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A lesson of History: The CIA overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah and the struggle against neo-colonialism in West Africa today

12:06 28.05.2024

A lesson of History: The CIA overthrow of Kwame Nkrumah and the struggle against neo-colonialism in West Africa today

One day after his inauguration, Bassirou Diomaye Faye (photo) — Senegal’s new left Pan-Africanist president — announced that the new government will conduct an audit of the country’s oil, gas and mining sectors. Faye said, “The exploitation of our natural resources, which according to the constitution belong to the people, …

NATO PA urges Allies to lift restrictions on weapons use against targets inside Russia. They don't believe in Russia's response? In vain…

12:04 28.05.2024

NATO PA urges Allies to lift restrictions on weapons use against targets inside Russia. They don't believe in Russia's response? In vain…

NATO Allies must accelerate deliveries of the crucial weapons that Ukraine needs to defeat Russia’s war of aggression and should lift restrictions that prohibit their use against military targets inside Russia, the Alliance’s Parliamentary Assembly declared Monday. “Ukraine must be provided with all that it needs, as quickly as possible …

What a shame! Applebaum from ‘The Atlantic’ is not aware that Ukraine has a seashore

12:00 28.05.2024 Sergey Filatov

What a shame! Applebaum from ‘The Atlantic’ is not aware that Ukraine has a seashore

This interview appeared recently on Radio Atlantic. Its participants are radio presenter Hanna Rosin and the famous, seemingly experienced and knowledgeable magazine columnist Anne Applebaum. During the conversation about Ukraine, this “expert” demonstrated that she doesn’t even know that Ukraine still has access to the shores of the Black Sea! …

Russian jamming leaves some high-tech U.S. weapons ineffective in Ukraine

11:48 27.05.2024

Russian jamming leaves some high-tech U.S. weapons ineffective in Ukraine

Confidential Ukrainian assessments obtained by The Washington Post show how accuracy rates of some Western weapons fell after Russian jamming disrupted guidance systems. Many U.S.-made satellite-guided munitions in Ukraine have failed to withstand Russian jamming technology, prompting Kyiv to stop using certain types of Western-provided armaments after effectiveness rates plummeted, …

View from London: ICC must investigate British ministers for complicity in Gaza war crimes

11:46 27.05.2024

View from London: ICC must investigate British ministers for complicity in Gaza war crimes

Now the International Criminal Court is seeking to issue an arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu, it must investigate his accomplices in the British government. Seven British ministers – including Rishi Sunak, David Cameron, Grant Shapps and Kemi Badenoch – must be investigated for aiding Israel, writes Mark Curtis, the director …

Macron’s new headache – New Caledonia

11:43 27.05.2024

Macron’s new headache – New Caledonia

French President Emmanuel Macron touched down in New Caledonia and called for a “return to peace, calm and security” after days of violent protests in the Pacific territory sparked by a proposed change to the voting franchise. During his visit, Macron met with political, economic and youth representatives, with the …

Secession in the USA: 13 counties in Oregon approve ballot measures vote that would see them join non-woke Idaho

11:41 27.05.2024

Secession in the USA: 13 counties in Oregon approve ballot measures vote that would see them join non-woke Idaho

Thirteen fed-up counties in liberal Oregon have voted in support of measures to start negotiations to secede from the state and join conservative Idaho. The proposal seeks to move the Oregon border 200 miles to the west, meaning that 14 counties and several partial counties would fall under Idaho state …

Next UK Government faces hardest fiscal challenge in 70 years

10:31 26.05.2024

Next UK Government faces hardest fiscal challenge in 70 years

All UK political parties need to be honest about the painful fiscal choices facing the next government during the coming election campaign, the London Institute for Fiscal Studies think tank said. The challenge awaiting the winner is greater than any government has faced since at least the 1950s and wishful …

S-500: Russia's new air defense that could win a war against NATO

10:30 26.05.2024

S-500: Russia's new air defense that could win a war against NATO

Russia is banking on its advanced surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems, particularly the S-500 Prometheus, to counter Western weapons aiding Ukraine's defense, writes ‘The National Interest’. The Kremlin hopes its forces’ advanced surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems will thwart the Western weapons Kyiv is receiving to bolster its defense. Moscow will rely …

What a celebration in California? – Just a new Public Toilet. For… $1.7 million

10:28 26.05.2024

What a celebration in California? – Just a new Public Toilet. For… $1.7 million

San Francisco Celebrates Its New Public Toilet. The town threw a party for the opening of a $1.7 million public restroom, writes ‘The New York Times’. San Francisco closed the lid Sunday on the saga of a $1.7 million public restroom. To commemorate the commode’s installation, residents celebrated at a …

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