China has been on the verge of collapse for more than 20 years. In 2001, lawyer and commentator Gordon Chang published “The Coming Collapse of China.” The book famously predicted that China’s economic model would fail within a decade. The decade...
Data cables connected on network switches in a computer server room. Scott Rodgerson on Unsplash Credit: Africa Renewal By United Nations Economic Commission for Africa UNITED NATIONS, Jun 12 2026 (IPS) African leaders are sharpening their focus on digital sovereignty, warning...
Hong Kong police have arrested 16 people for allegedly using bogus medical certificates to fraudulently withdraw over HK$4.3 million from their retirement savings funds . The Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority. Photo: Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority, via Facebook....
I need a personal injury attorney. I’m going to sue Donald Trump for whiplash. At 9 am in the morning, Donald Trump doubled-down on his threat the previous night to, “Bomb the shit out of Iran,” by vowing to launch...
At a European Union summit earlier this month, Sweden’s migration minister revealed that there is “strong support” among European governments for excluding military-aged Ukrainian men from the bloc’s temporary protection scheme for Ukrainian refugees. The policy, which allows Ukrainian citizens to...
Observers could easily dismiss Pope Leo XIV’s “Magnifica Humanitas” as just another document on artificial intelligence. But under the surface lies a deeper question: whether modern political elites still have both the ability and the moral clarity to place restraints...
The Philippines defence minister was defiant on Friday after Beijing sanctioned him for what it termed “irresponsible remarks” as the two nations grapple over the disputed South China Sea. Gilberto Teodoro as well as his spouse and child will be banned...
By: Xiaochen Su - - - - In less than a month, an indie film with an unknown cast became China’s second-highest grossing film of 2026. Dear You , with a modest budget of CNY 14...
After over two years of the CUPW leadership isolating postal workers, conniving behind the scenes with management and the government, and blocking any attempt to broaden the fight to other sections of workers confronting the same attacks, the prevailing mood...
The son of a Hamas co-founder said that Israeli authorities released his father in the occupied West Bank on Thursday after holding him without trial for more than two years. Hassan Yousef, 71, was "freed near the southern West...
Note from Tom: TomDispatch (at least as run by me) is now done, but if all goes well, Tom himself isn’t. And with that in mind, here’s what I hope will be but the first of a series of pieces...
Starting from the modern-day West Bank, Jesus rode his donkey westward around the Mount of Olives toward Jerusalem for what would be his Last Supper. As he passed through the ancient olive groves that blanketed the hillsides, he would have...
Mexico beat South Africa 2-0 in the opening match of the World Cup at the Estadio Azteca on Thursday, kicking off the biggest ever edition of the global footballing showpiece. Mexico's victory launched a sprawling tournament of 48 teams...
A viral stress-relief “Natasha” doll trending on Chinese social media has been deemed “absolutely diabolical” by members of Hong Kong’s Black community. Resembling a small child, the most popular version is dark-skinned and features exaggerated racial characteristics. Buyers have filmed...
The Trump administration plans to deport a number of Iranians and other migrants to Central African Republic, a chronically unstable country racked by violence and poverty, two lawyers and an official briefed on the matter told Reuters...
US President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a "great settlement" to end the war with Iran, saying he expected a deal to be signed in Europe as soon as this weekend, while Tehran says no final decision on an...
Trump’s US is embroiled in war crimes on multiple fronts. It does not deserve to host football’s biggest tournament Peter Oborne’s new book, Complicit: Britain’s Role in the Destruction of Gaza, was recently published by Or Books. Cross-posted from Middle...
Reviewed by Branko Milanović The just published book by Christian Christiansen Designing Global Economic Equality : The Making and Unmaking of Global Egalitarian Policies at the United Nations provides an intellectual review of the history of the idea of...
As signals mounted early Thursday that President Trump planned to escalate with Iran, two congressional Republicans urged him to abandon what they said are fruitless negotiations with the Islamic Republic. While saying they wanted to see the war with Iran end,...
As Nicolás Maduro’s foreign minister and vice president, interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez previously helped build Caracas’s ties to Russia, China, and other US adversaries. Despite Washington's desire for Venezuela to now orient toward the West, Rodríguez is also courting...
In the 1950s and 1960s, a massive wave of underground humor swept across the USSR and the Eastern Bloc featuring a fictional broadcaster called Armenian Radio (known in the West as Radio Yerevan). Many of the jokes involved food lines...
In October 2023, Israel found an excuse to breathe new life into an old story of slaughter and expulsion. The chief differences this time have been of scale and duration Jonathan Cook is the author of three books on the...
Islam Times - Greg Simons, an associate professor of journalism and strategic communication at Daffodil International University argued that Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu are seeking to project an image of success through the war, but said their efforts are...
DOHA, (PIC) Hamas Political Bureau member and negotiation delegation member Hossam Badran said that meetings between Palestinian factions in Cairo are taking place in a positive and constructive atmosphere, noting that there is broad agreement on a unified national position regarding...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli government is expected on Thursday to approve the allocation of 1 billion shekels (approximately $338 million) for new settlement projects in the occupied West Bank, including infrastructure development and expanded services for settlements and outposts, according...
The 2026 World Cup finally kicks off on Thursday with Spain and France as the clear pre-tournament favorites. Spain, ranked second in the latest FIFA Men's World Rankings, are co-favorites at +450 by BetMGM along with third-ranked France. Spain are...
A Bangkok court on Thursday sentenced two Uyghur men to death for triggering a bomb explosion which killed twenty and injured over a hundred others over a decade ago. “The deaths and injuries caused by the attack were a terrible tragedy,...
One in two workers at France’s national railways walk out over pay and conditions; further protests across Iran’s cities by high school students, academics, sacked steel workers and medical students as living standards plummet due to US sanctions and savage...
Islam Times - The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off tonight, hosted jointly by the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Featuring 48 teams, 104 matches, and dozens of the world's biggest football stars, it promises to be a historic tournament....
Islam Times - In international conflicts, one of the greatest analytical mistakes is to understand actors' objectives as they describe them rather than as they pursue them in practice. Governments and major powers typically frame their policies with appealing terms...
Islam Times - Iran’s missile response to the Zionist regime’s aggression against Beirut’s southern Dahiyeh was not merely a military reaction; it was an effort to reinforce the message that war and ceasefire constitute a single, integrated reality. Through this...
There will be an unprecedented eight Arab nations at the 2026 World Cup, which takes place in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. The tournament has been expanded, from the 32 that competed at the 2022 tournament to 48...
While promising more strikes against Iran on Thursday, President Donald Trump suggested that the US would soon be “taking” Kharg Island in a bid to seize “total control” of the country’s oil and gas market. That’s an operation that would likely require ground troops....
Israel’s escalating military campaign in Gaza and the occupied West Bank is "claiming an intolerable price" in Palestinian children's lives, UNICEF has warned, as killings, injuries and detentions surge to unprecedented levels. In its latest statement...
The explosive growth of artificial intelligence is transforming the semiconductor industry, and nowhere is this more evident than in the memory sector. AI training and inference workloads are fundamentally memory-intensive, driving unprecedented demand for advanced DRAM architectures, High Bandwidth Memory...
Drone strikes on the strategic Sudanese city of El-Obeid killed 23 people, a rights group and witnesses said on Thursday, in one of the deadliest aerial attacks the city has seen since the war began . Drone warfare...
New documents from government agencies such as the FBI and Department of Homeland Security show that Washington is preparing for widespread anti-A.I. riots, as the technology destroys communities and industries across the country. Ironically, the Trump administration is already using...
The prospects of forming a Joint Palestinian Arab electoral list within Israel's 1948 boundaries have significantly diminished ahead of forthcoming Israeli Knesset elections, after hopes rose in recent weeks amid popular support from Palestinian citizens of...
Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al Zaidi is set to visit Washington, DC, as his government seeks investment, security cooperation, and support for efforts to strengthen state authority. A central focus of his agenda is bringing weapons held by Iranian-backed militias...
The Federal Reserve is under new leadership. Kevin Warsh, Donald Trump’s appointee to succeed Jerome Powell as chair, was confirmed by the Senate on May 13. He will preside over his first meeting of the Fed’s interest-rate-setting Federal Open Market...
BEIRUT, (PIC) Lebanon’s Health Ministry said on Thursday that the death toll from Israel’s assault on the country since March 2 has risen to 3,711, with 11,483 others wounded. Israeli warplanes carried out strikes on several areas across southern Lebanon and Baalbek...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Sheikh Ekrima Sabri, head of the Higher Islamic Council in Occupied Jerusalem, has called on Muslim worshipers to frequent the Aqsa Mosque and intensify their presence inside its premises and courtyards to protect it against Israeli schemes. In a...
Lebanon cannot realistically stop the import of fibre-optic cables used by Iran-backed Hezbollah to manufacture drones because the component has widespread civilian uses, a Lebanese government source told The New Arab on Thursday. The Lebanese Ministry of...
A jury at Birmingham crown court is deliberating whether four pro-Palestine activists committed criminal damage at an arms factory in Wolverhampton. Defendants Iain Evans, Hisham Alkhamesi, Frank Sherman, and Hana Yun-Stevens believed the factory, used by arms firm Moog, supplied weaponry...
Somali referee Omar Artan, who was denied entry to the United States for the World Cup, was on Thursday named to officiate UEFA's Super Cup, European football's governing body announced. UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin poured praise on the Somali...
Dozens of federal immigration agents have been arrested — and in some cases, convicted — of crimes related to sexual and gender-based violence, according to a group of antifascist researchers. The Pacific Antifascist Collective (PAC) tracks federal immigration agents...
The release of the 2026 Social Security Trustees Report got the usual suspects (aka “very serious people”) genuflecting about the large projected shortfall. As of 2034, the program is projected to be unable to pay full benefits....
- - - - Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash I haven’t talked much about the hinky stuff that transpired with the LA mayoral primary. It’s stupid to have a jungle primary in the first place, but...
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