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‘The American Conservative’: “European officials said, more than at Trump or Biden, they are livid at their Baltic counterparts”

11:18 28.03.2024

‘The American Conservative’: “European officials said, more than at Trump or Biden, they are livid at their Baltic counterparts”

President Trump was right: We should not automatically protect an ally actively courting a nuclear showdown, stresses ‘The American Conservative’. In private conversations some northwestern European officials said, more than at Trump or Biden, they are livid at their Baltic counterparts. And for good reason, one might add. Never in …

View from Delhi: Such a massive attack against innocent civilians could negatively affect world opinion towards Ukraine

11:18 28.03.2024

View from Delhi: Such a massive attack against innocent civilians could negatively affect world opinion towards Ukraine

ISIS claiming responsibility for the massacre doesn’t end matters, while Washington and Kiev’s reactions raise even more doubts, notes Kanwal Sibal, a former Indian foreign secretary and Ambassador to Russia between 2004 and 2007, and to Turkey, Egypt, France, Deputy Chief of Mission in Washington DC. President Putin in his …

The Republic of Chile expressed interest in information co-operation with Russia under the BRICS+ framework

12:22 27.03.2024

The Republic of Chile expressed interest in information co-operation with Russia under the BRICS+ framework

The media of the Republic of Chile expressed its intention to reflect the BRICS+ news agenda in greater detail. In March 2024, the digital media companies El Ciudadano and Crónica Digital signed co-operation agreements with TV BRICS International Network. The agreements reached will allow the population of Chile to receive …

View from China: “If any extremist forces in Ukraine were found to be involved, it would put Ukraine in an unfavorable situation”

10:02 27.03.2024

View from China: “If any extremist forces in Ukraine were found to be involved, it would put Ukraine in an unfavorable situation”

Russia skeptical of US’ claim of Islamic State links to attack, writes Chinese ‘The Global Times’. The US and the West blamed the Islamic State as the perpetrator of the attack and denied any Ukraine involvement. However, this explanation has been met with skepticism by the Russian side. On Sunday, …

FORBS: The U.S. has over 47,000 structurally deficient bridges

10:01 27.03.2024

FORBS: The U.S. has over 47,000 structurally deficient bridges

Baltimore's colossal Key Bridge collapsed when container ship crashed into it flinging 'multiple' cars and a semi-truck into the river amid fears of mass casualties. In the United States, the conversation about the state of the country's deteriorating infrastructure has started getting louder. This is partly due to President Trump's …

POLITICO: US Congress approved $300M for Ukraine. But… the Pentagon has spent it 4 months ago…

10:01 27.03.2024

POLITICO: US Congress approved $300M for Ukraine. But… the Pentagon has spent it 4 months ago…

When Congress approved $300 million to arm Ukraine late last week, it marked the first time lawmakers have approved new funding for Kyiv’s war effort in more than a year. There’s just one problem: The money is already gone, writes POLITICO. The cash, allocated to the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, …

Senegal: Young opposition candidate becomes President

10:00 27.03.2024

Senegal: Young opposition candidate becomes President

Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who turned 44 on Monday, was little known until he received the backing of Ousmane Sonko, Senegal’s most formidable opposition politician. Both men were released from jail only 10 days ago, The New York Times informs. With the concession of his main rival, a young political outsider …

View from Delhi: Putin’s victory is a geopolitical reality

12:07 26.03.2024

View from Delhi: Putin’s victory is a geopolitical reality

The Russian presidential election has vividly brought out the fault lines in international politics in a way that seldom happens. That is because the political personality of President Vladimir Putin fills the global stage today like a Colossus. The extent to which the West has gone to demonise him shows …

Pepe Escobar: Will BRICS launch a New World in 2024?

11:58 26.03.2024

Pepe Escobar: Will BRICS launch a New World in 2024?

BRICS doubled its membership at the start of 2024, and faces huge tasks ahead: integrating its newest members, developing future admission criteria, deepening the institution's groundings, and most importantly, launching the mechanisms for bypassing the US dollar in international finance, notes Pepe Escobar, a columnist at The Cradle, editor-at-large at …

View from USA: “The danger of basing U.S. foreign policy on imaginary things”

11:56 26.03.2024

View from USA: “The danger of basing U.S. foreign policy on imaginary things”

The danger of basing U.S. foreign policy on imaginary things should be obvious, writes ‘The Responsible Statecraft’. Lumping US adversaries into a single-headed monster is a paranoid delusion used as to fuel militarism. The head of Indo-Pacific Command, Admiral John Aquilino, recently warned members of the House Armed Services Committee …

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