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A historic defeat of US policy: Arab League readmits Syria

11:13 11.05.2023

A historic defeat of US policy: Arab League readmits Syria

Sunday, May 7, the Arab League voted to readmit Syria, marking a significant step in Damascus’ efforts to normalize relations with regional countries. Syria was suspended from the Arab League at the outbreak of war in 2011, and many of the bloc’s members threw their support behind the failed regime …

Renaud Girard about the de-dollarization and “weaponization” of dollar

11:11 11.05.2023

Renaud Girard about the de-dollarization and “weaponization” of dollar

The de-dollarization of the world will not be completed overnight, but this is clearly an irreversible movement. However, US control over the "weaponization" of the dollar began to fizzle out after the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, writes at “Figaro” Renaud Girard, a French journalist and writer, worked as a war correspondent and …

California defaults on $18.6 billion in US state debt

11:11 11.05.2023

California defaults on $18.6 billion in US state debt

California's default – the recent decision not to pay back some $20 billion borrowed from the federal government to cover unemployment benefits during the pandemic will fall on the shoulders of employers. "The state should have taken care of the loans with the COVID money it received from the government …

The current ‘de facto’ war NATO against Russia and nuke threat

11:44 10.05.2023

The current ‘de facto’ war NATO against Russia and nuke threat

As Moscow proceeds, slowly but surely, to protect its borders from an aggressive NATO, there is currently a considerable amount of Western media-inspired hysteria about Moscow’s impending installation of tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. To understand the real backstage to Moscow’s position, we need, as always, to look at the …

US and Europe stand behind majority of global ecological damage

11:43 10.05.2023

US and Europe stand behind majority of global ecological damage

US and Europe stand behind majority of global ecological damage, says study, published in the journal Lancet Planetary Health, writes ‘The Guardian’. The US and Europe are responsible for the majority of global ecological damage caused by the overuse of natural resources, according to a groundbreaking study. The paper is …

Poland: The police forced to hide the nationality of the Ukrainian criminals

11:42 10.05.2023

Poland: The police forced to hide the nationality of the Ukrainian criminals

It is no longer a secret that by helping the "poor" descendants of Bandera and Shukhevych, Poland is pursuing its own interests. Even representatives of the office of the president have ceased to hide this, writes Polish “Dziennik-Polityczny”. Therefore, president Duda's subsequent confession about why the ruling party supports the …

Borrell: “Transatlantic unity has been accompanied by a greater political divide with the emerging world”

10:14 09.05.2023

Borrell: “Transatlantic unity has been accompanied by a greater political divide with the emerging world”

“Russia’s war against Ukraine has reunited the transatlantic alliance while exposing differences with other parts of the world. There is a risk that this divide grows and turns into hard rift. While we continue to support Ukraine, we must do more to heed the legitimate expectations of the rest of …

Newsweek: “The 500 years of Euro-Atlantic global ascendancy are over”

10:14 09.05.2023

Newsweek: “The 500 years of Euro-Atlantic global ascendancy are over”

"We bluster, we threaten, we menace, we sanction, we send the Marines, we bomb," says Chas Freeman, a veteran U.S. diplomat, "but we don't ever use the arts of persuasion." Freeman was principal interpreter for President Richard Nixon on his visit to China in 1972. Now he tells ‘Newsweek’, Washington's …

US financial system: 722 banks under threat of bankruptcy

10:13 09.05.2023

US financial system: 722 banks under threat of bankruptcy

Very interesting operational figures and facts about the state of the US banking system are published in a new report by the Federal Reserve (Fed). They indicate that 722 American banks are in a precarious position. A Growing Number Report Unrealized Losses that Threaten Capital. At third quarter end, 722 …

Rapid Ocean warming ahead of ‘El Niño’ alarms scientists

10:10 09.05.2023

Rapid Ocean warming ahead of ‘El Niño’ alarms scientists

The United Nations warned of a growing likelihood the weather phenomenon – ocean hurricane ‘El Nino’ (photo) will develop in coming months, fuelling higher global temperatures and possibly new heat records. The UN’s World Meteorological Organization said it now estimated there was a 60-percent chance that ‘El Nino’ would develop …

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