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View from Delhi: Will Iran nuclear talks be in a new format?

12:23 02.09.2024

View from Delhi: Will Iran nuclear talks be in a new format?

Iran’s new foreign minister Abbas Araghchi in an interview with Japan’s Kyodo news agency on August 22 set the foreign policy compass under President Masoud Pezeshkian in a new sequencing of priorities, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. Araghchi said as a crucial step toward removing sanctions …

Newsweek: Georgia – “the country that NATO and the West are losing to Russia”

12:22 02.09.2024

Newsweek: Georgia – “the country that NATO and the West are losing to Russia”

Russia believes the U.S. is preparing to delegitimize the upcoming election in the former Soviet republic of Georgia in a "color revolution." Georgia's upcoming election is scheduled for October this year, when voters will choose their representatives in Parliament. The ruling party, Georgian Dream, has been in power since 2012 …

The US, China and the Great Game in the Pacific

12:20 02.09.2024

The US, China and the Great Game in the Pacific

America’s contest with China will be decided in lots of places — including Tonga, writes Bloomberg. Just hitch a mental ride with Kurt Campbell, America’s deputy secretary of state, as he alights this week in that archipelagic kingdom for a summit of the Pacific Islands Forum. The purpose of his …

View from London: Russian economy shows solid growth despite Ukraine war sanctions

10:39 01.09.2024

View from London: Russian economy shows solid growth despite Ukraine war sanctions

The Russian economy has shown solid growth in many sectors while unemployment remains at a record low, prompting officials to hint at a brighter outlook for the year despite Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine, writes Reuters with great surprise. Driven by military production, industrial output rose by 3.3% …

Pope Francis condemns Ukraine’s ban on Russian Orthodox Church

10:37 01.09.2024

Pope Francis condemns Ukraine’s ban on Russian Orthodox Church

Pope Francis condemned the Ukraine government's move to ban a Russia-linked branch of the country's Orthodox Church. "Do not touch churches," the Pope said in his weekly prayers, one day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed the ban into law. "In thinking of the law recently adopted in Ukraine, I …

View from USA: ‘Poorly trained recruits contribute to loss of Ukrainian territory on Eastern front’

10:36 01.09.2024

View from USA: ‘Poorly trained recruits contribute to loss of Ukrainian territory on Eastern front’

Ukrainian forces are facing significant challenges as poorly trained recruits struggle on the front lines, leading to territorial losses in the eastern region. Commanders report that new soldiers, drawn from recent mobilization efforts, often lack basic combat skills and some refuse to engage the enemy, contributing to Russia's advances, writes …

Poll: Britons believe that the circumstances were the worst since the Second World War

10:34 01.09.2024

Poll: Britons believe that the circumstances were the worst since the Second World War

New surveys show surge in negative view of new administration and many more expecting rise in their taxes, notes ‘The Financial Times’. More than half of Britons disapprove of the new Labour government, polling showed, as a separate survey revealed many more voters expect to be hit with higher personal …

View from USA: Ukraine loses its first F-16. Was it by friendly fire?

10:34 31.08.2024

View from USA: Ukraine loses its first F-16. Was it by friendly fire?

Ukraine has lost its first F-16 in a combat operation. The aircraft was destroyed and the pilot of the aircraft killed. That much has been officially confirmed by Ukraine's Air Force. Exactly where the shoot down happened, or how it happened, remains unclear, writes Stephen Bryen, a former U.S. Deputy …

Ukrainian Nazi say: “Children will be forcibly evacuated, even if their families refuse to leave”

10:34 31.08.2024

Ukrainian Nazi say: “Children will be forcibly evacuated, even if their families refuse to leave”

While Ukrainian troops are attempting to gain more Russian territory in Kursk region, Russia has made steady gains in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, writes ‘The Financial Times’. Ukrainian authorities have warned residents near the eastern front line to evacuate before the arrival of Russian troops, as Moscow presses ahead with its …

British life-style: “Good appetite, folks!” – It's a Government task to make gentlemen eat bugs…

10:32 31.08.2024

British life-style: “Good appetite, folks!” – It's a Government task to make gentlemen eat bugs…

A UK government-backed group is exploring how to use “nudge” tactics (psychological propaganda) to convince the population to start eating insects, Modernity News reports. The National Alternative Protein Innovation Centre (NAPIC), which is funded by UK Research and Innovation, a government quango, is trying to sell the public on “meat …

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