The first lesson from economics, appearing at the beginning of Nobel Laureate Paul A Samuelson’s magnum opus “Foundations of Economic Analysis” (1948), is that a country must choose between military spending ~ guns ~ and spending on social goods ~ butter.
A hundred years ago, Adolf Hitler penned Mein Kampf while imprisoned after his failed Beer Hall Putsch of 1923. What started as a bitter and selfjustifying political tract went on to shape one of the most catastrophic ideologies in human history.
In a provisional order delivered on January 26, the ICJ ruled that at least some of Israel's actions in Gaza amount to genocide.
Arnold Schwarzenegger has urged antisemites and discriminatory hate groups to stop spreading hate and to choose a brighter path.
One of actress Elizabeth Taylor's diamonds was owned by the ex-wife of former Nazi war criminal Alfred Krupp.
Switzerland has been a haven for hiding wealth for centuries, at least since the 18th century. In 1934, the Swiss banking secrecy was codified through passing its Federal Act on Banks and Savings Banks.
On 7 June, former president Pranab Mukherjee preached lessons in tolerance, nationalism, patriotism and diversity to karyakartas of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) at their Nagpur-based headquarters.
His vegetarianism, teetotalism, non-smoking and concern for animals (his regime had stringent laws for their protection and mulled closing slaughterhouses)…
French President Emmanuel Macron has called on young people to remember past wars and use democratic means to fight against…
Holocaust denier David Irving spoke alongside other antiSemitic conspiracy theorists at a secret meeting of the “neo-Nazi, white supremacist” London…
