Knowing well in advance that Russia would reject it, the U.S. and Ukraine announced with fanfare that its ceasefire deal was in “Russia’s court” in what was an exercise of pure public relations, writes Joe Lauria.
Exclusive: Victoria Nuland and Robert Kagan have a great mom-and-pop business going. From the State Department, she generates wars and from op-ed pages he demands Congress buy more weapons. There’s a pay-off, too, as grateful military contractors kick in money to think tanks where other Kagans work, writes Robert Parry.
By Robert Parry*
CoreLogic’s preliminary auction results reported a clearance rate of 71.4% for Sydney. This was the sixth consecutive week that the preliminary clearance rate was above 70%. The following chart shows the strong rebound in final Sydney clearance rates since the beginning of the year. Sydney’s final auction clearance rate has rebounded from an average of
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said it is in "Australia's national interest" to stand with Ukraine following a virtual meeting with other world leaders designed to drum up support for ceasefire discussions.
US bombs Yemen: As it happenedThe US president has ordered a “powerful military action” against the Yemeni-based Houthi militants
Dozens of people were killed or injured after the US launched a major airstrike campaign against Yemeni-based Houthi militants, with President Donald Trump personally observing the operation as it unfolded.
In trying to understand US President Donald Trump, the proposition has been put that he is sultanistic. In many respects, Trump’s second presidency does appear to be “sultanistic”.
Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has claimed that Kiev has received widespread applause from its Western backers over its handling of the recent talks with the US in Saudi Arabia. The diplomatic success, he stated, puts Russia in a difficult situation that could be hard to “wiggle out of.”
During a meeting in Jeddah on Tuesday, the Ukrainian delegation agreed to a US-proposed 30-day ceasefire.
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6:00 – Polls have just closed for the by-election for the New South Wales state seat of Port Macquarie, covering one of the larger regional cities on the mid north coast.
I’m out tonight so probably won’t be live-blogging much, but you can discuss the results here and I might drop in a little bit.
Gunnamatta.Molva · 2025 March 14 Ben Aris and Gunnamatta Russia Ukraine and Europe Ben Aris is the Editor in Chief of BNE Intellinews, (bneeditor at Twitter), and he has been reporting on Russia and the former Soviet Union, with a focus on business, finance and economics since the 1990s. In that time he
The face ripper is here as DXY falls and EUR rises. AUD to the moon! Lead boots are heavy. Base metals sold the fact. RIO’s copper is opening jaws to BHP. EM meh. Junk firmed. Bad new for all. Yields up as Germany’s Merz got his fiscal deal. Stocks to the moon! Three points of
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HAVING BEEN A FOLLOWER OF PETER SELLERS SINCE THE 1960s AND USING THE GOON SHOW REPEATS ON BBC (ONE?) TO SHARPEN MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND ITS HUMOUR — I HAVE RECENTLY DISCOVERED A LITTLE GEM FROM THE MASTER OF BUMBLING ALONG.