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View from London: “Europe will continue its transformation from a First World to a Third World continent”

12:21 16.09.2024

View from London: “Europe will continue its transformation from a First World to a Third World continent”

Europeans have had enough of the chronic mismanagement that has been the hallmark of the EU this century. The two traditional powerhouses of Europe, Germany and France, are in desperate economic trouble with the latter crippled by huge debts. They are also the EU countries where discontent with mass immigration …

View from Washington: What is Kamala Harris’s policy?

12:20 16.09.2024

View from Washington: What is Kamala Harris’s policy?

Although Kamala Harris is largely aligned with Joe Biden on many global and strategic issues, her unique worldview promises a distinct form of leadership on the international stage. Not only would US foreign policy shift under a Harris administration; it could change in highly consequential ways, writes Ian Bremmer, an …

Thames “tsunami” warning as “doomsday wreck” threatens London

12:14 16.09.2024

Thames “tsunami” warning as “doomsday wreck” threatens London

The rusting wreckage of a World War II munitions ship is to be removed over fears that if its deadly cargo exploded it would cause a “tsunami”, Express informs. The American Liberty Ship SS Richard Montgomery sank in the Thames Estuary in August 1944 carrying 7,000 tonnes of ordnance intended …

This strange inflation – the more money they print, the more millionaires there are in the World

12:14 16.09.2024

This strange inflation – the more money they print, the more millionaires there are in the World

Britain is likely to lose nearly one in six of its U.S. dollar millionaires by 2028, but their number is set to grow in other countries including the United States and surge in Taiwan, according to a report, Reuters informs. The UBS Global Wealth Report for 2024 forecast the number …

The British Army’s General Sir Richard Barrons: ‘Were the United Kingdom to be drawn into a hot war itself, it would exhaust its ammunition reserves in one day’

10:36 15.09.2024

The British Army’s General Sir Richard Barrons: ‘Were the United Kingdom to be drawn into a hot war itself, it would exhaust its ammunition reserves in one day’

The UK’s National Audit Office has recommended the Ministry of Defence “balance Ukraine’s needs and the UK’s strategic interests” after finding training and supplying the Ukrainian armed forces had reduced the capability of the British armed forces. The British military has taught so many Ukrainian soldiers its own Army has …

The Hill: “The mission failed – U.S. Navy’s lapse in sea lane security”

10:34 15.09.2024

The Hill: “The mission failed – U.S. Navy’s lapse in sea lane security”

Over the last few months, the US Navy has suffered its most significant setback in the last 50 years, a disaster more damaging than the pier-side sinking of the Bon Homme Richard or the loss of 17 sailors in two destroyer collisions. It is a setback that is existential, and …

The American Thinker: “The BRICS summit in October is expected to reveal a future plan for BRICS currency. If a new system is developed, it will quickly reduce dependence on the U.S. dollar”

10:33 15.09.2024

The American Thinker: “The BRICS summit in October is expected to reveal a future plan for BRICS currency. If a new system is developed, it will quickly reduce dependence on the U.S. dollar”

Approximately 150 countries have shown interest in joining the BRICS, thus giving the blockchain solution legitimacy. The world view of the U.S. dollar may be changing more quickly than American leaders realize, writes ‘The American Thinker’. Russia and China have been looking for ways to continue to trade between the …

Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC: “…that will mean that from that moment on NATO countries start a direct war with Russia”

10:32 15.09.2024

Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC: “…that will mean that from that moment on NATO countries start a direct war with Russia”

“It is highly likely that the decision to lift restrictions on the use of long-range weapons to hit Russia has long been taken in the West, and now we are simply witnessing the final steps aimed at legitimizing that decision in the eyes of the public and in the information …

Senegal’s President Faye dissolves Parliament, seeking reform mandate

10:31 15.09.2024

Senegal’s President Faye dissolves Parliament, seeking reform mandate

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye dissolved parliament in an effort to consolidate power and implement his reform agenda, Bloomberg informs. Polls to elect new lawmakers will be held on Nov. 17, he said in a statement. Africa’s youngest elected leader, who won a presidential vote in March by a landslide, …

Russian MFA: Our response to long-range weapons supplies to Kiev “will be brutal”

18:40 14.09.2024

Russian MFA: Our response to long-range weapons supplies to Kiev “will be brutal”

“The opponents in Washington, London, and other places clearly underestimate the degree of danger of the game they continue to play,” Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergey Ryabkov (photo) said, TASS reports. The United States has given Kiev all the carte blanche to strike with long-range weapons deep into the …

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