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Databaseitalia: the company of Ukrainian President Zelensky acquired the estate of the singer Sting in Tuscany

11:05 08.08.2024

Databaseitalia: the company of Ukrainian President Zelensky acquired the estate of the singer Sting in Tuscany

British singer Sting (real name Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner) sold his Tenuta il Palaggio estate, which is located in the Italian region of Tuscany, to the company of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky. Databaseitalia writes about this. The article notes that information about the transaction appeared in the Italian …

Austria-Hungary headache for EU: “We're entering a new era in European politics”

11:03 08.08.2024

Austria-Hungary headache for EU: “We're entering a new era in European politics”

The far-right favourites to win Austria's next election have forged an alliance with Hungarian leader Viktor Orban that could deepen defiance of Brussels and threaten already fragile consensus over the Ukraine war if they take power, writes Reuters. Orban, prime minister of Austria's old imperial partner and an ally of …

WSJ: America’s ‘post-COVID factory boom’ is running out of steam

11:01 08.08.2024

WSJ: America’s ‘post-COVID factory boom’ is running out of steam

The COVID-19 pandemic triggered a significant transformation in the global manufacturing sector. In the early months of the pandemic, factories across the United States faced unprecedented disruptions, from supply chain interruptions to factory closures. However, as the world began to recover and vaccination rates increased, the U.S. manufacturing sector experienced …

FT: Widespread boycotts in Muslim countries hammer western brands

11:00 08.08.2024

FT: Widespread boycotts in Muslim countries hammer western brands

Boycotts of western food and drinks brands in Muslim countries are hitting the revenues of multinationals and their franchise operators, exacerbating the impact of a global consumer slowdown on their bottom line, writes ‘Financial Times’. From Egypt to Indonesia and Saudi Arabia to Pakistan, consumers are shunning goods produced by …

British life-style: UK pensioners left on ‘financial cliff edge’ by cuts to winter fuel payments

10:59 08.08.2024

British life-style: UK pensioners left on ‘financial cliff edge’ by cuts to winter fuel payments

Tens of thousands of pensioners are on a financial cliff edge because of the government’s decision to radically restrict winter fuel payments, a new analysis has revealed. The chancellor, Rachel Reeves, opted to introduce a means test for the payments, with only those on pension credit qualifying, stating it was …

Mali cuts Ukraine ties over alleged aiding of terrorist attack – Ukraine assisted

11:33 07.08.2024

Mali cuts Ukraine ties over alleged aiding of terrorist attack – Ukraine assisted

Mali’s military leadership severed diplomatic ties with Ukraine over its alleged backing of a Malian Tuareg rebel group that carried out an attack in which scores of government troops and Russian Wagner group killed, Bloomberg informs. More than two dozen mercenaries from the Russia-backed Wagner Group and Malian soldiers were …

Alastair Crooke: “Is there a risk that Kamala Harris might “go soft” on foreign policy?”

11:32 07.08.2024

Alastair Crooke: “Is there a risk that Kamala Harris might “go soft” on foreign policy?”

Extraordinary Times: Biden renounces his election bid via in the slimmest of Sunday afternoon postings; retreats into a silence which finally is broken by a ‘long farewell’ pronounced from the Oval Office. Biden’s staff didn’t hear of his renunciation until a minute before his letter was posted. Then the internet …

Paul Krugman: The US economy is looking pre-recessionary

11:31 07.08.2024

Paul Krugman: The US economy is looking pre-recessionary

The United States probably (probably) hasn’t entered a recession yet. But the economy is definitely looking pre-recessionary. And policymakers — which right now basically means the Federal Reserve — need to move quickly to head off the risks of serious economic deterioration, writes at ‘The New York Times’ Paul Krugman, …

View from Canada: “We were in the presence of an attempt of the international far right and the CIA to overthrow the government of Venezuela”

11:22 07.08.2024

View from Canada: “We were in the presence of an attempt of the international far right and the CIA to overthrow the government of Venezuela”

Once again, as in 2002, Venezuela has been the victim of a combined media and diplomatic coup attempt, but this time with the added element of organized crime and a cyber-attack, writes María Páez Victor, Ph.D., a Venezuelan born sociologist living in Canada, at Counter Punch. Millions of eligible voters …

The “NATO-ization” of the Asia-Pacific region

11:49 06.08.2024

The “NATO-ization” of the Asia-Pacific region

A series of bilateral and multilateral meetings were held in Tokyo, including the meeting of US-Japan Security Consultative Committee, known as the "2+2" security talks, the US-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Ministerial Meeting and the Quad Ministerial Meeting that was held from Sunday to Monday, writes ‘The Global Times’. US Secretary of …

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