New Today -- 8 March 2016

Perspective

US moves to harness India to anti-China "pivot"

Washington is determined to make India a "frontline state" in its drive to strategically isolate, encircle and potentially wage war against China.

News & Analysis

US-South Korean militaries rehearse pre-emptive strikes on North Korea

This year's joint war games are based on a new operational plan that includes pre-emptive attacks on North Korean missile and nuclear sites and "decapitation" raids to kill its leaders.

Philippines impounds suspected North Korean ship

"Left" demagogy and nationalism dominate Democratic debate in Flint

US airstrike massacres 150 at al-Shabaab training camp in Somalia

Bank for International Settlements warns of build-up of global debt

EU countries and Turkey move to seal refugee routes

Three men sentenced for petty crimes at New Year's event in Cologne, Germany

Campaign for UK exit from the EU dominated by nationalism and big business interests

UK: Metropolitan Police demand Pitchford Inquiry take evidence in secret

Pea Nieto joins Mexican ex-presidents in denouncing Trump

Review board: New York police routinely conduct aggressive and illegal home searches

Detroit Public Schools emergency managers cash in

Fiji cyclone: Australian and New Zealand military mobilised for "humanitarian" relief

Arts Review

American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson: An indictment of American celebrity culture

Commentary

Two years since the Kiev coup

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: The Americas