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NYT: Russian attacks open a new front in Ukraine

10:28 14.05.2024

NYT: Russian attacks open a new front in Ukraine

On Friday at dawn, Russian troops launched a complex attack with aircraft, artillery, infantry troops and armor, surging across the border near Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city. By all accounts the two sides are now locked in heavy fighting over a string of villages just a few miles inside Ukrainian …

Andrei Belousov, the new Russian Minister of Defense

10:27 14.05.2024

Andrei Belousov, the new Russian Minister of Defense

On May 12, Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed the civilian economist to lead the Defense Ministry, Sputnik informs. Commenting on President Putin's suggestion to nominate the economist Andrei Belousov as minister of defense, presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov emphasized the need to integrate the overall economy of the security sector, particularly …

Renowned investor predicts US dollar collapse amid BRICS Crypto rumors

10:24 14.05.2024

Renowned investor predicts US dollar collapse amid BRICS Crypto rumors

Amid warnings of a major impending financial crash, renowned investor and author of the bestseller personal finance book 'Rich Dad Poor Dad' Robert Kiyosaki (photo) has shared his views on why the United States dollar, among others, may suffer, as a new currency threatens its global domination. “Currently in South …

View from Delhi: The heart of the matter is that the US and its G7 partners are in panic mode

11:51 13.05.2024

View from Delhi: The heart of the matter is that the US and its G7 partners are in panic mode

A study by the Harvard Business School in experimental psychology relating to people’s tendency to “shoot the messenger” came up with a startling finding that such human behaviour stems in part from a desire to make sense of chance processes. Simply put, receiving bad news activates the desire to sense-make, …

Undersea cables and the vulnerability of power

11:48 13.05.2024

Undersea cables and the vulnerability of power

Beneath the ocean waves, over 700,000 nautical miles of undersea cables link the far reaches of the world. These cable networks transmit government and private messages between continents in seconds, thereby forming the information backbone of modern society, writes ‘The Engelsberg Ideas’. Undersea cables are the soft underbelly of American …

WP: Russia at the heart of the West’s illiberal axis

11:45 13.05.2024

WP: Russia at the heart of the West’s illiberal axis

Vladimir Putin’s sympathizers share an aversion to the West’s perceived liberal establishment, and see a positive vision in the Russian president’s rejection of it, ‘The Washington Post’ admits. Russian President Vladimir Putin cast the war as part of a grander civilizational struggle. The conflict across the border was not just …

Russia builds surveillance bases near northern Japan. Is it ‘punishing’ Tokyo for supporting Ukraine?

11:45 13.05.2024

Russia builds surveillance bases near northern Japan. Is it ‘punishing’ Tokyo for supporting Ukraine?

Russia is building a network of surveillance bases on disputed islands off northern Japan to boost its military capabilities, although analysts say the enhancements are, in part, a thinly veiled warning to Japan about its continued support for Ukraine. Some analysts view the connection to Ukraine as a message to …

China & France to cooperate on Notre Dame restoration after Xi visit

11:14 12.05.2024

China & France to cooperate on Notre Dame restoration after Xi visit

Chinese President Xi Jinping just paid an official visit to France. Now The Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum in northwestern China announced that it will collaborate with its French counterpart on the restoration of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris and the protection of the Terracotta Warriors. The collaborative research conducted with …

California mocked over $11 billion high-speed bridge that leads to 'nowhere'

11:14 12.05.2024

California mocked over $11 billion high-speed bridge that leads to 'nowhere'

The state government of California is under scrutiny for its celebration of the completion of a high-speed rail bridge (photo). A project that has cost taxpayers over 11 billion US Dollars, and took nine years for its construction, seems to lead nowhere. Several people, including Tesla founder Elon Musk and …

CNN: Israeli ambassador shreds UN document in angry speech

11:12 12.05.2024

CNN: Israeli ambassador shreds UN document in angry speech

Israel's Ambassador Gilad Erdan brought a small shredder and shredded the charter of the United Nations' charter during a speech before the UN assembly. The United Nations passed a resolution that called on the Security Council to reconsider Palestinian membership in the UN, CNN informs. The General Assembly voted 143 …

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