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Turkey and Egypt make diplomatic contact for first time since 2013

Posted on March 13, 2021March 13, 2021By Editor

Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said his country has reestablished diplomatic contact with Egypt for the first time since the latter’s President Mohamed Morsi was ousted in the 2013 coup. … Read More >Turkey and Egypt make diplomatic contact for first time since 2013

Russia

With election just 6 months away, opinion poll reveals support for Russia’s ruling party has dropped to lowest figure since 2013

Posted on March 13, 2021March 13, 2021By Editor

Backing for Russia’s ruling party has fallen again, with an opinion poll revealing that the number prepared to vote for the pro-Kremlin United Russia has dropped to the lowest level since 2013, with an election due this fall. … Read More >With election just 6 months away, opinion poll reveals support for Russia’s ruling party has dropped to lowest figure since 2013

Russia

Ukraine & Latvia’s war on Russian language is self-defeating & foolish, given world’s most successful countries are multi-lingual

Posted on March 13, 2021March 13, 2021By Editor

In the 1920s, after its violent exit from British rule, many in Ireland wanted to abandon the use of English. They lost the argument, and the country profited. Many former Soviet republics would do well to heed the Irish example. … Read More >Ukraine & Latvia’s war on Russian language is self-defeating & foolish, given world’s most successful countries are multi-lingual

EU

Slovak health minister forced to RESIGN under pressure from coalition partners criticizing Sputnik V purchase

Posted on March 13, 2021March 13, 2021By Editor

Minister Marek Krajci has announced his resignation as the government coalition risked breaking over discussions about the purchase of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine by Prime Minister Igor Matovic. … Read More >Slovak health minister forced to RESIGN under pressure from coalition partners criticizing Sputnik V purchase

EU

EU urges Britain to repair ties as it plans to sue London over N. Ireland and accuses Johnson of hogging vaccines

Posted on March 12, 2021March 12, 2021By Editor

The EU’s ambassador to London has called on the British government to stop trying to “score points” against Brussels and seek to repair ties following the UK’s exit from the 27-nation economic bloc. … Read More >EU urges Britain to repair ties as it plans to sue London over N. Ireland and accuses Johnson of hogging vaccines

Beijing calls on Washington to drop ‘cold war mentality’ and ‘cooperate’ with China ahead of high-level meeting next week

Posted on March 12, 2021March 12, 2021By Editor

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has welcomed the upcoming meeting between top diplomats from Washington and Beijing, but it has also called on the US to be “objective” and approach the nations’ disagreements in a “rational manner.” … Read More >Beijing calls on Washington to drop ‘cold war mentality’ and ‘cooperate’ with China ahead of high-level meeting next week

Journalism & Mass media

Right-wing Central American leaders praise neoliberal ‘Biden Plan’ to strengthen US ‘sphere of influence’

Posted on March 12, 2021March 12, 2021By Editor

Right-wing Central American politicians are applauding Plan Biden, a US strategy promising corporate investment in return for neoliberal reforms. … Read More >Right-wing Central American leaders praise neoliberal ‘Biden Plan’ to strengthen US ‘sphere of influence’

World

US Expects ‘Difficult’ Talks With Chinese Diplomats in Alaska Next Week – State Dept

Posted on March 12, 2021March 12, 2021By Editor

The Biden administration expects the talks with Chinese diplomats during the bilateral meeting scheduled to take place in Alaska next week to be “difficult,” US State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Thursday. … Read More >US Expects ‘Difficult’ Talks With Chinese Diplomats in Alaska Next Week – State Dept

Russia

Heating up in the Pacific? Tokyo should launch naval blockade of disputed Russian Kuril Islands, ex-Japanese Moscow envoy insists

Posted on March 12, 2021March 12, 2021By Editor

More than 75 years since fighting stopped, a still-active WWII-era conflict over a Pacific Island archipelago could see Russian and Japanese warships face off once again in a struggle for control, if one ex-diplomat gets his way. … Read More >Heating up in the Pacific? Tokyo should launch naval blockade of disputed Russian Kuril Islands, ex-Japanese Moscow envoy insists

World

British gave colonial lands back ‘because people asked them to,’ claims US security expert, stirring Twitter rage

Posted on March 10, 2021March 10, 2021By Editor

A US security expert’s tongue-in-cheek claim about how the British Empire ceased to exist when colonized peoples ask for it to end, triggered online rebukes from those who saw it as an attempt to whitewash the UK’s dark history. … Read More >British gave colonial lands back ‘because people asked them to,’ claims US security expert, stirring Twitter rage