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Newsweek: “The 500 years of Euro-Atlantic global ascendancy are over”

10:14 09.05.2023

Newsweek: “The 500 years of Euro-Atlantic global ascendancy are over”

"We bluster, we threaten, we menace, we sanction, we send the Marines, we bomb," says Chas Freeman, a veteran U.S. diplomat, "but we don't ever use the arts of persuasion." Freeman was principal interpreter for President Richard Nixon on his visit to China in 1972. Now he tells ‘Newsweek’, Washington's …

US financial system: 722 banks under threat of bankruptcy

10:13 09.05.2023

US financial system: 722 banks under threat of bankruptcy

Very interesting operational figures and facts about the state of the US banking system are published in a new report by the Federal Reserve (Fed). They indicate that 722 American banks are in a precarious position. A Growing Number Report Unrealized Losses that Threaten Capital. At third quarter end, 722 …

Rapid Ocean warming ahead of ‘El Niño’ alarms scientists

10:10 09.05.2023

Rapid Ocean warming ahead of ‘El Niño’ alarms scientists

The United Nations warned of a growing likelihood the weather phenomenon – ocean hurricane ‘El Nino’ (photo) will develop in coming months, fuelling higher global temperatures and possibly new heat records. The UN’s World Meteorological Organization said it now estimated there was a 60-percent chance that ‘El Nino’ would develop …

Europe and Japan let down America and opposed its offer on Russia

10:15 08.05.2023

Europe and Japan let down America and opposed its offer on Russia

The proposal to boycott Russia was rejected by Japan and Europe – the US did not expect this day to come so soon, notes Chinese newspaper ‘Baijiahao’. The US did not expect that the day when the allies would turn their backs on them would come so soon, writes ‘Baijiahao’. …

Robert Kennedy Jr: “Let’s be honest: it’s a US war against Russia…”

10:14 08.05.2023

Robert Kennedy Jr: “Let’s be honest: it’s a US war against Russia…”

Robert F. Kennedy Junior (photo) announced that he was running for president, challenging Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination. He is already polling at 20%. Mr Kennedy agreed to speak to UnHerd. Below are some his points of the conversation concerning the Ukrainian conflict. Q.: That takes us to this …

The United Arab Emirates was officially granted Dialogue Partner of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

10:13 08.05.2023

The United Arab Emirates was officially granted Dialogue Partner of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation

The United Arab Emirates was officially granted Dialogue Partner status on the sidelines of the Council of Foreign Ministers Meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which took place in Goa, in the Republic of India, on 4 and 5 May 2023. Dr. Abdulnasser Alshaali, UAE Ambassador to India, signed …

Does White House want to reset Washington’s Gulf strategy?

10:10 08.05.2023

Does White House want to reset Washington’s Gulf strategy?

Quite obviously, the Biden Administration is in panic, notes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan disclosed at a think tank conference in Washington that he proposed to travel to Saudi Arabia for talks with Saudi leaders. The Saudi establishment daily Asharq al-Awsat, quoting …

The EU foreign policy chief Borrell feels more like a "defence minister"

9:57 07.05.2023

The EU foreign policy chief Borrell feels more like a "defence minister"

Ukraine will succumb to the invading Russian forces "in a matter of days" without military support from Western countries, Josep Borrell, the European Union's foreign policy chief, said. "Unhappily, this is not the moment for diplomatic conversations about peace. It's the moment of supporting militarily the war," Borrell told Euronews …

WSJ: The U.S. military relies on one Louisiana factory. It blew up

9:56 07.05.2023

WSJ: The U.S. military relies on one Louisiana factory. It blew up

Nearly two years ago, an errant spark inside a mill caused an explosion so big it destroyed all the building’s equipment and blew a corrugated fiberglass wall 100 feet, this incident was suddenly mentioned by the Wall Street Journal on April, 27. It also shut down the sole domestic source …

General Petr Pelz: “The West wanted to weaken Russia, but, on the contrary, strengthened it”

9:55 07.05.2023

General Petr Pelz: “The West wanted to weaken Russia, but, on the contrary, strengthened it”

The former head of Czech military intelligence, General Petr Pelz (photo), told Radio Universum how the West was involved in fomenting a devastating war in Ukraine. First, the West supported the coup d'etat in Ukraine, which led to the secession of Crimea and two separatist republics in the east of …

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