(2025-10-29). Europe's Ukraine loan is a bad bet. strategic-culture.su Complex financial schemes only ever defraud | By Wolfgang MUNCHAU | Join us on , , and . | Contact us: | There is a scene in The Big Sho…
(2025-10-29). Statesmanship instead of missiles. indybay.org If Donald Trump—who has already made several 180-degree turns in the past regarding his support for Ukraine—now actually delivers long-range weapon systems such as Tomahawk missiles, strategic questions arise: Will it really persuade Russia to back down? Or will it only give Ukraine short-term tactical advantages?>
(2025-10-29). Karachi's Taj Haider Bridge opens for public use. tribune.com.pk 
Sharjeel Inam Memon, Sindh Transport Minister, at a press conference in Karachi, has announced that the Taj Haider Bridge has been opened to the public. | Memon said the bridge would initially operate one-way for ten days. He added that the old Jam Sadiq Bridge would be demolished and replaced with a larger structure. | The minister has previously confirmed that another bridge is being built alongside the Senator Taj Haider Bridge, which will complete a total of eight lanes. The inclusion of a separate cycling track aims to promote safety and smooth traffic flow. | "Additional bus routes would soon be introduc…
(2025-10-29). Over 150 New York Times Contributors To Boycott Paper Over Gaza Coverage. popularresistance.org More than 150 New York Times contributors have signed a pledge not to write for the US newspaper's opinion section, citing its "biased coverage" of the Israel-Palestine conflict and war on Gaza. | "Until The New York Times takes accountability for its biased coverage and commits to truthfully and ethically reporting on the US-Israeli war on Gaza, any putative 'challenge' to the newsroom or the editorial board in the form of a first-person essay is, in effect, permission to continue this malpractice," the signatories to the letter wrote. | "Only by withholding our labor can we mount an effective challenge to the h…
(2025-10-29). France in Crisis: an Interview with Jean Luc Melenchon and La France Insoumise. counterpunch.org 
In the nine years since its founding in 2016, La France Insoumise (LFI) has become the leading left formation in France, with its current parliamentary representation at 71, ahead of the traditional parties of the left, the Socialist Party and Communist Party. The personality most identified with it is Jean Luc Melenchon, who has run for president three times, the last time in 2022, when he gathered 21.9 percent of the votes
(2025-10-29). Thailand: Authorities must protect human rights defenders Angkhana Neelapaijit and Sunai Phasuk from threats, uphold freedom of expression. fidh.org Geneva, Switzerland (28 October 2025) — The undersigned organisations, including the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), within the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, are deeply alarmed by the online death threats and hate speech directed at Thai Senator Angkhana Neelapaijit and human rights researcher Sunai Phasuk following their public comments on the Thailand-Cambodia border conflict. (…) | – |