Day: July 16, 2026

His blossoming, botanical and flowing forms recall the life cycles of plants and humans. Designer Ali Zalzali tells FRANCE 24 about creating his first couture collection, ‘Natura Morta’ and the evocative short film he made to conjure up the universe of these hand-crafted pieces. In his edition, we consider the contemporary and classical forms espoused by Egyptian artist Youssef Nabil and how technology can complement the human creative process. And from a childhood in Lebanon to studies in Italy and launching his label in Paris, Zalzali tells us how his creations have been influenced by personal experience. Also, we discuss the surprisingly sustainable nature of Haute Couture.
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TOO OBSCURE TO MATTER When NYPD’s Grover Whalen began investigating AMTORG in 1930, the NKVD surfaced incriminating evidence implicating AMTORG, and then had investigative journalist on Soviet payroll, John Spivak, reveal them as forgeries discrediting Whalen’s efforts.

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date July 16, 2026

TOO OBSCURE TO MATTER
When NYPD’s Grover Whalen began investigating AMTORG in 1930, the NKVD surfaced incriminating evidence implicating AMTORG, and then had investigative journalist on Soviet payroll, John Spivak, reveal them as forgeries discrediting Whalen’s efforts.

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There are Chinese influence operations that support both sides of U.S. politics, because China is not a monolith, and different actors in the Chinese system have different interests. In the 2020 election, Chinese influence operations heavily favored Trump. And while it’s impossible to measure whether any of it moved the needle either way, there is lots of evidence that it happened. I covered a lot of this in my 2021 book Chaos Under Heaven. Just think about Bannon and his longtime funder Guo Wengui, a Chinese billionaire with close ties to China’s Ministry of State Security. Guo spent years building relationships with top Republicans and Democrats before Trump won in 2016, after which he joi

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date July 16, 2026

There are Chinese influence operations that support both sides of U.S. politics, because China is not a monolith, and different actors in the Chinese system have different interests. In the 2020 election, Chinese influence operations heavily favored Trump.

And while it’s impossible to measure whether any of it moved the needle either way, there is lots of evidence that it happened. I covered a lot of this in my 2021 book Chaos Under Heaven.

Just think about Bannon and his longtime funder Guo Wengui, a Chinese billionaire with close ties to China’s Ministry of State Security. Guo spent years building relationships with top Republicans and Democrats before Trump won in 2016, after which he joined Mar-a-Lago and started funding Bannon’s media projects.

Guo interfered heavily in 2020, on Trump’s behalf. He claimed to be a anti-CCP dissident but in truth, he hunted anti-CCP dissidents on behalf of the Chinese security services. His media network spread tons of Hunter Biden laptop lies and other anti-Biden disinformation and lies. He was later convicted of fraud and sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Is he an instance of Chinese interference in the 2020 election? 100 percent. For Trump. Will Trump mention that in his speech tonight? I doubt it.

When we use the China threat as a tool for partisan purposes, that’s an abuse of the issue which undermines the real effort to fight this real threat. China tries to interfere in U.S. politics – on both sides.CBS News (@CBSNews)BREAKING: President Trump will allege Chinese meddling in U.S. elections during his primetime speech tomorrow, sources say. cbsn.ws/3SYzn2N— https://x.com/CBSNews/status/2077526829204730056

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СЕНСАЦИЯ! Gripen, новые ракеты и АНТИБАЛЛИСТИЧЕСКИЙ ЩИТ для Украины

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date July 16, 2026

Срочная сенсация из Киева: премьер-министр Великобритании Кир Стармер совершил незапланированный визит в Украину и подтвердил выделение сотен миллионов евро на усиление защиты украинского неба новейшими истребителями! Почему этот прощальный шаг британского лидера вызвал настоящую панику в Кремле и чего так сильно боится Путин? Пока российская армия продолжает бессмысленный террор баллистикой, Силы обороны Украины жестко уничтожают логистику врага в Крыму и топят путинские танкеры.

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