Saudi Arabia announced this Friday the closure of its East-West pipeline, a key alternative route to the Strait of Hormuz, following multiple attacks that occurred on Thursday.
To describe Emma Bonino, it is not enough to list her positions. Minister, European commissioner, parliamentarian for decades: her true biography lies in the battles she chose to fight, almost always before they became mainstream. Abortion, divorce, civil rights, prisons, Europe. Bonino passed away this Friday at the age of 78 in Rome.
2001 marks the peak moment of the United States’ hegemony in the world. After the Cold War, following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the triumph of the capitalist bloc, the turn of the century brought with it a unipolar world led by the U.S. as the hegemonic power, accompanied by a sense of stability that left behind a century marked by wars. Peace was abruptly shattered in the most traumatic way possible: for the first time, the leading power was shown to be vulnerable to an external attack.
The main ceremony for the September 11, 2001 attacks, on a date as significant as the 25th anniversary of the greatest attack the United States has suffered on its territory since the 19th century, was marked by political division due to the absence of President Donald Trump in New York. He was the only one missing from a rite in which criticisms were heard regarding his administration for not revealing Saudi Arabia’s involvement.
The President of the United States, Donald Trump, has decided for the second consecutive year to be absent from the main event in his native New York in remembrance of those who died in the September 11, 2001 attacks. Instead, in order to monopolize the spotlight with a solo speech, this morning he attended a ceremony at the Pentagon, the building that was the target of the third major impact of a hijacked plane on that tragic day, 25 years ago today.
A coach accident recorded this Thursday near the alpine town of Susch, in the canton of Graubünden (in eastern Switzerland), has resulted in several fatalities and multiple injuries, according to the cantonal police. The vehicle, chartered by the tour operator OAD, was carrying 48 passengers, all of Dutch nationality, and had Austria as its final destination after having started its route last Monday.
Donald J. Trump accumulates headlines: war in Iran, tariffs for everyone, intervention in Venezuela, threats to Cuba, competition with China, the claim on the Panama Canal and Greenland… And on top of all that, he adds critical positions on Ukraine, Gaza, and more. Does his mandate represent a before and after? Is the change new or does it come from before the tycoon? At the same time: is it possible to redirect tensions despite reconsiderations both in the U.S. and in other countries that seem to be guided (again) by geopolitics, the law of the strongest, and spheres of influence?
In World War II, the Allied fleet deceived Hitler on D-Day, leading him to believe that the invasion’s destination would be Calais instead of the Seine Bay in Normandy. Now the opposite is happening, and the smuggling gangs transporting illegal immigrants from France to England depart from Utah Beach – one of the legendary landing sites – heading to Portsmouth.
To the enormous magnitude of the tragedy of September 11, 2001, followed a day later, the date of the 12th on the calendar, which was considered the day of hope in the United States. Despite all the political, social, and economic disagreements, the separation by races or religions, the nation unified in pain and hope for reconstruction and resilience to deny the success of the terrorists.
Before a half-full stadium filled with MAGA hats, t-shirts with his face, and members of a Republican Party made in his image and likeness, Donald Trump appeared tonight at the opening day of the Republican convention, an experiment with which the president wants to save the electoral ballot two months before the crucial midterm elections.