Breaking News: Austin’s Historic $6 Billion Arms Pledge to Support Ukraine
Defense Secretary’s Pledge to Support Ukraine with $6 Billion
According to sources within the US government, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is preparing to unveil a significant financial commitment of up to $6 billion to fund extended contracts aimed at supplying Ukraine with advanced weaponry, including Patriot missiles and drones.
Overview of the Announcement
The forthcoming
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Breaking News: Austin’s Historic $6 Billion Arms Pledge to Support Ukraine
Pre-war cantilevered tenement buildings are not to be rated. Conservation groups object that similar buildings are rare. Tao Xingzhi and Mao Dun left traces of his teaching.
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Used to be destitute, this is the reason why South Korea is now a rich country
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South Korea In the past, it was not a rich country like now, in fact it was very deficient. If you look at conditions in the past, no one would have imagined that South Korea is now a developed country with high technology and respected companies.
After the Korean War which lasted from 1950 to 1953, South Korea collapsed and was one of the poorest countries. Even at that time, North Korea was considered to have fared better.
Many buildings were destroyed, life expectancy was below 50 years and millions of civilians were killed. But miraculously, in just one generation, South Korea was transformed into a prosperous country. In 1955, South Korea’s per capita income was USD 64, now it has increased hundreds of times above USD 30 thousand.
One of the reasons is the leadership of President Park Chung-hee, a military dictator who served from 1961 until his assassination in 1979. This figure is controversial, but many also praise h
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Used to be destitute, this is the reason why South Korea is now a rich country
Ukraine – Russia war, last minute | Navalny felt unwell after a walk and doctors tried to revive him for a while “more than 30 minutes”
The world woke up this Friday shocked by the announcement of the death of the opposition leader Alexei Navalny. The doctors who treated him spent more than “half an hour” trying to revive him, according to Russian news agencies. The Russian prison services They reported that Navalny died after feeling unwell after a walk. The opponent He was serving a 19-year sentence. in a prison in the Arctic.
Navalny’s
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Macron calls the United States unreliable: our Europe could die!
French President Emmanuel Macron has called for reform of the European Union, warning that the bloc could die. Photo/REUTERS
PARIS – President of France Emmanuel Macron urged European Union (EU) countries to make decisive changes to safeguard the bloc’s interests ahead of European Parliament elections.
Macron warned the EU that the United States cannot be relied on to provide protection.
Polls predict that European voters will shift towards right-wing nationalist politics in early June’s European Parliament elections.
Macron addressed his colleagues across the European continent from the Sorbonne University in Paris on Thursday, calling for significant policy changes.
“Our Europe is currently mortal and could die,” Macron warned the European Union bloc.
“He can die, and that depends only on our choice,” he said again, quoted ReutersFriday (26/4/2024).
The French leader promoted Europe’s “strategic autonomy”, particularly in terms of military production.
He reiterated that EU member states should spend more money on defense and prioritize locally produced weapons – a suggestion seen by critic
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Macron calls the United States unreliable: our Europe could die!
Do societies age and become vulnerable to collapse over time?
Image caption: Do societies become more fragile over time?
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A study based on an analysis of the situation in hundreds of countries during the pre-modern period concluded that there are lessons that today’s global powers, which are suffering from aging, can benefit from.
The idea of the rise and fall of great powers has been repeated throughout history, and many people talk about the fact that civilizations, countries, or peoples grow and then decline, until that idea took root in people’s minds. Is this true?
A group of archaeologists and historians decided to study the idea, which prompted them to conduct the largest study to date to see if it is possible to detect signs of the aging of a certain society in historical records.
The findings, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, concluded that countries are aging and becoming more vulnerable to collapse over time. Let another question be asked: Can we draw lessons from this in our days?
Country deaths
It is difficult to establish a precise definition of civilizations or societies, so the study was limited to “pre-modern states,” that is, centralized systems of government that imposed rules on a specific region and population (which these days are closer to the United States and China).
A statistical approach was determined through two different databases, creating a special dataset related to “country deaths” (named “Moros”, after the Greek god of death) which includes 324 countries over a period of 3000 years (during the period from 2000 BC AD to 1800 AD).
Information was also collected from many other databases, as well as the use of an encyclopedia concerned with studying the history of empires, and various other sources. The study relied on the “Sishat” information bank, the largest database of historical information in the world on the Internet with the participation of archaeologists and historians, and includes 291 political systems. .
The study also used a method called “survival analysis”, which was able to limit and analyze the age range of a number of countries. In the event that it was not possible to detect an effect of aging, the study predicted a “non-aging” distribution of countries.
A previous study, which included 42 empires, had reached the same conclusion. However, the larger data set revealed a different pattern. Through the two databases, the risk of collapse was observed to increase during the first two centuries, with it later stabilizing at higher levels.
The study’s findings highlight another recent analysis of more than 168 events behind historical crises. The average age of political regimes in its crisis database was about 201 years.
The aging trend also continue
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Do societies age and become vulnerable to collapse over time?
Israel is ready to attack Rafah
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The movements of soldiers, satellite photos and statements by the main political and military leaders show that Israel would be ready to attack Rafah, the last city in the southern Gaza Strip which the Israeli army has not yet entered, and where it approximately 1.4 million Palestinian civilians are refugees.
The Rafah attack has been confirmed several times by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who considers it an essential element of the Israeli mission to destroy Hamas’ infrastructure and military strength in the Strip. At the same time, for months now the United States and other allies of Israel have been trying to avoid it, arguing that it would cause a massacre of civilians: Rafah is an overcrowded city full of refugees, and a military attack could be disastrous. Despite this, various moves appear to show that Israel is completing preparations for a military operation.
First of all, satellite photos show that for days now Israel has been preparing refugee camps that should house Palestinian civilians fleeing from Rafah once the attack begins. The Defense Ministry said it had purchased 40,000 tents, each with a capacity of 10–12 people, and various media outlets confirmed, using satellite images, that Israel is building tent cities in some areas of the Gaza Strip, particularly in Khan Yunis, a town about five kilometers north of Rafah, which had been occupied in recent months by the army.
Another area
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20 border pillars have been installed on the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia
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Based on geodetic measurements, as part of the work to clarify the coordinates on the border between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Armenia, as of April 25, 2024, 20 border pillars were installed.
As Day.Az reports, the work of expert groups of
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Shocking Testimony: National Enquirer Publisher Paid to Hide Damaging Stories on Trump, Refused Stormy Daniels Cover-Up
While Donald Trump was running for president in 2016, his old friend David Packer, publisher of the National Enquirer, collected stories that could have damaged his candidacy and paid him tens of thousands of dollars to hide them from the public, the Associated Press reported. by BTA.
But when it came to the criminal claims of the porn actress Stormy Daniels, the longtime publisher of the tabloid said that he stuck his foot. “I’m not going to pay for this story,” he told Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen.
Packer said this in his testimony in the case about the money that was paid to the porn actress Stormy Daniels. Here, he explained to jurors his version of the scheme to cover up news that was damaging to Trump’s candidacy. According to prosecutors, he is a disappointment
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The Arrest of Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister: Corruption, Power Struggles, and Putin’s Scapegoat
Timur Ivanov, Russia’s Deputy Defence Minister Arrested in Moscow
Timur Ivanov, Russia’s deputy defence minister in charge of military infrastructure projects, has been arrested in Moscow. Ivanov, a wealthy and high-ranking official who is considered a close confidant of his boss Sergei Shoigu, is accused of accepting bribes. The arrest has sparked speculation among commentators regarding the motives and implications behind this affair.
Repression Gobbling Up Its Own
Political scientist Abbas Galliamov does not believe in the official justification for Ivanov’s arrest. In a Facebook post, he highlights the corrupt nature of the leadership level in Putin’s eyes, suggesting that corruption is not seen as a crime when it involves someone backed by a member of Putin’s informal politburo. Galliamov also criticizes the paranoia reaching such a level that their own people are now being suspected and labeled as spies. The consequences of this type of behavior were predicted, as those who shouted for a return to the repressive tactics of 1937 were warned that the opposition would not be the only targets. Now, it seems, the warnings have come to pass.
Possibly Just the Beginning
Italian newspaper La Stampa suggests that Ivanov’s arrest might be an indication of an internal power struggle within the Kremlin. It speculates that it could also be an attack on Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu, who had promised Putin quick and painless victories. The article argues that Ivanov and Shoigu may not possess the capabilities required to conduct the “existential” war that Putin has mandated for the country.
A Good Scapegoat
The Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat believes that Putin orchestrated Ivanov’s arrest to assert his dominance within the Kremlin. It suggests that in the aftermath of the staged presidential election in March, Putin is eager to demonstrate his growing power. The article points out that criminal investigations within Putin’s entourage are rare but necessary to maintain discipline and carry out purges. Ivanov serves as a convenient scapegoat to instill fear among other corrupt leaders. Furthermore, the article posits that Ivanov could also be held responsible for the failures of the Russian armed forces in Ukraine.
Others Now Plundering His Sinecure
Opposition politician and video blogger Maxim Katz offers a different perspective. He argues that Ivanov’s arrest is not driven by political games or power struggles. Rather, he sugge
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The Arrest of Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister: Corruption, Power Struggles, and Putin’s Scapegoat