Events, Facts, Comments - International Affairs

MAIN PAGE > Rubrics > Events, Facts, Comments

Russia asset seizure? – It’s a Dollar angst

10:20 29.04.2024

Russia asset seizure? – It’s a Dollar angst

Congressional passage of authority granting President Joe Biden new powers to seize Russian dollar assets to aid Ukraine has intensified debate over the potential consequences of foreign demand for US Treasuries and use of the dollar. The so-called REPO provision was added to a $95 billion Ukraine, Taiwan and Israel …

British life-style: 'Heavy-drinking' MPs indulging in sex during foreign trips are putting themselves at risk of blackmail - with prostitutes 'waiting in hotel rooms' when they arrive

10:19 29.04.2024

British life-style: 'Heavy-drinking' MPs indulging in sex during foreign trips are putting themselves at risk of blackmail - with prostitutes 'waiting in hotel rooms' when they arrive

The group of politicians travelling in an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) were met by prostitutes at their hotel during an official trip aboard, The Times reported. A senior government source told the newspaper that the behaviour of MPs undertaking APPG trips abroad “is quite astonishing”. They added: “If a hostile …

Bloomberg: Russia’s economy is so resilient, it risks overheating

10:44 28.04.2024

Bloomberg: Russia’s economy is so resilient, it risks overheating

Russia’s government touted robust domestic demand in boosting its 2024 growth forecast on Tuesday. While some might be tempted to dismiss the move as geopolitical bravado in the face of the US stepping up Ukraine aid, Russian economic strength is real, Bloomberg writes. In fact, Moscow’s new 2.8% GDP projection …

NATO is starting to deploy troops in Ukraine and Russia is racing to win

10:41 28.04.2024

NATO is starting to deploy troops in Ukraine and Russia is racing to win

US Troops to Ukraine After Biden is Reelected? – asks Stephen Bryen, a former US Deputy Under Secretary of Defense. NATO is starting to deploy combat troops to Ukraine. They are in uniform and mostly are concentrated in the western part of the country, although in some cases they are …

Britain life-style: “‘Do you hate Britain?’ I asked my pupils. 30 raised their hands”

10:39 28.04.2024

Britain life-style: “‘Do you hate Britain?’ I asked my pupils. 30 raised their hands”

There’s a piece in Sunday Times by an anonymous teacher, revealing the scale of national self-hatred in schools with large Muslim populations, aided and abetted by hand-wringing woke teachers who never stop apologising for Britain’s sins. Here’s an extract: “My pupils are a lively bunch. The school, where I teach …

Meteorologist warns of 'weather wars' between countries

10:37 28.04.2024

Meteorologist warns of 'weather wars' between countries

A meteorologist has warned of looming 'weather wars' between countries if 'cloud seeding' gets out of hand – after flooding in Dubai spawned concerns about artificially manipulating the rainfall, writes ‘The Dialy Mail’. Johan Jaques, a senior meteorologist at environmental technology company KISTERS, warned there could be 'unintended consequences' to …

Russian troops broke through Ukrainian lines as Ukraine pulls in panic US Abrams tanks from the front lines

11:24 27.04.2024

Russian troops broke through Ukrainian lines as Ukraine pulls in panic US Abrams tanks from the front lines

Ukraine has sidelined U.S.-provided Abrams M1A1 battle tanks for now in its fight against Russia, in part because Russian drone warfare has made it too difficult for them to operate without detection or coming under attack, two U.S. military officials told The Associated Press. The U.S. agreed to send 31 …

Viktor Orbán: ‘We can close one of the most shameful periods of our Western civilization’

11:22 27.04.2024

Viktor Orbán: ‘We can close one of the most shameful periods of our Western civilization’

After the scandalous events at the National Conservatives conference in Brussels last week, when a number of left-wing city officials have tried to shut the event down, another gathering of conservatives opens its doors in Budapest, this time with a more friendly reception. Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC Hungary), organized …

Trump rushed to save private “Dollar”

11:22 27.04.2024

Trump rushed to save private “Dollar”

Former President Donald Trump’s economic advisers are considering ways to actively stop nations from shifting away from using the dollar — an effort to counter budding moves among key emerging markets to reduce exposure to the US currency, according to people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg informs. Discussions include penalties …

View from Delhi: Why is the West desperate to have India at a Ukraine summit that Russia has rejected?

11:21 27.04.2024

View from Delhi: Why is the West desperate to have India at a Ukraine summit that Russia has rejected?

The international geopolitical landscape is becoming more perilous. The Ukraine conflict continues on without any solutions in sight. Tensions in the western Pacific between China and the Philippines are rising, and this is in addition to the continuing volatility of the Taiwan issue. A third area of potential regional strife …

« first previous Page 194 of 511. next last »