Unesco report shows children lost out to servicing debt in 113 countries, with 18 spending five times more on loans Most developing countries spent less on education than they did repaying debt last year, according to the UN, at the same...
Welcome, Here are the key news stories of the day so far: - The United States and Iran are lowering tensions following days of strikes between the two. Shipping in the Strait of Hormuz plunged, negatively impacting markets - - Funeral ceremonies for the...
Oil Refinery The US/Israeli war with Iran has focused the world’s attention on oil because of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. When the war started I thought oil was just oil. Okay… I was ignorant. But over the course...
The rapid spread of the virus has been intensified by misinformation and violence towards volunteers and treatment centres Nearly two months after the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed an Ebola outbreak in one province, the virus is continuing to...
A proposed health review mechanism for elderly commercial drivers is set to be watered down, scrapping the annual checkup requirement, according to local media. Taxis in Wan Chai. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. Instead, the government’s proposal will allow commercial vehicle drivers aged 65...
Artificial intelligence is reshaping trade processes across Asia and the Pacific. However, despite growing interest, most economies have yet to deploy the technology at scale, according to a new study by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia...
A Hong Kong man has pleaded guilty to inciting subversion via online posts and posters he put up in public places. District Court in Wan Chai. File photo: Almond Li/HKFP. Chan Ho-hin, a waiter, appeared at the District Court on Thursday morning...
A fire that tore through a shoe factory in eastern China on Thursday killed at least 28 people, state media said, with more than 500 fire and rescue personnel racing against time to extinguish the blaze. State television CCTV airs footage...
Australian lawyer Sam Monkivitch, who received a fine and suspended 18-month jail term after pleading guilty to charges relating to a dine-and-dash spree across Hong Kong, is allegedly targeting small businesses again back home. Australian lawyer Sam Monkivitch. Photo: Nine News...
- - - - Reported interference by royal families, infuriating members of his government, could force Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to call for an early general election by year-end despite holding a 68 percent super-majority in the 222-seat parliament. The issue is very sensitive,...
Iran on Friday laid to rest its former supreme leader Ali Khamenei over four months after his killing in an airstrike, as two days of US and Iranian attacks raised fears of a return to all-out war. Khamenei's flag-covered coffin was...
Kylian Mbappe and Ousmane Dembele were on target as France surged past Morocco 2-0 to book their place in the World Cup semi-finals on Thursday. Mbappe curled in his eighth goal of the tournament on 60 minutes before Dembele doubled Les...
“I just want to say there was tremendous love in that room,” President Trump declared as he wrapped up the 2026 NATO summit in Ankara. But anyone looking beyond the carefully choreographed photo-ops saw an alliance beset by public feuds,...
A major showdown on the House floor seemed imminent. An amendment, advanced by the Rules Committee, was poised to force a rare and telling record vote on stripping Israel of $3.3 billion in annual US military aid. Brought forward by...
The fragile ceasefire between Iran and the United States has been broken once again. The United States has been bombing Iran, claiming that its attacks are in retaliation for Iran attacking three vessels near Straight of Hormuz, which it considers...
More than HK$20 million in salaries were paid to seven museum executives at West Kowloon Cultural District last year despite the hub’s chronic deficit, the government has revealed. M+ Museum. Photo: Peter Lee/HKFP Rosanna Law, the culture, sports and tourism minister, told...
BEIRUT, (PIC) Lebanon’s Ministry of Public Health announced on Thursday that the death toll from Israel’s military assault on Lebanon has risen to 4,321 people killed since March 2, 2026. In a brief statement, the ministry said that from March 2 through...
NABLUS, (PIC) Jewish settlers on Thursday demolished the Yanon Coeducational Elementary School in the South Nablus Directorate, nearly eight months after the forced displacement of residents from Khirbet Yanon, depriving 15 students of their only local school. In a statement, the Palestinian...
GAZA, (PIC) Israeli forces continued violating the Gaza ceasefire on Thursday through artillery shelling, airstrikes, and gunfire across multiple areas of the Strip, killing six Palestinians and injuring several others. According to local sources, one person was killed and three others were...
Today’s top items: 1. China-Russia military cooperation - A joint investigation by The Insider , Der Spiegel , and Le Monde provides shocking but unsurprising revelations about China-Russia military cooperation. The reports should destroy any lingering illusions of PRC “neutrality” in...
Iran’s military on Thursday launched attacks on US bases across the region following a second round of major US airstrikes against Iran, as the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding to end the conflict has collapsed. According to Iran’s PressTV , the Iranian...
The Committee to Protect Journalists is in damage-control mode amid a furor over a review of Palestinian journalists in its Gaza casualty database and attempts to change the definition of who is a journalist to exclude some Palestinians. net/content/exclusive-cpj-reconsidering-removal-killed-gaza-journalists-database/51505">HERE Relatives mourn Al...
The semiconductor landscape is currently undergoing a structural transformation as the “Data-Centric Shift” moves the industry’s center of gravity from smartphones toward High-Performance Computing (HPC) and AI infrastructure. This transition is clearly validated by TSMC’s 2025 filings, which show… com/ip/370809-consolidation-and-competition-who-is-winning-the-4-5-billion-interface-ip-race/">Consolidation and...
China has extended a series of olive branches to Washington this month, including a jump in soybean purchases, the release of a detained Chinese pastor and approval to import Nvidia’s H200 chips, ahead of President Xi Jinping’s expected visit to...
The United States will oversee the withdrawal of Israeli forces from "pilot zones" in the south, with the first to get underway within days, Lebanese and US officials said Thursday. A US official said that new talks between Israel and Lebanon...
This statement was originally published on cipesa.org on 1 July 2026. Across Africa, young people are engaging with public life through digital spaces. Social media platforms, messaging apps, livestreams, and short-form video are now part of how youth learn about public...
We interrupt this program to announce that the MoU cat has left its coma – and has virtually flatlined. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su That was entirely predictable. Baboon of Barbaria and his minions broke their...
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 22 June 2026. Guinean journalist, Ibrahima Sory Barry, publishing director of the online news portal Vérité 224 , has gone into exile following death threats against himself and his family. Barry had assisted a...
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 29 June 2026. South African journalist Sakhiseni Nxumalo was reporting on an anti-migrant march, which turned into a deadly attack on foreign nationals, when he himself became a target because of his dark...
Amnesty International on Thursday accused Israel of wiping out families in its strikes on Lebanon during its war with Hezbollah , calling for these attacks to be investigated as war crimes. Hezbollah drew Lebanon into the Middle East war on 2...
Cameroon pledged to halve gender-based violence by 2026. That deadline has arrived, and the government has fallen far short. Credit: Shutterstock By Stacey-Leigh Manuel BLOOMFIELD, United States, Jul 9 2026 (IPS) In Cameroon’s Far North region, Adiza, a 57-year-old woman had spent nearly...
Germany’s two leading authoritarian liberal politcal parties have proven that they are no longer fit for purpose Mathew D. Rose is an Investigative Journalist specialised in Organised Political Crime in Germany and an editor of BRAVE NEW EUROPE Photo: Screen Grab These are...
TUBAS, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) uprooted hundreds of trees, including in olive groves, on Thursday in the village of Atuf and al-Baqi’ah plain, east of the Tubas governorate. These bulldozing operations in the area are aimed at building a military...
The Trump administration initiated a rescission of Syria’s designation as a State Sponsor of Terrorism on July 8. The decision follows President Donald Trump's meeting with Syrian President Ahmad al Sharaa at the NATO summit in Ankara and comes amid...
The latest statements by the Turkish side at the NATO summit call into question the future of the long-standing partnership and require Moscow to take decisive countermeasures. Erdoğan Expands Military Support for the Kyiv Regime Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has, for...
“As soon as I saw the coach speaking about Gaza, I knew the Egyptian team was finished.” Those were my wife’s words in the immediate wake of Egypt's loss to Argentina in the 2026 World Cup round of 16 match. Those...
Iraqi investigators say they have uncovered another 14 billion Iraqi dinars (around $10 million) hidden inside a stormwater drainage pit, the latest discovery in a sprawling corruption investigation that has shaken the country's oil sector. The money was recovered as part...
Lebanon demands Israel's withdrawal from two "pilot zones" in the south as a condition for participating in the next round of direct negotiations in Rome next week, a diplomatic source familiar with the talks told AFP on Wednesday. The two sides...
GAZA, (PIC) The health ministry in the Gaza Strip has warned that laboratories and blood banks face a complete shutdown due to severe shortages of testing kits and medical supplies, driven by ongoing Israeli restrictions on their entry. Sahar Ghanem, director of...
Iraqi elites received the body of slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as his funeral procession toured Iraq’s Shiite holy cities on July 8. Notably, Iraq’s top cleric did not say prayers or attend the ceremony due to stated health...
The United States has launched a series of strikes on Iran in response to the Iranian targeting of vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. These are the most severe violations yet of the Memorandum of Understanding that came into effect...
Benghazi, Libya - On 18 June 2026, Libya’s three main political bodies signed a trilateral power-sharing agreement, setting a roadmap for presidential and parliamentary elections before 17 February 2027, the first such agreement in fifteen years . It was built directly...
The Trump administration is reviving an imperial application of international law as part of its efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Although it openly denigrates the idea of a rules-based international order, the U.S. government is claiming that Iran must...
President orders investigation after fictitious body given funding, triggering renewed scrutiny of alleged corruption A fictitious federal entity that was allocated 1.3bn naira (£700,000) in Nigeria’s 2026 budget has precipitated a political storm in Africa’s largest democracy in the run-up to...
The life of still another Palestinian doctor abducted in Gaza by the Zionist Nazis is in danger Norman Finkelstein is is an American political scientist and activist. His primary fields of research are the politics of the Holocaust and the Israeli–Palestinian...
Digital rights experts have urged Lebanese residents to exercise caution after anonymous text messages invited recipients to join online "dialogue" with Israelis, warning that while the campaign does not appear to be malicious, it could be used to collect personal...
Rahm Emanuel , a Democrat considering a 2028 US presidential run, said on Wednesday that Israel risks jeopardizing its alliance with Washington unless it changes course on Palestinians and the region, because of growing unease with its policies among US...
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