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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 …

The Coup in Israel? “This powder keg is about to explode”

12:00 07.03.2023

The Coup in Israel? “This powder keg is about to explode”

Israel has always been touted as America’s most reliable friend in the Middle East, a bastion of democracy in a region dominated by autocracies. Now that picture is fraying as the far-right coalition of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes power, writes Mel Gurtov, a professor of Political Science at Portland …

US: A national divorce? Separating the Red and Blue

11:58 06.03.2023

US: A national divorce? Separating the Red and Blue

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) resurrected her calls for a “national divorce”, arguing that Republican and Democratic states needed to be separated. “We need a national divorce. We need to separate by red states and blue states and shrink the federal government,” Greene said. “From the sick and disgusting woke …

Big Brother and happy ‘petite’ Europe

11:56 06.03.2023

Big Brother and happy ‘petite’ Europe

The dash for the White House in Washington by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz remains a riddle wrapped in a mystery. Scholz landed in DC, drove to the White House and was received by President Biden in Oval Office for a conversation that lasted over an hour. No aides were present. …

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