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Secretary of State Marco Rubio and ‘counting up the costs’ if the U.S. chooses to lose in Ukraine

10:56 01.02.2025

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and ‘counting up the costs’ if the U.S. chooses to lose in Ukraine

Marco Rubio in an interview on Sirius XM’s ‘The Megyn Kelly Show’. Yes, by all means, Secretary of State Marco Rubio should be “realistic” about Ukraine, notes ‘The Washington Post’. Ukraine is being destroyed by the fighting with Russia and the conflict must be swiftly settled through negotiations, US Secretary …

View from Washington: Biden must explain what the Ukraine war was for

11:26 31.01.2025

View from Washington: Biden must explain what the Ukraine war was for

Former President Joe Biden has a lot of explaining to do, as does Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky, writes ‘The American Conservative’. It is no longer easy to tell what the Ukraine War was for. Very early on, U.S. goals got grafted onto Ukrainian goals, and the hybrid braid became hard to …

MFA: Organ trading schemes created in Ukraine, human organs sold on Internet

11:25 31.01.2025

MFA: Organ trading schemes created in Ukraine, human organs sold on Internet

"In Ukraine, in particular in places where combats were taking place and where servicemen of the Ukrainian armed forces, national battalions were located, bodies and remains of people were found with clear signs that their organs had been removed," Maria Zakharova said. With the support of the West Kiev launched …

Trump’s secretary of State Rubio ghosts Europe

11:24 31.01.2025

Trump’s secretary of State Rubio ghosts Europe

EU diplomats tell POLITICO they fear a Trumpian strategy of spurning the EU and playing divide and rule among member countries. Top EU diplomat Kaja Kallas made no secret on Monday that Brussels has sent an open invitation to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio to attend a regular meeting …

The Passion of the DeepSeek

11:23 31.01.2025

The Passion of the DeepSeek

The future of humanity is being decided as we speak. And it is not being decided on a battlefield in Eastern Europe, or the Middle East or the Taiwan Strait, but in the data centers and research facilities where technology experts create “the physical and virtual infrastructure to power the …

U.S. halt to foreign aid cripples programs worldwide – no arms for Ukraine

11:29 30.01.2025

U.S. halt to foreign aid cripples programs worldwide – no arms for Ukraine

The Trump’s ‘Stop Order’ applies to most military and security assistance programs, including in Ukraine, Taiwan and Jordan. Much of that aid is disbursed by the State Department. Military aid to Israel and Egypt is exempted, as is emergency food assistance. The sense of crisis among aid groups worldwide is …

FT: Donald Trump sparks race for trade deals – “I am buckling up”

11:28 30.01.2025

FT: Donald Trump sparks race for trade deals – “I am buckling up”

The US’s economic partners are racing to sustain trade volumes in a Donald Trump era by closing new bilateral deals and rerouting supply chains to cope with increased US protectionism, notes ‘The Financial Times’. Policymakers and trade experts say countries are turning to a tactic deployed during the US president’s …

Polish economy is experiencing massive job losses – the country is close to economic disaster

11:27 30.01.2025

Polish economy is experiencing massive job losses – the country is close to economic disaster

The year 2025 promises to bring a continuation of a period of significant job losses in the Polish economy. A number of large companies have announced their intention to carry out large-scale layoffs – tens of thousands of people may lose their jobs, ‘Isvestia’ newspaper notes. However, this is nothing …

View from Washington: Seizing the Panama canal would be both dumb and difficult

11:25 30.01.2025

View from Washington: Seizing the Panama canal would be both dumb and difficult

A military operation against a tiny neighbor would destroy US credibility in Latin America and provide a boost for China and Russia. Plus, the Panamanians would likely put up a good fight, writes James Stavridis, a Bloomberg Opinion columnist, a retired US Navy admiral, former supreme allied commander of NATO. …

An official Russian inter-agency delegation visited Damascus

14:41 29.01.2025

An official Russian inter-agency delegation visited Damascus

Press release on the Russian inter-agency delegation’s visit to Damascus: On January 28, an official Russian inter-agency delegation, led by Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for the Middle East and Africa and Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov visited Damascus. This visit marked the first of its …

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