Articles from ‘Independent News Roundup’ in ‘World News’

The German chancellor, French president and Italian prime minister appear to have seen reason in making up with Moscow. But is it genuine? ByTarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of…

Yulia Timoshenko is facing new criminal charges amid a governance crisis in Kiev · RT: Ukrainian politician Yulia Timoshenko, Auvers-Sur-Oise, France, January 11, 2025. ©  Siavosh Hosseini / Keystone Press Agency via Global Look Press · Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Timoshenko has confirmed that her party’s office has been searched by law enforcement as part of a parliamentary vote-buying probe.…

President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to launch military strikes against the country amid ongoing mass protests there · RT: FILE PHOTO: US Northrop B-2 Spirit bomber. © Wikipedia · A US military attack on Iran is “imminent,” and could come within mere hours, Reuters has claimed, citing anonymous sources. · In recent days, President Donald Trump has issued several threats against the Islamic Republic,…

Member states have increased defense budgets, citing an alleged Russia threat, which Moscow dismisses as ‘nonsense’ · RT: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. © Getty Images / Thierry Monasse / Contributor · The EU has been working to boost its defense capabilities in order to become a “military powerhouse,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said, Euractiv has reported,…

The agricultural workers fear that cheaper Latin American beef could drive them out of business · © RT · Farmers across France have continued to block key motorways and ports in protest against a trade deal between the EU and Latin American economic bloc, Mercosur. · The agricultural workers are citing unfair competition from Latin American meat producers, who don’t have to follow the EU’s strict…

RT: US President Donald Trump. © Joe Raedle/Getty Images · Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky “has no cards” to negotiate peace with Russia, US President Donald Trump has said. · Trump made the remarks in a New York Times interview released in full on Sunday, discussing US mediation efforts. These include a leaked 28-point peace plan envisioning Kiev ceding the remainder of Donbass to Russia, renouncing its NATO ambitions, and capping its…

Britain is developing new tactical ballistic missiles with a range of more than 500 km, the Defense Ministry in London has announced · RT: UK Defence Secretary John Healey (right) and Vladimir Zelensky. ©  Stefan Rousseau/PA Images via Getty Images · The UK Defense Ministry has announced plans to develop new long-range missiles for Ukraine that would be capable of striking targets deep inside Russian…

Globalist leaders across Europe are openly panicking as President Donald Trump continues to dismantle the so-called “rules-based international order” that Western elites spent decades constructing. Frank Bergman · Their fear is no longer whispered behind closed doors, as globalist world leaders scramble to preserve the crumbling “world order,” with concerns now being voiced publicly. · German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier lashed out…

Bayer on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit, accusing Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson of unlawfully using mRNA optimization technology — originally developed by Monsanto to enetically engineer crops — as the platform for their COVID-19 vaccines, Reuters reported. Bayer acquired Monsanto in 2018. by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D. · Bayer is suing COVID-19 vaccine makers Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) in federal court. · The chemical giant…

Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the Caucasus occupy special places in the Russian psyche and security planning, but all former Soviet Republics are important to both in their own way, and Putin truly wants them to succeed. Andrew Korybko · The US Government recently declassified three of Putin’s conversations with Bush, the first of which took place in June 2001 in Slovenia and saw him lament the loss of only some former Soviet Republics. In his…