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50X bigger than Singapore: China bets on Hainan Island, plans for a free-trade gateway

10:45 07.01.2026

50X bigger than Singapore: China bets on Hainan Island, plans for a free-trade gateway

China has transformed Hainan into a vast free-trade zone, differentiating it from its existing 22 zones by treating the entire island as a single entity with unique customs and tax regulations. At a time when major economies such as the US and parts of Europe are raising tariffs and tightening …

US triumph in Venezuela could turn into disaster — Russian senator

10:44 07.01.2026

US triumph in Venezuela could turn into disaster — Russian senator

The temporary US triumph in Venezuela could turn into a disaster for President Donald Trump, Russian senator Alexey Pushkov said, TASS quotes. "Trump's actions, and especially his statements, cannot be denied their effectiveness. Their efficiency is another matter. Previous US presidents were also delighted with their victories in Iraq, Afghanistan, …

The Americans against Trump – Maduro arrest is an ‘act of war’, they say

10:42 07.01.2026

The Americans against Trump – Maduro arrest is an ‘act of war’, they say

House Majority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer issued a joint statement saying Trump’s plan to have the U.S. temporarily “run” Venezuela until there’s “proper” transition into new leadership is “unacceptable,” ‘The New York Post’ reports. NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani ripped the Trump administration over the U.S …

Europe’s 5 stages of grief – Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance

10:41 07.01.2026

Europe’s 5 stages of grief – Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance

It took the EU bloc an entire year to accept the loss of the Transatlantic relationship. The question for 2026 is, will it turn this acceptance into action? – writes Ivo Daalder, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO, is a senior fellow at Harvard University’s Belfer Center. Since U.S. President …

Russian Foreign Ministry statement concerning the developments around Venezuela

1:05 07.01.2026

Russian Foreign Ministry statement concerning the developments around Venezuela

Foreign Ministry statement concerning the developments around Venezuela: On January 5, Executive Vice President of Venezuela Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in and assumed the office of President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the National Assembly in accordance with the ruling by the Constitutional Chamber of the country’s Supreme …

View from Moscow: Europe and Russia have reached a point of clarity, and it is bleak

11:17 06.01.2026

View from Moscow: Europe and Russia have reached a point of clarity, and it is bleak

Over the past year, relations between Russia and the European Union have acquired an unusual quality: clarity. Not warmth, not dialogue, not even managed hostility, but clarity. The era of grand, continent-spanning communities is fading, writes Fyodor Lukyanov, Russia in Global Affairs Editor-in-Chief, Valdai Discussion Club Research Director. In November …

NYT: A Trump security guarantee is empty, Mr. Zelensky

11:16 06.01.2026

NYT: A Trump security guarantee is empty, Mr. Zelensky

After months of negotiations, the United States and Ukraine seem to be converging on a set of principles that could provide the basis for an eventual peace agreement with Russia. The core of the proposed deal appears to be the idea that Ukraine would relinquish territory in the contested Donbas …

View from London: What the capture of Maduro means for China and Russia?

11:15 06.01.2026

View from London: What the capture of Maduro means for China and Russia?

The US’s strike on Caracas has sent out shockwaves felt in Moscow and Beijing. These are the implications, ‘The Telegraph’ writes. Few observers believed the United States could pull off the surgical operation that succeeded in capturing and exfiltrating Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s president, and Cilia Flores, his wife. In 1989, …

Spain and 5 Latin American countries reject US attack on Venezuela in joint communiqué

11:13 06.01.2026

Spain and 5 Latin American countries reject US attack on Venezuela in joint communiqué

Spain and 5 Latin American countries reject US attack on Venezuela in joint communiqué. The leaders of Spain, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay issued a joint statement on Sunday rejecting the US military operation that led to the ousting of strongman Nicolás Maduro and warned against the appropriation of …

Russian Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at a UN Security Council briefing on Venezuela: “The assault against the leader of Venezuela, which was compounded by the deaths of dozens of Venezuelan and Cuban citizens, was seen by many as a harbinger of a return to an era of lawlessness and US domination by force, chaos and injustice”

21:23 05.01.2026

Russian Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at a UN Security Council briefing on Venezuela: “The assault against the leader of Venezuela, which was compounded by the deaths of dozens of Venezuelan and Cuban citizens, was seen by many as a harbinger of a return to an era of lawlessness and US domination by force, chaos and injustice”

Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at a UNSC Briefing on Venezuela: Mr. President, First and foremost, we wish to congratulate you on your accession to the presidency of the Security Council. Second, we would like to welcome the newly elected member of the UNSC. The beginning of this new …

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