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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 …

Who is IMF afraid of? – The IMF delegation axed controversial Russia visit after outrage from some tiny European capitals

11:26 19.09.2024

Who is IMF afraid of? – The IMF delegation axed controversial Russia visit after outrage from some tiny European capitals

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) indefinitely postponed its planned visit to Russia, according to Russian state-run media, POLITICO informs. An IMF delegation was scheduled to travel soon to Russia for the first time since February 2022, sparking criticism from several EU governments and warnings the trip would be used by …

View from London: “The danger for the West was that it did not know where Putin's red lines really were”

11:24 19.09.2024

View from London: “The danger for the West was that it did not know where Putin's red lines really were”

US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer discussed whether to let Kyiv use long-range missiles against Russia, in the two allies’ likely last meeting before an election that could upend US policy on Ukraine, AFP reports. UK media reported that Biden, who is wary of provoking a …

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump Jr.: Negotiate with Moscow to end the Ukraine war and prevent nuclear devastation

11:48 18.09.2024

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump Jr.: Negotiate with Moscow to end the Ukraine war and prevent nuclear devastation

The New York Times reported Thursday that the Biden administration is considering allowing Ukraine to use NATO-provided long-range precision weapons against targets deep inside Russia. Such a decision would put the world at greater risk of nuclear conflagration than at any time since the Cuban missile crisis, Robert F. Kennedy …

CNN: The Pentagon stockpiles of weapons and equipment for Kyiv have dwindled inventory

11:47 18.09.2024

CNN: The Pentagon stockpiles of weapons and equipment for Kyiv have dwindled inventory

US military aid packages for Ukraine have been smaller in recent months, as the stockpiles of weapons and equipment that the Pentagon is willing to send Kyiv from its own inventory have dwindled. The shift comes amid concerns about US military readiness being impacted as US arms manufacturers play catchup …

View from London: ‘Squeaky-clean’ Europe is more corrupt than you think

11:46 18.09.2024

View from London: ‘Squeaky-clean’ Europe is more corrupt than you think

“It was retro style,” laughs Ruta Kaziliunaite, the co-ordinator of Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service (STT), the country’s anti-corruption police. Last November the former leader of the Liberal Movement party was convicted of taking bribes from an executive at mg Baltic, a trading and real-estate conglomerate. It was not a matter …

‘Le Figaro’: The procedure for the dismissal of Emmanuel Macron will be debated

11:45 18.09.2024

‘Le Figaro’: The procedure for the dismissal of Emmanuel Macron will be debated

Meeting this Tuesday morning, the bureau of the National Assembly judged that the Insoumis's impeachment proposal was "admissible". It will therefore be debated in the Laws Committee as well as in public session. However, it has almost no chance of adoption. The bureau of the National Assembly has ruled. Meeting …

Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR): Kiev seen plotting `Russian missile attack’ on children’s institution

11:06 17.09.2024

Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR): Kiev seen plotting `Russian missile attack’ on children’s institution

Ukraine is preparing to stage a "Russian missile attack" on a children’s institution in a Kiev-controlled area at the instigation of the United States, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said in a statement seen by TASS. "According to the information that the SVR is receiving, the leadership of the Kiev …

‘The Spectator’: Russia is still evading Western sanctions

11:04 17.09.2024

‘The Spectator’: Russia is still evading Western sanctions

The West can’t win the technological sanctions battle against Russia with a knockout. The only alternative is to give up and let Russia import what it desires, like in the peaceful old days, notes ‘The Spectator’. Exports from the bloc to Russia in June plummeted to a mere €2.4 billion …

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