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Jul 17 2026 
Behind the curtain: Israel quietly instructed Ukraine’s war machine
Geopolitics Prime
[ Note: We cannot say we are surprised]
For nearly 4 years, Israel has claimed neutrality in Ukraine. Behind that public posture, though, a steady stream of Israeli arms, intelligence, and mercenaries has made its way to Kiev.Recent leaked conversations of Ukrainian intelligence Colonel Zhikovich reveal that Mossad has supplied the Zelensky regime with next-generation… Continue reading
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Jul 15 2026 
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Jul 15 2026 
Kremlin briefing covers US sanctions plans against Russia, Baltic ‘fearmongering’
TASS Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov
Dmitry Peskov revealed that Moscow had… Continue reading
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Jul 14 2026 
Digital Sovereignty: The Global South’s Predicament and How to Measure It
Digital space is now national territory – and most of the Global South neither owns it nor can measure how much it is losing. A new index puts numbers to the dispossession.
On 4 September 2025, the Nepalese government made a decision: ban twenty-six international internet platforms from operating in the country, including Facebook, X (formerly… Continue reading
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Jul 13 2026 
China rejects joint hype over South China Sea Arbitral Award 10 years after, urges relevant countries to stop stirring up trouble
Global Times
China’s Foreign Ministry on Sunday issued a statement in response to a joint statement by some countries, including the US, Australia, the UK, Japan and the Philippines, on the 10th anniversary of the so-called Arbitral Award on the South China Sea, reiterating that China does not accept or recognize the illegal arbitral award and… Continue reading
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Jul 13 2026 
Without Subsidies, AI Is Unaffordable
Charles Hugh Smith
Let’s pull all this into an undeniable conclusion: AI is based on massively subsidizing users’ costs.
What’s already abundantly clear but verboten to say as it would pop the bubble of AI valuations and triumphalism is that AI is unaffordable once the direct and indirect subsidies are withdrawn. Nothing that consumes this much electricity… Continue reading -
Jul 12 2026 
A World of Impunity with a Reflection of What Happens ‘When the World Sleeps’
The Future of Europe – the Future of the World
Peter Koenig
When the World Sleeps, a book (256 pages), was published by Francesca Albanese, UN Special Rapporteur for Gaza, in April 2026. It is a personal, and political account of Palestine that combines ten human stories with Francesca’s own reflections as a UN special rapporteur.
It focuses on Palestinian… Continue reading
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Jul 10 2026 
Beware the ‘Trojan horse’ lurking in the era of AI: Global Times editorial
Global Times
In the era of artificial intelligence (AI), the security of development tools is directly tied to a country’s digital sovereignty. The Claude Code incident has emerged as the “Trojan horse” of the AI era. It has once again sounded the alarm: There can be no genuine security without independent and controllable capabilities across the… Continue reading -
Jul 10 2026 
AI, Cognitive Degeneration, and the Future of Humanity
UK Column
The human brain is a marvellous organ; the peak of evolutionary complexity. As we humans grow and learn new things, the brain learns and adapts. Indeed, throughout life, it exhibits surprisingly plastic behaviour, not just in terms of function but also morphology, changing itself according to needs.
The brain typically takes up 2% of the… Continue reading
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Jul 06 2026 
Muhammad Marandi: Based on a false narrative, US convinced it could easily defeat Iran
A few days ago False Narratives …. starting with the NYT report of Israeli plans to assassinate Iranian negotiators
CGTN’s Anand Naidoo speaks with Mohammad Marandi, a Professor of English Literature and Orientalism at the University of Tehran, discussing the latest developments in the Middle East crisis. What makes this different is that it is… Continue reading
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Jul 03 2026 
US security chief gloats over Iran’s World Cup exit
US Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin, Washington, DC, June 2, 2026. © Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images
RT
Iranians were indignant after the DHS head said he “danced a happy dance” while targeting their team
US Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, whose agency was responsible for enforcing controversial security measures targeting the Iranian soccer team at the… Continue reading -
Jul 03 2026 
Read it yourself: The UN report on Israel targeting Palestinian children stands up to scrutiny
An injured child cries while receiving medical care at a hospital in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, after an Israeli strike, on 29 May 2025 (Eyad Baba/AFP)
Middle East Eye – Opinion
The 94-page document offers a clear accounting of horrific war crimes, even as a wave of pro-Israel commentators attempt to discredit its findings
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Jul 03 2026 
Building a New Development Theory from the Global South
4 – Review: How Japanese Marxism Shaped a Taiwanese Economist
Chinese intellectuals’ attention to external debates has historically stemmed from the needs of Chinese social reality. While there is nothing intrinsically objectionable about this approach, this has often led to intellectuals overlooking the evolution of significant scholarly debates. For example, the Japanese intellectual world long served… Continue reading
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Jun 30 2026 
Building a New Development Theory from the Global South
1 – Constructing a New Development Theory from the Global South
The neoliberal order has failed to deliver prosperity to the Global South. To achieve economic catch-up, a new theory of modernisation is needed, centred on state-led industrialisation, production, and employment.
Development theories not only explain human economic activities but also shape them by influencing public expectations… Continue reading
