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Attempt to kill President Donald Trump

21:54 14.07.2024

Attempt to kill President Donald Trump

Former US President said he was shot in the right ear on Saturday local time at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The incident is being investigated as an attempted assassination of the former president and presumptive Republican nominee, the AP reported, citing law enforcement officials. The suspected shooter is dead …

FP: A New Era of financial warfare has begun

10:35 14.07.2024

FP: A New Era of financial warfare has begun

Washington and the West have begun a new phase of financial warfare against Russia and China — a powerful but also potentially risky escalation that, if people aren’t careful, could eventually give Moscow and Beijing exactly the outcome they are believed to be looking for, writes ‘The Foreign Policy’. The …

View from Teheran: What is President-elect Pezeshkian's stance on Iran’s foreign policy priorities?

10:33 14.07.2024

View from Teheran: What is President-elect Pezeshkian's stance on Iran’s foreign policy priorities?

Masoud Pezeshkian Iran’s president-elect Masoud Pezeshkian will be assuming office in the coming weeks after receiving a decree of validation from the Leader of the Islamic Revolution followed by the inauguration in parliament, writes Alireza Akbari, an observer of Iranian Press TV. Efforts are already in full swing to form …

Circus session on NATO summit: Biden calls Zelenskyy 'President Putin,' refers to Harris as 'Vice President Trump'

10:31 14.07.2024

Circus session on NATO summit: Biden calls Zelenskyy 'President Putin,' refers to Harris as 'Vice President Trump'

President Joe Biden held his first solo press conference after NATO summit, less than a month after the debate, which left many questioning his presidential career. Despite Biden insisting he's staying strong in the race, he had a few embarrassing gaffes. During the press conference, Biden accidentally referred to his …

Starmer insisted 'it is for Ukraine to decide' how to use the British long-range weapons? Russia issued a ‘warning’ to London

10:29 14.07.2024

Starmer insisted 'it is for Ukraine to decide' how to use the British long-range weapons? Russia issued a ‘warning’ to London

Moscow issued a warning to new Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer as Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said there would be a response if the UK allowed Ukraine to strike Russia with British weapons, writes ‘The Daily Mail’. Even immediately UK's MoD reported, that ‘Ukraine has no permission to use British …

Viktor Orbán: Europe's governments in the frenzy of war

11:18 13.07.2024

Viktor Orbán: Europe's governments in the frenzy of war

Viktor Orbán (photo) is the Prime Minister of Hungary. This text is the abridged version of his speech on the European elections, delivered at the Peace March in Budapest. Speech by Viktor Orbán: “Europe's governments in the frenzy of war: We have nothing to gain against Russia and everything to …

View from Delhi: India-Russia ties take a quantum leap in the fog of Ukraine war

11:17 13.07.2024

View from Delhi: India-Russia ties take a quantum leap in the fog of Ukraine war

The big picture is that India has taken a leap of faith. It is one thing not to give in to US bullying but it is another thing altogether that Delhi is co-relating the Indian experience with that of Russia — and even China, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and …

Engelsberg ideas: How the British elite lost its way

11:14 13.07.2024

Engelsberg ideas: How the British elite lost its way

A very interesting article that examines the reasons for the crisis of the English political elite. a veteran of public service assesses what is happening. This assessment is very sad. British politics is withering because the quality of officials has plummeted. And this is a historical process. Munira Mirza was …

Bloomberg: The U.S. economic slowdown is looking more threatening

11:12 13.07.2024

Bloomberg: The U.S. economic slowdown is looking more threatening

Worrying signs in the labor market mean the Fed’s July meeting will point to policy easing sooner rather than later, Bloomberg writes. On the surface, the US employment report for June looked pretty good. Some 206,000 jobs were added, which exceeded the 190,000 median estimate of more than five dozen …

View from Washington: Imperial NATO is on the way. But it is unlikely to reach its goals

11:38 12.07.2024

View from Washington: Imperial NATO is on the way. But it is unlikely to reach its goals

NATO is the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. The name should have been changed long ago, when NATO shifted its focus and operations south and eastward. NATO is shifting once again, most seriously by expanding its membership without any serous planning about how to secure its new flanks, writes Stephen Bryen, …

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