by Jim W. Dean, VT Editor, …with PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: The US openly cranks up the New Cold War on China using the Israeli justification. Anyone who can defend themselves from an attack by us is considered a threat, hence we have the right to improve our positioning for […]
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German And U.K. Officials Warn Of A Possible New COVID-19 Wave In Europe by Bill Chappell/npr The European Union successfully flattened the curve of COVID-19 cases in the spring – but a second wave could be building in parts of the EU, according to both British Prime Minister Boris Johnson […]
US cranks up pressure on Europe over Russia pipeline projects: Report …from PressTV, Tehran [ Editor’s Note: Pompeo is making moves now to be the new US führer after Trump goes down, but does not understand that both are considered national security threats by loyal factions inside US military and […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107955/26/1079552690_0:85:1400:873_1200x675_80_0_0_0811c487d09a4a8663315d00f9e10c9e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/business/202007251079980004-completion-of-nord-stream-2-to-cut-europe-gas-prices-by-25-consulting-company-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – European prices for natural gas would drop by about one quarter if the Nord Stream 2 pipeline connecting Russia to Germany were completed, the consulting firm Wood Mackenzie said in a report on Friday. “If Nord Stream 2 remains unfinished, […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/18/1079975475_0:172:3072:1900_1200x675_80_0_0_128aadb3b9f02660928d906924124e1e.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007241079978010-us-must-follow-asia-europe-to-get-covid-19-baseline-to-nearly-zero-health-expert-fauci-says/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States needs to follow European and Asian nations and reduce its daily rate of new coronavirus cases to a few hundred, instead of easing restrictions at far higher levels, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Disease Director Anthony […]
The EU’s Recovery Plan agreement has been widely hailed, but some argue that it is taking Europe down a dangerous path. Our main discussion features returning guest Tuomas Malinen, CEO of GnS Economics. In this discussion, Tuomas and NLW discuss: Disclosure The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media […]
A U-2 Dragon Lady, a high altitude reconnaissance aircraft operated by the United States Air Force currently deployed to Royal Air Force (RAF) station in Gloucestershire, England as part of the 99th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron. The U-2 aircraft, assigned to the 9th Reconnaissance Wing, Beale Air Force Base, Calif., is one of […]
Doggerland was a landmass connecting present-day Britain with the European continent, which submerged into the North Sea during the prehistoric period. However, the link behind the land’s disappearance and the legendary Storegga Slide long remained unexplored. Britain’s separation from Europe was triggered by several mega-tsunamis around 8,000 years ago resulting […]
On 10 July, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan ordered the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque, after a Turkish court ruled that the site’s secularisation was unlawful. Following an outcry over the site’s status change Turkish observers have weighed up the possible political consequences of Ankara’s decision both domestically and […]
Carine Hutsebaut is a Commissioner on the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into Human Trafficking and Child Sex Abuse, and the author of Child Hunters, a book about pedophilia and murderous pedophilia that makes three big points: a) the police turn a blind eye to this; b) relatives are often […]
Reports of slightly elevated radiation levels over Northern Europe were blamed on Moscow by Western media – accusations that appear to stem from a botched translation. The Kremlin says Russia has registered no nuclear incidents. “We have an absolutely advanced radiation levels safety monitoring system and there are no emergency […]
Over 160 mostly US companies have already joined the ‘Stop Hate for Profit’ campaign in the wake of George Floyd’s death, with corporations including Coca Cola, Levi’s, Starbucks, and Verizon agreeing to partially or fully freeze their Facebook ad buys next month, ostensibly to try to force the social media […]
China and the European Union recorded some €560 billion in trade in 2019, with the EU posting a trade deficit of €164 billion. The two sides have been working on a ‘Comprehensive Agreement on Investment’, aimed at creating ‘new investment opportunities for European companies’ in China, for over half a […]
… from Russia Today, Moscow [ Editor’s Note: The US world reputation has never been lower than it is now, and it is not all because of Trump. The Republicans have been fully onboard all the way, with the Democrats not far behind. Surprisingly Merkel admits that the jury is […]
“Dear America, Fuck off.” That’s the likely message the 27 members of the European Union will send when they sign off on a blacklist of countries that won’t be welcome when its external borders open July 1. As reported by The Daily Beast in May, the EU is concerned that […]
The US may voluntarily relinquish its status as a world power and Europeans must brace themselves for such a contingency, including by boosting their militaries, the German chancellor has warned. European nations need “to carry more of the burden than during the cold war” in terms of defense spending, Merkel […]
COLOGNE, Germany – Germany will use its turn at the helm of the European Council to launch the first-ever common threat analysis for the EU and broker a deal on non-member countries’ access to defense-cooperation projects here. The two objectives represent a push to rekindle the bloc’s nascent defense efforts […]
COLOGNE, Germany — Buoyed by the recent Allied Spirit exercise in Poland, U.S. Army officials in Europe are eyeing a resumption of their training schedule amid the continued danger of the coronavirus and talk in Washington of removing almost 10,000 troops from Germany. “We continue to fight for opportunities to […]
BRUSSELS — The new head of the European Defence Agency, Jiří Šedivý, has thrown down the gauntlet to European Union member states, telling them: “It is up to you to deliver.” In an interview with Defense News, he said the onus is on EU countries “to use the EDA to […]
LONDON — Producing a promised new defense and security review was never going to be straightforward for the British government, but the impact of the COVID-19 crisis and the fast-evolving geostrategic position has muddied the waters even further, leaving open the question of future investment priorities. The integrated defense, security […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo scolded Europeans for not ditching China in favor of the US as a trading partner, claiming that any reliance on Beijing constitutes “abandoning who we are” and prizing “tyranny” over “freedom.” The diplomat denied he was forcing Europe to choose between the US and […]
Italy, Germany, France & Netherlands sign deal for up to 400 million Oxford Covid-19 vaccines – Italian health minister [ Editor’s Note: The Covid vaccine sweepstakes has begun. The Oxford entry is by no means the only one in progress, but it has the biggest orders. Many countries will want […]
In April, the number of unauthorised crossings into Europe dropped to a record low number since 2009 due to the coronavirus crisis, according to border data provided by national authorities. Now the situation within Europe’s Schengen Area has been returning to what it had been in the start of the […]
Dangerous US Military Presence In Poland And Eastern Europe By Bruce Gagnon, Space for Peace. June 11, 2020 Dangerous US Military Presence In Poland And Eastern Europe2020-06-112020-06-11https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/06/more-us-troops-arrive-in-poland-they-are-told-that-their-mission-is-to-stop-russias-takeover-of-eastern-europe-from-organzing-notes-e1591889099844.jpg200px200px Above photo: More US troops arrive in Poland – they are told that their mission is to stop Russia’s takeover of Eastern Europe from Organizing Notes. […]