Putin has the last laugh
Just as the European Commission was polishing up its new plan to ban all supplies of Russian gas disaster struck and at the worst possible moment.
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An Anglo-French plot to arm Ukraine with a nuclear weapon?
The United Kingdom government has denied Moscow’s claim that the UK and France have been secretly working on providing Ukraine with a nuclear weapon. The French government has issued a denial through its Moscow Embassy.
Ukraine: why is the war lasting so long?
Between geopolitical calculations, Russian economic resilience, and diverging interests, the conflict is bogged down in a war of attrition that neither side seems willing to end.
Political thriller in Brussels
Former EU Foreign Service Chief arrested
But what does Putin want?
The Kremlin leader will meet with the US president on August 15 in Alaska to decide the fate of Ukraine. Trump no longer wants to finance this war. Putin no longer wants NATO missiles “on his doorstep.” Europe, ruined, no longer matters.
Cattle slaughter scientifically unjustified
The systematic slaughter of cows due to lumpy skin disease (LDS) can be considered a scandal for a number of scientific, ethical, economic and health reasons.
France to recognize the State of Palestine
President Macron will make the official announcement in September at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The United States and Israel immediately voiced their strong disapproval.
Trump announces 30% tariffs for the EU
The American president maintains his commercial pressure despite ongoing negotiations. Timid response from France and the European Union. The President of the Grand Est region, Franck Leroy, expresses his concern for the regional economy.
Energy: Another scenario is possible
Cérémé, an independent think tank, calls for an urgent strategic reorientation, based on rational, economically viable and ecologically efficient choices, to guarantee France’s energy future. Explanations and interview with Bruno Ladsous, director and president of the Vent de Colère federation.
Gaza : children die in silence
Hunger has become a weapon of war according to the UN, which denounces systematic “carnage” as hundreds of Palestinian civilians die trying to access food aid.
Is Iran isolated on the international stage?
In the aftermath of American strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, how should we understand this war? We asked for the opinion of Leslie Varenne, director of the Institute for International and Strategic Monitoring and Studies (IVERIS).
IAEA infiltrated: how Iran discovered the source of its scientists’ assassinations
A twenty-year investigation reveals the troubling role of the International Atomic Energy Agency in transmitting sensitive information to Mossad.