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Pentagon during basic audit couldn’t even account for about 61% of its $3.5 trillion in assets

10:01 23.02.2023

Pentagon during basic audit couldn’t even account for about 61% of its $3.5 trillion in assets

The purpose of a Pentagon budget now rising toward the trillion-dollar mark annually, a sum that would undermine the very concept of defense, notes ‘Counterpunch’. It’s early in the new Congress, but lawmakers are already hotly debating spending and debt levels. As they do so, they risk losing track of …

China calls Russia ties ‘Solid as Rock’

9:58 23.02.2023

China calls Russia ties ‘Solid as Rock’

China’s top diplomat Wang Yi said relations with Russia were “solid as rock” even as Beijing moves to portray itself as a neutral actor that can broker peace in Ukraine, writes Bloomberg. In a meeting with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev, Wang said China sought to “promote mutually beneficial …

An open letter from a USA citizen to President Biden on optimism of the State of Union 2023

9:57 23.02.2023

An open letter from a USA citizen to President Biden on optimism of the State of Union 2023

This is an Open Letter to President Biden from Richard Falk, professor emeritus of international law at Princeton University, published by ‘Counterpunch’. There are a lot of full of vital problems for the population, but the government does not solve them. But the president is full of feigned optimism - …

Vladimir Putin: “The Truth is on our side”

15:52 22.02.2023

Vladimir Putin: “The Truth is on our side”

Vladimir Putin delivered his Address to the Federal Assembly. The ceremony took place in Gostiny Dvor, Moscow. The President of Russia said in particurar: - One year ago, to protect the people in our historical lands, to ensure the security of our country and to eliminate the threat coming from …

Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC: “Maybe, it presages a new era, in which trans-continental infrastructure will become a target for operations aimed at weakening other states”

11:22 22.02.2023

Vassily Nebenzia at UNSC: “Maybe, it presages a new era, in which trans-continental infrastructure will become a target for operations aimed at weakening other states”

Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UN Security Council briefing on threats to international peace and security (sabotage of Nord Stream gas pipeline). Main points: - Today we have gathered here for a very remarkable meeting. It is somewhat assonant with the previous meeting regarding the act of sabotage …

“For the last time I raise a glass in memory of Europe”

9:57 22.02.2023

“For the last time I raise a glass in memory of Europe”

A single peaceful space, social democracy, the protection of languages – this is what Europe looked like at the end of the 90s, when the USSR collapsed. But today, another reality has won, writes columnist Benoît Duteurtre on the ‘Marianne’ website. America played an important role in this. “…I raise …

U.S. tells Ukraine it won’t send long-range missiles because it has ‘few to spare’

9:57 22.02.2023

U.S. tells Ukraine it won’t send long-range missiles because it has ‘few to spare’

US lacks missile weapons? The Biden administration has given its Ukrainian counterparts another reason for not sending them much-wanted long-range missiles: The U.S. is concerned it wouldn’t have enough for itself. POLITICO talks about it with surprise. Of course, war, as the Chinese say, is ‘the way of deception’. Nevertheless …

FT: Russia’s growing trade in arms, oil and African politics

9:56 22.02.2023

FT: Russia’s growing trade in arms, oil and African politics

At the inaugural Russia-Africa summit in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in 2019, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin promised to double trade with African states within five years as he sought to win new friends with offers of nuclear power plants and fighter jets. Russian trade with Africa in 2021, …

Ohio tragedy: “We nuked a town with chemicals”

10:43 21.02.2023

Ohio tragedy: “We nuked a town with chemicals”

At nearly 9’oclock on the night of February 3rd, a Norfolk Southern freight train jumped the tracks as it was passing through the eastern Ohio town of East Palestine. More than 50 of the train’s 141 cars tumbled off the rails into a smoking jumble. Like most freight trains these …

Dubai Summit: Elon Musk against the idea of World Government

10:42 21.02.2023

Dubai Summit: Elon Musk against the idea of World Government

The World Government Summit in Dubai has held under the theme of "Shaping Future Governments". The Summit will bring thought leaders, global experts and decision makers from around the globe to share and contribute to the development of tools, policies, and models that are essential in shaping future governments. Heads …

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