Both disastrous encounters have demonstrated that after years of animosity it is not possible to return to the previous format for cooperation. Rudyard Kipling famously once wrote “east is east, and west is west, and never the twain shall meet.” That doesn’t have to be true, but it’s a fair …
Read More »US accuses Beijing of sabotaging ‘rules-based’ world order & decries ‘protocol violation’ after Chinese hit back at Alaska talks
Blinken opened Thursday’s summit with a series of charges against Beijing, voicing “deep concerns” about alleged “economic coercion” against US allies, rights abuses within China and the threat the country poses to the “rules-based order that maintains global stability.” The secretary’s aggressive tone was soon matched by China’s top diplomat, …
Read More »‘The dysfunction goes up to Cuomo’: Whistleblower says NY gov’s order created Covid deathtraps at disabled group homes
Of the nearly 35,000 people living in New York’s group homes for disabled individuals, 552 have died from Covid-19 since last year and over 6,000 residents and workers have been infected with the virus, according to the New York State Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD). Many are now …
Read More »As global carriers rush to order new aircraft RT’s Boom Bust questions quick recovery of travel demand
United has moved up the delivery of 40 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to 2022 and altogether has 188 orders for the single-aisle max jets. The deal comes as United continues to push for a third government bailout. As the fourth-largest US carrier plans to purchase dozens of airplanes while seeking …
Read More »Russia is ‘existential threat’ to West that NATO must neutralize in order to prevent ‘power war’, insists bloc’s supreme commander
In a speech published by the Pentagon’s press service on Wednesday, the head of the country’s European Command, Air Force General Tod D. Wolters, claimed that, when it comes to projecting American force abroad, “everything we do is about generating peace.” However, he caveated, “we compete to win … and …
Read More »China and Russia rewrite ‘global health order’ with their Covid-19 vaccines as West struggles to spread its aid & influence
The Covid-19 pandemic has raged on for a year, infecting over 100 million people and claiming 2.5 million lives. Now, however, the world is entering a phase which might be called “the beginning of the end” of the pandemic – the start of global vaccine rollouts which slowly but very …
Read More »The ‘Liberal World Order’ is dead, but fallout from ill-fated visit of EU’s Borrell to Moscow proves much of West still in denial
Today, the situation has changed dramatically. A good illustration is how Russia has responded to criticism in the light of the Alexey Navalny case. Previously, when confronted with similar situations around Yukos (a collapsed oil giant fraudulently acquired by oligarchs in the 1990s), Pussy Riot, or any other issue, Moscow …
Read More »The establishment wants a Reality Czar in order to crush dissent and control people, not to unite us around objective truth
On February 2, which ironically enough is Groundhog Day here in the US, the New York Times published an article titled‘How The Biden Administration Can Help Solve Our Reality Crisis’. It seems a very bad sign that America is now relying on a geriatric Washington insider whose own perception of …
Read More »Israeli minister’s order to postpone vaccination of Palestinian prisoners was illegal, High Court rules
The three judges were unanimous in their ruling, pointing out that Ohana acted “without legal authority” as only the health minister had the power to make such a decision. They also insisted that denying vaccines couldn’t be used as a punishment for inmates. Justice Menachem Mazuz was the harshest in …
Read More »‘Strength is found in diversity’: Joe Biden signs executive order ending Trump’s ban on transgender troops in US military
“President Biden believes that gender identity should not be a bar to military service and that America’s strength is found in its diversity,” the White House said in a statement on Monday. “This question of how to enable all qualified Americans to serve in the military is easily answered by …
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