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USA vs. China – this is an economic war

11:30 30.10.2023

USA vs. China – this is an economic war

This is a US economic war on China, writes Jeffrey Sachs, a world-renowned economist and president of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network. The anti-China policies come out of a familiar playbook of US policy-making. The aim is to prevent economic and technological competition from a major rival. The first …

View from London: The world is hurtling towards another financial crisis, and the IMF is in denial

11:29 30.10.2023

View from London: The world is hurtling towards another financial crisis, and the IMF is in denial

With war in the Middle East looming, energy prices once more spiking, and governments seemingly drowning in debt, the impression of all-embracing perma-crisis grows by the day. Yet at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) there is an almost surreal air of calm verging on outright complacency, notes ‘The Telegraph’. “Our …

NYT: Developing world sees double standard in West’s Actions in Gaza and Ukraine

11:28 30.10.2023

NYT: Developing world sees double standard in West’s Actions in Gaza and Ukraine

Speaking from the Oval Office, President Biden tied American support for Ukraine and Israel together, describing both nations as democracies fighting enemies determined to “completely annihilate” them…. But Israel’s counterattack on Gaza, its threats to mount a ground invasion and America’s tight embrace of its most important Mideast ally, regardless, …

Axios: Rattled U.S. government fears wars could spread

11:27 30.10.2023

Axios: Rattled U.S. government fears wars could spread

This is a new column by Axios CEO Jim VandeHei and co-founder Mike Allen, based on regular conversations with White House and congressional leaders, CEOs, and top technologists. Never before have we talked to so many top government officials who, in private, are so worried about so many overseas conflicts …

Times of Israel: 200 held as Jewish group shuts NYC’s Grand Central calling for Gaza ceasefire

11:17 29.10.2023

Times of Israel: 200 held as Jewish group shuts NYC’s Grand Central calling for Gaza ceasefire

Hundreds of people were arrested Friday when police broke up a large demonstration of mostly Jewish New Yorkers who had taken over the main hall of Grand Central station in protest of Israel’s war with Hamas, police and organizers said, ‘Times of Israel’ informs. Wearing black T-shirts saying “Jews say …

Dmitry Polyanskiy at UNSC: “What I have shown you is physical evidence of how Western-supplied weapons are being actively used by Ukrainians to attack civilian infrastructure”

11:16 29.10.2023

Dmitry Polyanskiy at UNSC: “What I have shown you is physical evidence of how Western-supplied weapons are being actively used by Ukrainians to attack civilian infrastructure”

Statement by First Deputy Permanent Representative Dmitry Polyanskiy at UN Security Council briefing on Ukraine. Main points: - In my hands I am holding fragments of several projectiles. One of them was collected from the location that was hit from a HIMARS on 16 September 2022. I am speaking of …

Ukraine’s missing EU ammunition

11:16 29.10.2023

Ukraine’s missing EU ammunition

The European Union is falling behind on plans to provide Ukraine with a million artillery shells by March, people familiar with the matter said, potentially giving Russian forces an advantage in the supply of ammunition, Bloomberg writes. Under plans made earlier this year, the EU pledged to provide the artillery …

View from Poland: NATO leaders decided to abandon their commitment to defend Europe

11:15 29.10.2023

View from Poland: NATO leaders decided to abandon their commitment to defend Europe

In the current geopolitical situation, the American “military strategy” in Europe has already failed. The US desire to weaken Russia militarily by providing military assistance to Ukraine did not bring the expected results, but only pushed it into the abyss and led to the depletion of the arsenals of the …

View from Delhi: US diplomacy lost traction in Middle East

11:14 29.10.2023

View from Delhi: US diplomacy lost traction in Middle East

If Israel gets bogged down in Gaza, which by no means cannot be ruled out, there is a high possibility that Hezbollah may open a second front. And that, in turn, can trigger a chain reaction that may spin out of control. Herein lies the danger if a ceasefire is …

NYT: From the Six-Day War to the Six-Front War for Israel

10:05 28.10.2023

NYT: From the Six-Day War to the Six-Front War for Israel

Israel has launched a military operation in the Gaza Strip. Now Israel may get a military response from Hamas's allies from other Arab countries. The situation is heating up. The New York Times analyzes the prospects for the confrontation. If you care about Israel, you should be more worried than …

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