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FT: Is France on the road to a Sixth Republic?

11:17 27.03.2023

FT: Is France on the road to a Sixth Republic?

France was in turmoil even before Emmanuel Macron’s unilateral decision last week to raise the minimum general retirement age from 62 to 64, after he couldn’t get it voted through parliament. French anger transcends pensions and Macron’s high-handedness, notes “The Financial Times”. There’s a generalised, long-term rage against the state …

India should take the Russia-China summit in its stride

11:17 27.03.2023

India should take the Russia-China summit in its stride

The prospects of a joint communiqué emerging from the G 20 summit in September in India are becoming dim, notes Kanwal Sibal, a former Foreign Secretary to the Government of India, Ambassador to Turkey, Egypt, France and Russia. The G20 meeting of the Finance Ministers/Central Bank Governors as well that …

Putin: “I must say that certainly Russia has something to respond”

16:11 26.03.2023

Putin: “I must say that certainly Russia has something to respond”

Weapons sent to Ukraine by the West pose a threat to Russia, President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin on the Rossiya-24 news channel on Saturday, informs TASS. "Of course, there are threats. When arms are being sent to the country we have a conflict with, …

Seymour Hersh: “The cover-up”

10:48 26.03.2023

Seymour Hersh: “The cover-up”

This is a new comment of American journalist Seymour Hersh: “It’s been six weeks since I published areport, based on anonymous sourcing, naming President Joe Biden as the official who ordered the mysterious destruction last September of Nord Stream 2, a new $11-billion pipeline that was scheduled to double the …

Confrontation between US and Chinese ships in South China Sea

10:47 26.03.2023

Confrontation between US and Chinese ships in South China Sea

A US Navy destroyer sailed near the disputed Paracel Islands in the South China Sea and sparked yet another confrontation between the US and China for the second day in a row, informs London’s ‘The Independent’. The first confrontation occurred when the USS Milius guided-missile destroyer sailed near the group …

Friends will be friends: They want to be friends with rats in France

10:46 26.03.2023

Friends will be friends: They want to be friends with rats in France

Rats are everywhere in Paris and Marseille, they make their way into every nook and cranny. In recent years, there have been more and more rats, French TV channel TF1 said. According to scientists, there are about six million of them in Paris. Marseille is also "in the danger zone". …

Ukrainian chronicle: Depleted uranium ammunition in Ukraine

18:58 25.03.2023 Vladimir Kozin

Ukrainian chronicle: Depleted uranium ammunition in Ukraine

On 21 March 2023, UK Minister of State for Defence Annabel Goldie announced in the House of the Lords of the British Parliament that Britain would transfer armour-piercing sub-caliber shells to Ukraine with depleted uranium (DU). Alongside our granting of a squadron of Challenger 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine, …

FORBS is perplexed: Where is the Russian banking crisis?

10:58 25.03.2023

FORBS is perplexed: Where is the Russian banking crisis?

“Sanctions were supposed to kill the Russian financial sector. It did, and it didn’t. Where is the Russian banking crisis?” – FORBS is perplexed. Yes, sanctions have hurt Russia’s financial institutions. But a Russian banking crisis, one that looks like we have seen in the U.S. recently with Silicon Valley …

Iraq War aimed to ‘democratize the Middle East’ but instead eroded the myth of US omnipotence

10:56 25.03.2023

Iraq War aimed to ‘democratize the Middle East’ but instead eroded the myth of US omnipotence

Twenty years ago, the United States invaded Iraq, with then-president George W Bush describing it as a necessary act “to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger.” A few weeks later, Bush boasted that the war was a success because US troops had ousted Iraqi dictator …

Weekdays of an English vegetable shop: Let's cut the cucumbers in half

10:55 25.03.2023

Weekdays of an English vegetable shop: Let's cut the cucumbers in half

When European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen visited Britain, some joked on social media: Can you please bring us some tomatoes? People in the U.K. have had to ration salad staples like tomatoes and cucumbers for the past two weeks amid a shortage of fresh vegetables, writes AP. Shelves …

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