World
WORLD BRIEFING: July 2, 2024
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
July 2, 2024
North Korea
North Korea Says Tested Missile Capable of Carrying Super-Large Warhead
But Seoul's military said Pyongyang's claims of a successful test were likely a "lie", pointing to the fact that one of the missiles appeared to have failed in the early stages of flight.
July 2, 2024
France
Eurotopics: France After First Round of Election - Alliance Against Far Right?
Ahead of the second round of voting, the NFP and the Macron camp have withdrawn candidates to boost each other's chances against the RN.
July 2, 2024
Danube
Black Sea Naval Mine Action Group Gets Go-Ahead to Start Work
Six months after establishing the group, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey are to begin clearing mines that threaten shipping safety and to ensure grain exports from Ukraine can continue uninterrupted.
July 1, 2024
Russia
Skin and Bones – Accounts from Russia’s Vyazemskoye Detention Center-2
Physically and morally broken – relatives of two deceased Ukrainian prisoners of war (POW) and a returned POW described the abhorrent conditions inside Russia’s Vyazemskoye Detention Center-2.
July 1, 2024
War in Ukraine
Putin’s Regime or the War: Which Will End First?
Anders Nielsen gives an outlook that may shock: Russia wishes to commit war crimes - and wants the world to know about them - as Moscow is seeking to challenge the international rules-based order.
July 1, 2024
Europe
Moscow Mapped, Maybe Mined Important Infrastructure on North Sea Bottom
NATO suspects Russia may have mined undersea infrastructure in the North Sea using oceanographic research vessels and fishing boats after explosives were found on a British cable.
July 1, 2024
Europe
US Military Bases in Europe Heighten Security Amid Terror Threat Concern
A US official based in Europe told CNN that this threat level hasn't been seen in at least a decade, suggesting an “active-reliable threat” has been identified.
July 1, 2024
Sweden
Vulnerability of GPS to Russian Jamming Highlighted Once Again
The finger of suspicion is pointing squarely at Moscow for the increasing number of reports of satellite signals to GPS navigation and TV systems being blocked or “spoofed.”
July 1, 2024
WORLD BRIEFING: July 1, 2024
The world in focus, as seen by a Canadian leading global affairs analyst, writer and speaker, in his review of international media.
July 1, 2024
Hungary
Tussles With Brussels Overshadow Hungary EU Presidency
Diplomats are worried about Hungary taking over the EU's six-month rotating presidency, with nationalist leader Viktor Orban constantly at odds with Brussels since he returned to power in 2010.
July 1, 2024
France
Macron Seeks to Thwart French Far-Right in Election Second Round
The far-right National Rally (RN) party of Marine Le Pen won a resounding victory in the first round of the polls Sunday, with Macron's centrists trailing in third behind a left-wing coalition.
July 1, 2024
NATO
OPINION: Self-Deterrence in Ukraine Will Trigger What We Think We’re Preventing
From the failings of NATO to the West’s hypocrisy, naivety and actions that shore up Russia, the West’s ingrained stance of self-deterrence magnifies the egregiousness of its folly.
July 1, 2024
NATO
Belarus Ratchets Up Tension on Ukrainian Border a Couple More Notches
Belarus has accused Ukraine of ramping up its forces on the border and stepping up UAV reconnaissance as a prelude to military action which Kyiv dismissed as “attempts at provocation.”
June 30, 2024
Russia
UK Warns of Russian Interference in July 4 General Election
In what the British government says is a “classic example from the Russian playbook,” it sees the Kremlin’s “hostile state actors seeking to influence the outcome of the election campaign.”
June 30, 2024
US
Putin’s Pyongyang Arms Supplier Calls US, Japan, and South Korea ‘Asian NATO'
North Korea condemns drills by Washington, Tokyo, and Seoul and warns of “fatal consequences” for what Kim Jong Un thinks is a Pacific version of the Atlantic Alliance.
June 30, 2024
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