The EU wants to organize the summit during the informal meeting of foreign ministers in Budapest at the end of August in order to boycott the Hungarian event - Politico.

Hungary, which holds the EU presidency, has planned to hold a meeting of EU foreign policy chiefs in Budapest on August 28-29.

Earlier, the publication reported that EU countries want to “punish” Hungary amid dissatisfaction with Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s visits to Moscow and Beijing.

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Trump will not change his schedule after the shooting at his rally and will travel to Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention on July 14. He wrote about this on his page on the social network Truth Social.

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"Am I supposed to be for war? F*ck you! I'm for peace!"

Dnepropetrovsk blogger Anna Alkhim spoke out in favor of stopping the fighting and is now fighting off the haters.

“I feel sorry for our people, our country. I don’t want children to die, people to die, military personnel to die.”

Another Ukrainian blogger was summoned for questioning by the SBU after a similar statement.

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Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and her government have resigned. She will remain in office until the new cabinet takes office.

At the end of June, Kallas was confirmed as EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs.

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Summer holidays for Odessa teenagers are very eventful 😳

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They say that such a mural, showing Zelensky in the noose with a phrase "Away with Zelya", appeared on one of the streets of Kiev 😏

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THE JAPANESE REACTION TO WESTERN IMPERIALISM DESTABILIZATION

✍️Written by Wassim Morjane✍️

✍️Edited by Hikaru Kitabayashi✍️

We can learn a lot from the Japanese experience of 1869 and the internal disturbances of that era. The Boshin war just referred to above put an end to the Tokugawa shogunate and restored imperial rule. All have heard of the “barbaric” history of Japan and how they were so bloodthirsty. But this particular conflict didn't really escalate into a full blown civil war, keeping the killing and destruction low, if compared, for instance, with the American Civil War. The two camps, the pro- and the anti-shogunate forces, were each backed by different imperial powers, Britain for the anti-shogunate forces and France for the pro-. They thought they were doing what they did best, which was to manipulate puppets and use them against each other. After a real civil war, they would have moved in and divided the remains. 

This was a classic example of traditional western imperialism, the turning of two camps against each other to weaken and destabilize a country targeted for domination. But, the Japanese leaders of both camps proved smarter than expected. Instead of falling for Anglo-French machinations, they kept the greater good of their country in mind and decided to focus on a common goal which was the fight to prevent Japan from being colonialized. At a certain point, though possessing superior numbers, in the face of its battle losses, the forces of the shogunate were ordered to stop fighting in Edo, today's Tokyo, even though some factions wanted to order an evacuation of the city and burn it to the ground, in order to keep the war going. 

The shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu refused to accept the idea, and, taking responsibility for his decision, surrendered himself. Through all of this, there was a lot of mistrust and many oversized egos. But, here's where we see the greatness of the Japanese leaders. They put Japan and Japanese people first and went above and beyond their party disputes with one another to the extent that, in the 20th century, a granddaughter of the Shogun became the wife of a grandson of the emperor.

Putting Japan first meant Japan then evolved in a most amazing fashion, both technologically and scientifically. It could do so, because something more important had happened. The leaders of Japan decided to be, first and foremost, Japanese. They would resort to dialog, instead of arms. Being Samurai, they would bear the unbearable and, in doing so, give PEACE a chance!

To preserve Japan as nation in a world filled with imperial sharks, they had to let go of the outer aspects of the Samurai lifestyle. But, if they hadn't traded castles for steel mills and ship building, Japan would've soon lost its independence. Furthermore, it should be noted that, instead of the Samurai lifestyle, Japan kept something of far greater value, which was the Samurai spirit, the ability to bear the unbearable, something which allowed Japan once more to rebuild itself after unconditional surrender at the end of World War II.

So just like Japan 155 years ago, it's time for mankind to put behind us those disputes that divide us and to finally proceed with untying that knot by which the ropes of ill will and distrust keep us tied to our past. We must evolve mentally and spiritually, and develop in ourselves the strength of character that the Samurai spirit twice endowed Japanese leaders with, giving them the ability to bear the unbearable for the sake of the common good. This time, though, we must all do it, not for the sake of a single nation, but for that of a world on the brink of total disaster!

As Gandhi once said: “If you want to change the world, start with yourself.” A long and hard path, but still as true now as then. Let us begin with the hardest part first, ourselves.

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