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Jacinda Ardern resigned as New Zealand's PM or was forcibly ousted from power?

13:28 23.01.2023

Jacinda Ardern resigned as New Zealand's PM or was forcibly ousted from power?

Jacinda Ardern (photo) has insisted her decision to resign as New Zealand's Prime Minister is because she 'doesn't have enough in the tank' – but there is speculation as to whether she is actually running scared of an election mauling following a public outcry over her draconian Covid lockdowns. Ms …

High-level CIA visit to Kyiv comes at critical juncture in war

13:27 23.01.2023

High-level CIA visit to Kyiv comes at critical juncture in war

CIA Director William J. Burns traveled in secret to Ukraine’s capital to brief President Volodymyr Zelensky on his expectations for what Russia is planning militarily in the coming weeks and months, said a U.S. official and other people familiar with the visit, writes ‘The Washington Post’. Burns’s travel comes at …

Is this the end of ‘Made in Europe’?

13:27 23.01.2023

Is this the end of ‘Made in Europe’?

From glass-makers to paper producers, European industries face a struggle to survive. The white-hot furnaces of ‘Duralex’’ have been burning near the banks of the River Loire, near Orléans, France, since the year World War II ended, writes POLITICO. But this winter, not a soul is to be found along …

Washington draws Israel and South Korea into Ukraine conflict

11:58 23.01.2023

Washington draws Israel and South Korea into Ukraine conflict

Ukraine has run low on munitions for its Soviet-era weaponry and has largely shifted to firing artillery and rounds donated by the United States and other Western allies. Pentagon in this case has turned to two alternative supplies of shells to bridge the gap: one in South Korea and the …

Ukrainian chronicle: Kiev continues the religious war against Christianity

11:57 23.01.2023 Vladimir Kozin

Ukrainian chronicle: Kiev continues the religious war against Christianity

- On January 17, Russia initiated a UN Security Council meeting on the persecution of Orthodoxy in Ukraine by the state authorities in Kyiv. Russia’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, stressed that the introduction of discriminatory legislative norms against UOC believers in Ukraine contradicts not only the Constitution …

Week of antiwar protests in USA

11:54 23.01.2023

Week of antiwar protests in USA

The antiwar actions scheduled Jan. 13-23, in at least 50 U.S. cities, come as another escalation is threatened in the U.S.-NATO proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, informs “The Workers”. “No to NATO” in New York City, Times Square, Jan. 14 (photo). Hundreds joined the rally called by Answer. Setting …

‘The Foreign Affairs’: A use of force undermines U.S. legitimacy in the World

11:37 22.01.2023

‘The Foreign Affairs’: A use of force undermines U.S. legitimacy in the World

After the Cold War and especially following the 9/11 attacks, the percentage of armed disputes in which the United States was involved that were initiated by U.S. adversaries dropped precipitously. The United States now finds itself in an era in which militarily, its adversaries are provoking it less frequently — …

Europe is divided: While ‘New Europe’ sees security “against Russia,” ‘Old Europe’ sees security as “with Russia”

11:36 22.01.2023

Europe is divided: While ‘New Europe’ sees security “against Russia,” ‘Old Europe’ sees security as “with Russia”

Jean Monnet, one of the founders of the European Union, wrote in his memoirs that “Europe will be forged in crises and will be the sum of the solutions adopted for those crises.” The war in Ukraine is only the latest crisis to confound Europe and rip away its illusions, …

Pentagon's top policy adviser: Abrams tanks are too smart and advanced to be delivered to Ukraine

11:36 22.01.2023

Pentagon's top policy adviser: Abrams tanks are too smart and advanced to be delivered to Ukraine

The United States and Germany tried to resolve a stand-off that has so far prevented the West from sending heavy tanks to Ukraine – U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Germany's new Defence Minister Boris Pistorius talked in Berlin just hours after Pistorius was sworn into office, informs Reutres. Berlin …

Nicolas Maduro: “2023, the hour of a New World”

10:46 21.01.2023

Nicolas Maduro: “2023, the hour of a New World”

We present some key points from an interview of Nicolas Maduro, the President of Venezuela, conducted in Caracas by Ignacio Ramonet, a Spanish academic, journalist and writer who has been based in Paris for much of his career. Ignacio Ramonet serving as the editor-in-chief of ‘Le Monde diplomatique’ from 1991 …

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