European Cartoon Award 2025 highlights rising threats to cartoonists and free expression
By Gian-Paolo Accardo Eventually, Tjeerd made it: after being runner-up in previous editions, the Dutch press cartoonist was awarded the European Cartoon Award on 12 December. The ECA tribe gathered on one of the top floors of Richard Maier’s splendid Central Library in The Hague for an afternoon dedicated to press cartoons and freedom of speech. The library
Pentagon OKs Louisiana National Guard deployment for ‘violent crime’ in cities
By: Louisiana Illuminator The Trump administration has given its OK for Louisiana to deploy up to 350 of its National Guard members to “counter high rates of violent crime in New Orleans and other metropolitan areas” of the state, according to a statement Tuesday from the Pentagon. Gov. Jeff Landry shared news of the deployment,
Trump administration to garnish wages for defaulted student loans
By:Shauneen Miranda WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration will start garnishing the wages of student loan borrowers in default beginning early next year, the U.S. Education Department said Tuesday. In an email, the department said it expects the first notices to be sent to roughly 1,000 borrowers in default the first full week of January
US Supreme Court in defeat for Trump blocks deployment of National Guard in Chicago
By:Jacob Fischler President Donald Trump for now has not met the requirements to send National Guard troops to Chicago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Tuesday afternoon in a major setback for the president. The court’s majority rejected the Trump administration’s request to stay, or halt, a lower court’s order barring federalization of National Guard troops
Offshore Expansion Drives Push for Logistics Hubs Across the Caribbean
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, December 23, 2025/ — The rapid expansion of offshore oil and gas activity across the Caribbean has pushed logistics infrastructure to the forefront of upstream strategy. Beyond discoveries and project sanctioning, the ability to execute offshore developments efficiently increasingly depends on onshore logistical hubs – from purpose-built shore bases to specialized ports capable



