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Scholz, who has served as chancellor since December 8, appeared with French President Emmanuel Macron at a joint press conference in Brussels on Thursday night, where he insisted that the controversial pipeline is a beneficial, neutral endeavor, not a tool for pressuring Moscow politically. “Nord Stream 2 is a project …

The visit could negatively affect Croatia’s relationship with Russia, Milanovic claimed on Friday. “I have sympathy for Ukraine, but I don’t hate Russia,” he said. “It’s a relatively uncomfortable situation. But there are 100,000 Russian soldiers on the border with Ukraine, and we don’t know what will happen tomorrow. What …

Has Britain’s new foreign secretary registered on your radar yet? Liz Truss has only been in the role for three months, but she is unquestionably the most embarrassing top politician the UK has ever seen. That’s quite a claim, but it’s not unfounded. On Wednesday, she gave a speech to …

Conspiratorial thinking has led to Covid-19 vaccines being politicised to a dangerous level which not only alienates people – like me – who value science and progression, but is costing lives. As the Omicron variant spreads across the world, it is more important than ever to push back against the hysteria …

The Big Tech have sought to acquire some functions rivaling those of the governments, the Russian leader said, adding that such attempts were “fleeting.” Still, with all the power they accumulated over the years, they are still unable to compete with the state authorities in this field, he believes. “In …

By turning the dollar into a political instrument, he said, Washington is undermining its own currency. Far from an outsider opinion, this is a view long shared by quite a few Western experts and politicians as well. The mechanism of that self-damaging American strategy is as complicated as American bureaucracy …

For many outside observers of Iraq’s recent national elections, the results disappoint for two reasons. First, only 41% of the 22 million eligible voters turned out. Second, of the 329 parliamentary seats to be filled by candidates selected in the election, the Sadrist Party, led by Muqtada al-Sadr, won 73. …

Speaking on Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Zhao Lijian said that the government hopes all parties involved in the inquiry will “adopt an objective, scientific and responsible attitude… adhere to a global perspective, perform their duties in an objective and fair manner, and truly make a positive contribution to global …

New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is one of the United States’ Congress’ most famous members. She has millions of followers across her many social media platforms, and is reviled and loved in almost equal parts across America.  Lately this apparent darling of the left has been in the news a …

For the past few weeks, the contentious issue of mandating Covid vaccination has bedevilled Australian politics and courts. Last week, a directive by the Victoria state government telling construction workers that they could not work unless they were fully vaccinated provoked violent mass demonstrations – led by radical anti-vaxxers – …