Hat tip to Kevin Wamsley of Inside China Business. His recent video explaining the importance of China’s Beidou satellite navigation system provides a critical insight into the current success of Iran’s missile strikes on US and Israeli targets. It is...
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won a legislative victory on Friday with the passage of a revision to the Imperial Household Law, but she faced significant criticism for her management of the Diet as the ruling parties voted to extend the...
Vanadium is viewed as a critical mineral by the United States, the European Union, Russia, China and many other countries because of its importance to energy storage and industrial alloys. At the Astana Metals & Metallurgy (AMM) Congress, Ferro-Alloy Resources CEO Nicholas Bridgen discussed the...
Artificial intelligence should not be a solo performance by one country, but a symphony of international cooperation. That was Chinese President Xi Jinping’s framing on July 17, when he opened the 2026 World AI Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global...
It recently emerged that tech billionaire Peter Thiel is running a secret society that brings together fellow CEOs and billionaires with political leaders. Members reportedly include figures like NATO supreme commander Alexus Grynkewich and the son-in-law of US President Donald...
Driven by shifting domestic political dynamics and a transforming regional landscape, Bangladesh’s new prime minister, Tarique Rahman, who came to power after a landslide in February this year, has shelved plans to visit its most consequential neighbor, India, for the...
Hand-painted works are often wildly unfaithful to the movies they portray – reinterpretations that sometimes resulted in threats, insults and even physical attacks from viewers who felt duped Sitting on his porch in Teshie near Accra, Heavy J dipped a brush...
China is building an increasingly sophisticated anti-stealth network, but its effectiveness may depend less on individual radar performance than on its ability to integrate, maintain and operate the wider system under combat pressure. Last month, the China Aerospace Studies Institute...
US attacks on Iran are continuing for a seventh consecutive night, with the killing of at least three people in the southern province of Hormozgan, which borders the Strait of Hormuz. "The deputy political, security and social affairs governor of Hormozgan...
US companies signed roughly $60 billion in agreements and partnerships with the Iraqi government on Friday, including deals intended to create alternative routes for shipping oil out of the Persian Gulf . The deals, signed at the US Chamber of Commerce,...
Shoshana Bryen, senior director of Washington’s Jewish Policy Center and editor of inFOCUS Quarterly, died on Thursday, July 16, 2026. She was a longtime contributor to Asia Times of articles often written in collaboration with her husband, former US Under Secretary...
Le esercitazioni navali Joint Sea-2026 mostrano la crescente capacità di Cina e Russia di coordinarsi nello spazio marittimo. Senza trasformarsi in un’alleanza formale, la loro cooperazione rafforza la deterrenza contro unilateralismo, accerchiamento militare e politica dei blocchi. Segue nostro Telegram . La...
Drone and rocket strikes killed nine members of an Iranian Kurdish armed opposition group in Iraq's Kurdistan region on Friday, the exiled party said, blaming the attack on Iran. In Erbil, the capital of Kurdistan, the US-led anti-jihadist coalition shot down...
A family sits down to dinner: a mother, father, teenage son and daughter. They are speaking Arabic. The doorbell rings. "I'm just a citizen. I'm here to help," says the blue-eyed man at the door. Moments later, he forces his way inside...
This is not sleepwalking into war. The European elites’ eyes are wide open and crazed. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su The European Union has officially joined the war effort against Russia. This week, European Commission...
An Israeli airstrike killed at least eight Palestinians and wounded 20 attending a funeral in Nuseira t in the central Gaza Strip on Friday for a person killed by another Israeli strike on the area earlier in the day, Gaza...
Cada vez mais sem homens para lutar, Ucrânia usa mercenários estrangeiros no moedor de carne que se tornou o campo de batalha. Junte-se a nós no Telegram , X e VK . Escreva para nós: info@strategic-culture.su Na Ucrânia, os mercenários latinos estão se...
M. K. BHADRAKUMAR Únete a nosotros en Telegram , X y VK . Escríbenos: info@strategic-culture.su A pesar de la controversia sobre el S-400, Trump apuesta por Turquía como piedra angular de su estrategia para redefinir el orden regional. El supuesto anuncio que se esperaba...
Credit: liujunrong/iStock by Getty Images - Source: IMF By Jean-Marc Natal and Azim Sadikov WASHINGTON DC, Jul 17 2026 (IPS) The largest disruption to the global oil market in decades should have sent prices soaring. But after spiking at the start of the...
July 17 marked the ninetieth anniversary of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. The coup was a decisive event in the Spanish Revolution (1931-39). The defeat of the revolution was a seminal experience of the 20th century whose lessons...
Senior research fellow Gary Miller spoke to Financial Times about attempts to exploit mobile network vulnerabilities to track US personnel during the Iran war. “Iran absolutely has capabilities to get real-time, immediate, and continuous location information,” he said. “It would surprise...
By CIVICUS Jul 17 2026 (IPS) CIVICUS discusses the prospects for elections in Serbia with Rasa Nedeljkov, Programme Director at the Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability, a civil society organisation that monitors electoral processes and the rule of law in Serbia. Rasa...
The humanitarian situation in the Sudanese city of El-Obeid is worsening rapidly, the United Nations said Friday, as displacement camps swelled with new arrivals. The UN has been warning for weeks that atrocities similar to those committed during the paramilitary assault...
Your Humble Correspondent does not discuss Politics, because Politics are personal. The Somerset Thesis of Politics vs. Policy Everything that made you who you are – your History, your Family, your Employment, your Sexuality, your Morality – those incidentals which define your...
Johnson’s best imitation of Joseph McCarthy. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Speaker of the House Mike Johnson finalized the Republican plank for the upcoming midterm election. It will not be about affordability, inflation, and the...
Reuters reported that Iran’s leaders instructed the Houthis in Yemen to close Bab al Mandeb Strait, the maritime chokepoint at the southern end of the Red Sea, if the United States strikes Iran’s power infrastructure. The Houthis are also focused...
Päivi Räsänen says the loss of her UK travel authorization is the latest consequence of a controversial court ruling over her Christian views on marriage and sexuality. By Zolta Győri Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Finnish...
Turkey, caught between two systems, shifts the center of gravity of its strategic choices. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su Turkey regains its position On July 7 and 8, 2026, Ankara hosted the 36 th summit of...
Madhulima Tewari is the CEO and founder of VerifAIX. After two decades building EDA tools, taping out chips, and working on distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and enterprise AI applications, she teamed up with chip design and methodology leaders and university...
While the public is encouraged to blame immigrants, Muslims, the left, or ‘Israel haters’, the UK state is racing to erect a scaffolding of control to protect itself before we wake up to the deception Jonathan Cook is the author of...
The new (old) relevance of gold. NIKA DUBROVSKY Hello, everyone. I’m very happy to welcome Kathleen Tyson and Michael Hudson back to the David Graeber Institute . And today we are going to talk about gold — which is very fascinating, given...
Today, the two-state scenario is far-fetched to the point of delusion if not evasion. Norman Solomon is the national director of RootsAction.org and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy. The paperback edition of his latest book, War Made Invisible:...
The entire rotten system of dehumanizing exploitation and relentless warmongering needs to be prosecuted and vanquished – before it destroys humanity. Join us on Telegram , X , and VK . Contact us: info@strategic-culture.su If there’s a World Cup for war criminals, Trump...
Two former heads of government from the Elders group of international figures founded by Nelson Mandela on Friday warned of the potential disappearance of the Palestinian territories and called for an end to what they called Israeli "impunity". The call from...
A new Connecticut law directing the development of optional Islamic and Arabic studies resources for public schools has sparked backlash from MAGA activists and right-wing commentators, who have accused Democrats of promoting "Islamisation" in schools, while advocates insist the measure...
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun’s scheduled visit to Washington next week could be overshadowed by a resumption of the US-Iran war , with less importance given to the Israel-Hezbollah front amid slow implementation of a framework deal. Aoun is expected to meet...
An orphanage fire that killed 11 people in Algeria during an intense heatwave has highlighted the growing fire risks facing the North African country , as authorities simultaneously battled more than 100 wildfires across several provinces. The blaze broke out late...
The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) has launched legal proceedings in Portugal against an Israeli soldier, alleging his involvement in war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Gaza, the organisation told The New Arab on Friday. According to a criminal complaint...
The following story is co-published with Freddie deBoer’s Substack . The future of Warner Bros is again up in the air. Following yet another corporate restructuring – after having been partners or a subsidiary of Time, AOL, AT&T, and Discovery –...
Subscribe to our Lens on Sudan newsletter here . A new ceasefire proposal has reached Sudan’s Security and Defense Council. Following a meeting chaired on Sunday by Transitional Sovereignty Council head and military chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the council said it...
This live blog has now ended, and will resume tomorrow morning. - The US has carried out strikes against Iranian sites for the sixth day in a row, killing at least eight people, specifically targeting bridges, airports, and power facilities. - - Iran...
- - - - Photo by aboodi vesakaran on Unsplash Last night’s speech by President Trump wasn’t fun. Perhaps the least fun aspect of it is that it was so unsurprising. China sees the United States as an obstacle to its goal of becoming the...
The International Criminal Court has confirmed all 17 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity against Libyan militia commander Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri , committing him to trial in the first case from its Libya investigation to reach...
America’s bees and beekeepers are losing a valuable ally just when they need its help most. The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to soon close the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center , a 6,500-acre agricultural research station in Maryland that is home...
Lindsey Graham’s sister took his Senate seat at 2:30 on Tuesday afternoon, and the shortest reading of American foreign policy this week is that nothing else about it changed. Darline Graham Nordone, 62, a state commissioner for the blind who...
The real message to be drawn from Trump ’s address to the nation Thursday night is that he will call into question the votes of every state and city that chooses a Democratic senator or representative in the 2026 midterm...
COX’S BAZAR, Bangladesh – Inside the bamboo shelter that functions as her home, Yasmin Ara sits quietly holding her infant son. Outside, neighbors carry heavy containers of water and sacks of rice along narrow streets, while children run between shelters....
There has been talk at the latest conferences about TSMC customers taking wafers to Intel for packaging. The question is why? Is it competitive pricing? Capacity? Supply chain diversity? CC Wei was asked about this during the last investor call...
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