Courtesy The Week Adani Ports opts out of DFC loan from the US, cutting American involvement in the development of the Colombo West International Terminal in Sri Lanka to counter Chinese influence In a new development to the growing strain between the US and Indian industrialist Gautam Adani following his DOJ and SEC indictments last […]

Republic World CIA & Turkey bribed the Syrian Generals to give it away.

Mike Whitney  Courtesy The UNZ Review The black flag of Salafist Islam has been raised over Damascus. ISIS/Al Qaeda has won…. The same terrorists who attacked us on 9/11. Whom we waged war against in Afghanistan, Iraq, and elsewhere. Losing thousands of our servicemen and women. Costing trillions of dollars. They won. And we helped them. America […]

By Nalliah Thayabharan  The role of Turkey to have al-Qaeda rule over Syria is pretty interesting. Of course, Erdogan has a long history in the Syrian Dirty War where he had openly backed the fundamentalist forces. Erdogan has now created a multinational terrorist organization and was able to organize them under one command to have […]

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CLRCUT Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov sits down with Tucker Carlson in an explosive interview, discussing U.S.-Russia relations, the ongoing Ukraine conflict, and the rising nuclear tensions between the two powers. Lavrov dives deep into the concept of “hybrid war,” Russia’s red lines, and the use of hypersonic weapons as a message to the West. […]

from the desk of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research. A cascade of anti-French sentiment continues to sweep across the belt of the Sahel in Africa: joining Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger, Chad and Senegal demanded in November that the French government withdraw its military from their territories. From the western border of Sudan to the […]

La 2de Guerre Mondiale On August 6, 1945, at 8:15 a.m., a bright flash set the sky over Hiroshima ablaze. A gigantic column of smoke rises above the city. The first nuclear bomb in history has just been dropped on the largest metropolis in western Japan. This new documentary shows this tragedy from the inside […]

Courtesy Sputnik Serial production of the Oreshnik system has begun, the Russian president announced. Last week, the Russian leader revealed the successful testing of the new Oreshnik hypersonic missile system. Today, at the request of colleagues, he shared further details. “Serial production of the Oreshnik has started, but ultimately, we will choose the means of destruction […]

Speech by Christos Marsellos, Delphi Initiative, Defend Democracy Press, Author, Greece, at the European Conference on 2 November 2024 The dual need: new geopolitical balance, new social pact There can be no doubt: we are experiencing an acceleration of history. This could lead to the catastrophic prospect of a world war, potentially involving nuclear weapons. In […]

Courtesy Defend Democracy India has rejected the $300 billion global climate finance deal adopted at the COP29 Summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, expressing disappointment over the lack of commitment from developed nations. Nov 24, 2024 Indian representative Chandni Raina criticized the agreement, calling it insufficient to address the scale of challenges faced by developing countries. Supported […]

Courtesy AdaDerana The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has issued a summons to Indian billionaire Gautam Adani, indicted on U.S. bribery allegations related to a bombshell federal indictment against him, a court filing showed. The SEC is suing the head of the Adani Group and his nephew Sagar Adani, alleging they engaged in hundreds of […]

L. Michael Hager FacebookTwitterReddit When a political party loses its legitimacy, its traditional priorities and moral compass, its candidates lose elections. Opting not to hold an open convention, which would have tested political viability, the DNC (acting on the President’s recommendation) invited Kamala Harris to replace Biden on the ticket.  For many Democrats, the lack […]

Dave Lindorff Courtesy Counterpunch There is no justifiable explanation for lame duck President Joe Biden’s sudden turnabout decision to okay Ukraine’s use of longer-range US ATACMS ballistic missiles t which can hit targets as much as 200 miles inside Russia. Biden and his ironically-dubbed national security brain trust” of Secretary of State Antony Blinken and […]

Ibrahim Khalil Ahasan,  Dhaka, Bangladesh The Palestinian issue is a long-standing humanitarian crisis that has been going on for almost seven decades. The Palestinian people have been living under constant Israeli occupation, oppression, and illegal settlements. This crisis is not limited to Palestine and Israel; rather, it has become a global conscience call for international […]

By Alfred McCoy Courtesy TomDispatch Some 15 years ago, on December 5, 2010, a historian writing for TomDispatch made a prediction that may yet prove prescient. Rejecting the consensus of that moment that U.S. global hegemony would persist to 2040 or 2050, he argued that the demise of the United States as the global superpower […]

Vijay Prashad Facebook Twitter Reddit Email Indigenous leader Lidia Thorpe confronts King Charles III during his visit to Australia. (Screengrab from X.) If you go to the bluff at Kings Park in Perth, Australia, you can overlook the Swan River and enjoy a remarkable view. Across the bay, there is a phalanx of steel and […]

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach Newswire – 19 November 2024 – Global business leaders, policymakers and innovators have dropped anchor in Asia’s world city for Hong Kong Maritime Week 2024 (HKMW) (November 17 – 23), an annual flagship event comprising conferences, exhibitions and networking activities under the broad theme of “Navigating to a Greener […]

Courtesy The National Post Food banks in Toronto reported a record-breaking 3.48 million visitors between April 1, 2023, and March 31, 2024. As it has annually since the pandemic, the number of people visiting Toronto food banks for the first time soared again over the last year, and newcomers to Canada are among the largest […]

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Firstpost India’s central bank – the RBI – has announced that it secretly repatriated around 102 tonnes of gold stored in the Bank of England vaults. The gold, which is part of the RBI’s reserves, had been pledged in London during the 1990s financial crisis. Why did the RBI decide to bring it back? Palki […]

Declassified UK It comes as Keir Starmer suspended some arms exports to Israel last week, which the government said was partly due to credible claims of the mistreatment of detainees”. However Royal Air Force (RAF) surveillance flights continue almost daily over Gaza to help Israel locate hostages held by Hamas. Campaigners fear the flight paths […]

By Kenyan Foreign Policy | October 26, 2024 A Kenyan advocate has filed a Freedom of Information, or Right to Information, request challenging the legal grounds for diplomatic immunities and privileges recently granted to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation by the Ruto administration. In a letter dated October 24, 2024, and addressed to Foreign […]

Philosopheasy Former Swiss intelligence officer Jacques Baud claims “The USA understood that Ukraine is lost.” Is he right? Are we witnessing the West’s silent acceptance of defeat in Ukraine? In this episode, we delve deep into the realities of the Ukraine war, beyond the propaganda and wishful thinking. We examine: The Shifting Sands of Strategy: […]

Jeffrey Sachs Of Fans Jeffrey Sachs is a well-known American economist, academic, and public policy analyst who has made significant contributions to the fields of sustainable development and economic development. He has held various prestigious positions throughout his career, including serving as the director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University and as a special […]

CGTN The first BRICS summit since the group expanded from five to 10 members is underway in Russia’s Kazan, with the entire world watching how these nations embrace diversity while reaching consensus in the newly-expanded bloc. In an exclusive interview with World Insight’s Tian Wei, Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs noted that BRICS is not […]

Redacted Col. Douglas Macgregor says Israel will attack Iran before election day and it will seal their fate. Israel is destroying itself and the U.S. is helping.

George Galloway Countries are queuing up to get into BRICS, says former Pentagon official Michael Maloof. There is no strategic vision coming out of the US. You can’t spend a dollar when you’re dead