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December 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
At the insistence of JD Vance, Germany's new Nazi Party, the AfD, is invited to participate in the Munich Security Conference.
December 30, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Today, the Israeli government announced that it would suspend the aid work of several humanitarian organizations that provide lifesaving aid to Palestinians in Gaza living through what Amnesty International and other groups labeled as a genocide.
December 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Some drone attacks are obvious for the world to see, while drone attacks on Putin’s residence in Valdai are only visible in the imagination of Putin and his ally Trump.
December 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
December 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
'Adapt or die': US pledges only $2 billion in UN aid, significantly less than in previous years
December 29, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Medvedev, Putin's moderate replacement, tirelessly working to subtly sway the difficult debate about peace in Ukraine in a constructive way.
December 29, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Trump confirms US carried out strike on ‘dock area’ in Venezuela
December 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
December 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Facebook, Instagram, X are simply banned in Russia. No US outrage about free speech there—yet the EU is the target. That contrast says a lot.
December 28, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Israel kills over 700 relatives of Palestinian journalists in Gaza
December 28, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Nytimes:
The Trump administration’s efforts to reduce the foreign-born population are being felt in hospitals and soccer leagues and on Main Streets across the country, with hints of what’s to come.
December 28, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Brexit has been a complete failure. But at the same time, the man who made Brexit possible, Nigel Farage, is gaining influence. How the right repeatedly succeeds in getting citizens to vote against their own interests.
December 28, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Putin tells Trump that Kyiw must show "responsible behavior," and Trump is especially eager for the enormous economic benefits of peace from US cooperation with Russia.
December 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The 8,000 richest people in the world own three times as much as half of all other people. The super-rich contribute nothing to the real economy, burden the environment with their private jets and yachts, encourage corruption, support populists and dictators, threaten the rule of law, and so on.
December 27, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Russians have fired around 500 drones and dozens of missiles at the Ukrainian capital.
Dozens have been injured, and significant damage has been caused to residential buildings and energy infrastructure. A third of the city is without power and water.

Russia is a terrorist state.
December 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
American tech barons will close 2025 with over $460 billion in wealth, 'thanks to AI'
December 26, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Accounts on Instagram with hundreds of thousands of followers and views that spread anti-Semitic content
December 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
December 26, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Ten years after the Paris Agreement, combating climate change seems to be slipping down the political agenda, even though the consequences are becoming increasingly noticeable.
December 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
is it a coincidence that 2 key countries in Trump’s crosshairs are Venezuela, with the world’s largest known oil reserves, and Nigeria, the top oil producer in Africa?
December 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
December 26, 2025 at 3:34 AM
US carries out airstrikes on Islamic State in Nigeria
December 26, 2025 at 3:30 AM
December 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM