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NYT: Trump and Vance are stripping away foreign policy illusions

11:58 07.03.2025

NYT: Trump and Vance are stripping away foreign policy illusions

Donald Trump, Henry Kissinger remarked in 2018, “may be one of those figures in history who appears from time to time to mark the end of an era and to force it to give up its old pretenses.” That general first-term comment might as well be marching orders for Trump’s …

Macron spoke out against peace in Ukraine

11:53 07.03.2025

Macron spoke out against peace in Ukraine

About Macron's speech to the citizens of France, as well as the reaction to his words in Russia, in ‘Izvestia’: On Wednesday evening, March 5, French President Emmanuel Macron delivered an address to the nation and made a number of statements that provoked a strong reaction in the world. Among …

FT: Hong Kong HKEX targets creation of rival to Euroclear

11:52 07.03.2025

FT: Hong Kong HKEX targets creation of rival to Euroclear

Hong Kong authorities are pushing to create an Asian rival to Europe’s influential securities depositories, in a bid to lessen dependence on western financial infrastructure and boost global use of the renminbi, writes ‘The Financial Times’. Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, which runs the stock market, said on Tuesday it …

Israel preparing ‘Hell Plan’ for Gaza that would cut electricity and water

11:50 07.03.2025

Israel preparing ‘Hell Plan’ for Gaza that would cut electricity and water

Israel is preparing for the full-scale resumption of its genocidal war within 10 days if Hamas doesn't accept its terms, stresses Anti War. The Israeli government is preparing a “hell plan” for the Gaza Strip that would involve cutting all electricity and water to the territory on top of the …

TASS: Lavrov compares Macron to Hitler, Napoleon

18:18 06.03.2025

TASS: Lavrov compares Macron to Hitler, Napoleon

Russia will not stand idly by and watch the appearance of NATO troops in Ukraine under the guise of peacekeepers and will not tolerate such actions from the West, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at a press conference, TASS reports. "There is no way we will tolerate this kind of …

WP: Trump and the End of the geopolitical ‘West’

11:30 06.03.2025

WP: Trump and the End of the geopolitical ‘West’

It was the outburst that could be a hinge point of history. We’re still gauging the smoldering fallout of the Oval Office clash on Friday that saw President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance angrily confront Ukrainian Zelensky, writes ‘The Washington Post’. “Time is not on your side on …

Monsieur Macron and European militarization

11:30 06.03.2025

Monsieur Macron and European militarization

Trump vindicated the French president on self-reliant defense. But with Putin looming, the hard work starts now for Europe, POLITICO writes. In 1956, as U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower dramatically forced Britain and France to back down from a military intervention to regain control of the Suez Canal from Egypt, French …

NYT: Trump celebrates disruption in speech to Congress

11:28 06.03.2025

NYT: Trump celebrates disruption in speech to Congress

In the days immediately preceding his address to Congress on Tuesday night, President Trump took a chain saw to government agencies, initiated a trade war, cut off arms to Ukraine and sided with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, ‘The New York Times’ notes. When he briefly turned to the …

View from London: Washington BANS (!) Britain from sharing US intelligence with Ukraine

11:25 06.03.2025

View from London: Washington BANS (!) Britain from sharing US intelligence with Ukraine

The United States has banned Britain from sharing intelligence from Washington with Ukraine as part of its withdrawal of support for Zelensky, writes ‘The Daily Mail’. Donald Trump's decision to freeze American military aid to Kyiv brought warnings that Ukraine could run out of weapons in as little as two …

‘The Spectator’: ‘Europe plus’ won’t save Ukraine

11:20 05.03.2025

‘The Spectator’: ‘Europe plus’ won’t save Ukraine

Days after the disastrous White House showdown between Volodymir Zelensky and Donald Trump, Sir Keir Starmer has done an undoubtedly impressive job in quickly rallying western leaders to Kyiv’s cause. The ‘Europe Plus’ partnership suggested by Starmer will be a ‘coalition of the willing’ to protect Ukraine that includes major …

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