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Bloomberg: Will Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ be operational in three years?

9:38 23.05.2025

Bloomberg: Will Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ be operational in three years?

President Trump vowed to complete a "Golden Dome" missile-defense shield by the end of his term, which would offer protection from various threats despite some unproven technology. The system's development is estimated to cost $175 billion, but the Congressional Budget Of...

British life-style: “What we’re witnessing now isn’t chaos. It’s the cost of looking away”

9:37 23.05.2025

British life-style: “What we’re witnessing now isn’t chaos. It’s the cost of looking away”

Reform UK, the far-right party led by Farage, is no longer a flag-waving nuisance on the sidelines of British politics, writes European press. After slipping into Parliament last year, it has now won two mayoralties and seized control of ten councils across the UK, including, with a particular twist of …

EU to Africa: “No more free cash!” Sorry, Europe has no money…

9:36 23.05.2025

EU to Africa: “No more free cash!” Sorry, Europe has no money…

The European Commission wants to extract more value from the foreign aid it offers poor countries under a controversial plan being sketched out in Brussels. The EU executive intends to add conditions to funds transferred to developing countries, such as the need to stem migrant flows, according to an internal …

Lavrov calls out Washington’s biased view on coups in Gambia and Ukraine

12:00 22.05.2025

Lavrov calls out Washington’s biased view on coups in Gambia and Ukraine

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that the US authorities opposed the attempted coup in Gambia in 2014, while supporting a similar event in Ukraine, TASS reported. “Speaking of the United States, in 2014, shortly after February, there was an attempted coup in Gambia. If you want to know …

POLITICO: The totalitarian transformation of the European Union

12:00 22.05.2025

POLITICO: The totalitarian transformation of the European Union

Friedrich Merz’s incoming coalition wants to press the EU to look at withholding funds and suspending voting rights from Hungary, according to a document seen by POLITICO. The time has come to punish Orbán, Germany’s government says. Germany’s incoming government says it will press the European Union to finally add …

CNN: New intelligence suggests Israel is preparing possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities

11:58 22.05.2025

CNN: New intelligence suggests Israel is preparing possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities

The US has obtained new intelligence suggesting that Israel is making preparations to strike Iranian nuclear facilities, even as the Trump administration has been pursuing a diplomatic deal with Tehran, multiple US officials familiar with the latest intelligence told CNN. Such a strike would be a brazen break with President …

NYT: Trump’s new position on the war in Ukraine: “Not My Problem”

11:57 22.05.2025

NYT: Trump’s new position on the war in Ukraine: “Not My Problem”

President Trump appears to have backed off joining a European push for new sanctions on Russia, seemingly eager to move on to doing business deals with it, ‘The New York Times’ notes. For months, President Trump has been threatening to simply walk away from the frustrating negotiations for a cease-fire …

FT: Putin keeps Trump watching — and Kyiv waiting

11:56 22.05.2025

FT: Putin keeps Trump watching — and Kyiv waiting

So far, the Russian leader’s refusal to engage on terms set by others has been met with little resistance — and certainly not enough to compel concessions or alter the course of his war, ‘The Financial Times’ notes. The clearest sign of that came when US President Donald Trump seemed …

Sergey Lavrov: “The existing European security system has proved ineffective”

20:11 21.05.2025

Sergey Lavrov: “The existing European security system has proved ineffective”

The existing European security system has proved ineffective, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, TASS quotes. "European security concerns everyone and we share the principled assessment that the existing European security system has for years repeatedly proven its ineffectiveness," he pointed out at a press conference following talks with top …

View from Israel: Israel's new Gaza Operation should be called 'Chariots of Genocide'

11:35 21.05.2025

View from Israel: Israel's new Gaza Operation should be called 'Chariots of Genocide'

About 100 people were killed in Gaza on Wednesday, May 14. Almost all of them innocent, except for their being Palestinians who live in the Gaza Strip. They were killed by Israeli soldiers. This is their appetizer for the campaign their military aspires to – and we remain silent. What …

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