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View from London: How Western democracy died

10:18 27.07.2025

View from London: How Western democracy died

Western democracy is under threat, writes Thomas Fazi, an UnHerd columnist and translator. From a stumbling economy to soaring crime, France has plenty of problems. But, judging by recent events, the government seems to have another threat in mind: social media. Earlier this month, prosecutors opened a criminal investigation into …

Bloomberg: Ukraine war risks turning into Trump’s Afghanistan debacle

10:17 27.07.2025

Bloomberg: Ukraine war risks turning into Trump’s Afghanistan debacle

The US involvement in Ukraine has similarities to the Afghanistan war for President Donald Trump, as resolving the conflict is proving difficult and he risks getting blamed for the outcome, Bloomberg writes. On the face of it, the US involvement in Ukraine bears little similarity to the 20-year Afghanistan war, …

West Bank on the brink: Israel’s annexation playbook and the looming explosion

10:12 27.07.2025

West Bank on the brink: Israel’s annexation playbook and the looming explosion

Those in the West who preach hollow calls for calm and de-escalation must understand the region is hurtling towards the brink, stresses Ramzy Baroud is a journalist and the Editor of The Palestine Chronicle. Israel is meticulously following a textbook model of instigating unrest in the occupied West Bank. The …

CNN: Here’s what would happen if Trump actually tries to fire Powell

10:02 26.07.2025

CNN: Here’s what would happen if Trump actually tries to fire Powell

President Donald Trump has blasted Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for months for not lowering interest rates, even threatening to fire the central banker, CNN writes. Now, the White House is seizing on a $2.5 billion renovation of the Fed’s headquarters in Washington, DC, as a potential legal opening to …

Thailand vs Cambodia

9:59 26.07.2025

Thailand vs Cambodia

A deadly flare-up along the Thailand-Cambodia border has reignited tensions between the two Southeast Asian neighbors, with clashes on Thursday claiming at least 11 lives — mostly civilians. The confrontation, which involved small arms, artillery, rockets, and even airstrikes, marks one of the most serious escalations in years, ‘India Times’ …

FT: Europe’s approach to China and Russia isn’t working

9:58 26.07.2025

FT: Europe’s approach to China and Russia isn’t working

President Xi Jinping on Thursday said China and the EU, both “big guys” in the international community, should work together to keep their bilateral relationship growing in the right direction. President Xi made the remarks while meeting with President of the European Council Antonio Costa and President of the European …

British life-style: Parliament is falling down – the mouse-infested, fake-gothic palace is the heart of Britain’s democracy

9:56 26.07.2025

British life-style: Parliament is falling down – the mouse-infested, fake-gothic palace is the heart of Britain’s democracy

Amid all the pressures on Britain’s public finances, fixing the crumbling, mouse-infested, fake-gothic palace that hosts the nation’s politicians isn’t high on the priority list, Bloomberg notes. Yet as the Houses of Parliament literally fall down around them, MPs will soon be asked to approve a restoration package likely to …

“If it were up to me, I would expel the EU ambassador for what he said” – Tbilisi mayor

13:39 25.07.2025

“If it were up to me, I would expel the EU ambassador for what he said” – Tbilisi mayor

Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said the EU Ambassador to Georgia should be expelled for his statements about political repressions in Georgia. Kaladze, who also leads the country’s ruling Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia party, was reacting to recent comments by Pavel Gerchinsky, who had told the local news agency Interpressnews …

Hungary’s PM assigns Ukraine the role of a “buffer state” between Russia and the West

13:23 25.07.2025

Hungary’s PM assigns Ukraine the role of a “buffer state” between Russia and the West

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is against Ukraine’s accession the European Unions and calls it a buffer state. "If we agree to Ukraine's accession, we will become a battlefield. Geographically, the war will spill over into the neighboring region, which is unacceptable. Many young Hungarians will die. This is not …

WSJ: Europe will not fulfill Trump's promises on defense spending

11:24 25.07.2025

WSJ: Europe will not fulfill Trump's promises on defense spending

One of the most publicized successes of President Donald Trump in the first months of his second term was that he forced European countries to take more responsibility for their own defense, ‘The Wall Street Journal’ writes. The idea that Europe is finally on the right track and will pay …

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