White House Sets 25% Duty Rate On South Korea Imports
President Donald Trump said on Monday that he was raising tariffs on imports from South Korea to 25 percent from 15 percent, accusing the U.S. ally’s legislature of failing to follow through on a trade agreement reached last year. In a post on social media, Trump said the Korean legislature had not enacted what he […]
Trump, Walz Talk Over Minnesota ICE-Related Killing
President Donald Trump and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz struck a conciliatory tone after a private phone call on Monday, signaling efforts to defuse a crisis triggered by a Trump-ordered deportation drive that has left two U.S. citizens dead in Minneapolis. Trump also spoke with Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and all sides described the conversations as […]
NYT Framing, Tinubu’s $9m, And Nigeria’s Silence—Part 7
Systems that ensure no one answers for the dead. By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze Impunity by Design: Why the Killing Didn’t Stop Nigeria’s dead do not vanish on their own. They are processed—by paperwork that never leaves a desk, by inquiries that never mature into indictments, and by a national conversation that prefers geopolitics to governance. […]
NYT Framing, Tinubu’s $9m, And Nigeria’s Silence—Part 6
When narrative management outran life-saving spending. By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze Budgets, Bodies, and the $9 Million Question The most dangerous story is the one that feels true, travels fast, and still misses the point. In Nigeria’s season of mass displacement, collapsing services, and industrial-scale bereavement, the point is simple enough to state and hard enough […]
Advocacy Chief Reports 104 Venezuelan Dissidents Released
At least 104 people identified as political detainees by a prominent Venezuelan human rights organization were freed on Sunday, marking a significant development in what appears to be an ongoing and loosely coordinated release process. The releases took place in detention facilities across different parts of the country, and additional prisoners were believed to be […]
South Korea Loses Former PM Who Shaped Democratic Era
South Korea’s former prime minister, Lee Hae-chan, a towering figure in the country’s long struggle toward democratic rule, has died while on an official visit to Vietnam, authorities in both countries confirmed. He was 73. Lee collapsed in Ho Chi Minh City on Sunday and later died after suffering a heart attack, despite receiving emergency […]
Historic Rally Pushes Gold Above $5,000 Threshold
Gold surged past the $5,000 mark for the first time on Monday, hitting a record high as investors rushed into the safe haven amid mounting geopolitical and policy uncertainty. Spot gold climbed 1.98% to $5,081.18 per ounce by 0323 GMT, after touching an intraday peak of $5,092.71. U.S. gold futures for February delivery rose 2.01% […]
Polar Vortex Plunges US Into Snow-Ice-Cold Triple Threat
A powerful winter storm swept across a vast stretch of the United States on Sunday, unleashing a disruptive mix of heavy snow, sleet, and freezing rain from the Ohio Valley and mid South through the Northeast, while intense Arctic cold tightened its grip on regions east of the Rocky Mountains. The sprawling system created dangerous […]
White House Justifies Minneapolis Case Despite Video Proof
Senior officials in United States President Donald Trump’s administration on Sunday stood by federal immigration agents involved in the fatal shooting of a US citizen in Minneapolis, even as multiple bystander videos sharply contradicted their account and tensions deepened between federal officers, local authorities, and residents. The killing of Alex Pretti on Saturday has intensified […]
Zelenskyy Confirms US Security Deal Reached Final Stage
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has disclosed that a long anticipated agreement outlining United States security guarantees for Ukraine is fully prepared and awaiting formal signing, following recent diplomatic engagements involving Russia in Abu Dhabi. Speaking on Sunday during a news conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, Zelenskyy said the document was complete and ready to be forwarded […]
NYT Framing, Tinubu’s $9m, And Nigeria’s Silence—Part 5
This was not decline by chance. It was decline by Choice. By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze The Cost of Misplaced Priorities When governments fund perception instead of protection, citizens pay the difference. Nigeria’s crisis is often described as complex, layered, or inherited. Those words soften what is, at base, a series of choices. Budgets are choices. […]
Homeland, China Top US Army Agenda; Allies Downgraded
The United States plans to concentrate its military power more narrowly on defending its own territory and countering China, while scaling back the level of support it offers to allies in Europe and other regions, according to a new Pentagon strategy document released on Friday. The 2026 National Defense Strategy signals a clear shift in […]