Why Trump’s secondary tariffs on Russia could bite the US, its allies too | Russia-Ukraine war News

Top United States diplomatic negotiator Steve Witkoff visited Moscow on Wednesday in a last-ditch push to persuade Russian President Vladimir Putin to agree to a ceasefire with Ukraine before an August 8... Read more »

Behind Streeting’s smears against resident doctors: Cuts and ramped-up privatisation of the National Health Service

Labour Health Secretary Wes Streeting has launched a vile smear campaign against National Health Service (NHS) resident doctors in England fighting for a 29 percent pay rise to reverse the real-terms wage... Read more »

Russia eyes Ukraine’s ‘fortress belt’ after fall of Chasiv Yar | Russia-Ukraine war News

During a difficult week in Ukraine’s ground war, Russian troops completed their conquest of Chasiv Yar, a high ground in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region, and claimed to have breached the outskirts of... Read more »

Souleymane’s Story: “I don’t know why I came to France”

Souleymane’s Story (written and directed by Boris Lojkine) is an excellent and moving work from France, one of the best films of the year. It opened August 1 in New York City... Read more »

Tourists from Malawi and Zambia are first to face $15,000 visa bonds in US | Donald Trump News

The United States Department of State has announced the first foreign citizens to be subject to bonds of up to $15,000 should they visit the country on tourist visas. On Tuesday, Zambia... Read more »

As war tensions rise, Australia’s ASIO spy chief ramps up “espionage” scare campaign

Backed by the Albanese Labor government, Australia’s surveillance chief, Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) Director-General Mike Burgess made a speech last Thursday declaring that because of “strategic competition,” the country faced... Read more »

Australia’s FM warns of ‘risk there will be no Palestine left to recognise’ | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong has told the country’s media that “there is a risk there will be no Palestine left to recognise”, amid Israel’s devastating war on Gaza and... Read more »

Rotherham child sexual abuse scandal: Allegations point to police involvement

Over a decade after a report into the sexual abuse of at least 1,400 children by men in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013, evidence has emerged showing that local police not only... Read more »

Palestinian women on hunger strike to demand body of slain activist | Occupied West Bank News

More than 60 Palestinian women are staging a hunger strike to demand the release of the body of Palestinian activist and English teacher Awdah Hathaleen, who was shot dead last week in the... Read more »

Trump announces US submarine deployments in nuclear war threat against Russia

In an open threat to wage nuclear war against Russia, US President Donald Trump announced on August 1 that he is repositioning US nuclear submarines to strike Russia. The threat came in... Read more »