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‘The Economist’: Allies will not appease Donald Trump forever

11:35 10.02.2025

‘The Economist’: Allies will not appease Donald Trump forever

The Anglo-Saxon world is cracking. More and more articles are appearing in Britain in which the English criticize Trump's policies. Britain is sliding into the back seat in world politics, and this is very annoying for London. It reflects in a mass of publications in the British press. They are …

WP: The Brits are meddling in business again – UK orders Apple to “let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts”

11:34 10.02.2025

WP: The Brits are meddling in business again – UK orders Apple to “let it spy on users’ encrypted accounts”

Security officials in the United Kingdom have demanded that Apple create a back door allowing them to retrieve all the content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded to the cloud, people familiar with the matter told ‘The Washington Post’. The British government’s undisclosed order, issued last month, requires blanket capability …

View from Delhi: Trump revives ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran but adds a message on US-Iran deal

10:23 09.02.2025

View from Delhi: Trump revives ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran but adds a message on US-Iran deal

On February 4 morning, a black swan appeared in the White House, even as President Donald Trump signed a National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) restoring “maximum pressure” on Iran, denying that country “all paths to a nuclear weapon” and outlining a tough policy posture toward Tehran, notes M.K. Bhadrakumar, Indian …

British life-style: A Billionaires' London street fell into disrepair

10:21 09.02.2025

British life-style: A Billionaires' London street fell into disrepair

Previously dubbed as the most expensive street in London, Billionaire's Row is now almost unrecognisable, resembling a 'building site' after a whole host of construction and litter, writes ‘The Daily Star’. Billionaire's Row is London's most expensive residential road, but it appears to be falling into ruin. Previously home to …

WSJ: See how Russia is winning the race to dominate the Arctic

10:20 09.02.2025

WSJ: See how Russia is winning the race to dominate the Arctic

Americans are not able to compete with Russians in the Arctic, writes ‘The Wall Street Journal’. Russia has several dozen icebreakers, including nuclear-powered ones. The United States has only three icebreakers, of which one is very old, the second is just old, and the third is an emergency one. Russia …

FA: What will be after the Pax Americana?

10:19 09.02.2025

FA: What will be after the Pax Americana?

Pax Americana is gone, ‘The Foreign Affairs’ claims. Born with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the U.S.-led international rules-based order died with the second inauguration of Donald J. Trump. The president has long maintained that this order disadvantages the United States by saddling it with …

'We will not leave': Palestinians respond with defiance to Trump's ethnic cleansing plan

11:11 08.02.2025

'We will not leave': Palestinians respond with defiance to Trump's ethnic cleansing plan

"This is our homeland," said one Gaza City resident. "Neither I, my children, nor my grandchildren will ever leave it," quotes ‘The Common Dreams’. Palestinians reacted with derision and defiance to U.S. President Donald Trump's Tuesday call for the ethnic cleansing and American takeover of the Gaza Strip. Speaking alongside …

Margaret Mitchell, who co-led Google’s ethical AI team:“Google will probably now work on deploying technology directly that can kill people”

11:09 08.02.2025

Margaret Mitchell, who co-led Google’s ethical AI team:“Google will probably now work on deploying technology directly that can kill people”

The company’s AI Principles previously included a passage titled “AI applications we will not pursue,” such as “technologies that cause or are likely to cause overall harm,” including weapons, according to screenshots viewed by Bloomberg. That language is no longer visible on the page. The wording previously included applications it …

Gallup poll: Americans' Mood of the Nation at record low

11:07 08.02.2025

Gallup poll: Americans' Mood of the Nation at record low

A Gallup poll conducted just before Donald Trump took office for his second term highlights a handful of areas in which Americans believe the country is thriving, including the quality of life and the military, but they perceive many more areas to be falling short, such as morality and addressing …

Newsweek: Russia claims ‘NATO is plotting to oust Zelensky’

11:06 08.02.2025

Newsweek: Russia claims ‘NATO is plotting to oust Zelensky’

NATO member states are plotting to oust Ukrainian Zelensky from power by discrediting him, and then holding elections to switch up leadership in the war-torn country, Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) claimed, Newsweek quotes. The SVR said NATO is guided by the uncertainty regarding the continuation o...

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