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Poland demands £1.1 trillion in WWII reparations from Germany

Poland's former deputy prime minister said today that the government will seek the equivalent of £1.1 trillion in reparations from Germany for the Nazis’ World War II invasion and occupation of his country. → Read More

Amnesty International stands by report critical of Ukraine

Amnesty International is standing by its highly critical report on Ukraine after the head of its branch in the country resigned, accusing the human rights group of peddling pro-Russian propaganda. → Read More

Former CIA chief admits to U.S. meddling in foreign elections

Former CIA director James Woolsey has admitted that the U.S. “interferes” in elections in other countries to protect its interests. He made the candid remarks during an interview with Fox News presenter Laura Ingraham on Saturday. Asked whether the U.S. “meddles in other countries' elections,” the former CIA chief replied: “Oh probably, but it was for the good of the system in order to prevent… → Read More

Zelensky fires intelligence chief and prosecutor general on grounds of treason

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has sacked his country’s prosecutor general and the head of the intelligence services amid allegations of collusion with Russia. → Read More

Zelensky government bans Communist Party of Ukraine, seizes assets

The Communist Party of Ukraine (KPU) was permanently banned Tuesday after a Lviv court ruling which turned over all its assets, including party buildings and funds, to the state. → Read More

Fate of Ukrainian Communist youth leaders unknown 100 days after their imprisonment

Communists around the world have called for the redoubling of international solidarity efforts to free two young Ukrainian communists jailed by Kiev authorities in March. → Read More

After months of denial, U.S. admits to running Ukraine biolabs

Washington has been urged to come clean over its biolab program in Ukraine after the Department of Defense admitted its existence. The Pentagon said on Thursday that it has operated 46 biolabs in Ukraine handling dangerous pathogens, after previously dismissing the charges as Russian propaganda. → Read More

Global capitalist elite hold secret meeting in Washington

A solitary protest was held by an anti-war activist and army veteran at a secretive meeting of world political and financial leaders in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. The Bilderberg Meeting opened at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in the U.S. → Read More

Russia now controls a fifth of Ukraine, President Zelensky says on eve of invasion’s 100th day

Russian troops have occupied 20 percent of Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced today ahead of the invasion’s 100th day tomorrow. → Read More

European Union takes a U-turn on Russian oil embargo

European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen has performed a U-turn over a ban on Russian oil, saying that it would be wiser to continue imports. In an interview broadcast on MSNBC Saturday, she said the EU would do more damage to Russia by continuing to buy Russian oil than via an embargo. → Read More

Journalists and leftists are targets on new Ukraine ‘undesirables’ hit list

A list of “undesirables” has been published in Ukraine encouraging citizens to become informers for the security forces targeting leftists accused of supporting the Russian invasion of the country. → Read More

In both Sweden and Finland, Communists oppose NATO membership plans

Communists in both Sweden and Finland have come out in strong opposition to the announcements by the governments of their respective countries that they intend to apply for membership in the U.S.-led NATO military alliance. → Read More

Russian troops attack Odessa to disrupt food and weapons supplies

Russian troops attacked a vital port in Odessa Tuesday, disrupting food and essentials supply lines and Western weapons shipments bound for Kiev. The Ukrainian military said Russian forces fired seven missiles at the country’s largest port, hitting a shopping center and warehouse and leading to on... → Read More

Russia destroys missile factory in Kiev and warns of further attacks on the Ukrainian capital

Russia destroyed a missile factory in the suburbs of the Ukrainian capital Kiev it was confirmed yesterday, as it bombarded the city following Ukrainian strikes onto Russian territory. → Read More

Pentagon summons eight biggest arms firms for talks on supplying weapons to Ukraine

Pentagon officials hosted the eight biggest arms firms in the United States today at a summit aimed at increasing the supply of weapons to Ukraine. Officials said the meeting would look at preparing for “protracted war” with Russia and “proposals to accelerate production of existing systems an... → Read More

In UK, peace movement opposes NATO on more weapons to Ukraine

LONDON - Peace campaigners here hit out today at NATO plans to supply “new and heavier” weapons to Ukraine as they planned more protests and other events across Britain. The Stop the War Coalition will hold 13 more peace events tomorrow, which it has dubbed Peace for Ukraine Day. → Read More

Medvedev: ‘New financial order’ emerges as sanctions fail to affect Russia

Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev spoke of the emergence of a “new financial order” today as more countries move away from the dollar as the world currency. → Read More

South Ossetia’s president says breakaway Georgian region will join Russia

South Ossetia has announced plans to join the Russian Federation, a move described by the president of the separatist Caucasus republic Anatoly Bibilov as the will of the people. “I believe that unification with Russia is our strategic goal and the aspiration of our people. → Read More

Police remove Ukrainian flags from Berlin’s Soviet memorial to defeat of Nazis

Police removed Ukrainian flags from two Russian tanks at the Soviet Memorial in the German capital Berlin today, the second such incident so far this week. → Read More

Greek workers and peace activists rally in ‘people’s port’ of Piraeus

Greek workers and peace activists staged a mass anti-war rally as the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle arrived in the port of Piraeus in Athens on March 24. → Read More