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Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – February 24, 2023
Greetings from Tyler, Things are getting complicated. Putin suspends Russia’s “participation” in the New START. It does seem that the U. S. is in a proxy war with Russia, where all the stops have not yet been pulled out. Putin has called for the UN to investigate the blown up pipeline known as the Nord Stream 2. All kinds…
Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – September 23, 2022
Greetings from Tyler, The world watched this week as Queen Elizabeth was laid to rest. The dignity with which all this played out was impressive. When they showed the line to Westminster Abbey where people came to pay their final respects, I couldn’t help thinking what that line would be like in a heathen nation. …
French government faces collapse after PM circumvents parliament over budget bill
French Prime Minister Michel Barnier used the controversial Article 49.3 of the French Constitution to force the adoption of next year’s social security budget plan. In retaliation, opposition parties from the left and far right are threatening his government with a no-confidence vote. French Prime Minister Michel Barnier’s government is hanging on by a thread….
Breaking News | News | UkraineExclusive: Ukraine halts production at Pokrovsk coal mine as Russia closes in, sources say
KYIV, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Ukraine has stopped production at its coking coal mine in Pokrovsk, which feeds the country’s steel industry, because of the proximity of advancing Russian forces, two industry sources told Reuters on Monday. The facility in the embattled city of Pokrovsk is Ukraine’s only mine that produces coking coal needed for…
BRICS Summit Begins with Goal of Ditching U.S. Dollar
The foreign ministers of BRICS member nations – and another 13 countries interested in collaborating with the anti-Western bloc – convened in Russia on Monday for a meeting outside of the confines of the BRICS annual summit to discuss, among other issues, ways to expand trade without the use of the U.S. dollar. “The proactive…
Trump told Putin he wants swift end to Ukraine war and US-Russia ties restored – Kremlin
MOSCOW, Sept 8 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday in a phone call that he wanted a swift end to the war in Ukraine, something that would allow U.S.-Russia ties to be fully restored, the Kremlin said. Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov told reporters that the pair had discussed…


