“Julian Assange Condemns US at PACE in First Appearance Since Prison Release”

Julian Assange has returned to European soil, marking his first public appearance since being released from a UK high-security prison and returning to Australia. Speaking at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Strasbourg, Assange discussed his years of incarceration following charges under the US Espionage Act. In his address, he condemned […]

“Israel Targets Hezbollah Infrastructure in Southern Lebanon, Limits Operations to Border”

In southern Lebanon, Hezbollah has launched several attacks on Israeli forces. In response, Israel has been using advanced US-made “bunker buster” bombs, targeting Hezbollah positions in densely populated areas. Though Hezbollah has retaliated with rockets, claiming to strike high-level Israeli intelligence targets, the situation remains contained for now, with both sides preparing for a possible […]

In the 1990s, at China’s southern port of Xiamen, containers loaded onto ships were declared to customs as holding valuable export goods.

At a time when China was striving to expand global trade in a bid to join the World Trade Organization (WTO), Beijing provided substantial tax rebates for logistics companies, turning many into millionaires. But there was a secret: many of the shipping containers were empty. This fraud in China’s maritime industry saw exporters colluding with […]