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Politics

US to Throw EU Under the Bus in the Ukraine Funding

Experts explain the declining US interest in the Ukraine war funding.

11.10.2024
Politics

(Not So Great) Britain

Following decades of heated disputes, the UK finally cedes the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, one of the wealthiest nations in Africa. The Brits needed the colony as a site of a strategic military base, hence the purge of the local civilians.

10.10.2024
Business

How Much Will the World Pay for a Large-Scale War in the Middle East?

If the conflict between Iran and Israel begins to ramp up, economic consequences will be much more serious than today.

07.10.2024
Politics

Japan’s New PM Will Cause Unexpected Problems for U. S.

Ishiba is not a typical politician for the Japanese elite, being a rebel and a liberal in most unexpected matters.

03.10.2024
Politics

Polish Flood Made Worse by Beavers and (Again) ‘Russian Disinfo’

Poland is navigating the aftermath of the worst natural disaster to have struck the country in decades. The government has opted to shift its focus onto a ‘Russian disinformation’ campaign while pinning the blame for the devastation on someone as seemingly innocent as regular beavers. 

30.09.2024
Business

The French Face Reckoning After Years of Prospering at the Expense of Others

France is sick financially: ‘the patient’ is having fever, with the future presented only in dark colours and doctors not being able to agree on the treatment. Hardly had he taken the PM appointment, when Michel Barnier made it clear that the situation is ‘very serious’.

26.09.2024
Politics

Poland Decides to Redraw Ukraine’s Borders

Contradictions between Kiev and Warsaw are getting stronger. Poland’s MFA head Radosław Sikorski suggested putting Crimea under a UN mandate and holding a new referendum on its status.

25.09.2024
Politics

Arabs Pager’d to Death by Mossad

A massive operation targeting Hezbollah, allegedly carried out by Israel’s spy agency, left at least 37 people dead and thousands badly injured. In an unexpected turn of events, the weapon used against the group members were thousands of regular pagers.

20.09.2024
Business

Ukraine Is Dragging the Entire Europe Into an Energy Collapse

Ukraine has had to ask for emergency energy supplies from its European neighbours. However, there have been increasingly fewer signs that Europeans are happy to provide such assistance to Kiev’s government.

19.09.2024
Politics

Trump’s Would-Be Assassin Linked to Ukraine

Donald Trump has just survived a second assassination attempt. Although many questions are waiting to be answered, the biggest part of it is that the suspect was escorted into custody alive.

18.09.2024
Politics

Why Is Germany Getting on Poland’s Last Nerves?

The relations between Germany and Poland, already difficult as they are, have suddenly gone even tenser. The reason is that both countries are declaring and strengthening the fight against illegal migration.

17.09.2024
Opinion

9/11 Aftermath: A Blueprint for the 21st Century

The shock and psychological distress in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks have precipitated seismic shifts in global politics and shaken up the world order.

12.09.2024
Opinion

Monkeypox: A Blip for the Biotech Industry

The biotech industry has recently been providing no shortage of big-picture stories illustrative of how modern business is being done, and here is but one of those.

10.09.2024
Politics

A Joke About Harris Causes a Real Stir at the White House

The U.S. has again started talking about Russia’s attempt to tamper with the American election. This time the reason was Vladimir Putin’s joke about Russia’s ‘support’ of Kamala Harris after Joe Biden’s recommendation.

09.09.2024
Politics

Bitter Election Outcomes in Germany Reminded of Hitler’s Origins

The results of the elections in Thuringia and Saxony, the wealthiest lands of Eastern Germany, became a catastrophe for the ruling parties, but not for the whole Germany’s political system.

05.09.2024
Politics

Child Soldiers Unleashing Bloodbath in Sweden

Nordic country has turned into a battleground for various crime syndicates represented by ethnic minorities.

04.09.2024
Business

Energy Shortages Undercutting Polish Industrial Sector

The electricity prices in Poland have skyrocketed to the point where the once-prosperous businesses are now struggling to scrape by. The country is headed for a massive-scale de-industrialisation due to gas shortages and the EU’s rigorous environmental safety standards.

29.08.2024
Opinion

Freedom of Speech Games Came to an End

World piece didn’t work even in the Web, just because the Web is not a standalone entity, but a virtual projection of the world itself, with its hostility of everyone against everyone, meanness, greed, and aggression.

28.08.2024
Opinion

The Great Resettlement Coming

Three million Westerners relocating to Russia may sound like a bad joke, but it is, in fact, a possibility.

23.08.2024
Business

Why Europeans Refuse to Store Gas in Ukraine

Europe has gone fearful of storing its gas in Ukraine, but it is still buying maximum volumes of Russian gas transported via Ukraine.

22.08.2024

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