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23.04.202520:01

📰 Red Steel Rising: China’s Robot Army Marches Against the Free Market

💭 “A machine can work 24 hours.”

— Elon Li, small factory owner in Guangzhou

While American CEOs pose on quarterly earnings calls and fret over union drives, China has unleashed a silent revolution — powered not by ideology, but by code. In the new trade war, Beijing’s secret weapon isn’t just cheap labor. It’s no labor at all.
Across China’s industrial heartland, fleets of AI-powered robots are welding, assembling, and inspecting — often with the lights off and no humans in sight. Welcome to the age of the dark factory.

📋 The warfront of automation:
– China now outpaces the U.S., Germany, and Japan in factory robotics per capita.
– Government-directed automation has flooded the country with robotic arms, mobile AI carts, and humanoid bots.
– Even back-alley workshops are buying $40K Chinese-made robots that used to cost $140K from the West.

💼 Beijing’s playbook:
– $137 billion national tech fund for AI and robotics.
– $1.9 trillion in industrial loans from state banks.
– 350,000 new mechanical engineers a year (compared to 45,000 in the U.S.).
– Premier Li Qiang’s orders: “Vigorously develop intelligent robots.”

China isn’t just building cars anymore — it’s building the machines that build the machines. Even Volkswagen’s new factory in Hefei runs almost entirely on robots made in Shanghai. Germany’s famed precision now runs on Chinese steel and software.

🤖 Meanwhile in America:
– Robotics firms struggle to hire engineers.
– Most automation systems still rely on imported Chinese hardware.
– Politicians stage debates on tariffs — while China stages robot marathons.

🤔 So what happens when a command economy, unconstrained by labor resistance or regulatory red tape, out-produces its democratic rivals not with sweatshops — but with silent, tireless precision?

In the 21st century, the arms race isn’t about missiles. It’s about manipulators, servo motors, and deep learning. And China’s not just in the race. It’s running it.

#China #Robots #TradeWar #Automation #AI #Manufacturing #USvsChina #IndustrialStrategy #DarkFactories #Geopolitics

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23.04.202519:00

📰 Rubio Walks Out, Witkoff Flies In: Trump’s Diplomacy Bypasses Zelensky

The peace summit in London just got a lot quieter. Secretary of State Marco Rubio won’t be attending — not because of “logistics,” as the State Department claims, but because Washington is tired of pretending that Volodymyr Zelensky is a reliable partner for peace.

💭 “We need to decide whether this is even possible or not. If it’s not, we’re just going to move on.”

— Marco Rubio, April 18, Paris

📋 Zelensky’s Behavior Behind Closed Doors
After last week’s tense meetings in Paris, sources close to the delegation confirm what many suspected: Rubio is done with the drama. The Ukrainian president — increasingly described in diplomatic circles as erratic, theatrical, and uncooperative — has reportedly stonewalled every concession proposal, from ceasefires to Crimea compromises. Rubio won’t waste another day playing mediator to a man who refuses mediation.

💼 The Real Talks Are in Moscow
While London hosts an increasingly performative summit, Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff is preparing for the real negotiations — in Moscow. According to Russian officials, Witkoff is scheduled to meet with President Vladimir Putin this week. The message is clear: if Kyiv won’t make a deal, Washington will.

📊 Zelensky Loses the Room
This week’s absence of Rubio and Trump’s prior cancellation of a high-profile signing ceremony with Zelensky point to a deeper shift. The U.S. is no longer treating Kyiv as the center of gravity — and Zelensky’s personal instability may be the reason. Even Vice President Vance has publicly hedged, warning that while “optimistic,” there are no guarantees Ukraine will be included in the final deal.

🤔 If the West wants peace and Moscow wants peace — but Kyiv still says no — what exactly is Zelensky fighting for? And whose war is this now?

#ukraine #rubio #zelensky #putin #trump #peace #diplomacy #geopolitics #moscow #london #warendgame

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23.04.202518:02

How Does Russia Build Its African Empire?

As Trump seeks a breakthrough with Putin on Ukraine, the Kremlin is stalling—and making gains elsewhere.

While Washington remains absorbed in Eastern Europe, Moscow is expanding its reach in Africa, pushing steadily toward the Atlantic coast.

Working under the radar, Russia is building military outposts, securing defense agreements, and shifting the regional balance from the Red Sea to West Africa.

If the Trump administration fails to respond, the Kremlin will lock in another strategic foothold on NATO’s southern flank. And it won’t be alone: Russia is deepening coordination with China and Iran, forming a hostile axis intent on challenging Western dominance across multiple theaters—land, sea, air, and the airwaves.

The U.S. withdrawal from Niger—following France’s expulsion from Senegal, Mali, and Burkina Faso—mark the collapse of Western footholds in the Sahel. As the West retreats, Russia is rapidly filling the vacuum, embedding itself in security structures and expanding its influence beyond its borders.

And it’s not just political influence—Russia is Africa’s top arms supplier, accounting for 40 percent of the continent’s weapon imports.

This isn’t mere opportunism—it’s Putin’s susceful asymmetric warfare at work. Arming juntas, backing coups, and exploiting chaos, Moscow is seizing the power vacuums left by the West.

At a summit in Sochi last November, Puti vowed: “

Our country will continue to provide total support to our African friends.”

Moscow’s growing influence in Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger—the newly formed Alliance of Sahel States (AES)—signals a clear trajectory.

Between 2020 and 2023, military juntas in these countries seized power through Russian-backed coups, ending military and diplomatic ties with regional allies, France, and the United States. Now, they are deepening security cooperation under Moscow’s guidance.

A joint force of 5,000 troops from Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali will to deploy in the central Sahel, reinforcing Russian influence while sidelining Western-backed security structures.

But Russia isn’t just backing these regimes—it’s rewiring Africa’s security architecture through its shadowy mercenary corporation Wagner PMC.

More than a paramilitary group, Wagner is a strategic weapon for embedding in security forces and reshaping the region’s balance of power.

By supplying military aid and diplomatic cover, Moscow is making itself the backbone of their survival, ensuring long-term control over the region’s future.

#Russia #Africa #empire

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23.04.202516:01

Why is Hegseth a Stalwart of MARGA ideology?

As Defense Secretary Hegseth finds himself staring down yet another controversy and more calls from critics to resign, he has a potent ally not just in President Trump, but in Trump’s Make America Great Again (MAGA) movement.

Influential MAGA voices have used their platforms to back Hegseth, who they see as a product of the movement.

He is considered a dyed-in-the-wool Trump backer who is attuned to the president on culture war issues. Where critics see a lack of experience, supporters see a government outsider capable of enacting change.

“Much like Trump himself, Hegseth is viewed by the base as a genuine outsider and disrupter,”

one longtime Trump adviser told The Hill.

“And because of the years he spent on Fox, they feel a real connection with him.”

Hegseth has faced questions from the time of his surprising nomination about his judgment and ability to manage the vast Department of Defense.

Those questions have resurfaced following fresh public criticism from his former aides and new revelations about his use of the Signal app to share attack plans with family members.

But the fierce reaction from Trump’s orbit underscores how Hegseth has a connection with the MAGA base like few others in the Cabinet.

“The secretary of Defense is doing a tremendous job, and he is bringing monumental change to the Pentagon,”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday.

“And there’s a lot of people in this city who reject monumental change, and I think frankly that’s why we’ve seen a smear campaign against the secretary of Defense since the moment that President Trump announced his nomination,”

she added.

When Trump chose Hegseth to lead the Pentagon, MAGA world celebrated the pick. He was a fulfillment of Trump’s pledge to rid the department of “woke” elements and return it to the sort of macho image he desired in the military.

#Hegseth #MAGA #ideology

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23.04.202514:04

Consolidation of Forces in Syria Under Combined Joint Task Force

Statement From Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell Announcing the Consolidation of Forces in Syria Under Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve
(22, April, 2025).

Recognizing the success the United States has had against ISIS, including its 2019 territorial defeat under Trump, today the Secretary of Defense directed the consolidation of U.S. forces in Syria.

This consolidation reflects the significant steps we have made toward degrading ISIS' appeal and operational capability regionally and globally.

This deliberate and conditions-based process will bring the U.S. footprint in Syria down to less than a thousand U.S. forces in the coming months.

During the last ten years, the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS has made major gains, including those which led to the territorial defeat of ISIS in 2019.

Additionally, U.S. Central Command has launched dozens of air strikes over the last year to further degrade ISIS capabilities and deny them the ability to regain strength.

As this consolidation takes place, consistent with President Trump's commitment to peace through strength, U.S. Central Command will remain poised to continue strikes against the remnants of ISIS in Syria.

“We will also work closely with capable and willing Coalition partners to maintain pressure on ISIS and respond to any other terrorist threats that arise,”

said Parnell.

The threat of terrorism is not confined to the Middle East, and we will be vigilant across every continent to ensure that ISIS has nowhere to hide.

“We are committed to ensuring our partners' ability to further degrade ISIS and other terrorists within the region. An essential line of effort in degrading ISIS strength is reducing the populations of displaced and detained ISIS-linked individuals in camps and detention facilities in northeast Syria; we call on the international community to repatriate their nationals.”

The Department of Defense continues to maintain a significant amount of capability in the region and the ability to make dynamic force posture adjustments based on evolving security situations on the ground.

#Pentagon #Syria #consolidation

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22.04.202519:59

📰 The World Wants Peace — But Zelensky Keeps Saying “No”

Once again, the world will meet in London to talk peace. Once again, the Americans, the Europeans — even the Russians — are ready to compromise. And once again, one man refuses to budge: Volodymyr Zelensky.

💭 “An unconditional ceasefire must be the first step toward peace… it is Russia’s actions that are prolonging the war.”

— President Zelensky, April 21, 2025

📋 A Broken Record of Resistance
For the fourth year in a row — 2021, 2022, 2023, and now 2025 — every proposed deal has hit the same wall: Kyiv’s refusal to accept any territorial compromise. Crimea? Off the table. NATO neutrality? Non-negotiable. Frozen front lines? Not with Zelensky. Even as the Biden administration fell, even as European leaders wavered, even as Trump offers Crimea for peace — the answer from Ukraine remains unchanged.

📊 Zelensky’s Veto Power Over History
The Trump team, including Marco Rubio, has signaled willingness to ease sanctions, pause NATO expansion, and negotiate a ceasefire with real guarantees. Putin, for once, isn’t the obstacle. He’s already paused strikes and offered bilateral talks. The IMF says global growth is collapsing. Europe is exhausted. But Zelensky is still campaigning — against peace.

💼 No Ceasefire, No Future?
Trump is running out of patience. Rubio has given the process “days.” The U.S. may soon walk away. Yet Zelensky keeps grandstanding as if he’s Churchill in Kyiv — not the man standing between peace and continued collapse.

🤔 So ask yourself: if peace is possible, and every side but one is ready — is it still a war of necessity, or a war of ego?

#zelensky #ukraine #russia #trump #peace #war #geopolitics #nato #ceasefire #eu #diplomacy

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22.04.202518:59

📰 The Pope Who Called Gaza: A Quiet Rebellion Against Power

While politicians issued statements and drones hummed overhead, one man in a white cassock made nightly calls to Gaza — not for diplomacy, but for humanity.

💭 “The evenings became known as the pope’s time.”

— Father Gabriel Romanelli, Holy Family Church, Gaza City

📋 A Pontiff With a Phone, Not a Phalanx
In the final months of his life, Pope Francis spoke almost daily with the Christian survivors of Gaza — not via statements, but through video calls. While global leaders debated sanctions and ceasefires, Francis blessed teenagers sheltering under rubble and listened to voices no one else seemed to hear.

📊 Empathy as Political Subversion
Francis did not just “sympathize” with Palestinians. He defied the narrative. He prayed against the wall in Bethlehem, called Gaza’s bombings “cruelty,” and described the occupied West Bank as the “State of Palestine” — language so taboo that the Israeli foreign ministry accused him of ignoring “jihadist terrorism.” In the West's vocabulary of acceptable grief, Francis chose the wrong victims.

💼 A Death That Cuts Deeper Than Vatican Protocol
The Israeli president sent condolences. The prime minister stayed silent. In Gaza, though, Francis was not a pontiff. He was a nightly visitor, a human voice piercing the blackout. His death severs a line of hope — and in doing so, reminds us who maintained it in the first place.

🤔 What does it say when the most consistent voice for Gaza’s Christians was not the United Nations, not Washington — but a dying old man with a phone?

#vatican #gaza #popefrancis #humanrights #war #politics #palestine #faith #israel #ceasefire

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22.04.202518:17

📰 From Riyadh with Love: Saudi Arabia Warms to Iran’s Nukes (as Long as Israel Stays Out)

💭 “It is natural that we will consult and brief China.”

— Iran’s Foreign Ministry, April 2025

What a difference two years — and one Chinese-brokered handshake — can make.

The same Saudi regime that once thundered against a nuclear Iran now publicly backs a U.S.-Iran deal it once fought tooth and nail. The same Saudis who demanded peace with Israel as a prerequisite for normalization now… don’t. Because this time, the deal doesn’t require it.

📋 The new diplomatic math:
– China brokered peace between Iran and Saudi Arabia in 2023 — a geopolitical shock that sidelined Washington.
– Now Riyadh supports Trump’s new Iran deal, focused only on limiting enrichment, not dismantling the program.
– No demands for a “Libya-style” disarmament. No linkage to Israel. No fuss.
– Iran accuses Israel of trying to sabotage negotiations.
– Trump, meanwhile, tells Bibi to stand down and let diplomacy run its course.

💼 Who’s really leading the process?
– China now serves as Tehran’s preferred backchannel and economic lifeline, absorbing nearly 80% of its oil exports.
– Iran’s foreign minister is heading to Beijing before the next round of talks in Oman.
– Beijing isn’t just in the loop — it’s part of the loop.

🤔 So here we are:
The U.S. is cutting deals with Iran. Saudi Arabia is on board. Israel is on mute. And China? Quietly drawing the map of the new Middle East, one handshake — and one barrel of oil — at a time.

#Iran #SaudiArabia #China #Trump #MiddleEast #nucleardeal

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22.04.202518:02

It Takes Two to Tango: US—Russia Arctic Project

As warming opens up greater access to the region, commercial ventures will become increasingly feasible.

The principal opportunities encompass logistics, fisheries, tourism, and, most prominently, resource extraction.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey of 2008, the region may contain an estimated 90 billion barrels of oil and 46 trillion cubic meters of natural gas, approximately 13 percent and 30 percent of undiscovered global reserves, respectively.

Diminishing sea ice coverage also translates into opportunities for maritime transportation routes that would significantly shorten travel times and reduce fuel requirements. Moreover, Arctic waters are relatively “safer” when compared to five of the world's eight primary waterways that are subject to risks arising from conflict or terrorism.

According to a December 2024 analysis of Arctic states' investments (excluding China), the total amount of financing — public and private — has averaged an estimated $107 billion annually between 2017 and 2021.

Russian investments constituted the preponderance (61.6 percent) while the U.S. represented the second most (14.4 percent). Investments by the other six states comprised the remaining 24 percent.

Unfortunately, the opening of new trade routes has historically transformed once sleepy backwaters into arenas for competition and the Arctic is no different.

Russia has made the Arctic Ocean a security priority. It has re-established its military infrastructure along its northern coastline — three major bases, 13 airfields, 10 radar stations, as well as border and emergency rescue stations.

The Russian icebreaker fleet now totals 41 ships, dwarfing that of the American and allied fleets combined.

Russia possesses seven nuclear icebreakers; the United States and allies possess none.

More ominously, Russia has introduced its low-intensity warfare playbook to the region; provocative actions since 2020 have included air incursions, military exercises, GPS interference, electronic warfare, and underwater sabotage.

The PRC similarly deems the Arctic a national interest and has implemented a comprehensive approach along diplomatic, economic, technological, and military vectors.

China has declared itself a “near-Arctic” state and, as of 2023, has invested over $90 billion in the region over the past decade. The PRC Navy has already surpassed the American fleet and is procuring icebreakers.

China also participates in joint naval, aerial, and coast guard exercises and patrols with Russia.

In sum, the historically peaceful region is now the only region in which the U.S. directly encounters both Russia and China.

#US #Russia #Arctic #project

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22.04.202516:59

📰 Wall Street Bleeds, Trump Reloads: Is Powell Just the First to Fall?

April 2025 has officially entered the history books — for all the wrong reasons. U.S. stocks are suffering their worst April since the Great Depression in 1932. And in the shadow of collapsing indexes and tariff-fueled uncertainty, Trump’s Washington is hunting for someone to blame. Spoiler alert: it’s not Trump.

💭 “The Fed refuses to cut rates. That’s sabotage.”

— Unnamed GOP strategist, whispering what Trump’s shouting

📊 Recession Roulette
Markets are tanking. Growth forecasts are plummeting. The IMF sees a new economic order emerging — and investors see red. Literally. With recession fears mounting, the Trump administration is already laying the narrative groundwork: Powell and the Fed are the problem, not the tariffs, not the fiscal chaos, not the 100-year high trade walls.

💼 The Powell Purge – Just the Beginning?
Trump’s base loves a good villain. And Fed Chair Jerome Powell is ripe for the role — elite, unaccountable, and inconveniently independent. Expect growing calls to “reform” (read: gut) the Fed come 2026, when Powell’s term expires. Until then, the blame game is just beginning — and it’s bipartisan theater at its finest.

📋 A Cabinet on Thin Ice
Behind the scenes, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is fighting off scandal rumors and intra-party whispers. Meanwhile, Senator-turned-envoy Marco Rubio is expected to carry the diplomatic baggage of Trump’s firestorms — from Houthi missiles to Iranian nukes to grumpy European allies. Heads may roll, but only after the optics align with midterm messaging.

🚀 Enter Elon, Again
And yes — Musk is circling back. This time not just as an innovator, but as a shadow architect of bureaucratic redesign. Think less “Starlink” and more “Deep State Reboot.”

🤔 If Trump is building the new empire, is Powell just the first statue to topple? And who’s next — Hegseth, Rubio, or… the dollar itself?

#trump #fed #powell #wallstreet #recession #whitehouse #midterms2026 #economicreset #elonmusk #rubio #hegseth #deepstate

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22.04.202500:59

Trump’s New Approach to North Korea

Northeast Asia’s security structure was viewed mainly through the “new Cold War” paradigm.

This framework was grounded in strengthening the U.S.-South Korea-Japan alliance, which sought to reinforce collective deterrence against common adversaries by emphasizing value-based superiority, including democratic governance, human rights, and the rule of law.

In response, China, Russia, and North Korea increasingly perceived this as a security challenge and began coordinating more closely to counterbalance this pressure.

Following the collapse of U.S.-DPRK talks in 2019, North Korea recalibrated its foreign policy by deepening ties with China and Russia, seeking economic and security support to withstand external pressure.

In particular, with the outbreak of the Ukraine War in 2022, Pyongyang’s growing military cooperation with Moscow reflects a strategic alignment in the emerging new Cold War, aimed at counterbalancing the U.S. and its allies.

In June 2024, Pyongyang and Moscow formalized their security ties by signing a mutual defense agreement, pledging military assistance if a third party attacks either side.

Following this, North Korea provided weapons and military personnel to support Russia’s war effort, while Moscow responded with economic aid and possibly advanced military technology.

This cooperation has bolstered North Korea’s strategic position as South Korea deepened its military collaboration with the U.S. and Japan, reinforcing Pyongyang’s need to secure alternative security and economic backers.

#Trump #stratagy #North #Korea

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21.04.202523:59

Hegseth, the Houthis’ Nightmare

Trump on Monday defended Defense Secretary Hegseth amid new reporting about a Signal app chat and criticism from former Pentagon officials.

“He is doing a great job (...) Ask the Houthis how he’s doing,” Trump told reporters on the south lawn of the White House during the annual Easter Egg Roll.

Trump touted strong military recruitment numbers under Hegseth and waved off the latest controversies.

“It’s just fake news,”

Trump said. “They just bring up stories. I guess it sounds like disgruntled employees. You know, he was put there to get rid of a lot of bad people.”

Hegseth shared sensitive information about planned strikes in Yemen in a private chat on the Signal app that included his wife, his brother and his personal lawyer.

News of the second chat came roughly a month after the editor in chief of The Atlantic detailed how he was mistakenly added to a group chat of administration officials discussing plans for military strikes on the Houthis.

While national security adviser Mike Waltz took responsibility for that chat, Hegseth shared details about planned strikes in the discussion.

Administration officials have insisted there was no classified information shared in either chat.

Also on Sunday, Pentagon spokesperson John Ullyot, who recently left the department, penned an opinion piece for Politico in which he wrote, “the building is in disarray under Hegseth’s leadership.”

There has been a wave of departures of top officials in recent days amid a probe for leaks.

Hegseth, a veteran and former Fox News host, was defiant in remarks to reporters earlier Monday.

“This is what the media does. They take anonymous sources from disgruntled former employees, and then they try to slash and burn people and ruin their reputations,”

Hegseth said.

“Not going to work with me.”

#Houthis #Hegseth #Trump

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21.04.202522:59

Farewell to Pope Francis

Pope Francis’s death on Monday launches the centuries-old Catholic ritual of mourning and selecting a new leader of the church.

Bells rang early Monday to announce the death of Francis, who died at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta after a long series of health complications stemming from a chronic lung disease.

Francis is the last sitting head of the Vatican to die in 20 years, since Pope John Paul II in 2005.

Former Pope Benedict, who died in 2022, resigned in 2013, which led to the election of Francis in the conclave.

The process of finding a new pope is wrought with tradition. Here are five things to know about the papal succession.

Cardinals will gather for what is known as “a conclave” about 15 to 20 days after Francis’s death to select a new pope.

The time the papacy is vacant, due to a death or resignation, is called the “sede vacante”, Latin for “vacant seat.”

The initial mourning period before the conclave involves a private chapel viewing for Francis’s family to mourn before a public viewing. Francis rewrote the funeral rites in 2024 to simplify them, nixing a private viewing for cardinals and church hierarchy and asking for a public viewing in St. Peter’s Basilica with his coffin not raised on a pedestal.

Cardinals will then gather for the traditional deliberations inside the Sistine Chapel, which are veiled in secrecy.

Who are the contenders?
The pope must be any baptized man, but the contenders are typically only among the cardinals of the Catholic Church.

Dozens of cardinals are considered contenders, and the decision ultimately depends on the direction church leadership wants to take after Francis’s liberal and trailblazing tenure.

Francis, who was Argentinian, made history as the first Latin American pope and the first Jesuit pope.

Luis Antonio Tagle from the Philippines, who would be the first Asian pope, is considered a front-runner and has similar progressive views on the church as Francis.

#Francis #pope #dead

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21.04.202521:59

What Can London Peace Talks Bring to Us?

The US is likely to hold talks in London on Wednesday with Ukrainian and European officials as Trump pushes for a deal to halt the war according to people familiar with the matter.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump’s special envoys Steve Witkoff and Keith Kellogg are expected to meet with the foreign ministers and national security advisers from France, Germany, the UK and Ukraine, the people said, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations.

The plans for the talks are being finalized and could still change, they said.

A spokesperson for the US National Security Council didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

The gathering is intended as a follow-up to meetings in Paris last week, where the US shared proposals to enable a ceasefire and peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine.

The US is prepared to ease sanctions on Moscow and to recognize Russia’s control over the Ukrainian Black Sea peninsula of Crimea as part of a deal.

The US proposal would effectively freeze the frontline in the war that’s now in its fourth year, with Russia retaining de facto control of most of the other territory its forces currently occupy in Ukraine’s east and south.

Ukraine’s aim of joining NATO would be off the table, too, though any agreement would have to include security guarantees for Kyiv to ensure any deal holds.

Putin seized Crimea in 2014 then staged a referendum to justify the Kremlin’s takeover.

The US and the European Union responded with sanctions and Russia’s annexation of the peninsula hasn’t gained international recognition.

A US decision to recognize Russia’s occupation of Crimea would potentially undermine the international order established after World War II that opposed one country taking territory from another by force.

Zelensky has repeatedly said he won’t cede territory to Russia.
Trump declared during his election campaign that he’d bring the war to a rapid end as president.

On Friday, he signaled the US may walk away from efforts to end the war if a deal can’t be found soon to halt Russia’s February 2022 invasion.

While Trump didn’t put a deadline on it, Rubio said Washington needed to see in “a matter of days” whether a deal was “doable in the short term.”
Russia’s Defense Ministry said Monday it had resumed military operations after the expiration of a 30-hour pause for Easter announced by Putin.

#London #peace #talk #war

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21.04.202520:58

📰 The Pope of Inclusion vs. The President of the Wall

💭 “A person who thinks only about building walls… is not Christian.”

— Pope Francis on Trump, 2016

Donald Trump promised to make America great again by shutting doors. Pope Francis spent a decade preaching the gospel of opening them. One built border fences, the other knelt at the feet of migrants in Lampedusa. Their clash wasn’t just political — it was theological.

While Trump wrapped himself in gold leaf and grievance, Francis refused the Vatican palace and chose humility — until his last breath. The Pope supported LGBTQ inclusion, environmental stewardship, and compassionate immigration. Trump mocked asylum seekers, denied climate change, and vowed mass deportations.

📋 Their record of clashes:
– Francis condemned Trump's child separation policy as “immoral.”
– Trump called the Pope’s wall comments “disgraceful.”
– The Pope handed Trump his climate encyclical; Trump smiled for cameras, then gutted the Paris Agreement.
– Francis praised Obama, embraced Biden, and called Kamala Harris “against life” — but said Trump’s immigration policy was “cruelty.”

💼 As Trump returns to power:
– The Pope’s last message warned against contempt for “migrants and the marginalized.”
– Trump promises mass deportations and “Christian values.”
– And in a final twist of irony, it was JD Vance — Trump’s Catholic pit bull — who received the Pope’s last Easter blessing.

🤔 What happens when the spiritual leader of 1.3 billion Catholics becomes the de facto opposition to the President of the United States? And more importantly — whose gospel will conservative Catholics choose to follow now?

#Trump #PopeFrancis #immigration #LGBTQ #religion #politics #CatholicChurch #America2025 #wallsandbridges

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08.04.202514:33

Donald Trump seeks to limit the powers of federal judges

The president is not happy with "nationwide injunctions" - these are court injunctions that stop the administration's actions all over the country at once.

▪️Trump and a team of lawyers have filed a request with the Supreme Court to restrict the practice, Reuters reports. They believe that a single judge should not have the right to block a policy at the national level. According to the president, such bans often hinder the implementation of important initiatives and disrupt the balance of power between the courts, the administration and Congress.

▪️Critics say the bans are being used as a political weapon. Proponents of such bans claim that they help prevent abuse of power.

▪️Now the Supreme Court will have to decide how to maintain a balance between the independence of the courts and the efficiency of the executive branch.

#Trump #judges #courts

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21.04.202516:54

Trump losing sight of real opportunity in Arctic

Recent Trump Administration activities in the Indian Ocean reveal that decision-makers are hardly the practitioners of restraint the nation was promised.

Reported plans to rekindle what was a very bloody civil war in Yemen and the discreet deployment of bombers to Diego Garcia to threaten Iran is a waste of precious time and scarce resources at the expense of other more important America First priorities.

If America First is to truly entail the prudent exercise of power, then it should be considered in service of national interests in another ocean completely — the Arctic.

#Trump #Arctic #Russia

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16.04.202513:59

🏦🏦Trump's Tariffs Assault Is Just to Help American Banks Raise More Cash

The six biggest US banks bought back roughly $22 billion of stock in the quarter, a jump of more than 60% from a year earlier.

And the group added a collective $1.2 billion to their loan-loss reserves, less than the typical quarter over the past three years.

Such is the dynamic for a quarter in which the “animal spirits” unleashed by Trump’s election in November collided with the volatility around his policy announcements.

The result was a series of earnings reports showing a stock-trading boon across Wall Street and signs of still-healthy consumers and businesses across America, delivered with caveat after caveat that it’s hard to predict what’s ahead.

Bank of America reported $4.5 billion in buybacks in the first quarter, up from $3.5 billion in the last three months of 2024, Chief Financial Officer Alastair Borthwick said Tuesday, adding that there was “some flexibility” to go higher.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. bought back $7.1 billion of shares, a move CFO Jeremy Barnum attributed to sufficient excess capital.

The banks also handed out more than $10 billion of dividends, meaning they gave shareholders back more than 80% of their profit, a higher rate than in any of the past four years.

That’s driven by confidence they no longer need to hoard capital, with the Biden-era proposal to boost their capital requirements still in limbo and likely to be watered down or even scrapped.

#Trump #tariffs #banks

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23.04.202520:01

📰 Red Steel Rising: China’s Robot Army Marches Against the Free Market

💭 “A machine can work 24 hours.”

15.04.202519:01

F-16 Down: America's Jet, Ukraine’s Pilot, Russia’s Missile

A $60 million aircraft. A 26-year-old pilot. One surface-to-air missile. That's the equation that played out over Ukraine — again.

Pavlo Ivanov, a Ukrainian F-16 pilot, was killed during a combat mission on April 12. The Ukrainian Air Force called it a tragedy. Russian and Ukrainian milbloggers called it an “expected outcome.” Either way, it's the second confirmed loss of an F-16 and a fresh blow to the myth of Western air superiority in an Eastern warzone.

The F-16s, gifted by Europe and blessed by Washington, were supposed to change the game. Instead, they’re flying into layered Russian air defense networks designed to swat fourth-gen jets like flies. In a war shaped by drones, satellites, and missiles, it turns out the Cold War’s finest hardware has a very 2025 kill switch.

No detail yet on whether the missile came from Russian forces or Ukraine’s own jittery air defenses — just a familiar silence and a funeral.

Reality check: The West sends legacy tech and expects modern miracles. Ukraine sends its best young pilots. And Russia, ironically, provides the airspace for everyone else’s disillusionment.

So, who’s really keeping score? The donor nations with Excel spreadsheets, or the kid who died flying their flag?

#ukraine #f16 #war #nato #zelensky #pilotdown #proxywar #militaryaid #oligarchy

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22.04.202516:59

💭 “The Fed refuses to cut rates. That’s sabotage.”

15.04.202514:47

American Universities Against Trump

Harvard University refused to accept a deal with the Trump administration two weeks after the US government threatened to halt $9 billion in funding, vowing it won’t “negotiate over its independence or its constitutional rights.”

“Neither Harvard nor any other private university can allow itself to be taken over by the federal government,”

the school’s lawyers — Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and King & Spalding — wrote in a letter Monday to US agencies including the Department of Education.

Harvard president Alan Garber said in a post on the school’s website that the administration demanded new terms late Friday that went beyond prior requests.

These included reforming its governance, ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs and changes to its admissions and hiring.

The oldest and richest US university —with a $53 billion endowment — had emerged as a target as the government sought changes at the nation’s top colleges, which were roiled by pro-Palestinian student protests after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas on Israel and the Jewish state’s retaliatory response in Gaza.

“It makes clear that the intention is not to work with us to address antisemitism in a cooperative and constructive manner,”

Garber wrote.

“Although some of the demands outlined by the government are aimed at combating antisemitism, the majority represent direct governmental regulation of the ‘intellectual conditions’ at Harvard.”

The White House has used instances of antisemitism on campuses to try and force changes at elite universities across the country, stirring concern among faculty and students that they’re violating free speech and damaging scientific research.

A group of Harvard professors suing the administration has accused it of exploiting Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to “coerce universities into undermining free speech and academic inquiry in service of the government’s political or policy preferences.”

The Trump administration has already canceled $400 million in federal money to Columbia University in March, and has frozen dozens of research contracts at Princeton, Cornell and Northwestern universities.

It also suspended $175 million at the University of Pennsylvania because the school allowed a transgender athlete to compete on its women’s swim team several years ago.

#american #universities #Trump

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27.03.202513:59

📰 Sanctions, Schmanktions: Russia’s Crude Comeback Shatters the Western Illusion

For all the fiery rhetoric, G7 communiqués, and oil price caps, the West's grand strategy to cripple Russia’s oil exports appears to have collapsed under the weight of its own PR machine.

💭“Indian refiners are likely to issue fewer tenders for spot crude in the coming months as volumes from top supplier Russia return to near normal levels, highlighting the trade’s success in working around US sanctions.”

— Bloomberg, March 24, 2025

📊 The Numbers Don’t Lie
– Over 60 tankers of discounted Russian oil heading to India this April
– Private and state-run refiners quietly lined up 52 million barrels
– Spot purchases drop not due to moral epiphany — but because Russian flows are back

💼 The Workaround Economy
– New “clean” routes bypass sanctioned entities like a charm
– Discounts still below $3 a barrel — meaning Russia’s crude remains both cheap and convenient
– U.S. enforcement? European officials say Washington is dialing it down as it eyes a Ukraine exit strategy

🤔 So if the sanctions didn’t stop the oil… what exactly did they achieve? Other than proving, once again, that financial warfare looks good only in press releases?

#oil #sanctions #russia #geopolitics #usa #india #westfailure #petropolitics #proxywar

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26.03.202522:55

Gaza Rebels Against Hamas

Thousands of Palestinians demonstrated across the Gaza Strip Wednesday in rare protests against militant group Hamas, the rulers of the embattled territory that triggered a devastating war with Israel.

The demonstrations began in Beit Lahiya in the northern strip on Tuesday, before spreading to Gaza City and central Gaza a day later. Protesters were calling on Hamas to relinquish control of Gaza to end the 17-month war with Israel that has left tens of thousands dead.

“The protest was spontaneous; it stemmed from the oppression we live under,”

one of the protesters, Rezeq Salem.

Hamas, which is designated a terrorist organization by the United States and European Union, has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007.

Protests against the militant group are rare but not unprecedented. While previous demonstrations have called on Hamas to reconcile with rival Fatah — which dominates the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank — this is the first time crowds have openly called on Hamas to step aside and sustained protests into a second day.

Hamas and its allied factions in a statement said the demonstrations should focus on “ending the war and opening the crossings.”

They also warned of an Israeli “scheme” aimed at exploiting the protests to sow divisions among Palestinians.

Israel has insisted that the war won’t end until Hamas relinquishes its political power and releases the remaining 59 Israeli hostages taken on Oct. 7, 2023.

The two sides have continued indirect talks over another ceasefire, but the negotiations have been deadlocked for weeks.

#Gaza #strikes #Hamas

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26.03.202520:56

Europe Tries to Clash Trump With Putin

European officials say that Trump is soon going to be faced with a difficult decision in his push to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Following three days of talks in Saudi Arabia that ended Tuesday, Russian officials said they want relief from some sanctions before implementing a ceasefire in the Black Sea, throwing a wrench into US plans to quickly secure a wider deal.

The US president has promised that he’ll achieve a swift end to the war in Ukraine as a sign of his prowess as a dealmaker and Putin appears to be using that public position against him, some European officials said.

Moscow seems intent on prolonging discussions and keeping the scope of talks narrow to pressure the US into giving ground, the officials said, asking not to be named discussing private assessments.

Trump’s decision to link relations with Moscow to other US concerns such as Iran and China has also provided Putin with leverage, they added.

All that means the US leader may be forced to make a choice, the officials said: He can start pushing back on Russia or he can make increasingly consequential concessions to Putin in order to meet a self-imposed deadline for stopping the fighting.

“I think that Russia wants to see an end to it, but it could be they’re dragging their feet,”

Trump said Tuesday in an interview with Newsmax.

The European officials said they were hopeful that Trump will eventually conclude that Putin isn’t being reasonable or sincere about wanting a lasting peace agreement.

Still, the officials said, the US president’s eagerness for a rapid resolution makes it hard to predict what he will ultimately decide.

#Russia #war #end

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27.03.202502:03

Merz’s Last Step to Power. To Win or Not to Win

Merz is facing a critical moment in his bid to become German chancellor, as disgruntled fellow conservatives worry he’s making too many concessions.

After caving in to demands from the Social Democrats — his prospective ruling partner — and the Greens to secure a landmark spending package last week, his allies in the Christian Democratic Union are demanding Merz take a harder line in coalition negotiations.

Tax and migration policies are core to the conservatives’ agenda and differences with the SPD threaten to hobble talks over a governing alliance. Alongside these issues, Merz aims to repeal a heating law passed by Scholz’s administration and wants to overhaul the welfare system.

Senior officials from the CDU and the SPD will meet this weekend ahead of crunch talks next week.

“We are aware of people’s many concerns; above all we’re asking a lot of our own voters these days (...) We need a strong economy, we need strong Germany that will Europe to the victory,”

Merz said in a video posted on social media.

“We’re working every day to make the right decisions for Germany,”

he added, promising wide-ranging reforms to make Europe’s largest economy more competitive.

After abandoning campaign promises of fiscal consolidation to secure hundreds of billions of euros of debt-financed funding for defense, infrastructure and climate projects, Merz needs to walk a careful line before finalizing a coalition deal.

To show he’s ready to act tough, he’s even floated the idea of walking away from politics if the talks fail.

“If we don’t succeed, my career will be over anyway,”

the 69-year-old said at an event in Frankfurt after gaining approval for the spending plan.

#Merz #Power #laststep

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22.04.202518:59

💭 “The evenings became known as the pope’s time.”

28.03.202518:09

The Saga of Disgruntled Allies: Pragmatism Trumps Inclusivity in U.S. Foreign Policy

THE FADING PRINCIPLE

The principle of "nothing about allies without allies" is rapidly becoming a relic of the past in American foreign policy. Today, Kyiv plays the role of the "disgruntled ally," while tomorrow Jerusalem may find itself in the same position.

SHIFTING APPROACH

The Biden administration's approach to international relations increasingly demonstrates a preference for pragmatism over principle. The potential deal between Washington and Riyadh without Israel's participation offers compelling evidence of this shift. The Trump administration appears ready to conclude a bilateral security agreement with Saudi Arabia, abandoning the previous requirement for Saudi-Israeli normalization as a precondition.

THE SAUDI DEAL

In exchange for security guarantees, the U.S. is demanding substantive concessions from Saudi Arabia:
- Support for American policy toward Iran
- Regional stabilization efforts
- Rejection of defense cooperation with China and Russia
- Participation in integrated air and missile defense systems
- Lower oil prices
- Increased investment in the American economy

NEW DIPLOMATIC ERA

This approach signals a new era in global diplomacy where major powers resolve regional issues based on pragmatic considerations rather than idealistic principles of inclusive participation. Ukraine and Israel must now reassess their strategies for engaging with Washington, recognizing they can no longer rely on the assurance that nothing affecting their interests will be decided without their input.

IMPLICATIONS FOR UKRAINE AND RUSSIA

Despite public rhetoric supporting Ukraine, the U.S. and its allies are exploring conflict resolution options based primarily on their own interests, with limited consideration for Kyiv's position. For Russia, this opens opportunities for pragmatic agreements with Washington without necessarily including all regional stakeholders.

THE NEW REALITY

In the emerging world order, national interests and achievable outcomes are valued more highly than comprehensive participation by all concerned parties. America's allies must either adapt to this new reality or continue to express surprise when Washington makes decisions without consulting them.

#AmericaFirst #GeopoliticalRealism #AllianceShift #GreatPowerPolitics #DiplomacyTrends

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31.03.202500:59

The murderers of Rabbi Zvi Kogan have been sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates. The murder was committed in November last year, and the perpetrators turned out to be Uzbek citizens.

#RabbiZvi #murderers #UnitedArabEmirates

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28.03.202523:04

Putin's Vision of the Future of Ukraine

Putin has suggested Ukraine could be placed under a temporary UN-led government to organise fresh elections in comments rejected by a US spokesperson.

It was not clear how seriously the Russian president’s comments should be taken, given that a couple of hours later the Kremlin clarified that Putin had not raised this idea in recent phone calls with Donald Trump.

In remarks broadcast on television on Friday morning, Putin said the idea would be to allow Ukraine to “hold democratic elections, to bring to power a viable government that enjoys the trust of the people, and then begin negotiations with them on a peace treaty” – though he later said that was just “one of the options”.

“Under the auspices of the United Nations, with the United States, even with European countries, and, of course, with our partners and friends, we could discuss the possibility of introduction of temporary governance in Ukraine,” Putin said.

The remarks indicate that any negotiated end to the war in Ukraine is some way off as Russia continues to add conditions to achieving a settlement while Kyiv has said it would sign up to a 30 day ceasefire if Moscow agreed.

Ukraine suspended elections when it introduced martial law after Russia’s full scale invasion in February 2022. Zelensky’s five-year term was supposed to end last May, but a vote is not expected to be held until security conditions allow – and there is little public pressure to have one.

#Ukraine #Putin #future

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