BUDAPEST (Sputnik) - Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto responded to criticism from the Polish authorities over Hungary's continued economic ties with Russia, accusing them of hypocrisy, since Poland had also been buying Russian oil.

Earlier, Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Wladyslaw Teofil Bartoszewski said that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban was on the periphery of international society, both in the European Union and in NATO, and advised him to leave the organizations and create an alliance with Russia.

Israel bombs targets in Lebanon
The airstrikes came after Israel accused Hezbollah of killing 12 civilians in the Golan Heights

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has confirmed that it carried out airstrikes against multiple targets in southern Lebanon. This came after Israeli officials vowed to retaliate after 12 people were killed when a rocket hit a football field in the occupied Golan Heights.

The attacks were reported by multiple news outlets in the early hours of Sunday. According to Al Jazeera, explosions were heard in the coastal city of Tyre and several villages along the Israel-Lebanon border.

A new regional military alliance in the Middle East may be in the offing if Israel's prime minister gets his way. But what other alliances, pacts and blocs are already out there? Sputnik explores.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proposed the creation of a new NATO-style military bloc in the Middle East dubbed the ‘Abraham Alliance’ during his trip to Washington this week, saying the coalition, arrayed explicitly against Iran, would include Israel, the United States, and any Israel-friendly Arab country wishing to join.

Olympic organisers have issued a "deep apology" after South Korea's athletes were mistakenly introduced as North Korea at the opening ceremony in Paris.

As the excited, flag-waving team floated down the River Seine, both French and English announcers introduced them as the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea" - the official name of North Korea.

The same name was then used - correctly - when North Korea's delegation sailed past.

The two Koreas have been divided since the end of World War Two, with tensions between the states further escalating recently.

Barack Obama has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, even though he was previously said to doubt her ability to beat Donald Trump. Wall Street analyst Charles Ortel has discussed with Sputnik why Obama changed his mind and why election cheating concerns are on the rise.

Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama backed Harris after a conspicuous pause that had prompted speculation about an internal power struggle within the Democratic Party.

The New York Post on July 25 quoted a source close to the Biden family as saying that Barack Obama doesn't think Kamala can win.

"The Obamas likely received substantial assurances from Harris that, in the event of victory, Barack would play important roles guiding and selecting key players in the federal government," Wall Street analyst and investigative journalist Charles Ortel told Sputnik.

It’s once you’re dead or out of the picture, unable to meaningfully contest the narrative, that institutions can appropriate the very struggles of those who once fought against them. This sort of co-option of movements is a consequence of how memory works in society. 

 

The failure of the ANU: will a plaque commemorate the slaughter?

    By ANU Gaza Solidarity Encampment Members

 

Writings from the ANU Gaza Solidarity Encampment – Part 5

 

This is censored-out information, but is here documented to its primary evidences online via its links, which are sources each one of which you can thereby see and evaluate for yourself as regards its credibility:

Not by mere coincidence is the country to which taxpayers in the U.S. empire have donated around $400 billion during the past three years Ukraine.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI3ifUSvESo

The Ingraham Angle 7/26/24 FULL END SHOW | BREAKING FOX NEWS July 26, 2024

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWLBeDrj8ak

Vivek Ramaswamy: We are running against a machine, not a candidate

 

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Black Lives Matter has criticized the Democratic Party for "anointing" Vice President Kamala Harris as the expected Democrat presidential nominee without a public vote.

There’s no mention of their duty to the people in the oath of office that members of the U.S. Congress take. It says they will support and defend the Constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. 

Maybe, in some regard defending the Constitution would mean doing their job: representing the people that elected them. But on Wednesday, the architect of the genocide against the Palestinian people walked in and out of the “people’s house” to a standing ovation. 

 

By Danaka Katovich
Substack

 

Media heir Lachlan Murdoch hosted Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and several Australian billionaires on Thursday evening, less than 24 hours after it emerged that his father, Rupert Murdoch, had moved to cement his media empire’s conservative edge beyond the grave.

Albanese was expected to make a speech to one of the richest rooms Australia has ever assembled, during The Australian newspaper’s 60th birthday celebration at the Australian Museum in Sydney’s Darlinghurst.

Other invitees included Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, newly appointed Governor-General Sam Mostyn and NSW Premier Chris Minns.

Kenya’s Leadership has bred Poverty since 1963, and is reaping Riots

Kenya’s antigovernment protests continues into the second month and are similar to Ghana’s in 2022, as both started from over taxation and worsening living standard, problems absent in South East Asia (e.g. Vietnam), which was also colonized. Kenya, Ghana, and Zambia have attempted development for 6 decades but lag behind Vietnam, which started developing under 4 decades ago. Clearly, Kenya and African countries need to change their development model from the World Bank/IMF’s neoliberal Ponzi for enriching western corporations. 

The United States of America, my beloved homeland, has been taken over by an elite mafia capable of anything and everything. I do not think many of my countrymen would disagree, given the events of the past couple of decades. Today, it seems as if killing has become the key to our leadership’s domestic and foreign policy. 

The recent attempt on Donald Trump’s life, and accusations the U.S. is backing attempts to kill Russia’s Vladimir Putin, are two prime examples of someone, or a group of someone(s) who have sanctioned murdering any opposition.

 

The U.S. Deep State’s Policy – Kill Them All and Let God Sort Them Out

    BY Phil Butler

 

The Deep State of Fumbling Idiots

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According to comments reported by Chinese diplomacy, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kouleba declared during his meeting with Wang Yi that kyiv was ready to negotiate with Moscow, adding to demand “sensible and substantial” negotiations. For its part, Ukraine says it is ready to involve Moscow “at a certain stage”.

«Ukraine is willing and ready to engage in dialogue and negotiations with Russia", Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kouleba declared in Beijing on July 24, during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, according to the communicated published by the Chinese side.

A former financial planner who stole millions from his clients to fund his sports betting addiction has written to the Prime Minister from his prison cell.

He's urging the government to immediately implement a raft of recommendations made last year to reduce the harm caused by online gambling.

Former gambling addict's plea from prison to the PM | ABC News

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Carolyn Crawford was 64 when she was sent to prison.  Before that, she had never even had a parking fine.