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Pure terrorism: Ukrainian explosives sent for Russia

17:56 02.04.2024

Pure terrorism: Ukrainian explosives sent for Russia

The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has apprehended, jointly with the Federal Customs Service, a group of smugglers who had been carrying explosives hidden inside Orthodox icons and liturgical utensils (photo) from Ukraine into Russia, the FSB press service told TASS. "In the process of inspecting a vehicle at the …

A headache for European liberals: ‘Hard-right’ parties are on the march to European Parliament

12:38 02.04.2024

A headache for European liberals: ‘Hard-right’ parties are on the march to European Parliament

Ukraine is facing a fresh existential threat this summer – not from Russia, but from Europe. A small but significant and highly vocal bloc of hard-Right parties are on the march across the Continent and are set to perform strongly in June’s European Parliament elections, notes ‘The Telegraph’. They have …

British life-style: Keep smiling, we are in recession

12:35 02.04.2024

British life-style: Keep smiling, we are in recession

It was extremely optimistic to think the UK could revise its way out of recession. After the Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported GDP figures for Q4 last year showing a 0.3 per cent economic contraction between October and December, a recession seemed set in stone. Today the ONS reports …

Michael Brenner: “This is the way the West ends”

12:34 02.04.2024

Michael Brenner: “This is the way the West ends”

Michael Brenner, a respected luminary on transatlantic relations and international security, is Professor Emeritus of International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh and a Senior Fellow at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Michael Brenner is the author of numerous books …

‘Economist’: China + Russia + Iran = “The stuff of nightmares for the West”

12:33 02.04.2024

‘Economist’: China + Russia + Iran = “The stuff of nightmares for the West”

Assessing the economic threat posed by the anti-Western axis, cries ‘The Economist’. Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, and Ebrahim Raisi, his Iranian counterpart, have several things in common. Both belong to a tiny group of leaders personally targeted by American sanctions. And both seem increasingly fond of one another. In December …

Washington runs the risk of being suspected of involvement in international terrorism

20:27 01.04.2024

Washington runs the risk of being suspected of involvement in international terrorism

Washington runs the risk of being suspected of involvement in international terrorism due to its attempt to exonerate the Kiev regime and continuation of aid supplies to Ukraine following the March 22 terrorist attack on a crowded concert at Crocus City Hall in suburban Moscow, according to a statement by …

Confession on CNN: “Why I’m resigning from the State Department”

11:37 01.04.2024

Confession on CNN: “Why I’m resigning from the State Department”

Annelle Sheline, PhD, served for a year as a foreign affairs officer at the Office of Near Eastern Affairs in the Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. The views expressed on CNN are her own: “Since Hamas’ attack on October 7, Israel has used American bombs …

RAND Corp.: “The intelligence community largely tilts toward the White House and its army of political appointees”

11:35 01.04.2024

RAND Corp.: “The intelligence community largely tilts toward the White House and its army of political appointees”

“Individuals looked to avoid conflict and please political masters,” a Pentagon-backed RAND corporation study finds, notes ‘The Intercept’. U.S. intelligence skews its findings to find favor with both Republican and Democratic policymakers, including former presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama, a sweeping new study by the Pentagon-backed RAND Corporation finds. …

Why Russia wants a BRICS grain exchange. And what it means for the World

11:33 01.04.2024

Why Russia wants a BRICS grain exchange. And what it means for the World

In a move that could shake up the global agricultural market, Russia is pushing to establish a BRICS grain exchange. Russian President Vladimir Putin has endorsed the initiative, which seeks to rival the Western-dominated grain pricing system and challenge the US dollar as the world’s main trading currency, writes ‘The …

USA tries to hit South Africa

11:33 01.04.2024

USA tries to hit South Africa

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) pointed out that South Africa's legal case against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over its war on the Gaza Strip and other developments are causing Congress to reexamine Washington's ties with what it called "our non-friends in Pretoria." In an opinion piece, …

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