Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman (MBS) of Saudi Arabia is between a rock and a hard place. The Kingdom remains dependent on the US for security, while the US is supporting and supplying the weapons for Israel’s slaughtering of Palestinian civilians. Added to the dilemma, is that MBS was […]
Steven Sahiounie, journalist and political commentator The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has stated “this is not a war; this is genocide” when referring to the Israeli attack on Gaza. Secretary of State Antony Blinken wrote a note to the US State Department staff on October 19. He was aware of […]
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) A new poll in five toss-up states, by Siena College, commissioned by and published on November 7th in the New York Times, shows that if on 5 November 2024 the U.S. Presidential ballot will list on its Presidential line not only Joe Biden and Donald Trump, but also Robert F. […]
Blinken denied hug/kiss. Ursula 5 principles for Gaza. Elensky no elections. Kuleba no stealing. U/1 Topic 1141
Nicola Lund The Welsh Labour government appears to be intent on amassing a number of ‘firsts’ in policy making and post creation. Wales was the first country in the world to declare a ‘climate emergency’ (2019) and the first to appoint a Future Generations commissioner in the same year. It was also the first country in the …
The ongoing Ukrainian conflict over the past 20 months has not only significantly depleted NATO’s arsenals, but has also depleted the world’s resources used to produce ammunition. And one of them is tungsten, which is used to make cores for projectiles, as well as ammunition for drones and artillery shells and several types of missiles […]
By Rhod Mackenzie The United States has acknowledged its reliance on Russian nuclear fuel, and is devising strategies to address it. However, even they are still struggling to eliminate their use of Russian nuclear fuel. What caused the downfall of the US nuclear industry, and what part did Russia play in it during the 1990s? […]
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) When a nation’s head-of-state has more than half of its residents who choose either “Approve” or “Disapprove” of that leader choose “Approve” and thereofore fewer than half of them choose “Disapprove” for that leader, then this suggests majority-approval of that person’s leadership of the Government; and this generally indicates that […]
