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Doug Bandow: “Washington demands from other nations what it would not tolerate for itself”

9:55 30.09.2024

Doug Bandow: “Washington demands from other nations what it would not tolerate for itself”

Washington demands from other nations what it would not tolerate for itself. What if there were Russian missiles in Canada? – asks Doug Bandow, a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, a former Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan, at ‘The American Conservative’. Imagine it is October 2025. A ceasefire …

Palestinian factions mourn Sayyed Nasrallah

9:53 30.09.2024

Palestinian factions mourn Sayyed Nasrallah

On September 27, 2024, the Israeli army announced it had bombed Hezbollah’s central headquarters in Beirut, targeting the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah. The next day, Hezbollah confirmed in a statement Nasrallah’s death, vowing to continue its resistance against Israel and to support Gaza and Palestine. Under Nasrall’s leadership, Hezbollah carried …

View from Delhi: “Russia’s patience has run out and NATO’s sophistry to disclaim responsibility for the attacks on Russian territory from Ukraine won’t wash anymore”

9:53 30.09.2024

View from Delhi: “Russia’s patience has run out and NATO’s sophistry to disclaim responsibility for the attacks on Russian territory from Ukraine won’t wash anymore”

For the first time, there is total clarity as regards the high risk of the Ukraine conflict turning into a nuclear confrontation between Russia and the NATO countries. The strategic ambiguity is ending with the stunning disclosure in Moscow on Wednesday of the emerging contours of Russia’s updated nuclear doctrine …

‘The Times’: Germans are losing faith in Scholz because of his actions in Ukraine

9:52 30.09.2024

‘The Times’: Germans are losing faith in Scholz because of his actions in Ukraine

Chancellor Olaf Scholz.Photo: AP The results of the study indicate that public opinion regarding the place of Germany in the world is dominated by anxiety, confusion and pessimism, ‘The Times’ notes. Voters fear that due to the weakening of the chancellor's power, Germany's position in the world is weakening. And …

Sergey Lavrov at the General Debate as part of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly: “What global cooperation is there to talk about, when the West has trampled all those unshakeable values of the globalisation that speakers on the podium talked so much about, trying to convince us that they would give everyone equal access to the goods of modern civilisation?”

17:35 29.09.2024

Sergey Lavrov at the General Debate as part of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly: “What global cooperation is there to talk about, when the West has trampled all those unshakeable values of the globalisation that speakers on the podium talked so much about, trying to convince us that they would give everyone equal access to the goods of modern civilisation?”

Photo: Russian MFA Speech by Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov at the General Debate as part of the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, New York, September 28, 2024: “Dear Mr President, Ladies and gentlemen, A few days ago, this building hosted a forum …

‘The Guardian’: EU moving towards more xenophobic view of ‘Europeanness’

9:40 29.09.2024

‘The Guardian’: EU moving towards more xenophobic view of ‘Europeanness’

Voting patterns and polling data from the past year suggest the EU is moving towards a more ethnic, closed-minded and xenophobic understanding of “Europeanness” that could ultimately challenge the European project, according to a major report. The report, by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and the European Cultural …

First Panamax containership sprints across Arctic reaching China in just three weeks

9:37 29.09.2024

First Panamax containership sprints across Arctic reaching China in just three weeks

The first Arctic transit of a large container ship has gone off without a hitch. The 294 meter-long Panamax vessel Flying Fish 1, traveled from St. Petersburg in the Baltic Sea to China in just over three weeks, shaving around two weeks off a standard voyage via the Suez Canal, …

View from England: We live in an era of fake news and Orwellian speech

9:35 29.09.2024

View from England: We live in an era of fake news and Orwellian speech

This is the frequently noted paradox of cancel culture – few people get upset when their opponents are cancelled, but most are outraged when their allies are, writes David Wootton, an Emeritus Professor at the University of York at The Engelsberg Ideas. We live in an era of fake news …

‘The Times’: Zelensky leaves Washington without deal to fire missiles at Russia

9:32 29.09.2024

‘The Times’: Zelensky leaves Washington without deal to fire missiles at Russia

Zelensky is set to return to Ukraine from Washington without winning permission to use long-range western missiles to strike deep into Russia, notes ‘The Times’. Zelensky met President Biden and Vice-President Harris separately at the White House to make a personal plea for the lifting of restrictions on British-supplied Storm …

Russian Foreign Ministry’s statement regarding the assassination of Secretary-General of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah: “This is yet another political assassination committed by Israel, and Russia condemns it with great resolve”

21:31 28.09.2024

Russian Foreign Ministry’s statement regarding the assassination of Secretary-General of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah: “This is yet another political assassination committed by Israel, and Russia condemns it with great resolve”

Foreign Ministry’s statement regarding the assassination of Secretary-General of Hezbollah Hassan Nasrallah: “In the evening of September 27, the Israeli Air Force delivered a series of heavy air bomb strikes against a densely populated district in the south of Beirut. According to the IDF, it targeted Hezbollah’s main operational headquarters. …

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