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Book Review: How the World Made the West: A 4,000 Year History

July 2, 2025
Book Reviews/Geopolitics

The chasm between the West and the Rest of the world has come to its apogee in these difficult days when US fighter jets fly above Isfahan and NATO countries suffer from

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Profiting From Genocide

July 2, 2025
Sri Lanka Guardian Essays

War is a business. So is genocide. The latest report submitted by Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, lists 48 corporations and institutions, including Palantir Technologies Inc., Lockheed Martin, Alphabet Inc.,

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Why USAID Must Be Shut Down Now

July 2, 2025
Columns/Inside Story

Editor’s Note: The following article is part of our syndication with CIAGate, a group of volunteer investigative researchers dedicated to uncovering the deeper truths behind the operations of the U.S. intelligence apparatus.

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Trump’s Diplomatic Model

July 2, 2025
Columns/Geopolitics

U.S. President Donald Trump has developed a clear model for exercising diplomacy. He begins by making demands of other nations, then calls for negotiations. If the negotiations do not take place or

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How Smart Is Your Economy?

July 1, 2025
Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

Editor’s Note: Annie White, Director of Software Tools at the Growth Lab, Harvard Kennedy School, and Sebastian Bustos, Senior Research Fellow at the Center for International Development, Harvard University, recently presented their

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Thailand Plunges into Political Uncertainty as Prime Minister Paetongtarn Suspended

July 1, 2025
Geopolitics/Thailand

Thailand’s Constitutional Court on Tuesday suspended Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra amid escalating political unrest and fallout from a leaked audio recording, intensifying the country’s already fragile political landscape. The court accepted a

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Trump Lifts Syria Sanctions, Paving Way for Reconstruction and Controversial Normalisation

July 1, 2025
Syria/United States/World

In a sweeping move that signals a dramatic shift in U.S. foreign policy, President Donald Trump has signed an executive order dismantling most U.S. sanctions against Syria, declaring an end to the

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South Korea’s Former First Lady Kim Keon-hee Faces Intensifying Corruption Probe

July 1, 2025
Diplomacy

Nearly three months after her dramatic departure from the presidential residence, South Korea’s former First Lady Kim Keon-hee is now at the center of a growing corruption scandal that threatens to further

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Standard Chartered Sued for Over $2.7 Billion Over 1MDB Scandal

July 1, 2025
Business

Liquidators pursuing funds looted from Malaysia’s scandal-ridden 1MDB sovereign wealth fund are suing UK-based banking giant Standard Chartered for more than $2.7 billion, alleging the bank played a central role in one

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Gulf Oil Giants Slow Global M&A Spree Amid Falling Oil Revenues

July 1, 2025
Business/Trade Wars

Two of the Middle East’s most powerful energy companies, Saudi Aramco and the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), are hitting the brakes on their multibillion-dollar acquisition strategies as falling oil prices

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Massive Cuts to USAID Threaten Millions of Lives Worldwide, Landmark Study Warns

July 1, 2025
United States/World

Sweeping cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) could result in more than 14 million additional deaths globally by 2030, reversing decades of progress in the fight against deadly diseases

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Hong Kong’s Bull Market Surges Ahead as Mainland China Struggles

July 1, 2025
Business

Hong Kong’s stock market is outpacing mainland China’s by its widest margin since the global financial crisis, highlighting how weak economic recovery and ongoing U.S.-China trade tensions are dampening investor confidence on

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UN Report Urges Bold Financial Reforms to Accelerate SDG Progress in Asia-Pacific

July 1, 2025
Diplomacy/Human Rights

A new United Nations report has sounded the alarm on the widening financing gap threatening progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Asia and the Pacific, urging countries across the region

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s Hallucinations

July 1, 2025
Columns/Geopolitics

By the end of the annual meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) in The Hague in June 2025, it became clear that everything was about money. In fact, the final communiqué was

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Reports Link ChatGPT to “Terrifying” Cases of Psychosis, Raising Mental Health Alarms

July 1, 2025
Artificial Intelligence

The report highlights how some users, including individuals with no prior history of mental illness, have experienced severe psychological episodes after extended use of AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.

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