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Ukraine conflict: Henry Kissinger warns against a new world war
In the midst of war fever in the US, the former secretary of state and infamously ruthless cold warrior has warned against attempts to split up Russia and allow the situation to slip into all-out global conflict, reports MARC VANDEPITTE
Directly involved in the 1973 coup in Chile, Vietnam, and many of the cold war's darkest moments, Henry Kissinger's warning is particularly significant, coming from inside the US war machine.
Powerful agribusiness interests are trying to overturn efforts by the Lula government to protect the environment and indigenous peoples of the Amazon region, writes GABRIELA SA PESSOA
Trade unions and community groups are mobilising to push back against Trump’s racist raids after new revelations of spying on legal protesters. MARK GRUENBERG reports from the US state of Minnesota
The best wildfire service may begin with the community, argues KOMAL RAJ ARYAL
The evolution of the Scottish nationalist leadership into cheerleaders for Nato has led the party to betray its pledges on Palestine and social spending, writes COLL McCAIL
While riding the No 3 bus in Glasgow MATT KERR has ample time to dissect the moribund Scottish Labour decline into near oblivion and watch intriguing bus passenger dynamics
WHEN it comes to foreign policy, Henry Kissinger is one of the most important voices in the US.
For many years he was the national security adviser. He also served as secretary of state under presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
In the early 1970s, he masterminded the rapprochement between the US and China to isolate and weaken the then-USSR.
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