at the billionaire club....
On Monday, the charity Oxfam published a report on the growth of social inequality in the United States, titled “Unequal: The Rise of a New American Oligarchy.”
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allies have no friends but their own interests...
Beneath the diplomatic pomp and illusions of partnership, France is bitterly discovering that in the Atlantic Alliance, allies have no friends but their own interests.
Paris’s futile efforts: why is French military-technical cooperation with its allies failing?
and talking of the CIA....
CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with EU officials last week in an attempt to rebuild strained relations with US intelligence agencies, Politico reported, citing three people familiar with the matter.
the dismissal of gough whitlam was a con job....
The first in a series of first-hand accounts of the Dismissal, from the man who was there: John Menadue.
Deceit is the one word that comes to mind when I think about the Dismissal.
age care: you're about to lose....
The new Support at Home Program for older people is introducing a ‘free market’ transactional aged care system. It’s a retrograde step, Sarah Russell reports.
relation improvements.....
The Kremlin welcomes Japan’s desire to sign a peace treaty with Russia, spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday. This follows a statement by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, who told parliament that pursuing an agreement is part of her government’s foreign policy agenda.
rare earths refining and tariffs war....
The US will work to reduce its dependence on rare earth metals from China, considering the country unreliable, said US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
a challenge to western snapback mechanism.....
Beirut – Does the unified Iranian-Russian-Chinese stance affirming the expiration of UN Resolution 2231 pose a challenge to Western efforts to revive the “snapback mechanism,” signal a shift in international relations, and herald the emergence of a multipolar world order?