The world’s leading genocide prevention group this week accused former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of “outright genocide denial” for comments last week attributing young Americans’ opposition to Israel’s U.S.-backed genocide in Gaza to social media.

Swiss singer Nemo announced on Thursday that he is returning his 2024 Eurovision Song Contest trophy in protest over Israel’s continued participation in the competition.

Nemo, who won last year’s contest with the song ‘The Code’, said on Thursday that the trophy “no longer belongs on my shelf.”

“Eurovision says it stands for unity, for inclusion and dignity for all people,”Nemo said in a social media post, adding that Israel’s participation during what the UN’s Independent International Commission of Inquiry said is a genocide shows “a clear conflict” with those principles.

The singer said he would send the trophy back to the European Broadcasting Union’s (EBU) headquarters in Geneva and urged the organization to “live what you claim.”

Mary Kostakidis, a national TV news presenter in Australia for two decades, has asked a federal judge to throw out the Zionist Federation’s charge against her of racially vilifying Jews, reports Joe Lauria.

Embattled Australian journalist Mary Kostakidis has filed her formal defense against the charge by the Zionist Federation of Australia that she is an anti-semite, telling a federal judge the allegation of racial vilification is really intended to smear legitimate criticism of Israel and stifle free speech.

Joe Lauria

Memo to the unelected Eurobozos of the European Union’s executive branch 'responsible' for setting policy: just because you keep calling a pile of cash you’re hell-bent on handing over to Ukraine a “loan” doesn’t mean it actually is.

No one in their right mind would lend you money right now. Which is why you’re stealing it from taxpayers, or from Russia. Even your own European Central Bank is calling the whole thing a “stretch”.

The EU rolls up in its clown car to rob a bank ‘for Ukraine’
Handing Russian assets over to Ukraine would be nothing more than theft disguised as a moral choice and a public service

By Rachel Marsden

This article examines Nicholas J. Spykman’s scholarship beyond geopolitics and International Relations (IR). Because his works have mainly been studied through these prisms, I argue that we have overlooked the most important underlying current of his work: historical sociology. As a result, the prevailing view of him is overtly narrow. When Spykman’s scholarly output is examined from the 1920s to 1940s, an entirely different view of Spykman emerges.

Re-thinking Nicholas J. Spykman: from historical sociology to balance of power
BY Antero Holmila

Jensen Huang needs a moment.

NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte warned Russia will come for the rest of Europe if its warmongering is not checked now, just moments before Ukraine’s allies gathered to discuss US President Donald Trump’s peace push.

“We need to be crystal clear about the threat,” the military alliance leader said in a speech in Berlin on Thursday. “We are Russia’s next target. And we are already in harm’s way.”

Rutte painted a stark picture of what’s at stake for the Continent as Moscow continues to press its maximalist demands for territory and NATO restrictions in return for a vague promise to end its full-scale invasion, currently heading into its fourth winter.

“Russia has brought war back to Europe,” Rutte said. “And we must be prepared for the scale of war our grandparents and great-grandparents endured.”

Australia's nationwide ban on social media accounts for children under the age of 16 took effect on Wednesday.

The country passed the law, that blocks minors from having social media accounts on platforms like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and Reddit, last year.

Australia's social media ban for users under 16 takes effect
Kalika Mehta AFP, Reuters, dpa

In the hours before the cutoff, some children posted goodbye messages to their online audiences, using tags such as "#seeyouwhenim16."

PRESENTLY THERE IS A LOT OF NOISE ABOUT THE DEATH OF NATO. THE US IS THREATENING TO GET OUT OF THE ALLIANCE, THE EUROPEANS ARE DIVIDED AND UKRAINE (NATO's PROXY) IS LOSING THE WAR.

THOUGH THE DEMISE OF THE USSR WAS SWIFT AND PAINFUL TO RUSSIA, THE DEMISE OF NATO, THE WESTERN COUNTERPART, IS ONLY A MIRAGE.

GUS THE DECEIT EXPERT COULD BE WRONG, BUT NATO, DESPITE APPEARANCES OF DISUNITY, IS STRONGER THAN EVER. LATENT LIKE A CANCER IN REMISSION, NATO IS A FASCIST ORGANISATION DEVISED AS THE MAIN WEAPON OF THE GEOPOLITICAL WESTERN DISEASE (MAINLY USA) TO CONQUER THE ENTIRE WORLD. 

WHEN FORCE IS MATCHED BY AN OPPONENT, THEN TRICKERY BECOMES THE TACTIC — WHILE STILL MAINTAINING A STRONG GRIP... 

WE BELIEVE THAT PUTIN KNOWS THIS... NATO IS NEFARIOUS, DANGEROUS AND ALIVE.

SURE, SOME OF THE NATO MEMBERS ARE TROUBLED....

The US is secretly planning to create a five-nation power bloc with Russia, China, India and Japan to sideline the Western-dominated G7, several media outlets have reported.

The idea was reportedly outlined in a longer unpublished draft of the US National Security Strategy released by the administration of President Donald Trump last week. According to the Defense One news portal, that version circulated before the White House published the unclassified document and reportedly proposed a new group, dubbed the ‘Core 5’, as a forum for dialogue among major powers outside the G7 framework.

Under the reported plan, the five-nation format would hold regular summits, similar to the G7, each focused on a specific theme, with Middle East security – and the normalization of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia in particular – said to be first on the agenda.

Zootopia 2 opened in theaters during the coveted Thanksgiving release slot. The highly anticipated follow-up to Disney’s smashingly successful original Zootopia film has already grossed more than $600 million worldwide. It has broken several opening weekend recordsand is already one of the highest-grossing films of 2025. 

The original Zootopia movie used different animal species as a metaphor for racism, something the second film expounds on as it makes reptiles the “bad guys.” Setting the blatant attempts at scoring social justice points aside, this new movie has another problem.

Throughout Europe, the drums are beating, the media trumpets are blaring. Warmongers are hammering away with a continuous stream of belligerent propaganda. The entire media-political system is mobilised for this purpose. The rhetoric and arguments upon which this belligerent campaign is based give pause for thought regarding what they reveal about the crisis Europe is experiencing.

Europe: the warmongers are running rampant.

BY Djamel Labidi

Let's examine these arguments.

A year defined by bullying power politics, media cowardice and moral failure – alongside rare but vital acts of courage that point to a different future.

Throughout 2025, nations and policies have been preoccupied with questions about how best to respond to intimidation by President Trump. The performance is nightly: intimidation by tariffs, by tearing up international treaties, by ridiculing the UN, by declaring climate change a hoax, by boasting of respect for dictators.

Stuart Rees

Last week the Pentagon, under “War Secretary” Pete Hegseth, carried out yet another military attack on a boat in the high seas that the Administration claims is smuggling drugs. That makes 23 boats blown up by the US military in the waters off Latin America – most near Venezuela – and nearly 100 persons killed.

by Ron Paul