RT has released AI-generated footage of Winston Churchill highlighting the crucial role of the Soviet Union in the defeat of Nazi Germany and other Axis powers.
Many were hoping for a minority government moderated by the Senate. It made perfect sense. Two mainstream sides of politics have served up the same gruel for 15 years. The gruel is nasty, and the punters don’t like it. Small changes moderated by a batch of independents are a least-worst option. For a nation that
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There are hints of the trade shock landing on China but they are so far minor. American freight route costs have pancaked. But freight volumes are still fine. Perhaps as dumping elsewhere begins. Ahead is a problem. With some offset already accelerating on the ground. It’s not going to be a banner year for China.
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DXY is making hard work of it. AUD is ripping your face off now. Lead boots will be lead boots. Oil is about to crater. I will buy a deeper gold pullback. Metals have no interest in growth. Miners yuck. EM gapped into madness. Junmk says no bueno. Treasuries are confused. Stocks are on fire
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Australia's socialist leader Anthony Albanese cruises to election victory thanks to anti-Trump bump - just six days after same happened in Canada
The federal election has delivered a stomping Labor victory with the party winning 85 seats and a comfortable majority, with 19 seats still in doubt. The Coalition was routed, scoring one of its lowest primary votes on record. Leader Peter Dutton lost his seat (good riddance), alongside senior figures like Michael Sukkar. Shadow immigration minister
The increased use of private military companies to wage covert warfare is here to stay. Valère Llobet takes a look at a sector that's not affected by the crisis.
While mercenary work is arguably the second oldest profession in the world, the emergence of private military companies (PMCs) is more recent.
Imagine how this would have been reported if Russian soldiers had executed Ukrainians in this way. Not like this, you can be sure.
Here is yet another example of stunningly craven journalism from The Guardian, entirely illustrative of what is going on across the British establishment media in its coverage of Israeli war crimes in Gaza for the past 18 months.
Over and over, U.S. government officials and their mainstream media allies called Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine an “unprovoked attack.” The slogan became so overused that people began to ask the obvious question: Why do they protest so much?