Is Cuba next in line for a US attack? US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said it could be, and USA Today on Wednesday cited “sources familiar” with the matter who said that the Pentagon is “quietly ramping up” preparations to wage war on the socialist...
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The volume of antidepressant, antipsychotic, and tranquilizer sales has increased in Russia, analysts told Izvestia, pointing to a continuing trend in the country's mental health landscape. In January-March 2026, Russians purchased 22% more antidepressants than during the same period last year,...
Government employees in Netherlands hold one-day national strike over pay; strikes across London involving academic staff at London Metropolitan University, passenger support staff at a London Stansted airport, bus drivers at Stagecoach and teachers at Great Ormond Street Hospital; strike...
Russia has developed a recombinant genetically engineered vaccine against dengue fever, and its clinical trials are now beginning, according to Veronika Skvortsova, head of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency (FMBA). "A recombinant genetically engineered vaccine against dengue fever has been developed, and...
This statement was originally published on mfwa.org on 7 April 2026. On April 5, 2026, police in Nouakchott dispersed a protest against rising fuel prices using tear gas. The demonstration, organised by the president of the Renouveau du Mouvement...
President Trump exhibits what forensic mental health experts have identified as the “Dark Triad” of personality traits: narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy. What this represents is a constitutional emergency. The following letter was sent to the bipartisan leadership of Congress on...
Marco Rubio speaks openly of revitalising colonialism, as allied states acknowledge the demise of the rules-based world order Marco Carnelos is a former Italian diplomat. He has been assigned to Somalia, Australia and the United Nations. He served in the foreign...
This is a live panel with industry experts who are on the leading edge of AI in semiconductor manufacturing. This is a must attend event for all levels of semiconductor professionals. I hope to see you there. The semiconductor industry...
The path of the individual to non-entity Cross-posted from Aurelien’s substack “Trying to understand the world” Photo: By W. Bulach – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=116407722 The first time I crossed a land border in Europe was as...
Botswana’s media at crucial crossroads
Full ArticleThis statement was originally published on misa.org on 14 April 2026. There is a certain philosophical tragedy in this transformation. It echoes the cautionary insight of Friedrich Nietzsche, who warned that those who fight monsters must be careful not...
The Battle for Bint Jbeil: Israel Revisits A Symbolic Defeat As Resistance Holds The Line
Full ArticleBint Jbail, South Lebanon – Israel has announced its intent to militarily occupy South Lebanon with its eyes set on the symbolic town of Bint Jbail. In preparation for this land theft, the Lebanese resistance group Hezbollah have put...
"By directly or jointly sponsoring the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the participants of the Ramstein format fully assume responsibility for the death and injury of civilians, the destruction of residential buildings, social institutions, and civilian infrastructure facilities, against which the Kiev...
This statement was originally published on cpj.org on 16 April 2026. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Ethiopian authorities to do everything in their power to locate and free Addis Standard managing editor Million Beyene who was taken...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife, first lady Rama Duwaji , will be skipping this year’s Met Gala, one of the most star-studded events of the year. The move breaks with tradition that saw...
The US blockade on Iranian shipping through the Strait of Hormuz entered its third day on Thursday, followed by what Washington described as a "fully implemented" blockade of Iranian ports, aimed at halting the country’s maritime trade. The...
The European Union's ability to provide large-scale support to citizens and businesses is limited, said European Commissioner for Climate Wopke Hoekstra, citing the ongoing energy crisis. Limited Budgets and Rising Energy Costs According to him, due to constrained budgetary resources, EU...
The Iran war put Israel’s air defences to the test. The multilayered billion-dollar system, among the most advanced worldwide, can combat a multitude of threats, from ballistic missiles in space flight to small rockets launched from nearby Gaza...
The Magic Bullet Delusion
Full ArticleThe United States Constitution provides two paths for removing a sitting president from office: impeachment and the procedures outlined in the 25th Amendment. Both approaches are being raised again, and with increasing fervor , as ways to bring an...
WASHINGTON, April 16, 2026 – In the wake of the failed CIA-led Bay of Pigs invasion, President John F. Kennedy considered reconfiguring and even dismantling the intelligence agency, according to documents posted by the National Security Archive on the 65th anniversary...
Thousands of teachers protested in Turkey on Thursday after two s chool shootings in two days left the country reeling, with the authorities cracking down on social media as crowds gathered for the funerals of nine victims of the...
The Playbook That Defeated Viktor Orbán
Full ArticleOn Sunday night , the streets of Budapest were filled. Tens of thousands of Hungarians poured into the streets along the Danube River, singing folk songs and waving flags celebrating the end of Viktor Orbán’s rule. A young...
See the Pig, Order the Falafel
Full ArticleThis story was originally published by Sentient . If you want people to eat less pork , show them a picture of a pig. That’s what a new study conducted in the U.K. suggests. The odds of university students,...
- - - - Photo by Hartono Creative Studio on Unsplash For a while there, it seemed like the big topic on this Substack was so-called misinformation. I wrote a ton about it and, more accurately, the...
In the aftermath of last week’s big meeting of the Democratic National Committee in New Orleans, supporters of the U.S.-Israel alliance have been quite content. “We’re pleased that the DNC Resolutions Committee rejected a set of...
Israel's currency, the shekel (NIS), hit a 30-year high against the US dollar on Wednesday, approaching the symbolic barrier of three shekels to the dollar. According to Bank of Israel data, the shekel traded at 3.014 to the dollar...
Since the Taliban returned to power, women and girls have been progressively banned from education, public spaces, and most forms of employment. Credit: Learning Together. By External Source KABUL, Apr 16 2026 (IPS) Ever since childhood, Khatera’s (not her real...
GAZA, (PIC) Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem said that Palestinian prisoners are going through “the most dangerous phase in the history of the Captive Movement,” amid physical and psychological torture, real starvation, and sexual assault. He also warned of the consequences of...
The United States will need years to replenish its missile defences following the war against Iran , a top US military official said on Wednesday. General Heath Collins, director of the Pentagon's Missile Defence Agency, told a congressional hearing that...
London Mayor Sadiq Khan has distanced himself from intervening in a dispute between pro-Palestine organisers and British police over plans for a Nakba Day march after police in London refused to accept a protest...
British police said on Thursday they had arrested three men in connection with an attempted arson attack on the offices of a Persian-language media organisation in northwest London. An ignited container was thrown towards the premises of the unnamed media...
A crew member with The Greater Cape Town Water Fund looks out over the landscape where the team is working to remove invasive alien plants for improved water security. Credit: Roshni Lodhia/ The Nature Conservancy By Louise Stafford CAPE TOWN, South...
RAMALLAH, (PIC) The anniversary of Palestinian Prisoner’s Day this year does not pass like other years, but arrives weighted with shocking facts and dangerous shifts that affect the core of the prisoners’ cause. At a time when violations are escalating inside prisons,...
Syria said on Thursday that it had taken control of a military base in Hasakeh province in the northeast after forces from the US-led international coalition against the Islamic State group withdrew. Syrian army forces "took over the Qasrak air...
LIV Golf CEO Scott O'Neil sought to quell speculation about the league's financial future Wednesday evening with a memo to his staff that said the 2026 season will continue as planned without interruption and "at full throttle". The memo, a...
Last September, trade minister Sir Chris Bryant sat alongside foreign minister Hamish Falconer at a parliamentary hearing about arms exports to Israel. By this time, the death toll in Gaza had surpassed 64,000, and the Labour government’s...
A post‑Orbán reset is coming, but Péter Magyar’s nationalism tempers his pro‑EU signals; expect cooperation on Ukraine and security, and resistance on cultural and sovereignty issues. The Hungarian vote mattered far beyond Budapest: it would reshape EU unity on sanctions,...
The classic 1988 anime Akira returns to UK, Irish, French and Spanish cinema screens on April 17, with Australia and New Zealand following in early May. Set in a dystopian neo-Tokyo, it is one of the few pieces of cyberpunk...
Iran halted all petrochemical exports to prioritise domestic supply and prevent shortages of raw materials, the economic newspaper Donya-e-Eqtesad reported on Thursday, due to disrupted production after Israel struck several petrochemical hubs. The instruction was issued on 13 April by...
Israel appointed its first ambassador to Somaliland on Wednesday, months after controversially recognising the breakaway region of Somalia as an independent state. Michael Lotem, Israel's former ambassador to Kenya, will take up the post as a non-resident envoy, Israel's...
Lebanon on Thursday buried paramedics killed in Israeli "triple-tap" strikes in the south, a tactic widely condemned as a war crime for deliberately targeting rescuers. The method, which involves striking the same location multiple times to maximise casualties...
Annihilating Iranian civilization with a blockade
Full ArticleBy Jacob G. HORNBERGER Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su After threatening to annihilate Iran with bombs, President Trump and the U.S. national-security establishment have decided to do so with their tried and true...
A Palestinian asylum seeker has been released from US immigration detention after a federal court ordered his freedom, ending more than 20 months in custody despite prior legal protections against deportation. Mohammed Abushanab, 27, was released on...
The limits of Israel's quest for regional dominance
Full ArticleFor decades, Israel's strategic objective was clear: neutralise Iran and dismantle its network of proxies. After 7 October 2023, that ambition appeared, briefly, to be within reach . Hamas was devastated, Hezbollah’s leadership was decimated , Bashar...
By Harrison BERGER Join us on Telegram , Twitter , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su State of the Union: The Italian prime minister had withdrawn Italy from a defense agreement with Israel U.S. President Donald Trump publicly rebuked Italian...
How Time-Based Scheduling Reclaims Silicon Wasted by Speculative Execution By: Dr. Thang Tran, Founder and CTO, Simplex Micro I have spent my career designing processor architectures, and I have reached an uncomfortable conclusion: a substantial fraction of the silicon area and...
Leader of leftwing Economic Freedom Fighters was convicted last year for firing rifle in the air at 2018 rally The South African leftwing politician Julius Malema has been sentenced to five years in prison for firing a rifle in...
Germany approved arms exports to Israel worth €6.6 million ($7.8 million) in the first weeks of the Iran war, government data showed, though the volume remained relatively low. Read Article HERE The post msn: Germany approved €6.6m Israel arms...
The debate over reinstating compulsory military service in Iraq has resurfaced, reflecting efforts to restructure the armed forces and address structural imbalances that have lingered since 2003, amid political divisions over the law's prospects and implications. Speaker of Parliament...
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