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29 May 2019

Dressbarn to close all its stores as US “retail apocalypse” exceeds 2018 closures

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Anthony Bertolt Last week, parent company Ascena Retail Group, which also owns Ann Taylor, Loft and Lane Bryant stores, announced the c...

Rumored deal between Fiat-Chrysler and Renault foreshadows mass layoffs

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Tom Hall Fiat-Chrysler (FCA) and French automaker Renault are in advanced talks to establish a corporate alliance, the financial press ...

Ruling conservatives, social democrats collapse in EU elections

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Alex Lantier The European elections ended yesterday, after every state in the 28-member European Union (EU) elected its representatives...

Germany continues deportations to Afghanistan

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Marianne Arens  On Tuesday evening another 26 Afghans were forcibly deported from Germany to Kabul on a charter flight. A total of 591 ...

UK Prime Minister May to quit as Conservative leader June 7

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Chris Marsden UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s resignation announcement as leader of the Conservative Party, effective June 7, will unle...

Incoming Ukrainian president moves to dissolves parliament

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Jason Melanovski  During his inaugural speech Monday, the newly elected Ukrainian president, comedian Volodmyr Zelensky, called for the...

Amid worsening trade war, Chinese president calls for new “Long March”

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Peter Symonds With the Trump administration ratcheting up its economic war against China, President Xi Jinping has called for a new “Lo...

Indian big business propels Modi and his Hindu supremacist BJP to a second term

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Keith Jones Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu supremacist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have emerged strengthened from t...

German government steps up military intervention in Mali

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Gregor Link Against a backdrop of growing conflicts between the major world powers in Africa, the German grand coalition government (Ch...