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Russia is arguably the “only winner”, if not one of the biggest winners, in the ongoing US-Israel war with Iran. Not only does the conflict trigger a spike in oil prices, which translates into stronger revenues for Russia, which remains one of the world’s largest oil exporters despite Western sanctions following its invasion of Ukraine, […]
... written on Mar 10 2026Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab states like the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had thought that it was safer to be on friendly terms with a hostile Iran rather than confront it. When China brokered a deal in March 2023 to restore diplomatic relations between two bitter rivals in the Middle East, Saudi and Iran, the peace proposal […]
... written on Mar 09 2026China’s attempt to show humanoid robots during last year’s Chinese New Year Spring Festival Gala was laughed at by the West. Around that time, public demonstrations of the humanoids often drew scepticism, such as a robot marathon in April that made headlines for stumbles, crashes and breakdowns. It was the same scenario when Elon Musk laughed at China […]
... written on Feb 24 2026Chandra Jarvis has worked 13 years at the Vitro plant in Crestline, a distressed rural town of some 4,500 residents. Wages helped the 48-year-old single mother support her daughter through nursing school and her son through high school. She said working at the plant, where she is known as “Momma,” provides her and co-workers both […]
... written on Feb 10 2026Forced to “kowtow” to China after Beijing retaliated to United States’ tariff war by slapping export restrictions on several rare earth elements, processing technologies, lithium battery materials, and other items, U.S. President Donald Trump reluctantly signed a trade truce with the Chinese government. It was a humiliation to the economic superpower, but Trump had no card […]
... written on Feb 05 2026Donald Trump has flown to Switzerland to attend the World Economic Forum in Davos. In his opening address, not only the U.S. president bragged about the U.S. economy – citing reduced inflation, high economic growth and a record-setting stock market – but also happily mocking and ridiculing Europe, while repeating his claim that only the […]
... written on Jan 22 2026When the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was established in 1949 as a collective defence alliance to counter the perceived threat of Soviet expansionism in post-World War II, little did the Western European and Canada realize that 77 years later, the enemy that would attack or colonize one of their own kind would be the United […]
... written on Jan 19 2026Before Reza Pahlavi, the eldest son of Iran’s last Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, called on Iranians to rally against the regime at 8 p.m. on Thursday and Friday (January 8 and 9), things were already falling apart in Iran. The current nationwide protest was not caused by a sudden economic meltdown or currency collapse. It […]
... written on Jan 14 2026Every time the United States makes its move against a sovereign state – either through an invasion or a political intervention – it’s always about oil or the U.S. hegemony, and little about democracy. We had seen it in Iraq, Libya, Syria, Afghanistan, Sudan, Yemen, Somalia and the list goes on. The entire Middle East […]
... written on Jan 10 2026At a time when the U.S. declares trade war with China and the rest of the world, while trying to also strike a peace deal with Russia and Ukraine, few notice tensions are growing at the top of the world – the Arctic. U.S. President Donald Trump wants Greenland, Russia is modernising its Arctic military […]
... written on Dec 31 2025
