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Maung Maung Kyaw, a general under US sanctions, reportedly removed from the post he had held since 2018. Myanmar’s military leader has removed the head of the air force, media and sources close to the armed forces said, after a series of deadly bombing raids to crush resistance that drew global condemnation. Sources told the Reuters news agency that 57-year-old …
Berlin, Germany – Last year, documentary filmmaker Felix Gaedtke got the kind of news that renters anywhere in the world would dread. But in Berlin, where 85 percent of the population rents the roofs over their heads, it has also inspired a controversial grassroots campaign to nationalise large swaths of the city’s corporate-owned housing stock. “We want this to be …
