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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s recent statements about a Chinese intervention in Taiwan being a security issue for Japan provoked a very strong response from Beijing, prompting the Japanese Foreign Ministry to clarify that the country’s policy toward China has not changed, which implies that it still endorses the “one China policy”. This, however, is far from a retraction of […]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin held a five-hour meeting with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff in Moscow on Dec. 2 over the U.S. proposals to end the war in Ukraine. Preliminary reports are that both sides expressed optimism in reaching an agreement, although what that would entail must still be negotiated. For the Russian side, the most important point concerns territorial issues, […]

Over the course of the past weeks’ talks over a peace plan for Ukraine, European leaders have counted on U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio within the Trump administration to defend their position and that of Ukraine’s. The Europeans almost thought they had succeeded after the negotiations in Geneva on Nov. 23, led by Rubio and then head of the […]

China and South Africa have jointly launched an “Initiative on Cooperation Supporting Modernization in Africa”, which recognizes modernization as “a common pursuit and an inalienable right of all countries of the world”. The project was launched by Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on the sidelines of the Nov. 22-23 G20 summit in South Africa. (According […]

Although the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) is fast becoming the largest party in Germany, about to overtake the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU), the other parties — CDU/CSU, SPD, Greens, The Left — have formed a cartel imposing a ban on any contact with the AfD, supported by a demonization campaign in the media. The rigid anti-migration positions and the radical […]

In a 20-minute conversation with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte on Dec. 1, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi effectively called for the building of a Global NATO, that would cover both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Although the new Prime Minister had expressed the hope of establishing good relations with China when she took power on Oct, 21, she has […]

The concept of bridging, both in physical and metaphorical terms, was at the center of Pope Leo XIV’s apostolical journey to Türkiye, Nov. 27-29, in terms similar to the discussion at the EIR Seminar of Oct. 22, dedicated to the Bering Strait Tunnel project and the World Land-bridge proposed by the Schiller Institute. The Pope chose for the logo of […]

As the international groundswell against Zionist genocide in Gaza continues to build, isolating Israel and its few remaining supporters, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reacting as per his profile, violating the ceasefire and appealing to President Trump to use his considerable influence in Israel to request that President Herzog pardon him. Systemic attacks by Israel Defense Forces continue against Palestinians […]

Nigeria’s Dangote Industries Ltd. announced that it plans to expand its refinery capacity from the current 650,000 barrels of oil a day to 1.4 million, catapulting it from seventh position to the world’s largest, displacing India’s Jamnagar Refinery. The announcement was made on Oct. 27 on the company’s X account following a press conference in Lagos. The expansion will enable […]