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 King's crown by The Ovi Team
12 May 2020
May 12th 1937; Britain's King George VI was crowned at Westminster Abbey. George VI became king suddenly following the abdication of his brother, Edward VIII, in 1936. He worked hard to adapt to this unexpected role, particularly during the difficult yea (Add a comment) |  Katharine Hepburn by The Ovi Team
12 May 2020
May 12th; on this day in 1907, Katharine Hepburn, who due to her performances in such films as The Philadelphia Story and On Golden Pond, will become one of the most celebrated actresses of the 20th century, is born in Hartford, Connecticut. (Add a comment) |  Petronas: Malaysia's Ailing Financial Lifeline - A cash drawer to fund dark projects slides shut by Murray Hunter
11 May 2020
The ability of Malaysia's national oil company Petronas to continue as a major revenue provider to the national budget is quickly waning, raising the specter of reduced spending, which in turn would mean cancellation of infrastructure works (Add a comment) |  Pandemic Delays: Postponing the Assange Extradition Hearing by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
11 May 2020
Julian Assange must have had time amidst cramped and hostile surrounds, paper work, pleas and applications, to ponder what circle of Dante's Hell he finds himself in. Ailing but still battling, the WikiLeaks publisher... (Add a comment) |  An open letter to Bernie Sanders by Joseph Gatt
11 May 2020
Dear Senator Sanders, dear Candidate Sanders, I usually don't take sides during elections and work with whoever gets elected. Hillary Clinton would have been great, President Trump is fantastic. President Obama. Smooth. (Add a comment) |  Berserk Alert! #101 by Tony Zuvela
11 May 2020
Tony Zuvela and his view of the world around us in a constant berserk alert! (Add a comment) |  Garry Kasparov vs. Deep Blue by The Ovi Team
11 May 2020
May 11th 1997; Garry Kasparov, world chess champion, lost his first ever multi-game match. He lost to IBM's chess computer Deep Blue. It was the first time a computer had beat a world-champion player. (1 comment) |  De-evolution of Europe - Return of the Wir wussten nicht (Third Part) by Dr. Anis H. Bajrektarevic
10 May 2020
"He who does not wish to speak of capitalism should remain forever silent about Nazism" - I quoted West Germany's Max Horkheimer just few months ago discussing the disastrous, cynical and absolutely unnecessary attempts towards the equation... (Add a comment) |  Red Road by David Sparenberg
10 May 2020
If you will but
remain open to Great Spirit
keep your heart in a good place
cry for a vision to
give shape to your identity
direction to your destiny (Add a comment) |  Brutal Choices: Anders Tegnell and Sweden's Herd Immunity Goal by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
10 May 2020
If the title of epidemiological czar were to be created, its first occupant would have to be Sweden's Anders Tegnell. He has held sway in the face of sceptics and concern that his "herd immunity" approach to COVID-19 is a dangerous... (Add a comment) |  Corruption leads Greek conservative party in the 21st century (in Greek) by Thanos Kalamidas
10 May 2020
More scandals in the middle of a pandemic and an economic disaster for the Greek people, prove that New Democracy party and its leader, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, are unable to avoid their past adopting once again absolute corruption (all in Greek) (Add a comment) |  Nelson Mandela becomes SA's first black president by The Ovi Team
10 May 2020
May 10th 1994; Nelson Mandela becomes South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela has become South Africa's first black president after more than three centuries of white rule. Mr. Mandela's African National Congress (ANC) party won 252 of the (1 comment) |  NGO Transformations amid Uncertainty by Rene Wadlow
09 May 2020
World wide, the Covid-19 pandemic has caught both governments and non-governmental organizations (NGO) unprepared for the scope and complexity of the challenges. (Add a comment) |  Treacherous Accommodations: Australian Universities, Coronavirus and the NTEU by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
09 May 2020
They have been struggling to keep their membership numbers healthy, but the latest antics of the executive that make up Australia's National Tertiary Education Union suggest why. For a good period of time, Australian unions... (Add a comment) | | newer 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 older |
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