The Ukrainian crisis marks the first time in history that the United States has exposed itself to serious risks in defining the limits of its military presence in Europe. Any genuine move by Washington to invite Kiev into NATO would imply a willingness to enter into a direct military confrontation …
Read More »Russia will ‘never again’ accept US rules – Lavrov
Russia is at the forefront of a global rebellion against US hegemony, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Speaking on a visit to Tajikistan on Monday, Lavrov stated that Russia’s diplomatic corps is increasing its global engagement after a period of disarray that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union. …
Read More »Summer language courses – it’s never too late to learn English
English is necessary these days when you don’t have much time during the school year to study, you might consider a language vacation course. And here you can take a free English language test. Summer English course Summer is a great time to take an English course. It is important …
Read More »West should never quit talks with Russia – Scholz
The Western nations should never walk out of talks with Moscow, regardless of how big the “differences” between the two sides are, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told Germany’s SZ newspaper in an interview published on Friday. Dropping out of any talks with Moscow would only make the task of ending …
Read More »Never-before-seen photos from Gitmo revealed by NYT
The New York Times has published never-before-seen photos from the infamous US-run detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The US began extra-judicially detaining and extraditing inmates from the Middle East and elsewhere to the off-shore prison shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The photos were obtained from the National Archives using …
Read More »‘He persuaded himself to survive’: The Japanese soldier who never surrendered
For the rest of the planet, World War II ended in 1945, but, for one foot soldier in the Imperial Japanese Army, it kept on going for another 28 years. It was early evening on January 24, 1972, when two CHamoru hunters checking their fish traps in the Talo’fo’fo river …
Read More »Biden threatens Putin with sanctions ‘he’s never seen’ before
President Joe Biden has admitted to “differences” among NATO members as to how the alliance would respond to Russian “aggression” in Ukraine and said the US and its allies would suffer from heavy sanctions against Moscow. “There are differences in NATO as to what countries are willing to do, depending …
Read More »Russia can’t guarantee it will never deploy weapons to Ukraine – Kremlin
Russia has no plans attack Ukraine, but could not say it would never deploy any weapons in its large southern neighbor, the Kremlin has told CNN, adding that Moscow is willing to talk, but only if its concerns are addressed. Dmitry Peskov, President Vladimir Putin’s long-time spokesman, added that Russia …
Read More »Russia says it will never make concessions under pressure
Russia harbors no illusions and does not expect “swift progress” from this week’s security talks with the US and NATO, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has said, adding that the collective West does not understand Moscow. “We have realistic expectations,” he told Interfax, on Sunday, adding that it would be …
Read More »NATO ‘never promised’ not to expand, US claims
NATO has never promised not to admit new members, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken claimed on Friday, labelling Russia’s demands of the bloc inadmissible. However, long-declassified Western documents suggest otherwise. “NATO never promised not to admit new members,” the top American diplomat told journalists during Friday’s press briefing, as …
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