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View from London: Europe could be torn apart by new divisions

11:37 20.01.2025

View from London: Europe could be torn apart by new divisions

The European continent is at its most vulnerable in decades. For Europe, this will be a year of crisis management, notes ‘The Economist’. The next crisis will be harder, in part because the nature of the threats facing Europe has changed. America and China will soon share disdain for the …

A distrust of mainstream West media

10:38 19.01.2025

A distrust of mainstream West media

Distrust of the news is particularly widespread in the United States and France. According to a survey by Statista Consumer Insights, one in five respondents in each country said that they do not trust mainstream media. This is the highest share of the 21 countries polled. Spanish respondents were similarly …

Bloomberg: Europe threatens to trigger a global scramble for natural gas

10:36 19.01.2025

Bloomberg: Europe threatens to trigger a global scramble for natural gas

Loss of Russian pipeline supplies will stoke demand for LNG and could squeeze out poorer emerging nations, notes Bloomberg. The world is bracing for a fight for natural gas supplies this year, prolonging the pain of higher bills for consumers and factories in energy-hungry Europe and putting poorer emerging countries …

At 2,722 feet – Nicole Smith-Ludvik at the top of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world

10:33 19.01.2025

At 2,722 feet – Nicole Smith-Ludvik at the top of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world

Perhaps no one will quite understand what it feels like to be at the very top of the Burj Khalifa quite like Nicole Smith-Ludvick, a skydiver and stuntwoman, who stood on top of Burj Khalifa’s spire in an advertisement for Emirates airline, presents ‘Admiddleeast. com’. “Standing on the pinnacle of …

‘The Economist’: Europe face-to-face with Trumpnado

10:32 19.01.2025

‘The Economist’: Europe face-to-face with Trumpnado

The English never liked Europe. Now they are really smearing it! Just read a new commentary in the London “The Economist”. The crew of a boat whose rudder has fallen off can do little but pray for calm weather and a speedy way to safe harbour. Democracies caught in political …

Press conference following Russian-Iranian talks

14:53 18.01.2025

Press conference following Russian-Iranian talks

Following the Russian-Iranian talks, Vladimir Putin and Masoud Pezeshkian gave a joint press conference. President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Mr President, friends, I am genuinely delighted to extend a warm welcome to President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian, who is on an official visit to Russia. We …

The European Union, in the frenzy of Russophobia, it is going to apply the laws of the Third Reich times!

11:15 18.01.2025

The European Union, in the frenzy of Russophobia, it is going to apply the laws of the Third Reich times!

EU eyes enlisting Belgian king to help safeguard Russia sanctions. Royal wartime decree seen as fallback option to keep Russia’s frozen €190bn in EU if Hungary vetoes renewal of sanctions, ‘The Financial Times’ writes. EU officials are drawing up fallback measures including the use of an 81-year-old law of 1944 …

Sputnik Globe: Inside the Russia-Iran Comprehensive Partnership Treaty – what’s in it and why it matters

11:14 18.01.2025

Sputnik Globe: Inside the Russia-Iran Comprehensive Partnership Treaty – what’s in it and why it matters

Three years of negotiations on a new strategic partnership pact between Russia and Iran reached a fruitful conclusion Friday with a signing ceremony in the Kremlin attended by top officials, including Presidents Putin and Pezeshkian. What's inside the agreement, and what will it mean for regional and international security? Here's …

11:13 18.01.2025

Nothing personal – it’s business: U.S. Companies pay over $1 billion in taxes to Russia

U.S. companies that have continued to do business in Russia have contributed more than $1 billion in tax revenue to Kremlin, Newsweek has learned. American firms in Russia paid the country $1.2 billion in profit taxes in 2023. This tax contribution makes the U.S. the largest contributor of foreign profit …

NBC News: “In the White House, the mood feels ‘like a morgue’”

11:13 18.01.2025

NBC News: “In the White House, the mood feels ‘like a morgue’”

Biden leaves behind a complicated legacy of legislative wins and economic gains, along with a trail of fractured relationships and grievances within his own party, writes NBC News. Joe Biden ascended to the highest office in America with a pledge to unite the country, strengthen his party and defend democracy. …

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