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FT: Gold’s record-breaking rally

11:44 09.10.2025

FT: Gold’s record-breaking rally

The bullion price has rocketed nearly 50 per cent this year to a record high above $4,000 per troy ounce after US President Donald Trump’s trade war sparked a rush to haven assets and sent the dollar tumbling, ‘Financial Times’ stresses. But even when tariff-induced volatility in financial markets receded …

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov: No official reaction from US to Russia’s proposal on New START

17:47 08.10.2025

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov: No official reaction from US to Russia’s proposal on New START

Russia has not received any formal response from the US side to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s initiative to extend compliance with the restrictions under the Treaty between Russia and the United States on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (New START Treaty), Russian Deputy Foreign …

View from Washington: The Ideologies of Western suicide

11:23 08.10.2025

View from Washington: The Ideologies of Western suicide

The progressives disdain Western civilization while the TDS camp opposes anything Trump does even if it would help preserve that civilization, ‘The American Spectator’ stresses. James Burnham was right: Liberalism (now called progressivism) is the “ideology of Western suicide,” but now it has a partner in Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS), …

The Georgian leader: “A protest to overthrow the government was taking place”

11:20 08.10.2025

The Georgian leader: “A protest to overthrow the government was taking place”

The unrest in Tbilisi, including the breakthrough into the courtyard of the presidential residence through iron fences, is being orchestrated by foreign intelligence services, Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili stated at his briefing. The Georgian leader noted that a parallel protest to overthrow the government was taking place, accompanied by acts …

Bloomberg: China is beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance

11:19 08.10.2025

Bloomberg: China is beating the US in the Battle for Energy Export Dominance

The US wants the world to buy its fossil fuels, while China wants to sell the world its clean energy technologies, with China currently being the clear winner, Bloomberg notes. China exported $120 billion in green technology over a certain period, compared to the US's $80 billion in oil and …

FT: “Netanyahu looked subdued. He had grappled with and outmanoeuvred three American presidents — Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden. How Trump cornered Netanyahu into signing up for peace”

11:17 08.10.2025

FT: “Netanyahu looked subdued. He had grappled with and outmanoeuvred three American presidents — Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden. How Trump cornered Netanyahu into signing up for peace”

Israel’s prime minister has encountered the first US president he cannot easily outmanoeuvre, ‘Financial Times’ notes in a very interesting story about the events that took place in the White House. Two weeks before he went to the US to negotiate a plan to end the war in Gaza, Prime …

View from USA: Putin praises Trump but warns supplies of US long-range missiles to Ukraine will badly hurt ties

11:35 07.10.2025

View from USA: Putin praises Trump but warns supplies of US long-range missiles to Ukraine will badly hurt ties

Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the United States that supplies of long-range missiles to Ukraine will seriously damage relations between Moscow and Washington but will not change the situation on the battlefield, ‘The Washington Post’ writes. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the United States that supplies of long-range missiles …

A government for 24 hours: France in crisis as government quits just hours after being appointed

11:32 07.10.2025

A government for 24 hours: France in crisis as government quits just hours after being appointed

France is plunged into fresh chaos as another PM QUITS weeks after his appointment in new humiliation for Emmanuel Macron, Reuters stresses. France's new Prime Minister Sebastian Lecornu has quit just 27 days after being appointed in the position, Reuters reports. President Emmanuel Macron on Monday accepted Lecornu's resignation, the …

POLITICO: Why von der Leyen will face repeated challenges to her position

11:31 07.10.2025

POLITICO: Why von der Leyen will face repeated challenges to her position

Ursula von der Leyen can’t get too comfortable. Around every corner there will be another referendum on her leadership, POLITICO writes. When she appears before the European Parliament to defend her reputation three days ahead of a second set of no-confidence votes in three months, it’s in the knowledge that …

U.S. Senate reject measures to end shutdown – House GOP to extend recess through Oct. 13

11:29 07.10.2025

U.S. Senate reject measures to end shutdown – House GOP to extend recess through Oct. 13

Senate Democrats and Republicans failed to pass competing bills to fund the government, extending the shutdown into next week. The measures were expected to fail, ‘The Hill’ reports. Shortly after the failed votes, the House GOP said it would extend its recess through Oct. 13, a move to put pressure …

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