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Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum on Wednesday, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, admitted that the years of US domination may be over. Milley believes that maintaining the peace between the “great powers” in a tri-polar configuration will be significantly more difficult than in …

“We’re entering into a tri-polar world with the US, Russia and China being all great powers,” Milley said on Wednesday at the Aspen Security Forum. He explained that the “liberal rules-based world order” established after the Second World War was designed to prevent a war between great powers, and that …

On Monday evening, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh claimed that “regimes in Washington are rogue,” following a claim by Republican Senator Ted Cruz that the Biden administration could not get an Iran nuclear deal ratified by the Senate.  “Onus is on @POTUS [President of the United States] to convince …

Since the time of Hippocrates, the essential characteristic of a ‘pandemic’ has been universality, that it can infect all populations (from the Greek pan – ‘all’, and demos – ‘the people’). Corollary, preventive, protective, and immunological measures should be distributed across all the populations of the world – which indicates that all …

Lilian Thuram, who played a key role in France’s famously multicultural squad winning the World Cup in 1998, has combined his political activism with authoring a new book, ‘White Thinking: Behind the Mask of Racial Identity’. The 49-year-old critic of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy believes it is “hypocritical” that players who …

Social media users pointed out on Saturday – just one day before the conference in Glasgow, Scotland – that those who will be attending COP26’s public Green Zone events will be required to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination. “In accordance with Scottish Law, COVID-19 vaccine passports are needed by all …

Faced with what could be a threat to all of humanity, countries do not unite, but come to the brink of fighting each other. Climate change, it seems, is a homemade equivalent of extraterrestrial invasion, and it’s already in full swing. It threatens humanity and clearly requires concerted action on …

Apple’s shares fell 1.8% on Friday, ending the trading session at $149.80 apiece. The company’s market capitalization dropped to $2.48 trillion. Microsoft shares, however, showed 2.2% gains, reaching a record high of $331.62 per share, which propelled its market capitalization to roughly $2.49 trillion. Despite posting relatively strong earnings for …

Though the UK High Court did not hand down a ruling after Thursday’s appeal hearing and is now taking time to consider a decision, Waters said he’s “deeply, deeply concerned” about how the case will play out, blasting the appeals process as a “kangaroo court.” “It has nothing to do …

Earlier this month, NATO expelled eight members of Russia’s mission to the alliance, accusing them of being “undeclared Russian intelligence officers,” a NATO official told the media.  “NATO’s policy towards Russia remains consistent. We have strengthened our deterrence and defense in response to Russia’s aggressive actions, while at the same …