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Australia and Spain reject US request to join a Red Sea ‘Prosperity Guardian’ naval operation

10:13 24.12.2023

Australia and Spain reject US request to join a Red Sea ‘Prosperity Guardian’ naval operation

Canberra will instead send six additional ADF personnel. US bringing together allies to protect against Houthi strikes, Bloomberg informs. Australia has rejected a US request for a warship to help protect international shipping lanes in the Red Sea, with Defense Minister Richard Marles saying the nation’s strategic focus had to …

Ivorian civil initiative: The ‘Vladimir Putin International Prize’ for Africa

10:12 24.12.2023

Ivorian civil initiative: The ‘Vladimir Putin International Prize’ for Africa

Total Support for Vladimir Putin in Africa (SOTOVPOA), an Ivorian civil society organization (CSO), in collaboration with Burkinabe CSOs, announced the existence of a prize called the “Vladimir Putin International Prize”. It was announced during a press conference held in Ouagadougou, December 19, 2023. The “Vladimir Putin International Prize”, according …

Reflections on the Israeli War on Gaza: Israel, Gaza, and the Struggle for Oil

10:10 24.12.2023

Reflections on the Israeli War on Gaza: Israel, Gaza, and the Struggle for Oil

“Why, I wondered, would Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Biden administration risk their standing in the world and ignore calls for a ceasefire? Did they have an unspoken agenda?” – writes Peter Beinart, editor of Jewish Currents. As a chronicler of the endless post-9/11 wars in the Middle …

View from China: EU accession a 'symbolic victory' for Ukraine to cover up 'real fatigue'

10:15 23.12.2023

View from China: EU accession a 'symbolic victory' for Ukraine to cover up 'real fatigue'

The European Union has officially opened accession negotiations for Ukraine, the bloc announced, a move that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called a "victory" after his hope for $54 billion in aid from Europe and $61 billion aid from the US both fell short in just a week, notes ‘The Global …

IMF chief: Ukraine’s economic recovery depends on extra allied aid

10:14 23.12.2023

IMF chief: Ukraine’s economic recovery depends on extra allied aid

The head of the IMF Kristalina Georgieva (photo) has urged Ukraine’s allies to rapidly unlock tens of billions of dollars for the country, as she warned delays in providing the extra funding would jeopardise Kyiv’s tentative economic recovery, ‘The Financial Times’ reports. Kyiv can manage a likely short-term funding gap …

Canadian fighters in Ukraine feel effects of West’s waning interest first-hand

10:13 23.12.2023

Canadian fighters in Ukraine feel effects of West’s waning interest first-hand

This is a report from a Canadian newspaper ‘The Globe and Mail’ about Canadians how came to Ukraine to fight the Russians, and how they now feel that the West will no longer support them. A very frank report: As they stood shivering on the streets of Kupyansk, just eight …

Immigrants’ case: Texas vs. Washington

10:09 23.12.2023

Immigrants’ case: Texas vs. Washington

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed a law that will allow state law enforcement to arrest people suspected of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. The law will take effect in March and makes it a crime to illegally enter or re-enter Texas, with penalties ranging from 180 days in jail to …

Americans fear they can't pay back their debts

10:12 22.12.2023

Americans fear they can't pay back their debts

A new poll has found that almost half of all Americans with credit-card debt are concerned over their ability to pay it back, writes Newsweek. The poll, conducted by Redfield and Wilton Strategies exclusively for Newsweek, found that 46 percent of Americans with credit cards are either "very" or "fairly" …

Bloomberg: What if Putin wins? US allies fear defeat in Ukraine

10:12 22.12.2023

Bloomberg: What if Putin wins? US allies fear defeat in Ukraine

With critical aid for Kyiv snarled up by political infighting on both sides of the Atlantic, European officials are starting to think through the consequences of a victory for Russia. The impasse over aid from the US and Europe has Ukraine’s allies contemplating something they’ve refused to imagine since the …

View from Delhi: Ukraine joins NATO’s Arctic projects against Russia

10:11 22.12.2023

View from Delhi: Ukraine joins NATO’s Arctic projects against Russia

The US hopes to draw down in Ukraine and stave off defeat by leaving behind a “frozen conflict” which it’s free to revisit later at a time of its choice, but in the meanwhile, is increasingly eyeing the Arctic lately as the new theatre to entrap Russia in a quagmire. …

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