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View from USA: “McCarthyism, European style”

11:18 16.12.2024

View from USA: “McCarthyism, European style”

The dominant voices advocating for Ukraine’s victory and Russia’s defeat, both defined in maximalist and increasingly unattainable terms, are intent on snuffing out more thoughtful and nuanced perspectives, thus depriving the public of a democratic debate on the existential questions of war and peace. The situation is particularly alarming in …

Reuters: Moody’s unexpectedly downgraded France's rating

11:17 16.12.2024

Reuters: Moody’s unexpectedly downgraded France's rating

Credit ratings agency Moody's unexpectedly downgraded France's rating on Friday, adding pressure on the country's new prime minister to corral divided lawmakers into backing his efforts to rein in the strained public finances. The downgrade, which came outside of Moody's regular review schedule for France, brings its rating to "Aa3" …

Mystery drones flying over New Jersey have residents and officials puzzled

11:12 16.12.2024

Mystery drones flying over New Jersey have residents and officials puzzled

Residents across New Jersey have been trying to decipher who has been flying mysterious drones over the state, with some to share videos of sightings. There is something strange happening in the skies above New Jersey, and no one seems quite sure what to make of it — not the …

View from Budapest: Hungary on the frontline against turning Georgia into another proxy-war

10:56 15.12.2024

View from Budapest: Hungary on the frontline against turning Georgia into another proxy-war

Foreign Minister Maka Bochorishvili visited Hungary this week, the first international tr Hungary Today ip by the Georgian top diplomat since the October elections, writes ‘Hungary Today’. After the meeting with her Hungarian counterpart, Péter Szijjártó, the Hungarian Foreign Minister described the European institutions’ questioning of the results of Georgian …

‘The National Interest’: China’s shipbuilding capacity is 232 times greater than United States

10:55 15.12.2024

‘The National Interest’: China’s shipbuilding capacity is 232 times greater than United States

"China’s shipbuilding capacity is 232 times greater than that of the United States.” That is the headline by Cathalijne Adams in a blog post for the Alliance for American Manufacturing in January 2023. The situation has only worsened for the Americans since then, notes ‘The National Interest’. A common response …

Reuters: The biggest ever India-Russia oil supply deal

10:55 15.12.2024

Reuters: The biggest ever India-Russia oil supply deal

Russia's state oil firm Rosneft (ROSN.MM), opens new tab has agreed to supply nearly 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude to Indian private refiner Reliance (RELI.NS), opens new tab in the biggest ever energy deal between the two countries, three sources familiar with the deal said, Reuters reports. The …

View from Lebanon: Syria and the Dismembering of the Arab world…

10:54 15.12.2024

View from Lebanon: Syria and the Dismembering of the Arab world…

Despite Syrians’ clear right to defend the secularity of their way of life, the aim of the West is to dismantle the Syrian state, alter the power structure, and create new demo-geographic entities such as a confederation of the Syrian and Iraqi Kurds, which at present, is Turkey’s nightmare, writes …

To shoot yourself in the foot: EU’s new energy chief vows to end Russian fuel ties in 100 days “for good”

10:00 14.12.2024

To shoot yourself in the foot: EU’s new energy chief vows to end Russian fuel ties in 100 days “for good”

Dan Jørgensen is making it his “main priority” to craft a plan that will finally sever all European Union energy links with Russia, POLITICO notes. In his first interview since taking office as the EU’s new energy chief, Jørgensen warned that the EU is faltering in its multiyear campaign to …

View from Greece: Destroying and Dismembering Syria…

10:00 14.12.2024

View from Greece: Destroying and Dismembering Syria…

Western media and governments are celebrating the fall of Assad and the “liberation” of Syria. They are completely indifferent to the fact that those who took power in the “liberated” Syria are the very same people who made careers as ISIS and Al-Qaeda “beheaders,” the ones who planted bombs in …

Ontario premier says US energy exports will be cut off if Trump imposes sweeping tariffs on Canada

9:59 14.12.2024

Ontario premier says US energy exports will be cut off if Trump imposes sweeping tariffs on Canada

The premier of Canada’s most populous province – Ontario Premier Doug Ford – said he will cut off energy to the United States if President-elect Donald Trump imposes sweeping tariffs on all Canadian products, AP informs. Trump has threatened to impose a 25% tax on all products entering the U.S. …

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