That's an extraordinary story by NPR and an all-too-rare example of good diligent journalism from U.S. media: npr.org/2024/08/03/g-s… At the origin of the story is NPR investigating a highly mediatized instance of China allegedly harassing "dissidents" abroad, namely Wang

One of the VERY rare Western politicians who gets it and rejects U.S. imperialism to preserve his country's sovereignty, the immense Paul Keating, 24th Prime Minister of Australia “You see, we're going to get AUKUS but not the submarines. What we're going

I simply cannot understand why the US public allows this

Spiralling US costs require the inflating of China nuclear threat scmp.com/opinion/world-…

To the Israeli Soldier Who Murdered Aysenur Ezgi Eygi I know you. I met you in the dense canopies in the war in El Salvador. It was there that I first heard the single, high-pitched crack of the sniper bullet. Distinct. Ominous. A sound that spreads terror. Army units I traveled

Another exceptionally masterful explanation by former French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin of what's at stake with what Israel is currently doing. He strongly criticizes the lack of vision among Western leaders: "They do not have any strategic vision, and in particular,

We've finally arrived at the ultimate contradiction of the US's "rules-based order": where the "rule" now is that you're forbidden to follow the rules.

Scheint so zu sein, ja.

This is probably the best description I've seen of the negotiation dynamics between Trump and China. The man speaking is the legendary George Yeo, former Foreign Minister of Singapore, and imho one of the wisest statesmen in Asia. As Yeo describes it, Trump is the one who

Absolutely unreal. Right in front of the German chancellor Trump claims credit for ending Nord Stream 2, and suggests part of the calculus was to replace Russia as Germany's gas supplier: "I'm the one who ended Nord Stream 2, going to a place called

BBC NEWS REPORTERS' SELF-HUMILIATION The movement away from the Tiananmen Square hoax has become a stampede. * Wikipedia now admits the "massacre" never happened * Mainstream media this year almost entirely ignored the "anniversary" * A new study suggests some of the public

Spain’s MEP, Irene Montero: “They say Iran has nuclear weapons — sounds like what they said about Iraq.” “But it is Israel that has nuclear weapons.” “The U.S. is the only country to ever drop a nuclear bomb.” “Today, Israel and the U.S. are the greatest threat to humanity.”