Sri Lanka, one of the South Asian countries, has been shaken by the protests against the government and the economic crisis for more than a month. The cessation of the imports of all kinds of products, from milk to fuel, causes great food shortages in the country. Frequent power cuts have also infuriated the public. The people have been protesting ...
United World International expert Onur Sinan Güzaltan evaluated the presidential elections held in France to China Radio International (CRI). We share Güzaltan’s evaluations on the issue as published on China Radio International’s web site. France is heading towards a double-headed administration Describing Macron’s re-election as President with 58.5% of the votes as a “pyrrhic victory”, Guzaltan stated that the political ...
Turkey began its new year with two different topics. The government affiliated Turkiye newspaper reported that a bilateral dialog had begun between the governments of Turkey and Syria. And newly introduced increases in commodity prices over New Year caused heavy debate among the public. Turkish and Syrian officials’ bilateral meeting in Jordan Relations between Ankara and Damascus were torn apart ...
The Turkish currency is continuing to loose value against the US dollar and the Euro, turning Turkey’s economy and external relations into a globally much debated issue. International media consults United World International experts on the issue. On December 13, UWI expert Onur Sinan Güzaltan gave an interview to the Iranian daily newspaper Tehran Times. UWI presents below the interview ...
Last week, the public agenda in Turkey has been busy with three main topics. First was President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s visit to Qatar for the Supreme Strategic Committee meeting. Second was the initiation of the court case against 16 Mossad agents who were arrested in the operation of the MIT (Turkish National Intelligence). Third had been the currency crisis and ...
The government front, furrowed by internal contradictions and pressure from the opposition, faces midterm elections after a hard defeat in the primaries. What happened? Defeated in primaries On September 12, mid-term primary elections were held for the 2019-2023 government turn. Definitive elections will be held in November when the government fears a sound defeat. The ruling party is a coalition ...
While futures contracts for WTI (West Texas Intermediate) crude oil in the US expired in May, the price of the WTI-type oil fell by more than 300% this week, the value dropping to negative 37.63 by contract holders avoiding physical delivery of the oil. Oil prices have fallen below zero for the first time in history in an environment where ...
In November 2019, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said that the total world debt reached 188 trillion dollars, or 230% of world GDP. The world is no longer able to repay such debts. The global ruling class needs to write them off, but under appropriate circumstances. Given the scale of the problem, it seems the only circumstance under which such ...
In late December, Chinese authorities reported an outbreak of a type of pneumonia of unknown origin in the city of Wuhan. The causative agent of the disease was a new variation of the coronavirus. On February 11, 2020, the World Health Organization named the disease COVID-19. The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) then described the virus as “severe ...
By now word has spread about the hotly contested $6 tax on WhatsApp calls in Lebanon, but are the mass protests really about a tax hike a social media app? The Lebanese government has already announced that it will not go through with imposing the tax… yet, the people are in the streets. In other words, it is no ...