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View from Washington: Is Europe Re-arming? The jury is still out

11:49 24.03.2025

View from Washington: Is Europe Re-arming? The jury is still out

The EU has proposed a Re-Arm Europe Plan that would raise more than € 800 billion ($866 billion) for defense, while Germany has just passed legislation that ostensibly will commit €1 Trillion ($1.08 Trillion) to the defense sector. While on the surface it looks like Europe is preparing for the …

The Times: “American troops have spilt blood for western values in the Ukrainian war”

11:45 24.03.2025

The Times: “American troops have spilt blood for western values in the Ukrainian war”

The British have never pitied the Americans. Now they are revealing another secret. This report from the London ‘The Times’ openly admits that the U.S. Army special forces, "Delta", are fighting against Russia in Ukraine. Moreover, the special forces fighters admitted they are participating in attacks on Russian regions. London …

FT: EU to exclude US, UK and Turkey from €150bn rearmament fund

11:02 23.03.2025

FT: EU to exclude US, UK and Turkey from €150bn rearmament fund

Arms companies from the US, UK and Turkey will be excluded from a new €150bn EU defence funding push unless their home countries sign defence and security pacts with Brussels, ‘The Financial Times’ informs. The planned fund for capitals to spend on weapons would only be open to EU defence …

Majority of Europeans see Trump as ‘an enemy’?!

10:59 23.03.2025

Majority of Europeans see Trump as ‘an enemy’?!

“4 in 10 Europeans also say the US president acts like a dictator,” POLITICO notes. More than half of Europeans consider U.S. President Donald Trump an “enemy of Europe,” according to a survey conducted in the EU’s eight largest countries and Denmark. In the poll, aimed at taking the temperature …

View from Washington: “Ukrainians and former President Joe Biden bear significant responsibility for the outbreak and perpetuation of war in Ukraine”

10:58 23.03.2025

View from Washington: “Ukrainians and former President Joe Biden bear significant responsibility for the outbreak and perpetuation of war in Ukraine”

I rarely agree with President Trump, but his latest controversial statements about Ukraine are mostly true. They seem preposterous only because western audiences have been fed a steady diet of disinformation about Ukraine for more than a decade. It is time to set the record straight on three key points …

Japan, China and South Korea discuss trilateral cooperation

10:57 23.03.2025

Japan, China and South Korea discuss trilateral cooperation

Foreign ministers from Japan, China and South Korea sought trilateral cooperation on common ground in areas like aging, declining births, natural disasters and the green economy at a meeting that took place at a time of growing tensions, AP informs. At a joint news conference after the talks,...

Ukraine sabotages Russia-U.S. negotiations

10:08 22.03.2025

Ukraine sabotages Russia-U.S. negotiations

Although much of what Vladimir Putin agreed to during his call with President Trump was spun as a concession, the Russian leader stuck to the positions he has long held, ‘The New York Times’ writes. When the Kremlin released its summary of President Vladimir V. Putin’s call Tuesday with President …

Turkey heads to presidential elections: Candidate arrested and brawl in Parliament

10:06 22.03.2025

Turkey heads to presidential elections: Candidate arrested and brawl in Parliament

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has launched a huge crackdown to strengthen his grip on power by detaining his most serious political rival, raiding the homes of 106 opponents and banning protests for four days, POLITICO writes. The initial shock of the Islamist president’s dramatic strike in the NATO heavyweight …

The European divisions: France and Italy stall EU push to deliver ammunition to Kyiv

10:04 22.03.2025

The European divisions: France and Italy stall EU push to deliver ammunition to Kyiv

The EU’s top foreign policy official, Kaja Kallas, proposed delivering as much as €40 billion in military aid this year, but the plan was narrowed to focus on the ammunition component after several countries balked, Bloomberg reports. An effort by European Union leaders to deliver €5 billion ($5.4 billion) to …

Elon Musk: “There are 14 ‘magic money computers’ in U.S. that can send payments from thin air”

10:01 22.03.2025

Elon Musk: “There are 14 ‘magic money computers’ in U.S. that can send payments from thin air”

Elon Musk said that one of the wilder discoveries his Department of Government Efficiency has made is 14 'magic money computers' that can send payments from thin air. Musk's DOGE has already slashed staffing at several federal agencies, cut federal spending and in an unprecedented move emailed federal employees asking …

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