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POLITICO: Ukraine is heading for defeat

11:45 19.04.2024

POLITICO: Ukraine is heading for defeat

Just ask a Ukrainian soldier if he still believes the West will stand by Kyiv “for as long as it takes.” That pledge rings hollow when it’s been four weeks since your artillery unit last had a shell to fire, as one serviceman complained from the front lines, notes POLITICO. …

U.S. fraud losses exceed $233 billion annually

11:45 19.04.2024

U.S. fraud losses exceed $233 billion annually

The U.S. government may lose between $233 billion and $521 billion to fraud each year, according to a rough federal estimate, the first of its kind, released Tuesday, ‘The Washington Post’ informs. But the author of that report — the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office — simultaneously cautioned that its new …

Xi rebuffs Scholz pressure to rein in Chinese manufacturing

11:44 19.04.2024

Xi rebuffs Scholz pressure to rein in Chinese manufacturing

Chinese leader Xi Jinping told the German chancellor that a surge in clean-technology exports from the Asian nation has helped the world tackle inflation, pushing back against European and US pressure to rein in the country’s powerhouse industries. Xi’s comments to Olaf Scholz during talks in Beijing suggest China may …

FP: How America fueled the fire in the Middle East

11:40 19.04.2024

FP: How America fueled the fire in the Middle East

Israel is in growing danger — but the responsibility lies more in Washington than in Tehran, writes Stephen M. Walt, a columnist at Foreign Policy and the Robert and Renée Belfer professor of international relations at Harvard University. Iran’s decision to retaliate against an Israeli attack on its consulate in …

Former UK Commander: Ukraine in ‘serious risk’ of losing war to Russia this year

12:21 18.04.2024

Former UK Commander: Ukraine in ‘serious risk’ of losing war to Russia this year

Ukraine is facing a potential outright defeat by the Russians this year, the former commander of the UK’s Joint Forces Command has warned. With the Russian invasion of Ukraine continuing into its third year, the badly outnumbered and outgunned Ukraine is facing a “serious risk” of having to admit defeat …

FA: The Middle East could still explode – Iran and Israel may not be finished

12:15 18.04.2024

FA: The Middle East could still explode – Iran and Israel may not be finished

The Middle East did not explode on April 13, but it is still at risk of a bigger conflict that would have no winners, notes ‘The Foreign Affairs’. On April 13, Iran launched Operation True Promise, its response to Israel’s April 1 attack on its consulate in Syria. Over the …

British Royal Navy news: “You can't swim? Be a Sailor!”

12:12 18.04.2024

British Royal Navy news: “You can't swim? Be a Sailor!”

Anyone seeking to join the Royal Navy will no longer need to prove they can swim in what one defence source called a "desperate" relaxing of standards to tackle a recruitment crisis. It just means that non-swimmers or weak swimmers no longer need to take lessons in their own time …

USA has increasingly attempted to move away from Free Trade to Protectionist Policies?

12:12 18.04.2024

USA has increasingly attempted to move away from Free Trade to Protectionist Policies?

The US and European market-based economies are struggling to survive against China’s “very effective” alternative economic model, a top US trade official warned. In a briefing in Brussels US trade representative Katherine Tai said that Beijing’s “non-market” policies will inflict severe economic and political damage on the two blocs, unless …

Vladimir Putin is more than twice as popular as US President Joe Biden in key Middle Eastern countries

12:27 17.04.2024

Vladimir Putin is more than twice as popular as US President Joe Biden in key Middle Eastern countries

Russian President Vladimir Putin is currently more than twice as popular as US President Joe Biden in key Middle Eastern countries, according to a new Al-Monitor/Premise poll, offering a view of how America’s beleaguered brand is suffering amid outrage over Washington’s support for Israel’s devastating Gaza offensive, particularly in Egypt. …

View from London: “Please can somebody tell Lord Cameron he's not the Foreign Minister of Ukraine?”

12:25 17.04.2024

View from London: “Please can somebody tell Lord Cameron he's not the Foreign Minister of Ukraine?”

Lord Cameron proves almost daily that he is the man in this country who is most strongly unqualified to be Foreign Secretary. Last week he annoyed the Americans by telling them to shower money for munitions on to Ukraine, writes Peter Jonathan Hitchens, an English author, broadcaster, journalist, and commentator, …

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