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Bloomberg: US manufacturing shrinks for eighth month on sluggish demand

10:25 08.11.2025

Bloomberg: US manufacturing shrinks for eighth month on sluggish demand

US factory activity shrank in October for an eighth straight month, driven by a pullback in production and tepid demand, Bloomberg reports. The Institute for Supply Management’s manufacturing index eased 0.4 point to 48.7, according to data released Monday. Readings below 50 indicate contraction, and the measure has been stuck …

‘The European Conservative’: Brussels is pushing for a war it cannot back up

10:24 08.11.2025

‘The European Conservative’: Brussels is pushing for a war it cannot back up

A recent study shows that Europe would struggle to present a well-equipped, well-sized army if it had to go to war against Russia, ‘The European Conservative’ writes. The French Institute of International Relations (IFRI) warned that Europe would struggle to mobilize enough troops or weapons in a high-intensity conflict,...

‘The Atlantic’: Here’s how the AI crash happens – The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state

10:22 08.11.2025

‘The Atlantic’: Here’s how the AI crash happens – The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state

“What if AI’s promise for American business proves to be a mirage? What happens then?” – ‘The Atlantic’ puts a problem. The AI boom is visible from orbit. Satellite photos of New Carlisle, Indiana, show greenish splotches of farmland transformed into unmistakable industrial parks in less than a year’s time. …

The Caribbean is no longer calm — with the United States and Russia staring each other down just off the coast of Venezuela

10:20 08.11.2025

The Caribbean is no longer calm — with the United States and Russia staring each other down just off the coast of Venezuela

The Caribbean is no longer calm. What once seemed like distant political posturing has now escalated into a full-blown military standoff — with the United States and Russia staring each other down just off the coast of Venezuela. Washington insists it’s targeting the “narco-state” of President Nicolás Maduro under the …

Alexander Grushko: “Russia and the United States are still able to find ways to maintain strategic stability”

11:46 07.11.2025

Alexander Grushko: “Russia and the United States are still able to find ways to maintain strategic stability”

Russia will begin a dialogue with the United States on intermediate-range and shorter-range missiles (INF) after the resumption of full-scale negotiations on strategic stability. This was stated to Izvestia by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Alexander Grushko. According to him, France and the United Kingdom should …

Western press: “Whatever the truth, a return to US warhead testing would be a highly retrograde step”

11:44 07.11.2025

Western press: “Whatever the truth, a return to US warhead testing would be a highly retrograde step”

Russian President Vladimir Putin has given state awards to the developers of the Burevestnik cruise missile and the Poseidon underwater torpedo, the latest signal in what analysts have cast as efforts by the Kremlin to discourage the West from supporting Ukraine, CNN notes. Analysts say Russia is using previously announced …

View from Delhi: Beyond the Hype – the fragile theater of US–China power politics

11:44 07.11.2025

View from Delhi: Beyond the Hype – the fragile theater of US–China power politics

Before he met Xi Jinping in South Korea, Donald Trump declared in his usual bombastic style: “THE G2 WILL BE CONVENING SHORTLY!” He implied that the meeting was between the world’s two dominant powers, responsible for setting the global agenda. This G2 hype was misplaced because Trump and Xi were …

Mr. Mamdani, a state lawmaker and democratic socialist, will be the first Muslim mayor in the Big Apple’s history

11:39 07.11.2025

Mr. Mamdani, a state lawmaker and democratic socialist, will be the first Muslim mayor in the Big Apple’s history

Zohran Mamdani, a once unheralded state lawmaker from Queens whose affordability platform and charisma fueled a meteoric political rise, was elected on Tuesday as the 111th mayor of New York, ‘The New York Times’ writes. When Mamdani launched his campaign for mayor last fall, he was a relatively unknown state …

China's Xi seeks to boost investment, expand economic ties with Russia

12:54 06.11.2025

China's Xi seeks to boost investment, expand economic ties with Russia

Economic cooperation between Russia and China has been strengthening, despite global turbulence, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said at the 30th regular meeting of the Russian and Chinese heads of government, TASS reports. "Despite turbulent global politics and world economy, cooperation between Russia and China has deepened. We have launched …

Josep Borrell: “It should be clear by now that Trump isn’t, and never will be, an ally”

12:52 06.11.2025

Josep Borrell: “It should be clear by now that Trump isn’t, and never will be, an ally”

EU is becoming a U.S. protectorate, writes Josep Borrell, the former EU High representative for foreign affairs and security policy. Our union appears dangerously fragmented and weak, stuck in a hostile internal and external environment. Home to just 5 percent of the global population and a widening economic gap with …

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