Новости за 24.02.2017

The war party is back in power and the odds of normal relations with Russia have dropped to zero. The appointment of Army Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster to the position of national security adviser indicates that...

By Ryan McMaken* In the days following the 2016 election, there were already worrying signs that the Trump administration didn’t merely view the War on Drugs as a useful source of rhetoric to please some Conservatives....

The ACLU continues its war on Catholic health care, this time in Peoria, Illinois. The ACLU objects to the fact that federally funded Heartland Health Services leases two of its four clinics from OSF Saint...

As was predicted in Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, the Elite have a vested interest in keeping their subjugated populace drugged to the maximum extent possible so that they do not ever wake from their...

Turkmenistan has 20+ trillion cubic meters of proven natural gas deposits. Annual gas production is around 60 bcm, where 20 bcm is used in domestic consumption. In the past, neighboring countries Russia and Iran bought...

Fake news has become a great problem in our life. The more so, as questionable news and lack of clarity can seriously influence society and bring chaos to the minds of ordinary people. Last week...

President Donald Trump intends to keep his promises to the American people, from securing the border and fighting terrorism, to rebuilding US industry and the country’s military, he told the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)...

Supersonic passenger airplanes are another step closer to reality as NASA and Lockheed Martin begin the first high-speed wind tunnel tests for the Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) X-plane preliminary design at NASA’s Glenn Research Center...

Donald Trump has faced a fusillade of domestic and international criticism leveled at his attempt to ban citizens of seven Muslim majority countries from entering the United States. But Trump’s US is not the first...

What Netanyahu and Trump have demonstrated during their press conference was that both seem to revel in illusions where they find a zone of real comfort, while leaving Israelis and Palestinians to an uncertain and...

By Gurmeet Kanwal* In the budget for the Financial Year (FY) 2017-18, presented in the Indian parliament on 1 February 2017, the Indian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has been allotted INR 2,74,114 crore, excluding the...

By Ashok Sajjanhar India’s Foreign Secretary Dr S. Jaishankar will be heading to Beijing for the first Strategic Dialogue with his Chinese counterpart Executive Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui on  Wednesday, February 22.  The decision...

By Michael Lelyveld Thanks to government policies, China leads the world in production of new energy vehicles (NEVs), but a crackdown on fraud suggests that subsidies may be adding to industrial overcapacity instead of putting...

(RFE/RL) — US President Donald Trump says he wants to boost the U.S. nuclear arsenal to ensure it is at the “top of the pack.” Trump, in a wide-ranging interview with Reuters on February 23,...

By Thomas J. Shattuck* (FPRI) — After challenging the “One China” policy—the bedrock of Sino-American relations—during his transition period, President Donald Trump accepted the long-standing position in a phone call with President Xi Jinping of...

By Michael P. Noonan* (FPRI) — Much has been made about President Trump’s selection of Army Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster as his new National Security Advisor. Aside from the potential hiccup wherein the Senate will...

Morocco and Guinea continue to reinforce their strong diplomatic and bilateral relations. King Mohammed VI is paying a friendly and working visit to Guinea. At the presidential palace in Conakry, the Moroccan monarch and President...

The largely successful bilateral summit between Japan and the US points to the ability of the longstanding alliance to ride out a few diplomatic storms. However, lingering uncertainties highlight the need for Japan to continue...

Before making their home in Damascus, Gabe Huck and Theresa Kubasak had regularly visited Baghdad and other Iraqi cities, where they developed lasting friendships and deepened cultural awareness. Iraq was steadily deteriorating under thirteen years...

By Emanuel L. Paparella, Ph.D.* We still hear die-hard protestations of “fake news!” by assorted politicians (including President Trump, of course), journalists, and political pundits on the Flynn-Russia affair. They seem to have that denial...

A Washington State University study of the chemistry of technetium-99 has improved understanding of the challenging nuclear waste and could lead to better cleanup methods. The work is reported in the journal Inorganic Chemistry. It...

Former IMF chief Rodrigo Rato was handed a jail sentence of four years and six months Thursday, February 23 for misusing funds when he was the boss of two Spanish banks, AFP reports. Spain’s National...

Climate change from political and ecological standpoints is a constant in the media and with good reason, said a Texas A&M AgriLife Research scientist, but proof of its impact is sometimes found in unlikely places....

By Phil Harris With the global arms trade having reached its highest level since the end of the Cold War, the United States leads the list of countries transferring major weapons, and flows have increased...

Iranian Supreme Leader’s Address to the Sixth International Conference in Support of the Palestinian Intifada. Before I begin my speech, I would like to remind the audience that today is the martyrdom anniversary of Malcolm...