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Planes on the brain
‘Ministry’ says follow scientific advice and stop advertising the fastest way to fry the planet as peak heat meets peak holiday flights.
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Macron’s invitation to attend South Africa’s BRICS Summit not granted
South Africa’s media agencies report that the country’s authorities have rejected a French request to send an invitation to President Emmanuel Macron to attend the upcoming summit of the BRICS economic group.
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Low-meat diets can reduce the environmental impact of food production
Study looks at the real diets of over 55,000 people in the UK.
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The revolutionary spirit of the Buddha
Marx and Engels both took a surprising interest in the ideas of the great Indian spiritual leader, argues Sean Ledwith.
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Over 3 thousands protesters arrested during week of unrest in France
France’s Interior Minister reports that one-third of those imprisoned during the week of violence were young rioters.
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Weak propaganda talk
The aim of the counter-offensive was to reach the Sea of Azov, some 100 kilometer south of the frontline. At the current speed it would take the Ukrainian army 1,000 days (and many more soldiers and material than it has) to reach it.
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Leaked files suggest hidden British hand in latest Kerch Bridge strike
The Grayzone has exposed British intelligence freelancers for collaborating with Ukraine’s Security Service to destroy Kerch Bridge. Leaked documents suggest they played a role in the latest attack on the bridge, and may be helping Kiev hunt down accused collaborators.
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French MPs to vote on Bill that would allow police to spy through phones
The proposed law specifies that the procedure can be executed “without the knowledge or consent of its owner or possessor,” but is limited to suspects involved in terrorism, organised crime and other illegal activities punishable by five or more years in prison.
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The war in Ukraine: Towards the collapse of the West’s reputation
After the bipolar world that existed from the end of the Second World War until the implosion of the Soviet Union in December 1991, the current conflict on the territory of Ukraine is the point of gravity in the process of transition between two great eras of contemporary history: the old—unipolar—that has lasted for the last 30 years and the new—multipolar—post-hegemonic, that came into being at the end of February 2022.
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Politics of hedging in the Indo-Pacific
New Zealand’s estimation matters because it is a small country in Southern Pacific heavily dependent on trade with China for preserving its prosperity and yet one of the Five Eyes (along with the U.S., UK, Australia and Canada), the exclusive secretive security grouping of Anglo-Saxon countries.
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U.S. using Ukraine as disposal ground for banned cluster bombs: Colonel, Karen Kwiatkowski
Former Pentagon analyst and Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, Karen Kwiatkowski, points out the double standards in Western media’s portrayal of cluster bomb usage.
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House votes down amendment to block cluster bomb shipments to Ukraine
As U.S. cluster munitions arrived in Ukraine, a bi-partisan vote struck down an effort to stop the internationally banned weapons’ transfer. Meanwhile, every House Democrat and a majority of Republicans voted down a measure to strip $300 million of Ukraine aid from the NDAA.
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Engels: How North West England shaped an internationalist
Katherine Connelly outlines how the events and context of their times shaped the partnership and ideas of Marx and Engels.
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Western media has falsely presented the Donbas’ ‘Drive For Autonomy’ as being instigated by Moscow
In Reality It Resulted Largely from Kyiv’s Destruction of Eastern Ukraine’s Economy Under Neo-Liberal Economic Policies Pushed by Washington Since the 1990s.
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The war in Ukraine is the war for the dollar
Oleg Nesterenko: “Moscow has really threatened the status of the American dollar on the international stage, and therefore the whole American economy behind it.”
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British intelligence in the dock for CIA torture
Recent developments raise the prospect that British intelligence agents could finally face justice for their little-known role in the CIA’s global torture program.
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The fires that burn in France are about its colonial legacy
France never really came to terms with its colonial heritage or its colonial mindset.
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Without the 2014 coup, Ukraine would be living in peace
Oleg Nesterenko: “When we talk about the reasons that led the Russians to intervene militarily in Ukraine, root causes and triggers are often confused, especially in the Western press. The triggers are mistaken for the causes. As for the causes, we don’t even talk about them, or we just talk nonsense. It’s important to distinguish one from the other.”
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Underestimate Russia at your own risk: A comparison of Hubris by Germany during WWII and today’s collective West
In honor of the NATO summit July 11 and 12, this is a comparison of how the Nazi leadership in World War Two and today’s collective West similarly underestimated Russia and overestimated their capabilities.
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NATO/CIA false flag operation in Račak in 1999 set precedent for similar operations in Syria and Ukraine that were designed to create a pretext for military intervention
Clinton administration claimed Serbian forces massacred civilians when deaths at Račak resulted from fighting between Serbian Army and terrorist Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), which Washington supported