standstill, but pro-government labor unions called the walk-out politically motivated.
East Asia
Sichuan repression signals fear of social explosion
Deadly repression of a mass protest march over regional development issues in Linshui, Sichuan, comes as wildcat strikes are hitting China's mineral sector.