The country’s road ahead looks increasingly bleak, but it has great countercyclical expansion potential via domestic and international rebalancing In a daring thought experiment, imagine just for a moment that you are the powerful president of the People’s Republic of China (PRC). You are sitting next to a cozy fireplace in a mountain retreat, looking…
The former US president could technically be excommunicated from the Catholic Church for becoming a Master Mason Former US President Joe Biden, a self-professed Catholic, has joined an African-American Masonic lodge as a ‘Master Mason’. The Vatican takes a dim view of Freemasonry, and Catholics who join the fraternal order face excommunication. Biden was inducted…
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico earlier accused operatives who participated in the Ukrainian Maidan and in Georgia’s protests of brewing unrest in his country Slovakia will expel “foreign instructors” allegedly involved in destabilizing the country and aiming to orchestrate a Ukraine-style Maidan coup, Prime Minister Robert Fico announced on Friday. He accused foreign operatives, opposition…
The new US administration is “bad news” for Kiev, the former national security adviser has claimed US President Donald Trump does not want the Ukraine conflict complicating his agenda and may well end up offering Vladimir Putin a peace deal that would make the Russian leader “very happy,” former US national security adviser John Bolton…
The 47th president wants to end conflicts but not resolve them The flood of headlines about US President Donald Trump’s first days back in the White House are stunning but unsurprising. We have grown accustomed to his hyperactivity. Yet, unlike eight years ago, the reaction now feels different. Back then, Trump’s ascent was widely regarded…
Donald Trump issued executive orders aimed at tackling illegal immigration earlier this week US officials have paused several immigration programs, including those allowing Ukrainians to temporarily settle in the country, as part of President Donald Trump’s border security crackdown, the New York Times reported on Friday. According to the report, a directive by a senior…
The move comes as part of the ceasefire deal with the Palestinian armed group Hamas has released four female Israeli hostages as part of the ceasefire deal with West Jerusalem, handing them over to the Red Cross, a live stream of the exchange shows. Israel is expected to release 200 Palestinian prisoners in exchange. DETAILS…
Moscow’s response could further destabilize EU financial markets, the CEO of the clearinghouse has said The confiscation of Russian assets frozen by the West as part of Ukraine-related sanctions could lead to unintended consequences for the EU, Euroclear CEO Valerie Urbain said on Friday in an interview with Bloomberg. The Belgian-based depository holds around $213…
The Danish PM had a “horrendous” conversation with the US president about acquiring the island, officials have told the paper US President Donald Trump is serious about taking over Greenland and aggressively pushed the idea in a tense phone call with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Financial Times reported on Friday, citing sources. The US…
US President Donald Trump has vowed to ramp up expulsions of illegal migrants from the country Mexico has refused to allow a US military plane carrying deportees to land on its territory, NBC News and Reuters reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. After taking office on Monday, US President Donald Trump declared…