Former Ukrainian President Pyotr Poroshenko has criticized Vladimir Zelensky’s alleged lack of effective communication with the administration of US President Donald Trump following the Republican’s return to the White House. In a video statement on his Facebook page on Sunday, Poroshenko expressed concern over what he described as the Ukrainian …
Read More »Sergey Poletaev: The West knows Ukraine’s counteroffensive is failing. So what’s plan B?
The failure of their proxy war bet is now motivating Western figures to consider negotiating a ceasefire in Ukraine with Russia, on the line of the current status quo and without firm political commitments. This would transform the conflict into a classic Cold War format. The West will try to …
Read More »The new US plan for calming Palestine-Israel tensions is already failing
The US Biden administration has reportedly presented a plan to cool tensions between Palestinians and Israelis, which have dramatically escalated since the formation of Israel’s new right-wing government. As reported by Axios, following up on a request made by US secretary of State Antony Blinken, during his visit to the …
Read More »German weapons failing in Ukraine – media
German artillery guns are breaking down a month after they were delivered to Ukraine, Der Spiegel reported on Friday. The weapons are reportedly struggling to deal with the high rate of fire the Ukrainian military is subjecting them to. Some of the seven Panzerhaubitze 2000 guns sent to Ukraine at …
Read More »K-pop star condemned for failing to kneel in South Korea
A Chinese K-pop band member, Wang Yiren, has been widely condemned and even racially abused after she elected not to kneel down before fans in Seoul like her Korean bandmates. Wang instead made a Chinese gesture. Footage of the performance in early January went viral and has caused outrage in …
Read More »Ministry of Defence accused of ‘failing British troops and taxpayers’
In a new report, the Labour Party accuses the government of having “wasted” £13 billion ($17.61 billion) of taxpayers’ money on military projects since 2010, after multiple endeavors were either canceled or hit by costly delays. The UK’s official opposition released the damning assessment of the government’s spending at the …
Read More »US democracy failing at home, but Washington still wants to impose it abroad – Russian security official
Speaking in an interview on Sunday with Rossiyskaya Gazeta, First Deputy Secretary Yuri Averyanov slammed the recent US-hosted ‘Summit for Democracy,’ insisting that “American elites are seeking to persuade themselves that their country is still the only superpower, that its global dominance is unchallengeable, and that the entire world aligns …
Read More »Facebook could face millions of dollars in fines from Russia for failing to delete banned content, Moscow’s media regulator warns
On Thursday, the country’s digital watchdog, Roskomnadzor, told Moscow daily Vedomosti that it was preparing the charges ahead of a showdown meeting with the California-based firm next month. Following that, a court will determine the size of any financial restitution to be paid. Officials say that, given it would be …
Read More »Australian police clash with anti-lockdown protesters after failing to suppress dissent with overwhelming force, threat of arrests
The protesters, who reportedly numbered in the hundreds, showed up in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond on Saturday morning to denounce government lockdown policies. Police previously attempted to shut down all transport into Melbourne’s Central Business District using a series of checkpoints, but that merely prompted organizers to shift locations. …
Read More »The ‘say anything, do nothing’ nature of online activism is abjectly failing to improve the world
If you’re an activist of any variety, you’re living in a golden era. While there have been more troubled periods of human history, there has never been more discussion of sociopolitical problems than in this first half of the 21st century. Fueled by a heady cocktail of 24/7/365 news services …
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