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View from Delhi: Liberating Levant – the Syrian saga is yet to unfold

11:27 08.01.2025

View from Delhi: Liberating Levant – the Syrian saga is yet to unfold

Some wars end, many do not, but, like passenger trains, they linger in the siding, lost in thought, waiting for the superfast express to pass. From such a perspective, the Syrian crisis can be traced to the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire by Britain and France through World War I …

View from Washington: A renewed Ukrainian Kursk offensive flops as talk of negotiations swirl

11:24 08.01.2025

View from Washington: A renewed Ukrainian Kursk offensive flops as talk of negotiations swirl

French President Emmanuel Macron said on Monday that Ukraine needs to adopt a "realistic" stance on territorial issues as political momentum appears to gather in favor of opening peace talks with Russia, POLITICO quotes. This is the first time Macron has hinted that Kyiv should consider territorial concessions, having in …

Indonesia joins BRICS bloc as full member

9:58 07.01.2025

Indonesia joins BRICS bloc as full member

Brazil's government said in a statement on Monday that Indonesia is formally joining BRICS as a full member, further expanding the group of major emerging economies that also includes Russia, India, China and South Africa, Reuters reports. Indonesia, the world's fourth most-populous nation, had previously expressed its desire to join …

View from London: Russia is on course to win the war in Ukraine

9:57 07.01.2025

View from London: Russia is on course to win the war in Ukraine

Unless something unexpected intrudes, Vladimir Putin is on course to win the war in Ukraine. His troops are now within military spitting distance of the city of Pokrovsk, in the Ukrainian oblast of Donetsk, writes ‘The New Statesman’. Pokrovsk is an important hub for the Ukrainian military. If Russian troops …

Trudeau resigns

9:55 07.01.2025

Trudeau resigns

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is resigning after more than nine years leading Canada, bowing to sagging approval numbers and a rebellion within his political party, Bloomberg reports. Trudeau, 53, currently the longest-serving leader of any Group of Seven country, announced Monday he plans to step down as head of the …

Trump is certified as the 2024 election winner without challenge

9:53 07.01.2025

Trump is certified as the 2024 election winner without challenge

Congress certified President-elect Donald Trump as the winner of the 2024 election in proceedings that unfolded Monday without violence or mayhem, in stark contrast to the Jan. 6, 2021, violence as his mob of supporters stormed the Capitol, notes AP. Vice President Kamala Harris, presiding over proceedings as the role …

Trump’s second term and the principles of Jacksonism

14:10 06.01.2025 Alexander Ananyev

Trump’s second term and the principles of Jacksonism

American presidents have often declared their admiration for their predecessors. Barack Obama regularly mentioned Abraham Lincoln. Dwight Eisenhower revered George Washington. Andrew Jackson was well regarded by Franklin Roosevelt and his successor Harry Truman, who interpreted the Americans’ respect for Jackson as a need to expand the state apparatus, including …

“Whoever comes to us with a sword will perish by the sword!” – Thousands of foreign mercenaries killed in Ukraine

10:06 06.01.2025

“Whoever comes to us with a sword will perish by the sword!” – Thousands of foreign mercenaries killed in Ukraine

Russia liquidated about 6.5 thousand of the 15 thousand who arrived at Ukraine of foreign mercenaries. Such data was voiced with reference to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation acting head of the Russian delegation at the talks in Expert on Military Security and Arms Control Yulia Zhdanova, …

The Canadian dilemma: Majority of Justin Trudeau’s caucus calls on him to quit

10:05 06.01.2025

The Canadian dilemma: Majority of Justin Trudeau’s caucus calls on him to quit

Liberals want the prime minister to reveal his plans as soon as he’s back from holidays. With a majority of his caucus now calling on him to resign, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is on a ski holiday, reflecting on whether to stay or go, writes POLITICO. Trudeau is way down …

CNBC: Get your house in order, Europe — or face ‘ongoing decline,’ economists warn

10:02 06.01.2025

CNBC: Get your house in order, Europe — or face ‘ongoing decline,’ economists warn

It’s been a topsy-turvy last year for the euro zone with its largest economies, Germany and France, seeing political and economic turbulence that means neither has a budget in place for 2025, CNBC stresses. Economists say the trajectory for both countries is worrying, warning that the absence of growth, fiscal …

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