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Upon close examination, the global economic psyche reveals humanity as recently caught between two opposing poles. On the one hand, unprecedented technological advancement promises to colonize the Moon and Mars, eradicate diseases at their roots, and deliver an unimaginable rise...

Opinion, AI, Capitalism

Pope Leo XIV and Giorgia Meloni should take comfort from the fact that the main thrust of Donald Trump’s attack on them contains a clue as to how peace can be restored between Iran and the United States. By alleging...

Middle East, Block 1, Donald Trump

Iran is considering attending another round of peace talks with the Trump administration in Islamabad this week, even after Iran’s top diplomat accused the US delegation of sabotaging the previous round with maximalist demands and “shifting goal posts.” The spokesperson for Iran’s...

Middle East, Block 2, Donald Trump

A long read on the consequences of the current Strait of Hormuz crisis. Michael Hudson’s Killing the Host , The Collapse of Antiquity and The Destiny of Civilization are published by CounterPunch Books. Cross-posted from Counterpunch Announcing that “A...

Finance, Geopolitics, Globalisation

One hears a lot recently that the United States lacks the wherewithal or the bandwidth to protect its allies, partners and interests in the Asia-Pacific owing to demands of the Iran War. This is said within the context of America...

World, Angel Demapan, Arnold Palacios

‘In Hungary’s election, Péter Magyar rallied urban white-collar workers, business figures excluded from state patronage networks, intellectuals, and youth. It’s much less clear that his new government can satisfy all these groups’ expectations.’ In Jacobin . Read the article...

EU politics, National Politics, Hungary

Algeria's former industry minister, Ali Aoun, was sentenced on Monday to five years in prison after being convicted of corruption, local media reported. Prosecutors had sought a 12-year sentence, according to the reports. Algerian media said the case centred on the...

MENA

GAZA, (PIC) An international report released on Monday estimates that recovery and reconstruction in the Gaza Strip will cost approximately $71.4 billion, following the widespread devastation caused by Israel’s war. The report highlights major challenges facing rebuilding efforts on both humanitarian...

News, Gaza Strip, Israeli aggression

WEST BANK, (PIC) Different areas of the occupied West Bank witnessed aggressive and violent practices by extremist Jewish settlers targeting Palestinian citizens and property on Monday. According to media sources, settlers attacked several citizens and their homes in towns and villages south...

News, Jewish terrorism, Settler crimes

Authorities in the United Arab Emirates said Monday they arrested members of an Iran -linked group plotting "terrorist" acts in the country, attempting to recruit Emiratis and funnelling funds to "suspicious" foreign entities. The arrests came as Gulf...

MENA

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said on Monday that planned talks with Israel aim to end hostilities and the occupation in the south, even as Hezbollah and its supporters rejected the negotiations. Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah told AFP...

MENA

King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain on Sunday ordered the launch of legal proceedings against those he described as "traitors," including measures to strip Bahraini citizenship from anyone proven to have been involved in "harming the country’s security...

MENA

Load-pull power amplifier (PA) design techniques determine the optimal impedances at the power transistor’s extrinsic reference plane, which is the physically accessible boundary for measurement or simulation. This reference plane can be the package transistor leads, die bond pads, or...

EDA, Keysight EDA, Class J amplifier

Abdel Rahim Ali, the owner of Al-Bawaba News, was found guilty of failing to meet the minimum wage threshold for journalists at his newspaper by a Giza court on Monday. The court also ordered that the media magnate and former...

journalist strikes, Journalists Syndicate, minimum wage

Damascus, Syria - A protest in central Damascus on Friday turned ugly as brawls broke out between protesters and counter-protesters, highlighting Syria’s continued internal divisions. The ‘Law and Dignity’ protest was organised to demand a number of political...

In-depth

Egypt’s highest court has issued a landmark ruling regarding a long-debated legal question over the recognition of Baha’i marriages, overturning a previous Family Court judgment that had validated a marriage contract between two followers of the faith. In...

MENA

Hungary's incoming prime minister Peter Magyar said on Monday the country will execute International Criminal Court warrants against anyone , after he invited Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu - wanted under just such a warrant - to Budapest...

World

WEST BANK, (PIC) The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) displaced a Palestinian family after demolishing its home in the town of Tarqumiyah, northwest of al-Khalil in the southern West Bank. Local sources reported that Israeli forces with bulldozers stormed the Shaab al‑Bir area...

News, Demolition policy, Israeli violations

The UK's Green Party has suspended prominent Jewish anti-Zionist activist, Tony Greenstein , over alleged 'antisemitism', following his strong criticisms of Israel. The Canary reported that Greenstein's suspension was approved by the Green Party's regional council...

MENA

An Israeli-American soldier is facing a war crimes complaint over his suspected complicity in carrying out systematic demolitions of civilian infrastructure during Israel’s war on Gaza - the first such case to be filed against an American citizen...

MENA

A security raid to arrest an Assad-era official in a coastal Syrian area triggered clashes that killed one person on Monday, as Israeli forces carried out new incursions in the southwest. Security forces announced that they had arrested Amer al-Hassan, the...

MENA

A Syrian security officer has been killed during an operation to arrest an Assad-era official on the coast on Monday, as Israeli forces carried out new incursions in the southwest. Security forces announced that they had arrested Amer al-Hassan, the former...

MENA

Israeli strikes killed at least two Palestinians in separate incidents in the Gaza Strip on Monday, health officials said, and fighters from Hamas clashed with gunmen from an Israeli-backed militia, witnesses said. Medics said one man was killed in...

MENA

The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have begun dismantling security checkpoints while halting search operations in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah , as part of an integration deal reached with the Syrian government, the New Arab’s...

MENA

On April 12, Viktor Orbán conceded defeat in Hungary’s parliamentary election after 16 years in power. Three million voters handed a two-thirds supermajority to Péter Magyar, a 45-year-old lawyer who, until two years ago, was a Fidesz party...

Democracy & Governance, Hungary, Viktor Orban

A serious split has emerged within the ruling circles of another Eastern European country, which threatens to turn into a radical change in its foreign policy vector. Collapse of the Ruling Coalition in Romania The pro-Western government in Romania is falling...

World

American writer Barbara Tuchman remarked that “war is the unfolding of miscalculations.” As part of those calculations, the value of each of the lives lost to war should not be measured any differently, and yet in reality the lives...

Africa, Business & Economy, Column

- - - - Photo by Jimmy Woo on Unsplash Perhaps the most disturbing aspect of modern leftism is that these folks who will tell you they are very moral because they care about gay people and...

In February of this year, Chinese companies set a record. They re-exported 749 thousand tonnes of liquefied natural gas. This corresponds to nearly one billion cubic meters of gas in regasified form and roughly a dozen large-capacity LNG carriers. This figure...

World

In late March , I sat in the gallery of the Supreme Court for the first time in my life. Throughout my 30 years of grassroots anti-poverty work, I’ve joined countless protests and vigils outside the court. In 2018, I...

Activism, Column, Courts & Law

European backers put on a show of support for the Palestinian Authority and the push for a two-state solution Monday, as the US-Israeli war with Iran has dragged focus away from Gaza. The efforts to bolster the Palestinian Authority...

MENA

BEIRUT, (PIC) A recent photo of an Israeli soldier smashing a statue of Jesus Christ with a sledgehammer in southern Lebanon has sparked widespread condemnation. The soldier was filmed smashing the statue in the Christian village of Debel in southern Lebanon, according...

News, Christians, Israeli violations

A public petition demanding arrests in the killing of a 22-year-old Malawian man has been quietly altered to remove the names of several alleged suspects, fuelling concerns among campaigners and relatives about transparency in the investigation. The petition, which had gathered...

Africa, Abdul Aziz Panjwani, Alfred Chimthere

Presidencies birth their own rhetorical shorthand. Bill Clinton is remembered for the definition of “is.” TV pitchman Donald Trump has given us numerous options, including the current front-runner, “The cruelty is the point.” Years from now, though, I...

Activism, Column, Courts & Law

On the eve of rare direct negotiations last week, the first in decades between Israel and Lebanon, Israeli forces said they had encircled the south Lebanon town of Bint Jbeil . Located just kilometres from the border with Israel, the...

In-depth

India has one of the world’s longest coastlines, some of the most ambitious renewable energy targets, and a looming net zero deadline. Yet it does not have a single offshore wind turbine to show for years of effort. Government figures hope...

Energy, Energy transition, Renewables

Caso a oposição vença as eleições, a aproximação com a Rússia será ainda mais prejudicada pelo inevitável realinhamento com os Estados Unidos. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , Twitter e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su Brasil e Rússia firmaram,...

Português, Brazil, Diplomacy
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