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Friend To All, Ally To None

Friend To All, Ally To None

By DonateToRead

The most consequential voice at this year's Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore may not have come from Washington, Beijing or the AUKUS alliance. It came from Hanoi. In his first interview with an international media organization since consolidating power as Vietnam's top leader, To Lam delivered a message that stood apart from the increasingly confrontational tone shaping global geopolitics. Vietnam, he said, will not choose between China and the United States.

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✅🕒 Published on May 30, 2026 - 14:24

Japan Turns Anime Into Therapy

Japan Turns Anime Into Therapy

By Maria Raquel

The study was developed at Yokohama City University by psychiatrist Francesco Panto, an Italian researcher based in Japan. Over six months, 20 participants between the ages of 18 and 29 attended online therapy sessions where psychologists appeared as anime-style characters using digitally altered voices.

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✅🕒 Published on May 28, 2026 - 19:00

Voice Under Debate

Voice Under Debate

By Maria Raquel

Social media has never been just entertainment. It has become a space for expression, identity, and, for many, the only available stage. In recent years, however, this territory has increasingly been framed as a public health risk. France and Australia have taken decisive steps: minors out of social platforms.

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✅🕒 Published on January 2, 2026 - 15:28

Transatlantic Humiliation In Washington

Transatlantic Humiliation In Washington

By Maria Raquel

## Submission in Washington and the Ego “Peacemaker” European leaders traveled to Washington only to orbit around Donald Trump’s show as the “great peacemaker” of the Ukraine war. At the White House, **Trump** staged a peace summit tailor-made to inflate his image, with **Volodymyr Zelensky** in tow and European heads of state serving as silent extras. The outcome? A symbolic demonstration that Europe remains without military or political autonomy, bowed to Washington’s every move. While Trump posed as a magnanimous mediator, Europeans nodded along – confirming that, even on American soil, the Old Continent still cannot act alone on security matters. The meeting’s setup made it clear who was in charge: Trump first met privately with Zelensky and **only then** allowed European leaders into the room. In the very conflict that rages in their backyard, Europe settled for watching Trump dictate the terms, exposing a humiliating strategic dependence.

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✅🕒 Published on August 20, 2025 - 16:05

Still Got The Blues To Burn

Still Got The Blues To Burn

By Maria Raquel

On International Blues Day, an old guitar speaks out — because Buddy Guy, at 89, just dropped an album that defies the silence of the digital age

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✅🕒 Published on August 2, 2025 - 17:04

The Scream From Beyond

The Scream From Beyond

By Maria Raquel

I never asked for silence. Or mourning. Or flowers. I asked for noise. For distortion. For someone to scream with me on stage until their soul spilled out of their throat. Now they tell me “Ozzy’s dead.” Yeah right. I died every night in every song, every overdose, every show I played like it was the last.

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✅🕒 Published on July 26, 2025 - 13:43

A Plate Of Lentils

A Plate Of Lentils

By Maria Raquel

I don’t know about you, but some things not even history class could prepare us for: journalists fainting from hunger, newborns without incubators, kids chewing on air, and people fighting over lentils like they’re gold. Welcome to Gaza 2025. The new frontier of barbarism.

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✅🕒 Published on July 25, 2025 - 16:59

The Last Refuge

The Last Refuge

By Maria Raquel

Deir al-Balah was the last light still flickering in the wreckage of Gaza. Not because it was safe, but because it was all that was left. Until it wasn’t. On July 21st, Israeli tanks rolled into the city, tearing apart the illusion that somewhere, somehow, a corner of Gaza had been spared. The last shelter has now become another battlefield.

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✅🕒 Published on July 21, 2025 - 13:33

“Sanctions 18.0” — Or How To Dance With A Bear Without Stepping On Its Paw

“Sanctions 18.0” — Or How To Dance With A Bear Without Stepping On Its Paw

By Maria Raquel

I said it would get worse. They doubted. And then, in the stillness of July, the European Union unleashed its 18th round of sanctions against Russia. A sequence so choreographed it could rival any Moscow ballet — if it weren’t, ironically, aimed at the Kremlin itself.

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✅🕒 Published on July 19, 2025 - 15:54

Between Ankle Monitors And Tariffs: The Choreography Of Diplomatic Blackmail

Between Ankle Monitors And Tariffs: The Choreography Of Diplomatic Blackmail

By Maria Raquel

Confessions don’t need a confessional — sometimes, a microphone and a passport offer will do. Jair Bolsonaro, former president and current star of a Brazilian political thriller, tripped over his own words and confessed. Not to the crime itself — but to the strategy: conditioning the removal of U.S. sanctions on his amnesty. This is blackmail with a tie and a diplomatic varnish.

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✅🕒 Published on July 18, 2025 - 16:41

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