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Newsweek: Environment workers die in plane crash on way to Ohio, spark conspiracies

11:45 01.03.2023

Newsweek: Environment workers die in plane crash on way to Ohio, spark conspiracies

Airplane crash in Little Rock, Arkansas, killed five employees of an environmental consultancy headed to investigate a recent industrial plant explosion in Ohio, sparking conspiracy theories about the accident, writes Newsweek. There has been speculation online that the plane crash had somehow been in...

Kremlin spokesman: NATO is ‘de facto at war with Russia’

15:07 28.02.2023

Kremlin spokesman: NATO is ‘de facto at war with Russia’

NATO countries showing united front as Russia’s adversaries, says Kremlin spokesman. The press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation said that the North Atlantic Alliance has de facto become a participant in the conflict in Ukraine."NATO countries are effectively showing a united front not as our maneuver enemies, …

Kanwal Sibal: “Putin lashed out at the West politically and culturally”

13:06 28.02.2023

Kanwal Sibal: “Putin lashed out at the West politically and culturally”

The yawning gap between how Putin sees the Ukraine issue and how the US and NATO see it is apparent from the Russian President’s State of the Nation Address on February 21. The two sides have a diametrically opposed view of the situation, Kanwal Sibal, the former Indian Foreign Secretary …

The US: one chemical accident every two days

13:05 28.02.2023

The US: one chemical accident every two days

Mike DeWine, the Ohio governor, recently lamented the toll taken on the residents of East Palestine after the toxic train derailment there, saying “no other community should have to go through this”, informs “The Guardian”. But such accidents are happening with striking regularity. A ‘Guardian’ analysis of data collected b...

Only 19% of Americans have confidence in Biden’s handling of Ukraine conflict

13:01 28.02.2023

Only 19% of Americans have confidence in Biden’s handling of Ukraine conflict

An Associated Press and NORC poll has found that fewer than 20 percent of Americans have a “great deal” of confidence in the way Joe Biden is involving the U.S. in the Ukraine conflict. The survey reveals that only 19% of the public have a “great deal” of confidence in …

Vassily Nebenzia to Western politicians: “Your Ukrainian “victim” has its hands up to the elbows in blood and Nazi tattoos”

11:13 27.02.2023

Vassily Nebenzia to Western politicians: “Your Ukrainian “victim” has its hands up to the elbows in blood and Nazi tattoos”

Statement by Permanent Representative Vassily Nebenzia at UN Security Council debate on Ukraine. Main points: - Today a week concludes that has not been easy for the United Nations. It will be remembered for its informational fuzz-buzz and commotion that Ukraine and its Western sponsors started around the anniversary of …

Thousands protest in Portugal over cost-of-living crisis

11:13 27.02.2023

Thousands protest in Portugal over cost-of-living crisis

Thousands took to Lisbon's streets to demand better living conditions at a time high inflation is making it even tougher for people to make ends meet. At the protest, which was organised by the 'Fair Life' movement, Vitor David, a 26-year-old programmer, said he would like to move back to …

The first anniversary of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine: “It is impossible to defeat Russia on the battlefield”

11:12 27.02.2023

The first anniversary of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine: “It is impossible to defeat Russia on the battlefield”

We are not on the first but on the ninth anniversary of the war in Ukraine, which was unleashed in February 2014 with the coup d'état under US-NATO direction, insists Manlio Dinucci, Italian geographer and journalist, he has a weekly column “The Art of War” in the Italian daily “Il …

Mr. Biden is the first American president to attack an ally

13:09 26.02.2023

Mr. Biden is the first American president to attack an ally

“American troops out of uniform pose a double-edged sword for Mr. Biden. If they are unarmed and out of uniform, he can legally deny that the U.S. has “boots on the ground.” But because they are out of uniform and supporting hostilities, they can legally be shot at by Russian …

“The Atlantic”: The U.K. became one of the poorest countries in Europe

13:09 26.02.2023

“The Atlantic”: The U.K. became one of the poorest countries in Europe

In the American imagination, the U.K. is not only our political parent but also our cultural co-partner, a wealthy nation that gave us modern capitalism and the Industrial Revolution, writes US magazine ‘The Atlantic’. But strictly by the numbers, Britain is pretty poor for a rich place. U.K. living standards …

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