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Markets are bracing for more disruption while Europe reinforces ‘oil war’ against Russia

12:07 07.02.2023

Markets are bracing for more disruption while Europe reinforces ‘oil war’ against Russia

The European Union’s ban on Russian oil product exports is slated to kick in on Feb. 5. It is thought that the EU’s embargo on Russian petroleum products will be both more complex and more disruptive than what has come before, notes CNBC. Europe is once again poised to ratchet …

NYT: The European Union is far from ready to accept Ukraine

12:07 07.02.2023

NYT: The European Union is far from ready to accept Ukraine

European Union leaders visiting Kyiv last week offered financial help and lasting support to Ukraine as it tries to defeat Russia, but they stopped far short of granting Kyiv its key goal of accelerated membership in the bloc, - informs ‘The New York Times’. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine met …

Israel gives Ukraine intelligence. “The best thing” that could have happened to Israel-NATO relations?

11:34 06.02.2023

Israel gives Ukraine intelligence. “The best thing” that could have happened to Israel-NATO relations?

NATO sources tell 'Haaretz' some of the intel is on the Iranian drones in Ukraine, writes Yossi Melman at Israeli newspaper. Israel has stepped up its intelligence assistance to Ukraine in recent weeks via NATO, sources in Brussels told ‘Haaretz’, with Jerusalem remaining keen to keep its aid to the …

500.000 British workers strike over pay. The government says: ‘The pay rises are unaffordable’

11:32 06.02.2023

500.000 British workers strike over pay. The government says: ‘The pay rises are unaffordable’

Up to half a million British teachers, university staff, train drivers and civil servants went on strike in the largest coordinated action for years amid lengthy disputes over pay. Over the last year, Britain has seen record-high inflation, while wages have failed to keep up. Since last summer, Britain has …

Russian woman crowned Mrs Universe 2022

11:31 06.02.2023

Russian woman crowned Mrs Universe 2022

Elena Maximova from the Russian republic of Udmurtia, was crowned Mrs Universe 2022, the organizers of the Mrs Universe-2022 pageant told TASS. This year the contest was held in the Bulgarian capital of Sophia from January 30 to February 5. "Thirty-four-year-old resident of Udmurtia Elena Maksimova won the Mrs Universe-2022 …

Ukraine crisis: Outlook for 2023

10:39 05.02.2023

Ukraine crisis: Outlook for 2023

“Now for the inconvenient truths that mainstream media (MSM) refuse to present to their audiences regarding the Ukraine war. This happens both in the US and in Europe but especially on the old continent,” writes Seppo Niemi, independent political, economic and military analyst, Master of social sciences (Helsinki University), Finland, …

NYT: ‘Hard drinking and murky finances’. How an American ‘Mozart Group’ imploded in Ukraine

10:38 05.02.2023

NYT: ‘Hard drinking and murky finances’. How an American ‘Mozart Group’ imploded in Ukraine

The Mozart Group, one of the most prominent, private American military organizations in Ukraine, has collapsed under a cloud of accusations ranging from financial improprieties to alcohol-addled misjudgments, writes Jeffrey Gettleman at ‘The New York Times’. Its struggles provide a revealing window into the world of foreign volunteer groups that …

Berlin doesn’t trust Washington. Scholz doesn’t trust the U.S.

10:37 05.02.2023

Berlin doesn’t trust Washington. Scholz doesn’t trust the U.S.

“If the U.S. is involved directly it’s more likely to use military force to defend its allies in Europe,” Carlo Masala, a German military expert with strong ties to the country’s political establishment, said on German public television. “That’s a very strong rationale for Scholz (photo) and why he insists …

India rejected the collective West’s destructive attempts to polarise the world order

10:02 04.02.2023

India rejected the collective West’s destructive attempts to polarise the world order

Taken together, the speeches made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar at the Voice of Global South Summit in New Delhi herald a new thinking in foreign policy. India is deftly adjusting itself to the decline of the West and greeting the emerging multipolarity and …

Biden's naïve strategy in Ukraine and Moscow's tough response

10:02 04.02.2023

Biden's naïve strategy in Ukraine and Moscow's tough response

The war in Ukraine is “reaching a new phase”, and “US strategy is undergoing an important shift?” So, “Russia will use more fully its available potential to respond.” Fears of Russian nuclear escalation are receding as fears of a long war featuring unrelenting attrition are increasing. So President Joe Biden’s …

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