Germany’s Left party plans to scrap NATO, end troop deployments

posted in: Germany, News

The socialist Left party has adopted its policy platform for Germany’s September general election. Internationally, it is calling for NATO to be replaced and an end to troop deployments. Among its manifesto commitments, the party advocates an end to all … Read More

Brazil’s upcoming fire season and drought are likely to complicate Covid cases.

Patients were treated in the coronavirus wing of a hospital in Tefé, a remote municipality in Amazonas, Brazil, last year.Credit…Tyler Hicks/The New York Times RIO DE JANEIRO — Scientists are projecting another bad fire season in the Amazon, one that … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 18 June 2021

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Greetings from Tyler, The main news this week was what a great job “the big guy” did at the G-7 conference in Europe.  We could barely stand to watch as the embarrassment played out.  Maybe too much is being made … Read More

India-China Conflict: After Ladakh, Will Arunachal Trigger Another Clash Between India, China?

posted in: Far East, News

As India, China border conflict persists and the possibility of another clash remains high,  Indian Army Chief Gen. MM Naravane’s visit to Arunachal Pradesh comes at a time when China has completed the construction of a strategically significant highway close … Read More

Israeli PM Naftali Bennett warns US to ‘wake up’ before rejoining Iran nuclear deal

Bennett said Ebrahim Raisi, a protege of Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, would establish a “regime of brutal hangmen” Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett warned the U.S. and other nations seeking to rekindle the nuclear agreement with Iran to “wake up” following the election … Read More

Brexit Britain still divided over EU referendum five years on with public split on whether leaving was right

A new poll finds just one in nine voters regrets how they cast their ballot in 2016. Boris Johnson signing the UK/EU free-trade agreement in December (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images) The UK remains deeply divided over the vote to leave the … Read More

COVID-19 surging in Russia; weekly world deaths drop 10%, cases 5%

posted in: News, Russia

COVID-19 cases have surged in Russia, despite a 10% decrease in deaths and 5% decline in cases worldwide. Photo by Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA-EFE June 20 (UPI) — As coronavirus subsides through much of the world, the pandemic is surging in Russia with … Read More

The media bought Vladimir Putin’s flattering lies: Devine

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Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke highly of President Joe Biden after their meeting in Geneva, Switzerland last week.EPA/ALEKSEY NIKOLSKYI / SPUTNIK / KREMLIN / POOL Russian disinformation is so yesterday. Vladimir Putin speaks the gospel truth, now that he’s declared … Read More

Consumer prices around the U.S. rise at fastest rate since 2008

posted in: News, United States

Consumer prices rose in the U.S. at the fastest rate last month since the Great Recession, firing up concerns from Wall Street to Washington about inflation and its potential damage to investor portfolios and American pocketbooks. The Consumer Price Index, … Read More

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