KIRSTY COVENTRY MAKES MULTIPLE HISTORY AS SHE BECOMES IOC PRESIDENT
The campaign and endorsement by Global South Media Network (GSMN) of Kirsty Coventry to become the new IOC boss has come to fruition. Zimbabwean Sports Minister Kirsty Coventry has made history after she was elected president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). After defeating six male competitors for the position, Coventry becomes the first ever […]
DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN BY THE WEST TARGETING SOUTH AFRICA
Over the past few days, a wave of misleading posts has circulated online, claiming that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov explicitly accused South Africa of human rights violations. These allegations stem from a brief clip of Lavrov speaking with Judge Andrew Napolitano, Larry Johnson, and Mario Nawfal. In truth, the excerpt in question was deliberately […]
US NEGOTIATORS FLY INTO MOSCOW IN A PUSH FOR A PAUSE IN THE UKRAINE CONFLICT
American negotiators are flying to Russia, and contacts are planned — Kremlin confirms. Dmitry Peskov stressed that the process of communicating the results of the negotiations between the United States and Ukraine in Jeddah to the Russian side is underway. US President is going full steam with his push for a negotiated settlement in the […]
PANIC-STRICKEN EU LEADERS FLOCK TO THE WHITE HOUSE TO PLEAD WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP
The global governance system is in a tailspin. But more to the point – the re-emergence of the US President Donald Trump as the Commander-in-Chief of the world’s nuclear power has thrown Europe in a fix, a spot of bother. The speed with which the change of guard in the White House has upended the […]
ZELENSKY’S WHITE HOUSE HUMILIATION PITS EUROPE AGAINST THE US, AND DAWN OF A NEW WORLD ORDER
The very public fallout between US President Donald Trump and his visiting Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelensky, at the White House has complicated Europe’s implicit plan to prolong their proxy war with Russia. Even for Diplomacy 101, Zelensky failed spectacularly. The diplomatic decorum requires at its fundamental basis the ethos of humility, calmness and erudite exposition […]
UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION URGING SWIFT END TO RUSSIA-UKRAINE CONFLICT
The United Nations Security Council on Monday adopted a U.S.-drafted resolution calling for a swift end to the Russia-Ukraine conflict and urging lasting peace between Russia and Ukraine, as the world marked the third anniversary of the full escalation of the crisis. The resolution calls for a quick end to the conflict and mourns the […]
CHINA’S PRESIDENT XI JINPING HOLDS PHONE CONVERSATION WITH RUSSIA’S PRESIDENT PUTIN
Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Monday that China welcomes the positive efforts made by Russia and relevant parties to resolve the Ukraine crisis. Xi made the remarks during a phone conversation with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Xi noted that soon after the full escalation of the Ukraine crisis, he had outlined China’s basic position, […]
IMPERFECT AS IT MAY BE, PEACE IS ON THE HORIZON, THANKS TO TRUMP
US President Donald Trump has set global power relations on a tailspin, leaving the entire Europe reeling in confused shock and disbelief and the future completely uncertain. A mere one month in office, Trump has signed countless executive orders and flipped America’s foreign policy from his predecessor Joe Biden’s globalism to his election promise of […]
FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV’S REMARKS AT THE G20 FOREIGN MINISTERS’ MEETING
“We welcome the successful start of our South African friends’ presidency. We understand the choice of the geopolitical theme that is not quite relevant for the G20: the economy is increasingly a hostage and victim of political ambitions. The West’s attempts to contain the objective process of consolidation of new powerful centres of growth in […]
RUSSIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER LAVROV PLEASED BY THE RESUMPTION OF DIRECT DIPLOMACY WITH THE US
Veteran Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was clear as he led his delegation to the high-stakes diplomatic talks with his US counterparts in the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh: Resetting of collapsed bilateral ties. Ending the Ukraine war was only a part of a bigger agenda. Lifting economic sanctions, nuclear cooperation and reignited diplomatic cooperation were […]
US TOP ENVOY MARCO RUBIO OPTIMISTIC ABOUT NEW RUSSIA-US RELATIONS
Top Russian and US envoys met in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh to pave the way for a new era of rebooted bilateral relations that are set to reconfigure global relations. The meeting was led by the veteran Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergey Lavrov and his US counterpart, Marco Rubio. The Saudis chaired the proceedings. […]
REBOOTED US-RUSSIA RELATIONS SPELLS DOOM FOR NATO
The high-level meeting between the US and Russia, aimed resetting frosted bilateral relations and also thrash out mechanism to end the Ukraine war, could mark the reconfiguration of the international world order. The side-lining of Europe and NATO and also casting aside the elephant in the room – Ukraine – whilst determining the Kiev’s future […]