Al Jazeera – ‘They were laughing’: Israel’s use of rape and sexual abuse in prisons

This is not the first time invocations of Staatsräson have been used to conceal democratic deformations. In 2021, for example, while pursuing defence deals with Israel, Germany challenged the right of the International Criminal Court […]

The latest U.S. data proves the world is in its steepest freefall ever—and the old economic and political playbooks don’t apply. Read here

‘Through more than three years in power, Italian premier Giorgia Meloni has often seemed to have an electoral magic touch. Her defeat in a judicial-reform referendum today tells us she still can’t rewrite the country’s […]