The US-led invasion of Iraq in March, 2003 was a war now accepted to have been built on lies and is said to have killed as many as one million Iraqis. However, despite the horrific bloodshed inflicted on the Iraqi people, the Western public seem to have forgotten so many …
Read More »More missiles in Europe? It’s as if the US learned nothing from the 1980s
There is an oft-repeated saying, frequently attributed to Albert Einstein, that “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” While its pedigree may be uncertain, its central message is not lost on all those who have heard its words spoken or read …
Read More »‘He never learned to spell grazie’: Juventus fans divided on Ronaldo exit… with some claiming they never wanted him at the club
Juventus and Ronaldo’s relationship often seemed precariously rocky, not least when the club and player fell well short of their prized ambition of a place in the latter stages of the Champions League in each of his three seasons in Turin. Worse was to come in Ronaldo’s final season, when …
Read More »‘We will do this again’: Watchdog warns US learned no lesson from Afghan war as govt swept failures under the rug
John Sopko, the special inspector general for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), pointed to a pattern of disastrously managed American wars over the decades, telling reporters on Thursday that Washington is all but guaranteed to make the same mistakes again, even as it extracts itself from the longest conflict in US history. …
Read More »Gaza’s children have learned to hate Jews – but it didn’t have to be that way
“Frank, pray for our poor Palestine.” A sorrowful message from Gaza. Friend Ahmad tells me of the hardships, no, the horrors of his family’s life under a constant hail of Israeli bombs and missiles. Ali, his youngest child, shakes with a mixture of fear and fury. “Al-Yahud will get you!” …
Read More »‘We’ve learned nothing from sci-fi movies’: Boston Dynamics’ advanced dancing robots both amuse & scare
The video – which showed off two robot humanoids, one robot dog-like creature with an extendable snake head, and a tall robot on two wheels doing a group dance – went viral on social media, with users both praising and condemning the robotic advancements. Described by some as “uplifting and fantastic,” and …
Read More »Trump has called Merkel “foolish”: the media learned about the controversial negotiations
The American leader boasted Kim Jong Ynu his genius, and in the talks with Erdogan and Putin rejoiced in the failures of his predecessors on a post of the President of the United States. American media have learned about the scandalous telephone conversations of the President of the USA of …
Read More »The media learned about the plans of Russian companies to burn excess oil.
Oil companies in Russia can start to burn oil under the agreement, OPEC+ reduction of production. Under the deal, with may oil production in the country should decrease by 23%. According to Reuters, the company will begin to freeze the least profitable fields. LUKOIL, the second largest producer in Russia, …
Read More »The Russians have learned from the banks 200 tonnes of cash rubles
The Bank of Russia continues to pour ruble liquidity in the largest banks of the country, faced with unprecedented demand for cash. Last week, another Bank of eleven assigned to the Central Bank “systemically important”, asked for an irrevocable line of credit to the Central Bank. This tool works in …
Read More »The Russians have learned from the banks 200 tonnes of cash rubles
The Bank of Russia continues to pour ruble liquidity in the largest banks of the country, faced with unprecedented demand for cash. Last week, another Bank of eleven assigned to the Central Bank “systemically important”, asked for an irrevocable line of credit to the Central Bank. This tool works in …
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