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2Apr

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Europe, Hungary

EU has abandoned peace and prosperity

The pro-war lobby has put the entire bloc in danger over Ukraine, the Hungarian prime minister claims Viktor Orban stands after a vote on Finland's bid to join NATO at the parliament in Budapest, Hungary, March 27, 2023 © AP / Denes Erdos The EU has forsaken its goal of ensuring peace and prosperity for its members, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared on Friday. Warning that the bloc is considering sending troops into Ukraine, Orban insisted that Hungary will continue pushing for a ceasefire. “Those who are pro-war have put the whole European Union in danger,” Orban told Radio Kossuth, referring to the ongoing efforts by EU member states to arm Kiev’s forces. To date, Brussels has supplied Kiev with just under $4 billion worth of arms, while in...

North Korea slams Zelensky’s nuclear ambition

2Apr

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North Korea, Ukraine

North Korea slams Zelensky’s nuclear ambition

The Ukrainian leader is putting his country on “the wrong path, the last path,” Kim Jong-un’s sister stated Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un © AFP / KCNA Ukrainian president Vladimir Zelensky is gambling with his country’s future by pursuing nuclear weapons, Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, said on Saturday, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). She was commenting on an online petition to “deploy US nuclear weapons on Ukrainian territory or turn Ukraine into a state with its own nuclear weapons,” which was launched on Zelensky’s website on Thursday. The initiative requires 25,000 signatures to be considered by the head of state. So far, it has been backed by some 650 people. ...

Details of possible charges against Trump revealed

2Apr

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USA

Details of possible charges against Trump revealed

The former US President is reportedly being accused of at least one felony US President Donald Trump. © Brendan Smialowski / AFP The indictment against former US President Donald Trump over his alleged role in paying hush money to a porn actress includes at least one criminal charge, Associated Press reported on Friday, citing two “people familiar with the matter.” According to the agency's sources, Trump – the first current or former US president to be indicted – is facing several charges of falsifying business records, including a felony offense. However, they declined to reveal the exact contents of the indictment, which so far remain sealed. Earlier, CNN reported that Trump was facing more than 30 charges in the indictment, which will be...

Ukraine claims it has assembled manpower for new offensive

2Apr

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Ukraine

Ukraine claims it has assembled manpower for new offensive

Eight new brigades have been assembled, Interior Minister Igor Klimenko has stated FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian soldiers carry a heavy machine gun. © AFP / Sergei Supinsky Kiev has completed the recruitment of its so-called “Attack Guard,” which has been assembled with the aim of retaking territories lost to Russia during the ongoing conflict, Ukrainian Interior Minister Igor Klimenko has said. “As of today, eight new brigades have been put together, and we’re ready for active offensive measures,” he claimed during a TV appearance on Friday. Klimenko didn’t reveal the exact number of personnel in the new force, but a brigade usually consists of between 3,000 to 5,000 troops. Thousands of men have volunteered to join the “Attack Guard” s...

Germany refuses to pledge extra tanks to Ukraine

2Apr

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Germany, Ukraine

Germany refuses to pledge extra tanks to Ukraine

The Bundeswehr’s own stock is “limited,” defense minister Boris Pistorius has explained A Leopard 2 tank in Augustdorf, Germany, February 1, 2023. © Ina Fassbender / AFP Germany cannot afford to give additional main battle tanks to Ukraine, the country’s defense minister, Boris Pistorius, said on Saturday. His remarks came after Kiev warned that it would need more heavy weapons for a counteroffensive against Russia. “I don’t see the delivery of additional Leopard tanks beyond those that were already announced,” Pistorius told German newspaper Welt am Sonntag. To be clear, just like other nations, we only have a limited inventory. As a federal defense minister, I can’t hand over everything we have. The minister stated that “the existin...

Judge passes first sentence in deadly ‘Rust’ shooting

1Apr

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USA

Judge passes first sentence in deadly ‘Rust’ shooting

The assistant director who handed Alec Baldwin a gun loaded with live rounds has received six months of unsupervised probation This aerial photo shows the movie set of 'Rust' at Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, NM, on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021. © AP Photo / Jae C. Hong A court has sentenced filmmaker David Halls to six months of unsupervised probation for negligent use of a deadly weapon on a movie set in New Mexico, which led to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins in 2021. Halls, who was the assistant director on the western ‘Rust’, handed a Colt .45 revolver to Hollywood A-lister Alec Baldwin, who then fired a live round, killing Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. Appearing at a virtual hearing on Friday, Halls pleaded no contest to the ...

From WWI to the Ukraine conflict, war propaganda evolves, but never changes

1Apr

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Ukraine

From WWI to the Ukraine conflict, war propaganda evolves, but never changes

Lionizing your own side and demonizing the enemy has been as important as battlefield victories By Matthieu Buge, who worked on Russia for the magazine l’Histoire, the Russian film magazine Séance, and as a columnist for Le Courrier de Russie. He is the author of the book Le Cauchemar russe ('The Russian Nightmare'). Plane dropping psyop leaflets over Korea circa 1950. © HUM Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Since the beginning of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, Western spin-doctors have been busy. But despite the rapid technological progress that changed the world over the last decades, the principles of war propaganda remain the same. Thomas Hobbes, the 17th century English philosopher, considered war as the natural state of mank...

1Apr

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USA

‘Doctor Doom’ makes bold claim about US

Most of the country's banks are technically near insolvency, famed economist Nouriel Roubini says © AFP / John Lamparski / Getty Images North America / Getty Images via AFP Renowned economist Nouriel Roubini, who predicted the global financial crisis of 2008, has issued a grim assessment of US banking sector's status. In an opinion piece for Project Syndicate, Roubini, dubbed ‘Doctor Doom’ by Wall Street for his tendency toward bleak predictions, claimed that most US banks are “technically near insolvency,” with hundreds already “fully insolvent.” The comments came weeks after the US banking sector was hit by a wave of failures after the collapses of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank. The turmoil spread to Europe, engulfing Switzerland’s secon...

France believes only China can deliver Ukraine peace deal

1Apr

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China, France, Russia, Ukraine

France believes only China can deliver Ukraine peace deal

Beijing's involvement could be a “game changer” for both sides, an anonymous official told the US broadcaster Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping shake hands following their talks at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, March 21, 2023 © AP / Mikhail Tereshchenko China’s power and close relationship with Moscow means it may be “the only country on Earth” capable of brokering a deal in Ukraine, a source within the French presidency told CNN on Friday. The reported comment comes ahead of French President Emmanuel Macron's visit to Beijing next week. “It’s obvious that China is one of the few countries on Earth – maybe the only country in the world – to have a ‘game-changer’ effect on the conflict, for both sides,” the source said. China has already position...

China and Brazil deal a blow to US dollar-powered bullying

1Apr

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Brazil, China, USA

China and Brazil deal a blow to US dollar-powered bullying

Ditching the American currency in trade will diminish Washington’s ability to impose its will By Timur Fomenko, a political analyst © wenjin chen / Getty Images China and Brazil have secured a deal to conduct bilateral trade in their own respective currencies, eliminating the US dollar as an intermediary. The agreement between the two BRICS countries, which have $150 billion in annual trade, would probably have been signed in Beijing this week had Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s scheduled visit not been postponed due to illness. At around the same time, China also conducted its first-ever trade of liquified natural gas settled entirely in yuan with France’s TotalEnergies. The decision by Brazil and China to pursu...