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China space mail: A rocket delivers e-commerce packages in sea recovery test

10:03 29.06.2025

China space mail: A rocket delivers e-commerce packages in sea recovery test

A Chinese private rocket firm has successfully tested transporting packages from Taobao, one of the country's largest e-commerce platforms, using a reusable rocket. The rocket was later recovered from the sea, marking a significant advancement in commercial space logistics, Xinhua reports. SEPOCH, a Beijing-based startup, completed its inaugural "rocket delivery" …

View from Palestine: The real winners and the strategic fallout of the Israel-Iran war

10:02 29.06.2025

View from Palestine: The real winners and the strategic fallout of the Israel-Iran war

The descendants of one of the world’s oldest civilizations – Iranian – reacted with a dignity and pride that no amount of foreign aggression could extinguish, writes Dr. Ramzy Baroud, a journalist, author and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle, senior research fellow at the Center for Islam and Global …

‘Global Times’: Gathering of 10 defense ministers in Qingdao highlights appeal of “non-aligned SCO”

10:00 29.06.2025

‘Global Times’: Gathering of 10 defense ministers in Qingdao highlights appeal of “non-aligned SCO”

From Wednesday to Thursday, the meeting of Ministers of Defense of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States was held in Qingdao, East China's Shandong Province, drawing extensive international attention, ‘Global Times’ stresses. This is because the meeting not only served as a "warm-up event" for the Tianjin SCO Summit …

British live-style: No winter fuel payments for most pensioners – the Government has no money

9:59 29.06.2025

British live-style: No winter fuel payments for most pensioners – the Government has no money

UK chancellor’s U-turn means about 2mn pensioners will lose annual subsidy of up to £300, ‘Financial Times’ reports. UK chancellor Rachel Reeves is to restore winter fuel payments to all but 2mn pensioners with incomes of more than £35,000, in a U-turn that will cost the Treasury £1.25bn. Under the …

Vladimir Putin in Minsk answered questions from Russian journalists

13:15 28.06.2025

Vladimir Putin in Minsk answered questions from Russian journalists

Following the EAEU summit in Minsk, President of Russia Vladimir Putin answered questions from Russian journalists. June 27, 2025 Minsk Question: Anton Vernitsky, Channel One. Mr President, could you please summarise the outcomes of today’s proceedings? What took place behind closed doors, particularly during the restricted-format meeting with your EAEU …

Leaked files reviewed expose the covert war waged by British intelligence against Russia in the Black Sea

9:23 28.06.2025

Leaked files reviewed expose the covert war waged by British intelligence against Russia in the Black Sea

Sensitive documents reviewed by The Grayzone indicate that the United Kingdom is the central architect behind Ukrainian military operations targeting Russia’s Black Sea Fleet. Among other explosive findings, the files reveal high-ranking British military and intelligence figures drew up detailed plans to “maximize attrition of [Moscow’s] Black Sea Fleet,” plotted …

POLITICO: “Trump really hates Europe” – Trump can pull the plug on the internet, and Europe can’t do anything about it!

9:22 28.06.2025

POLITICO: “Trump really hates Europe” – Trump can pull the plug on the internet, and Europe can’t do anything about it!

Donald Trump’s return to the White House is forcing Europe to reckon with a major digital vulnerability: The U.S. holds a kill switch over its internet, POLITICO predicts. As the U.S. administration raises the stakes in a geopolitical poker game that began when Trump started his trade war, Europeans are …

View from London: Is the Ukraine war crushing Russia’s economy? Quite the opposite

9:21 28.06.2025

View from London: Is the Ukraine war crushing Russia’s economy? Quite the opposite

Although President Putin is acutely sensitive to public opinion and will take it prominently into account as he weighs his battlefield tactics, economic policy and diplomatic strategy, there is no suggestion yet that his countrymen are demanding an end to the fighting, notes well-known British observer Professor Mark Galeotti, who …

‘The Tehran Times’: Israel planned false flag operation on US soil

9:19 28.06.2025

‘The Tehran Times’: Israel planned false flag operation on US soil

Information obtained by the Tehran Times shows that Israel was plotting to carry out an explosion on U.S. soil and subsequently blame Iran, with the apparent aim of instigating a full-scale war between the United States and Iran. The plan involved orchestrating a destructive event within the U.S. and fabricating …

Vladimir Putin at Eurasian Economic Forum

13:17 27.06.2025

Vladimir Putin at Eurasian Economic Forum

Vladimir Putin addressed the plenary session of the Eurasian Economic Forum, held at the BelExpo National Exhibition Centre in Minsk. The topic of the discussion – Strategy for Eurasian Economic Integration: Results and Prospects. Taking part in the plenary session were President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, Prime Minister of Armenia …

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