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Martin Armstrong: “Our computer shows after 2032, we’ll probably create a new form of government”

10:41 18.08.2024

Martin Armstrong: “Our computer shows after 2032, we’ll probably create a new form of government”

The American ‘South Front’ published an exclusive interview with well-known economic expert Martin Armstrong – ‘one of the most influential economists globally’, as SF presents him. Main points: - I think basically that you to look not only United States but Europe too. Everything is becoming very polarized, politically. You …

Lessons from the 2024 Paris Olympics ‘style’

10:41 18.08.2024

Lessons from the 2024 Paris Olympics ‘style’

If the planners of the Paris Summer Olympics hoped to garner global attention for the opening parade, they succeeded even beyond their expectations, though perhaps not quite as they anticipated since the reaction was mixed to say the least, with a large number of governments, institutions, religious dignitaries, politicians and …

U.S. State Department approves over $20 billion arms package for Israel

9:22 17.08.2024

U.S. State Department approves over $20 billion arms package for Israel

The approval for the arms deal, which includes F-15s and tank ammunition, came the same day Israeli airstrikes killed newborn twins in Gaza, writes News Antiwar. On Tuesday, the State Department approved a series of potential weapons sales to Israel worth over $20 billion that includes F-15 fighter jets and …

FT: ‘Bidenomics’ is a beautiful slogan, but empty words

9:20 17.08.2024

FT: ‘Bidenomics’ is a beautiful slogan, but empty words

FT research shows that $84bn of initiatives announced in first year of the IRA and Chips Act have experienced slowdowns, notes ‘Financial Times’. Some 40 per cent of the biggest US manufacturing investments announced in the first year of Joe Biden’s flagship industrial and climate policies have been delayed or …

Alarming spike in crime on trains and stations across Europe

9:19 17.08.2024

Alarming spike in crime on trains and stations across Europe

More criminal offences are being committed on trains and at train stations in Britain and Germany, and the response from officials in these countries to their own trends are markedly different, writes ‘The European Conservative’. Figures obtained by German media organisation NiUS make specifically note that about half of the …

‘Responsible Statecraft’: What does Ukraine's incursion into Russia really mean?

9:18 17.08.2024

‘Responsible Statecraft’: What does Ukraine's incursion into Russia really mean?

‘Responsible Statecraft’, a publication of analysis, opinion, and news that seeks to promote a positive vision of U.S. foreign policy based on humility, diplomatic engagement, and military restraint, asked some experts to gauge the short and long term effects of Kyiv’s bold invasion on the war. Beginning Aug. 6, the …

Nikolay Patrushev, Kremlin aide, dismissed the US Department of State’s claims of non-involvement into the attack on Russia’s borderline Kursk region

14:11 16.08.2024

Nikolay Patrushev, Kremlin aide, dismissed the US Department of State’s claims of non-involvement into the attack on Russia’s borderline Kursk region

Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s borderline region of Kursk was planned with the participation of NATO and Western special services, and was prompted by Kiev’s realization of its imminent collapse, Russian presidential aide Nikolay Patrushev said, TASS informs. "It was the West who brought the criminal junta to power in Urkaine. …

View from Berlin: The rapid decline of Germany’s delusional authoritarian liberals

11:17 16.08.2024

View from Berlin: The rapid decline of Germany’s delusional authoritarian liberals

The United States and Germany are the main providers of military supplies to Israel and Ukraine, where Germany’s legacy political parties are irrevocably invested in its corrupt government, and a war that cannot be won, but could well be lost. This and its neo-liberal dogma are resulting in a rapid …

Fitch downgrades Ukraine to 'RD' – Default

11:16 16.08.2024

Fitch downgrades Ukraine to 'RD' – Default

Fitch Ratings. London. 13 Aug 2024. Fitch Ratings has downgraded Ukraine's Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LTFC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to 'RD' from 'C'. Fitch typically does not assign Outlooks to sovereigns with a rating of 'CCC+' or below. Fitch has also downgraded the rating on the 2026 USD750 million Eurobond to …

Labour ‘to cut millions’ from budget for modernising Armed Forces

11:14 16.08.2024

Labour ‘to cut millions’ from budget for modernising Armed Forces

The Ministry of Defence is facing deep cuts to its budget for modernising the Armed Forces, The Telegraph reveals. Civil servants have been told that the budgets for science and technology and research and development face a cut of around 20 per cent this financial year – amounting to hundreds …

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