Solitary superpower erodes global unity
/ 10 April 2026

Solitary superpower erodes global unity

The message is unmistakable: allies must contribute to the US-Israeli campaign against Iran or face consequences for the partnership itself. Yet, as the conflict enters its fourth week, Trump appears increasingly comfortable with a go-it-alone strategy.

Brics, the GNU and the erasure of African consciousness
/ 7 April 2026

Brics, the GNU and the erasure of African consciousness

The judiciary and legal academy entrenched the same exclusion. They protected the existing order through property law, constitutional abstraction and procedural sanctity. They elevated form above the history of conquest. They treated settler possession as the legal present and African dispossession as historical background

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/ 15 May 2008

IMF chief says worst of financial crisis is over

The worst of the financial-sector crisis is over, although the impact on the broader economy will likely drag on in coming months, International Monetary Fund (IMF) managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Thursday. "There are good reasons to believe that the largest part of disclosure in financial institutions has been done," he said.

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/ 13 May 2008

UK agency says Microsoft hurts student interests

A British government agency has told the European Commission that Microsoft Office works poorly with rival software used in British schools. Programs must meet the same standards to work together but the British agency said Microsoft offers only its own ”open standard” rather than effective support for Open Document Format.

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/ 12 May 2008

Swiss bank to cut 5 500 jobs

UBS, the Swiss bank that has been Europe’s biggest casualty of the credit crunch, is to axe 5 500 jobs. Of those 2 600 face compulsory redundancy, mainly in its stricken investment banking arms in London and New York, as it struggles to regain its reputation and investor confidence.

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/ 10 May 2008

Microsoft appeals against record EU antitrust fine

Microsoft on Friday lodged an appeal at a European court against the record €899-million fine imposed on it by the EU Commission for defying a landmark anti-trust ruling. "Microsoft today filed with the Court of First Instance an application to annul the Commission decision of February 27," a spokesperson for the US software giant said in Brussels.

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/ 30 April 2008

Georgia accuses Russia of military aggression

Georgia on Wednesday slammed Russia’s plans to boost peacekeeping troops in two rebel Georgian regions as the start of "full-scale military aggression". "It’s hard to believe that this is being done for the purposes of peacekeeping; it’s rather the beginning of full-scale military aggression," Georgian Foreign Minister David Bakradze said.