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Pro-Palestinian protesters storm U.S. military ship at Port of Oakland

11:23 10.11.2023

Pro-Palestinian protesters storm U.S. military ship at Port of Oakland

In a dramatic demonstration against Israel’s military actions in Gaza, protesters stormed a large U.S. military ship at the Port of Oakland. At least three people scaled the Cape Orlando and held on to the ladder to prevent the ship from leaving the dock. The protesters believed the ship, which …

Sergey Lavrov: “Seasoned analysts knew from the very start that a policy aimed at undermining the Russian economy and social sphere would lead nowhere”

12:17 09.11.2023

Sergey Lavrov: “Seasoned analysts knew from the very start that a policy aimed at undermining the Russian economy and social sphere would lead nowhere”

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the ambassadorial roundtable discussion of settlement in Ukraine. Moscow, November 8, 2023. Key points: - The war that the West has unleashed against us with Ukraine’s hands and bodies is a hybrid war in which unilateral restrictions or sanctions are allotted a special role. …

POLITICO: US diplomats slam Israel policy

12:04 09.11.2023

POLITICO: US diplomats slam Israel policy

The arguments in the dissent memo offer a window into the thinking of many people at the State Department, which has long been vexed by the decades-old Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The document offers a window into internal fury at the State Department over President Joe Biden’s Middle East policies, writes POLITICO. …

View from Washington: “Will Zelensky wait for the inevitable?”

12:02 09.11.2023

View from Washington: “Will Zelensky wait for the inevitable?”

Volodomir Zelensky, Ukraine's president, is at war – with his generals, notes Stephen Bryen, a former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense and an expert in security strategy and technology. Zelensky has admonished the head of the Ukrainian armed services, Valery Zaluzhny, who told the Economist "Just like in the First …

Biden, Trump both lose support with 2 independent presidential candidates in 2024 matchup

11:58 09.11.2023

Biden, Trump both lose support with 2 independent presidential candidates in 2024 matchup

A new national poll suggests that independent presidential candidates Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Cornell West pull support from both President Biden and former President Donald Trump — the two likely major party nominees — in a hypothetical four-way 2024 general election showdown, FOX News informs. Biden stands at 47% …

Pure panic at British islands: The Gaza war will change the world

11:58 09.11.2023

Pure panic at British islands: The Gaza war will change the world

“Conflict in the Middle East is bad news for liberals and helpful for Putin and Trump,” writes ‘The Financial Times’. They are very nervous in London… In the US, Joe Biden’s presidency is in deep trouble. Donald Trump is now the favourite in the betting markets to win the presidency …

View from Delhi: US, Israel to open second front in Lebanon?

11:35 08.11.2023

View from Delhi: US, Israel to open second front in Lebanon?

The announcement late Sunday night by the US Central Command [CENTCOM] headquartered in Doha about the arrival of a Ohio-class American nuclear submarine in its “area of responsibility” presages a significant escalation of the situation around the Palestine-Israel conflict, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. It is …

FT: EU in trouble. Brussels is trying to devise another new strategy

11:32 08.11.2023

FT: EU in trouble. Brussels is trying to devise another new strategy

“Europe needs an overhaul,” says one economy official inside the EU commission. The EU economy, in dollar terms, is 65 per cent of the size of the US economy. That’s down from 91 per cent in 2013. Per capita, US gross domestic product is more than twice the size of …

Gallup poll: 41% of Americans say U.S. is doing too much to support Ukraine

11:30 08.11.2023

Gallup poll: 41% of Americans say U.S. is doing too much to support Ukraine

Republican support for Ukraine war has withered since start of conflict. Democrats remain steadfast in support of current approach to Ukraine. So are the results of a new Gallup poll. Helping Ukraine Too Much or Too Little? As the harsh winter months approach in Ukraine, Americans’ views on the war …

NYT: Biden confronts the limits of U.S. leverage in two conflicts

11:29 08.11.2023

NYT: Biden confronts the limits of U.S. leverage in two conflicts

President Biden’s influence over Israel and Ukraine seems far more constrained than expected, given his central role as the supplier of arms and intelligence, writes ‘The New York Times’. After four weeks of terror and retaliation in Israel and Gaza, and 20 months of war in Ukraine, President Biden is …

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