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Canadian authorities are running out of money – Toronto Mayor wants to implement ‘rain tax’ 12:07 15.05.2024

Canadian authorities are running out of money – Toronto Mayor wants to implement ‘rain tax’

The socialist Mayor of Toronto Olivia Chow is set to implement a “rain tax” on residents. You will be charged for however much rain falls on to your property, writes ‘The Countersignal’. The city’s proposal calls it a wastewater usage tax, and it’s based on the amount of rainwater generated …
Sergey Lavrov: If West wants to settle Ukrainian conflict on battlefield, let it be. Russia is ready 10:30 14.05.2024

Sergey Lavrov: If West wants to settle Ukrainian conflict on battlefield, let it be. Russia is ready

If the West wants to solve the Ukraine conflict on the battlefield, "so be it," Sergey Lavrov, candidate for the post of Russia’s foreign minister, told a Federation Council committee meeting discussing his reappointment (photo). "If they want [to resolve the conflict in Ukraine] on the battlefield, let it be …
NYT: Russian attacks open a new front in Ukraine 10:28 14.05.2024

NYT: Russian attacks open a new front in Ukraine

On Friday at dawn, Russian troops launched a complex attack with aircraft, artillery, infantry troops and armor, surging across the border near Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city. By all accounts the two sides are now locked in heavy fighting over a string of villages just a few miles inside Ukrainian …
Andrei Belousov, the new Russian Minister of Defense 10:27 14.05.2024

Andrei Belousov, the new Russian Minister of Defense

On May 12, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed the civilian economist to lead the Defense Ministry, Sputnik informs. Commenting on President Putin's suggestion to nominate the economist Andrei Belousov as minister of defense, presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov emphasized the need to integrate the overall economy of the security sector, particularly …
Renowned investor predicts US dollar collapse amid BRICS Crypto rumors 10:24 14.05.2024

Renowned investor predicts US dollar collapse amid BRICS Crypto rumors

Amid warnings of a major impending financial crash, renowned investor and author of the bestseller personal finance book 'Rich Dad Poor Dad' Robert Kiyosaki (photo) has shared his views on why the United States dollar, among others, may suffer, as a new currency threatens its global domination. “Currently in South …
View from Delhi: The heart of the matter is that the US and its G7 partners are in panic mode 11:51 13.05.2024

View from Delhi: The heart of the matter is that the US and its G7 partners are in panic mode

A study by the Harvard Business School in experimental psychology relating to people’s tendency to “shoot the messenger” came up with a startling finding that such human behaviour stems in part from a desire to make sense of chance processes. Simply put, receiving bad news activates the desire to sense-make, …
Undersea cables and the vulnerability of power 11:48 13.05.2024

Undersea cables and the vulnerability of power

Beneath the ocean waves, over 700,000 nautical miles of undersea cables link the far reaches of the world. These cable networks transmit government and private messages between continents in seconds, thereby forming the information backbone of modern society, writes ‘The Engelsberg Ideas’. Undersea cables are the soft underbelly of American …
WP: Russia at the heart of the West’s illiberal axis 11:45 13.05.2024

WP: Russia at the heart of the West’s illiberal axis

Vladimir Putin’s sympathizers share an aversion to the West’s perceived liberal establishment, and see a positive vision in the Russian president’s rejection of it, ‘The Washington Post’ admits. Russian President Vladimir Putin cast the war as part of a grander civilizational struggle. The conflict across the border was not just …
Russia builds surveillance bases near northern Japan. Is it ‘punishing’ Tokyo for supporting Ukraine? 11:45 13.05.2024

Russia builds surveillance bases near northern Japan. Is it ‘punishing’ Tokyo for supporting Ukraine?

Russia is building a network of surveillance bases on disputed islands off northern Japan to boost its military capabilities, although analysts say the enhancements are, in part, a thinly veiled warning to Japan about its continued support for Ukraine. Some analysts view the connection to Ukraine as a message to …
China & France to cooperate on Notre Dame restoration after Xi visit 11:14 12.05.2024

China & France to cooperate on Notre Dame restoration after Xi visit

Chinese President Xi Jinping just paid an official visit to France. Now The Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum in northwestern China announced that it will collaborate with its French counterpart on the restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris and the protection of the Terracotta Warriors. The collaborative research conducted with …
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