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G20 environment ministers G20: last waltz in a world torn apart

The strong likelihood is that the forthcoming G-20 event in Delhi this weekend may turn out to be the last waltz of its kind between the cowboys of the Western world and the increasingly restless Global South

BRICS summit South Africa BRICS summit ends with six new members and calls for inclusive multilateralism and UN reform

BRICS has decided to invite six countries to join the bloc — Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the UAE. The leaders also agreed on a future plan of expansion and called for increased use of local currencies in trade as opposed to the dollar

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki Palestinian Foreign Minister calls Biden administration weak, hopes China will help with two-state solution

Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki also said that he hoped Saudi Arabia will not fall under US pressure and normalize relations with Israel before the end of the occupation 

Korea war Lessons from the Korean war

The bottom line is that in the Korean War, the US confronted the hard truth that threatening a nuclear attack would not be enough to win the war

Yevgeny Prigozhin Russia’s FSB spooked CIA on Prigozhin ‘coup’

It wouldn’t have escaped the attention of Russian intelligence analysts that Prigozhin’s ranting and ravings from Donetsk from last autumn and winter began originally on the operational aspects of the Bakhmut war front in Donetsk oblast, but incrementally began acquiring political overtones. The ‘known known’ here is that the Russian intelligence was under instructions to be in ‘listening mode’

Chinese-American worker and activist arrested for advocating for peace between US and China

Li Tang “Henry” Liang, a hotel worker active in his Boston local union, was suspended from his job after being indicted on federal charges

¿Podrán China y los Estados Unidos establecer el respeto mutuo como base para disminuir las tensiones?

El Ministro de Defensa de China ha dejado claro que su gobierno está abierto al diálogo con Estados Unidos. Sin embargo, ha puesto una condición previa: el respeto mutuo.

Cuban official condemns Wall Street Journal’s claim about Chinese base as “unfounded”

The US-based media outlet published an “exclusive” report alleging that Cuba and China had reached a “secret” agreement to build a spying base on the island

De-globalization Why so-called ‘de-globalization’ doesn’t count much

As long as global finance capital flow is unrestricted, there won’t be elbow room for any progressive state intervention

China geopolitics Asia Russia, China take holistic view of Pamirs, Hindu Kush

The Xi’an Declaration, issued after the First China-Central Asia Summit at Xi’an on May 18-19, takes a direct hit at the West’s interference in the region. It also contradicts the notion in Washington and Brussels that Russia and China’s dominance on the Central Asian steppe is not sustainable

Cómo la guerra de EE.UU. contra los semiconductores taiwaneses podría beneficiar a Japón

En abril, el líder de Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett, declaró a Nikkei que la tensión geopolítica entre Estados Unidos y China fue “ciertamente una consideración” en su decisión de desinvertir en Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.

How the US war on Taiwanese semiconductors might benefit Japan

In April, Berkshire Hathaway’s leader Warren Buffett told Nikkei that the geopolitical tension between the United States and China was “certainly a consideration” in his decision to divest from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC)