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Over 100 journalists killed in less than three months in Gaza

11:23 29.12.2023

Over 100 journalists killed in less than three months in Gaza

This is a transcript of the speech I gave on December 22nd at a vigil for the overwhelming number of journalists who have been killed in Gaza since October 7th, writes Nathaniel St. Clair, a CounterPunch’s photo editor, copy editor, and social media manager. This vigil was organized by Jewish …

Robert Shiller: A 'Cataclysm' for US Dollar reserve status if confiscated Russian assets given to Ukraine

11:54 28.12.2023

Robert Shiller: A 'Cataclysm' for US Dollar reserve status if confiscated Russian assets given to Ukraine

If the United States shifts frozen Russian assets to Ukraine, it would be cataclysmic for the US Dollar's status as the global reserve currency, says Nobel Prize winning Yale professor, Robert Shiller (photo). "If America does this to Russia today… then tomorrow it can do this to anyone," he told …

View from Australia: Sleeping on Russia’s naval resurgence in the Pacific

11:53 28.12.2023

View from Australia: Sleeping on Russia’s naval resurgence in the Pacific

China’s expanding naval presence in the Pacific Ocean and the South and East China Seas has become a major focus for Australia, the US and its allies. Australia’s latest strategic defense review, for instance, was prompted, in part, by the rapid modernization of China’s military, as well as its increasing …

Despite its shortcomings, UNSC vote will tie Israel's hands

11:52 28.12.2023

Despite its shortcomings, UNSC vote will tie Israel's hands

The Security Council's watered-down Gaza vote is still important for two reasons: it highlights the US and Israel's increasing isolation at the UN, and it begins the process of narrowing Tel Aviv's options, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. The adoption of a resolution by the United …

View from Washington: The U.S. military may not be ready for Arctic competition

11:47 28.12.2023

View from Washington: The U.S. military may not be ready for Arctic competition

The U.S. Department of State announced plans to move forward with extended continental shelf claims in the Arctic (map). The US Department of State released the geographic coordinates defining the outer limits of the U.S. continental shelf in areas beyond 200 nautical miles from the coast, known as the extended …

Ukraine, Palestine, Taiwan: The course to World War and how to stop it

11:33 27.12.2023

Ukraine, Palestine, Taiwan: The course to World War and how to stop it

The similarity between Palestine and Ukraine or pre-war Europe is not symptomatic. It is organic, ‘systemic’, stresses Dimitris Konstantakopoulos, ex-advisor at the office of the Greek PM Andreas Papandreou on Arms Control and East-West relations. President Biden himself admitted as much when he linked “solidarity” with Ukraine to that with …

View from Delhi: US’ war against Houthis is smoke and mirrors

11:33 27.12.2023

View from Delhi: US’ war against Houthis is smoke and mirrors

The United States has hosted the first meeting of the new working group on terrorism in the Quad format in Honolulu, Hawaii, on December 19-21. The joint statement issued after the March meeting had noted “with deep concern that terrorism has become increasingly diffuse, aided by terrorists’ adaptation to, and …

Adieu, la France!

11:32 27.12.2023

Adieu, la France!

An ‘OpinionWay’ survey carried out December 21 revealed that a majority of young French people aged 18 to 24 say they are determined to leave France due to the political and economic climate. According to an ‘OpinionWay’ survey carried out for Économie matin, 54% of French people aged 18 to …

Targeted diplomacy: UK diplomats plant a flag in San Francisco

11:30 27.12.2023

Targeted diplomacy: UK diplomats plant a flag in San Francisco

In California, the United Kingdom is looking to build relationships with state leaders and help shape legislation in areas like artificial intelligence, data privacy and electric vehicles, writes POLITICO. A different sort of influencer has been popping up in California’s policymaking arenas: the British diplom...

Seymour Hersh: Nord Stream and Germany’s shrinking economy

11:31 26.12.2023

Seymour Hersh: Nord Stream and Germany’s shrinking economy

Has Biden’s pipeline sabotage led to the rise of the German right? – askes Seymour Hersh, the famous American investigative journalist. The German economy has been deprived for more than a year of cheap Russian gas, thanks in part to Joe Biden and his decision early last year to destroy …

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