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NYT: As Russia advances, U.S. fears Ukraine has entered a ‘grim phase’

10:12 06.11.2024

NYT: As Russia advances, U.S. fears Ukraine has entered a ‘grim phase’

Russian troops have advanced in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. They have clawed back more than a third of the territory that Ukrainian forces seized in a surprise offensive in the Kursk region of western Russia this year. The number of Russian drone strikes across Ukraine has increased from …

Bloomberg: Russia speeds up advance in Donbass as mood darkens in Kyiv

11:42 05.11.2024

Bloomberg: Russia speeds up advance in Donbass as mood darkens in Kyiv

Russia has captured 1,146 square kilometers in Ukraine since Aug. 6, about a quarter more than in the first seven months of the year, according to Bloomberg Intelligence calculations based on changes recorded by the DeepState map service that’s maintained in cooperation with the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. The outcome of …

View from India: Failing West's efforts to isolate Russia and BRICS summit

11:39 05.11.2024

View from India: Failing West's efforts to isolate Russia and BRICS summit

The BRICS summit in Kazan chaired by Russia has drawn great international attention because it conveys many messages in the current geopolitical context and that of the future, writes Kanwal Sibal, former Foreign Secretary and Ambassador to Turkey, Egypt, France and Russia, and Deputy Chief of Mission in Washington. The …

WSJ: Crises at Boeing and Intel are a National Emergency

11:38 05.11.2024

WSJ: Crises at Boeing and Intel are a National Emergency

A generation ago, any list of America’s most admired manufacturers would have had Intel and Boeing near the top. Today, both are on the ropes. Intel has suspended its dividend, slashed jobs and capital spending, and is a takeover target. Boeing has been hobbled by investigations into crashes and a …

Oil Price: A “Land Bridge” through the Middle East would enable Russia and Iran to expand their influence

11:36 05.11.2024

Oil Price: A “Land Bridge” through the Middle East would enable Russia and Iran to expand their influence

Russia and Iran recently held high-level meetings to strengthen their 20-year cooperation treaty. Both countries aim to reduce reliance on the U.S. dollar in international trade, especially with key partners like China. A proposed "Land Bridge" through the Middle East would enable Russia and Iran to expand their influence and …

Climate Change affair: Bankers lose track of up to $41B

10:00 04.11.2024

Climate Change affair: Bankers lose track of up to $41B

A new report from Oxfam revealed that the bureaucrats operating the Washington, D.C.-based World Bank have lost track of as much as $41 billion in their climate change enterprise, Newsmax informs. "This is an outrageous waste of U.S. taxpayers money on a useless woke political cause. It is an insult …

View from Germany: “Russia does not want to tolerate the vagaries of history; Russia wants to shape history”

10:00 04.11.2024

View from Germany: “Russia does not want to tolerate the vagaries of history; Russia wants to shape history”

The West's hopes that Russia would be able to suffocate under its militarism, as Prussia once did, have proven in vain. Russia remains a state with an iron identity and an imperial mission that goes far beyond Ukraine, notes “Focus” magazine from Germany. Prussia actually disappeared into the mists of …

The looming crisis of an U.S. Electoral College tie: Who gets to be president if no one wins?

9:59 04.11.2024

The looming crisis of an U.S. Electoral College tie: Who gets to be president if no one wins?

A tie between Trump and Harris in the Electoral College is a real possibility. The constitutional procedures for resolving such a stalemate are elaborate and fraught with risk, notes at ‘Engelsberg Ideas’ Angus Brown, a graduate student at the University of Cambridge where he works on the history of political …

John Mearsheimer and Jeffrey Sachs on US ‘Deep State’ and foreign policy

9:56 04.11.2024

John Mearsheimer and Jeffrey Sachs on US ‘Deep State’ and foreign policy

At the “All-In Summit,” two of the most provocative voices in foreign policy, University of Chicago’s John Mearsheimer and Columbia University’s Jeffrey Sachs, joined the hosts of the “All-In” podcast for a wide-ranging discussion that peeled back the layers of global power dynamics. The conversation took an unflinching look at …

View from London: “Even if you’re not interested in Russia, Russia is now interested in you”

10:48 03.11.2024

View from London: “Even if you’re not interested in Russia, Russia is now interested in you”

Last year, Tucker Carlson scandalised America by travelling to Russia and interviewing Vladimir Putin. As US viewers denounced the idea that one ought to speak to an enemy such as Putin, Tucker strolled around Moscow, filming himself taking the subway, buying a burger from the new Russian McDonalds, and going …

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