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Moscow responds to claims of ‘secret’ talks on Ukraine
25Feb By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
Russia, Ukraine

Moscow responds to claims of ‘secret’ talks on Ukraine

Switzerland is no longer fit to play a mediation role between the two countries, the Foreign Ministry says Switzerland’s Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis ©  © AFP / Fabrice Coffrini Moscow has rejected claims by Switzerland’s Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis that unannounced talks on resolving the conflict between Russia and Ukraine have been taking place in Geneva. He told Le Temps on Wednesday that “secret” negotiations between the two sides were underway on Swiss territory. The diplomat described those contacts as “non-high-level,” but stressed that Switzerland was also ready to provide a venue for contacts between top officials from Moscow and Kiev. When addressed about the issue on Saturday, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Z...
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One year on, here’s how the Ukraine conflict is changing the world order
25Feb By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
Russia, Ukraine

One year on, here’s how the Ukraine conflict is changing the world order

The West's failed Ukraine strategy has empowered the Global Majority to reject US domination Dmitry Trenin is a research professor at the Higher School of Economics and a lead research fellow at the Institute of World Economy and International Relations. He is also a member of the Russian International Affairs Council.     Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers his annual address to the Federal Assembly, including lawmakers of the State Duma, members of the Federation Council, regional governors and other officials, in Moscow, Russia. ©  Sputnik / Maksim Blinov In his recent landmark address to Russia’s parliament, President Vladimir Putin cited the war in Ukraine and US/NATO involvement in the conflict as the main reason for hi...
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Iran unveils new long-range cruise missile
25Feb By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
Iran

Iran unveils new long-range cruise missile

An Iranian top military commander said the Paveh rocket can hit targets up to 1,650 km (1,025 miles) away FILE PHOTO. ©  Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images Iran now has in its arsenal a cruise missile with a range of 1,650 km (1,025 miles), a top military commander has claimed. Late last year, Tehran announced it had developed a ballistic missile capable of traveling at hypersonic speeds. “Our cruise missile with a range of 1,650 km has been added to the missile arsenal of the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Amirali Hajizadeh, the head of the Revolutionary Guards aerospace force, said on Iranian state TV on Friday. The broadcast also carried footage purportedly depicting the new Paveh missile. In November last year, US Defense Department Deputy Press ...
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Some US states want to bring back child labor instead of giving adult workers better pay
25Feb By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
USA

Some US states want to bring back child labor instead of giving adult workers better pay

Teenagers could join the workforce to fill thousands of vacant jobs Bradley Blankenship is an American journalist, columnist and political commentator. He has a syndicated column at CGTN and is a freelance reporter for international news agencies including Xinhua News Agency.  @BradBlank_ Workers at the IBP Inc., meat packing plant in Council Bluffs, Iowa, feed ground beef into hamburger patty machines Monday Feb. 12, 2001. ©  AP Photo/Nati Harnik Amid an ongoing push for higher wages by US workers, including union-building efforts and a national railway strike that was averted last December, some states are finding ways to undercut the working class. One method, as Business Insider reports, is for the US to start allowing children age...
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Can India supplant China as the voice of the Global South?
25Feb By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
China, India

Can India supplant China as the voice of the Global South?

New Delhi seeks to expand its influence over Asian, African and Latin American countries looking for ways out of Beijing’s debt burden By Joydeep Sen Gupta, Asia Editor FILE PHOTO: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ©  Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images India is pulling out all the stops to emerge as the self-appointed leading voice of the Global South by dislodging its ‘hostile’ neighbor China. The developing economies in Asia, Africa and Latin America, collectively dubbed the Global South, will come under New Delhi’s soft power lens at the first G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meeting under India’s G20 presidency, which will be held in Bengaluru on February 24 and 25. India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Reserve Bank gover...
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Biden is making Europe great again – for the US
25Feb By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
Europe, USA

Biden is making Europe great again – for the US

The American president’s annual address celebrated ‘saving’ the Western part of the continent from the last remnants of independence Rachel Marsden is a columnist, political strategist, and host of independently produced talk-shows in French and English. rachelmarsden.com President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, in Washington, as Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., applaud. ©  Jacquelyn Martin, Pool In his State of the Union address earlier this month, US President Joe Biden referenced Europe several times, and the underlying message was always the same: Captain America has swooped in to save his Western allies from a ho...
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India’s clash with the BBC is a warning of things to come
25Feb By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
India, United Kingdom

India’s clash with the BBC is a warning of things to come

Western powers are friendly with New Delhi now, but what happens when they begin to see it as a rival? By Timur Fomenko, a political analyst  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inspects a Guard of Honour on November 12, 2015 in London, England. ©  Photo by Rob Stothard/Getty Images Recently, there has been outrage across India over a BBC documentary. Titled ‘The Modi Question’, the program shines a critical light on what it alleges was the Indian prime minister’s role in anti-Muslim riots that shook the state of Gujarat in 2002. Indian authorities reacted by banning the documentary and denouncing it as “colonial propaganda”. Such sensitivity is common in today’s India, which under Narendra Modi’s leadership has steered onto ...
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US gaslighting China and the world with warnings against Taiwan aggression
25Feb By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
China, USA

US gaslighting China and the world with warnings against Taiwan aggression

Washington says Beijing must not use lawmaker visits as pretext for an attack – while trying to provoke exactly that By Timur Fomenko, a political analyst  US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman ©  JIM WATSON / AFP The United States has publicly warned China against using US lawmakers’ visits to Taiwan “as a pretext for military action” and has demanded that other countries warn Beijing against conflict over the island. The statements were made last week by US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman. They come amid speculation that more American congressional representatives will soon visit Taiwan. US lawmakers have been making such trips since then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit last August, which created a crisis and c...
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From the Middle East to Ukraine: How the West used terror as political tool
25Feb By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
Middle East, Ukraine, USA

From the Middle East to Ukraine: How the West used terror as political tool

RT’s Murad Gazdiev explores the history of the US and NATO’s close ties with radical groups RT’s Murad Gazdiev delves into how, from the bands of Ukrainian nationalists fighting Russian forces to Islamic extremists in Iraq and Syria, the West has used terror to advance its political goals around the globe. During World War II, Adolf Hitler’s forces trained and equipped Ukrainian nationalists who would later massacre hundreds of thousands of Poles, Russians and Jews. The current generation of Ukrainian nationalists is being armed to the teeth with NATO-supplied weapons, just as social media has been flooded with videos purportedly showing their units torturing and executing captured Russian soldiers, as well as civilians. READ MORE: Ukrainian ‘commander’ pictured with ISIS ...
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The Future of Vehicle Prices
25Feb By Shoah - The Palestinian HolocaustNo Comments
USA

The Future of Vehicle Prices

BY DEAN BAKER Photo by Hilbert Hill On a lazy Friday afternoon, a person’s thoughts naturally turn to car price indexes. There actually is a reason that I became interested in this topic. I noticed that in the January Consumer Price Index, the new vehicle index rose 0.2 percent. The December measure was revised up due to new seasonal adjustment factors, so that what had been reported as a 0.1 percent decline last month, is now reported as a 0.6 percent increase. I was inclined to think this was an aberration, that we would see the downward trend that had previously been apparent in the data, reappear in another month or two. However, I noticed that the Manheim index for used vehicle prices showed a sharp uptick for January and the first half of February. This w...
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