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Russian diplomat squatting on axed Embassy site in Australia

10:44 30.06.2023

Russian diplomat squatting on axed Embassy site in Australia

An unidentified Russian diplomat has been living for several days in a portable building on the land previously held by Moscow, - Bloomberg reported. He has been ordering food deliveries to the site while being watched by Australian Federal Police, the newspaper said. The man couldn’t be evicted as he …

More than 100 U.S. political leaders have ancestors who were slaveholders

10:36 29.06.2023

More than 100 U.S. political leaders have ancestors who were slaveholders

At least 100 members of the last sitting Congress are direct descendants of ancestors who enslaved Black people, representing at least 8% of Democrats in Congress and 28% of Republicans. The group includes Republican senators Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, Tom Cotton and James Lankford, and Democrats Elizabeth Warren, Tammy Duckworth, …

‘The Times’: Western approach to Ukraine is delusional – people have to make sacrifices

10:35 29.06.2023

‘The Times’: Western approach to Ukraine is delusional – people have to make sacrifices

We must adapt to a world in which Russia has made a historic shift away from Europe. Few military analysts, even those most optimistic about the Ukrainian offensive that has just begun, anticipate an early end of the war. Indeed, the Kremlin is pinning its hopes until the West grows …

NATO exercise ‘Sea Breeze’ with Ukraine moves from Black Sea waters to UK

10:34 29.06.2023

NATO exercise ‘Sea Breeze’ with Ukraine moves from Black Sea waters to UK

An annual Black Sea exercise that has frequently drawn Russia’s ire resumed this week after a year hiatus, thousands of miles away from its hotly contested home waters. Sea Breeze, led this year by the U.S., kicked off in Glasgow, Scotland, the Ukrainian navy and U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa/U.S. 6th …

Germany, France want to end ‘veto rights’ in the EU this year

10:41 28.06.2023

Germany, France want to end ‘veto rights’ in the EU this year

In what may be the beginning of the end for European nations, Germany and France are determined to reform national rights, including the EU right of veto, this year. France and Germany are convinced that a large-scale institutional reform of the European Union, including the abolition of the veto on …

China-Russia: “Jointly walk the path of mutually beneficial development in a turbulent and changing world”

10:40 28.06.2023

China-Russia: “Jointly walk the path of mutually beneficial development in a turbulent and changing world”

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang (photo) said that China and Russia play a crucial role in ensuring global peace. The minister reportedly emphasized that both countries, as permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, act as important stabilizing forces that they share a commitment to opposing the policies of …

‘Al-Watan’: The Asian and Arab nations expect the best from the resurrection of the "Chinese dragon"

10:40 28.06.2023

‘Al-Watan’: The Asian and Arab nations expect the best from the resurrection of the "Chinese dragon"

Many states are joining Russia and China (PRC) in the fight for a just world because they are tired of the unilateral domination of the United States and its interventions, the Syrian newspaper ‘Al-Watan’ writes. For decades, distant from the world and its complex problems, China has worked hard to …

American view: The end of offensive warfare

10:38 28.06.2023

American view: The end of offensive warfare

Ukraine’s vaunted counteroffensive is not going well. In the months leading up to its launch, proponents said it would be “decisive.” Former American general David Petraeus predicted “the Ukrainians [would] achieve significant breakthroughs and accomplish much more than most analysts are predicting.” But, instead, the front lines have barely budged, …

Bloomberg: “Don’t expect Ukraine to save democracy”

11:52 27.06.2023

Bloomberg: “Don’t expect Ukraine to save democracy”

As one of Europe’s largest military operations since World War Two gets underway, we should also fear, and brace ourselves for, what a Ukrainian victory on the battlefield could bring, reflects Bloomberg. Politicians and commentators claim that the Ukrainian counteroffensive will decide the fate not only of Ukraine and its …

CNN: Early stages of Ukrainian counteroffensive ‘not meeting expectations,’ Western officials tell

11:51 27.06.2023

CNN: Early stages of Ukrainian counteroffensive ‘not meeting expectations,’ Western officials tell

In its early phases, Ukraine’s counteroffensive is having less success and Russian forces are showing more competence than western assessments expected, two western officials and a senior US military official tell CNN. The counteroffensive is “not meeting expectations on any front,” one of the officials said. According to the Western …

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