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Africa has created its own Energy Bank to finance hydrocarbon development on the continent, and make up for the credit denied by Western financial institutions as part of the global transition out of hydrocarbons. First proposed by the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO) in May 2022, the charter of the Africa Energy Bank was just signed in June of this […]

The world has been hit with a series of political shocks over the past two weeks, coming out of the United States. Just two days after NATO concluded its summit in Washington, D.C., recommitting to the policy of “permanent war”, presidential candidate Donald Trump escaped an assassination attempt by a hair’s breadth on July 13, raising serious questions as to […]

The U.S. electorate has been left with its head spinning, reeling from one shock after another, as the long-running soap opera of the 2024 U.S. Presidential election continues. Since the June 27 “debate”, when President Biden spent the first hour fumbling, while appearing to be in a frail, near-catatonic state, the calls for him to step down escalated, coming from […]

Republican Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin is investigating the security failures that allowed a young man to fire on Donald Trump on July 13. Following the incident, Johnson’s office reportedly began compiling a preliminary report, which quickly revealed enormous security holes and other grave errors on the part of the Secret Service, which is the highly specialized federal agency responsible […]

As the European Parliament crowned Ursula von der Leyen President of the European Commission for a second term, the European Union demonstrated more than ever its character of a totalitarian state. In a total breach of its own rules, EU leaders began discussing ways and means to steal the six-month presidency of the European Council from Hungary, as a rabid […]

At the European Political Community summit at Blenheim Palace, in Great Britain, on July 18, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán continued to urge leaders to push for negotiations to end the war in Ukraine. He sent out a message on X, saying “We will find no #peace on the battlefield, but only at the negotiating table. My goal is to […]

With so many disagreements tearing apart the ruling coalition in Berlin, the one thing that has kept the three parties together has been their unconditional support for Ukraine (i.e., NATO) against Russia. However, even that lowest common denominator is being challenged now, as seen in the reaction of some leading social democrats (SPD) to the full endorsement given by Foreign […]

In his capacity as the European Union’s top diplomat until the new Commission takes over, Josef Borrell has sometimes had the merit of blurting out publicly what is often said behind in closed doors in Brussels, such as when he called the EU “a garden” to be protected from “the jungle” outside its borders. Now, speaking at the NATO Public […]

In an Advisory Opinion issued July 19, the International Court of Justice delivered a scathing rejection of Israel’s policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and East Jerusalem. The Opinion states that Israel is “under obligation” to “bring an end to its unlawful presence” in the territories, to “cease immediately all new settlement activities, and evacuate all settlers” […]

At an event July 19, Brazilian President Lula da Silva announced that his government was preparing a proposal for his country to join China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Currently, Brazil, Colombia and Paraguay are the only South American nations that have not yet joined this vast project of connectivity through trade and infrastructure. While Beijing has wanted to include […]