Today’s top items: 1. World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization - Ahead of the Friday opening of the World Artificial Intelligence Conference (WAIC), Xi hosted a welcome banquet and Wang Yi signed an agreement with representatives from 29 countries for the establishment...
- - - - Our Q&A discussions are a lot of fun, and we’re grateful to everyone who submits their questions. If you missed any of our live shows, the full streams are available here on Substack. But this week is a little different! Instead...
Power of Siberia 2, a landmark natural gas pipeline that would link Russia and China, has hit a deadlock, with a gas-price gap so vast that Beijing has told Moscow to stop raising the subject altogether. Neither side has formally...
Agentrys is pioneering Agentic Design Automation (ADA) , a new paradigm for semiconductor engineering. Electronic Design Automation (EDA) has transformed the industry by automating engineering algorithms . Today, frontier AI can automate many engineering tasks by understanding specifications, generating RTL...
From Kosovo to migration, the Batista’s deal with the West is rotting from within. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su On 12 May, Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, was the scene of a brutal gangland murder...
Increasingly short of men to fight, Ukraine is relying on foreign mercenaries to feed the meat grinder that the battlefield has become Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su In Ukraine, Latin mercenaries are becoming increasingly common,...
"On July 17, at 10.00 a.m. New York time (2:00 p.m. GMT), an informal meeting of the members of the UN Security Council on the Arria formula, convened by Russia, will be held under the theme 'The Power of Terror:...
Iraq’s Ministry of Finance issued an order imposing sanctions on Hezbollah-linked individuals and entities that mirrors US designations from March and June. Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi is currently visiting the United States, where he hopes to garner support...
KYIV – The dismissal of popular reform-minded Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has sent shockwaves through Ukrainian politics and society, leading to impromptu protests in Kyiv and other cities across Ukraine on July 16. On the evening of July 15, Fedorov announced...
Related Blood and ICE in Minneapolis On July 7, agents in Houston shot and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo ; six days later, agents in Biddeford, Maine, shot and killed 26-year-old Joan Sebastian Durán Guerrero. These two killings during ICE traffic stops — along...
How Western capitalists use China-bashing to deflect attention from their soaring profits Branko Milanović is an economist specialised in development and inequality. His latest book The Visions of inequality, was published October 10, 2023. Cross-posed from Branko Milanović’s blog Global Inequality and More...
Professional video workflows demand a difficult combination of image quality, editing responsiveness, high throughput, and manageable silicon cost. Chips&Media’s WAVE-P addresses that combination as a dedicated hardware IP core for the Advanced Professional Video, or APV, codec. Designed for professional...
For decades, the EU has devised ever more convoluted ways to avoid penalising Israel’s illegal settlements, even as they devour a two-state solution it claims is the only path to regional peace Jonathan Cook is the author of three books on...
Only a popular uprising against globalist leaders in Europe and their proxy in Ukraine, will do A Sustainable Peace in Ukraine: Diplomacy, Neutrality, and the Limits of the Current Order Ian Proud was a member of His Britannic Majesty’s Diplomatic Service from...
President Donald Trump has suggested that another country could carry out a ground operation against Iran if the US decided to seize Kharg Island , raising questions over which of Washington's allies, if any, could realistically undertake such a mission. Speaking...
Creation of a Palestinian state next to Israel seemed feasible when President Bill Clinton hosted the signing of the Oslo accords at the White House in September 1993. The goal was reaffirmed in 2011 when 90 percent of the Senate...
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi met US President Donald Trump and other US officials during his first official visit to Washington since taking office. The talks focused on security cooperation, investment, and Iraq's plans to bring weapons held by...
On Jan. 6, 2021, in the aftermath of the attack on the Capitol in Washington, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Trump critic turned staunch ally, came full circle when he denounced the attack on the Capitol and the attempt...
A very political FIFA and an unsportsmanlike United States of America. Welcome to FIFA 2026. The most glaring story which was hardly covered in the international press was the fact that these grand sporting events, such as UEFA, such as the...
This story was originally published by ProPublica . A decade ago , the state of Florida stripped a teacher of her license for sexual abuse of a 16-year-old boy. Last year, she opened a private school there with ease. Her name and...
When President Trump declared the U.S.-Iran ceasefire “over” at the NATO summit in Ankara on July 8, calling Tehran’s leaders “cuckoo” and “scum,” he was reacting to strikes on commercial tankers in the Strait of Hormuz. He wasn’t responding to...
On July 16, Syrian authorities intercepted a weapons shipment concealed in an Iraqi oil tanker and bound for Hezbollah in Lebanon. The tanker contained a wide range of sophisticated weapons and components, including first-person-view drones, fiber-optic spools, drone warheads, anti-tank...
Three developments this week have highlighted Syria's gradual reintegration into the regional fold, as neighbouring states deepen economic, commercial and security ties with Damascus following the lifting of US and EU economic sanctions. Kuwait Airways resumed commercial flights to Damascus for...
This live blog has now ended, and will resume tomorrow morning. - Iran has issued a warning to the US that it will "crush the region's infrastructure" if it carries out any strikes on Iran's civilian sites, after the US military...
- - - - Photo by Bee on Unsplash In a society where people are free, some people will use that freedom irresponsibly. They might not mean to, granted, but that doesn’t change the fact that they haven’t used it in a wise manner. Years ago,...
Critics say Foreign Office figures send ‘global message about the role the country wants to play on international stage’ Labour’s foreign aid cuts mean reductions of as much as 90% in the bilateral support the UK will give to some African...
Dozens of Palestinians from Gaza remain imprisoned after completing their sentences, with at least seven more expected to face the same fate by the end of the year, a Palestinian prisoners' rights expert has told The New Arab. Riyad al-Ashqar, director...
Film director Andrei Konchalovsky and actress Yulia Vysotskaya have two children: daughter Maria and son Pyotr. Last autumn, Maria turned 25, but she has spent the past 13 years in a coma, where she remains to this day. In 2013,...
PCI Express (PCIe), PCIe switches, Time Division Multiplexing (TDM), Network Interface Cards (NICs), and SmartNICs are all well-established technologies that have formed the backbone of computing and networking systems for years. More recently, SuperNICs have emerged as the next generation...
Britain on Thursday announced sanctions targeting what it said are "illicit gold and finance networks" propping up rival factions in Sudan's devastating civil war. The foreign ministry said the war-torn country's gold trade worth billions of dollars was helping finance "weapons...
By: Tim Daiss - - - - For decades, nuclear power has occupied an uneasy place in Southeast Asia’s energy future. Governments periodically embraced it whenever electricity demand surged or fossil fuel prices spiked, only to retreat as construction costs mounted, financing evaporated, or public...
“It is no longer clear what is allowed and what is not. Uncertainty keeps people in their homes. The city has fallen silent, and businesses are struggling.” Credit: Learning Together. By External Source HERAT, Afghanistan, Jul 16 2026 (IPS) One morning in June,...
Iran has asked Yemen’s Houthi movement to stand ready to close the Red Sea oil route if the United States strikes Iranian power infrastructure, three sources told Reuters on Thursday. The idea has been discussed within the Islamic Republic's leadership, and...
The federal indictment of Raúl Castro on decades-old charges is just the latest escalation in a long-running U.S. campaign to justify invading Cuba. The case against the 95-year-old former Cuban president — based on his alleged involvement in the downing of two planes...
The adoption of the "Guwahati Declaration” by the Heads of Anti-Drug Agencies of BRICS countries on July 7, 2026, marks one of the most significant legal developments under India's BRICS chairmanship ahead of the 18th BRICS Leaders' Summit in New...
Ramallah, Occupied West Bank / PNN / Palestinian prisoners' organizations announced Tuesday the launch of an international campaign aimed at ending sexual violence against Palestinian political prisoners held in Israeli prisons, saying such abuses constitute a systematic policy that requires urgent...
The European Union persistently characterises China as a partner, a competitor, and a systemic rival—often within the same policy frameworks. This ongoing conceptual ambiguity has resulted in a fragmented and inconsistent approach that fails to advance Europe’s core economic interests...
A British 14-year-old on Thursday denied plotting a terrorist attack on two mosques in south London, which prosecutors say was motivated by extreme right-wing ideology set out in a "manifesto" which said Adolf Hitler inspired him. The teenager appeared at...
The Hong Kong government is set to welcome applications for 10,000 ride-hailing operator permits from August, the Transport and Logistics Bureau has announced. The bureau said said in a statement on Thursday that the legislature had completed its review of subsidiary...
For nearly two years, Um Mohammed, a Palestinian woman from Khan Younis City in the southern war-torn coastal enclave , dreamed of the day she would return to Gaza. The elderly Palestinian had travelled to Egypt for medical treatment, spending months...
Ukrainian Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov has announced his resignation, thanking members of the armed forces and everyone working toward what he described as Ukraine's victory while pledging to continue contributing through innovation and organizational development. "It has been a great honor...
Morocco has signed an agreement to join the International Stabilisation Force (ISF) in Gaza , becoming the latest state to back a controversial US-led security blueprint that still lacks Palestinian consent and the conditions for deployment on the ground. Morocco signed...
Eleven people were killed and 19 injured in a fire at an orphanage on the outskirts of the Algerian capital early on Thursday, state media reported. The fire broke out at an orphanage in the Mohammadia district in the eastern suburbs...
The sound of church bells ringing in the village of Al-Quniyah, west of Idlib, marked a significant moment for a community displaced for more than a decade by the Syrian civil war . After years of silence caused by conflict and...
More than 100 Democratic lawmakers voted in favour of halting US military aid to Israel on Wednesday, exposing growing divisions within the party over Washington's longstanding support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government. The amendment, introduced by Republican Representative Thomas Massie...
US Vice President JD Vance has accused elements within the Israeli government of trying to derail negotiations with Iran and manipulate American public opinion to keep the war going, lashing out at those behind the alleged campaign and telling them...
US Vice President JD Vance has revealed that elements within the Israeli government were trying to derail negotiations with Iran and manipulate American public opinion to keep the war going, lashing out at those behind the campaign and telling them...
A man accused of murdering a taxi driver in 2021 had planned the attack in advance, the prosecution has said, rejecting the defendant’s earlier statements to police that his mind was being “controlled.” The High Court. File photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Matthew Choi,...
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