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A new European fun: «Rein in von der Leyen!»

9:53 21.12.2024

A new European fun: «Rein in von der Leyen!»

There is a limit to everything, including Ursula von der Leyen’s reach. Some leaders have called on new European Council President António Costa to help rein her in, writes POLITICO. Annoyance is growing among senior EU diplomats, who are expected to discuss the European Commission chief’s recent unilateral power moves …

View from California: “The modern academy is a threat to reason, liberty and Western civilization”

9:52 21.12.2024

View from California: “The modern academy is a threat to reason, liberty and Western civilization”

The Western world has many enemies – China, Russia, Iran, North Korea – but none is more potentially lethal than its own education system. From the very institutions once renowned for spreading literacy, the Enlightenment and the means of mastering nature, we now see a deep-seated denial of our common …

Jonathan Cook: Syria’s Assad has fallen – just as the Pentagon planned 23 years ago

9:49 21.12.2024

Jonathan Cook: Syria’s Assad has fallen – just as the Pentagon planned 23 years ago

…Iran, the last target on the Pentagon’s list, is now fully in the cross-hairs. Deprived of allies in Syria, and now largely cut off from its Hezbollah allies in Lebanon, Tehran is as vulnerable as it has ever been, stresses Jonathan Cook, an award-winning British journalist based in Nazareth, Israel, …

Alexander Grushko: NATO prepares for war with Russia, Moscow takes these risks into account

9:48 21.12.2024

Alexander Grushko: NATO prepares for war with Russia, Moscow takes these risks into account

NATO is preparing for war with Russia, Moscow takes these risks into account in military planning and does not advise the West to experiment with it, Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said in an interview with kp.ru, TASS informs. "It is in everyone's interest not to bring the situation to …

Douglas Macgregor: “It’s not simply the end of Washington’s ‘rules-based international order.’ It’s the onset of chaos”

11:45 20.12.2024

Douglas Macgregor: “It’s not simply the end of Washington’s ‘rules-based international order.’ It’s the onset of chaos”

The U.S. is at risk of being buffaloed into a bloody war of regional realignment in the wake of Syria’s collapse, writes Douglas Macgregor, Col. (ret.), a senior fellow with The American Conservative, the former advisor to the Secretary of Defense in the Trump administration. Peace ...

NATO takes over coordination of military aid to Kyiv from U.S.

11:44 20.12.2024

NATO takes over coordination of military aid to Kyiv from U.S.

NATO has taken over coordination of Western military aid to Ukraine from the U.S. as planned, a source said Reuters, in a move widely seen as aiming to safeguard the support mechanism against NATO sceptic U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. The step, coming after a delay of several months, gives NATO …

Central European energy firms push for extension on Russian-Ukrainian gas transit deal

11:43 20.12.2024

Central European energy firms push for extension on Russian-Ukrainian gas transit deal

The companies’ plea to the EU comes as the region faces a gas supply cutoff from Moscow via Ukraine later this month, POLITICO informs. Top Central European energy firms have written to EU chief Ursula von der Leyen to try to extend a transit deal carrying Russian gas across Ukraine, …

US may deploy tactical nuclear weapons in UK in coming years

11:39 20.12.2024

US may deploy tactical nuclear weapons in UK in coming years

In the coming years, the United States may deploy tactical nuclear weapons at its Lakenheath military base in Suffolk, east England, ‘The Daily Telegraph’ reported. According to the newspaper’s sources, the United States has been creating a storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons at Lakenheath. The construction is to be …

The annual Direct Line event and the year-end press conference of Vladimir Putin

18:39 19.12.2024

The annual Direct Line event and the year-end press conference of Vladimir Putin

The annual Direct Line event and the year-end press conference are longstanding traditions, both of which have been hosted by the Kremlin since 2001. According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, this format is beneficial as it enables him to address issues that require particular attention. On December 19, Russian President …

Head of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov: International security deteriorates as West wants to keep dominating

11:38 19.12.2024

Head of the Russian General Staff Valery Gerasimov: International security deteriorates as West wants to keep dominating

Russian General Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov said during a briefing for foreign military attaches, the military-political situation in the world is characterized by a growing number of armed conflicts in various parts of the world and the key reason is the western desire to keep dominating. The negative changes …

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