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The emerging New World economy

11:07 23.04.2023

The emerging New World economy

Four major developments can illustrate the contradictions of the emerging new world economy and underscore their interactions, Richard D. Wolff, an American economist, writes. First, the neoliberal globalizing paradigm is now the old. Economic nationalism is the new. It is another reversal of their previous positions. Driven by its celebrated …

Bombshell filing: 9/11 hijackers were CIA recruits

11:06 23.04.2023

Bombshell filing: 9/11 hijackers were CIA recruits

At least two 9/11 hijackers had been recruited into a joint CIA-Saudi intelligence operation that was covered up at the highest level, according to an explosive new court filing, reveals Kit Klarenberg, an investigative journalist exploring the role of intelligence services in shaping politics and perceptions. A newly-released court filing …

Crimea is The Russian Land for 240 Years!

19:23 22.04.2023

Crimea is The Russian Land for 240 Years!

Russian MFA presents a “Press release on the Ukrainian crisis”, April 21, 2023: “April 19 marks the 240th anniversary of incorporating Crimea into the Russian Empire. The Manifesto of Empress Catherine the Great noted the “fortunate conversion of insurrection and discord into peace, tranquillity, law and order.” Her words remain …

Macron’s strategic Third Way?

10:28 22.04.2023

Macron’s strategic Third Way?

Europe’s third-way autonomy would be a mighty thing for the Elysée Palace, especially given French pretensions in steering it, notes ‘Counter Punch’. After all, Frau “Mutti” Merkel is no longer de facto European chief, presiding over the bloc with matronly care. Her successor, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, is finding himself caught …

Newsweek: “Ukraine has about as much chance of winning a war against Russia as Mexico would of winning a war with the United States…”

10:26 22.04.2023

Newsweek: “Ukraine has about as much chance of winning a war against Russia as Mexico would of winning a war with the United States…”

Reality is that Ukraine has about as much chance of winning a war against Russia as Mexico would of winning a war with the United States, write in ‘Newsweek’ David H. Rundell,s a former chief of mission at the American Embassy in Saudi Arabia, and Ambassador Michael Gfoeller, a former …

Breaking down of the US-Saudi ‘Oil Pact’

10:23 22.04.2023

Breaking down of the US-Saudi ‘Oil Pact’

The Saudi-Russia oil alliance has the potential to cause all kinds of trouble for the US economy — and even for President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign. This month’s OPEC+ decision to cut crude output, for the second time since Biden flew to Saudi Arabia last summer seeking an increase, may …

Sergey Lavrov: “We cannot put up with the idea that the world should continue to live permanently according to American “rules”

12:17 21.04.2023

Sergey Lavrov: “We cannot put up with the idea that the world should continue to live permanently according to American “rules”

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made some important remarks during talks with Foreign Minister of the Republic of Cuba Bruno Rodriguez, Havana, April 20, 2023 (photo): - Tensions are being ratcheted up in the international arena, and the West’s attempts to dictate its will and ignore the legitimate positions of others …

A high level of trust requires a possible integration of Russian and Chinese defence systems

10:13 21.04.2023

A high level of trust requires a possible integration of Russian and Chinese defence systems

The official visit by Chinese State Councilor and Defence Minister General Li Shangfu to Russia on April 16-19 prima facie underscored the two countries’ emergent need to deepen their military trust and close coordination against the backdrop of worsening geopolitical tensions and the imperative to maintain the global strategic balance, …

Sudan faces “a dangerous coup d’état that will sink the country into poverty and despair”

10:12 21.04.2023

Sudan faces “a dangerous coup d’état that will sink the country into poverty and despair”

Sudan faces an attempted coup as its military engages in battles in Khartoum against rival paramilitary forces. The clashes have so far killed dozens of civilians and fighters. According to a Reuters report, “The fighting that broke out on Saturday between army units loyal to General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and …

Washington vs Hungary

10:12 21.04.2023

Washington vs Hungary

The U.S. government sanctioned the International Investment Bank, a Russian multilateral development institution based in Budapest. It was the first time that Washington has targeted an entity based in a NATO and E.U. ally nation, marking a nadir in U.S.-Hungarian relations, writes ‘The American Conservative’. The IIB’s operations were “rendered …

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