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US hypocrisy and the Global South

11:09 14.05.2023

US hypocrisy and the Global South

U.S. diplomats have been unsuccessful in recruiting key countries in the Global South, particularly India and Brazil, to support Ukraine in its war with Russia. Nations of the Global South don’t want to be part of the Cold War between the West and Russia; don’t accept the Western view of …

Drought in Europe and water conflicts on the rise

11:07 14.05.2023

Drought in Europe and water conflicts on the rise

Europe’s Drought-Riven Future Is Here, Decades Earlier Than Expected. Fights over scarce water resources in southern Spain are likely to play out elsewhere in the region as extremely hot and dry weather strikes more often, informs Bloomberg. A network of ditches dug in the Middle Ages has allowed farmers in …

Anglo-Saxons now decided to kill Australian kangaroos

11:06 14.05.2023

Anglo-Saxons now decided to kill Australian kangaroos

To outsiders, the kangaroo is an instantly-recognisable symbol of the Australian wilderness, but within the country the native animal poses a major environmental headache. Kangaroos have a "boom and bust" population cycle — when fodder is plentiful on the back of a good wet season their numbers can balloon by …

‘The Spectator’: Why the economic war against Russia has failed?

11:38 13.05.2023

‘The Spectator’: Why the economic war against Russia has failed?

The West embarked on its sanctions war with an exaggerated sense of its own influence around the World, writes English ‘The Spectator’ with a taste of bitterness. The other prong, though, has turned out to be blunt: the plan to wage economic war with Moscow, unleashing financial shock and awe …

Turkish presidential election and foreign policy

11:37 13.05.2023

Turkish presidential election and foreign policy

From a geopolitical perspective, the Turkish presidential election on Sunday may appear to be one of the most crucial non-violent political events of this year, notes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian Ambassador and prominent international observer. In the surcharged polarisation of “West versus Rest” in international politics, western media is rooting for …

Save climate – hurt people. English stile

11:37 13.05.2023

Save climate – hurt people. English stile

All UK Airports must close within the next 10 years, beef and lamb will be banned, and construction of new buildings will cease (!) in the name of “Climate Change” according to Government Report. This is a British suggestion for the problem: “How to protect the nature world”. A report …

Ukrainian crisis and US hypocrisy

11:35 13.05.2023

Ukrainian crisis and US hypocrisy

American hypocrisy is getting ridiculous. Soon the USA will become a laughingstock for their stupidity. The U.S. ambassador Reuben E. Brigety accused South Africa of providing weapons to Russia. He told reporters that Washington is confident a Russian ship picked up a load of weapons and ammunition near Cape Town …

‘The European Times’: China hones its Global South diplomacy

12:05 12.05.2023

‘The European Times’: China hones its Global South diplomacy

Iran and Saudi Arabia’s agreement to resume diplomatic relations after years of clashes caught many by surprise – especially due to the Chinese role in mediating between the parties, leaving the United States on the sidelines, writes ‘The European Times’. The deal was described by some as a ground-breaking achievement …

View from São Paulo: “Influential developing countries can never be true insiders in the liberal international order”

12:04 12.05.2023

View from São Paulo: “Influential developing countries can never be true insiders in the liberal international order”

As countries in the global South refuse to take a side in the war in Ukraine, many in the West are struggling to understand why. Some speculate that these countries have opted for neutrality out of economic interest. Others see ideological alignments with Moscow and Beijing behind their unwillingness to …

Why Pope Francis isn’t with the West on Ukraine

12:03 12.05.2023

Why Pope Francis isn’t with the West on Ukraine

Pope Francis has staked a position on the war in Ukraine that puts him more in line with Beijing, New Delhi, and Brasília than Washington, London, or Brussels: He wants to end Ukraine’s armament by the West and negotiate an immediate cease-fire. Earlier this week, Francis vaguely alluded to a …

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