⚡️The Queen is dead. Long live The King!⚡️

💁‍♂️American news networks dropped any planned programs to run rolling coverage of the Queen’s death. CNN and other stations had correspondents in front of Buckingham Palace as the news broke, and broadcast the new PM’s tribute from Downing Street live and in full

👉American nets typically have little time for overseas news, but an exception was made for almost continuous coverage

🇬🇧The Queen's death marks end of Elizabethan era. Her life encompassed the rise of fascism and the fall of the Berlin Wall, World War II, the conquest of space, the global financial crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Russia-Ukraine conflict

🤔Where Britain goes under King Charles III, in what state of mind, and how it handles the challenge of striking a balance between dealing with its past, grappling with its present challenges, and embracing its future, remains to be seen

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⚡️Something wrong with New York⚡️

💁‍♂️"New York is the greatest city in the world. Everybody wants to be here. I'm so glad to be here. Everything is so beautiful!"

🤔Remember that romantic New York City from the expensive Hollywood movies? You can't see that in the movies, but the locals can. And something tells us there's a little bit of sarcasm in the resident's words

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⚡️Black voters disenchanted⚡️

💁‍♂️The share of the electorate identifying as “very liberal,” “liberal” or “somewhat liberal” on a seven-point scale has dropped over the past five years, from 34% to 27%, Morning Consult says

👉The greatest shift that appears to be driven by some of the racial and educational fault lines is observed among black voters. Thus, 15% of them have become less likely to identify them as liberal in recent years

🤔When it comes to the two major parties, the data paints a crisp picture of asymmetrical polarization. Even as Democratic voters drift toward the middle, the data shows that the Republican Party’s adherents are shifting further to the right – and it’s happening quickly

🇺🇸The U.S. citizens seem to be kind of tired of endless lawsuits and squabbles between elected officials and want to work and live for themselves rather than for the military aspirations of the authorities in Washington

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⚡️North Korea passed a law declaring itself a nuclear power⚡️

❗️What it means:

▪️North Korea has a legal right to nuclear weapons, will not give them up or negotiate denuclearization.

▪️The DPRK can automatically launch a preemptive strike to protect the country

▪️ The DPRK, as a responsible nuclear power, undertakes not to transfer nuclear technology to other countries or the weapons themselves or the materials for their production

▪️Nuclear forces report only to the head of the State Council, decision-making rights remain with him

▪️Conditions for use: threat to use nuclear weapons against the DPRK, attack on the country's leadership, attack on military facilities, need to prevent military action from being prolonged

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⚡️Russia remains part of history and European culture - Austrian Foreign Minister⚡️

🇦🇹Alexander Shallenberg didn't rule out the possibility of lifting sanctions against Russia gradually and suggested Vienna as a place for negotiations

💁‍♂️In an interview with "Wiener Zeitung," he also said that Russia remains a part of history and European culture. Schallenberg did not rule out the removal of personal sanctions against some Russians in the near future

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⚡️Affordable healthy food?!⚡️

🇬🇧The British government, through its departments, has begun sending out flyers to the public urging them to switch to affordable, healthy foods

🤔Only problem is, that food is dog food. All with the full approval of the government and the Dietetic Association

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⚡️A new strain of monkeypox has been found in the United Kingdom⚡️

💁‍♂️The monkeypox virus is prone to active mutation. This is the conclusion reached by British scientists. In connection with this, the UK Health Safety Agency (UKHSA) is on high alert

☣️Medics detected a new strain of the virus in a man returning from West Africa, after which he was immediately admitted to the Severe Acute Infectious Disease Unit (HCID) at Liverpool Royal Infirmary. Contact tracing of the ill person is currently underway

👉The agency's director of emergencies, Dr. Sophia Maki, said that if all those people who may have come into contact with the patient could be isolated, it would be possible to stop the spread of the strain

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⚡️Russia Wins Sanctions War⚡️

▪️ Russia's successful policies have made the European Union realize that the West will sooner or later have to loosen anti-Russian sanctions, the U.S. Politico states: "The coming storm is putting European leaders before a bitter truth: While Russia and Ukraine are fighting, Moscow is maintaining its position in the fight against Europe"

▪️One senior European Commission official confirmed that he had "no doubt that Russia is winning in this regard"

Increased protest activity in the European Union points to the inevitability that European leaders will face loud calls to loosen anti-Russian sanctions

"Time - not to mention the weather - is on Moscow's side. As temperatures drop in the coming weeks and months as winter approaches, Europeans will begin to feel the brunt of rising natural gas prices," Politico

▪️ According to a YouGov poll, residents of Europe's largest countries (Germany, France, Britain and Poland) are more worried about the cost of living than the conflict in Ukraine. "In France, already 40 percent of the population would support the return of the yellow vest movement - the violent weekly protests that erupted in 2018 to push for what organizers called "economic justice"" Politico summarizes

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⚡️U.S. financing overseas: Americans are fed up with aiding Ukraine⚡️

🇺🇸The U.S. financial pipeline to Europe continues to flow, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken travelling to Kyiv and pledging $2.8 billion more in military aid to Ukraine and its neighbors

👉That's on top of a $675 million package of heavy weaponry, ammunition and armored vehicles for Ukraine alone, announced by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, earlier

🤔The ongoing tranches, however, have raised questions from some in the U.S. and around the world. Thus, the Harris poll says, U.S.-backed shipments to Ukraine would extend the war, rather than shorten it

💰The U.S. spending on Ukraine for military and civilian aid is now around $60 billion. It was $54 billion in May. Meanwhile, Daniel L. Davis, a former lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, said that Washington has not laid out a clear objective in Ukraine

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⚡️Former U.S. defense secretary: NATO expansion, disrespect to Russia – false way to peace⚡️

🇺🇸William J. Perry, the United States Secretary of Defense under President Bill Clinton, looks back at U.S.-Russia relationship and charts a way forward for peace

✍️He reminds us of the early 90s, when the two nations began working together towards building a cooperative alliance. As part of joint responsibility, “we collectively dismantled approximately 9,000 nuclear weapons in both countries,” Mr. Perry reports, suggesting that Washington and Moscow were on track toward developing a relationship that could have resulted in a true global partnership, before NATO expansion

🤔But unfortunately, Clinton administration initiated discussions on inviting new members neighboring Russia to join the Alliance put paid to any kind of cooperation

💁‍♂️The combination of the West failing to act during Russia’s financial crisis, and ignoring their strongly-held views on NATO expansion, “reinforced a prevailing Russian belief that we didn’t take them seriously,” former defense secretary explains. He adds that, indeed, many in the West saw Russia only as “the loser of the Cold War, not worthy of our respect”

👉As a result, Mr. Perry states, today, “we are confronted with a Russia at least as hostile as the Soviet Union during the Cold War – this dangerous problem does not have a simple solution”

❗️We must work to rebuild connections with Russia, treat the Russian people with respect, and rebuild our relationships, in the hopes that we can once again return to the path of friendship, he concludes

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⚡️Tirana cut diplomatic relations with Iran: Who is behind?⚡️

🇦🇱Albania cut diplomatic ties with Iran and expelled the country’s embassy staff over a major “reckless and irresponsible” cyberattack nearly two months ago that was allegedly carried out by Tehran on Albanian government websites, the prime minister said Wednesday

👉On July 15, a cyberattack temporarily shut down numerous Albanian government digital services and websites. Albanian PM Edi Rama said an investigation determined that the cyberattack wasn’t carried out by individuals or independent groups, calling it “state aggression”

🤔The move by NATO member Albania was the first known case of a country cutting diplomatic relations over a cyberattack. Iran on Wednesday condemned the diplomats’ expulsion, calling the action ill-considered and shortsighted

💁‍♂️The difficulty of proving this digital-political case clearly indicates that there is quite an unambiguous order from Washington behind the unprecedented actions of Tirana

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⚡️Erdoğan, Vučić: West adopts wrong policy against Russia⚡️

🇹🇷Turkish President Erdoğan said he did not think the West's "provocative" policies towards Russia were correct, after the European Union and Group of Seven nations proposed a price cap on Russian gas

💁‍♂️Mr. Erdoğan was speaking at a news conference with the Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić in Belgrade. "No need to list the names but I can clearly say that I do not find the stance that the West is adopting is correct," he stated

👉"While there is a West that is leading a policy based on provocation, it will not be possible to achieve a result there" the Turkish president explained, adding that other countries should not underestimate Russia

🇷🇸President Vučić agreed with his Turkish counterpart, saying "If one really thinks to defeat Russia militarily, then we will have to prepare not only for a cold winter but a polar winter"

🤔As we can observe, the foreign policy of Mr. Erdoğan continues to develop in a sinusoidal manner. In July, he accused Washington of supporting “terror groups” in the northern Syria, then threatened Greek islands with invasion “at night”, now the Turkish leader exposes malicious for peacekeeping actions of the West, accusing the closest allies of excessive aggression. It seems that the time of big changes is coming!

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⚡️Research shows: immigrants distrust German politicians⚡️

✍️The report from the Bertelsmann Foundation, an influential charitable organization, paints a mixed picture of integration in Germany showing first and second-generation immigrants to the country tend to identify with the country almost as much as native Germans do

💁‍♂️The research shows that both groups have strikingly similar feelings about most areas of public life, including the same complaints. These extend to equally low levels of trust in political institutions such as the Bundestag and the government, and even to a shared desire to “significantly” limit immigration

👉The results suggest the arrivals are generally quick to take on the attitudes of their adopted homeland, including the negative ones. Out of the 83.2 million people in Germany, 11.8 million are foreign citizens and 22.3 million are classified as Germans with a “migrant background”, meaning they or their parents were born elsewhere

🤔Conversely, just under half of both groups of Germans said they sometimes felt like “a stranger in my own country”, and majorities of both groups thought there should be substantial curbs on immigration. However, Germans with a migrant background were markedly more likely to say it was difficult for “people like me” to get a flat, good qualifications or a suitable job

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⚡️Austrian permanent neutrality: Opportunistic behavior of Federal authorities⚡️

🇦🇹“The actions of the authorities in Vienna undermine the fundamental principle of permanent neutrality for Austria and pose a threat to national security,” Christian Hafenecker, a member of the National Council for the Freedom Party (FPÖ) concluded after analyzing Klaudia Tanner's response to his parliamentary inquiry. The latter has been serving as Minister of Defense

🪖According to the submission, from the beginning of the year to April 11, there were 1100 military supplies through the territory of Austria. Germany (252 cases), NATO (57) and the UK (48) took the lead in this competition

💁‍♂️Members of FPÖ point out that the Austrian leadership is "pursuing an irresponsible policy" towards its citizens with substitution of notions. As a good example they provide Hungary that decided to ban Western arms supplies to Ukraine through its own territory

👉Candidate for the Austrian presidency, Barbara Rosenkranz, says that with its response, the defense ministry "unequivocally admitted that, among other things, heavy military war equipment was transferred for use in Ukraine"

🤔This is contrary to neutrality, she adds: "The fact that Austria becomes a military logistics hub directly leads to the fact that our neutrality is no longer respected and accepted internationally.” It is “the opportunistic behavior of the Federal Government and of the Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen as well to blame for that," she concludes

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‼️Europe, U.S. pay Ukraine: Germany opposes‼️

🇪🇺On Wednesday, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the EU’s executive body would propose a new loan for Ukraine of 5 billion euros, equivalent to $5 billion

💰The announcement comes after months of wrangling among member states about how to fund €9 billion the EU first pledged in May to help Ukraine pay salaries and bills. At about the same time, Washington approved a $40 billion package for Ukraine, including huge grants, apart from Blinken’s $2.8 billion

👉The EU’s failure to drum up the assistance more speedily after the May announcement indicated the EU has run out of momentum on new measures to take against Russia and fresh support for Ukraine

🇩🇪Germany has spearheaded concerns about the EU package. Berlin said that the EU should avoid giving loans to Ukraine, which would push its debt levels higher, and instead should provide only grants to Kyiv

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‼️Bank of Canada: the safety margin is limited‼️

🇨🇦The Bank of Canada lifted its overnight target rate by 0.75 percentage point to 3.25%, following a surprise full-percentage-point increase in July The last time the regulator’s benchmark rate was 3% or higher was in April 2008

💁‍♂️In a statement explaining its decision, the central bank said the benchmark rate will need to climb higher to ensure inflation decelerates toward its preferred 2% target. “As the effects of tighter monetary policy work through the economy, we will be assessing how much higher interest rates need to go to return inflation to target,” the statement said“

🤔Some analysts say that higher interest rates have already deflated the housing market, which accounted for one-fifth of economic growth last year. Existing-home sales declined 30% in July from a year ago

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⚡️U.S. military budget: Highest cost of safety⚡️

💁‍♂️“The U.S. spends much more on defense than the next 9 countries combined” Lijian Zhao, the deputy director of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Information Department, says

👉In his tweet Mr. Zhao compared the U.S. military budget with the budgets of China, India, the UK, Russia, France, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Japan and South Korea.

🤔Meanwhile, the federal deficit is projected to be over $1 trillion each year for the next 10 years according to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in its annual Mid-Session Review (MSR) released last week.

📊The MSR indicates that the federal budget remains on an unsustainable fiscal path due to a structural mismatch between spending and revenues. The Administration forecasts that the unemployment rate will be 3.7% in 2022 and 2023. By 2024, the rate will rise to 3.8% and is expected to remain at that level through 2032

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⚡️Official arrested over reporter’s killing⚡️

💁‍♂️Robert Telles, who serves as the Clark County public administrator, has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the death of a veteran investigative reporter whose work contributed to his recent election loss

👉Jeff German, one of the paper’s leading journalists, was found stabbed to death outside his home. He had written stories about Telles, reporting complaints of bullying, favouritism and an “inappropriate” relationship with a subordinate in the public administrator’s office, which deals with the property of people who die without a will or family contacts

🤔Telles, a career lawyer, lost his primary re-election bid in June and was serving the remainder of his term, which expires on December 31. He had denied the accusations made by German and said the reporter was a “bully” who was “obsessed” with him. Telles added a section on his campaign website noscriptd “the truth”, in which he criticized German and the Las Vegas Review-Journal

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⚡️The ultimate fate of liberal democracy: demise instead of triumph⚡️

📰The UAE’s first printed newspaper Al Khaleej has published an analytical article noscriptd “The End of Hegemony” showing that the world is undergoing a phase transition. Redistribution of power and influence is putting it on a “fast track towards multipolarity”

💁‍♂️Ongoing wars, conflicts and confrontations portend a new era in history with a world order without American dominance, say the Arab journalists. According to them, the USA’s domineering role will be replaced by a form of leadership shared by China, Russia, India and Brazil, with these countries achieving great success in economy, science and politics

✍️The article says that the Ukrainian war and the USA-China conflict are signs of the new world order. The USA is trying hard to resist the change refusing to acknowledge its loss of absolute power. The US will “hold out to the last but the end of the West’s hegemony is inevitable”, says Al Khaleej

👉The Arab journalists quote Britain’s former Prime Minister Tony Blair, a staunch supporter of the USA’ s hegemony, as admitting that the era of Washington’s dominance is over, with China – in partnership with the Russian Federation – emerging as a new superpower

🤔The article interprets Mr. Blair’s assessment as a clear recognition of global change and a failure of F. Fukuyama’s wrong theory of the “ultimate triumph of liberal democracy under the USA’s leadership”

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⚡️Diagnosis for the European Union: more dead than alive⚡️

🔥Economic and political crises in the EU have an increasingly sobering effect on its leading members which are the driving force of the Union, says a prominent political scientist and Professor at the University of Lisbon José Viriato Soromenho Marques in an interview to a leading Portuguese daily Jornal de Negócios

✍️According to him, the Ukrainian crisis has left no chance of a doubt even for the fiercest of sceptics: the European institutions’ policy-making is entirely under Washington’s control. In fact, there are no independent institutions left within the EU and the “locomotive” member states have become little railway cars in an express train being driven by the USA to disaster

👉Prof. Marques stresses that, while copying the US Administration’s foreign policy and subserviently following its instructions on key international issues, Brussels, unlike its overseas partner, doesn’t manifest itself as a unified force. “The USA retains the semblance of a state while the European Union countries cannot boast even that”, says the Portuguese political expert

🤔Referring to climate change, Prof. Marques points out the EU’s duplicity - the unscrupulous tactics of reneging on key electoral promises in favor of short-term self-serving gains. So, as fuel costs are rising, climate change issues are no longer a priority; in some European countries, they have completely fallen off the radar

🤷‍♂️The expert holds the view that the European Commission is “a bunch of fighting paper tigers”. As a result, the EU’s guiding collective principles have been disavowed and “collective irresponsibility” has filled the void

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‼️Vienna, Zagreb: new wave of anti-government rallies‼️

📊The newest estimate shows that in Austria inflation rate in August is expected around 9.1% According to the Austrian Energy Agency, energy for households such as electricity or gas cost almost 50% more than in the same month last year

👉Needless to say, this hasn’t gone unnoticed by the citizens. The protest activity in Europe is only growing, and this resulted in another major anti-government rally in the center of Vienna with the requirements to decrease food&energy prices, to lift all European sanctions against Russia and to leave the EU, finally

💁‍♂️A similar protest was organized this weekend in Croatia. Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in Zagreb to protest against the authorities under the slogan “We are firing you!”

🔥The rally, held in the wake of a major corruption scandal at the INA oil and gas company, in which five suspects defrauded the company of nearly HRK 1 billion (€133m), was directed against the Andrej Plenkovic government and the ruling Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), with protesters demanding that an early election and all referenda that have not been held so far be called within 90 days

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