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Biden allows Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range U.S. missiles

11:16 18.11.2024

Biden allows Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range U.S. missiles

With two months left in office, the president for the first time authorized the Ukrainian military to use the system known as ATACMS to help defend its forces in the Kursk region of Russia, reports ‘The New York Times’. President Biden has authorized the first use of U.S.- supplied long-range …

Xi meets Biden in Lima

11:11 18.11.2024

Xi meets Biden in Lima

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Saturday met with U.S. President Joe Biden on the sidelines of the 31st APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting in Lima, Peru, Xinhua informs. Xi told Biden that over the past four years, China-U.S. relations have gone through ups and downs, but the two sides have also …

View from Asia: The ‘quiet development’ shaking America’s power

11:09 18.11.2024

View from Asia: The ‘quiet development’ shaking America’s power

With the stunning comeback of Donald Trump as president, America’s allies are scrambling, writes at ‘The New York Times’ Sarang Shidore, the director of the Global South program at the Quincy Institute. Behind their sober messages of congratulation is a palpable anxiety that Washington will soon treat them as mere …

View from Washington: How Trump 2.0 will change American foreign policy

11:07 18.11.2024

View from Washington: How Trump 2.0 will change American foreign policy

Foreign policy may not have been a central issue during the election, but with Donald Trump returning to the White House, the potential implications for global politics are huge, ‘The Hill’ suggests. Trump’s approach deviates dramatically from the postwar consensus that has seen the U.S. act as a global stabilizer, …

‘The American Thinker’: The Deep State war against Donald Trump begins

10:45 17.11.2024

‘The American Thinker’: The Deep State war against Donald Trump begins

With the CIA blackmailing some 40 electors to vote along with the anti-Trump electors, the Electoral College will be unable to cast enough votes to elect either Trump or Kamala Harris. The election would be thrown into the House of Representatives, with the proceedings rapidly devolving into a circus. With …

‘The Cradle’: Israel turns to mercenaries

10:44 17.11.2024

‘The Cradle’: Israel turns to mercenaries

Protracted and unprecedented Arab resistance has depleted Israeli troop and reservist forces and forced Tel Aviv to seek out unconventional methods – including the recruitment of foreign mercenaries – to sustain Israel's weary military and escalatory war goals, ‘The Cradle’ reveals. Facing increasing domestic pressure to reveal the true extent …

View from Washington: Signs of the collapse of Corporate media influence are everywhere

10:42 17.11.2024

View from Washington: Signs of the collapse of Corporate media influence are everywhere

Within hours of the 2024 election being called for Donald Trump, I published this piece declaring the end of the era of corporate media dominance, notes ‘The Breitbart’ Senior Writer John Nolte. “The Road to the White House no longer goes through 60 Minutes, CNN, Fox News, Meet the Press, …

British life-style: PM Keir Starmer unveils yet another ‘eco target’ – Brits… may have to eat less meat in order to hit it

9:06 16.11.2024

British life-style: PM Keir Starmer unveils yet another ‘eco target’ – Brits… may have to eat less meat in order to hit it

Sir Keir Starmer unveiled yet another green target - triggering warnings that people will have to give up meat and dairy or replace their gas boilers to meet it, ‘The Daily Mail’ reports. The Prime Minister announced the goal to reduce emissions at the UN climate summit Cop29 - but …

View from Delhi: West Asia reacts on Trump’s victory

8:59 16.11.2024

View from Delhi: West Asia reacts on Trump’s victory

The election victory of Donald Trump in the November 5 election is being perceived in the West Asian region with growing anxiety as presaging the US aligning one hundred percent with the project for Greater Israel. Three events in as many days show the first signs of a backlash building …

John Mearsheimer for ‘Global Times’: “US foreign policy fosters chaos”

8:58 16.11.2024

John Mearsheimer for ‘Global Times’: “US foreign policy fosters chaos”

In mid-October, 77-year-old University of Chicago professor John Mearsheimer visited China. He delivered lectures at Chinese universities and engaged in a debate on global order and US-China relations with Yan Xuetong, director of the Institute of International Studies, Tsinghua University. Mearsheimer is a prominent realist scholar in international relations. He …

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