US President Joe Biden admitted on Friday that Washington doesn’t recognize the International Criminal Court, but agreed with its claims that Russian President Vladimir Putin committed “war crimes” in Ukraine. “Well, I think it’s justified,” Biden told the White House press corps before boarding a helicopter on Friday evening, when …
Read More »Russia issues calls to other nuclear powers
Moscow is “strictly and consistently” guided by the principle that a nuclear war can never be won and should never be fought, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, calling on other atomic powers to “demonstrate in practice” their own commitment to this. “We firmly believe that in the current …
Read More »US top brass warn of ‘conflict between great powers’
The likelihood of a military conflict “between great powers” is growing, the chair of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, has warned. Speaking in front of cadets graduating from US Military Academy West Point on Saturday, Milley said that the “world you are being commissioned into has …
Read More »Texas governor could invoke war powers
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is weighing a plan to invoke real war powers by declaring an “invasion” at the US southern border to get around a clause in the US Constitution. Abbott could declare an invasion to comply with a clause in the US Constitution which prohibits states from engaging …
Read More »Biden to ask Congress for new powers to seize Russian assets
US President Joe Biden will officially ask Congress later on Thursday to grant him the authority to seize the assets of wealthy individuals believed to have links to the Kremlin and use them to help Ukraine, the White House has revealed in a statement. Biden is expected to propose a …
Read More »Western powers may have just killed G20
April 20, 2022 has every chance of going down in the history of modern international relations as the day that led to the sudden demise of the G20, which represents the leading economies of the Western and non-Western world. The events taking place in Washington as part of the meeting …
Read More »Possibility of major conflict between great powers is growing – top US general
As the world is becoming more unstable, the “potential for significant international conflict is increasing, not decreasing”, the top US military officer told lawmakers on Tuesday. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and General US chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley defended the record-setting $773 billion budget the US …
Read More »Canada invokes emergency powers to deal with trucker protest
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has invoked the Emergencies Act for the first time in Canadian history on Monday, citing the threat of “Freedom Convoy” trucker protests in Ottawa and several border crossings in the US. “This is not a peaceful protest,” Trudeau said in a speech on Monday afternoon, adding …
Read More »US encourages Canada to use ‘federal powers’ against protesters – media
The White House has reportedly called on the Canadian government to employ “federal powers” to shut down trucker Covid-19 protests in Ottawa and elsewhere, offering the “full support” of the US Department of Homeland Security. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) reported on Thursday that members of US President Joe Biden’s …
Read More »Serb warns of ‘powers’ against Djokovic in NATO bombing message
Novak Djokovic’s Australian exit over his Covid vaccination status is the latest injustice against his country, an ex-player has claimed while referencing the NATO bombings which the champion endured as a child in Belgrade. The 12-year-old Djokovic had to shelter from NATO warfare in the Serbian capital when the bombing campaign …
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