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JD Vance: US focused on long-term Ukraine peace, not ceasefire

10:24 08.05.2025

JD Vance: US focused on long-term Ukraine peace, not ceasefire

The US is shifting its focus away from a 30-day ceasefire in Russia’s war with Ukraine toward shaping a long-term peace settlement, Vice President JD Vance said. Vance’s comments Wednesday signal that frustration is mounting in the White House after President Donald Trump failed to deliver on his goal of …

How India helped the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War

14:03 07.05.2025

How India helped the Red Army during the Great Patriotic War

During World War II, from November 1942 to March 1944, Indians transported tens of thousands of tons of supplies to the Soviet Army. The historical episode called in India “Aid Convoys”. “This may not look like a very significant contribution from India. But it was obviously a very difficult route …

Germany's Merz wins vote for chancellor after surviving historic defeat

11:23 07.05.2025

Germany's Merz wins vote for chancellor after surviving historic defeat

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has won a parliament vote to become Germany's next chancellor at the second attempt, BBC informs. Merz had initially fallen six votes short of the absolute majority he needed on Tuesday morning – a significant blow to his prestige and an unprecedented failure in post-war German …

Israel plans to occupy and flatten all of Gaza if no deal by Trump's trip: “The tactic will be massive destruction”

11:21 07.05.2025

Israel plans to occupy and flatten all of Gaza if no deal by Trump's trip: “The tactic will be massive destruction”

Israel has set President Trump's visit to the Middle East next week as a deadline for a new hostage and ceasefire deal, with a massive ground operation to commence if no deal is reached, Israeli officials say, writes Axios. Why it matters: Israel's Security Cabinet approved a plan Sunday night …

WP: Ukraine doesn’t produce rare earths “and probably never will”

11:20 07.05.2025

WP: Ukraine doesn’t produce rare earths “and probably never will”

The U.S. deal for rights to extract minerals in Ukraine strengthened a frayed diplomatic relationship, but its value in the global competition for metals to build things like weapons, electronics and batteries is highly uncertain, ‘The Washington Post’ stresses. Citing logistical and economic barriers, industry specialists said it will take …

FT: The specter of dollar doomsday still looms

11:19 07.05.2025

FT: The specter of dollar doomsday still looms

Even if Kamala Harris were in office today, we’d be in a post-Washington consensus world (the Biden White House said as much). We’d also be heading, albeit more slowly than we are now, to a multi-polar world in which the dollar and dollar assets are no longer the only game …

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s article for Cuban media, Russia and Cuba: Celebrating brotherhood through the years and across distances, dedicated to the 65th anniversary of reinstating diplomatic relations between Russia and Cuba, May 7, 2025

10:36 07.05.2025 Sergey Lavrov

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s article for Cuban media, Russia and Cuba: Celebrating brotherhood through the years and across distances, dedicated to the 65th anniversary of reinstating diplomatic relations between Russia and Cuba, May 7, 2025

What brings us together so closely, so intimatelyand endears more and morethe land of snow and the island of coconut palms -my Russia and my Cuba?YevgenyYevtushenkoRussia and Cuba, 1963 On May 8, the Russian Federation and the Republic of Cuba will commemorate a momentous date which is the 65th anniversary …

Sergey Lavrov: “Almost all of Europe wages war on Russia under Nazi banners”

15:10 06.05.2025

Sergey Lavrov: “Almost all of Europe wages war on Russia under Nazi banners”

Almost all of Europe is engaged in conflict against Russia as these forces are rallied under Nazi banners, supporting Vladimir Zelensky’s regime in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. "They have declared the goal of inflicting a strategic defeat on us on the battlefield like they did in the …

Russian market: Western sanction vs. “a smell of money”

11:52 06.05.2025

Russian market: Western sanction vs. “a smell of money”

Lawyers report interest in structuring activities to allow restart of trading with Russian entities: “There is a lot of money to be made!” Commodity traders, insurers and shipping groups are among western companies approaching lawyers for advice on how to restart trading with Russia, in preparation for a potential lifting …

View from Greece: Iberian mysteries – the Spanish blackout

11:46 06.05.2025

View from Greece: Iberian mysteries – the Spanish blackout

It’s unprecedented. In two European countries — both EU and NATO members — electricity was suddenly cut off. Two more countries, France and Morocco, were also affected by the blackout. Life came to a standstill in the two countries most heavily impacted: passengers were trapped in trains, airports plunged into …

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