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Pepe Escobar: “Welcome to the BRICS 11!”

11:48 30.08.2023

Pepe Escobar: “Welcome to the BRICS 11!”

No mountains can stop the surging flow of a mighty river.’ With the addition of six new members that add geostrategic clout and geographic depth to the BRICS, the multilateral institution is now gathering the momentum needed to reset international relations, writes Pepe Escobar (photo), the famous Brazilian journalist and …

France, U.S. relations grow tense over Niger coup

11:47 30.08.2023

France, U.S. relations grow tense over Niger coup

The coup in Niger is injecting fresh tension into the France-U.S. alliance. French officials are frustrated that their American counterparts have been willing to engage with the junta that overthrew Niger’s president, writes POLITICO. The two countries are at odds over how to respond to the ouster of the West …

Would the IAEA drink Tritiated water from Fukushima?

12:21 29.08.2023

Would the IAEA drink Tritiated water from Fukushima?

Is the release of radioactive contaminated water from the Fukushima nuclear site to the sea acceptable? Is it safe? Dr. Chris Busby, a scientific secretary of the European Committee on Radiation Risk, puts questions. The Japanese government, having apparently run out of storage space for the million tons of radioactively …

BRICS expansion perceived in the West as a “political victory for Russia and China”

12:19 29.08.2023

BRICS expansion perceived in the West as a “political victory for Russia and China”

Western paranoia over BRICS is unprecedented. If up until last year, the Western game was to mock at BRICS as an inconsequential club, the pendulum has swung to the other extreme, stresses M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. India became a beacon of hope for the Western media …

View from Turkey: In a New Order, China and Russia are the dominant poles

12:18 29.08.2023

View from Turkey: In a New Order, China and Russia are the dominant poles

The BRICS association, aimed at building an alternative mechanism for international cooperation to the current world order led by the United States, managed to attract attention with its decisions towards this goal at almost every summit. However, the 15th BRICS Heads of State and Government Summit, held in the Republic …

Confession of a US Army officer: US and NATO tanks are afraid of Russian mines and a mud

12:16 29.08.2023

Confession of a US Army officer: US and NATO tanks are afraid of Russian mines and a mud

Ukraine should wield its older tank fleet to plough through the territory Russia has meticulously mined to stem the advance of Kyiv's troops, Newsweek has been told, as Ukraine's slow but steady counteroffensive yields small, painstakingly won gains for the war-torn country. "You aren't going to risk your best tanks …

US ‘World of Statistics’ survey: Vladimir Putin has the highest respect among global leaders

11:33 28.08.2023

US ‘World of Statistics’ survey: Vladimir Putin has the highest respect among global leaders

A recent survey by World of Statistics revealed that among global leaders, users have the highest respect for Vladimir Putin. The Russian leader garnered 35.4% of respondents’ votes from 826.945 votes all over the World. In second place is the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, with 33.7%. At the …

Modi and Xi agree to ‘intensify efforts’ to deescalate border issue

11:32 28.08.2023

Modi and Xi agree to ‘intensify efforts’ to deescalate border issue

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed to “intensity efforts” to deescalate tensions at their contested border, in a rare face-to-face meeting since a deadly clash strained relations more than three years ago. Modi and Xi, who are in Johannesburg for the BRICS economic group meeting, …

View from Paris: Moscow has a strong position on wheat market

11:31 28.08.2023

View from Paris: Moscow has a strong position on wheat market

Since the beginning of the military conflict between Moscow and Kyiv, the cost of wheat has been constantly changing, writes French ‘L’opinion’. Between February and May 2022, when Ukrainian grains were blocked, prices for these products on the Euronext exchange soared from 180 to 430 euros per ton. The prospect …

West targets Saudi Aramco through ‘human rights’ and ‘climate’

11:31 28.08.2023

West targets Saudi Aramco through ‘human rights’ and ‘climate’

The United States and its allies quickly reacted to the fact that BRICS invited Saudi Arabia to join its ranks. Now, through the ‘UN investigation’, the Americans will put pressure on Riyadh in order to prevent the Kingdom from joining BRICS. Saudi Aramco is being investigated by the United Nations …

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