Aid from Western countries is expected to decline; China is stepping in to use it as a form of control

As Western governments struggle to keep their economies afloat, foreign aid in the form of Official Development Assistance is on the decline.  China is capitalising on the West’s declining influence through foreign aid and is making it clea

Iain McGilchrist: Death is not the opposite of life. The opposite of life is “the machine”

In a recent interview, British psychiatrist, neuroscience researcher Iain Gilchrist explained the differences in the way that the left and right hemispheres of the brain process information.  The right hemisphere is designed to be the maste

From Tony Blair’s digital ID to the endgame, I’m clearing out items from my to-do list. But before I do, here they are

Here are some articles I collected earlier this week but haven’t had a chance to write about.  I’ve included some weekend viewing for those who have given up watching television. Included is a spotlight on Tony Blair, a story about the UK c

US and three other countries reject WHO’s IHR amendments; the UK, the global censorship hub, is not one of them

On 18 July, the US officially rejected the World Health Organisation’s (“WHO”) 2024 amendments to the International Health Regulations (“IHR”), citing threats to national sovereignty, free speech and constitutional protections. If not rejec

Iran: Detainees Ill-Treated and Disappeared After Israeli Evin Prison Attack

(Beirut, August 14, 2025) – Iranian authorities have ill-treated and forcibly disappeared Evin prison detainees who survived the June 23, 2025 attack by Israeli forces, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch also found the Israel