The American military confirmed the attack, saying it downed one anti-ship missile and four drones Houthi militants have attacked what they said were two US ships in the Gulf of Aden and an Israeli vessel in the Indian Ocean, a spokesman for the Yemeni military has announced. The Houthis, styling themselves as the government…
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UK military chief predicts more Ukrainian long-range strikes on Russia
Russian authorities claim Kiev’s attacks involving Western-supplied munitions have killed over 200 civilians since the start of the year Ukraine will step up its long-range strikes inside Russia, the chief of Britain’s defence staff has predicted. Admiral Tony Radakin also suggested that incoming Western aid will help Kiev gain the upper hand despite the “difficult”…
Lukashenko names conditions for leaving power
Belarus needs guaranteed political stability and a trustworthy successor to take charge, the president has said Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has revealed that he would consider ending his political career after 30 years in power, once he is certain that a smooth transition is ensured. Lukashenko made the remarks on Wednesday at the All-Belarusian People’s…
NatCon, the Debacle of Democracy and the Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Democracy, despite common parlance, is not a modern construction. There has always been democracy in Europe; in fact, despotic regimes were very rare. The idea that ‘democracy’ is a modern phenotype has grown with the general rationalist, scientist outlook connected to ‘progress’. There was Ancient Greek direct participation in the ‘polis’. Iceland’s ‘Allthing’ was a…
Moscow reacts to Washington’s secret delivery of ATACMS missiles to Kiev
The Americans will get stuck in a bloody swamp in Ukraine, Russia’s Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov has warned The long-range ATACMS missiles that the US has supplied to Ukraine are “extremely dangerous weapons,” but they will not help Kiev turn the tide of the conflict against Moscow, Russian ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov…
EU state backs Chinese peace plan for Ukraine
Hungary is concerned that “pro-war voices are extremely loud” Budapest supports Beijing’s plan as a potential basis for peace in Ukraine, as it believes there is “no solution to wars on the battlefield,” Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said, following talks with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing on Wednesday. The top Hungarian…
EU state ready to help Ukraine hunt down military-aged men
Many Poles are “outraged to see young Ukrainian men in cafes,” the country’s defense chief has claimed Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz has said that Warsaw would be willing to “help” Kiev repatriate men of fighting age, an unspecified portion of some 950,000 Ukrainians granted temporary sanctuary in Poland. Earlier this week, the Ukrainian Foreign…
Xi in Chongqing; Blinken in Shanghai; TikTok; EU-PRC stress; People’s Armed Forces Department
Summary of today’s Essential Eight: Xi in Chongqing – According to the CCTV package on his inspection Xi “emphasized that Chongqing should benchmark the central tasks of the Party in the new era and new journey, as well as the mission entrusted by the Party Central Committee. It should give full play to its comparative…
Most Americans believe Washington too generous to foreign partners – Rasmussen
Some 57% believe the US is spending “too much” on foreign aid, a new survey has shown Around a half of US voters believe that their country is needlessly wasting taxpayer dollars on supporting its foreign partners such as Israel and Ukraine, a new Rasmussen Reports poll has found. Overall, some 57% of respondents said that…
Why the West will refuse to fight
Citizens won’t sacrifice themselvesCitiznsWestern politics is defined by a conflict that is always awkward and sometimes cringe. On the one hand, our leaders are full of loud-mouthed passion, warning that the days of peace are over and that we now need to prepare for total, generational war. On the other, it’s beyond obvious that nobody…
How Parklife skewered the Nineties
If Damon Albarn was telling the truth, and Saturday’s Coachella performance was Blur’s “last gig”, it was a miserable swansong. A field of influencers (some of whom appeared to not know who Blur are) crowded into the most corporatised festival in the world, all to turn it into sponsored TikTok content. It’s exactly the sort…
The fantasy of open borders
Before entering today’s torturous immigration debate, we would do well to remember James Baldwin. “Power without morality is no longer power,” he observed. And the border question is fundamentally a moral one. On one side, there is a growing belief that an open borders policy is a vital moral response to the economic inequality between countries….
Zombie knives: a metaphor for Britain
Another day, another report of a child stabbing another child. On this occasion, it was a 15-year-old girl in the comprehensive school in the former mining valley of Ammanford in Wales. She left three injured, including a fellow pupil, seriously hurt. But these stories of butchery have become so common that they’ve almost lost their…
Ukrainian men protest Zelensky’s new draft measure in Poland (VIDEO)
Kiev has stopped issuing documents to men of military age About 300 Ukrainians have blocked their consular office in Warsaw, demanding the passports they’ve been denied under Kiev’s new mobilization rules. Men between the age of 18 and 60 can no longer get any documents at consular offices outside Ukraine, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said…
Macron wants von der Leyen replaced – Bloomberg
French president is reportedly considering former European Central Bank boss Mario Draghi as an alternative head of the Commission French President Emmanuel Macron is seeking to replace European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and is currently discussing options with other EU leaders, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing sources. Von der Leyen is now gearing…
TikTok app as toxic as cigarettes – EU
Brussels has objected to the “addictive” design of TikTok Lite The European Commission has opened a case against ByteDance, alleging that its TikTok Lite application might be dangerous to children and was launched without submitting the proper paperwork. TikTok Lite was first launched in 2019 in Asian test markets. The lighter version of the short…
Soros denounced over media acquisition plans
Billionaire financier has bought $400 million of debt owed by radio platform Audacy, which was going through a bankruptcy process A US Congressman is accusing billionaire George Soros of trying to fast-track his acquisition of American radio giant Audacy through the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), according to Fox News. Soros has bought a major stake…
China Just Suffered a Crushing Defeat in the Pacific. And It’s Thanks To You!
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US secretly shipped ATACMS missiles to Ukraine – media
President Biden personally approved the delivery, an anonymous official has said Washington secretly sent Kiev an unspecified number of longer-range ATACMS missiles last month, multiple US outlets reported on Wednesday, citing an anonymous US government official. The Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS), with a range up to 300 kilometers, were included in the $300-million package…
US sided with evil and fascism – Russian envoy
Washington is sacrificing lives of Ukrainians ‘for the sake of its greedy and insatiable defense industry,’ ambassador has said The US government has made its choice in favor of war, siding with evil and supporting fascism, the Russian ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov has said, in comments on the latest massive American military aid package…
Pentagon details massive shipment of military supplies to Ukraine
The package, which contains assorted ammunition and hardware, comes after US President Joe Biden signed the long-stalled foreign aid bill The US Department of Defense has pledged a massive new $1 billion aid package for Kiev. The announcement comes shortly after President Joe Biden signed a long-stalled foreign aid bill on Wednesday, which includes $61…
‘The goal of CPAC is to bring together the pro-peace, sovereignist forces’ — Center for Fundamental Rights Director Miklós Szánthó
The third annual CPAC Hungary is about to kick off tomorrow, 25 April. The venue is the Millenáris Park in the heart of the Buda side of Budapest. CPAC Hungary 2024 is set to take place on 25–26 April, with an illustrious slate of speakers. Former Prime Ministers Mateusz Morawiecki of Poland and Tony Abbott…
Australia raids ‘extremism’ suspects after church stabbing
Canberra has refused to identify the religion or motives of seven persons taken into custody Seven people were detained in Sydney on Wednesday in a counter-terrorism operation involving over 400 local, state and federal law enforcement officers, Australian police have said. The raids were a follow-up to the stabbing of an Assyrian Christian bishop earlier…
‘We have provided everything possible for their freedom’: How USSR helped the main French colony stick it to Paris
Demining, energy cooperation, irrigation, metallurgy, children’s summer camps made the history of the friendship between Algeria and the Soviet Union In early 2024, Moscow announced that it intended to establish a Russian House in Algeria, where both expatriates and local residents would be able to study the Russian language and culture. In recent years, the…
The Faustian Bargain
The idea that technology can help us achieve our individual and collective aims, a concept deeply rooted in the European ‘Enlightenment.’ This view of things, however, can also be called the ‘Faustian idea’ (or bargain) according to such authors as Oswald Spengler. Has technology become a worldview, the Weltanschauung of the most ‘progressive’ age, of…
Indian film starring top Tamil actor shot in Moscow (VIDEO)
RT has documented the making of the upcoming movie ‘The Greatest of All Time’ by Indian director Venkat Prabhu The shooting of the upcoming Indian film ‘The Greatest of All Time’ (GOAT), featuring South India’s superstar actor Vijay (Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar), took place in Moscow last week. RT’s correspondent seized the opportunity to capture behind-the-scenes action and engage with…
US sets clock ticking for TikTok
Biden has signed a bill forcing the platform’s Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest ownership or face a ban US President Joe Biden has signed a new law that could potentially lead to TikTok being banned in the country. The legislation is part of a hard-fought bill that includes over $95 billion of foreign aid…
Insanely Woke Head of Child Safety Fired From Google
Major American companies, such as Anheuser-Busch, Planet Fitness, and even Disney, have recently had to deal with backlash coming from the right for their woke policies. Anheuser-Busch did so for having hired transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney as a spokesperson for their Bud Light brand; Planet Fitness for their policy of letting biological males into women’s…
Court in Pakistan Orders Change in Legal Marriage Age
Lahore High Court. (MariyamAftab, Creative Commons) LAHORE, Pakistan (Christian Daily International–Morning Star News) – A high court in Pakistan last week ordered a provincial government to remove gender-based age distinction in its child marriage law, a move aimed at deterring forced conversions and forced marriages of girls, sources said. Lahore High Court Justice Shahid Karim on…
On the spies who tell us stories, the myth of the secret world, and the well-timed espionage scandals presently rocking Alternative für Deutschland
AfD politician Maximilian Krah posing with his close aide and alleged Chinese spy Jian Guo. The time has to talk about spies and the stories we tell about spying. Two espionage scandals have rocked Alternative für Deutschland in as many months. It can be no accident that both of them target leading AfD candidates for…
Abbas Juma: Iran’s nuclear plans are clear. Just read its own Islamic law
Tehran’s doctrine is based on a fatwa Islamic law, which unequivocally prohibits indiscriminate weapons of mass destruction In light of the direct conflict that broke out between Israel and Iran, rumors that the Islamic Republic could produce nuclear weapons began circulating again. In addition, just a few days ago Reuters and other media outlets quoted a senior…
Most Muslim schoolchildren in German state place Islam above the law – study
More than half of respondents said the rules laid down in the Quran take precedence, in their eyes The majority of Muslim schoolchildren in the German state of Lower Saxony view religious rules as more important than the law, a new study has found. More than a third of respondents also indicated that they condoned…
Ukrainian foreign minister agrees with Kremlin
US aid won’t be enough stop Russian forces, Dmitry Kuleba has said Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has praised the US Senate’s decision to approve a $61 billion funding package, but warned that it won’t be enough to make a difference on the battlefield. After months of wrangling, Republicans caved in to the ruling Democrats…
Australian PM wants to ban memes depicting him
Fake images are misinformation, Anthony Albanese claims Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has once again lashed out at social media, insisting the platforms should be accountable for the content that its users post. The PM’s remarks come in the wake of a spat with tech billionaire Elon Musk over the reluctance on the part of…
Biden signs foreign aid bill
The $95-billion package includes $61 billion for Ukraine, with funds destined for purchase of weapons and military equipment US President Joe Biden has signed the long-stalled $95-billion foreign aid package, after the Senate on Tuesday voted resoundingly in a bipartisan majority to approve the multi-billion allocation of funds for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. DETAILS TO…
All Ukrainian presidents are thieves – Lukashenko
A once “prosperous” country has been ruined by its leaders and “oligarchs,” the Belarusian president has claimed Ukraine has devolved into a Western-style oligarchy where all of its leaders are only interested in “plundering” the country and getting rich, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has claimed. The president made the remarks on Wednesday during an address…
US Senate Passes Ukraine Aid Bill — What Does It Hold For the War?
With a resounding bipartisan majority of 79 to 18, the US Senate has passed a $95 billion aid bill aimed at supporting Taiwan, Israel, and Ukraine. This development resolves a months-long stalemate in the Congress, and upon receiving the signature of US President Joe Biden, new arms shipments can start. After Months of Delay US…
African nation’s leader calls for review of relations with EU
Senegal’s new president, who took office on April 2, has announced plans to renegotiate fishing agreements signed with the bloc in 2014 Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has called for a reassessment of the West African country’s relationship with the European Union (EU), saying that the current form of cooperation is complicated. Faye made the…
Sharp China: Blinken to China; San Francisco Vision Six Months Later; TikTok; A Scandal for PRC Swimming
Show Notes: On today’s show Andrew and Bill begin with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s trip to Beijing and Shanghai this week, including reports that the Blinken plans to warn PRC counterparts about their continued commercial support of Russia’s defense industry, and additional reports that the U.S. has drafted sanctions that could be levied against……
Blood-covered horses run amok in central London (VIDEO)
Several people have been injured after the Household Cavalry lost control of their animals in the center of the city Several military horses have been caught after going on a rampage in London; onlookers say they threw their riders and went galloping through the streets. At least four people have been hospitalized in the wake…
Blood-covered horses run amok in central London (VIDEO)
Several people have been injured after the Household Cavalry lost control of their animals in the center of the city Several military horses have been caught after going on a rampage in London; onlookers say they threw their riders and went galloping through the streets. At least four people have been hospitalized in the wake…
Netanyahu should resign – ex-US House speaker
The Israeli prime minister has been an “obstacle” to the two-state solution with Palestine for years, Nancy Pelosi has said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is an obstacle to peace in Gaza and “should resign” from his position, former US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said. She made the remarks on Monday…
US Secret Service preparing to protect Trump in jail – NYT
The former president is at risk of being slapped with a short sentence for contempt of court The US Secret Service, which is tasked with protecting acting and former US presidents, is considering how to proceed if Donald Trump ends up behind bars, sources have told the New York Times. On Tuesday, Judge Juan Merchan…
Mikhail Gurevich: Here’s why Iran decided not to attack Israel again
The threat of a major war in the Middle East has passed because Tehran has decided to bide its time Iran has again threatened Israel with a harsh response to aggression. The army and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps will make those who cross red lines regret it, said the Deputy Chief of the Army…
More weapons for Kiev won’t change battlefield dynamics – Kremlin
Remark from Dmitry Peskov comes after US Congress greenlit $61-billion aid package for Ukraine following months of bickering The $61-billion defense package recently approved by the US Congress will not change the situation on the battlefield in Ukraine’s favor, according to Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. Earlier this week, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said that…
Future of the world will be decided in Ukraine – Russian ally
The West is not benefitting from confrontation with Moscow and must learn to live in a new global order, the president of Belarus has said The Ukraine conflict is among the major events that will determine the future of the world, and the West is emerging weaker from it, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed on…
Future of the world will be decided in Ukraine – Russian ally
The West is not benefitting from confrontation with Moscow and must learn to live in a new global order, the president of Belarus has said The Ukraine conflict is among the major events that will determine the future of the world, and the West is emerging weaker from it, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko claimed on…
Modi blasts proposal for US-style wealth law
The prime minister launched a scathing attack on the opposition over alleged plans to “snatch” people’s earnings Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched a scathing attack on the opposition National Congress Party, accusing it of planning to “snatch” people’s property following suggestions of a new US-style inheritance law. The prime minister’s comments came after…
Russia and Ukraine to exchange minors from separated families – Moscow
The agreement was reached during Qatar-mediated talks, Russian Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova has said Russia and Ukraine have agreed to exchange children who have been separated from their families amid the hostilities between the two nations, a senior official involved in the negotiations announced on Wednesday. The talks were held with Qatar’s mediation, Russian…
US ‘shooting itself in the foot’ by arming Taiwan – Beijing
China has criticized Washington’s decision to provide new military assistance to the self-governed island Washington’s latest decision to supply arms to Taiwan increases the risks faced by the self-governed island instead of bolstering its security, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry. Taipei is set to get $8 billion in security assistance under a bill recently…
India’s young population will generate 30% of world’s wealth – stock exchange chief
NSE CEO Ashish Chauhan told RT how the country’s youthful workforce gives it an edge over other big economies India’s demographic dividend will see its economy account for a large proportion of new wealth generated globally over the coming decades, Ashish Chauhan, the managing director and CEO of the National Stock Exchange (NSE), has told…