(2025-08-13). News X World: World Report Trump Putin Summit 12 August 2025. gilbertdoctorow.com I have not appeared on News X World (not to be confused with a competing Indian broadcaster, News X) for a couple of months because our schedules did not mesh. However, when the production team finally did reach me yesterday for an interview on the current state of the Russia-Ukraine war ahead of the Alaska …
(2025-08-13). Trump expects 'feel-out meeting'. ecns.cn US President Donald Trump said on Monday that his upcoming meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday in Alaska will be a "feel-out meeting" as European countries stressed that Ukraine must be able to "choose its destiny".
(2025-08-13). Expert breaks down possible scenarios for the West in Ukraine conflict. eng.belta.by Proxy wars are nothing new, but when proxy forces become exhausted and | face defeat, their sponsors face a dilemma: intervene directly and risk | total failure, or admit defeat, Ukrainian lawyer and blogger Tatiana | Montyan said in a new episode of the V Teme [On Point] project on…
(2025-08-13). Trump and Putin in Alaska: A Summit Steeped in History, Energy and Strategy. moderndiplomacy.eu With U.S.—Russia relations strained by the war in Ukraine and ongoing sanctions, and a global energy market still shaped by both nations' oil and gas power, the August 15 meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska carries symbolic weight far beyond its agenda. If the two leaders meet as planned, it will be …
(2025-08-13). China supports all efforts conducive to the peaceful settlement of Ukraine crisis: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn China supports all efforts conducive to the peaceful settlement of the Ukraine crisis, and is glad to see Russia and the U.S. keep in contact, improve their relations, and advance the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian at a regular press conference on Tuesday.
(2025-08-13). American Economic Sanctions on Russia: A Comprehensive Analysis of Economic Impacts and Strategic Implications. albawaba.com Dr. Gil FeilerEconomic sanctions have become a cornerstone of American foreign policy, representing a middle ground between diplomatic protest and military intervention. The relationship between the United States and Russia has been particularly characterized by cycles of sanctions imposition and removal, reaching unprecedented levels following Russia's actions in Crimea (2014) and subsequent military operations in Ukraine (2022). As of August 2025, the sanctions regime against Russia represents the most comprehensive economic pressure campaign in modern history, with continuing evolution and adaptation on both s…
(2025-08-13). Russian MFA: EU is sabotaging Washington and efforts to resolve Ukraine crisis. eng.belta.by "While Europeans pay lip service to supporting Washington and Moscow's diplomatic efforts to resolve the Ukraine crisis, in practice the European Union is sabotaging them," the diplomat said.
(2025-08-13). Will The United States Invade Mexico? popularresistance.org Donald Trump is proving time and again to foreign leaders that counting on friendly relations is senseless. Most recently, India, Canada, Ukraine, and Brazil discovered that, contrary to expectations, Trump is not influenced by historical ties or long-term common interests. He will treat them like adversaries if there is immediate advantage to doing so. Now Mexico joins the list. | Trump has long had the idea of pursuing drug dealers into Mexico. The New York Times reports that he has signed a secret directive to the Pentagon that could lead to the dispatch of US air and ground forces into Mexico, or other countr…
(2025-08-13). European leaders to hold Ukraine summit before Trump-Putin meet. newarab.com 
European leaders will hold online talks with US President Donald Trump on Wednesday, hoping to convince him to respect Ukraine's interests when he discusses the war with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday. | German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has invited Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky as well as the French, British and other European leaders and the heads of the EU and NATO to an afternoon video conference. | They are then expected to talk to Trump and Vice President JD Vance in a second round of the conference call. | The Trump-Putin meeting on Friday ⚪ their first since Russia launched its fu…
(2025-08-13). Trump floats meeting with Russian president and Zelensky if initial Putin talks go well. dawn.com 
United States President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that if his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin goes well, he would like to have a quick second meeting between Putin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and himself. | "If the first one goes okay, we'll have a quick second one," Trump told reporters. "I would like to do it almost immediately, and we'll have a quick second meeting between President Putin and President Zelensky and myself, if they'd like to have me there." | Trump did not provide a timeframe for a second meeting. He is to meet Putin in Anchorage, Alaska on Friday. | Trump also sa…
(2025-08-13). Saturday 9/27: SF's Chinatown "Autumn Moon Festival" (Sept. 27-28) + 2025 Grand Parade. indybay.org Chinatown | Grant Ave and Washington St…
(2025-08-13). Khrenin: International observers, including from NATO countries, invited to monitor Zapad 2025. eng.belta.by International observers, including representatives from NATO countries, have been invited to monitor the joint Belarusian-Russian strategic exercise Zapad 2025 to be held in Belarus on 12-16 September, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said.
(2025-08-13). Delta Caucus calls on Legislature to again reject Newsom plan to fast-track Delta Tunnel. indybay.org "The Legislature rightly rejected the governor's ill-conceived plan to fast-track the Delta Tunnel Project in June and should reject it again," said Delta Caucus co-chairs, Senator Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, and Assemblywoman Lori D. Wilson, D-Suisun City…
(2025-08-13). Debunking the Myths About Mamdani's Candidacy. counterpunch.org 
Zohran Mamdani's remarkable campaign for New York mayor has left the Democratic party deeply divided. Moderates and conservatives like James Carville and Chris Cuomo — brother of Mamdani's reading rival, former governor Andrew Cuomo — have all but denounced the 33-year old stature senator as a far-left lunatic that will doom the party's chances of