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Canary finances in doubt after Lloyds shuts account
Full ArticleDozens of media workers were left in financial limbo this week after one of the UK's largest banks closed the account of the left-wing outlet Canary , preventing it from paying staff and contractors. The publication, known for...
Even with advances in AI, automation, and advanced process technology, many semiconductor test operations still rely on reports generated hours after production has occurred. This creates a significant and growing problem. By the time engineers discover a yield excursion, parametric...
Desperately Missing Susan
Full ArticleSusan George passed away in February of this year. It is good to have waited this long for the movement to give her a proper send-off, for we have finally absorbed the shock of her departure and realized what a...
GAZA, (PIC) The Hamas Movement has condemned statements issued by the so-called Gaza Peace Council and the US administration regarding the future of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), including the declaration that the agency would...
As Iran-US talks conclude in Doha, what comes next?
Full ArticleIran and the US concluded a round of indirect talks in Doha on Wednesday, with mediators saying they made progress despite Tehran accusing Washington of violating parts of a recently signed memorandum of understanding. The technical talks, mediated by Qatar...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Israeli occupation forces carried out demolition operations in Bethlehem, Nablus and Salfit in the occupied West Bank on Thursday. In Taqu’, southeast of Bethlehem, Israeli forces began demolishing a two-story Palestinian home in the Khirbet Al-Deir area, citing a...
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 26 June 2026. On June 25, 2026, senior officials and supporters of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) party stormed Obaatanpa Radio , a privately owned station in Kasoa in...
By moving closer to France and Greece, Armenia undermines its own proclaimed strategy of regional normalization. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su In recent years, Nikol Pashinyan’s government has consistently argued that...
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 29 June 2026. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for Ugandan authorities to swiftly and unreservedly remove security forces from the premises of the privately owned Nation Media Group-Uganda (NMG-U), permit...
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian footballer in Gaza on Wednesday, the latest in a series of attacks targeting the besieged enclave's sporting community . Saleem Al-Ashqar, goalkeeper of the Khadamat Khan Younis club, was killed in the town...
The story doesn’t end with the Ankara Summit: What will NATO be doing at the Izmir Fair?
Full ArticleNATO’s Ankara Summit demands 5% GDP for defence—but the real story unfolds at Izmir Fair in November. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Turkey, as always, is once again living through historic...
Netanyahu mulls cutting U.S. aid – a snub to Trump, or a prelude to a false flag attack that drags America back to war? Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Is Netanyahu...
The United States has resumed some air shipments of US dollars to Iraq after suspending them for several months, according to two aides to the Iraqi prime minister cited by The New York Times...
Authorities say rainy season getting deadlier, with Ghana reporting 13 dead and floods hitting Benin, Togo and Nigeria Floods in Côte d’Ivoire have killed 59 people since May, the communication minister told a cabinet meeting in Abidjan. There are fears the toll...
When Roger Waters sings, "I feel your pain from New York City" to Mona Miari, he is doing more than revisiting a Pink Floyd classic; he is sending a letter into the ruins of Gaza. It...
Over 70 South Sudanese stranded aboard ‘voluntary return’ ferry in Aswan after Sudan refuses entry, Egypt bars return
Full ArticleA cross-border ferry is sitting in the waters of Lake Nasser, opposite the High Dam port in Aswan. On board are over 70 South Sudanese men, women and children who set out on a trip that was supposed to take...
After Half a Decade, Myanmar Civil War in Stalemate
Full ArticleBy: Nava Thakuria - - - - Photo from Council on Foreign Relations Myanmar’s civil war has settled into a pulverizing, multi-front stalemate in which neither side appears capable of a military victory with the Tatmadaw, as the junta’s military...
Saudi Aramco ramps up exports from Ras Tanura
Full ArticleAt least five supertankers carrying a total of 10 million barrels of Saudi oil , loaded from Ras Tanura, have exited the Strait of Hormuz, with Saudi Aramco switching to spot pricing to speed up sales in...
UN Secretary-General António Guterres at the launch of the preliminary report from the UN Independent Panel on AI. Credit: UN Photo/Mark Garten By Naureen Hossain UNITED NATIONS, Jul 2 2026 (IPS) The acceleration of artificial intelligence (AI) and its capabilities is...
Il summit BRICS+ National Security Advisers 2026 a Nuova Delhi rafforza la sicurezza multipolare
Full ArticleL’impressione generale è che il vertice di Nuova Delhi costituisca un’anticipazione di ciò che potrebbe diventare il sistema internazionale dei prossimi anni Segue nostro Telegram . Cooperazione rinnovata La riunione dei Consiglieri per la Sicurezza Nazionale dei Paesi BRICS,...
U.S. Aid Withdrawal for HIV ‘Devastating’
Full ArticleA mobile clinic supported by the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in South Africa. The U.S. announced it would cut off funding for HIV projects in the country. Credit: Instagram By Ed Holt BRATISLAVA, Jul 2 2026 (IPS) A...
By Isabel Mestres GENEVA, Jul 2 2026 (IPS) Anyone whose life has been touched by cancer knows that care is highly complex. From first symptoms through diagnosis and treatment, patients may need multiple diagnostic tests, combinations of surgery, systemic therapy and radiotherapy,...
If we don’t know the source, not only do humans remain at risk but wildlife can suffer needlessly via retaliation While virologists and public health departments were palpitating over the news of an Andes virus infectious disease outbreak on...
Syria's foreign minister, Asaad al-Shibani , arrived in Beirut on Thursday to meet Lebanese government leaders, in his first visit there since US President Donald Trump raised the possibility of Syrian forces combating Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon. Syrian President...
Syria's foreign minister, Asaad al-Shibani , arrived in Beirut on Thursday to meet Lebanese government leaders, in his first visit there since US President Donald Trump raised the possibility of Syrian forces combating Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon. Syrian President...
MEXICO: ‘The World Cup Is an Opportunity to Raise Global Awareness of the Crisis of Enforced Disappearances’
Full ArticleBy CIVICUS Jul 2 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS discusses Mexico’s enforced disappearance crisis with Angélica Orozco, a member of Fuerzas Unidas por Nuestros Desaparecidos en Nuevo León (FUNDENL), a collective of relatives of disappeared people and people who support them. Since 2012,...
History has a habit of concealing its most consequential turning points inside the mundane. The invention of the shipping container did not announce itself as a revolution in global trade. The rise of the mobile phone was initially dismissed as...
Voters in Algeria are casting ballots Thursday in parliamentary elections overshadowed by cost-of-living concerns and bans on candidates challenging the government. Nearly 25 million voters across Africa's largest country by territory are choosing among 1,235 candidates for 407 seats...
GAZA, (PIC) The Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Gaza issued a comprehensive diagnostic report reviewing the educational status in the Gaza Strip for the years (2023-2026), representing a reference and methodological document through which the ministry monitored the deep...
GAZA, (PIC) Nicola von Arx, Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), affirmed that the humanitarian situation in Gaza remains unsustainable and unacceptable, stressing that the suffering of residents has...
French-Funded Qarib Project Ends Five-Year Mission to Strengthen Independent Arab Media
Full ArticleAMMAN / PNN / The French Media Development Agency (CFI), with funding from the French Development Agency (AFD), has concluded the five-year Qarib project with a regional conference and an awards ceremony recognising journalists and independent media organisations from four...
The demand for critical energy transition materials such as copper, lithium and cobalt is on the rise due to the expansion of clean energy technologies. Credit: Unsplash/Lj. Filipović By Maximilian Malawista UNITED NATIONS, Jul 2 2026 (IPS) Demand for critical energy...
UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed with Resident Coordinators from the Latin America and Caribbean region. Credit: United Nations By Mohammed Chiraz Baly GENEVA, Jul 2 2026 (IPS) A letter to staff unions from economists working in the resident coordinator system,...
The NY Times published an outrageous article on Wednesday that perpetuates the myth that Ukraine is inflicting massive casualties on Russia. I suppose this is just another part of the propaganda game to deceive the US public about...
WEST BANK, (PIC) Jewish settler groups carried out a series of attacks and incursions across the occupied West Bank overnight and into Thursday morning, targeting Palestinian villages, residential communities, and civilian property. In the Nablus governorate, settlers raided the village of Burqa,...
WEST BANK, (PIC Israeli occupation forces (IOF) carried out a series of overnight and early Thursday raids across multiple cities and towns in the West Bank, conducting house searches, arrests, and demolitions, while Israeli settlers intensified attacks on Palestinian communities and...
This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with permission. Read the original here. KDDI’s cable-laying and repair capacity, Japan’s intervention in the Makino Milling Machine acquisition, and the Daikin–Shin-Etsu–Hitachi–Tokyo Eco Recycle rare-earth magnet project would seem to belong to separate policy...
GAZA, (PIC) Israeli forces continued their ceasefire violations across the Gaza Strip on Thursday, carrying out new demolitions, artillery shelling, and gunfire in multiple areas. A local source said Hisham Khaled Hamad, a resident of Rafah in southern Gaza, died from wounds...
Welcome, Here are the key updates of the day: - Qatar says indirect talks in Doha between the US and Iran see "positive progress", with oil prices falling in response to the news - - Tehran says a communication channel will...
Modern cosmology rests on a simple assumption: if we look on large enough scales, matter should be distributed evenly, with no preferred direction within the cosmos. This is known as the cosmological principle. Now, as new telescopes both on Earth...
India’s nuclear buildup is sharpening its deterrent, but Pakistan and China are turning the space below nuclear war into the real battlefield. Last month, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) reported that India expanded its nuclear arsenal to an...
On June 29, France thought it had found its way back into the Strait of Hormuz. Hours after French President Emmanuel Macron and Oman’s Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said agreed in Paris to clear the strait’s mines and guarantee...
Japan is throwing its industrial weight behind a homegrown challenger to US and Chinese dominance in artificial intelligence. The government announced this week it will fund Noetra, a new consortium of SoftBank Corp., Sony, NEC and Honda, to build a...
The NY Times published an outrageous article on Wednesday that perpetuates the myth that Ukraine is inflicting massive casualties on Russia. I suppose this is just another part of the propaganda game to deceive the US public about...
The Solomon Islands in the southwest Pacific recently emerged from weeks of parliamentary turmoil and a leadership shake-up resulting in a new government. The new prime minister, Matthew Wale, who had led the opposition since 2019, is delivering a foreign...
Massad Boulos, the Trump Administration's top adviser for Africa and point man on Sudan, recently spoke before the United Nations Security Council and warned that the international community “cannot sit back” while El Obeid, a city of over roughly half...
America does not know its own mind
Full ArticleThis article is part of an RS series reflecting on the 250th anniversary of American Independence and its impact and meaning for modern U.S. foreign policy, war, and peace. In a 1941 speech to the America First Committee,...
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