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View from USA: The new risks are huge with Assad gone

11:51 10.12.2024

View from USA: The new risks are huge with Assad gone

Washington awoke on Sunday morning to a new reality, notes ‘The New York Times’. It is perhaps the most momentous upheaval yet in the 14 months since Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel unleashed a wave of violent retaliation that changed the region’s power dynamics. Now, with Mr. al-Assad’s …

Niger takes control of French uranium mine

11:50 10.12.2024

Niger takes control of French uranium mine

French nuclear firm Orano says the military authorities in Niger have taken control of its uranium mining operations in the West African country, RFI informs. After seizing power in a coup in July last year, Niger's military rulers said they would revamp rules regulating the mining of raw materials by …

‘Al Djazeera’: World reacts to capture of Syria’s Damascus by opposition fighters

14:58 09.12.2024

‘Al Djazeera’: World reacts to capture of Syria’s Damascus by opposition fighters

A diverse Syrian opposition has seized power in Syria. Among the forces that have come out against the Assad government are Islamists, Syrian oppositionists to the regime, and militant groups oriented towards Turkey. Chaos has begun in the Middle East in the very center of the region, which borders Israel, …

POLITICO: Kallas gave top EU official the ax and governments aren’t happy

11:57 09.12.2024

POLITICO: Kallas gave top EU official the ax and governments aren’t happy

And here is the first scandal in the new composition of the European Commission. The European Union’s new foreign affairs chief has outraged governments and officials over her decision to boot out her department’s top civil servant, POLITICO informs. Italian EU veteran Stefano Sannino is leaving his post as secretary …

View from London: A fiscal squeeze in 2025 will harm economic growth

11:56 09.12.2024

View from London: A fiscal squeeze in 2025 will harm economic growth

The European Union does not seem to have a debt problem, stresses ‘The Economist’. At around 84% of gdp, its member countries’ overall public-debt ratio is a lot lower than Britain’s 104% or America’s 123%, let alone Japan’s 255%. Even if the roughly €1trn ($1.1trn) of collective debt — such …

Russian Foreign Ministry: “We urge all parties involved to refrain from violence and resolve all governance issues through political means in Syria”

16:37 08.12.2024

Russian Foreign Ministry: “We urge all parties involved to refrain from violence and resolve all governance issues through political means in Syria”

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, after negotiations with several participants in the conflict in Syria, has decided to step down from his position and leave the country, giving instructions for a peaceful transfer of power, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported, Sputnik Globe writes. "As a result of negotiations between Bashar al-Assad …

Russophobia breeds idiocy: A coup d'etat has taken place in Romania, but ‘the blame’ for it lies with... Russia

9:15 08.12.2024

Russophobia breeds idiocy: A coup d'etat has taken place in Romania, but ‘the blame’ for it lies with... Russia

Romanian court cancels presidential election amid Russian influence fears, writes POLITICO. Constitutional court throws Romanian politics into turmoil, 2 days before runoff vote was due to take place! Romania’s top constitutional court on Friday dramatically cancelled high-stakes presidential elections after security services warned Russia was conducting “aggressive” hybrid attacks on …

A ‘Nissan’ senior official: “We have 12 or 14 months to survive”

9:14 08.12.2024

A ‘Nissan’ senior official: “We have 12 or 14 months to survive”

Nissan is searching for an anchor investor to help it survive a make-or-break year as longtime partner Renault sells down its holding in the crisis-hit Japanese carmaker, ‘The Financial Times’ writes. Two people with knowledge of the talks said Nissan was seeking a long-term, steady shareholder such as a bank …

Will Trump channel Nixon in Ukraine?

9:13 08.12.2024

Will Trump channel Nixon in Ukraine?

There are indications that the president-elect may intend further escalation, notes ‘The American Conservative’. The similarities between this most recent presidential election and that of 1968 are several. Like Joseph R. Biden, Lyndon B. Johnson was an increasingly polarizing and unpopular wartime president who declined to run for re-election. Their …

View from Washington: France and Germany – within a month of each other, both have seen their governments collapse

9:12 08.12.2024

View from Washington: France and Germany – within a month of each other, both have seen their governments collapse

The collapse of the government in France and the ruling coalition in Germany spells continued crises — and don't think war has nothing to do with it, writes ‘The Responsible Statecraft’. Two main lessons are to be drawn from the fall of Michel Barnier’s government in France. The first is …

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