The fall of Bakhmut and cities inside Russia being captured by Russian rebel militias
It is now confirmed that Bakhmut, a salt-mining town in eastern Ukraine that one year ago had a population of 73,000 people, has fallen...
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- May 19
- 4 min
Who is Erdogan, the president of Turkey that has been more than 20 years in power?
Recep Tayyip Erdogan was born on 26 February 1954 in a poor conservative Muslim family and raised in a marginalized neighborhood in...
- May 12
- 2 min
The weak Russian Victory Day celebration of 2023
During World War II, the Soviet Union suffered the greatest loss of any country, with 25 million soldiers and civilians killed, including...
- May 4
- 4 min
The Ukrainian counteroffensive to defeat Russia, and the drones that attacked the Kremlin
A counteroffensive against Russian occupation in Ukraine is coming soon; that's what President Zelensky, his generals, soldiers on the...
- Apr 26
- 3 min
What is happening in Sudan?
Two military forces are fighting to seize the power in Sudan, the third-largest country in Africa located south of Egypt with 46 million...
- Apr 13
- 4 min
Will the US dollar lose its status as the most used currency in the world?
By having the US dollar as the dominant currency in world affairs, the American government has the following main advantages: • This...
- Apr 3
- 2 min
Finland got accepted into NATO
After formally starting the process a year ago, Finland finally got the go-ahead from Turkey to join NATO. This military organization,...
- Mar 27
- 3 min
Why Israel is getting massive protests?
Despite its conflict with Palestinians, Israel is the most advanced democracy in the Middle East. No other country of this area in the...
- Mar 17
- 2 min
What happened with the US drone that was shot down by Russia?
Last Tuesday, on March 14, a US drone crashed into the water around 100 km south of Crimea after two Russian Su-27 jet fighters...
- Feb 25
- 2 min
China's peace points for Ukraine and its plan to get more involved in the war
The main purpose of Beijing's strategic partnership with Russia is to counter Western political hegemony in the world. On the economic...
- Feb 17
- 4 min
What are the peace proposals for the war in Ukraine?
In December 2021, Putin issued a threat to the West asking for security guarantees. This happened two years after Zelensky changed the...
- Feb 8
- 4 min
How valid are the referendums in eastern Ukraine used to justify Russia's annexation?
When the Soviet Union splitted in 1991, Ukraine found itself harboring hundreds of nuclear weapons that the Kremlin had placed there...
- Jan 27
- 4 min
Why Turkey is saying no to Sweden for NATO membership?
Sweden and Finland applied in May last year to join NATO following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, ending their official military...
- Jan 24
- 3 min
Why many European countries are getting angry against Germany?
Germany exports one of the best battle tanks in the world, the Leopard 2. The private producer, Krauss-Maffei Wegmann, has delivered...
- Dec 24, 2022
- 4 min
What is happening in Peru with the crisis?
In April 2021, Pedro Castillo, a former rural school teacher, union leader and son of illiterate parents, who moved to the capital Lima...
- Dec 15, 2022
- 5 min
Morocco's decolonization fight with France and Spain, and its invasion of Western Sahara
Morocco had been ruled by different Muslim dynasties as an empire since the 9th century, dominating Muslim Spain and all northern Africa,...
- Dec 6, 2022
- 4 min
Sanctions on Russia explained: the new oil cap price and other considerations
This week, G7 member states (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK, and US), plus Australia and the whole EU (without Hungary,...
- Nov 28, 2022
- 2 min
Why has China enforced a "zero Covid" policy that is resulting in rare massive protests?
Chinese vaccines are basically the only ones authorized for common use in the country. For people over 80 years old, these are just 30%...
- Nov 20, 2022
- 6 min
Qatar's World Cup scandals
According to many ways of measuring real GDP per capita, Qatar, located in the Arabian Peninsula, has been among the top 5 richest...
- Nov 8, 2022
- 8 min
Why is North Korea launching so many missiles?
The peninsula of Korea became a colony of the Japanese Empire in 1910. Many nationalist groups emerged seeking independence, but they...
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