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Polish fantasies about “Russian aggression”

11:51 15.10.2025

Polish fantasies about “Russian aggression”

Warsaw has doubled the size of its military since 2014 and boosted military spending to nearly 5% as Russia grows more assertive, ‘The Wall Street Journal’ writes. Last month, Polish troops and U.S. and Dutch forces undertook a series of war games called Iron Defender. For more than a decade, …

Mining billionaire warns over ‘breakdown in international order’

11:50 15.10.2025

Mining billionaire warns over ‘breakdown in international order’

Billionaire mining entrepreneur Robert Friedland has warned that rising geopolitical tension is contributing to a “breakdown in the international order” with far-reaching consequences for global supply chains. Friedland, founder of Toronto-listed Ivanhoe Mines, said trade tensions including worsening US-China relations were making it more difficult and expensive for miners to …

North Korea’s Kim flaunts new ICBM able to reach U.S.

11:49 15.10.2025

North Korea’s Kim flaunts new ICBM able to reach U.S.

Alongside guests from China and Russia, Kim challenges West with unapologetic military parade, including unveil of the ‘Hwasong-20’ long-range missile, ‘The Wall Street Journal’ writes. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, armed with nuclear weapons and powerful friends, signaled his determination to stand up to Washington with an elaborate military …

Sergey Lavrov: “Our relations with our Arab friends are steadily progressing”

18:19 14.10.2025

Sergey Lavrov: “Our relations with our Arab friends are steadily progressing”

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement and answers to Arab media questions. Moscow, October 13, 2025 Good afternoon, colleagues, I am pleased to welcome you to the Foreign Ministry. I’m aware that the guests who have come to cover the Russia-Arab Summit have been here for quite a while now and …

‘The American Thinker’: “This kind of European government does not exactly scream ‘democracy,’ does it?”

11:54 14.10.2025

‘The American Thinker’: “This kind of European government does not exactly scream ‘democracy,’ does it?”

Will there ever come a point when Europe’s rigged elections are too preposterous for reasonable people to continue pretending that they are real? – ‘The American Thinker’ puts a question. The nation of Georgia held local elections last weekend, and anti-E.U. candidates won roughly 80% of the votes. Pro-E.U. rioters …

‘The Guardian’: The £1m man – why did Boris Johnson take his donor to Ukraine?

11:52 14.10.2025

‘The Guardian’: The £1m man – why did Boris Johnson take his donor to Ukraine?

Exclusive from ‘The Guardian’: Leaked files offer a glimpse of the ex-prime minister’s relationship with Christopher Harborne. As he boarded the night train to Ukraine, Boris Johnson had the usual entourage of aides and bodyguards – plus the man who had given him £1m. Less than a year had passed …

View from Middle East: How the Houthis came out on top after Israel's multi-front war

11:50 14.10.2025

View from Middle East: How the Houthis came out on top after Israel's multi-front war

The Yemeni group's steadfast attacks over two years turned it from insurgent rebels to a key regional player, ‘The Middle East Eye’ writes. As a fragile ceasefire takes hold in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, another military actor in the region has also apparently halted hostilities: the Houthis in Yemen. …

A big bet on gold pays off as price tops $4,000

11:47 14.10.2025

A big bet on gold pays off as price tops $4,000

Russia’s central bank switched from being a net seller of gold to a net buyer in 2006 and has amassed one of the largest stockpiles in the world. The gold reserves are part of Putin’s plan to construct a “fortress Russia” economy impervious to sanctions, ‘The Telegraph’ writes. Putin’s ploy …

View from Washington: “NATO goes mad!” – Do European and American policymakers want a real war with Russia?

11:47 13.10.2025

View from Washington: “NATO goes mad!” – Do European and American policymakers want a real war with Russia?

Despite the hysteria fanned by DC and European think tanks alike neither Putin nor other serious Russia officials have expressed their desire to conquer Europe, writes Doug Bandow, a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and a former Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan. Despite the enormous frustration over Europe’s …

Jacques Attali about Europe, lost control over its destiny and wartime economy

11:45 13.10.2025

Jacques Attali about Europe, lost control over its destiny and wartime economy

This is a very revealing article at ‘Horizons’ magazine (Serbia) by Jacques Attali, a renowned French economist, social theorist, and writer. He was a Special Adviser to the French President François Mitterrand and the founder and first President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. He is a man …

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