Tag: conflicts
“The West is suppressing China” – Xi raises serious allegations and criticizes the USA in particular
Xi Jinping The Chinese head of state turned unusually openly against the United States. (Photo: IMAGO/Xinhua) Beijing With unusually direct words, China’s head of state and party leader Xi Jinping…
China wants more “autonomy” from the Europeans compared to the USA
Qingang China’s foreign minister recommends that Europeans turn more to China. (Photo: Bloomberg) Beijing China hopes that Europeans will gain more independence from the United States. At a press conference…
Pentagon releases photo of Chinese balloon before launch
View from the cockpit The salvage of the balloon had already been completed at the end of last week. (Photo: US Air Force via Reuters) Washington The Pentagon has released…
South Korea: North Korea fires missile
Kim Jong Un and generals North Korea fired a missile, South Korea said. (Photo: dpa) Tokyo/Seoul According to the South Korean military, North Korea has once again fired a missile…
Small mining town is particularly competitive in the Ukraine war
Kyiv A small coal-mining town on the Eastern Front has become a strategic point in the struggle for Donetsk province. Wuhledar – which roughly translates to “gift of coal” –…
Putin threatens Germany on Stalingrad anniversary
Wladimir Putin The Russian President struck a threatening note on the 80th anniversary of the Red Army’s victory over the Wehrmacht in the Battle of Stalingrad. (Photo: dpa) Volgograd In…
Russia espionage at the BND: Suspected courier arrested
BND headquarters After the Russian attack on Ukraine last year, the BND employee, who was arrested in December, is said to have passed on information that he obtained in the…
Will ask Germany for permission for Leopard delivery
Mateusz Morawiecki “We will not stand idly by while Ukraine bleeds dry.” (Photo: AP) Berlin There is movement in the debate about the delivery of main battle tanks to Ukraine:…
Baerbock does not want to block Leopard deliveries from other countries – SPD politicians urge prudence
foreign minister Annalena Baerbock: “We wouldn’t stand in the way.” (Photo: dpa) Berlin There is movement in the debate about the delivery of Leopard main battle tanks to Ukraine: Federal…
Kyiv and Moscow are preparing winter offensives in Ukraine
Moscow/Kyiv The struggle for Ukraine has entered a new phase. The battles for the small towns of Bakhmut and Soledar in the north of the Donetsk region are the bloodiest…
Roman Abramovich transferred fortunes to children before the outbreak of the war
Roman Abramovich The Russian oligarch is said to have transferred parts of his fortune to his children before the start of the war. (Photo: dpa) London According to a newspaper…
Leopard 2, Marder and Co.: Which tank type can do what?
French AMX-10 RC tanks This undated photo shows the AMX-10 RC main battle tank. On Wednesday, France had promised Ukraine the delivery of the AMX-10 RC reconnaissance tank, and the…
When will the people turn against Vladimir Putin?
Moscow Russia’s troops have experienced a dramatically poor start to the second year of the war. In several regions they suffered heavy losses, hundreds of soldiers died. The horror of…
North Korea plans to ‘exponentially increase’ number of nuclear warheads
Ruler Kim Jong Un (middle at a ceremony to hand over a multiple missile system The ruler said it was necessary to be able to deliver “a rapid nuclear counterattack”.…
Zelensky’s brave fight against Putin
Kyiv In his evening video messages, head of state Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who always wears an olive-green sweater or T-shirt, is said to be exhausted. But with the raspy voice of…
China has 71 military aircraft operating near Taiwan
Chinese PLA J-16 fighter jet 47 aircraft crossed the center line of the Taiwan Strait. The strait separates Taiwan from mainland China. (Photo: AP) Taipei China has provoked the island…
Ukraine war: Russia feels the sanctions
Moscow The consequences of the war this year have meant that many Russians who are otherwise willing to spend, especially around the New Year, have lost the fun of shopping.…
Putin made a fundamental miscalculation
Berlin Chancellor Olaf Scholz has threatened Russia with the imposition of further EU sanctions. “We will maintain and tighten the sanctions against Russia as long as Putin continues his brutal…
Putin made a fundamental miscalculation
Berlin Chancellor Olaf Scholz has threatened Russia with the imposition of further EU sanctions. “We will maintain and tighten the sanctions against Russia as long as Putin continues his brutal…
Putin made a fundamental miscalculation
Berlin “None of Putin’s plans worked out,” said Scholz (SPD) on Wednesday in a government statement in the Bundestag. Putin had “fundamentally miscalculated”. The Russian ruler believed his troops would…