Trade: Xi warns against "law of the jungle" as Hormuz tensions deepen (PRIV)
(D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
China's President Xi Jinping on 14 April issued two messages seemingly directed at Washington, stating that China would oppose any attempt to turn the world into "a state of lawlessness" following the allegedly illegal blockade imposed by the United States in the Strait of Hormuz, over which Iran and Oman jointly share sovereignty.

UN: Reparations key to ending systemic racism, says rights chief (PRIV)
(Kanaga Raja, Penang)
Reparatory justice for colonialism, enslavement and the trade in enslaved Africans is "key to dismantling systemic racism," according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk.

Opinion: Trump rips off velvet glove from mailed fist (PRIV)
(IPS, Kuala Lumpur)
Trump 2.0 has been marked by the blatantly aggressive exercise of power to secure US interests as defined by him. While many recent trends even predate his first term, his reduced use of "soft power" has exposed his bullying, extortionary use of US power.