June 4, 2019 | Astute News

South Asia’s Role in the Pentagon’s “Indo-Pacific Strategy Report”

June 4, 2019 Opinion

The US’ recently released “Indo-Pacific Strategy Report” envisages India playing a key role in this vast transregional space in order to “contain” China, while Pakistan is conspicuously absent from th…

“The Judaization of Jerusalem”: How it Works

June 4, 2019 Opinion

The Judaization of Jerusalem. It used to work under cover of darkness, at least in the mainstream media, but now it’s out in the open with official recognition of Israeli sovereignty in Jerusalem from…

The Hangman of the Middle East: US-backed Regime in Egypt Hands Down Nearly 2,500 Death Sentences

June 4, 2019 Opinion

Egypt’s US-backed dictatorship of Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has sentenced 2,443 people to death since coming to power in a bloody coup in 2013, according to a report issued this week by the UK-based h…

Trump Piles Humiliation on to Brexit-Battered Britain

June 4, 2019 Opinion

US President Donald Trump rolled into the UK on Monday, dishing out scorching insults like it was going out of fashion. Surely Brexit Britain has suffered enough humiliation already? Before he had eve…

The Trump ‘Deal’: An Ultimatum and a Setup

June 4, 2019 Opinion

A few weeks ago I wrote an article about the Trump Deal of the century titled “The Deal of the Century: Two Con Men’s Job”, published by Strategic Culture Foundation on May 5th, 2019. At the time of w…

Donald Trump in Japan

June 4, 2019 Opinion

Thus far, the U.S. President Donald Trump has had the most contact with Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzō Abe, out of all the leaders of other nations. They communicate regularly either via the telephon…

Tiananmen: The Massacre that Wasn’t

June 4, 2019 History

Twenty-five years ago today, every U.S. media outlet, along with then President Bush and the U.S. Congress were whipping up a full scale frenzied hysteria and attack against the Chinese government for…

Cranberries Help Antibiotics Fight Bacterial Infections

June 4, 2019 Food

Research conducted at McGill University and INRS has found that a cranberry extract makes bacteria more sensitive to antibiotics, a promising avenue for limiting resistance to these important drugs Th…