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Chinese authorities have launched an investigation after local media reported that a rash-causing irritant had been found in nappies from brands including Huggies, Beijing’s market watchdog said on Monday. Huggies nappies. Photo: Huggies.com. A report from Chinese outlet Economic Information...

Business, China, Environment & Health

American power has a tell. When faced with a war it wants to end, Washington develops a comprehensive plan that includes phased withdrawals, monitoring arrangements, economic incentives, and a timeline. It then acts as though the document itself were the...

Opinion, Hormuz Reopening, Iran Oil Exports

One of the features of the parliamentary elections that have taken place in Armenia is the geopolitical dimension of their outcome. What will the foreign policy course of Yerevan constitute, in the view of the rapid events and transformations unfolding...

Armenia, Politics, Armenia and Azerbaijan

While the US certainly suffered some reputational damage and significant economic costs from its unprovoked attack on Iran, the United Arab Emirates may really be the big loser. Let’s focus on Dubai. Think of Dubai as the World’s most expensive...

Larry C. Johnson

When Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived at the G-7 summit in Evian, France, last week, he was ready with his latest set of military and economic requests. Near the top of his list was a new item: a license to...

Russia, Ukraine, Missile-defense

Even if the framework agreement to end the U.S.-Israel-Iran War is successful, economic fallout from the conflict will persist at least through the end of the year. And the consequences for the global economic system — particularly the centrality of...

Global-finance, Global-economy, Us-dollar

When the terms of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Trump administration and the Iranian government leaked last week, lawmakers from both parties said they looked forward to reviewing it. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a strong supporter of the war with...

Jcpoa, Iran-deal, Iran-war

On June 18, Iran and the U.S. signed an agreement, titled the “Islamabad Memorandum,” which committed both countries to an immediate and permanent end to hostilities, the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and 60 days of negotiations to reach...

Iran, Lebanon, Benjamin-netanyahu

A fire in a warehouse broke out in Hong Kong’s San Tin area in the early hours of Tuesday, with explosions heard and a large plume of smoke billowing into the sky. A warehouse fire broke out in San Tin...

Community & Education, Hong Kong, Fire Services Department (FSD)

By: Khanh Vu Duc - - - - Jennifer Wicks McNamara The June 19 swearing-in of Jennifer Wicks McNamara, a career professional rather than a political appointee, as the first female US Ambassador to Vietnam is more than a diplomatic...

Against the odds, the Memorandum of Understanding signed by the US and Iran appears to be holding, after threats and counter-threats. It may collapse, but it has survived a first round of talks between the two sides in Switzerland over...

Uncategorized

The pattern is obvious. In an overworked House office, whoever has time and capacity to produce a clean draft often decides what gets written. On defense portfolios, that is increasingly a uniformed fellow on detail from the Department of Defense....

Uncategorized

The United States on Monday warned that "mass atrocities" could soon be perpetrated in Sudan as paramilitary forces encircle the city of El-Obeid , with Washington echoing fears expressed by the United Nations. The majority-Muslim southern city, in...

MENA

A United Nations official warned on Monday that efforts to repair divisions and stabilise southern Syria have stalled nearly a year after deadly sectarian violence in a Druze-majority province shook the country. A UN investigation in March...

MENA

Clarence Thomas went more than 10 years without asking a single substantive question from the bench. His silence between 2006 and 2016 prompted commentators to call his courtroom quietude embarrassing, a sign of fatigue and a...

Activism, Column, Courts & Law

In the jigsaw puzzle of Middle East peace talks under way, Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun is trying to remind the warring parties in the current Middle East wars that his country is important, too. He worries because two powerful adversaries,...

Middle East, Block 2, Iran war 2026

BETHLEHEM, West Bank /PNN/ Palestinian officials in the town of Beit Fajjar are urging European and international representatives to intervene to end the ongoing closure of the town’s main entrance, calling for immediate action and inviting foreign delegations to...

41,49,1

BEIRUT, (PIC) Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health announced on Monday that the death toll from Israeli attacks on Lebanon has risen to 4,175 killed while 12,164 others were injured since March 2. In its daily report, the ministry said 49 additional victims...

News, Lebanon

‘As pundits rush to portray Keir Starmer as a ‘decent man’ overwhelmed by events, they overlook the defining feature of his political career: a willingness to deceive and betray in pursuit of power.’ In Tribune . Read the article...

National Politics, Keir Starmer, Labour Party

The World Cup has highlighted the problems of hyper-commercialisation and sportswashing in football, but the problems ultimately run much deeper than FIFA. Alessio Giussani is the editor-in-chief of the Green European Journal . Cas Mudde is a Dutch professor of political science...

Geopolitics, Article, Cas Mudde

Keir Starmer, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, has at long last resigned, outlining a timetable for his departure from Downing Street. His exit marks the end of a tenure that has done lasting damage to both people at home...

Voices

China hit back at Washington on Monday with a sweeping two-pronged retaliation, barring government departments from buying products from 46 US defense contractors and blacklisting 10 American companies from receiving Chinese dual-use exports. The Ministry of Finance announced that procurement...

US-China, Alibaba, Baidu

Did you know that Marwan Barghouti supports Brazil with all his heart at every World Cup ? Did you know, too, that he is a devoted Real Madrid fan? Let me tell you something about the human side...

Perspectives

Outgoing Colombian President Gustavo Petro has accused Israel of interfering in Sunday's presidential election, alleging that the country's National Registry systems were compromised in a bid to influence the outcome, which saw far-right candidate Aberaldo de la...

World

Cuba has announced sweeping economic changes that, despite constitutional guarantees of socialism, introduce measures commonly associated with capitalism. The reforms come amid mounting economic pressure and, according to observers, reflect not only longstanding U.S. demands but also encouragement from Russia...

World

RAMALLAH, (PIC) The Palestinian Prisoner Society (PPS) has called on the Israeli occupation authority to immediately release three pregnant Palestinian women, affirming they are among 93 female detainees currently held under harsh and tragic conditions inside Damon jail. According to a statement...

News, Damon prison, Detained women

Syria 's first public trials of prominent Assad-era figures could help define the country's post-Assad transition, rights advocates told The New Arab , as authorities announced dates for proceedings against several senior figures accused of war crimes and abuses...

MENA

As semiconductor complexity accelerates across AI, automotive, and edge computing markets, SoC architecture has become a critical determinant of commercial success. Modern silicon programs must simultaneously achieve aggressive performance-per-watt targets, support evolving workloads, and maintain manageable development… com/semiconductor-services/aion-silicon/369777-aion-silicon-architecting-smarter-socs-with-risc-v-balancing-performance-flexibility-and-risk/">AION Silicon: Architecting...

Aion Silicon, IP, RISC-V

The most important question about the US-Israel-Iran war is no longer one of who has lost. It is obvious that everyone has lost but that Iran has lost less badly than the others. Nor is it important to ask how...

Opinion, Iran war 2026, Israel-Iran

Less than two years after winning a thumping parliamentary majority, albeit with a record-low voter turnout and a vote share of just 33%, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced his exit from office. Starmer, a human rights...

World

A defiant Iran held Belgium to a 0-0 draw in Sunday evening's group-stage match in Los Angeles, leaving them second in Group G despite the challenges and disruptions they have faced in the lead-up to the World Cup. Iran...

Sports

This story was originally published by ProPublica . After the Trump administration upended the U.S. Agency for International Development last year, terminating thousands of programs and firing nearly all of its staff, its plan for the...

Activism, Courts & Law, Health & Wellness

The new Dark Ages

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- - - - Photo by Bernhard Dinger on Unsplash I’m a history buff. There are a few different eras that I’m fascinated by, and the medieval period of Europe is certainly one of the biggies for...

Tail wags dog

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By Martin SIEFF Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The great Martin Sieff on what ails the faltering American Empire. It should be cold comfort indeed, but the successive inability of one US...

Editor's Choice, European Union, History

The debates in the Senate and House Armed Services Committees this month over this year’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the Pentagon’s annual authorization bill, were anything but business as usual. Perhaps the biggest shift in tone and substance was...

Column, Courts & Law, Military
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