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David Craig joins TSV Neustadt after BAL
Leonard Solms CloseJack of all sporting trades. Author of my 11-year-old self's fantasy story about his road to FIFA World Cup glory. Perfecting the art of writing about people who do what I said I was going to do. Jul 9, 2025, 02:03 AM David...

Vijay Prashad: Patents of a Parasitical North
Global South countries are trapped in Global North-dominated patents and licensing fees that are stripping them of wealth and stunting their development. (Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research) By Vijay Prashad Tricontinental: Institute...

Settler Colonialism in Light of F. Fanon: Algeria yesterday, Kanaky today... (Part 1)
A depiction of the 1836 Battle of Constantine in Algeria. As settler-colonial violence escalates from Kanaky to Palestine, Fanon’s century-old warnings are critical today—capitalism’s genocidal expansion demands revolution. Originally published in...

Trump issues new tariff notices as EU pushes for US trade deal
WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS: US President Donald Trump issued final tariff notices to seven minor trading partners on Wednesday as his administration inched closer to a deal with its biggest trading partner, the European Union. Trump said in posts on his...

In Six Months, Six Ships Linked to Russian Energy Trade Hit by Explosions After Visiting Russian Ports
When a tanker loaded with Russian oil slows in a shipping channel, a waiting diver swims from a mini-submarine and attaches a hull-clinging limpet mine. Days later, when the tanker is plowing the waves of another sea, usually the Mediterranean, a...

Arab Cultural Club connects Arabic and Romanian cultures
Session highlights Attendees included Ali Al-Mughni, Vice Chairman of the Club, and several cultural figures and researchers in translation and culture. The session began with a recorded message from Dr Omar Abdulaziz, welcoming the guests and...

Stimulating Revolt in the ‘Crazy State’ of Iran
By A.J. Caschetta For weeks, debate over Israel’s 12-day war with Iran has revolved around nuclear enrichment capabilities, damage assessment, and the relationship between U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu....

Rethinking Ethiopia’s Bilateral Investment Treaties: A Comparative Analysis with Emerging Global Models
This article explores Ethiopia’s bilateral investment treaties (BITs) through a comparative lens, drawing from analyses of treaties Ethiopia has signed with Libya, Algeria, Sudan, Finland, Sweden, China, and Egypt. These are contrasted with model...

Global sea temperatures reach 21°C to set new all-time record high in June
According to the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, the global average sea surface temperature reached 20.96°C in June, the highest for the month since records began. The data, released on July 8, indicates that ocean temperatures...
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India is not an enemy: A rebuttal to Tom Sharpe’s misinformed critique
In a recent opinion piece titled “India is an enemy, not a friend or a neutral,” published in The Telegraph on July 1, 2025, former Royal Navy officer Tom Sharpe launched a scathing and provocative attack on India, accusing it of duplicity in its...

100 Muslim scholars declare Trump, Netanyahu enemies of God
A group of 100 Muslim scholars and intellectuals from across the world have issued a statement declaring US President Donald Trump and Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu as enemies waging war against God and corruptors on earth. They also...
The Unfinished Business of Nation Building in Ethiopia and the Conflicted Roles of Its Intellectuals and Scholars
Aklog Birara (Dr) February 4. 2022 “In broadening the debate about a country’s trajectory beyond the usual group of elite decision makers, national dialogues offer the potential for meaningful conversation about the underlying drivers of conflict...
US envoy 'unbelievably satisfied' with Lebanese response to Hezbollah proposal
US special envoy Thomas Barrack said in Beirut on Monday he was "unbelievably satisfied" with Lebanon’s seven-page response to a US proposal calling for the full disarmament of Hezbollah. His visit comes as the US steps up pressure on Hezbollah...
Winston Beauchamp retires from federal service after 29 years at Air Force, IC
After nearly three decades of working for the U.S. government, Winston Beauchamp announced on July 4 that he’s departing from his role within the Department of the Air Force and leaving active federal service. Beauchamp began working for the...

Uganda might have to go through a 2007-08 Kenya to rebuild
Kenyan protestors mocking Uganda Writing on boastfulness around torture recently, comrade Dr Busingye Kabumba noted that one cannot miss the arrogance of our security and political leadership when they chest-thump and ask, “what will you do?” This...

After strikes, Israel and US diverge on how to further pressure Iran
REUTERS — When they met on Monday, US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu basked in the glow of their triumph over Iran. But the show of unity masked a divergence over their endgames in Iran, Gaza and the wider Middle...

Settler Colonialism in light of F. Fanon: Algeria yesterday, Kanaky today...
A depiction of the 1836 Battle of Constantine in Algeria. As settler-colonial violence escalates from Kanaky to Palestine, Fanon’s century-old warnings are critical today—capitalism’s genocidal expansion demands revolutionary violence in return....

The Nuclear Club Might Soon Double
Updated at 10:37 a.m. ET on July 12, 2025 Keiko Ogura was just 8 years old when the atoms in the Hiroshima bomb started splitting. When we met in January, some 300 feet from where the bomb struck, Ogura was 87. She stands about five feet tall in...

Sahel militants turn civilian drones into deadly weapons
Terror groups are increasingly using new tactics, notably armed suicide or kamikaze drones, according to a government statement released following several attacks on cities in western Mali on 1 July. The use of commercially available small...

Tributes paid to ‘humanitarian legend’ Mike McDonagh
Glowing tributes have been paid to an Ennis “humanitarian giant” who previously broke the blockade on the besieged city of Malanje in the Angolan central highlands during this phase of the war. The sudden death of Mike McDonagh on June 21, 2025,...