Last month’s election of Giorgia Meloni for prime minister in Italy was seen as the first sign that the country could change its pro-EU posture and its nearly unlimited support of sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
Category: GEOPOLITICS – Oct 18 2022
UKRAINE’S FOREIGN MINISTER ADMITS BOMBING CRIMEA BRIDGE
Dmitry Kuleba, Ukraine’s foreign minister who has been one of the most outspoken advocates of more weapons and war, was caught in a prank Zoom video admitting to being behind attacks on civilian infrastructure in Crimea and Belgorod.
MASSIVE PROTESTS BREAK OUT IN PARIS OVER SOARING PRICES
Thousands took to the streets of Paris on Sunday to express outrage over soaring prices—adding new pressure to Paris after earlier strikes at oil refineries and nuclear power plants.
IRANIAN OIL WORKERS JOIN STRIKE AFTER DEATH OF 22-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN POLICE CUSTODY
Oil workers in Iran have joined the protests sweeping the country after the death of a 22-year-old woman in the custody of the morality police last month who allegedly violated the Islamic dress code.
CHINA’S XI HINTS THAT HE WILL NOT LET UP ON COUNTRY’S ZERO-COVID POLICY…WILL WEST FOLLOW AGAIN?
Xi Jinping, the Chinese president, indicated Sunday at the 20th Party Congress that Beijing will not let up on its “zero-COVID” policy despite growing unrest in the country.
U.S. LAYS OUT ROADMAP TO MAINTAIN WORLD DOMINATION WITH ‘MODERNIZED’ MILITARY EQUIPPED FOR ‘STRATEGIC COMPETITION’
The Biden administration released its National Security Strategy last week that took a long look at how the U.S. can remain the world’s dominant country, and—as is tradition in Washington—it focused on peerless military.