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‘Economist’: China + Russia + Iran = “The stuff of nightmares for the West”

12:33 02.04.2024

‘Economist’: China + Russia + Iran = “The stuff of nightmares for the West”

Assessing the economic threat posed by the anti-Western axis, cries ‘The Economist’. Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president, and Ebrahim Raisi, his Iranian counterpart, have several things in common. Both belong to a tiny group of leaders personally targeted by American sanctions. And both seem increasingly fond of one another. In December …

Washington runs the risk of being suspected of involvement in international terrorism

20:27 01.04.2024

Washington runs the risk of being suspected of involvement in international terrorism

Washington runs the risk of being suspected of involvement in international terrorism due to its attempt to exonerate the Kiev regime and continuation of aid supplies to Ukraine following the March 22 terrorist attack on a crowded concert at Crocus City Hall in suburban Moscow, according to a statement by …

Confession on CNN: “Why I’m resigning from the State Department”

11:37 01.04.2024

Confession on CNN: “Why I’m resigning from the State Department”

Annelle Sheline, PhD, served for a year as a foreign affairs officer at the Office of Near Eastern Affairs in the Department of State’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor. The views expressed on CNN are her own: “Since Hamas’ attack on October 7, Israel has used American bombs …

RAND Corp.: “The intelligence community largely tilts toward the White House and its army of political appointees”

11:35 01.04.2024

RAND Corp.: “The intelligence community largely tilts toward the White House and its army of political appointees”

“Individuals looked to avoid conflict and please political masters,” a Pentagon-backed RAND corporation study finds, notes ‘The Intercept’. U.S. intelligence skews its findings to find favor with both Republican and Democratic policymakers, including former presidents Donald Trump and Barack Obama, a sweeping new study by the Pentagon-backed RAND Corporation finds. …

Why Russia wants a BRICS grain exchange. And what it means for the World

11:33 01.04.2024

Why Russia wants a BRICS grain exchange. And what it means for the World

In a move that could shake up the global agricultural market, Russia is pushing to establish a BRICS grain exchange. Russian President Vladimir Putin has endorsed the initiative, which seeks to rival the Western-dominated grain pricing system and challenge the US dollar as the world’s main trading currency, writes ‘The …

USA tries to hit South Africa

11:33 01.04.2024

USA tries to hit South Africa

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) pointed out that South Africa's legal case against Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) over its war on the Gaza Strip and other developments are causing Congress to reexamine Washington's ties with what it called "our non-friends in Pretoria." In an opinion piece, …

MFA: Russia demands that Ukraine arrest and extradite to Russia all those involved in recent terror attacks, including chief of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) Vasily Malyuk

20:50 31.03.2024

MFA: Russia demands that Ukraine arrest and extradite to Russia all those involved in recent terror attacks, including chief of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) Vasily Malyuk

Chief of Russia’s Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin demands that contacts of each suspect in the Crocus City Hall terror attack be established to identify the attack’s masterminds. "The Investigative Committee chairman ordered to continue collecting evidence, focusing on the necessity to establish contacts of each of the suspects in the …

America has no Ukraine Plan B

9:54 31.03.2024

America has no Ukraine Plan B

US foreign policy establishment blindly intent on beating Russia on the battlefield and crushing its economy. Neither will happen, writes ‘The Asia Times’. Somewhere last weekend a few dozen former Cabinet members, senior military officers, academics and think tank analysts met to evaluate the world military situation. Now, the US …

The fiscal problems will start to truly harm the US nation’s global standing

9:53 31.03.2024

The fiscal problems will start to truly harm the US nation’s global standing

Sometimes, a news story seems so ordinary that it barely garners any attention, even as it turns the world upside down. Sometimes, innocent frolicking on the surface distracts from a rot extending below. This is what happened last week, when the Biden administration announced its plans to send an additional …

A Polish general dies in Chasiv Yar

9:53 31.03.2024

A Polish general dies in Chasiv Yar

Before the Ukrainian "counter offensive" got started, the important city of Bakhmut fell to the Russians. I wrote that it seemed to me that the Russians would aim to take the town of Chasiv Yar, notes Stephen Bryen, a former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense. Chasiv Yar was extremely important …

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