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Food inflation in the UK is the highest in 45 years

10:26 29.04.2023

Food inflation in the UK is the highest in 45 years

British households and businesses “need to accept” they are poorer and stop seeking pay increases and pushing prices higher, the Bank of England’s chief economist, Huw Pill, has said. He said ‘a game of “pass the parcel” is taking place in the economy’ – as households and companies try to …

BRICS draws ‘membership requests’ from 19 Nations before June summit

10:25 29.04.2023

BRICS draws ‘membership requests’ from 19 Nations before June summit

Nineteen countries expressed an interest in joining the BRICS group of nations as it prepares to hold an annual summit in South Africa. The emerging-markets bloc of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa will meet in Cape Town on June 2-3 to discuss its enlargement, Anil Sooklal, South Africa’s …

Abandoning the US, more scientists go to China

10:24 29.04.2023

Abandoning the US, more scientists go to China

The Organisation for Economic Co‐operation and Development (OECD) — an intergovernmental organization with 38 member countries — has published new data showing that the United States is losing the race for scientific talent to China and other countries. China’s strategy to recruit scientific researchers to work at China‐affiliated universities is …

Ukrainian offensive – uncertainty and fear for the West

10:24 29.04.2023

Ukrainian offensive – uncertainty and fear for the West

The viability of the Ukrainian state could well rest upon the results of this offensive. What obviously concerns Kyiv is that if the offensive fails, they could lose the war. What should worry Ukraine’s leaders the most, however, is that Ukraine could win this offensive battle, but as a result, …

Russian Defence Minister: ‘The US and its allies have severely eroded the global security architecture’

17:48 28.04.2023

Russian Defence Minister: ‘The US and its allies have severely eroded the global security architecture’

On 28 April 2023 a meeting of the heads of defence ministries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) countries was held in New Delhi, Russian MoD informs. The meeting was attended by the defence ministers of Russia, India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, the SCO Secretary-General and the …

Newsweek: Most of the World wants to move on from Ukraine

10:29 28.04.2023

Newsweek: Most of the World wants to move on from Ukraine

The bulk of the world's countries want to move on, even if that means Russia keeping some Ukrainian land in exchange for guns falling silent, ‘Newsweek’ notes. Yes, the United States and its G7 allies wrapped up their foreign ministers' meeting in Karuizawa, Japan this week on a note of …

The U.S. sanctions would be worse than failures

10:28 28.04.2023

The U.S. sanctions would be worse than failures

“I’ve taught a seminar on financial warfare at the U.S. Army War College for the past seven years. I usually have about 12 students from all branches (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, and Coast Guard) as well as civilians from the State Department, CIA and other agencies. They’re generally mid-career, …

Pivotal moment in India-Russia relations

10:26 28.04.2023

Pivotal moment in India-Russia relations

Most relationships undergo transition with the passage of time from appreciation of each other to a “state of having,” a desire to possess or even to control the other. But the present pivotal moment in the Russian-Indian relationship shows that an equal relationship does not fall into that trap, writes …

Sudan: The Anglo-American agenda should be ruptured

10:24 27.04.2023

Sudan: The Anglo-American agenda should be ruptured

The worst-case scenario is coming to pass, apparently, in Sudan. That is, at any rate, the apocalyptic message streaming out of Khartoum in the western media. The US and the EU saw GCC countries as useful partners in the Horn in terms of their surplus capital to invest that Western …

Humza Yousaf meets Rishi Sunak: Independence, referendum & Scotch whisky

10:23 27.04.2023

Humza Yousaf meets Rishi Sunak: Independence, referendum & Scotch whisky

The First Minister of Scotland Humza Yousaf has used his first 20-minute "informal" meeting with the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to demand the power to hold an independence referendum. Humza Yousaf told Rishi Sunak to 'respect the democratic wishes' of the Scottish Parliament. Mr Yousaf also used his first face-to-face …

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