A commentary in the liberal Jewish publication Forward suggests that these lines from Shelley, directed against Lord Castlereagh, the reactionary British foreign minister of his time, would apply equally well to Henry Kissinger, the former US secretary of state, who turned 100 years old on Friday, May 27
The New Development Bank (NDB), also known as the "BRICS bank," is in talks with Saudi Arabia on admitting the Middle Eastern nation as its ninth member, which would strengthen the NDB's funding options amid the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, according to media reports
Macroeconomic results of the week (May 13-19)
Witness the obliteration of a highly significant passage in U.S. history. To be deprived in this way of the past — of the facts of our time — is a kind of condemnation
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis formally announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination Wednesday evening, at an audio-only appearance on Twitter Spaces hosted by the billionaire owner of the social media company, Elon Musk
Focusing on time rather than money is likely to enhance well-being
With each passing year, more details emerge about Washington’s torture programs. But much remains hidden as Congress and U.S. policymakers refuse to address the wrongdoing
The US also launched an airstrike in Somalia on May 20
The panel wants the US to produce more long-range missiles and get more arms to Taiwan
Moscow and Minsk signed a deal to formalize the deployment
The "Combined annihilation firepower drills" were conducted just 25km south of the DMZ
US sends largest warship ever constructed to Norway
Iran has called Zelensky's rhetoric a 'worthless political show' designed to gain more Western support
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan won the second round of presidential election yesterday, finishing nearly four points ahead of his rival Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. He has won another five-year term
The construction demonstrates that the US has no plans to leave Syria
New research on the U.S. mid-century home ownership boom in the context of today’s record levels of inequality
From lobbying for fighter jets to supplying depleted uranium, the U.K. is making sure escalation is the only way forward
One man told The Wall Street Journal that he had never held a gun before he was sent into the battle.
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