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By Rhod Mackenzie

While Donald Trump was lashing out at China for allegedly not appreciating his kindness and not honoring the agreement to temporarily reduce sky-high tariffs, Emmanuel Macron was speaking in Singapore. If his visit to Vietnam was overshadowed by being  slapped around the face in...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Finland has woken up to the realities of its Russaphobia, its joining of NATO and then deciding to close its border with Russia andalso  cut its trade ties.
Following the closure of the border with Russia, the Finnish side of the territory has fallen into recession due to lack o...

By Rhod Mackenzie

the EU puts duties  Russian fertilisers this will cause food shortages, rising  prices and farm bankruptsies
The  EU imposing duties on Russian and belarussian fertilisers  will cause consumers  in the European Union to face "Rising food prices caused by the  large-scale by farm...

By Rhod Mackenzie

As Russia and Ukraine begin their first talks in three years, the European Union has decided to tighten its sanctions against Moscow. Brussels is now threatening to impose significant restrictions on Russian oil, gas and financial sectors. Plus, the EU is contemplating the implem...

By Rhod Mackenzie

Approximately three dozen heads of state from all around the world attended the celebrations to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Great Patriotic War. The attendees included representatives from China, Brazil, Egypt, Cuba, Venezuela, Vietnam, Mongolia, Armenia, Bela...

By Rhod Mackenzie

On early Monday Vladimir Putin proposed the resumption of talks on Ukraine in Istanbul. His initiative has been met with approval by both Donald Trump and Tayyip Erdogan. So what the proposal is based on and why does it makes the ultimatums issued by the European "coalition of...