Nigeria wants Russia’s assistance to finally launch its steel plant, Ajaokuta Steel, sometimes called the “bedrock” of the nation’s industrialization, which was almost completed in the 1980s, but has never become operational. Russian MetProm group, which specializes in modernization and construction of iron and steel plants among other things, has agreed to finish the project, Nigerian Minister... 

Moscow has written off more than $20 billion in debt accumulated by African countries during the Soviet era, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Wednesday. “It was not only an act of generosity, but also a manifestation of pragmatism, because many of the African states were not able to pay interest on these loans,” Putin told TASS on the eve of the summit. While addressing the Russia-Africa... 

US President Donald Trump has publicly admitted that he is planning to keep troops in Syria because he wants the country’s oil. During a White House press conference on October 23, Trump said he wanted US companies to enter into the oil region to tap the war-torn country’s natural resources. “What I intend to do, perhaps, is make a deal with an ExxonMobil or one of our great companies to go... 

The United Nations is running out of cash. With a deficit of $230 million, the organization may run out of money by the end of October, Secretary-General and former Portuguese Socialist prime-minister António Guterres warns. Once again Socialists prove they are not very good managing other people’s money. There have been already some warnings by the UN secretary-general and former prime minister... 

Poverty, unemployment, underemployment, hunger, food insecurity, and overall deprivation affect million of households in the world’s richest country USA. Why? It’s because both right wings of its war party devote most of the nation’s discretionary income for militarism, maintaining the Pentagon’s global empire of bases, and endless aggression in multiple theaters – along... 

While mistakes of the Soviet Union put it in the museum, China’s capacity to adapt and reinvent itself could soon make it the most important country in the world. Last weekend, I addressed a 70th anniversary commemoration of the victory of the Chinese revolution. I joked to the Chinese diplomats present that I had spoken at the 70th anniversary of the October Revolution in Russia too and look what... 

After receiving a green light from the World Trade Organization, U.S. President Donald Trump is set to impose tariffs on $7.5 billion of goods coming from the European Union on October 18th. Due to the European subsidies for Airbus which violate international trade rules, the WTO ruled on Wednesday that the U.S. could impose duties as high as 100 percent on 7.5 billion in goods. The award represents... 

We are told constantly by the mainstream media and academia that without these non-European immigrants many jobs would not be occupied, many vacancies would be left unfilled and this would be a detriment to our business fabric and the economy in general. “Who will clean the bathrooms?” They tell us. Or, they ask “who would work in our shopping centres or public construction sites? Who would... 

A new report suggests that the real US debt level may be $400 trillion, or 20 times higher than the country’s gross domestic product. The calculation includes government, state, local, financial and so-called entitlement debt. AB Bernstein, a global asset management firm based on Wall Street, came up with these figures by including in its analysis not only traditional levels of public debt, such... 

Figures released by the Assembly of French Departments (ADF) have revealed that underage migrants cost French taxpayers two billion euros per year. Around 41,000 migrants under the age of 18 currently reside in France, 95 per cent of them being male, and cost the French state around 50,000 euros a year each, a report from Agence France-Presse states. Most of the underage migrants are from Sub-Saharan... 

Argentina’s embattled government has imposed currency controls intended to rein in a financial crisis that has damaged the country’s standing with investors, taken a bite out of its reserves and driven more people to an economic precipice. Companies now need to get permission from the Central Bank of Argentina to buy foreign currency or precious metals, and to transfer that money abroad.... 

During a recent state visit to Berlin, Greece’s recently elected head of state Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that he hopes Germany will agree to begin negotiations surrounding war reparations, the Associated Press reports. Following a meeting with Chancellor Merkel on Thursday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis of the New Democracy party told members of the press “we hope there will be a positive... 

The German government is handing out residence permits to foreign family members of “refugees” like candy while homelessness among Germans skyrockets. In 2019, approximately 9,000 residence permits have been given to foreign family members of so-called ‘refugees’ by German authorities, even though a new report has suggested that homelessness in the country has increased by as much as 20 percent. Chancellor... 

A homeless person dies on average every 19 hours in the UK, according to newly released figures. Data reveals at least 235 people affected by homelessness have died over the last six months, ranging from the ages of 16 to 104 years old. The same figures from last year showed 449 deaths in 12 months – on average one every 20 hours – indicating that the frequency at which homeless people are dying... 

Italy’s interior minister Matteo Salvini has called on the country’s prime minister to recognize the government’s ruling coalition has collapsed, demanding a vote of no confidence and snap elections. Giorgia Meloni, the leader of the National Populist Brothers of Italy party, has said that new elections could bring about a government set on making the “politically incorrect reforms that Italy...