North Korea’s deputy foreign minister has accused the US of “unjust and outrageous hostility” towards Pyongyang and Moscow, saying it shows Washington’s hegemonic mentality based on Cold War logic. “The US ill-minded repugnancy toward the North Korea-Russia relations only reveals that it lacks power and wits in the showdown with …
Read More »UK Defence Secretary reveals hopes for imminent Moscow showdown
UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has revealed that he will soon travel to Moscow for talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Shoigu, but noted that he is “not optimistic” of a positive outcome. Wallace’s words come as tensions remain high on the Russian border with Ukraine. Earlier this month, London …
Read More »Legislators call for showdown with Russia at sea
American sailors should be prepared to take on Russia and show their strength as the country goes “head to head” with Moscow amid fears of a possible invasion of Ukraine, two US legislators have demanded. Senator Richard Blumenthal and Representative Joe Courtney, both Democrats from Connecticut, said that the Navy …
Read More »Moscow gives green light for new showdown with Washington
Russia’s top diplomat Sergey Lavrov is set to go head-to-head with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Switzerland on Friday, Moscow has confirmed, amid strained relations with Washington. Speaking during a briefing on Thursday, the spokeswoman for Russia’s Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, disclosed that the two envoys will negotiate …
Read More »Erdogan invites Putin & Zelensky for showdown in Turkey
As Ukraine claims that Russia could be poised to invade, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has invited the leaders of both nations to come to his country to try to settle their differences diplomatically. Ibrahim Kalin, a spokesperson for Erdogan, announced the offer on Wednesday, saying that Turkey would like …
Read More »Russia & NATO’s post-Cold War showdown has arrived
As a result, the Kremlin has now signed off on two drafts for treaties, one addressing the relationship with Washington and the other with NATO as a whole. These documents go far beyond the immediate issue of the peak in tensions about Ukraine, a country that has held ambitions to …
Read More »British warships set sail for Black Sea showdown with Russia, days after American sailors ‘cancel’ plan to chart course for region
The Sunday Times reported over the weekend that a Type 45 destroyer, armed with anti-aircraft missiles, and a Type 23 submarine-hunting frigate will detach from the Royal Navy’s carrier fleet in the Mediterranean in order to pass into the Black Sea next month. At the same time, defense sources told the …
Read More »Russia set for showdown with international law amid $57bn Yukos oil empire battle & ruling over jailed opposition figure Navalny
An international legal battle over the collapsed Yukos oil empire has been raging for more than a decade in courts across the world, most notably in the Netherlands and the US. A record-breaking $57 billion legal bill now hangs in the balance. Former shareholders in the now-defunct company accuse the …
Read More »Sharon Osbourne decried as ‘racist’ after emotional showdown with co-host Sheryl Underwood over Piers Morgan support (VIDEO)
The emotional exchange took place during Wednesday’s episode of The Talk show on CBS, which Osbourne co-hosts with Sheryl Underwood, Amanda Kloots and Elaine Welteroth. Underwood brought up Osbourne’s public support of her friend, former ITV presenter Piers Morgan amid his controversial departure this week. Morgan left the British broadcaster …
Read More »United (Socialist) States of America? Trump-Biden showdown is a battle for the capitalist soul of the country
Perhaps not since the Great Debates of 1858, between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas, which focused on the issue of slavery, has there been a political struggle of more epic consequence than the one raging right now in the US. That is not cheap hyperbole. The outcome of the 2020 …
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