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Disunited Stats of America: Democrat floats secession to resist Trump

11:27 02.12.2024

Disunited Stats of America: Democrat floats secession to resist Trump

A Democrat state lawmaker in New York is calling for a coalition of northeast states to secede from the Union and join Canada because President-elect Donald Trump is returning to the White House. State Sen. Liz Krueger (D-28), who is also floating a scheme to withhold upwards of $300 billion …

70% of Brits say UK is worse under Starmer

11:09 01.12.2024

70% of Brits say UK is worse under Starmer

Panic stations for Labour as poll shows support slumping to post-election low of just 25% amid Budget farm tax backlash - as 70% of Brits say UK is worse under Starmer, ‘The Daily Mail’ writes. Support for Labour has slumped to a new record post-election low amid a backlash over …

Aleppo crisis: What's really going on in Syria?

11:05 01.12.2024

Aleppo crisis: What's really going on in Syria?

On November 30, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a telephone conversation with Foreign Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran Abbas Araghchi at the latter’s initiative. During the conversation, the ministers expressed utmost concern over the dangerous escalation in Syria due to a terrorist assault by armed groups in the …

Senegal’s leader says France should close all army bases in country

11:03 01.12.2024

Senegal’s leader says France should close all army bases in country

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye said that France should close all its army bases in the country, noting that it was “incompatible” with Senegal’s national sovereignty. Faye came to power in the March, 2024 elections. Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye told AFP that France should close its military bases in …

Vladimir Putin: “We will continue to respond to ongoing strikes on Russian territory carried out with Western-made long-range missiles. This may include further testing of the Oreshnik system in combat conditions, as was successfully demonstrated on November 21”

16:09 30.11.2024

Vladimir Putin: “We will continue to respond to ongoing strikes on Russian territory carried out with Western-made long-range missiles. This may include further testing of the Oreshnik system in combat conditions, as was successfully demonstrated on November 21”

A speech of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin at a restricted attendance meeting of the CSTO Collective Security Council. November 28, 2024. Astana. “President Tokayev, friends. Like the other participants in this meeting, I would like to first thank the President of Kazakhstan and our Kazakhstani friends for preparing …

View from Delhi: Rise of Asia and Indo-Pacific in New Global Order

9:40 30.11.2024

View from Delhi: Rise of Asia and Indo-Pacific in New Global Order

How the rise of Asia and the Indo-Pacific is affecting the global order and contributing to multipolarity is being widely discussed. A closer look at what this really means is required, writes Kanwal Sibal, former Foreign Secretary and Ambassador to Turkey, Egypt, France and Russia, and Deputy Chief of Mission …

POLITICO: The collapse of Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s French Government could plunge the Eurozone into turmoil

9:37 30.11.2024

POLITICO: The collapse of Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s French Government could plunge the Eurozone into turmoil

Marine Le Pen doubled down on her threat to topple the French government if Prime Minister Michel Barnier resists some of her far-right party’s demands on next year’s budget, which she slammed as “bad, unjust and violent,” writes POLITICO. Le Pen’s comments came as financial markets took fright that the …

Sergey Lavrov: “Today, the countries of the collective West, which like to speak about the ‘freedom of speech’, ‘pluralism’ and ‘democracy’, actually demonstrate a fierce intolerance of any alternative views”

9:36 30.11.2024

Sergey Lavrov: “Today, the countries of the collective West, which like to speak about the ‘freedom of speech’, ‘pluralism’ and ‘democracy’, actually demonstrate a fierce intolerance of any alternative views”

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at Ambassadorial Round Table Discussion, “Ukraine crisis: Global information space,” Moscow, November 29, 2024. “Ladies and gentlemen, Colleagues, friends, We believe it is crucially important to make sure that ambassadors working in the Russian Federation have a detailed understanding of our position regarding one of …

Pepe Escobar: Oreshnik may reach Berlin in 11 minutes and London in 19 minutes – “Nowhere to run, baby, nowhere to hide…”

9:35 30.11.2024

Pepe Escobar: Oreshnik may reach Berlin in 11 minutes and London in 19 minutes – “Nowhere to run, baby, nowhere to hide…”

When it comes to state of the art Russian weaponry – the whole Hegemonic complex – seems to dwell in perpetual stupor, notes Pepe Escobar, an independent geopolitical analyst, writer and journalist. They had no clue about Kalibr, Sarmat, Khinzal, Zircon or Avangard before they were introduced. They had no …

Vladimir Putin answered media questions following his state visit to Kazakhstan and the CSTO summit

17:34 29.11.2024

Vladimir Putin answered media questions following his state visit to Kazakhstan and the CSTO summit

Vladimir Putin answered media questions following his state visit to Kazakhstan and the CSTO summit. November 28, 2024. Astana. President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good evening. What is your question? Question: Good evening, Mr President. Olga Knyazeva, Channel One. Your state visit to Kazakhstan is drawing to an end. You …

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