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Sen. Sanders: Gaza “May Be Biden’s Vietnam”

11:56 07.05.2024

Sen. Sanders: Gaza “May Be Biden’s Vietnam”

After President Joe Biden delivered a chilling speech telling pro-Palestine student protesters to back off on Thursday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) has warned that the president may be isolating huge parts of his own base as he faces a moment that echoes the similar mass uprising against the Vietnam War …

Italy's Defence Minister: Sanctions against Russia have failed, the West should try harder to negotiate a diplomatic solution

11:55 07.05.2024

Italy's Defence Minister: Sanctions against Russia have failed, the West should try harder to negotiate a diplomatic solution

Italy's Defence Minister said, economic sanctions against Russia had failed and called on the West to try harder to negotiate a diplomatic solution with President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine. Guido Crosetto (photo) told daily Il Messaggero that the West had wrongly believed its sanctions could stop …

Josep Borrell: “The international system, that we were accustomed to after the Cold War, no longer exists”

11:54 07.05.2024

Josep Borrell: “The international system, that we were accustomed to after the Cold War, no longer exists”

Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the European Commission has made confessions in the speech at Oxford University about the world confronted by wars. The confessions are worth quoting in detail, since the diplomat touched on very important aspects of today's …

Macron and von der Leyen press China's Xi on Ukraine and fair trade at Paris summit. Xi was calm

11:53 07.05.2024

Macron and von der Leyen press China's Xi on Ukraine and fair trade at Paris summit. Xi was calm

French President Emmanuel Macron and EU Commission president Ursula von der Leyen pressed Xi Jinping at a summit in Paris on Monday, May 6, pressed Xi Jinping to use Beijing's influence to halt the Russian war against Ukraine, also telling the Chinese leader to accept fair global trade rules. Opening …

Sergey Lavrov: “I do not see anyone we can talk with. I have cited the statements made by the Ukrainian, American and European leaders and politicians. None of them are ready for a serious conversation. They are playing with negotiations in the form of a conference in Switzerland”

16:30 06.05.2024

Sergey Lavrov: “I do not see anyone we can talk with. I have cited the statements made by the Ukrainian, American and European leaders and politicians. None of them are ready for a serious conversation. They are playing with negotiations in the form of a conference in Switzerland”

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with Bosnian Serb television network ATV, Moscow, May 5, 2024. Question: I would like to start with a topic which has been dominating the global agenda since 2022 and touched not only every Russian household, but all people in general. People have been calling it …

Russia's General Staff preparing for drills to practice use of non-strategic Nuclear Weapons

13:16 06.05.2024

Russia's General Staff preparing for drills to practice use of non-strategic Nuclear Weapons

The training exercises for Russian Southern Military District missile units will be held in response to "provocative threats by Western nations against Russia," Moscow underscored. The General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces is preparing for drills to practice the use of non-strategic nuclear weapons. The forthcoming exercises involving missile …

Americans are afraid – “Haiti today, America tomorrow?”

12:11 06.05.2024

Americans are afraid – “Haiti today, America tomorrow?”

Tension is growing in the United States on the eve of the presidential elections, in which Biden and Trump will clash. The ‘Tom Dispatch’ magazine publication by John Feffer, a director of ‘Foreign Policy in Focus’, demonstrates the level of tension and hatred. America is already divided along political lines:...

Turkey halts trade with Israel over Gaza conflict

12:10 06.05.2024

Turkey halts trade with Israel over Gaza conflict

Turkey has halted trade with Israel as it again accused the country of stoking a “humanitarian disaster” in Gaza, marking the latest sign of deepening tensions between the two nations, ‘The Guardian’ reports. Ankara’s trade ministry late on Thursday said all export and import transactions related to Israel had been …

Red Sea trade disruption could last until next year, warns Maersk

12:09 06.05.2024

Red Sea trade disruption could last until next year, warns Maersk

The disruption to global trade from ships not being able to use the Red Sea or Suez Canal for trips between Asia and Europe could last into next year, according to the chief executive of the world’s second-largest container group. Vincent Clerc, chief executive of Denmark’s AP Møller-Maersk, said there …

Awkward moment: Biden's economic adviser Jared Bernstein admits he ‘can't explain how money works’

12:07 06.05.2024

Awkward moment: Biden's economic adviser Jared Bernstein admits he ‘can't explain how money works’

Jared Bernstein, Joe Biden's Chief Economist, faced difficulties explaining money's workings in a documentary 'Finding The Money,' despite his role. He stumbled through concepts, highlighting the confusion around government money printing and borrowing. Bernstein, who is head of the US Council of Economic Advisers, is not formally trained in economics …

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