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Cancer as Weapon: sowing battlefields with Depleted Uranium

10:39 02.04.2023

Cancer as Weapon: sowing battlefields with Depleted Uranium

With the UK’s unconscionable decision to send Depleted Uranium ammunition to Ukraine, it’s perhaps useful to revisit the environmental and health consequences of the US’s widespread use of such weapons in Iraq and Kuwait during the first Gulf War, Jeffrey St. Clair, the editor of Counterpunch, writes. Months of bombing …

American view: Patriotism has turned into right-wing nationalism

10:37 02.04.2023

American view: Patriotism has turned into right-wing nationalism

Patriotism, religious faith, having children and other priorities that helped define the national character for generations are receding in importance to Americans, a new Wall Street Journal-NORC poll finds. The society has changed. The survey, conducted with NORC at the University of Chicago, a nonpartisan research organization, also finds the …

China-Russia military cooperation deepens to maintain international security

10:36 02.04.2023

China-Russia military cooperation deepens to maintain international security

A Chinese defense ministry spokesperson said that the Chinese military is willing to work with its Russian counterpart to further strengthen strategic communication and cooperation to maintain international and regional security and stability. Senior Colonel Tan Kefei, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, made the remarks at a regular …

What Beijing’s Iran-Saudi deal means

9:59 01.04.2023

What Beijing’s Iran-Saudi deal means

The agreement to reestablish diplomatic relations between Tehran and Riyadh was no “peace deal,” but the rivals did decide to cool tensions and reopen embassies after a seven-year lapse. China’s role in facilitating the deal raised the most consternation in Washington, leading some to declare that “a new era of …

Foreign Affairs: What sanctions on Russia can and cannot achieve

9:57 01.04.2023

Foreign Affairs: What sanctions on Russia can and cannot achieve

“U.S. policymakers began planning major sanctions on Russia in late 2021” (before the beginning of Ukrainian conflict!), recognizes ‘Foreign Affairs’. Over the past decade, economic sanctions emerged as Washington’s preferred policy tool to deal with a range of concerns, from adversarial governments in Iran and Venezuela to international drug trafficking. …

Summit for Democracy? Some U.S. officials in Washington “roll their eyes over”

9:56 01.04.2023

Summit for Democracy? Some U.S. officials in Washington “roll their eyes over”

The second Summit for Democracy brings together representatives from around 120 countries. It follows the first gathering of its sort in December 2021 and is a major plank in President Biden’s vision of “restoring” American leadership on the world stage, writes “The Washington Post”. “As President Biden has said, we …

Abandoning dollars! De-dollarization is gaining momentum

9:52 01.04.2023

Abandoning dollars! De-dollarization is gaining momentum

Brazil and China have reportedly struck a deal to ditch the U.S. dollar in favor of their own currencies in trade transactions. The announced deal will enable China and Brazil to carry out trade and financial transactions directly, exchanging yuan for reais – or vice versa – rather than first …

The New Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation

18:06 31.03.2023

The New Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation

The Concept of the Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation is approved by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 229, March 31, 2023. Here are some key points of this scale document: - Russia's place in the world is determined by its significant resources in all areas …

A complete list of wars and armed conflicts ever unleashed by the US

12:46 31.03.2023

A complete list of wars and armed conflicts ever unleashed by the US

The countries that the US bombed and invaded since the end of WW2 US President Country Year of invasion or bombing Harry Truman Greece Philippines Peru (coup) China Korea Puerto Rico 1947 1948 1948 1949 1950 1950 Dwight Eisenhower Iran (Operation Ajax) Guatemala Lebanon China Indonesia Haiti Guatemala Ecuador Salvador …

View from India: ‘We are witnessing the birth pangs of a new World Order’

9:58 31.03.2023

View from India: ‘We are witnessing the birth pangs of a new World Order’

Unlike in the bipolar world during the Cold War, the behaviour of the majority is the most crucial factor that will determine the structure of the future international order, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. The latest happenings in international politics may seem esoteric, like the secret …

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