Alexandre Pinheiro facilitates a GEF press conference at the conclusion of 71st GEF Council in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The conference was addressed by Fred Boltz, Manager, Programming, Claude Gascon, Interim CEO and Chizuru Aoki, Manager, MEAs and Funds Division. Credit:...
Slovenian authorities on Wednesday, 3 June, refused to allow an Israeli aircraft to land in Ljubljana, forcing it to change course and land in the Croatian capital, Zagreb, amid accusations that the decision was politically motivated. According to Israeli...
Apartheid is increasingly used to describe how Israel treats Palestinians, yet its global defenders continuously claim that the state of Israel ensures equality for all. The charge of apartheid is often dismissed as they point to the continued existence of...
An Egyptian court sentenced prominent activist and poet Ahmed Douma to a year in prison with labour for "spreading fake news" on Wednesday, state media Akhbar al-Youm reported. The sentence comes nearly three years after the former...
Early adopters pay a premium for their embrace of innovation. If you bought one of the first electric cars in the United States, you had limited range, long charging times, and very little infrastructure to support you on anything but...
Israel's fanatical finance minister announced on Wednesday a major expansion by more than 2,000 homes of three illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank . Most nations consider Israeli settlements there to be illegal under international law and...
In 2026, the U.S. population is estimated by the Census Bureau at nearly 343 million, about 135 times larger than the population in 1776. Credit: Shutterstock By Joseph Chamie PORTLAND, USA, Jun 3 2026 (IPS) In 2026, the population of the...
IPLM is not always prominent, nevertheless it is a very necessary aspect of semiconductor (and systems) design. Modern designs build on a wide range of IPs and subsystems, each evolving through multiple variants and versions, each with different PPA characteristics...
Ramallah, West Bank - The United States and Israel are reportedly working to end Jordan's decades-old custodianship of the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, a move that could ignite conflict and trigger repercussions around the world. According to US, Jordanian,...
GAZA, (PIC) Despite the passage of about eight months since the declaration of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the calm that the residents were waiting for has not turned into a real sense of safety and psychological comfort. Between the continuous...
Nearly 60 percent of retired senior British military officers now working in the defence industry have appeared as expert commentators in UK media without any disclosure of their commercial ties, a conflict research charity has...
Bangladesh raised electricity prices by 16 per cent on Wednesday, the latest increase as the government seeks to ease pressure on state finances caused by the US-Israeli war on Iran. The South Asian nation of 170 million people depends heavily...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Palestinian Authority’s Jerusalem Governorate monitored a wide and systematic escalation in Israeli occupation crimes in the past month of May, which included various aspects of life in the city, and directly affected the Palestinian residents and their...
Lebanon and Israel entered a second day of US-sponsored talks in Washington on Wednesday after US officials reported progress in negotiations, while French and Saudi envoys prepared visits to Beirut as part of efforts to secure a lasting ceasefire. The...
BEIRUT, (PIC) 12 people, including a paramedic, were martyred and others were wounded on Wednesday in Israeli attacks on Lebanon. Lebanese media reported one fatality in an Israeli strike on the town of Tibnin, and the death of a paramedic in another...
GAZA, (PIC) In a small displacement camp west of Al-Nuseirat Camp, dozens of children sit among tightly packed tents. Some try to invent games from scraps of wood or scattered pieces of plastic. There is no nearby public park, no equipped playground,...
How well will western societies be able to cope with the enormous social, economic and even security stresses that they can expect over the next five years or so? Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the world” Photo:...
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan welcomed Sudan’s army chief Gen. Abdel Fattah al‑Burhan in Ankara on Tuesday, in a visit that comes as Turkish‑made drones and other military hardware have become central to Sudanese army (SAF)...
When US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth took the podium at the recent Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, his words signaled a profound structural shift in the global security landscape. Declaring that the era of America subsidizing the defense of wealthy...
Fear, stigma and discrimination still affect whether people with albinism can safely attend school, travel freely, seek employment or earn a living. Credit: UN Photo/Marie Frechon. By Elizabeth Kamundia and Samer Muscati NAIROBI, Jun 3 2026 (IPS) When Patricia...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) Scores of extremist Jewish settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Wednesday morning and later in the afternoon, amid restrictions on the entry of Muslim worshipers to the holy site. According to local sources, 179 Jewish settlers...
No discussion of campaigns targeting supporters of Palestine in Britain can end without mentioning the group UK Lawyers for Israel . Over the past three years, UK Lawyers for Israel has intensified its intimidation campaigns, not only to silence voices...
"Day one in Israeli prison was my birthday," Zakaria "Zak" Khan tells The New Arab. "Interesting birthday." It was not how the British activist expected to spend turning 25. Days earlier, he had been sailing towards Gaza aboard the Sumud...
GAZA, (PIC) The death toll from the Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, which started on October 7, 2023, has surged to 72,945 martyrs, according to the health ministry on Tuesday morning. The ministry added that the total number of the...
From Yugoslavia to Libya, the message is clear: justice only for America’s enemies. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Fatou Bensouda, former Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, recently revealed that the...
GAZA, (PIC) Ismail al-Thawabta, director general of Gaza’s Government Media Office (GMO), said Israeli authorities are deliberately restricting the entry of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, using delays and crossing closures as part of a systematic strategy to continue the...
It is necessary to act jointly against the regime, retaliating on the battlefield and condemning it in the diplomatic sphere. Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Once again, the Kiev terrorist regime launched...
"My spirit is anguished by colour," writes Etel Adnan . "Do colours have the power to break the time barrier?" In My Center is Not in the Solar System: Tributes to Etel Adnan , co-published by Bidoun...
Thousands of Albanians took to the streets of Tirana on Tuesday night to protest against a development planned by a company linked to Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner , on an environmentally sensitive part of the Adriatic...
Credit: Adobe Stock Photo / Source: UN News A staggering 55 million people across West and Central Africa are expected to suffer crisis levels of hunger, or worse, during the lean season from June to August as funding cuts to...
At a security conference in Singapore over the weekend, the three AUKUS partners – the United States, United Kingdom and Australia – announced a tweak to their partnership that has generated quite a lot of attention in Canberra. Australia will...
The natural instinct of any government facing a more fragmented global system is to guard its policy flexibility and keep its hands free to respond to whatever comes next. But the countries that consistently attract long-term investment tend to choose...
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM, (PIC) The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) demolished two Palestinian homes and one commercial facility in the town of Jaba, north of Jerusalem, under the pretext of unlicensed construction. According to local sources, bulldozers escorted by police forces stormed Jaba town...
Progressives on both coasts were celebrating Tuesday night as election results came with key left-wing wins for the New Jersey and California primaries. If they continue to do well in the general election in November, the so-called squad of progressive...
Germany granted citizenship to a record 332,500 people last year, a 14% increase, with Syrians making up the largest group for the fifth year in a row, according to data released by the Federal Statistics Office on...
One of the most notable outcomes of last month’s Xi-Trump summit in Beijing was not tangible. Rather, it was Xi Jinping’s introduction of a new authoritative formulation, or tífǎ, for US-China relations. Such authoritative concepts have long been an important...
XPeng (小鹏汽车) pushes to increase European manufacturing presence Linda_Heyer Wed, 06/03/2026 - 10:23 picture alliance / Sipa USA | Imaginechina Comment Jun 03, 2026 2 min read XPeng (小鹏汽车) pushes to increase European manufacturing presence EV-automaker XPeng is reportedly...
China is poised to gain as global memory makers pivot to AI chips Linda_Heyer Wed, 06/03/2026 - 10:13 picture alliance / Zoonar | Askolds Berowskis Comment Jun 03, 2026 3 min read China is poised to gain as global memory...
China’s AI competition strategy: Wide dispersion, cheap tokens Linda_Heyer Wed, 06/03/2026 - 10:01 picture alliance / Bildagentur-online | Tetra Images-Erik Isakson Comment Jun 03, 2026 2 min read China’s AI competition strategy: Wide dispersion, cheap tokens China’s flagship AI company...
‘What's also needed is a comprehensive reform of the entire transport management system’ Originally published on Global Voices Advox Two security cameras mounted on a pole. Representative image by user Atypeek Dgn via Pexels. Used under a...
TOKYO — The billionaire CEOs who accompanied US President Donald Trump to Beijing last month are probably feeling some whiplash. Some of that disorientation comes from Trump himself — a president who built two campaigns on confronting China and has...
Iranian drones and missiles targeted Kuwait and Bahrain on Wednesday, hours after the United States said it had carried out strikes on an Iranian military facility on Qeshm Island, amid heightened tensions around Gulf states that host major...
WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) kidnaped and assaulted a number of Palestinian citizens during raids in the West Bank last night and at dawn Wednesday, amid settler attacks in different areas. According to local sources, the IOF searched dozens...
Hours after Iraq's ruling Coordination Framework coalition authorised Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to monopolise weapons under state control, the Asaib Ahl al-Haq militia, led by Qais al-Khazali, announced that it had begun "implementing procedures to separate from the Popular...
The tensions between the US and Iran remain very taut after both sides exchanged of fire late on June 2 (early morning June 3 in the Persian Gulf). It apparently started when a US helicopter tried to stop an Iranian...
Lebanon's aviation regulator has launched a safety audit of Middle East Airlines (MEA) after pilot groups raised concerns that crews were being asked to fly near airstrikes and penalised for reporting safety incidents. The audit puts scrutiny on the...
For those just joining us, here are the latest updates of the day: - Tit for tat strikes between Iran and the United States occurred overnight. It began with the United States military’s Central Command (CENTCOM) announcing "self-defence" strikes on...
Under Singapore’s increasingly sweltering skies, the lobby of the Shangri-La Hotel in late May 2026 offered a revealing snapshot of a world edging toward deeper fragmentation. The 23rd edition of the Shangri-La Dialogue, held from May 29 to 31, brought...
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