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CNN: A new Russian widebody passenger airplane could replace Western aircraft

11:43 13.11.2023

CNN: A new Russian widebody passenger airplane could replace Western aircraft

Russia’s leading aircraft manufacturer says it’s completed a successful test flight of a new widebody passenger airplane that it claims could replace Western aircraft in the country’s skies, CNN recognizes. The United Aircraft Corporation said a prototype of its IL-96-400M long-haul airplane (photo) has taken off for the first time …

View from Washington: “It's time to get out of Syria”

10:41 12.11.2023

View from Washington: “It's time to get out of Syria”

U.S. Military deployments in this troubled country put lives at risk for little strategic benefit, stresses at ‘The National Interest’ Lora Karch Dulgarian, an independent analyst focusing on national security, social, political, and economic issues in the Middle East and Europe in Washington, D.C. The United States military presence in …

Arab American support for Biden plummets over Gaza ahead of 2024 election

10:40 12.11.2023

Arab American support for Biden plummets over Gaza ahead of 2024 election

As protests across the U.S. denounce President Biden for refusing to support a ceasefire in Gaza while arming Israel’s deadly bombardment of Palestine, polls conducted by the Arab American Institute reveal Biden’s support among Arab American voters is plummeting, dropping from 59% to 17% since the 2020 presidential election, notes …

Green energy vs US Nukes: Air Force asks Congress to shield nuclear launch sites from wind power

10:39 12.11.2023

Green energy vs US Nukes: Air Force asks Congress to shield nuclear launch sites from wind power

As the nation's energy needs have increased, turbines have grown in size and number, and are being placed closer to the underground silos where Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles are kept ready to fire. The Air Force is concerned that the turbines are making it dangerous for their helicopter crews …

“Good bye, Mr. Mac!” Russia’s new elite emerges to fill void after multinationals flee

10:37 12.11.2023

“Good bye, Mr. Mac!” Russia’s new elite emerges to fill void after multinationals flee

A new cohort of Russian business elite has emerged to benefit from the void left when international firms suddenly exited, writes Bloomberg. The latest wave of entrepreneurs to seize their chance have snapped up assets at discounted prices after the war prompted multinationals to leave because of pressure from sanctions …

Counter Punch: America’s war economy and the urgent call for peace in the Middle East

11:19 11.11.2023

Counter Punch: America’s war economy and the urgent call for peace in the Middle East

If only, rather than further militarizing the region or questioning the death toll in Gaza, the Biden administration were to focus on making this most recent and ever more ominous crisis a final turning point, not for yet more brutality, but for a long-term political solution focused on achieving real …

White House says ‘Mission: Impossible’ increased Joe Biden’s concerns about AI

11:15 11.11.2023

White House says ‘Mission: Impossible’ increased Joe Biden’s concerns about AI

Biden signed a sweeping executive order regulating the development of artificial intelligence, saying he wants to prevent AI from making social media “more addictive” or from abetting fraud. Biden noted that he’s seen a “deep fake” video of himself, using a term for the increasingly prevalent and convincing doctored videos. …

Israeli businesses buckle as war hits economy

11:14 11.11.2023

Israeli businesses buckle as war hits economy

Demand has plummeted and companies have shut as consumers and workers are either drafted or shielding in Israel, writes ‘The Financial Times’. Loyal customers of Israel’s Atlas Hotels recently received an unusual email — a desperate plea for donations to save the company from collapse. Atlas has opened its 16 …

View from Delhi: Arab-Iran amity is a geopolitical reality

11:12 11.11.2023

View from Delhi: Arab-Iran amity is a geopolitical reality

The forthcoming first visit by Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi to Saudi Arabia on November 13 marks a milestone in the rapprochement between the two countries mediated by China in March. The relationship is fast acquiring a qualitatively new level of solidarity in the context of the Palestine-Israel conflict, stresses M.K. …

View from Washington: Why do we let Israel and Ukraine wag the US dog?

11:28 10.11.2023

View from Washington: Why do we let Israel and Ukraine wag the US dog?

In America's weird empire, dependents call the shots. Soon we will be suffering the consequences, writes David C. Hendrickson, a professor emeritus of political science at Colorado College and the President of the John Quincy Adams Society. The alliance system of the United States is frequently called an empire, and …

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