(2025-09-19). Focusing on pageantry, the West misses the point of China's diplomacy. scmp.com China's recent high-profile diplomatic activity, including the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin and the Victory Day parade in Beijing in the same week, conveyed more than international headlines suggested. | Although much of the media spotlight focused on the optics of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, I think the real story centres on pragmatic engagement, regional reassurance and the realignment of…
(2025-09-19). 7.8 magnitude earthquake strikes Russia's Kamchatka, tsunami warning issued. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck Russia's Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky region in the early hours of Friday, September 19, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake occurred at a shallow depth of 10 km (6.2 miles) and was followed by several aftershocks, the strongest measuring 5.8. | In the immediate aftermath, the U.S. National Weather Service issued a tsunami advisory. Kamchatka Governor Vladimir Solodov confirmed on Telegram that a tsunami warning had been issued for the eastern coast of the peninsula after an earlier 7.2 quake was recorded. He said residents were being alerte…
(2025-09-19). 'I am close to India, very close to PM Modi': Trump's mix messaging amid New Delhi's trade with Moscow. ptcnews.tv PTC News Desk: After months of repeatedly threatening tariffs and criticising India for purchasing Russian oil, US President Donald Trump has recently toned down his rhetoric and is now emphasising his friendship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. | Just two days after posting a warm birthday message for the PM, Trump once again praised their relationship while addressing reporters in the UK alongside British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. His comments came as he lashed out at European nations for continuing to buy Russian oil, saying such purchases weaken efforts to isolate Moscow amid ongoing conflicts. | "I am…
(2025-09-19). Trump Wages Economic War On US Allies; BRICS Builds Alternative System. popularresistance.org The US government has always had a very aggressive foreign policy. The United States has intervened in dozens of countries all around the world. | But what is unique about Donald Trump is that many of his aggressive policies not only target US adversaries like China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, and Cuba, but also longtime US allies. | Trump has imposed high tariffs that have hurt the economies of key US allies such as Japan, South Korea, and Europe. | In fact, the details of the agreement that Trump imposed on Japan are quite shocking. This was reported on by the Financial Times, which wrote that "Japan confronts th…
(2025-09-19). European NATO powers escalate war on Russia, as Trump demands they fall into line with US conflict with China. wsws.org The European imperialist powers have continued to escalate the war on Russia following last week's shooting down of drones over Polish territory.
(2025-09-19). Iran withdraws resolution banning attacks on nuclear sites amid US threat. scmp.com Iran decided at the last minute on Thursday to withdraw a resolution prohibiting attacks on nuclear facilities that it had put forward along with China, Russia and other countries for a vote before an annual gathering of the UN nuclear watchdog's member nations. | Western diplomats, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal deliberations, said the US has been heavily lobbying behind the scenes to prevent the resolution from being adopted. The US has raised the possibility of reducing…
(2025-09-19). Trump says Putin 'losing more people than he's killing' in Ukraine. scmp.com US President Donald Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin had "really let me down" after meeting with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss efforts to heighten pressure on Russia to enter negotiations that could help bring the Kremlin's three-year war in Ukraine to an end. | "War is a different thing," Trump said during a joint press conference at Chequers, the country house of the prime minister, following the meeting. "Things happen that are very opposite of what you thought. You…
(2025-09-19). Blackmailers target Malaysia MPs, Hegseth's China policy 'shift': 7 highlights. scmp.com We have selected seven stories from this week's news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. | 1. Ethnic Chinese top scorer rejected by Malaysian universities reignites quota debate…
(2025-09-19). If You Don't Want To Confront Oppression, Your Role As An Intellectual Is Pointless. popularresistance.org At the grave of Berta Isabel Cáceres Flores (1971—2016) in La Esperanza, Honduras, where she was born and died, I watched a yellow butterfly flutter around a bougainvillea bush. It flew as if unconcerned, going from grave to grave in the quiet cemetery. Beside Berta's grave is that of her brother, Carlos Alberto López Flores (1958—2004), a communist who studied at Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow and was a vital influence on the thinking of his younger sister. The other side of Berta's grave remains empty. It awaits the body of Carlos and Berta's mother María Austra Bertha Flores López — kno…
(2025-09-18). Russia and China in the Middle East: Limits of Polarization. moderndiplomacy.eu In the realm of international relations, Realist Hegemony Theory defines hegemony as a powerful state (or even multiple states) that possesses the material capability to alter and enforce the rules of the international system. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, a unipolar world order centered around the United States, was seen as …
(2025-09-18). UK spy agency to target dark web for new recruits, including in Russia. scmp.com Britain's spy agency is going dark — the dark web, specifically — for new recruits. | The Foreign Office said on Thursday that the Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6, is aiming to recruit new spies for the UK, including in Russia, through the launch of a web portal on the dark web.
(2025-09-18). Italian professor on the EU: "Economic-financial-industrial giant, a social dwarf, and a poor worm militarily" unitedworldint.com 
First part of the interview focusing on historic roots of anti-Russian sentiment in the continent. We conducted an extensive interview with Prof. Dr. Franco Cardini, one of Italy's foremost living medieval historians, who continues to teach at the University of Florence. Cardini provided our questions with deep and detailed answers, blending current events with historical …
(2025-09-18). Political Genocide in the USSR (1936-1940): The Moscow Trials and the Dewey Commission. wsws.org This is the first part of the lecture "Political Genocide in the USSR (1936-1940)" delivered by Fred Williams, Katja Rippert, and Alejandro Lopez to the 2025 Summer School of the Socialist Equality Party (US) on the history of the Security and the Fourth International investigation.
(2025-09-18). Eric Cantona, former Man Utd and France star, calls on FIFA and UEFA to suspend Israeli clubs. haaretz.com Speaking at the 'Together for Palestine' benefit in London, the retired soccer player pondered why there's a 'double standard,' citing the decision to suspend Russia days after the invasion of Ukraine…