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View from USA: The uncomfortable parallels between Starmer and Biden

11:38 15.05.2026

View from USA: The uncomfortable parallels between Starmer and Biden

In Britain, some argue that Prime Minister Keir Starmer, by rejecting calls to step aside, risks repeating the mistakes of President Joseph R. Biden Jr., ‘The New Times’ stresses. A center-left leader is under siege from party members calling for his resignation. Aides are furiously closing ranks to protect him. …

Vladimir Putin met at the Kremlin with President of the New Development Bank Dilma Rousseff

20:20 14.05.2026

Vladimir Putin met at the Kremlin with President of the New Development Bank Dilma Rousseff

Vladimir Putin met at the Kremlin with President of the New Development Bank Dilma Rousseff established by BRICS countries, Kremlin informs. The meeting was also attended by Vice President of the New Development Bank Roman Serov, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Presidential Executive Office Maxim Oreshkin, and Minister of …

Ukraine court arrests President Zelensky’s ex-chief of staff Andriy Yermak

15:28 14.05.2026

Ukraine court arrests President Zelensky’s ex-chief of staff Andriy Yermak

Ukraine’s supreme anticorruption court has arrested President Zelensky’s former chief of staff Andriy Yermak for two months imposing a bail of 140 million hryvnias (about $5.4 million), UNIAN news agency reported. Earlier, the country’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) said that Yermak is suspected …

NYT: Europe tries a Trumpian tactic with Trump – No apologies

11:30 14.05.2026

NYT: Europe tries a Trumpian tactic with Trump – No apologies

Stuck with the fallout from America’s war in Iran, European leaders have criticized the president publicly. When he’s been angered, they haven’t backed down, ‘The New York Times’ stresses. In the days after he infuriated President Trump by criticizing America’s war in Iran, Friedrich Merz, the chancellor of Germany, professed …

CNN: The Iran war could have a surprising silver lining for the global economy

11:28 14.05.2026

CNN: The Iran war could have a surprising silver lining for the global economy

The longer the Iran war lasts and the more damaging its economic fallout, the better off the global economy may be in the long run, CNN notes. It’s a hard-to-square possibility, especially with the war’s large number of human casualties. War is ugly, cruel and deeply painful, and the economic …

BRICS doesn’t need a unified voice on Iran war to have a future

11:27 14.05.2026

BRICS doesn’t need a unified voice on Iran war to have a future

The grouping has a future, not as a binding structure demanding policy alignment but as a tool for members to enhance leverage and maximise options, ‘South China Morning Post’ writes. With the war in the Middle East entering its third month, questions have surfaced over its geopolitical ramifications in the …

View from Estonia: “I blame Europe. If they hadn’t given Ukraine all that money, it would be over by now!”

11:26 14.05.2026

View from Estonia: “I blame Europe. If they hadn’t given Ukraine all that money, it would be over by now!”

‘Hello Narva, hello Estonia!” boomed the announcer as giant screens on the Russian side of the river blared Soviet-era pop and old war movies to the Estonian audience, ‘The Times’ reports. The slogans down the side of the stage spelled out Russia’s message on the day it celebrated the defeat …

Statement by the President of Russia on the successful test launch of Sarmat missile

18:54 13.05.2026

Statement by the President of Russia on the successful test launch of Sarmat missile

Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Federation Armed Forces Vladimir Putin received a report via videoconference from Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces Sergei Karakayev on the successful test of the Sarmat missile, Kremlin informs. May 12, 2026 President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, Mr Karakayev. Do you hear me? …

Stung by Iran war, Trump heads to China in need of wins

11:59 13.05.2026

Stung by Iran war, Trump heads to China in need of wins

A year ago, U.S. President Donald Trump predicted that towering trade tariffs would bring America's main economic rival to heel – reports Reuters. He heads to China this week with that ambition blunted by court rulings, narrowing his goals to a few deals on beans, beef and Boeing (BA.N), opens …

"Rosatom" to involve Turkish partners in construction of Hungary's Paks-2 NPP

11:55 13.05.2026

"Rosatom" to involve Turkish partners in construction of Hungary's Paks-2 NPP

Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom plans to involve Turkish partners in the implementation of the project, the company’s Director General Alexei Likhachev said, without specifying whom exactly. Budapest has previously indicated a possible revision of the project's implementation terms. Rosatom expressed readiness to answer any questions. "We plan to …

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