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As BRICS takes the Initiative from BIS – BIS debates ending mBridge project

12:36 30.10.2024

As BRICS takes the Initiative from BIS – BIS debates ending mBridge project

The Bank for International Settlements is debating whether to shut down a pilot cross-border payments platform after Russia‘s President Vladimir Putin identified the underlying technology as a tool to circumvent sanctions and potentially undermine the dollar’s dominance in the global financial system, Bloomberg informs. The mBridge project — which promises …

Bloomberg: Europe is almost out of time to defend its place in a brutal World

12:34 30.10.2024

Bloomberg: Europe is almost out of time to defend its place in a brutal World

The European project is approaching a tipping point. A combination of political paralysis, external threats and economic malaise is threatening to end the European Union’s ambitions to become a global force in its own right — pushing member states toward defending their own interests instead, states Bloomberg. After decades of …

The war of genocide: 40% of 43,000 killed by Israeli forces in Gaza are children

12:32 30.10.2024

The war of genocide: 40% of 43,000 killed by Israeli forces in Gaza are children

The Israeli genocidal war on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip has resulted in the martyrdom of 42,885 people and injured another, the Government's Media Office in Gaza revealed. Israeli occupation forces committed at least 3,738 massacres in the Gaza Strip, throughout the 385 days of war. The Media Office has …

The ICC prosecutor under attack: Karim Khan got sexual claims against him

12:31 30.10.2024

The ICC prosecutor under attack: Karim Khan got sexual claims against him

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim Ahmad Khan allegedly responded to a formal complaint of sexual misconduct by trying to persuade the alleged victim to deny the claims, the Guardian has been told, ‘The Guardian’ writes. Multiple ICC staff with knowledge of the allegations against Karim …

WSJ: “The West, which supports Kiev, will now look for a way out”

11:55 29.10.2024

WSJ: “The West, which supports Kiev, will now look for a way out”

The West wants to receive proposals from Moscow for a not too humiliating end to the Ukrainian conflict, ‘The Wall Street Journal’ writes. However, Putin will not offer easy ways of retreat. He will demand a very high price. Every day Russia is getting closer to achieving its goals. The …

‘Athens News’: Sanctions – ruin for Europe, gain for others

11:54 29.10.2024

‘Athens News’: Sanctions – ruin for Europe, gain for others

Sanctions against Russia led to an energy crisis in EU rising prices and closing factories. At the same time, the US, China and other countries benefited, notes ‘Athens News’. Sanctions. The word sounds almost like a spell, causing as much anxiety as promise. On the one hand, this is a …

‘Al Jazeera’: Can foreign policy tip the US presidential election?

11:52 29.10.2024

‘Al Jazeera’: Can foreign policy tip the US presidential election?

Historically, domestic issues have played a greater role in US elections. But this year, foreign policy might be key, notes ‘Al Jazeera’. Further-from-home issues like foreign policy, the wisdom goes, do not decide elections. As one adviser put it in the lead-up to Bill Clinton’s election in 1992, “It’s the …

Japan's election scandal: 74 percent of voters considered the slush fund scandal when casting their ballots

11:48 29.10.2024

Japan's election scandal: 74 percent of voters considered the slush fund scandal when casting their ballots

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Monday dismissed the idea of expanding the ruling coalition's composition for now but expressed a desire to incorporate policy ideas from the opposition camp after a crushing defeat in the previous day's general election, Kyodo News informs. His remarks came as expectations mounted that …

View from Turkey: BRICS has more potential than the G7 and the EU

11:58 28.10.2024

View from Turkey: BRICS has more potential than the G7 and the EU

While many countries, especially Russia, were making new breakthroughs in the fight against the unipolar world order, BRICS was created in 2009 with the participation of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa at the call of Russia, stresses Turkish newspaper ‘DikGazete’. While the Westerners continued their plans to encircle …

NYT: Georgia turned against the West, and it’s not coming back

11:57 28.10.2024

NYT: Georgia turned against the West, and it’s not coming back

The ruling Georgia Dream party won a majority in the vote. The opposition, which fears the country is moving away from the West, says the voting was not fair and that it will not appear in Parliament, NYT reports. The Election Administration of Georgia, the body that oversees elections in …

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