HEAD OF GERMAN FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE AGENCY SAYS WAR WITH RUSSIA IS COMING
“Germany is in danger of being drawn into a violent conflict with Russia,” Martin Jäger, the head of Germany’s foreign intelligence agency (BND), told parliamentarians, according to a report in politico.eu. Jäger said this, not as a warning to slow down the Merz government’s headlong rush to war with Russia, but rather to justify and […]
SPAIN’S SANCHEZ CALLS SNAP ELECTIONS IN NOVEMBER
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez responded to the mass protests sweeping the country over the housing crisis, and the brazen attempt of the neo-con PP and Vox parties to use that crisis to topple his government, by calling snap elections for Nov. 29. “Sánchez, who has been prime minister for more than eight years, called […]
INJECTING POLICY INTO MASS FERMENT
In Italy, farmers, fishermen, and truck drivers have launched a national protest over the deadly economic conditions they face as a result of the European Union’s war-friendly policies, which are geared to bail out the bankrupt City of London and Wall Street banks. The Schiller Institute today sent a letter of support to the Italian […]
THE PRESENT AS CURRENT HISTORY
The turmoil of the emergence of a new era in world history is upon us, as in the turbulent years of the 1980s. These are not “normal times.” This time is reminiscent of the months just before the sudden fall of the Berlin Wall, November 9, 1989, followed by the “unthinkable” dissolution of the Soviet […]
Peace Requires Real, Not Artificial, Intelligence
PAPAL WARNING: Pope Leo XIV has warned during his recent visit to France about lurking dangers to mankind It is urgent that we not forget, or allow to be forgotten, especially in this 250th year of the Declaration of Independence of the United States from the British Empire, that it is the adherence to the […]
ON THE BRINK OF AN ALL-OUT REGIONAL WAR IN SOUTHWEST ASIA
With the Sept. 10-13 surprise seizure of control of the Bab al-Mandeb Strait by the Houthis, which controls passage from the Indian Ocean into the Red Sea and from there to the Suez Canal, another huge portion of global sea traffic has been disrupted, if not stopped altogether. There is scrambling in capitals around the […]
REALITY TRUMPS TRUMP
GLOBAL PARADIGM SHIFT: The face of a new unfolding world order The reality is that the continuation of the unprovoked war of aggression against Iran has now led to the Houthis launching a lightning march south along the coast of Yemen, seizing both the land opposite the critical Bab al-Mandab strait on the Red Sea, […]
CHINA’S GLOBAL TIMES: ‘US HAS SET ITS OWN HOUSE ON FIRE’ WITH ‘D-DAY’ SANCTIONS VS IRAN
A scathing editorial in the Aug. 21 Global Times, the influential semi-official Chinese English-language publication, rips into the Trump administration’s announced “economic D-Day” sanctions against Iran, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s preposterous demand that China had better “get with the program.” Excerpts follow: “The so-called ‘economic D-Day’ operation is less a new offensive launched by […]
THE ANTEROOM OF NUCLEAR WAR
There is good reason to believe that Pope Leo XIV already has, or will soon have on his desk the “Appeal to Pope Leo XIV to Organize a Global Leaders Summit to Address the Questions of Peace and Nuclear Disarmament”, which was issued on August 19 and has already gathered signatures from political, religious and […]
IS LULA BRAZIL’S FDR?
That is the worried headline on a short article published in London’s Economist magazine today, as campaigning for the October 4 presidential election got underway. “Our poll tracker puts the 80-year old incumbent president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, in the lead,” the Economist confessed. “If Lula emerges victorious, he would become one of just […]
CHINA-EUROPE ARCTIC SHIPPING ROUTE STARTS 2026 WEEKLY OPERATIONS
The China-Europe Arctic container express route, which had its maiden voyage in September 2025, began its first trip for 2026 on August 15, Xinhua reported. This year, eight weekly voyages are planned through October, which is when weather conditions are most favorable for the Arctic route. “The route crosses the Northeast Arctic Passage,” Xinhua explained, […]
RUSSIAN MEDIA WIDELY REPORTS ON SARE’S TASS INTERVIEW
The TASS interview with Diane Sare appeared in Russian as well as English, and has been picked up widely. Internet aggregators rambler.ru, dzen.ru, and life.ru summarized the TASS release, as did vesti.ru, the website of state television. Some of the websites added relevant details, such as that Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) has likewise called […]