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Just four days into its ferocious air campaign, Israel appears to have gained a decisive edge in its escalating conflict with Iran: aerial supremacy over Iran.The Israeli military announced on Monday that it can now fly over the country’s capital, Tehran, without facing major resistance after crippling Iran’s air defenses in recent strikes, enabling Israel to […]
... written on Jun 17 2025Iran’s senior leaders had been planning for more than a week for an Israeli attack should nuclear talks with the United States fail. But they made one enormous miscalculation. They never expected Israel to strike before another round of talks that had been scheduled for this coming Sunday in Oman, officials close to Iran’s leadership […]
... written on Jun 15 2025When Hamas terrorists and several other Palestinian militant groups launched coordinated armed incursions from the Gaza Strip into Israel on October 7, 2023, they made one huge mistake. They were unable to entirely destroy the Jews state. Hamas and its main sponsor – Iran – had no idea what was about to hit them when […]
... written on Jun 14 2025Donald Trump used to believe that trade wars were easy to win, despite warnings from his own American economists and analysts that it will result in higher prices, lower growth, lost jobs and disrupted supply chains. Worse, trade war could spark inflation and recession. But Trump believes he has the formula to prevent an economic […]
... written on Jun 05 2025With nearly a trillion dollars worth of trade last year, U.S. companies exported more than twice to the EU what they sent to China. In 2024, the U.S. imported about US$606 billion in goods from the European Union and exported around US$370 billion. In comparison, U.S. goods imports from China totaled US$438.9 billion, while exports to […]
... written on May 26 2025On May 7, 2025, India launched “Operation Sindoor” in retaliation for a terrorist attack in Indian-administered Kashmir on April 22 that killed 26 people, mostly tourists. Sindoor – vermilion red powder – is a traditional marker applied on the foreheads of married Hindu women. The code-name was a deliberate invocation of not only grief but also memory […]
... written on May 16 2025After just two days of talks (it was not even a negotiation), an agreement – despite a 90-day validity – has been reached between the United States and China in Switzerland. The best part is President Donald Trump is still waiting for a call from President Xi Jinping. That alone speaks volumes who actually has […]
... written on May 13 2025China and Canada might have their own mini trade war going on, where Beijing slapped a 100% tariff on Canadian canola oil, oil cakes and pea imports, and a 25% duty on aquatic products and pork effective March 20, 2025. It was in retaliation for Canadian 100% tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) and 25% […]
... written on May 06 2025President Donald Trump’s plate is full with problems. Last year, a survey of more than 150 historians ranked him as the worst President in the 232-year history of the United States – scored 10.92 out of 100. But his supporters, who have yet to see the consequences of Trump’s tariff war against the entire planet, would praise him as […]
... written on May 03 2025Xi Jinping’s refusal to call Donald Trump despite the White House’s begging was not the only thing that shocked the U.S. president. Other world leaders, like Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who is still lobbying for his first phone call after the POTUS had calls with almost all leaders in the Southeast Asia except him, […]
... written on May 01 2025
