Putin: US, NATO Should Pay Afghanistan Reconstruction Costs
2021-09-17
Vladimir Putin: “United States and NATO countries are directly responsible for the dire consequences of their long-term presence in the country”.Continue reading
20-Year US in Afghanistan Brought Tragedies, Losses (Putin)
2021-09-02
“For twenty years, American troops had been on this [Afghan] territory and for twenty years they tried – one can say this without offending anyone – to civilise the people who live there, to introduce their norms and standards of life in the broadest sense of the word, including the political organisation of society”, Vladimir Putin said.Continue reading
Scotland Independence to Force UK Trident Nuclear Subs to US
2021-09-02
“Moving the bases to the US is the preferred option of the UK Treasury, as it would require minimal capital investment”, the sources argued, adding that “basing Trident outside Britain could be politically difficult, as it would likely be viewed as a threat to defence sovereignty”.Continue reading
Hamid Karzai: ‘US Failed’ in Afghanistan
2021-06-20
Afghanistan’s former president Hamid Karzai: “The US/NATO military campaign was not against extremism or terrorism, the campaign was more against Afghan villages and hopes; putting Afghan people in prisons, creating prisons in our own country … and bombing all villages. That was very wrong.”Continue reading
Who’s Most Important Middle East Partner? China, US?
2021-06-14
China’s growing influence in the Middle East is a real challenge to US dominance in the region. In the wake of the “Arab Spring”, China gradually expanded its engagement in the Middle East and has become the largest investor in the region and the most significant trading partner with the Arab League.Continue reading
Iran, US Finally Agree All Sanctions to End
2021-06-14
“Some minute technical, political, legal, and practical issues remain,” Saeed Khatibzadeh, spokesman for the ministry said, adding “No task was impossible for the negotiators, and there’s no impasse.”Continue reading
Biden, Putin Meeting: The High-Stakes Encounter
2021-06-14
“I believe very strongly that our protections under the Constitution depend on the transparency of our government. Because it’s in the dark spaces, it’s in the unlit spaces of government activity that abuses occur, or can occur,” said Timothy Naftali, an associate professor at New York University.Continue reading
‘United States Condemns Syrian President Bashar Assad Regime’ – Donald Trump
2019-05-10
“The regime’s brutal war on the Syrian people, who have been calling for freedom and a representative government, not only endangers the Syrian people themselves, but also generates instability throughout the region.”Continue reading
Cory Booker Biography and Profile
2019-02-01
Cory Booker was born on April 27, 1969, in Washington, D.C., to affluent civil rights activists. He attended prestigious schools, including Stanford University and Yale Law School, and went on to become a politician in the city of Newark, New Jersey. Vowing to reduce the crime rate there and improve education and city services, Booker was elected mayor of Newark. An avid user of social media, particularly Twitter, Booker became known as the second most social mayor in the country. In a special 2013 election, Booker won a seat in the U.S. Senate, where he is the junior senator from New Jersey.
When Cory’s parents tried to move into a neighborhood with a good school district, no one would sell them a home because of the color of their skin. A group of volunteer lawyers, who had seen what happened on Bloody Sunday in 1965 and were inspired to help black families in their own community, stepped in to help the family get their home.Continue reading
Howard Schultz Biography and Profile
2019-01-28
I (Howard Schultz) was born on 19 July 1953, in Brooklyn, New York, to Fred Schultz and Elaine Schultz. Like so many Americans, our ancestors were immigrants. My paternal great grandfather, Max, arrived in the United States from Eastern Europe in 1892 with $10 in his pocket. He spoke no English and made his living as a tailor. My maternal great grandfather, Morris, came to America in the early 1890s. He was a barrel maker.
I was three years old when my family moved us into a small apartment in one of Brooklyn’s public housing projects in Canarsie, which really was the last stop on the “L” train from New York City. I grew up in those projects, the oldest of three kids, and with a best friend who lived next door.Continue reading