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America’s Ukraine problem: When your friends threaten you, they aren’t your friends

8:33 17.12.2023

America’s Ukraine problem: When your friends threaten you, they aren’t your friends

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was back in Washington begging for more money and guns. President Joe Biden offered his typical assurances of support, but otherwise, Zelensky’s reception was different than it has been in the past. But Zelensky’s bizarre threat against those whose assistance he is seeking is yet another …

California: 'Severe revenue decline' – record $68 billion budget deficit

8:31 17.12.2023

California: 'Severe revenue decline' – record $68 billion budget deficit

California has lost billions due to reduced tax revenues, Fox News informs. California is facing a major budget crisis due to a "severe revenue decline," and a record $68 billion budget deficit, likely forcing Democrats running the state to cut spending as the mass exodus of people and businesses moving …

WP: In Ukraine, the risk isn’t stalemate. It’s defeat

10:21 16.12.2023

WP: In Ukraine, the risk isn’t stalemate. It’s defeat

An unspoken, unspeakable potential endgame in the Russia-Ukraine war is suddenly being uttered out loud: Kyiv is at risk of losing — and suffering unimaginable carnage and consequences, stresses ‘The Washington Post’. The fact that Ukraine’s fate is hanging in the balance arises not from its inability to recapture territory …

COP28: Winners and losers in the new global climate deal

10:20 16.12.2023

COP28: Winners and losers in the new global climate deal

The far-ranging global climate deal struck Wednesday in Dubai is, like those that preceded it in nearly three decades of such talks, a mixed bag. Island nations left COP28 disappointed. The UAE gained some bragging rights. And the prospect of the world hitting its most ambitious climate goal remained in …

French president’s lost majority hits him with a vengeance

10:19 16.12.2023

French president’s lost majority hits him with a vengeance

‘End of reign’: Macron faces ungovernable France after shock immigration loss. Doubts about Emmanuel Macron's ability to govern France have been swirling since he lost the parliamentary elections last year, writes POLITICO. President Emmanuel Macron has been stopped dead in his tracks over the failure of a flagship immigration bill …

Congress bars any USA president from unilaterally withdrawing from NATO

10:19 16.12.2023

Congress bars any USA president from unilaterally withdrawing from NATO

Congress has approved legislation that would prevent any president from withdrawing the United States from NATO without approval from the Senate or an Act of Congress, The Hill informs. The measure, spearheaded by Sens. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), was included in the annual National Defense Authorization Act, …

It costs a lot: EU pushed decision on Ukraine ‘accession’

13:36 15.12.2023

It costs a lot: EU pushed decision on Ukraine ‘accession’

EU leaders on Thursday agreed to open accession talks with Kyiv, taking a definitive step toward Ukraine’s integration into the European project by bypassing Moscow’s ally in the bloc. But they failed to agree on a €50 billion aid package for Ukraine and on a renegotiation of the shared EU …

International press: “’Peace will come when we achieve our goals,’ Mr. Putin said”

13:14 15.12.2023

International press: “’Peace will come when we achieve our goals,’ Mr. Putin said”

The first responses to the press conference of Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared in the world media. The New York Times: President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia spent more than four hours on Thursday answering questions at his year-end news conference, resuming an annual tradition at a critical moment for …

View from Washington: Republican hold up Ukraine aid and ask painful questions

11:43 15.12.2023

View from Washington: Republican hold up Ukraine aid and ask painful questions

Republicans are complaining that neither the Biden administration nor Zelensky could tell them how Ukraine could win the war with Russia or what plan the administration had for Ukraine going forward. Nor were the Republicans happy that no progress was made with the administration on their demand for strong border …

View from Brussels: Ukraine’s accession could cost EU €190 billion

11:41 15.12.2023

View from Brussels: Ukraine’s accession could cost EU €190 billion

Seventeen percent of the European Union’s joint budget would flow directly to Ukraine if it were given EU membership, according to a report released on December 11th by the German Economic Institute. Under the EU’s current seven-year budget, that 17% would amount to €190 billion: around €70 to €90 billion …

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