(2024-06-23). The United States and Ukraine Have a Math Problem. sonar21.com 
Despite U.S. claims that it will supply Ukraine what it needs to fight the Russians, the math on the U.S. side does not add up. What do I mean? If you calculate what the United States is producing and subtract what Ukraine is using up with daily fires — whether we are talking 155 mm howitzers, ATACMS or Patriot missiles — the United States is falling way short. | Let's take the Patriot missile as one example. In 2010, Lockheed Martin had produced over 10,000 Patriot missiles. Can we agree that this quantity was not held solely by the United States? According to Wikipedia, the United States built…
(2024-06-23). Moscow Mulls Nuclear Timing Amid Rising Threats. devdiscourse.com Moscow may change the timing for use of its nuclear weapons if threats against Russia increase, the RIA state news agency cited Andrei Kartapolov, the head of the Russian lower house's defence committee, as saying on Sunday. The former general's comments follow recent warnings by President Vladimir Putin that Moscow may change its nuclear doctrine, which lays out the conditions in which such weapons could be used.
(2024-06-23). Italians hold pro-Palestine rallies. presstv.ir On Saturday, in the Italian capital, Palestinian students organized a rally entitled "Stop the Genocide" to protest against the ongoing US-Israeli genocide in Gaza.
(2024-06-23). Red Cross chief in Gaza's Rafah recounts shelling horror: 'piles of dead bodies everywhere'. scmp.com 'Frankly, it's like nothing I've ever seen before,' William Schomburg said of the attack on the Red Cross compound that killed 22 people.
(2024-06-23). It's the End of the World as We Know it. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter Russian Iskander-M nuclear missile America's addiction to nuclear weapons does not lend itself to deterrence-based stability. It only leads to war. "That's great, it starts with an earthquake…" There's nothing like a classic 1980's rock song to get one's blood up and running, and REM's 1987 classic, It's the End of the World as…
(2024-06-23). France must swiftly free jailed Iranian musician: Top rights official. presstv.ir Iran's top human rights official says Paris must swiftly release Iranian musician and filmmaker Bashir Biazar.
(2024-06-23). Richard Beck: Bidenism Abroad. newleftreview.org Panoramic survey of US foreign policy as Washington attempts to maintain its global hegemony in conditions of faltering growth. Containing China, confronting Russia, driving decarbonization: each of Biden's stated aims has been beset by insoluble contradictions from the outset, Richard Beck argues, now compounded by Israel's punitive war on Gaza.
(2024-06-23). 'Commitment to International Law' — Armenia Recognizes Palestinian Statehood. defenddemocracy.press 
Jun 21, 2024 "Following Armenia's recognition of a Palestinian state, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Ambassador of Armenia to Israel for a harsh reprimand conversation." The Republic of Armenia has announced its official recognition of a Palestinian state, the latest country to do so as Israel continues its genocidal war on the Gaza …
(2024-06-23). Pro-Palestine protesters march in Ghent, call for sanctions on Israel. presstv.ir A pro-Palestinian demonstration in Ghent, Belgium, attracted a significant turnout of over a thousand participants on Saturday, advocating for a ceasefire in Gaza and urging for sanctions against Israel.
(2024-06-23). Key Netanyahu minister Miri Regev blasted for vacationing in Greece amid Gaza war. haaretz.com Israeli Transportation Minister Miri Regev's private visit to Greece comes after she sparked outrage in February for traveling to India and Sri Lanka for a vacation totaling some $120,000…
(2024-06-23). Agricultural fire that killed 12 in southeast Turkey under control, media says. newarab.com 
The fire had started late on Thursday due to the burning of straw and spread because of strong winds, the local governor's office said. Authorities have launched an investigation into the cause of the fire, Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc said in a post on social media…
(2024-06-23). Portugal breeze past Turkey and into Euro 2024 knockout stage. newarab.com 
Bernardo Silva's fine finish in the 21st minute, a comical Samet Akaydin own goal shortly afterwards and Bruno Fernandes's second-half tap-in gave
(2024-06-23). A year after migrant shipwreck, Pakistan families seek justice>. newarab.com 
A year after the disappearance of his brother in one of the deadliest shipwrecks in the Mediterranean, Suleman Tariq wants answers. But, like other young Pakistanis, he is also determined to make it to Europe. | "Since my brother went missing, our financial situation has worsened. I have no choice but to leave Pakistan to help my family repay the loan we took," said Tariq, whose brother Usman Tariq, was on board but not declared dead. | "There's absolutely nothing in this country… However, I will only pursue legal avenues and will not follow my brother's path." |
(2024-06-23). China launches new astronomical satellite developed in cooperation with France. ecns.cn China on Saturday launched an astronomical satellite, the result of nearly 20 years of hard work between Chinese and French scientists, to capture gamma-ray bursts which flicker like fireworks in the farthest reaches of the universe.
(2024-06-23). The Pact on Migration and Asylum: another step forward for necropolitics in Europe. cadtm.org
(2024-06-23). France: With the New Popular Front against the deadly fascist threat! cadtm.org
(2024-06-23). This is Your Future. expose-news.com It is an election year in the UK, the US and much of Europe. Regardless of who wins, whether parties on the right or left of politics, we are hurtling towards Net …
(2024-06-23). Andrew Bridgen: We are already at war with Russia. expose-news.com On Thursday, Andrew Bridgen, an independent candidate for Northwest Leicestershire, joined Resistance GB journalist Will Coleshill. One of the many shocking revelations he made is that the UK is already at war …
(2024-06-23). Defense intercepts 33 Ukrainian drones in four Russian regions. plenglish.com In the statement published Sunday on its official Telegram page, it is specified that most of these unmanned aerial vehicles (28) were intercepted in Bryansk province; two were also shot down in Smolensk province; the same number in Lipetsk; and one in Tula province. | Aleksandr Bogomaz, the governor of Bryansk region, reported that an attempted terrorist attack was perpetrated against this territory on Sunday. | He added that, thanks to the professionalism of the anti-aircraft defense, these attacks did not cause any casualties or destruction, all drones were repelled and all targets were eliminated. | Russian…
(2024-06-23). Extreme right-wing-left duel in France's legislative elections. plenglish.com Paris, Jun 23 (Prensa Latina) The trend seems irreversible only seven days before the early legislative elections in France, the country will experience a duel between the extreme right-wing National Rally (RN) party and the left-wing Popular Front bloc.
(2024-06-23). Amazigh diaspora: Bringing a forgotten culture back to life. pressenza.com An essential element of a dynamic society, culture is expressed in the way it tells stories, which corresponds to the roots of a century-old and venerable tree, which "tethers" a people and gives them a solid, fixed anchor, and celebrations for this remembrance of the past, diversion and imagination of the future. | After a unanimous vote by the Paris City Council in France, during its meeting on February 6, 2024, of a wish relating to the "creation of an Amazigh Cultural Center" which will be established in the 19 ème arrondissement in Paris (France). Associations, business leaders, intellectuals, artists, elect…
(2024-06-23). European Nuclear Deterrent a Harebrained Illegal Proposal. pressenza.com It is quite astonishing and clearly insane, that Manfred Weber, the German leader of the European Union's center-right European People's Party, now expected to come in first in the European Parliament election scheduled on June 6-9th, is calling for the EU's own nuclear "deterrent"—arguing that the US-stationed nuclear weapons in five NATO states, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherland, and Turkey, may be inadequate protection for Europe's security should Trump, that great friend of Russia, be elected! | By Alice Slater | There is a total disconnect from reality in the Western world. It is driven by what h…
(2024-06-23). Biden, Trump or neither? pressenza.com The President of the United States is the most powerful man in the world, I don't think anyone doubts that. Perhaps that status will be short-lived, but for now it is. He is backed by money, weapons, including nuclear weapons, and an economy that affects the rest of the planet. This president can intervene and even invade any country he wants and almost always succeeds. There are a few exceptions, starting with Vietnam, but come on, today it dominates the whole of Europe, which not so long ago was quite autonomous, and now even France grovels before the Yankee president. There is no need to dwell on this subject…
(2024-06-23). Oil depots on fire in Russia's Rostov region after drone attack: Officials. presstv.ir Several oil storage tanks were on fire after a drone attack early on Tuesday in the town of Azov in Russia.
(2024-06-23). Migrant shipwrecks off Italy leave 11 dead. presstv.ir Bodies of eleven migrants recovered by the German aid group RESQSHIP were brought to Italy's Lampedusa.
(2024-06-23). Russia's Pacific Fleet holds naval drills off Kamchatka Peninsula. presstv.ir The Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy holds exercises June 18-28 in the waters of the Pacific Ocean.
(2024-06-23). Video of deadly Russian missile strike hitting Ukraine's Kharkiv. aljazeera.com Video shows the moment a Russian bomb struck an apartment in Kharkiv, killing at least three people and injuring 50.
(2024-06-23). Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 849. aljazeera.com As the war enters its 849th day, these are the main developments.
(2024-06-23). Why did the Ukraine Peace Summit fail? aljazeera.com The Global South is not buying the Ukrainian claim to colonial victimhood.
(2024-06-23). Russia, Ukraine conduct air attacks on multiple cities as war intensifies. aljazeera.com Russia says four killed in attacks by Kyiv, while Russian strikes on Ukraine cause injuries and damage to buildings.
(2024-06-23). Joy Neumeyer: Moscow's Story. newleftreview.org Joy Neumeyer on Jade McGlynn, Memory Makers and Russia's War. Twin studies, scholarly and less so, of the uses of the past in Putin's war for Ukraine.
(2024-06-23). Putin's Rage On Full Display; Destroys Ukraine's Western Arms Warehouses In Missile & Drone Strikes. hindustantimes.com The Russian Army, on June 22, claimed to have attacked Western-supplied air weapon depots in Ukraine. The Russian Defence Ministry said the warehouses, storing western-supplied weapons, were attacked with long-range air and sea-based weapons and drones. The Russian army reportedly also attacked Ukraine's Northeastern city of Kharkiv.
(2024-06-23). Ukraine war: Russia blames US for deadly missile attack on 'peaceful residents' in Crimea. scmp.com The attack on Russian-annexed Crimea, killed five people, including three children, and wounded more than 100, Moscow said, and used US-supplied ATACMS missiles.
(2024-06-23). Ukraine war: US-supplied weapons proving successful inside Russia — 'we can do a lot'. scmp.com Ukrainian forces pushed Russian positions back, and even mounted small offensive actions, after Washington allowed Kyiv to use US-supplied weapons for limited strikes in Russian territory.
(2024-06-23). Two European Thorns in the Empire's Side: Rightist Orban and Leftist Fico (and Look What Happened to Him). defenddemocracy.press by Eve Ottenberg Jun 14, 2024 Hungary's prime minister, Viktor Orban may be a far-right politician, but he also opposes the west's proxy war in Ukraine and that, much more than his extreme conservatism, is what infuriates imperial henchmen. The European Union is in a constant snit over Orban, because every time that organization turns …
(2024-06-23). Will Le Pen accept the truths of "center"? uwidata.com The European Parliament election results in France indicate that the Yellow Vests emerged victorious. The parties that make up the Yellow Vests movement, described as "extreme" right and left by the center, achieved high shares of vote. The center, however, suffered a significant defeat. President Emmanuel Macron was forced to call for general early elections. …
(2024-06-23). Donald Trump tells US evangelical Christians to vote for him 1 more time. scmp.com Trump pledged to 'aggressively' protect Christians in schools, military, government and workplaces if he is elected.
(2024-06-23). WHO Issues Warning on Falsified Medicines Used for Diabetes Treatment and Weight Loss. plusnews.ug 
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a medical product alert regarding falsified semaglutides, which are used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity in some countries. The alert highlights three falsified batches of the semaglutide brand Ozempic, detected in Brazil in October 2023, the United Kingdom in October 2023, and the United States in …
(2024-06-23). Japan's Emperor Naruhito arrives in UK for 3-day state visit. scmp.com Trip highlights will include a state banquet at Buckingham Palace, with a possible appearance by Kate, Princess of Wales.
(2024-06-23). Agricultural Fire in Turkey Claims 12 Lives, Injures 78. themedialine.org 
(2024-06-23). New Caledonia independence activists sent to France for detention. aljazeera.com Pro-independence leader Christian Tein among seven flown to the mainland after last month's large-scale riots.
(2024-06-23). US Warship Reaches South Korea; War Clouds After Putin-Kim Sign 'NATO-Like' Pact | Details. hindustantimes.com The US aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt reached the South Korean port city of Busan on June 21. The nuclear-powered warship will take part in joint military exercises later this month with South Korea and Japan. This comes amid heightened tensions in the Korean peninsula after Russian President Vladimir Putin and the supreme leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, signed a 'NATO-like' pact. Watch…
(2024-06-23). Ronaldo's selfie-hunting fans at Euro 2024 a 'concern' for coach Martinez. aljazeera.com Portugal coach Roberto Martinez says 'players are exposed' when fans enter the pitch despite heavy security.
(2024-06-23). European Union General Affairs Council must address continued rule of law and human rights violations in Hungary and Poland. fidh.org The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and other international NGOs sent a letter to EU ministers ahead of the EU General Affairs Council's meeting on 25 June 2024 where member States will hold a hearing on the situation in Hungary under the Article 7.1 TEU procedure.
In the letter, the signatory organisations point to the continued deterioration of the situation in Hungary, which fails to comply with Europea Union rule of law recommendations. Major concerns include judicial (…) | – |
(2024-06-23). Perry Anderson: Pathbreakers High and Low. newleftreview.org A decade ago, Christopher Clark upended conventional accounts of the origins of the First World War; he has now rewritten the history of the European revolutions of 1848—1849, and proposed a new way of considering their outcomes. Analytically, what differentiates and what connects these two outstanding achievements?
(2024-06-23). UEFA Euro 2024: Will France's Mbappe be fit to play against Poland? aljazeera.com Captain Kylian Mbappe is racing against time to return for France's last group football match against Poland on Tuesday.
(2024-06-23). Serbia: Stop the extradition of Andrey Gnyot to Belarus. fidh.org
(2024-06-23). UK's Manchester Airport cancels all flights from 2 terminals after 'major power cut'. scmp.com In a social media post on Sunday, the airport said no flights would be departing from terminals one and two "until further notice" following the outage.
(2024-06-23). Brazilian forward Rodrygo glad to play alongside Mbappe at Real Madrid. independent.co.ug 
LOS ANGELES | Xinhua | Brazilian forward Rodrygo said Saturday that he is looking forward to playing alongside Kylian Mbappe at Real Madrid after the France striker's move to the Spanish giants. Rodrygo admitted competition for a place in Real Madrid's attack will be intense next season following the arrival of compatriot Endrick from Palmeiras …
(2024-06-23). Germany's Greens Now Targeted by Friend and Foe Alike. fairobserver.com The German results of the European parliamentary elections have confirmed the predicted rise of far-right parties across Europe. Despite recent dips in opinion polls, internal espionage and bribery scandals, the far-right party Alternative fàºr Deutschland (AfD) soared to their best-ever nationwide election result with 15.9% of the vote. In contrast, voters punished the incumbent traffic…
(2024-06-23). Will Le Pen accept the truths of "center"? unitedworldint.com The European Parliament election results in France indicate that the Yellow Vests emerged victorious. The parties that make up the Yellow Vests movement, described as "extreme" right and left by the center, achieved high shares of vote. The center, however, suffered a significant defeat. President Emmanuel Macron was forced to call for general early elections. …
(2024-06-23). Sahra Wagenknecht: Condition of Germany. newleftreview.org Interview with a prominent leader of the German left on the state of her country, currently the epicentre of converging crises—geopolitical, economic, environmental. With politics swerving right under an SPD-led government, flux and refoundation on the left.
(2024-06-23). Joint NGO letter on the European Union's macro-financial assistance to Egypt and human rights. fidh.org
(2024-06-23). China and EU agree to talks on planned electric vehicle tariffs. scmp.com Brussels has proposed hefty duties on imports of Chinese-made EVs to combat what the bloc considers excessive subsidies.
(2024-06-23). La proposition de Mélenchon pour l' Ukraine. defenddemocracy.press par Dimitris Scarpalezos L' interview de Jeffrey Sachs montre que la proposition de Mélenchon d' organiser de referendums dans differents regions d' Ukraine, pour que les habitants decident librement dans quel etat veulent vivre, est la seule décente a la foi pour éviter la guerre généralisée et le risque nucléaire et pour respecter les droits des peuples. …
(2024-06-23). Militares franceses en Ucrania serán blanco legítimo para tropas rusas. telesurtv.net Canciller Lavrov se reúne con su homólogo congoleño en Oyo, tras comenzar este lunes una gira por África para reforzar los vínculos de Rusia en el continente.
UEFA said security staff will try to intercept and 
Eighty countries jointly called Sunday for the "territorial integrity" of The joint communique capped a two-day conference at the Bàºrgenstock resort in Switzerland mark…
Iran and Sweden announced on Saturday a prisoner exchange that saw a "Hamid Noury, who has been in illegal detention in Sweden since 2019, is free and will return to the country in a few hours," Kazem Gharibabadi, head of Iran's High Council for Human Rights, said in a post on social media platform…
Adam Yates and Team UAE continued to dominate the Tour of Switzerland as the Yates, who won stage five and was second in stage six, again attacked on the final climb of the 118-kilometre double loop that began and ended in Villars-sur-Ollon. | Again, his Portuguese team-mate Joao Almeida was the only rider who could keep up. | On Friday, Almeida had pulled away for the win on the home straight. | This time, the two men crossed the line together pointing at each other…
Nima and I convened for our weekly chat about the latest current events. Because of the consequential nature of Putin's remarks at the Russian Foreign Ministry, we confined our discussion largely to discussing the implications for the United States and NATO. | I am also posting Alexander Mercouris' latest breakdown of military developments in Ukraine and with the failed "piss" summit in Switzerland. Simply put, Russia is beating the stuffing out of Ukraine.
French politics has been in chaos since President Macron announced a snap general election after the victory of the far right Rassemblement Nationale (RN) in the European elections. Jordan Bardella's RN list took 31,37 % of the vote. Eric Zemmour's Reconquest list led by Marine le Pen's niece, Marion Maréchal Le Pen, took another 5, 47% 
By The G7 Summit under the Italian presidency, organized by the Meloni Government in Puglia, proclaimed as its priority "the defence of the …
The Russian Orthodox Church has actively participated in Russia's full-scale war against UkraineOriginally published on Kirill Shamiev and Ksenia Luchenko, both Visiting Fellows at the European Council on Foreign Relations, 
John Mullen spoke to Green Left Weekly about the rise of the far right in France and prospects for the left in the upcoming election…