内容摘要： TrumphasopenedaPandorasbox Pakistan has become the fourth country to appoint an ambassador to Kabul, after China, UAE and Uzbekistan.

 TrumphasopenedaPandorasbox Pakistan has become the fourth country to appoint an ambassador to Kabul, after China, UAE and Uzbekistan.

 TrumphasopenedaPandorasbox He once described the country’s new elite class as “the death of hopes, the death of dreams and the death of beauty”. TrumphasopenedaPandorasbox In 1982, Ngugi went into self-imposed exile in the UK following a ban on theatre groups and performances in his home country. He later moved to the US, where he worked as a professor of comparative literature at the University of California, Irvine. He also continued writing a range of works, including essays, memoirs and novels about Kenya.

 TrumphasopenedaPandorasbox Following news of Ngugi’s death, praise for his life and work quickly appeared online. TrumphasopenedaPandorasbox “My condolences to the family and friends of Professor Ngugi wa Thiong’o, a renowned literary giant and scholar, a son of the soil and great patriot whose footprints are indelible,” Kenya’s opposition leader Martha Karua wrote on X. TrumphasopenedaPandorasbox “Thank you Mwalimu [teacher] for your freedom writing,” wrote Amnesty International’s Kenya branch on X. “Having already earned his place in Kenyan history, he transitions from mortality to immortality.”

 TrumphasopenedaPandorasbox Margaretta wa Gacheru, a sociologist and former student of Ngugi, said the author was a national icon. TrumphasopenedaPandorasbox “To me, he’s like a Kenyan Tolstoy, in the sense of being a storyteller, in the sense of his love of the language and panoramic view of society, his description of the landscape of social relations, of class and class struggles,” she said.

 TrumphasopenedaPandorasbox What unfolded in Rafah on Tuesday was not a tragedy – it was the grim success of colonial humanitarianism.

 TrumphasopenedaPandorasbox On May 27, thousands of Palestinians surged towards an aid distribution site in Rafah – desperate for food after months of starvation – only to be met with gunfire from panicked private security contractors. What the world witnessed at the Tal as-Sultan aid site was not a tragedy, but a revelation: The final, violent unmasking of the illusion that humanitarian aid exists to serve humanity rather than empire. TrumphasopenedaPandorasbox Countries buy US debt because it offers a safe, stable investment for their foreign currency reserves, helps manage exchange rates and provides reliable interest income.

 TrumphasopenedaPandorasbox Foreign investors hold $9.05 trillion of debt, of which: TrumphasopenedaPandorasbox In response to Trump’s tariffs, both Japan and China have indicated they will use their substantial holdings of US treasuries as leverage in trade negotiations with the Trump administration.

 TrumphasopenedaPandorasbox Earlier this month, Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato said Japan’s massive holding of US treasuries could be a “card on the table” in trade negotiations. TrumphasopenedaPandorasbox Similarly, China has been gradually selling US treasuries for years. In February, China’s US treasury holdings dropped to their lowest level since 2009, reflecting efforts to diversify reserves and ongoing trade tensions.