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Fresh from World Cup Fiasco, Qatar Wants to Host Olympics

The Qatar Olympic Committee confirmed on Wednesday that it is pursuing a bid to host the 2036 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, citing its recently completed sports stadiums and other facilities built for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Fans are cheering during a charity football match, The Stand with Palestine, at the Educat

Uyghurs, Tibetans Urge Congress: ‘The Chinese Empire Must Be Dismantled’

Activists representing communities facing ethnic cleansing and genocide under the Chinese Communist Party urged Congress during an event on Monday not just to oppose China’s human rights abuses, but identify their communities as sovereign nations colonized under an imperial Chinese state.

EDMONTON, CANADA JULY 5: Members of the Uyghur diaspora gather at Violet King Henry Plaza,

Russia Sends Energy Minister to China as Trump Threatens Fossil Fuel Profits

The government of Russia announced on Wednesday that it would send its energy minister, Sergey Tsivilyov, to Beijing to meet with several high-ranking Chinese officials and heads of Chinese energy companies, a sign Moscow is concerned of losing business in the face of a threat to impose secondary tariffs by the White House.

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - APRIL,5 (RUSSIA OUT) Governor of Kemerovo oblast region Sergey Tsivilyov

Kanye West Thanks Chinese Government After Shanghai Concert Debacle

China’s state propaganda newspaper Global Times described “widespread disappointment” in Shanghai this weekend following a concert by American rapper Kanye West, who has attempted to rehabilitate his career in the past six months by performing in China.

HAIKOU, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 15: American rapper Kanye West performs during his Vultures List

Pope Leo XIV Grants Private Audience to Ukraine’s Zelensky

Pope Leo XIV welcomed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for a private audience at the Vatican on Wednesday, offering to host both Ukrainian and Russian diplomats to negotiate an end to Moscow’s prolonged invasion of the country.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (L) is welcomed by Pope Leo XIV (R) at the pontiff

South Korea Tries to Tie Tariffs to Security Protections in Trump Trade Talks

South Korea sent its National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac to Washington this week to meet with top officials in the administration of President Donald Trump, telling reporters that his government sought to handle security concerns alongside trade negotiations in anticipation of the August 1 tariff deadline.

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS - JUNE 24: Wi Sung-lac, National Security Adviser from South Korea

Iran Trots Out 100 Muslim Scholars to Proclaim Trump an ‘Enemy Against God’

Iranian state media promoted a letter written by “a group of 100 Muslim scholars and intellectuals” condemning President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “enemies of God” and warning Muslim leaders that “compromise, normalization of relations, or collaboration” with the U.S. or Israel is haram.

Shiite Muslim clerics march during the funeral of Abbas Nilforoushan, the slain commander

International Criminal Court Issues Arrest Warrants for Taliban Leaders

The International Criminal Court (ICC) issued two arrest warrants for the “supreme leader” of the Taliban, Hibatullah Akhundzada, and the terrorists’ top judge Abdul Hakim Haqqani on Tuesday in response to the Taliban’s systematic abuse and repression of women and girls, which the court deemed a crime against humanity.

Abdul Kabir (C), Afghanistan's acting Minister of Refugees and Repatriation, speaks during

China Announces Corruption Probe into Mayor of Wuhan in 2020

The Chinese Communist Party’s anti-corruption “Central Commission for Discipline Inspection” announced on Tuesday that it had launched an investigation into Zhou Xianwang, a longtime Party stooge who served as mayor of Wuhan during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.

WUHAN, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 29: Wuhan Mayor Zhou xianwang and Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus pose

Trump Tells Brazil: ‘Leave Bolsonaro Alone… He Is Not Guilty of Anything’

President Donald Trump published a message on Monday in defense of longtime ally Jair Bolsonaro, who served as president of Brazil during Trump’s first term, accusing the Brazilian judiciary of doing a “terrible thing” by launching multiple criminal investigations against him and banning him from running for office.

US President Donald Trump (R) speaks with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro during a dinn

Anti-U.S. BRICS Holds Biggest, and Most Toothless, Summit Yet

The BRICS security and trade coalition is concluding its annual summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday, publishing a “declaration” notably missing some of the most strident anti-American policies it previously promoted, including the creation of a unified currency to challenge the U.S. dollar.

General view during a plenary session of the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Ju