Brzezinski’s Nightmare: a `Khyber Pass Development Corridor’ July 7 (EIRNS) – The United States/NATO occupation of Afghanistan, the latest, long trail of fruitless wasting of blood and treasure in that suffering country, is now ending. There is an alternative start to peace through economic development which could now succeed, if the sine qua non which […]
Winners in the New `Global Minimum Corporate Tax: Tech Giants, London `Offshore‘ July 7 (EIRNS) – The Financial Times on July 3 reported that the City of London financial center had succeeded in winning an „exemption“ for its banks and other financial firms – and those of Wall Street and Frankfurt – from the new […]
NASA’s Mars Helicopter Flies an Even More Daring Mission July 6, 2021 (EIRNS)—NASA reports that Ingenuity successfully completed its ninth and most challenging mission so far on Monday. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Ingenuity’s “mother”) tweeted: “#MarsHelicopter pushes its Red Planet limits. The rotorcraft completed its 9th and most challenging flight yet, flying for 166.4 seconds […]
WHO Briefers Angry at Lack of Health Infrastructure in the War vs. COVID-19 July 6, 2021 (EIRNS)—The World Health Organization’s Mike Ryan and Maria Von Kerkhove answered questions for the public on Monday and allowed some of their frustration and anger to show. First on Monday: While new cases worldwide have stabilized, they have done so […]
China Brings Its Space Vision to Hong Kong June 24, 2021 (EIRNS)–A half-dozen leaders of the Chinese space program, including 88-year- old Qi Faren, the father of the Shenzhou program, descended on Hong Kong on June 23 to spend several days visiting Hong Kong universities and secondary schools to present the opportunities space has to […]
Brits Confirm: HMS Defender Deliberately Provoked Russia June 24, 2021 (EIRNS)–Confirmation that the Royal Navy destroyer HMS Defender’s sailing into waters claimed by Russia near Crimea was a deliberate provocation, came yesterday from none other than the BBC, which had one of its own reporters on the ship. The reporter, Jonathan Beale, confirmed that the […]
Wang Yi Chairs Meeting of Belt and Road Countries in the Asia Pacific Region June 24, 2021 (EIRNS)–On June 23, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi hosted a high-level video conference on international cooperation in the Belt and Road Asia-Pacific region. The theme of the conference was „Strengthening Anti-epidemic Cooperation and Promoting Economic Recovery.“ […]
President Xi Talks With the Space Station Crew From the Beijing Aerospace Center June 22 – President Xi Jinping went to the Beijing Aerospace Control Center to speak with the three astronauts on the Tianhe module of the Chinese Space Station. „How are you doing?“ he asked. „And is everybody healthy?“ Major General Nie Haisheng, […]
June 23 (EIRNS)–The Russian International Affairs Council (RIAC) has posted a link to the invitation for the Schiller Institute’s conference this weekend on its home page, announcing simply „Schiller Institute Conference `For the Common Good of All People, Not Rules Benefiting the Few!’ View it here.
El Salvador Asserts Government Responsibility for Clean Water, Decent Hospitals June 23, 2021 (EIRNS)—Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele sent a draft Water Bill to the National Assembly on June 19, which declares affordable access to clean water to be a human right, which it is the government’s responsibility to secure. Given the fact that the government’s […]