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African Initiative on Ukraine settlement cements Africa’s new Global Role

10:21 28.05.2023

African Initiative on Ukraine settlement cements Africa’s new Global Role

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed that Moscow and Kiev had agreed to receive a mission of African leaders with their peace initiative for the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov later confirmed that the African mission was planning to visit Russia in mid-June or early July, notes Muhammad …

After Ukraine: Arming down for lasting Eurasian security

10:38 27.05.2023

After Ukraine: Arming down for lasting Eurasian security

It is time to start thinking outside the box. A long-term solution requires an institutional design and steps to ensure that front-line states, including Russia, feel safer, proposes Gordon Adams, a political commentator who has created think tanks, worked for Bill Clinton in the White House, taught national security. Make …

McCarthy rebrands looming debt ceiling breach: 'Biden default'

10:36 27.05.2023

McCarthy rebrands looming debt ceiling breach: 'Biden default'

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is setting up to pin a looming possible financial crisis on President Biden, the Republican leader indicated on Wednesday, declaring that it would be the "Biden default" if an agreement is not reached in time on raising the debt limit, Fox News informs. "Our debt is …

"Nutrition strategy for Germany": sausage is banned!

10:36 27.05.2023

"Nutrition strategy for Germany": sausage is banned!

German Federal Minister of Food Cem Ozdemir (from the Green Party) plans to radically reduce the consumption of meat by all citizens of the country. The goal is to "transform the entire food system" in favor of the climate. A “vegetarian diet” is planned for everyone and a maximum of …

Milley warns: “F-16s won’t be a ‘magic weapon’ for Ukraine”

10:35 27.05.2023

Milley warns: “F-16s won’t be a ‘magic weapon’ for Ukraine”

The military’s top general cautioned that F-16s won’t act as a “magic weapon” for Ukraine, but the U.S. is fully behind a group of NATO allies taking the lead on training and potentially transferring the jets to Kyiv. “The Russians have 1,000 fourth-generation fighters,” Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Mark Milley …

American society is "fundamentally changing," and these changes are “not for the better”

11:27 26.05.2023

American society is "fundamentally changing," and these changes are “not for the better”

The United States shows aspects of a once great power past its prime. It is socially and politically divided, aware of the necessity for changes, unable or unwilling to make them, and losing the conviction in the shared goals that earlier invigorated it, writes Jeff Lukens, a West Point graduate, …

Brazil’s top diplomat says G7 giving way to G20, BRICS

11:25 26.05.2023

Brazil’s top diplomat says G7 giving way to G20, BRICS

The Group of Seven (G7) is losing its influence, giving way to the Group of Twenty (G20) and BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa), Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira (photo) said. "Although the BRICS informal group has neither a charter or a permanent secretariat, it is a cornerstone of …

Ukraine’s depleted uranium blast: Europe on brink of ‘environmental disaster’

11:24 26.05.2023

Ukraine’s depleted uranium blast: Europe on brink of ‘environmental disaster’

Sputnik News spoke with Dr. Chris Busby, physical chemist and scientific secretary of the European Committee on Radiation Risk, about how the West’s decision to provide depleted uranium (DU) ammunition to Ukraine has potentially caused a continent-wide ecological disaster. Below some main points of his answer: Recently, several web media …

“Time”: What to know about the history of the debt ceiling

11:30 25.05.2023

“Time”: What to know about the history of the debt ceiling

The Biden Administration remains locked in a standoff with congressional Republicans over raising the federal debt ceiling, just two weeks before the nation is set to default on its obligations for the first time. The U.S. government hit its congressionally imposed $31.4 trillion borrowing limit in January, and Treasury Secretary …

“Foreign Affairs”: Does America still need Europe?

11:29 25.05.2023

“Foreign Affairs”: Does America still need Europe?

As French President Emmanuel Macron travelled back from Beijing in April, he sparked an uproar. Speaking to reporters, Macron stated that European and U.S. interests were diverging, particularly in their approaches toward Asia. Washington greeted Macron’s comments with dismay. However, the French president’s remarks intensified the simmering debate over whether …

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