Peace

STOCKHOLM - Arms sales by China's four biggest companies in the sector rose by 4.8% in 2019 compared with 2018 to $56.7 billion, a leading conflict and armaments think-tank said on Monday. Sweden-based Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said it had included data on Chinese companies for the first…

Teyana Taylor is stepping away from her music career. In an Instagram post shared on Friday, Taylor thanked her fans for their support streaming her music on Spotify before she dropped the bombshell that she is retiring from her music career after feeing under-appreciated."Thank you. I ain't gone front in…

Fresh out of a decade where personal liberation was often paired with chaos, Laura Jane Grace’s first solo record finds a home for two years of very complicated emotions. In the wake of one of 2020’s most succinct and powerful bodies of work, Clash spoke with the punk icon to…

Pakistan is the latest nuclear power to condemn the killing of a top Iranian atomic scientist, deeming the act a destabilizing event in a region already plagued by widespread unrest. Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a former Revolutionary Guard officer who led the Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research was shot dead last…

This week, the Biden campaign is expected to announce officially that it’s tapped former Obama adviser and current BlackRock executive Brian Deese to head the National Economic Council. The appointment will make Deese the president’s top economic adviser. And in addition to worrying climate activists, the news has again raised concerns about…

Taranto, a southern Italian city, has long stood in the shadow of a vast, polluting steel mill. The factory routinely blows pollutants over the city, forcing residents to seal themselves in their homes. The COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a new irony, bringing instructions to keep windows open. Residents feel their…

The spring of 2012 saw London preparing to host its first Summer Olympics since 1948. The general mood was that of excitement and the buzz of anticipation, but at just 21-years-old, Hackney-native Rimzee would not get to experience the historic event in the same way as the rest of the…

Let’s be honest: Ben Smith is the best media columnist The New York Times has ever had. He instantly surpassed his poor predecessor upon landing from BuzzFeed earlier this year. He has even eclipsed the legendary David Carr, whose lovely turns of phrase and grizzled wisdom are no match for…

Diego Maradona will be remembered for many things. He was a sublime footballer; ferociously talented, relentlessly driven. But Maradona wasn’t just a footballer. He was a force of nature, a presence who made himself felt, for good or ill, no matter where he was or what he did. It’s appropriate,…

In his 60-year life Diego Maradona was described as many things. A “genius” for his skills on the football pitch. A “hero” to millions of people, from Buenos Aires to Naples. And a “villain” for his activities away from the field. He was also labelled a “cheat” for the “Hand of…