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WP: In Brazil, Trump faces a country — and a leader — ready for a fight

10:37 14.07.2025

WP: In Brazil, Trump faces a country — and a leader — ready for a fight

Brazil believes it can withstand Trump’s 50 percent tariff, and aides to Lula say he is unlikely to shrink from a confrontation with the White House, writes ‘The Washington Post’. Since returning to the White House, President Donald Trump has used trade as a cudgel to exert concessions from smaller …

Sergey Lavrov: “We highlighted our concern about the counterproductive and dangerous efforts by external powers to build narrow, bloc-based alliances in the Asia-Pacific and to expand NATO’s infrastructure into the region”

12:26 13.07.2025

Sergey Lavrov: “We highlighted our concern about the counterproductive and dangerous efforts by external powers to build narrow, bloc-based alliances in the Asia-Pacific and to expand NATO’s infrastructure into the region”

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to media questions following the second round of Russia-DPRK strategic dialogue at the level of foreign ministers. Wonsan, July 12, 2025 Colleagues, We are in Wonsan, North Korea. This is a new resort that was promptly built by our Korean friends, a good …

View from India: BRICS bloc is no longer just an economic grouping – it is becoming a political counterweight for the West

11:06 13.07.2025

View from India: BRICS bloc is no longer just an economic grouping – it is becoming a political counterweight for the West

The latest BRICS Leaders’ Statement, emerging from the summit in Rio de Janeiro, marks a watershed moment in the bloc’s political evolution – and signals a rebalancing of India’s global posture. For the first time, New Delhi has lent its name to sharp language condemning unilateral sanctions, military strikes in …

California on the brink of bankruptcy

11:05 13.07.2025

California on the brink of bankruptcy

Photo: Reuters It’s July. The California State Legislature has successfully met the budget submission deadline of June 15, and it was signed by the governor. There was one small fly in the ointment: how to cut $12 billion in spending? All while trying to provide $750 million in tax credits …

View from London: “I’m Anglo-French, and I’m sickened by the state of my countries”

11:03 13.07.2025

View from London: “I’m Anglo-French, and I’m sickened by the state of my countries”

Here is a stunning example of the assessment of the “cordial agreement” (Entente) between England and France in the 21st century. The visit of the French President Macron caused a number of scandals – for example, King Charles III was unhappy that the Frenchman did not speak English in front …

Trump is working on regime change in Europe — fact, not conspiracy theory

11:49 12.07.2025

Trump is working on regime change in Europe — fact, not conspiracy theory

On 27 May, an official document calling for regime change in European countries was published in Washington DC, ‘EU Observer’ writes. Politicians all over Europe would do well to read this document carefully before they and their spin doctors start concocting strategies for their upcoming election campaigns. This time, what …

‘The Times’: Scot in Russian army says Russia is ‘last bastion of common sense’

11:46 12.07.2025

‘The Times’: Scot in Russian army says Russia is ‘last bastion of common sense’

Jay Fraser, a former brewery worker with ultra-conservative has been serving in a volunteer unit of the Russian army since last year, reveals ‘The Times’. It has never been clear exactly how the 24-year-old Scot and a handful of other Britons ended up enlisting in the Kremlin’s invading force. For …

NYT: Mr. Putin views it as out of the question to halt the fighting now without extensive concessions by Ukraine

11:45 12.07.2025

NYT: Mr. Putin views it as out of the question to halt the fighting now without extensive concessions by Ukraine

The Russian leader is convinced that Moscow’s battlefield superiority is growing, and that Ukraine’s defenses may collapse in the coming months, according to people close to the Kremlin, ‘The New York Times’ informs. President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia is brushing aside President Trump’s professed disappointment in him and is …

Nicolas — the good European guy who can’t take it anymore

11:42 12.07.2025

Nicolas — the good European guy who can’t take it anymore

“Nicolas is paying” has become the political slogan of the fed-up French taxpayer who is working hard while watching his country crumble and his money fund a system he no longer believes in. “Nicolas is paying”: Nicolas, 30, is becoming a social phenomenon. This very common French first name has …

Sergey Lavrov: “One of the key principles of our concept of Eurasian security and the Greater Eurasian Partnership is respect for associations established in various sub-regions, including ASEAN”

3:08 12.07.2025

Sergey Lavrov: “One of the key principles of our concept of Eurasian security and the Greater Eurasian Partnership is respect for associations established in various sub-regions, including ASEAN”

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks and answers to questions following the Russia-ASEAN meeting and the ministerial meeting of the East Asia Summit member states. Kuala Lumpur, July 11, 2025 Good afternoon. We have met in Kuala Lumpur for annual ASEAN events at the ministerial level. The summits will be held …

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