Etiket: Western
For China, the war in Ukraine is the latest convulsion of western world supremacy
A woman collects her belongings from a badly damaged residential complex in Saltivka, a neighborhood of the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.Image AFP Is the Russian invasion of Ukraine just the…
Is Turkey undermining Western sanctions against Russia?
Western countries are increasingly concerned that Turkey is undermining their economic war against Russia by playing the role of sanction breaker. While Western countries are deploying far-reaching sanctions to bring…
Russia seeks Turkey’s support to circumvent Western sanctions
Russian President Vladimir Putin met with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan this Friday in Sochi The meeting, in which economic cooperation, the war in Ukraine and the war in…
Knocking at another autocrat for fuel is a sign of Western weakness
US President Joe Biden gives a friendly boxing to Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia. After taking office, Biden promised to treat him as “a pariah” for…
Western Europe braces for record heat: “Intensity of heat moving north from Spain and Portugal is simply staggering”
Western Europe braces itself for several days of scorching heat. The record heat that was measured in Portugal and Spain in recent days, will wave over France, the United Kingdom,…
Western Europe faces record heat: warnings, protocols and emergency consultations | Inland
With record temperatures predicted on Monday and especially Tuesday, and the severe forest fires in France and Spain in mind, countries such as the United Kingdom, Belgium and the Netherlands…
28 million road, 1700 trees dead: this is how controversial traffic project ended in fiasco | Western bypass
In Amersfoort the news hit like a bomb. The controversial western bypass is going into the trash. The new coalition of D66, GroenLinks, CDA, ChristenUnie and Party for the Animals…
Russia refuses to return more than 400 stolen Western planes to owners
Airport terminal at the Russian city of Yekaterinburg.Image ANP / SIPA USA The lessors demanded their planes back in March after being forced to shut down their business in Russia…
Defense expert Colijn on Western weapons in Ukraine (and their use) | NOW
Defense expert Ko Colijn has been providing the Dutch with explanations for armed conflicts for 48 years. For NU.nl he follows the battle in Ukraine and answers our (and your)…
NL-Alert due to major fire in the Western Port area, Amsterdam
An NL-Alert has just been issued due to the large fire on the Kwadrantweg in the Western Docklands. “If you are bothered by the smoke: go inside, close windows and…