Month: September 2024

Traditional gatherings for peace were held in Germany on Sept. 1, and many more actions are planned until the large demonstrations on Oct. 3, the day of national unity. They take on a special importance this year, as the danger of a NATO war with Russia looms ever larger. A leaflet by Helga Zepp-LaRouche is being distributed at these events, […]

“We need to prepare for fairly hard times, if not very hard times, for the West”, warned France’s Chief of the Defense Staff, Gen. Thierry Burkhard, as the “rejection” of the Western model continues to gain strength. “We are resolutely entering a new era, with a West that is being challenged … and an extremely strong fragmentation of the international order,” […]

The New Development Bank (NDB) held its annual Board of Governors meeting in Cape Town, South Africa, Aug. 29-31. The main mission of the bank, founded in 2015 by the five member countries of the BRICS, is to mobilize financial resources for projects in emerging economies and developing countries. One of the main obstacles to doing so, as NDB President […]

Just days after the New York Times had revealed a few aspects of the super-secret nuclear plan adopted by the Biden Administration last March, focused on the need to deter China, U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan was in Beijing Aug. 27-29, where he held up to eleven hours of discussion with Foreign Minister Wang Yi. This was the first […]

The Ninth Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) on Sept. 4-6 in Beijing should draw the attention of public opinion, media and government leaders as an event that has major implications for Europe. Leaders from 53 countries plus the African Union will deliberate with Chinese leaders on the next phase of Africa’s development, driven by the Belt and […]

An Israeli court ordered the premature end of a general strike called by the Histradut trade union confederation on Sept. 2, but not before it had closed local governments, schools and businesses across Israel and disrupted flights in and out of Ben Gurion airport for some eight hours. The strike had been called by Histadrut head Arnon Bar-David to support […]