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View from China: Western attempts to sow discord between China and India won’t impact BRICS cooperation

9:42 15.08.2023

View from China: Western attempts to sow discord between China and India won’t impact BRICS cooperation

The BRICS was not established to challenge the US or the West, but to offer more choices for all countries and help improve the global economic order. The US can't suppress others in order to safeguard its economic hegemony. Its attacks on BRICS merely suggest it lacks confidence in related …

Global South joining peace talks on Ukraine – a balancing act driven by pragmatism

9:41 15.08.2023

Global South joining peace talks on Ukraine – a balancing act driven by pragmatism

The West’s moral argument over the Russia-Ukraine conflict has made little impression on the Global South, notes Kanwal Sibal, a retired Indian foreign secretary and former Ambassador to Russia between 2004 and 2007. If the intention is to genuinely explore a solution to the Ukraine conflict through dialogue and diplomacy, …

China refused to invite “some leaders of developed countries” for the Belt and Road Forum

9:09 14.08.2023

China refused to invite “some leaders of developed countries” for the Belt and Road Forum

Europe is "avoiding" participation in the 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation (BRF) to be held later this year in China, with European leaders such as French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reportedly not having plans to attend the forum, …

‘Cash Is Printed Freedom!’ – 530,000 Austrians demanded right to cash payments be added to Constitution

9:08 14.08.2023

‘Cash Is Printed Freedom!’ – 530,000 Austrians demanded right to cash payments be added to Constitution

After 530,000 Austrians signed a referendum petition calling for the right to cash payments to be enshrined in Austria’s constitution in 2022, Austria’s political class is refusing to move forward with adding this legal right, warns the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ). “Nowhere else in the world is an everyday …

View from UAE: Ukrainian war and disenchantment of the West

9:07 14.08.2023

View from UAE: Ukrainian war and disenchantment of the West

The failure of the Ukrainian counter-offensive, which began in June, led to negative consequences both for the course of the war and for relations between Western countries and their military assistance for Ukraine, UAE newspaper ‘Al Khaleej’ (‘The Gulf’) writes. Perhaps the recent crisis between Ukraine and Poland over military …

The Niger crisis and the global threat of war

9:06 14.08.2023

The Niger crisis and the global threat of war

The impoverished West African state of Niger is the latest flashpoint in the struggle by the imperialist powers for a redivision of the world. The issues involved in the NATO-Russia war in Ukraine — a fight for territory, strategic resources and regime change — are erupting all over the globe, …

CNN: Why a stalled Ukrainian offensive could represent a huge US political problem

10:19 13.08.2023

CNN: Why a stalled Ukrainian offensive could represent a huge US political problem

One of Ukraine’s greatest tragedies as it pursues a critical offensive that has, so far, failed to meet its own and Western expectations is that it cannot, by itself, decide its destiny, notes CNN. A stalled offensive and a winter stalemate, for instance, would have particular ramifications in the United …

US offer Taliban release Afghan funds in exchange for making Iran insecure

10:18 13.08.2023

US offer Taliban release Afghan funds in exchange for making Iran insecure

A source revealed to the Tehran Times the reason behind Iran’s warning. The source said the U.S. put forth an offer to Taliban negotiators that could destabilize the region. The U.S. offered to release $7b in Afghan funds frozen in American banks in exchange for a Taliban move to destabilize …

View from Prague: “Poland is worried about Russia and builds the strongest land army in Europe – on debt”

10:16 13.08.2023

View from Prague: “Poland is worried about Russia and builds the strongest land army in Europe – on debt”

Fears of Russia lead Poland to create the largest land army in the EU, writes ‘Seznam Zpravy’ from the Czech Republic. The country is arming feverishly, Warsaw takes loans from South Korea. But at the same time questions are mounting – whether Poland can afford it? Abrams tanks, K2, K9 …

‘Water is life’ for… the Privileged

10:15 13.08.2023

‘Water is life’ for… the Privileged

A new unexpected political problem has appeared In the United States – clean water! As the heatwave intensifies across the country, as workers exposed to the heat collapse on the job in increasing numbers — some of them die — Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas has signed a law nullifying …

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