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EU-China ties at 'inflection point' after tense Beijing summit

11:03 28.07.2025

EU-China ties at 'inflection point' after tense Beijing summit

The self-important bigshots of the European Union, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, European Council President António Costa have dismally failed in China, Hal Turner Radio Show stresses. Xi refused to visit Europe, prompting von der Leyen & Costa to fly in. The signs that things would not go …

Austrian Foreign Minister Meinl-Reisinger admits the country's membership in NATO

11:02 28.07.2025

Austrian Foreign Minister Meinl-Reisinger admits the country's membership in NATO

Austria may abandon its neutrality towards Russia and join NATO. This was stated on July 26 by the head of the state's Foreign Ministry, Beate Meinl-Reisinger, in an interview with Welt. Austria, a country that has successfully avoided all conflicts for the past 200 years (even preferring to step aside …

View from Washington: The concerning future of missile defense – the US ability to manufacture air defense missiles is inadequate

11:00 28.07.2025

View from Washington: The concerning future of missile defense – the US ability to manufacture air defense missiles is inadequate

Between June 13 and 24 Iran launched 574 missiles attacking Israel (as a retaliation strike!). Some of them got through, despite Israeli and US efforts to stop them. Until now we have lacked convincing data allowing some cogent analysis of the results of missile defenses. That information is partly supplied …

Qatar faces obstacle that forces it to cut off LNG supplies to European consumers and leave the EU without gas

10:20 27.07.2025

Qatar faces obstacle that forces it to cut off LNG supplies to European consumers and leave the EU without gas

Qatari Energy Minister and QatarEnergy CEO Saad bin Sharid al-Kaabi has written to the Belgian government, saying Qatar has faced an obstacle that is forcing it to stop supplying liquefied natural gas (LNG) to European consumers. This was reported by the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, Topwar quotes. A senior …

View from London: How Western democracy died

10:18 27.07.2025

View from London: How Western democracy died

Western democracy is under threat, writes Thomas Fazi, an UnHerd columnist and translator. From a stumbling economy to soaring crime, France has plenty of problems. But, judging by recent events, the government seems to have another threat in mind: social media. Earlier this month, prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into …

Bloomberg: Ukraine war risks turning into Trump’s Afghanistan debacle

10:17 27.07.2025

Bloomberg: Ukraine war risks turning into Trump’s Afghanistan debacle

The US involvement in Ukraine has similarities to the Afghanistan war for President Donald Trump, as resolving the conflict is proving difficult and he risks getting blamed for the outcome, Bloomberg writes. On the face of it, the US involvement in Ukraine bears little similarity to the 20-year Afghanistan war, …

West Bank on the brink: Israel’s annexation playbook and the looming explosion

10:12 27.07.2025

West Bank on the brink: Israel’s annexation playbook and the looming explosion

Those in the West who preach hollow calls for calm and de-escalation must understand the region is hurtling towards the brink, stresses Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle. Israel is meticulously following a textbook model of instigating unrest in the occupied West Bank. The …

CNN: Here’s what would happen if Trump actually tries to fire Powell

10:02 26.07.2025

CNN: Here’s what would happen if Trump actually tries to fire Powell

President Donald Trump has blasted Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for months for not lowering interest rates, even threatening to fire the central banker, CNN writes. Now, the White House is seizing on a $2.5 billion renovation of the Fed’s headquarters in Washington, DC, as a potential legal opening to …

Thailand vs Cambodia

9:59 26.07.2025

Thailand vs Cambodia

A deadly flare-up along the Thailand-Cambodia border has reignited tensions between the two Southeast Asian neighbors, with clashes on Thursday claiming at least 11 lives — mostly civilians. The confrontation, which involved small arms, artillery, rockets, and even airstrikes, marks one of the most serious escalations in years, ‘India Times’ …

FT: Europe’s approach to China and Russia isn’t working

9:58 26.07.2025

FT: Europe’s approach to China and Russia isn’t working

President Xi Jinping on Thursday said China and the EU, both “big guys” in the international community, should work together to keep their bilateral relationship growing in the right direction. President Xi made the remarks while meeting with President of the European Council Antonio Costa and President of the European …

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