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French Elections: Major Surprise As Left Coalition On Course To Beat Far Right
By Théo Bourgery-Gonse (EurActiv) -- Defying all expectations, the loose left coalition Nouveau Front Populaire came out on top of the second and final round of France’s snap elections on Sunday (7...
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Robert Reich: Beware; Trump Is Project 2025 – OpEd
“Project 2025” is nothing short of a 900-page blueprint for guiding Donald Trump’s second term of office if he’s reelected. After the Heritage Foundation unveiled Project 2025 in April last year when...
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Russian Government Moves To Stigmatize ‘Extremist’ Idea Of Not Having...
By Robert Coalson (RFE/RL) -- On May 4, an unidentified activist with a group called the Urals Feminist Initiative was detained in the industrial city of Chelyabinsk while holding a sign reading:...
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Challenges Of Demography: The Rapid Growth Of Ultra-Orthodox Jewish...
Demography in Israel is not just about numbers. It is the most important national security issue and a crucial indicator influencing Israeli-Palestinian relations. As of early 2023, around 7.45...
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Laos Can Feed Itself, But Its Food Security Is Complicated – Analysis
By David Hutt Can Laos feed itself?The short answer: Yes. It can grow enough rice. Per capita rice consumption is one of the highest in the world, at 206 kilograms (453 pounds) per person per year....
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Orban’s New Pan-European Far Right Alliance: An Assessment
By Dr. Swasti Rao Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced a new alliance of the far right, ‘Patriots for Europe’ at the European Parliament on 30 June 2024 with key features being...
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Albania Triumphs Over Hoxha’s Tyranny – OpEd
This year a popular US travel company organized an unusual trip to hike in the Albanian Alps, which are locally known by the forbidding name:The Accursed Mountains.These limestone mountains rise...
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Military Industrial Complex In The Age Of AI – Analysis
By Varya Srivastava Eisenhower first used the term ‘military-industrial complex’ in the 1960s to describe the mutually symbiotic relationship between the defence technology manufacturers and the...
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Without Peace In Ethiopia, Transitional Justice Will Be Difficult – Analysis
A comprehensive cessation of hostilities is necessary for the country to reap the benefits of effective transitional justice. By Tadesse Simie Metekia, Tessema Simachew Belay, and Wubeshet Kumelachew...
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Biden Is On The Ropes, And Harris Isn’t Even In The Ring – OpEd
By Sarah Cowgill It started with the most disastrous presidential debate in modern political history. A slow and steady drumbeat swelled into a cacophony of percussion from voters, media outlets, and...
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Has Joe Biden Chopped Down The Cherry Tree? – OpEd
By Peter Isackson When I was a child in elementary school, during one of our rare, random forays into history, we learned an amusing story about our first president. One day during his youth, George...
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Pakistan: Bajaur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ablaze – Analysis
By Tushar Ranjan Mohanty On July 3, 2024, former Senator Hidayatullah Khan was killed along with four others, when the senator’s car was targeted in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in the...
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Bangladesh: Ansar Al-Islam/ABT Menacing Dregs – Analysis
By Afsara Shaheen On July 2, 2024, the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit (CTTC) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested three operatives of Ansar-al-Islam/ Ansarullah Bangla Team...
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Ralph Nader: The Dictatorial Trump Court Has Put Our Democracy’s Rule Of Law...
The six “corporate state” U.S. Supreme Court Justices, occupying unaccountable lifetime unelected positions, handed over dictatorial power for presidents and corporations that disassembled our...
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Iran: Security Forces Killing Kurdish Border Couriers, Say HRW
Iranian authorities have used excessive and lethal force against predominantly Kurdish border couriers, known in Kurdish and Farsi as Kulbars, transporting goods between Iran and Iraq over rugged...
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The Dawn Of Britain’s Post-Brexit Journey – OpEd
By Alexander Brotman After a trying period of soul-searching, talks of second referendums and endless debates over how Brexit came to be, there is perhaps no greater signifier of the end of Britain’s...
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Dr. Fauci: Unaccountable Power-Laden Bureaucrat – OpEd
Dr. Anthony Fauci is out withOn Call: A Doctor’s Journey in PublicService,but even before the new book, ABC’s Jonathan Karl had a question. “I have to ask you aboutall this talk about—about Biden’s...
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In China’s Shadow, Philippines And Japan Sign Groundbreaking Defense Pact
By Jason Gutierrez The Philippines and Japan signed a defense pact Monday that will allow troops to be deployed in each other’s country, a landmark agreement seen as a counterweight to China’s growing...
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NATO Summit: Georgia And Armenia Will Get Some Attention
By Ekaterina Venkina (Eurasianet) -- A NATO summit will convene July 9 in Washington with the main objective being enhancing Ukraine’s ability to defend itself against Russian aggression. But an...
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Svalbard: Another Flashpoint Of Arctic Tensions – Analysis
Is Svalbard becoming a geopolitical flashpoint in the High North? Trends unfolding in the Arctic indicate a potential conflict scenario involving Russia and China, adding to the region’s tensions. The...
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