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Friends with benefits It is often said that the US has no permanent allies – only permanent interests. Allies come and allies go, but US national interest (i.e. global hegemony) remains paramount. All relationships are transactional – an ally is only as good as the geopolitical benefits they bring. The …

Joining more than 5 million fully vaccinated Michiganders – humans, that is – some animals at the Detroit Zoo are now being inoculated with a special vaccine created for veterinary use, the Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) announced in a statement on Monday. “Much like we vaccinate dogs for things like …

Tensions were running high outside the Greek parliament on Sunday as some 7,500 protesters flooded the central Syntagma Square, waving Greek flags, chanting slogans and demanding the plan to make vaccinations mandatory for all health professionals starting September 1 be reversed.  Footage shared on social media showed protesters burning flares …

The protest march kicked off at Hyde Park on Saturday afternoon and set off across Vauxhall Bridge and toward Clapham Common. London’s Metropolitan Police reported road blockages and bus delays along the route, and officers remained in close proximity to the marchers at all times. Video footage showed a dense …

On Friday, ten separate news groups published versions of a statement addressed to Russian President Vladimir Putin and a number of top officials, decrying what they said was “the persecution of independent journalism in the country.” While the specific claims varied from outlet to outlet, liberal newspaper Novaya Gazeta’s copy …

Starnes’ post, made in the aftermath of two explosions at the Kabul airport on Thursday, seemingly blamed all Afghans for the carnage, which left at least 60 people dead, including 12 American servicemembers and numerous Afghan civilians. © Twitter / @toddstarnes But ethnically-misguided revenge fantasies from American talk show hosts …

On Monday, dozens of Britons unhappy with the role of the media during the Covid-19 pandemic stormed the foyer of ITN Productions on Gray’s Inn Road, London. The Met Police confirmed that they were responding to the demonstration and said officers were assisting security staff in removing people who unlawfully …

In a letter to Congress sent on Friday, Biden argued that “certain Russian energy pipeline projects” would expand Moscow’s influence over EU energy resources and weaken “Ukraine and Eastern flank NATO and EU countries,” thereby threatening “the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States.” To that end, …

The pitch was published by Massoud in The Washington Post, where a modern-day Charlie Wilson could presumably read it, and is worded in no uncertain terms. “The United States and its allies have left the battlefield, but America can still be a ‘great arsenal of democracy,’ as Franklin D. Roosevelt …

Taiwan’s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) leaders must keep a “sober head” and advocates for secession from China should “wake up from their dreams,” the English-language newspaper said on Monday. “From what happened in Afghanistan, they should perceive that once a war breaks out in the Straits, the island’s defense will …