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Australia: Is it a struggle for freedom or ordinary vandalism?

9:50 16.06.2024

Australia: Is it a struggle for freedom or ordinary vandalism?

A statue of King George V has been decapitated in Melbourne by vandals who have dedicated the attack to King Charles – just months before he is due to visit Australia with the Queen, ‘The Daily Mail’ writes. Anti-monarchists filmed the beheading and posted it online with the soundtrack of …

Lost in Space: How NASA astronauts could 'strand' on the ISS

9:46 16.06.2024

Lost in Space: How NASA astronauts could 'strand' on the ISS

Boeing's latest potential scandal is out of this world – literally. Its Starliner spacecraft – which carried two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) last week – is unable to undock after several faults were found on the ship, writes ‘The Daily Mail’. Teams have discovered five different …

Incivility in Diplomacy as a Reflection of the Crisis in Foreign Policy Culture

10:13 15.06.2024 Vitaly Chumakov

Incivility in Diplomacy as a Reflection of the Crisis in Foreign Policy Culture

The American response is all but a model of diplomatic manners compared to NATO’s document. NATO sent us such an ideologically motivated answer, it is so permeated with its exceptional role and special mission, that I even felt a bit embarrassed for whoever wrote these texts.1 Sergey Lavrov THE 2020s …

Nigel Farage ready to lead Britain’s ‘right wing’ with collapse of legacy Conservatives and Trotskyites

9:57 15.06.2024

Nigel Farage ready to lead Britain’s ‘right wing’ with collapse of legacy Conservatives and Trotskyites

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage (photo), who appears to be at the inflection point of overtaking the centuries-old Conservative Party as the major party of the British right says he would even consider taking over the Tories and incorporating them into Reform. As Farage has repeatedly said in the past …

NYT: America isn’t leading the World

9:56 15.06.2024

NYT: America isn’t leading the World

Never in the decades since the Cold War has the United States looked less like a leader of the world and more like the head of a faction — reduced to defending its preferred side against increasingly aligned adversaries, as much of the world looks on and wonders why the …

Something about Gen Zers

9:55 15.06.2024

Something about Gen Zers

Some Gen Zers are bringing their parents to job interviews, a survey of 1,428 zoomers found. Experts say this trend shows Gen Z values parental guidance but that it can hurt job prospects. In a Resume Templates survey of 1,428 US zoomers, 70% said they had asked their parents for …

The G7 loses ground to BRICS

9:53 15.06.2024

The G7 loses ground to BRICS

G-7: Look, these are Russian missiles! One hidden transformation of the international system in the most recent years has been the hijacking of the G7 by Washington as its ‘kitchen cabinet’ in the transatlantic system. The G7 that was conceived as a group of countries charioting the world economy ended …

Vladimir Putin at the meeting with Foreign Ministry senior officials: “The world is changing rapidly”

18:03 14.06.2024

Vladimir Putin at the meeting with Foreign Ministry senior officials: “The world is changing rapidly”

Photo: Aleksey Maishev, RIA Novosti Vladimir Putin held a meeting with the senior officials of the Russian Foreign Ministry. June 14, 2024. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: Mr President, colleagues, We are always pleased to see you at the Foreign Ministry. Let me welcome you to this meeting on behalf of …

View from Washington: Will the Ukraine war spill over to Europe?

10:42 14.06.2024

View from Washington: Will the Ukraine war spill over to Europe?

The danger is rising that the Ukraine war will spill over to Europe. The risk of a European war has never been so high. The general consensus among military experts is that Ukraine is slowly, but inexorably, losing the war against Russia. But what does that mean? – asks Stephen …

BRICS Games 2024 kicked off in Kazan

10:41 14.06.2024

BRICS Games 2024 kicked off in Kazan

The Opening Ceremony of the BRICS Sports Games, held in Russia for the first time in history, took place in the Concert Hall n.a. I. Shakirov at Kazan Expo on 12 June. Around 4,000 athletes from more than 90 countries all over the world will participate in the Games. The …

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