Author: Ekaterine Vachnadze

Washington D.C. 21 January. The ink was not even dry of President Trump’s presidential inauguration the president swung into full action. With the energy of an angry bull he went like the statesmen he has become of rearranging American society. Executive Orders concerning the Freedom of Speech, weaponization of the political system against a political opponent, cancellation of the Paris climate accord, which is dead, the exit from the World Health Organization (WHO), and the overturn of the convictions for 1,500 January 6th protestors (J6). Trump calls them political prisoners. Pelosi, Biden, Schiff are wiped off the table, despite Schiff…

Washington, (18 January- 14.29). The U.S. presidency has begun. They call him names, weaponized the legal structures, sued him in open court, try to kill him, not once but twice, they stormed his house, searched his personal belongings all under the name of political persecution. But Donald J. Trump was never beaten. He proven with humor and style to serve his revenge cold. A political Maverick the real victory of Donald J. Trump is unmistaken. It was a landmark slide. The country has enough of the Democrats. Enough of the falsehood that the country looked through. Hollywood was screaming to…

The US treaty ally is spending billions to arm itself for a conflict over Taiwan or the South China Sea it hopes will never comeIn the heart of Manila, where noise and chaos reign supreme, the American Cemetery and Memorial is an oasis of stillness. More than 50,000 fallen troops are honoured at the site – some with white marble headstones, but most as names etched into the Walls of the Missing, their remains never recovered. All but a handful were American soldiers. The cemetery does not commemorate the estimated 1 million Filipinos who also died in the Pacific War…

“They were plotting to kill a huge number, tens of thousands of people at this concert, I am sure many Americans,” CIA Deputy Director David S. Cohen said “Tens of thousands” of fans were the target of a thwarted terrorist attempt at Taylor Swift’s recent Vienna shows, a CIA official told reporters on Wednesday, Aug. 28. CIA Deputy Director David S. Cohen shared new details of the thwarted terror plot that canceled all three of the 34-year-old pop star’s planned Eras Tour concerts in Austria earlier this month during the annual Intelligence Summit just outside Washington, D.C., reports The New York Times and NBC News. “They…

Country’s hard-right culture minister Martina Šimkovičová accused of ‘complete lies’ after removal of respected figures When Slovakia’s minister for culture fired the director of the country’s oldest and most important theatre last Tuesday, the numerous reasons she cited for her surprise move included “political activism”, an alleged preference for foreign over Slovak opera singers, and, bizarrely, an incident with a crystal chandelier. Matej Drlička, whose dismissal from the Slovak National Theatre was followed a day later by that of the director of the Slovak National Gallery, says the real reason is something else: a concerted crackdown on freedom of artistic…

Disney plans to spend at least $1 billion every year in the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Africa over the next five years to produce movies and TV shows, a company spokesperson told Reuters today. The company will commit the amount across films, Disney+, National Geographic and other TV productions, the spokesperson added in an emailed statement. Disney’s plans could build on the recent success of films like “Inside Out 2” and the company’s television business. “Inside Out 2” notched $1.6 billion in global ticket sales and “Deadpool & Wolverine,” which debuted in the current quarter, has brought in…

Southeast Europe-focused multi-play telecoms and media provider United Group has established a subsidiary in Bosnia and Herzegovina, local media reported on Thursday. United Group set up United Group Network Infrastructure d.o.o. Sarajevo in November with a total equity capital of 1,000 marka ($560.1/511.3 euro), news provider Indikator reported. Deni Selimic was appointed as director of the Bosnian unit, according to the report. In August, United Group completed the sale of its entire mobile tower infrastructure unit in Bulgaria, Croatia and Slovenia to Tawal, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia-based stc Group. (1 euro = 1.956 marka) Source: See News

President Putin’s decree takes number of Russian service personnel to 1.32 million amid continuing Ukraine war. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered the country’s military to increase the maximum number of troops by nearly 170,000 people, as Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine continues into its 22nd month. Putin’s decree was released by the Kremlin on Friday and took force immediately. It brings the strength of the armed forces to 1.32 million service personnel and increases the overall number of Russian military personnel to about 2.2 million. “The increase in the full-time strength of the armed forces is due to the growing threats to…

Helsinki accuses Moscow of funnelling asylum seekers to the border in retaliation for its decision to join NATO. Finland will close its entire border with Russia to travellers for the next two weeks in a bid to halt the unusually large flow of asylum seekers to the Nordic nation, which the government and its allies say is an orchestrated move by Moscow. Finland last week shut all but one of its border posts to travellers from Russia, keeping open only the northernmost Raja-Jooseppi crossing located in the Arctic. But this crossing would now close, the government said on Tuesday. Approximately 900…

Today, the World Bank Group held a presentation conference on the Azerbaijan Country Climate and Development Report, concerning future risks and measures to minimise the risks emerging from the global low-carbon transition. According to Azernews, Niyazi Safarov, adviser to the Minister of Economy, who opened the event with his opening speech, first talked about the green energy potential of the country and the large-scale projects implemented in Azerbaijan’s districts. Then, World Bank Country Director for South Caucasus Roland Pryce, who spoke at the event, noted the importance of Azerbaijan’s transition to decarbonization amidst the rising risks of climate change. Further, Ivana…