(2024-07-01). Congo Interested in Joining BRICS or at Least Developing Ties with Group. infobrics.org President Denis Sassou Nguesso revealed the interest in an interview in Russia…
(2024-07-01). Russia Tackles Accumulation of Rupees Through Investments in India. infobrics.org Russia has also taken steps to ensure the flow of crude despite Western sanctions on state-owned shipping company Sovcomflot…
(2024-07-01). Richard Beck: Bidenism Abroad. newleftreview.org Panoramic survey of US foreign policy as Washington attempts to maintain its global hegemony in conditions of faltering growth. Containing China, confronting Russia, driving decarbonization: each of Biden's stated aims has been beset by insoluble contradictions from the outset, Richard Beck argues, now compounded by Israel's punitive war on Gaza.
(2024-07-01). Benny Morris: Israeli historian calls for nuclear strike on Iran. middleeasteye.net 
Benny Morris: Israeli historian calls for nuclear strike on Iran | Morris writes that if 'conventional weaponry' can't destroy Tehran's nuclear project, Israel should resort to its 'non-conventional capabilities' | | Israeli plain-clothed military personnel examine a part of an Iranian ballistic miss…
(2024-07-01). Disruptive AI set to transform industry. ecns.cn She said tech enterprises should pool more resources to improve computing power, algorithms and quality of data to narrow the gap with the US in the generative AI sector.
(2024-07-01). Trump Advisers Present Plan to Push Ukraine Into Peace Talks with Russia. globalresearch.ca
(2024-07-01). Orwell's "Two Minutes of Hate", False Flags, The Deaths of Children … and the Escalation of Warfare. globalresearch.ca
(2024-07-01). Putin: The Protector of Ukraine. globalresearch.ca
(2024-07-01). On The Rewriting of History. mronline.org 
[Britannica's revisionist] distortions of the history of the Vietnamese struggle are just as radical and just as misleading [as those about the Soviet Union]. Here we may draw some valuable lessons about the hidden content of form: how apparently neutral principles of organization may shape meaning.
(2024-07-01). Wildfires sweep across Arctic circle, unleashing high levels of carbon into atmosphere. peoplesworld.org 
Intense wildfires are ravaging the Arctic Circle, bringing smoke and high carbon emissions, according to the European Union's Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS). The region had experienced 164 wildfires through June 24, most of which have been in the Sakha Republic of Russia, a press release from CAMS said. According to data from the CAMS Global Fire Assimilation System, June wildfire carbon emissions are already …
(2024-07-01). Russia's Pacific Fleet holds naval drills off Kamchatka Peninsula. presstv.ir The Pacific Fleet of the Russian Navy holds exercises June 18-28 in the waters of the Pacific Ocean.
(2024-07-01). The Weekly Round-up: Russian human rights abuses in Ukraine, climate litigation on the rise, Assange pleads guilty and goes free. ukhumanrightsblog.com 
In UK news Julian Assange has been released from HM Prison Belmarsh after accepting a plea deal with American prosecutors. Assange pleaded guilty to one charge of conspiracy to violate the Espionage Act, for communicating with whistleblower Chelsea Manning and receiving and publishing classified information regarding Guantanamo Bay, the Afghan and Iraq war, and US …
(2024-07-01). Joy Neumeyer: Moscow's Story. newleftreview.org Joy Neumeyer on Jade McGlynn, Memory Makers and Russia's War. Twin studies, scholarly and less so, of the uses of the past in Putin's war for Ukraine.
(2024-07-01). Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 857. aljazeera.com As the war enters its 857th day, these are the main developments.
(2024-07-01). French snap elections: Macron's party collapses as New Popular Front, neo-fascists rise. wsws.org Voters rejected Macron's campaign, which was based on hypocritical claims to be defending democracy and his plans for troop deployments to Ukraine for war with Russia.
(2024-07-01). 80 years after Operation Bagration. uwidata.com While Private Ryan prepared with great fanfare his show in Normandy, on the Eastern Front, with total discretion, the Soviet high command began to prepare the operation that would ultimately prove decisive in the outcome of the Second World War. On April 22, 1944, a meeting was held in Moscow to organize the summer-autumn campaign. …
(2024-07-01). Australia: Opposition Coalition makes nuclear power central to election strategy. wsws.org Whether or not it wins the next election, the Coalition has squarely placed the question of nuclear power on the political agenda and has the backing of sections of big business as a result.
(2024-07-01). After the European elections: EU summit intensifies war against Russia. wsws.org French President Macron and German Chancellor Scholz, who stand on the brink of the political abyss and have lost all connection to the reality of people's lives, are responding with war and dictatorship.
(2024-07-01). Russian satellite breaks up into pieces, forces ISS astronauts to take shelter. ummid.com Resurs-P1, a defunct satellite thrown into the space by Russia, shattered into pieces forcing the astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) to run for cover.
(2024-07-01). 80 years after Operation Bagration. unitedworldint.com While Private Ryan prepared with great fanfare his show in Normandy, on the Eastern Front, with total discretion, the Soviet high command began to prepare the operation that would ultimately prove decisive in the outcome of the Second World War. On April 22, 1944, a meeting was held in Moscow to organize the summer-autumn campaign. …
(2024-07-01). North Korea switches from Chinese to Russian satellite to transmit state TV. scmp.com The switch makes monitoring such broadcasts a challenge for South Korea's government agencies, and follows Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to North Korea in June,…