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Some ‘internal policy’ features of the US foreign policy branch

8:50 09.06.2024

Some ‘internal policy’ features of the US foreign policy branch

The State Department’s practices of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) hiring has led to potential inefficiencies in hiring and concerns about the quality of employees in the foreign service, according to a report from The Heritage Foundation, FOX News reports. "Ideologically driven bureaucrats at the State Department are severely undermining …

Chinese officials urge EU: “Avoid protectionist actions”

8:49 09.06.2024

Chinese officials urge EU: “Avoid protectionist actions”

Chinese officials and experts also highlighted the deeper repercussions from any EU protectionist actions, given the massive amount of trade between China and the EU in the auto industry. While there is competition, mutual interests are much greater, they stressed, calling on the EU to re...

Minnesota Democrats reject amendment to ‘require informing people if they’re eating bugs’

8:47 09.06.2024

Minnesota Democrats reject amendment to ‘require informing people if they’re eating bugs’

Democrats in the Minnesota Senate voted down an amendment that would have required foods containing bugs or “cell-cultured” products to be labeled as such. The omnibus agriculture policy bill, also known as S.F. 4225, was discussed, amended, and passed by the Minnesota Senate. According to the bill’s author, Sen. Aric …

British life-style: Britain's shameful military housing – damp, mouldy homes riddled with pests, shoddy gas and electrical fittings

9:44 08.06.2024

British life-style: Britain's shameful military housing – damp, mouldy homes riddled with pests, shoddy gas and electrical fittings

Britain's shameful military housing is a 'sinking ship' that is a 'tax on the goodwill' of the “UK's armed forces heroes”, a landmark review has found, ‘The Daily Mail’ informs. Damp, mouldy homes, riddled with pests and plagued by shoddy gas and electrical fittings are among the persistent woes troops …

“Second Crimea War” and Western perilous historical amnesia

9:43 08.06.2024

“Second Crimea War” and Western perilous historical amnesia

In Europe, there are more and more articles, counting western losses as result of the collective West aggression against Russia. This text is from a magazine ‘European Conservative’: Scarcely a day goes by when Crimea is not in the news. The Crimean Peninsula, the home of Russia’s Black Sea fleet, …

View from India: Why red lines on Western weapons are crucial for Russia

9:42 08.06.2024

View from India: Why red lines on Western weapons are crucial for Russia

NATO is trying to shift the Ukraine conflict into Russia, and the lack of a response will be seen as a sign of weakness, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. On May 31, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the Biden administration’s decision to allow Ukraine …

Bulgarian president: NATO is bringing us to Nuclear Armageddon

9:41 08.06.2024

Bulgarian president: NATO is bringing us to Nuclear Armageddon

Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev (photo) has accused NATO of getting involved in the war in Ukraine, which, he said, risks escalation and a ‘nuclear Armageddon’. His statement claims that it was NATO that started the war in Ukraine and could escalate It further to a nuclear war. Russia invaded Ukraine …

Vladimir Putin: There is a real race between countries in the world to strengthen their sovereignty

20:59 07.06.2024

Vladimir Putin: There is a real race between countries in the world to strengthen their sovereignty

The 27th annual St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) is running from June 5 to 8 drawing over 17,000 participants from 130 countries throughout the globe. On June 7, Russian President Vladimir Putin made a speech at the forum's plenary session, which is one of the key events. The participants …

FT: Another European gas crisis is on the horizon

10:02 07.06.2024

FT: Another European gas crisis is on the horizon

Has Europe really overcome its natural gas crisis and achieved independence from Russia? At first glance, one could think so. ‘The Financial Times’ reported yesterday that the European gas market has proved “far more resilient” to challenges it has faced since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. At a …

Bloomberg: Russia seeks Uranium assets in Niger

10:00 07.06.2024

Bloomberg: Russia seeks Uranium assets in Niger

Following a coup last July that ousted the west African nation’s Western-allied leader, Niger is the latest in a string of African countries, almost all military ruled, that have forged closer security ties with Russia. That’s opened the way for Moscow to seek access to mining interests as it tries …

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