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IMF: India to be fastest growing major economy in 2023

9:39 30.07.2023

IMF: India to be fastest growing major economy in 2023

The International Monetary Fund raised its 2023 growth forecast for India by 20 basis points to 6.1%, bolstering expectations that the current G20 chair will be the world’s fastest growing major economy this year, CNBC informs. In its July update to its World Economic Outlook, the IMF said Tuesday its …

Bernie Sanders on America's problems: “Country faces enormous crises”

9:38 30.07.2023

Bernie Sanders on America's problems: “Country faces enormous crises”

The US Senate is now debating an $886 bn defense authorization bill. Unless there are major changes to the bill, I intend to vote against it. Here’s why, explains Bernie Sanders (photo), a US Senator (Dem.), the ranking member of the Senate budget committee. As everyone knows, our country faces …

China plans to drill the moon for minerals

9:37 30.07.2023

China plans to drill the moon for minerals

China will begin drilling on the moon in search of critical minerals within our lifetimes, the head of UK Space Command has said. In The Times joint interview with his American counterpart, Air Vice-Marshal Paul Godfrey warned about the threat posed by China and Russia beyond the stratosphere. Godfrey said …

Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025?!

9:34 30.07.2023

Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025?!

The Gulf Stream system could collapse as soon as 2025, a new study suggests. A collapse would bring catastrophic climate impacts but scientists disagree over the new analysis, informs ‘The Guardian’. The shutting down of the vital ocean currents, called the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (Amoc) by scientists, would bring …

View from Australia: Russians are rallying on the ‘Home front to support our boys’ in Ukraine

10:43 29.07.2023

View from Australia: Russians are rallying on the ‘Home front to support our boys’ in Ukraine

There’s a discernible “enemy-at-the-gate” feeling among ordinary people on the streets of Russia. Their sons are being sent off to fight – and some have died. Meanwhile, the cross-border raids from Ukraine on Russia’s territory and drone attacks on Moscow suburbs during the past few months have bolstered the Kremlin’s …

More than 105 million working age Americans do not have a job right now

10:43 29.07.2023

More than 105 million working age Americans do not have a job right now

Jobless people are classified into one of two categories by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) — either unemployed or not in the labor force. To be classified as unemployed in the month they are surveyed, people must be actively looking for work. If they are not actively looking, they …

Russia, China have a shared vision for North Korea

10:38 29.07.2023

Russia, China have a shared vision for North Korea

The three-day state visit on July 25-27 by Russian Defence Minister Sergey Shoigu, accompanied by a military delegation, to Pyongyang is the first-ever such high-level visit from Moscow in the post-Soviet era. Shoigu’s meeting with the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un altogether elevates what would have passed as a …

Degradation: Sunak plan is to “study maths”, but in England “not every pupil has the aptitude to learn the subject”

10:37 29.07.2023

Degradation: Sunak plan is to “study maths”, but in England “not every pupil has the aptitude to learn the subject”

The latest tactic is Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s announcement that he plans to restrict the number of students allowed to go to university for what he describes as “Micky Mouse degrees” that are low value in terms of earning capacity. Sunak insists that a university education is “not the only …

Vladimir Putin: “Russia and Africa share the inherent commitment to standing up for genuine sovereignty and the right to follow their own unique development path in the political, economic, social, cultural and other areas”

17:30 28.07.2023

Vladimir Putin: “Russia and Africa share the inherent commitment to standing up for genuine sovereignty and the right to follow their own unique development path in the political, economic, social, cultural and other areas”

Vladimir Putin took part in the plenary session of the Russia-Africa Summit. In his speech, Russian President said in particular: - I am delighted to welcome you to the plenary session of the second Russia-Africa Summit. Delegates from the overwhelming majority of African states and the heads of leading regional …

American’s confession: “In Iraq we would have invaded ourselves”

11:13 28.07.2023

American’s confession: “In Iraq we would have invaded ourselves”

Twenty years ago, with President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, two oil men and climate-change denialists, in the White House and new petroleum finds dwindling, it seemed like the most natural thing in the world for them to use the 9/11 horror as an excuse to commit …

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