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In “Alice in Wonderland”, the King of Hearts says gravely, “Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end; then stop.” If US President Donald Trump had followed this advice, he would not have paused the...

SEOUL — Few top economies are as surrounded by paradoxes in 2026 as South Korea. As fallout from the Middle East sends shockwaves around the globe, Korea’s stock market is skyrocketing. This week, the Kospi index soared to new all-time...

A new analysis by the Climate and Community Institute finds that the first two weeks of the US-Israel war on Iran produced more greenhouse gas emissions than Iceland with its volcanos generates in a year and that the consequences for...

A man has died after reportedly collapsing during a Hong Kong-bound Cathay Pacific flight from the UK. An aeroplane at the Hong Kong International Airport. File Photo: GovHK. Police said they received a report at around 6.15am on Friday that...

The meeting, titled “After the South Australian election: Stop the war in Iran! Fight for a socialist program!” advanced the fight to build an Adelaide branch of the SEP as a component of the broader struggle to build a global...

The White House on Thursday accused Chinese entities of a massive effort to steal US artificial intelligence technology and vowed to take action to prevent the alleged theft. The White House. Photo: White House, via Flickr. “The US has evidence...

With the United States and Iran escalating confrontations along the Strait of Hormuz — including the seizure of ships — the waterway has become “pivotal to negotiations” between the two countries. Washington escalated to direct interdiction of Iranian-linked shipping near...

Japan’s decision to supply advanced frigates to Australia marks a major step in defense cooperation between the two countries as questions over US commitment in the Pacific coincide with China’s expanding naval reach. Multiple media outlets reported that Australia and...

Britain and France Thursday voiced hope that military plans to secure the Strait of Hormuz were coming together and would succeed in restoring trade flows through the vital passage. At a two-day meeting in London, military planners discussed the...

Here he goes again. The phony “cease fire” is expiring Wednesday. So the Donald is back on the keyboard promising to obliterate what remains of Iran if the mullahs (or whoever) don’t raise the white flag of surrender forthwith. Yet...

Reprinted with permission from EricMargolis.com. Once upon a time there was a magical little country named Lebanon. It was created by French imperialists out of the post-World War 1 wreckage of the Ottoman Empire as a mountainous stronghold for Levantine...

On April 10th, Pope Leo XIV posted on Twitter/X, “God does not bless any conflict. Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today...

Oxfam Hong Kong is to raise the city’s living wage to HK$64 per hour from October 1. A transit cleaner at Tai Wai train station on March 31, 2023. File Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Originating in the UK as a global...

A boat capsized in waters between Algeria and Spain, leaving at least 17 Somali migrants dead, Somalia's ambassador to Algeria said Thursday. Ambassador Yusuf Ahmed Hassan told Somali state media that he was contacted by distressed parents searching for...

A US federal judge on Thursday ordered the immediate release of the family of an Egyptian man accused in a firebomb attack on a Jewish protest march in Colorado last year. The mother Hayam El Gamal and her five...

Let’s begin with a simple question that rarely gets a straight answer: what would victory over Iran actually look like? In Washington and Jerusalem, the answers tend to sound definitive: eliminate Iran’s nuclear capability, break its regional power, perhaps even...

Georgios Donis has been appointed as the new head coach of Saudi Arabia ahead of the 2026 World Cup , the country's football federation (SAFF) announced on Thursday. The Greek takes over following the sacking of Herve Renard earlier in...

Germany has announced a massive rearmament plan that includes development of new and sophisticated offensive weaponry and an increase in military manpower to levels not seen in Western Europe since the Cold War. The plan is built on a dual...

The White House on Thursday accused China of stealing U.S. artificial intelligence labs' intellectual property on an industrial scale in a memo that threatens to strain relations ahead of a summit between U.S. and Chinese leaders next month. "The...

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Aqsa Mosque preacher Sheikh Ekrima Sabri warned of escalating settler incursions into the Aqsa Mosque, stressing that Israeli authorities and extremist groups are exploiting religious and seasonal occasions to carry out plans aimed at altering the existing status...

Eastern Chad is witnessing a dual outbreak of meningitis and measles, the medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said Thursday, with large numbers of refugees crossing in from Sudan. The civil war in Sudan between the army and the...

WEST BANK, (PIC) Several areas across the West Bank witnessed widespread settler attacks on Thursday, targeting Palestinian residents and their property, leaving two people injured. Meanwhile, Palestinian youths confronted settler assaults in Occupied Jerusalem and Nablus. In Nablus, a man was injured...

Western media predict the collapse of the Russian economy, but real changes in industry, employment, and capital flows paint a different picture. Military-Industrial Complex as a Driver of Economic Growth Western "analysts” portray Russia's economy as dying and soon unable to...

Former Syrian rebel leader Issam Buwaydani returned to Damascus on Thursday nearly a year after his detention for unknown reasons in the United Arab Emirates , a Syrian military official told AFP. Buwaydani, who had been the leader of Jaish...

BEIRUT, (PIC) Three Lebanese citizens were killed on Thursday evening in an Israeli drone strike in the city of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon, as the Israeli army continued to violate the ceasefire. The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that the bodies of...

- - - - Last week’s Q-and-A discussion was a great (re)start, and we’re thankful for everyone who was able to submit their questions over the preceding two weeks. For those who missed the live show, it can be found...

Israeli airstrikes killed at least four Palestinians in Gaza on Thursday, and Israeli soldiers shot and killed a 15-year-old during an army raid in the Israeli- occupied West Bank , Palestinian health officials said. One person was...

Libya's eastern-based coast guard of the Libyan National Army rescued at least 404 migrants on board 10 boats after they had "faced harsh conditions at sea," the Tobruk Red Crescent said on Wednesday. Tobruk is a coastal city in eastern Libya...

The date of April 23 — symbolic for world literature — became the foundation for establishing the World Book and Copyright Day, intended to strengthen a love of books and reading. On this day in 1616, Miguel de Cervantes, William Shakespeare,...