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The Rise of Trump and the Fall of American Empire

Some 15 years ago, on December 5, 2010, a historian writing for TomDispatch made a prediction that may yet prove prescient. Rejecting the consensus of that moment that U.S. global hegemony...

T-Mobile Also Hit in China-linked Telecom Network Breaches

T-Mobile has confirmed that it was hit during a recent wave of telecom network breaches attributed to...

The Question Looming Over COP29: Who’s Rich Enough To Pay for Climate Change?

The world’s governments have come to the United Nations’ climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, deadlocked on one ugly...

Starmer aims to build ‘pragmatic and serious relationship’ in meeting with Xi

Keir Starmer will become the first UK prime minister in six years to meet the Chinese president, Xi...

Student kills eight in mass stabbing in China after failing exams

Eight people were killed and 17 others injured when a 21-year-old former student went on a stabbing spree...

State-backed loans to go to firms importing critical minerals into UK

Businesses that import critical minerals to the UK will be given access to state-backed loans in a move to counter China’s dominance in the...

The Case for a Grand Bargain With China

An old theme within social theory holds that societies with very unequal distributions of wealth can sustain their social cohesion so long as total...

Russia Came Close to Breaching U.S. Critical Infrastructure Before Ukraine War, CISA Official Reveals

A “who’s who” of U.S. critical infrastructure entities came close to getting breached by Russian state threat actors in the days before the...

Putin calls for alternative international payment system at Brics summit

Vladimir Putin has opened the expanded Brics summit by issuing a call for an alternative international payments system that could prevent the US using...

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