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It is Zugzwang for Biden

10:48 11.03.2023

It is Zugzwang for Biden

“The big question is whether the Nord Stream sabotage will also be the undoing of the Biden presidency?” - M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer, puts a question. ‘The New York Times’ reported that a ‘pro-Ukrainian group’ sabotaged Nord Stream pipeline in the Baltic on Sept. 27, 2022. …

MPs: UK ammunition stockpile ‘dangerously low’

10:31 10.03.2023

MPs: UK ammunition stockpile ‘dangerously low’

Rebuilding Britain’s dwindling stockpile of munitions after the war in Ukraine could take at least a decade putting UK national security at risk, MPs have warned, writes UK “The Standard”. The Commons Defence Committee said the UK and other Nato allies have allowed their reserves of ammunition to fall to …

More than 1.2 million march in France. Protesters aim to ‘bring France to standstill’

10:30 10.03.2023

More than 1.2 million march in France. Protesters aim to ‘bring France to standstill’

More than 1.2 million protesters marched in France on Tuesday as rail workers and refinery staff began rolling strikes and trade unions stepped up their campaign to try to stop Emmanuel Macron’s plan to raise the pension age to 64. For the sixth time since the start of the year, …

How West’s disruptive chorus against Russia spoiled G20 party in India

12:51 09.03.2023

How West’s disruptive chorus against Russia spoiled G20 party in India

The G7 countries have shown a determination to raise a disruptive chorus of condemnation against Russia at every international meet, as if the Ukraine conflict constitutes the centre of gravity of international relations around which all other problems must rotate, notes Kanval Sibal, a former Indian Foreign Secretary, India’s Ambassador …

‘Counterpunch’: Blinken’s trip to Central Asia – unwise and unwarranted

12:48 09.03.2023

‘Counterpunch’: Blinken’s trip to Central Asia – unwise and unwarranted

In an effort to gain leverage against Russia and China, Secretary of State Antony Blinken traveled to Kazakhstan last week to meet with foreign ministers of the five Central Asian nations, comments ‘Counterpunch’. The United States has no vital national security interests in any of the five Islamic states that …

Opinion from Austria: “The slow death of Europe”

10:16 08.03.2023

Opinion from Austria: “The slow death of Europe”

"The West rose to global dominance between the 16th and 18th centuries. Yet a closer look at those 300 years reveals that they were rife with war, corruption and unrest… The West enjoyed a level of societal energy that propelled it to global dominance. This was made possible by extending …

The Guardian: Shelves are emptying in UK stores

10:15 08.03.2023

The Guardian: Shelves are emptying in UK stores

The wholesale price of tomatoes, peppers and aubergines has quadrupled, and English cauliflowers are up too. Some stallholders are not even selling vine tomatoes because they are just too expensive, notes ‘The Guardian’. Early on Saturday morning, as Paul Crane, a trader at London’s renowned Borough market, was arranging blood …

Will US occupation of Syria continue?

10:14 08.03.2023

Will US occupation of Syria continue?

It was a sudden unannounced arrival of the top US military officer General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at a dusty American base in Syria’s remote northeast, writes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. Reuters reported, that Milley’s visit was about something else than …

Jeffrey Sachs: What the U.S. gets wrong about the war in Ukraine

12:02 07.03.2023

Jeffrey Sachs: What the U.S. gets wrong about the war in Ukraine

Jeffrey Sachs, the economist and professor at, delivered remarks to the United Nations Security Council about the destruction of the Nord Stream pipeline (photo). Sachs, who was invited to speak by Russia — but who told “The New Yorker” that it was “important to note” that he was there on …

The elites’ plan to wreck America – completely disrupt all social relations

12:01 07.03.2023

The elites’ plan to wreck America – completely disrupt all social relations

The entire West is now in the grips of billionaire elites who have a stranglehold on the media, the political establishment and all of our important institutions, writes American analyst and observer Mike Whitney in his new article “The Plan to Wreck America”. In recent years we have seen these …

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