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Xinhua: Xi says China, Brazil can set example of unity, self-reliance in Global South

11:14 14.08.2025

Xinhua: Xi says China, Brazil can set example of unity, self-reliance in Global South

Chinese President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that China is ready to work with Brazil to set an example of unity and self-reliance among major countries in the Global South, and jointly build a more just world and a more sustainable planet, Xinhua reports. Xi made the remarks during his phone …

View from London: Europe’s failures on defence will cost it

11:13 14.08.2025

View from London: Europe’s failures on defence will cost it

For all the bold talk of protecting Ukraine, President Trump is due to meet Putin for a summit that will involve little or no European participation, ‘The Times’ notes. Sir Keir Starmer sought to invoke his inner statesman earlier this year when he declared “we are at a crossroads in …

View from London: What’s up for grabs at the summit and can Trump outsmart Putin?

10:30 13.08.2025

View from London: What’s up for grabs at the summit and can Trump outsmart Putin?

As the two presidents prepare for their meeting on Friday to discuss the war in Ukraine, we look at the potential outcomes, ‘The Times’ writes. Is peace in Ukraine finally within reach? After so much blood, grudge and disappointment, it seems hard to hold much optimism, but as with anything …

The US is breaking the WTO

10:28 13.08.2025

The US is breaking the WTO

The U.S. declared an end to the 30-year-old World Trade Organization (WTO) system as it began mutual tariffs and item tariffs on trading partners around the world, ‘Maeil Business Newspaper’ Korea's No. 1 Economic Media writes. Following the Uruguay Round and Doha Round, the Donald Trump administration defined it as …

Gallup: Ukrainian support for war effort collapses

10:26 13.08.2025

Gallup: Ukrainian support for war effort collapses

Most Ukrainians now favor ending the war with Russia through negotiations, as support for fighting until victory has dropped sharply since the early days of the conflict. Although their hopes for joining NATO and the European Union have faded and approval of U.S. leadership has plummeted, Ukrainians still see the …

WSJ: “Trump and Putin didn’t have a single, major blowup this year”

10:24 13.08.2025

WSJ: “Trump and Putin didn’t have a single, major blowup this year”

President Trump has long believed the crux of foreign policy is two leaders in a room making historic deals. Pulling off a cease-fire in Ukraine with Russian President Vladimir Putin would be the kind of diplomatic coup he has long craved. It remains a long shot, ‘The Wall Street Journal’ …

Putin-Trump in Alaska: Ukraine’s Mere Cameo for Bigger Act?

10:24 12.08.2025 Lily Ong

Putin-Trump in Alaska: Ukraine’s Mere Cameo for Bigger Act?

Where glaciers gleam beneath the midnight sun’s beam, an icy veil will soon lift to showcase the convention of two nuclear powers. Exasperated by incalculable sanctions, fickle deadlines, and disappearing cash and weapons, America still got to call dibs on the location. Seeing that it had once again called America’s …

View from Washington: What can we expect from a Trump-Putin meeting?

9:45 12.08.2025

View from Washington: What can we expect from a Trump-Putin meeting?

This week will likely see the first meeting between the U.S. and Russian presidents, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, since the former’s election to a second term — an encounter the Kremlin has already confirmed, ‘The Responsible Statecraft’ writes. Details are scarce, including on the summit’s date and place – …

JD Vance: Americans were “sick” of spending their tax dollars abroad and Washington was “done funding” Kyiv

9:42 12.08.2025

JD Vance: Americans were “sick” of spending their tax dollars abroad and Washington was “done funding” Kyiv

Europe needs to “step up and take a bigger role” in funding Ukraine in its war against Russia, JD Vance, the US vice-president, said on Sunday, ‘The Times’ quotes. Speaking to Fox News, he claimed Americans were “sick” of spending their tax dollars abroad and Washington was “done funding” Kyiv. …

Russian Security Council Secretary: Moldova at Crossroads

9:40 12.08.2025

Russian Security Council Secretary: Moldova at Crossroads

In his article Moldova at a Crossroads for Sputnik, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu called Chisinau's refusal to buy gas directly from Gazprom "a shot in the foot", since the Moldovan budget loses more than 1 billion euros ($1.16 billion) a year from this. Sergei Shoigu analyzes the current …

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