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View from Washington: The U.S. is playing ‘nuclear chicken’ in Ukraine

11:05 21.09.2024

View from Washington: The U.S. is playing ‘nuclear chicken’ in Ukraine

Tensions have never been higher. The degradation in U.S. relations with Russia and the mutual engagement in nuclear brinkmanship between the two during the past several decades means that this fact carries real danger. The war in Ukraine is no longer simply a regional conflict; what may have started off …

View from India: Will the dramatic pager blasts attacks trigger a bigger war?

11:04 21.09.2024

View from India: Will the dramatic pager blasts attacks trigger a bigger war?

Drums of wars are beating louder after pagers used by members of militant group Hezbollah exploded on Tuesday in Lebanon and Syria, killing at least nine people and injuring several thousand, writes ‘The India Times’. Hezbollah and the Lebanese government blamed Israel for the coordinated attack. These devices, modified by …

British life-style: The art of dying – it's cheaper to bury than to cure

11:01 21.09.2024

British life-style: The art of dying – it's cheaper to bury than to cure

Canada has some horrific stories about people in poverty or otherwise experiencing difficulties in simply living, being able to kill themselves with the actual encouragement of the state – euthanasia. People whose lives are not threatened are being advised that killing themselves (i.e. getting help with that) is a “viable …

POLITICO: New European Führer – Von der Leyen from Queen to Empress

11:00 21.09.2024

POLITICO: New European Führer – Von der Leyen from Queen to Empress

Her power grab was complete. After unveiling her new team, the European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen (photo) holds more influence than ever, POLITICO stresses. When Ursula von der Leyen unveiled her team for the next European Commission, she simultaneously silenced the doubters about who was really in charge …

View from India: Russia-Ukraine peace are growing complicated

10:11 20.09.2024

View from India: Russia-Ukraine peace are growing complicated

The situation around the Ukraine conflict is becoming more complicated. The US is in an election mode, and that means that any step that might disadvantage the Democratic presidential candidate cannot be taken. After supporting a proxy war in Ukraine against Russia all this while, any step to de-escalate or …

Russian response: To retaliate against Western sanctions with commodity export curbs

10:09 20.09.2024

Russian response: To retaliate against Western sanctions with commodity export curbs

Vladimir Putin told his government to consider the export of strategic commodities, such as uranium, nickel, and titanium, according to state news agency TASS, ‘Business Insider’ writes. “They are restricting supplies of a number of goods to us. Well, maybe we should also impose certain restrictions?” Putin said. However, any …

MoD: Russian Forces strike key Ukrainian intelligence communication center

10:08 20.09.2024

MoD: Russian Forces strike key Ukrainian intelligence communication center

The Russian Defense Ministry also reported that concentrations of Ukrainian personnel and equipment were targeted in 142 different areas. Aviation, artillery, and drone units of the Russian Armed Forces struck the main special radio communication center of Ukrainian military intelligence and critical airfield infrastructure targets, according to the Russian Ministry …

A new Middle East war is here

10:05 20.09.2024

A new Middle East war is here

The Israeli military launched a new wave of attacks against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon on Thursday, after two days of device explosions that left the Middle East fearing all-out war, NBC New informs. The attack on southern Lebanon involved airstrikes and artillery but Israeli ground forces had not crossed the …

Israel demonstrates new kind of warfare – killing through a gadget: Pagers explode across Lebanon in apparent attack on Hezbollah

11:29 19.09.2024

Israel demonstrates new kind of warfare – killing through a gadget: Pagers explode across Lebanon in apparent attack on Hezbollah

This graphic produced for the Daily Mail newspaper shows how the pager bomb attack was carried out in Lebanon. Israeli security services and its military are said to have filled the hand-held ordered by Hezbollah with one or two ounces of explosive material along with a detonating switch prior to …

‘UnHerd’: EU battle with China leaves no space for Ukraine

11:27 19.09.2024

‘UnHerd’: EU battle with China leaves no space for Ukraine

The sands are shifting in European perceptions of the need for peace in Ukraine. In a TV interview, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged intensified effort to end the war through negotiations, saying: “I believe now is the moment when we must discuss how we get out of this war situation …

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