(2025-09-02). Germany Wants to Support Ukraine by Cutting Social Spending and Dismantling the Welfare State. globalresearch.ca By cutting social spending, the European Union, especially Germany, aims to free up resources to increase its defense budget and break the impasse it has found itself in by supporting Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, which has exposed its …
(2025-09-02). Putin Backs Ukraine's Bid to Join EU — But Still Bars NATO Path. moderndiplomacy.eu NEWS BRIEF: Russian President Vladimir Putin stated he does not oppose Ukraine joining the European Union but reiterated strong opposition to NATO membership. He expressed openness to cooperation with the U.S. on nuclear safety and suggested potential consensus on security guarantees for Ukraine. WHAT HAPPENED: WHY IT MATTERS: IMPLICATIONS: This briefing is based on information …
(2025-09-02). Ukraine denies role in alleged plot to assassinate PUK leader. newarab.com 
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(2025-09-02). EU now openly advocates perpetual conflict in NATO-occupied Ukraine. infobrics.org At the very beginning of the special military operation (SMO), President Vladimir Putin made it perfectly clear that the Kremlin won't tolerate anyone's direct involvement. He is yet to change his stance on the matter, meaning that no EU/NATO so-called "peacekeeping" forces will be allowed to deploy anywhere in former Ukraine. Unless these troops really want to get obliterated by Russian hypersonics, that is.
(2025-09-02). Asia Is Stirring. China Is Building Up Diplomacy. globalresearch.ca While we're still trying to make sense of the Putin-Trump Summit in Alaska, things are escalating contrary to expectations. | The Europeans, the US's satellites, and the UK are doing everything in their power to fuel the war in Ukraine. | While …
(2025-09-02). Ukraine's Weapons Factories Are Sheltering Behind Civilians. globalresearch.ca The recent bombings of civilian areas in Ukraine were not a targeted crime by Russia but the result of the deliberate locating of arms factories in residential areas. | The former Ukrainian MP Ihor Mosiychuk has confirmed that the weapons factories …
(2025-09-02). News X World: Interview on European intentions to send troops to Ukraine. gilbertdoctorow.com News X World has just sent me the link to a video interview recorded on the first day of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit. The topic was not the summit but instead European plans to send troops to Ukraine. I come in at minute 2.50 Have a listen… I note that the past couple of …
(2025-09-02). Trump Again Suggests He Could Back European Troops in Ukraine With Air Power as Part of a Security Guarantee. news.antiwar.com President Trump suggested in an interview with the Daily Caller published on Tuesday that he would be willing to back a European troop deployment in Ukraine as part of a security guarantee for a potential future peace deal, an arrangement Russia has made clear it would never accept. Trump was asked if he was considering …
(2025-09-02). German Defense Minister Criticizes von der Leyen's Talk of Sending Troops to Ukraine. news.antiwar.com On Monday, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius strongly criticized European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's comments about European plans to deploy troops to Ukraine. Pistorius said that it was "fundamentally wrong" to discuss the troop deployment before Ukraine and Russia hold peace negotiations. "The European Union has no responsibilities and no competences when it …
(2025-09-02). Russia signs up to vast new China pipeline but price unclear. moderndiplomacy.eu BackgroundRussia and China have deepened their energy partnership since Western sanctions hit Moscow over the Ukraine war. The Power of Siberia 2 pipeline has long been under discussion as a new link to deliver Russian gas to China. What HappenedRussia agreed to boost natural gas supplies to China and signed a memorandum on building the …
(2025-09-02). Zelensky to meet EU leaders in Paris. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – The Ukrainian presidency revealed that Volodymyr Zelenskyy is set to meet European leaders and politicians in the French capital, Paris, on Thursday.According to Mykhailo Podolyak, an advisor to the head of Zelensky's office, who wrote on social media, Zelensky is set to hold talks with President of the European Commission Von der Leyen, Secretary General of NATO, Mark Rutte, Chancellor of Germany, Friedrich Merz, and Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister of the UK, in Paris.He added, "There are two parallel processes underway. The first is a situational attempt to stop the war, with the United States and p…
(2025-09-02). Zelensky behind Parubiy's death – former Ukrainian MP. infobrics.org Rather than a Russian plot, the Ukrainian fascist politician appears to have been eliminated by domestic agents.
(2025-09-02). Neo-Nazis And Racist Rallies: Why It's Important The Australian Media Call Them For What They Are. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | If there was any doubt about neo-Nazi leader Thomas Sewell's racist and anti-democratic attitudes, they were dispelled on the morning of September 2 when he gatecrashed a …
(2025-09-02). How Australia's Anti-Immigration Rallies Were Amplified Online By The Global Far Right. menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | Over the weekend, rallies were staged across various Australian cities under the branding March for Australia . The rallies, which were attended by avowed neo-Nazis and …
(2025-09-02). Russia's GPS Interference: Do I Need To Worry When Flying? menafn.com (MENAFN – The Conversation) | On Sunday, a plane carrying European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen was reportedly forced to land in Bulgaria using paper maps after its GPS navigation systems were …
(2025-09-02). New Türkiye alliance: Greece-Israel. unitedworldint.com/feed/ Steps taken within the EU and NATO, military and defense industry partnerships, energy, economic, and diplomatic cooperation. By Adem Kƒ±lƒ±àß, Political Scientist The process that began on October 7, 2023, with Hamas's "Aksa Tufanƒ±" operation and continued with Israel's extensive attacks that turned into a genocidal war against Gaza, has led to new deep fractures …
(2025-09-02). Josh Hawley's 'huge win' will be a big loss for clean energy — and ratepayers. grist.org It's only been a few weeks since the Trump administration and lawmakers like Missouri Senator Josh Hawley succeeded in derailing the Grain Belt Express, a high-voltage transmission line that would have brought clean energy to much of the upper Midwest. It's not clear whether the project will go forward, but it's already clear that people will pay more for electricity as a result — and nowhere is that more clear than in Missouri. | The Grain Belt Express would have carried 5,000 megawatts of wind power from Kansas across Missouri and Illinois into Indiana. The 800-mile project, slated to cost $11 billion…
(2025-09-02). Greek Countryside at Risk. counterpunch.org 
Threatening Greek peasants On April 15, 2025, the appointed president of Greece issued an order that is bound to have serious, nay, potentially catastrophic consequence on the countryside of Greece. The executive order says that any village of less than 2,000 inhabitants must accommodate with houses and schools at least 100 foreign legal or illegal