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FT: German coalition teeters on brink of break-up

11:39 02.11.2024

FT: German coalition teeters on brink of break-up

Chancellor Olaf Scholz held a much-vaunted “industrial summit”, sitting down with business leaders and union bosses to figure out how to pull Germany out of its current malaise. Pointedly left off the guest list: his own finance and economy ministers. Robert Habeck, the economy minister, responded by unveiling plans for …

Pepe Escobar: BRICS make History

11:37 02.11.2024

Pepe Escobar: BRICS make History

The not so simple twists of fate always allow certain cities to make their mark in History in ineffable ways. Yalta. Bretton Woods. Bandung – a 1955 de-colonization staple. And now Kazan, stresses Pepe Escobar, a well-known geopolitical analyst, writer and journalist. The BRICS summit in Kazan, capital of Tatarstan, …

View from London: “Ukraine is now struggling to survive, not to win”

12:24 01.11.2024

View from London: “Ukraine is now struggling to survive, not to win”

In public, Mr Austin America’s defence secretary, offered certitude, confidence and clarity: “Moscow will never prevail in Ukraine.” In private, his colleagues in the Pentagon, Western officials and many Ukrainian commanders are increasingly concerned about the direction of the war and Ukraine’s ability to hold back Russian advances over the …

Israel’s ‘zugzwang’ moment with Iran

12:22 01.11.2024

Israel’s ‘zugzwang’ moment with Iran

A senior US official told Washington Post that the toned-down early morning Israeli strike Saturday on military targets in Iran was a “proportional strike,” which “was moderate enough to quiet the conflict without provoking Iran into a counterattack.” However, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted in a speech on Sunday: …

Troops of India and China are making progress in implementing the agreement to disengage from the friction points in the eastern Ladakh border

12:21 01.11.2024

Troops of India and China are making progress in implementing the agreement to disengage from the friction points in the eastern Ladakh border

The process follows the agreement between the two countries on patrolling and disengagement of troops along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, a major breakthrough to end the over four-year standoff, bringing a fresh thaw in their frosty ties, ‘The India Times’ stresses. The Chinese military on …

Oh! What a corruption in Pentagon – US Air Force wildly overpaid Boeing by almost 8,000%!

12:19 01.11.2024

Oh! What a corruption in Pentagon – US Air Force wildly overpaid Boeing by almost 8,000%!

US Air Force wildly overpaid Boeing by almost 8,000% for C-17 aircraft bathroom soap dispensers, Pentagon watchdog finds, CBS News informs. The Air Force overpaid for soap dispensers used in the bathrooms of C-17 military aircraft by 7,943% — or more than 80 times the price of similar commercially available …

Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC: “Today, we are getting increasingly convinced, as we are listening to the lamentations of the US and its satellites. Today’s show is being performed to achieve one goal only – to justify “post factum” their own decision to send NATO troops to shore up the regime of the expired Kiev dictator”

13:18 31.10.2024

Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC: “Today, we are getting increasingly convinced, as we are listening to the lamentations of the US and its satellites. Today’s show is being performed to achieve one goal only – to justify “post factum” their own decision to send NATO troops to shore up the regime of the expired Kiev dictator”

Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC briefing on Ukraine: Madam President, When we learned about the request for today's UNSC briefing, we were, frankly speaking, taken aback by the cynicism and brazenness of our Western colleagues and their egregious double standards. We understand perfectly well that the situation …

BRICS grows, adding 13 new ‘partner countries’ at historic Summit in Kazan, Russia

11:47 31.10.2024

BRICS grows, adding 13 new ‘partner countries’ at historic Summit in Kazan, Russia

BRICS held a summit in Kazan, Russia in October 2024, where it expanded with 13 “partner nations”, after adding four new members. These are the most important takeaways from the historic meeting, writes Benjamin (Ben) Norton, an investigative journalist and analyst, the founder and editor of Geopolitical Economy Report. The …

What will US foreign policy be under the new administration?

11:44 31.10.2024

What will US foreign policy be under the new administration?

What will US foreign policy be under the new administration - either Trump's or Harris'? This question is increasingly being discussed in the international press. For much of his time in office, President Joe Biden framed the central challenge of our age as a struggle between “democracy and autocracy.” But …

Bloomberg: Russia’s share in European LNG market grows

11:42 31.10.2024

Bloomberg: Russia’s share in European LNG market grows

Russia’s role in the European Union’s liquefied natural gas market is growing, even as the bloc weighs how to clamp down on supplies from the nation, Bloomberg writes. Moscow’s share of the EU’s LNG imports climbed to 20% in the first half of the year, compared with 14% a year …

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