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“From the highest-ranking NATO officer to the ‘Soviet General’? The inexplicable transformation of Harald Kujat” is the title given by the July 7 Neue Zürcher Zeitung to its crude “profile” of German General (ret) Harald Kujat. Its author is the Swiss daily’s defense editor, Marco Seliger, who is not a “neutral Swiss”, but a German national with excellent pro-NATO credentials. […]

Hamas recently dropped its demand that any ceasefire deal it signs must contain the commitment by Israel to completely end the war in Gaza, and is thus ready to approve the agreement brokered by the United States. A Hamas official and an Egyptian official, both unnamed, told AP July 6 that Washington’s phased deal would start with a “full and […]

In assessing last week’s developments with associates on July 1, Helga Zepp-LaRouche pointed to the acceleration of the crumbling of the old order, while the new order continues to emerge, but the outcome is still undetermined. One obvious sign of the demise of the old order are the legislative elections in France, which followed the European elections and are harbingers […]

The stumbling, at times incoherent performance of President Joe Biden in his June 27 debate with Donald Trump sent shock waves through mainstream media pundits — not because they were unaware of his infirmities, but because they had assumed his handlers would be able to cover them up. His weak responses to most questions, combined with an often prolonged, clueless […]

As for Biden’s performance, former Democratic Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard posted in a short video on her X account June 28: “The problem isn’t just that Biden is old. The problem is he’s insane. Only a madman would not consider a nuclear holocaust/war an existential threat, saying ‘the ONLY existential threat to humanity is climate change.’” Gabbard then played a clip […]

The conference held in Beijing on June 28 to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the introduction of the “Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence” put special emphasis on the need for the Global South to stand at the forefront of the current drive for a new paradigm in international relations. For China’s leaders, those five principles remain as valid today as […]

Reality has hit the French government and elites in the face. French voters, furious at those who have run the country for so many years, sent them a clear message: “Le Pen’s party is the only party we haven’t tried yet; We’ll try it this time!” And to make sure the message was heard, voter turnout was massive compared to […]

On June 27, the European Council formally approved the candidates for the three top jobs in the EU who had been proposed by the “Ursula majority” faction, referring to Ursula von der Leyen. Italy voted against Kaja Kallas, who was approved as High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, and Antonio Costa as President of the Council, and abstained […]

Finally, after five years spent mostly in solitary confinement in Belmarsh Prison near London, which was preceded by seven years holed up in asylum in the Ecuadorian embassy in the British capital, Julian Assange was freed on June 26. The next day, he was reunited with his family in Australia, freed at last from a Kafkaesque ordeal. The last five […]

Philippe Lazzarini, the head of UNRWA, again presented a catastrophic overview of the situation in the Gaza Strip, particularly as it affects children. An “entire generation” could be lost due to hunger and poverty, he warned last week in Geneva. Gaza is a “living hell” for 2 million people, with children dying from malnutrition and dehydration, “while food and clean […]