Monthly Archives: February 2022

Chris Hedges introduces his latest article for Scheer Post, titled “Chronicle of a War Foretold”, with the following: “After the fall of the Soviet Union, there was a near universal understanding among political leaders that NATO expansion would be a … Continue reading →

Germany is committing 100 billion euros ($112.7 billion) to a fund for its armed services and will ramp up its defense spending above 2% of its gross domestic product, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said during a special session of the Bundestag on … Continue reading →

Background: At the end of 1924, Escher and his new bride purchased a house under construction in Frascati, a small town outside of Rome. The house was finished in March, 1925, but the couple did not move in until October. … Continue reading →

The Russian defense minister, Sergey Shoygu, and the chief of the military’s general staff have been ordered to put the nuclear deterrent forces in a what was described as a “special regime of combat duty.” Putin orders nuclear deterrent forces … Continue reading →

SpaceX founder Elon Musk has activated Starlink, his commercial internet network, in Ukraine, with “more terminals en route,” the billionaire said. Musk’s SpaceX has thousands of Starlink satellites in orbit, which allow the company to beam broadband services around Earth, without … Continue reading →

Poland’s football association president Cezary Kulesza said in a tweet on Saturday it is “time to act!”  “Due to the escalation of the aggression of the Russian Federation towards Ukraine the Polish national team does not intend to play the … Continue reading →

The decision to trigger the action has always been contingent on sign-off by the European Union, which has been split in a contentious debate for weeks over the action, ultimately choosing not to go forward this week. But US officials … Continue reading →

“Already a brutal mistake of lives taken and hearts broken, and if he doesn’t relent, I believe Mr. Putin will have made a most horrible mistake for all of humankind,” Penn said. “President Zelensky and the Ukrainian people have risen … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said on Friday that Russia was never serious about finding a diplomatic solution to the crisis over Ukraine, and that weeks of back-and-forth between Washington and Moscow amounted to a sham as the Kremlin prepared … Continue reading →

The surge shows what happens when COVID-19 strikes a population unprotected by immunity from previous infections, and has exposed a low vaccination rate among elderly citizens who are bearing the brunt of the crisis. Only about 30% of Hong Kong … Continue reading →