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‘The Economist’: Much about the risks of the superstar firms will become clear only when trouble strikes

11:38 04.06.2025

‘The Economist’: Much about the risks of the superstar firms will become clear only when trouble strikes

More and more alarming articles about possible financial collapse are appearing in the professional Western press. One of the most recent is from ‘The Economist’. Always a haven in dangerous times, America has itself become a source of instability. American finance, always unique, is now uniquely dangerous. The list of …

Pro-Trump candidate wins Poland’s presidential election – a bad omen for the EU and Ukraine

11:37 04.06.2025

Pro-Trump candidate wins Poland’s presidential election – a bad omen for the EU and Ukraine

Poland’s presidential election runoff will be a bitter pill for pro-European Union democrats to swallow, writes ‘The Conversation’. The nationalist, Trumpian, historian Karol Nawrocki has narrowly defeated the liberal, pro-EU mayor of Warsaw, Rafał Trzaskowski, 50.89 to 49.11%. The Polish president has few executive powers, though the office holder is …

View from London: Europe ‘must get real’ about Trump abandoning Ukraine

11:29 04.06.2025

View from London: Europe ‘must get real’ about Trump abandoning Ukraine

British and French officials drawing up plans for a peacekeeping force in Ukraine have discussed the need to “get real” about Donald Trump abandoning the country, ‘The Telegraph’ writes. Officials agreed to shift the focus from deploying European troops to back up any ceasefire to sustaining Kyiv’s long-term defence against …

This wasn’t a bold action, it was brash: “Zelensky strikes parked Russian nuclear capable bombers”

18:48 03.06.2025

This wasn’t a bold action, it was brash: “Zelensky strikes parked Russian nuclear capable bombers”

While President Trump works for peace, Ukraine, the EU, and corrupt US politicians fight for war. On Sunday we learned of another visit to Ukraine by corrupt US politicians. Senators Graham and Blumenthal visited Ukraine and apparently gave the orders for Ukraine’ illegitimate and unelected President Zelensky to bomb Russia. …

Istanbul-2: Second round

16:55 03.06.2025 Denis Baturin

Istanbul-2: Second round

Just like the first round of Istanbul-2 talks, the second one came in a place set by Russia on the appointed dates. There was a lot of fussing about made by the Ukrainian and Western sides, just like before the first round, when President Zelensky’s chief negotiator consulted with the …

FA: The Rise and Fall of Great-Power Competition – Trump’s new spheres of influence

12:18 03.06.2025

FA: The Rise and Fall of Great-Power Competition – Trump’s new spheres of influence

As Trump returned to the White House in 2025, many analysts expected continuity: a “Trump-Biden-Trump foreign policy…” Then came the first two months of Trump’s second term. With astonishing speed, Trump has shattered the consensus he helped create. Rather than compete with China and Russia, Trump now wants to work …

Mr. Starmer is going to War

12:16 03.06.2025

Mr. Starmer is going to War

Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain on Monday promised to bring his country to “war-fighting readiness” as he announced plans to build up to 12 new attack submarines and invest billions of pounds in nuclear and other weaponry as part of new military strategy for a more dangerous world, ‘The …

“High” French culture – Paris in the hands of vandals!

12:15 03.06.2025

“High” French culture – Paris in the hands of vandals!

Paris' chief of police Laurent Nunez has argued that there was 'sufficient' policing provided by the city ahead of the riots that saw 491 people arrested and chaos in the streets in the wake of Paris Saint-Germain's historic Champions League win, ‘The Daily Mail’ reports. Luis Enrique's side claimed their …

View from USA: Could this be the death of the dollar?

12:25 02.06.2025

View from USA: Could this be the death of the dollar?

The single most important prop sustaining the US economy today is the global power of the dollar. America’s relative prosperity (which until recently was dubbed ‘US exceptionalism’) rests far more on the role of its currency than on its tech companies, abundant resources or famed entrepreneurial spirit. Because the dollar …

Poll: Overwhelming majority of Jewish Israelis back expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza

12:24 02.06.2025

Poll: Overwhelming majority of Jewish Israelis back expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza

Some 82% of Israelis support the mass expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza, according to a poll commissioned by Penn State University, ‘NewArab’ informs. An overwhelming majority of Jewish Israelis support the ethnic cleansing of Gaza, aligning with the extremist Netanyahu government that has vowed to drive the Palestinians from their …

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