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Ukraine’s “creeping offensive” brought flare ups on front lines. Houthi missile hit Saudi frigate off the coast of Yemen. Saudis claimed suicide boats, like the AQ attack on USS Cole. Trump blamed Iran, sent Cole to Aden. And more in our global news...

How Vladimir Putin’s desperate hold on power is fuelling the next revolution by Michael Petrou Illustration by Adrian Lee I. In late April, the forests surrounding Pikalyovo, an industrial city 250 km east of St. Petersburg, are still blanketed...

Concerns over military escalation in Ukraine By Olena Galushka Since February 2014, multiple acts of Russian aggression against Ukraine’s territorial integrity and the inviolability of its territory and frontiers have transformed the security situation...

"The blog is mightier than the sword." --Headline for article by journalist Amit Lewinthal, israelhayom.com (2012), perhaps relevant eons ago (by social-media standards); image from PDCAST [LISTEN] On Culinary Diplomacy: Culinary diplomacy utilizes...

24 September 2016 — Saturday YESTERDAY in GOLD, SILVER, PLATINUM and PALLADIUM It was virtually a nothing day in gold.  It crawled a few dollars lower in morning trading in the Far East, then did nothing until 10 a.m. BST in London.  It crawled higher...