Crisis
As expected, Donald Trump was incredibly upset after Xi Jinping called his bluff and raised the bets in the poker game. Did the U.S. president really think Beijing will do nothing and with tail between legs, kiss his ring and accept the 34% tariffs slapped on the Middle Kingdom? Nope, the Chinese decisively slapped back […]
... written on Apr 10 2025After announcing sweeping tariffs and triggering global economic meltdown, which hit stock markets, U.S. dollar, oil price and even crypto-currencies, U.S. President Donald Trump left Washington for some round of golf. But not before he fired at Beijing for matching his 34% tariffs. “China played it wrong, they panicked – the one thing they cannot […]
... written on Apr 08 2025Since returning to power in January 2025, Trump had already imposed two rounds of 10% additional duties on all Chinese imports. Having failed to bring the Middle Kingdom to its knees during his first term, the U.S. president is throwing everything, including the kitchen sink, in his “Trade War 2.0” with China. On Wednesday (2-April), […]
... written on Apr 05 2025While news agency of the government of Malaysia trumpeted how Israeli air strikes brutally killed 33 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on the first day of Aidilfitri or Eid al-Fitr, the news about a demonstration – the largest protest against Hamas since its attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023 – staged by the Palestinians in Gaza […]
... written on Apr 01 2025From a monastery that turned into rubble in a village in Myanmar to a 33-story tower under construction that collapsed in Bangkok, Thailand, a major 7.7-magnitude earthquake near Mandalay has left a trail of destruction. Even water from the rooftop of the five-star Hotel Intercontinental in Bangkok was seen splashing out, hitting dozens of floors […]
... written on Mar 29 2025Wars are not won on honour and courage alone. They are won on force, logistics, and strategy. In the case of Ukraine, it is running out of all three. And Zelensky will go down in history as the man who caused the humiliating defeat of his country after his ego got the best of him […]
... written on Mar 11 2025Biting the hand that feeds him, former actor and comedian Zelensky thought he could afford to pick a fight with Trump, a reality television show celebrity turned president. But all the leaders of Europe were shocked – incredibly shocked – with how the U.S. president treated the hero whom they worshipped as “Winston Churchill 2.0” […]
... written on Mar 06 2025Oksana Markarova, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States, appeared to be incredible distraught with her head in her hand during a heated shouting match between Trump and Zelensky in the Oval Office on Friday (Feb 28). Her reaction, captured in photos and videos, speaks volumes about how a first step towards a peace deal was […]
... written on Mar 01 2025After days of putting up a brave face, and trying to call Trump’s bluff, it appears Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has decided to fold in his silly poker game and surrenders the country’s key minerals deal demanded by U.S. President Donald Trump. The comedian had no idea that the POTUS could easily eat him for […]
... written on Feb 27 2025European leaders from Germany, France, Italy, Poland, Spain, Denmark, Netherlands and the United Kingdom (as well as NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen) scrambled to an emergency meeting in Paris on Monday (Feb 17) after the Trump administration excluded them from talks with Russia to negotiate an end […]
... written on Feb 19 2025
