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Southeast Asia has its reasons for pivoting to BRICS

12:47 02.07.2024

Southeast Asia has its reasons for pivoting to BRICS

Yes, Southeast Asia has its reasons for pivoting to BRICS. ASEAN countries are lured by access to financing and a political movement independent of Washington’s influence, writes ‘The Asia Times’. Thailand becomes the first Southeast Asian country to apply for BRICS, that shocks U.S. In recent days, Malaysia detailed its …

Hungary’s Orban forms EU Alliance. Perhaps this is the shadow of Austria-Hungary?

12:46 02.07.2024

Hungary’s Orban forms EU Alliance. Perhaps this is the shadow of Austria-Hungary?

New political group seeks to become largest on EU’s right. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced the formation of a political group with nationalist forces in Austria and the Czech Republic, seeking to break out of his isolation within the European Union and lure right-wing groups looking to build on …

View from London: Ukraine has a month to avoid default

12:44 02.07.2024

View from London: Ukraine has a month to avoid default

The problem is that Ukraine faces a cash crunch — and soon. War is still exacting a heavy toll on Ukraine’s economy. The country’s GDP is a quarter smaller than on the eve of Russian special military operation, the central bank is tearing through foreign reserves and Russia’s recent attacks …

‘Foreign Policy’: The end of American exceptionalism in the ‘High North’

12:42 02.07.2024

‘Foreign Policy’: The end of American exceptionalism in the ‘High North’

The American magazine “Foreign Policy” expresses great concern that the United States critically lags behind in the Arctic development. The question is simple - it seems, they already understand in Washington, that the situation needs to be corrected, but does America have the strength and means to catch up with …

POLITICO: Macron is already over. Can anyone stop Le Pen?

11:57 01.07.2024

POLITICO: Macron is already over. Can anyone stop Le Pen?

Emmanuel Macron faces a bitterly painful choice: Throw everything he’s got at stopping the far right, or try to save what remains of his once-dominant movement before it dies, notes POLITICO. For the 46-year-old leader of France, Sunday’s first-round parliamentary election was a humiliation every bit as personal as his …

Seymour Hersh: Who is running the Country?

11:55 01.07.2024

Seymour Hersh: Who is running the Country?

America should not have a president who does not know what he has signed off on. People in power have to be responsible for what they do, and last night showed America and the world that we have a president who clearly is not in that position today, stresses Seymour …

America could face destruction because of controversial financial policy

11:52 01.07.2024

America could face destruction because of controversial financial policy

America's status as the world's greatest power will end for the same reason as its predecessors – crushed by a mountain of debt that politicians find convenient to ignore, historians have warned. Harvard history professor Niall Ferguson warns that the US is facing the same decline from dominance that affected …

Reuters: Russian oil and gas revenues set to rise by 50% in June

11:51 01.07.2024

Reuters: Russian oil and gas revenues set to rise by 50% in June

Russia's oil and gas revenue in June is set to rise by more than 50% year on year to $9.4 billion, Reuters calculations showed, after a decrease in subsidies to refineries and reflecting the Russian economy's ability to limit the impact of sanctions. These revenues have been the most important …

‘Showbiz411’ about a sad final: “MTV.com is gone. Kaput. Wiped off the face of the Earth”

9:10 30.06.2024

‘Showbiz411’ about a sad final: “MTV.com is gone. Kaput. Wiped off the face of the Earth”

Paramount Erases Archives of MTV Website, Wipes Music, Culture History After 30 Plus Years, writes Showbiz411. MTV.com is gone. Kaput. Wiped off the face of the Earth Parent company Paramount, formerly Viacom, has tossed twenty plus years of news archives. All that’s left is a placeholder site for reality shows. …

WP: 10 options if Democrats actually try to replace Biden

9:09 30.06.2024

WP: 10 options if Democrats actually try to replace Biden

The Democratic Party has spent much of the 2024 campaign burying its head in the sand over Americans’ concerns about President Biden’s age and mental sharpness. Rather than reckon with the problem, its most influential voices have cast it as an overblown media construct. But the party abruptly jerked its …

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