Sri Lanka public sector

The IMF has repeatedly directed successive Sri Lankan governments during past decades to slash the size of the public sector and cut pensions to reduce its budget deficit.

New natural gas field

“BERLIN (AP) — British regulators gave final approval Wednesday to develop a new North Sea gas field, while the Dutch government announced that it has issued permits for a joint gas exploration project with Germany.”

Another Uvalde explanation

“Nowhere from within the political establishment and the media is there any serious examination of the underlying social and political conditions that find expression in the homicidal actions of individuals. American capitalism, in fact, is suffused with violence, promoted by…

Uvalde

What is the implication here? “The massacre is the latest in a spate of deadly shootings in which Black, Asian and Latino communities have been targeted. The shooting Tuesday has torn at the heart of the tightknit community in Uvalde,…