Month: January 2024

A memorial event has been held in Ukraine’s capital to pay tribute to a well-known poet, killed earlier this month. 32-year-old Maksym Kryvtsov joins a growing list of artists who volunteered to fight and subsequently lost their lives. Al Jazeera’s Rob Mcbride has more from Kyiv. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter…

Argentina’s newly elected President Javier Milei has promised to privatize state firms and slash jobs and spending. But his cuts may be painful for many Argentines. In an interview with WSJ editor in chief Emma Tucker, he outlined his plan to prevent an economic collapse. Chapters: 0:00 Argentina on the brink of economic collapse 1:24…

In this episode of On The Record, Al Jazeera’s Samantha Johnson is joined by Anie Akpe, founder of African Women in Technology. Years ago, Akpe attended a technology conference dominated by men and figured it was time for that to change. In their conversation, Akpe and Johnson talk about how a male-dominated sector, as well…

The UN is urging countries to keep funding UNRWA, its agency for Palestinian refugees, after some of its biggest donors suspended aid donations following accusations by Israel that some staff had been involved in the Oct 7 Hamas attack. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check…

The long-anticipated and deeply contentious consecration of a Hindu temple this past week involving Prime Minister Narendra Modi. For almost 500 years, the site was home to a mosque, which was demolished by Hindu rioters in the early 1990s. Modi’s party, the BJP, has long been agitating for the mosque to be replaced – by…

Chris Gunness, a former UNRWA spokesman, says there is a “coordinated political attack” on the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees. “The Israelis have said they cannot win the war on Gaza unless UNRWA is disbanded. So what clearer signal do you want?” he said. Gunness noted the UN agency only has weeks before it runs…