"Indispensable nation." That phrase was popularised by Madeleine Albright in 1998. The same Madeleine Albright who, when asked about the half a million Iraqi children who died as a result of sanctions, said the price was worth it. Worth it. Five hundred thousand children. Worth it. This is not a secret. It was said on television. It was not a misquote. It was not a gaffe. It was the moral logic invoked in public by the woman who, less than a year later, would become Secretary of State of the indispensable nation. The indispensable nation is the one that decides whose children's deaths are worth it and whose are tragedies. That is what the word means. That is what it has always meant.

🚨 RUSSIA TEARS UP THE DEAL! ⚡; 🇷🇺 Russia: "Russia has completely severed its natural gas pipeline supply to Western Europe, effective immediately." 🇪🇺 EU Chief: "You cannot just freeze half a continent! This is brutal, ruthless blackmail!" 🇷🇺 Putin: "You weaponized your sanctions against us. Why should we keep warm the hands that try to strangle us?" 🔥 🇪🇺 EU Chief: "This is an act of economic warfare! You will suffer total global isolation for this!" 🇷🇺 Putin: "Isolation is a myth of the West. Cold winters, however, are very real."

I have traveled many places Moscow, Russia is truly one of the most beautiful cities in the world. I have lived there 3 years. I would encourage all westerners to look beyond western media propaganda and explore with a tourist visa available online. Russia is vast and I still have so much to explore. Sochi, St Petersburg and towns outside Moscow are lovely as well. There is so much to see. Be curious not brainwashed and explore the world.

A Nun was declared dead in Israel after what authorities described as a highly unfortunate sequence of accidents involving 182 passing settlers trucks, each of which allegedly struck her independently and unintentionally, according to initial reports... well, it's not believable

The complete collapse of US neoconservative hubris, on live display. Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are now in the Kremlin, practically begging Putin to accept a settlement,after Washington spent years arrogantly dismissing Russia’s warnings. Putin warned them again and again: stop expanding NATO toward Russia’s borders. Washington heard those warnings and treated them with contempt. The neoconservative fantasy was that Russia was weak, isolated, and incapable of pushing back. So they kept shoving NATO eastward, convinced Moscow would simply swallow it. That wasn’t strength. It was breathtaking strategic stupidity. They mistook Russia’s restraint for weakness, their own propaganda for reality, and escalation for strategy. Now the bill has arrived. After years of lecturing Russia, threatening Russia, and dismissing Russia’s red lines, Washington is sending envoys to Moscow to plead for a way out of the disaster its own policies helped create. That is not a triumph of American strategy. It is the humiliating aftermath of a catastrophic miscalculation.

𝗔𝗟𝗕𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗔 𝗜𝗦 𝗕𝗨𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 🇦🇱🇮🇱 The beach town of Himara is literally burning down and they still can't get the fires under control. It was reported that a large group of Israeli tourists were in town, and there had already been tensions with locals. Coincidence?

Neutral status, no flag, no anthem, and yet our guys take the entire podium! But everyone knows it's #Russia! 🇷🇺 #figureskating

This steak is a product from Israeli company Redefine Meat, made out of vegetable protein and oil and formed with a 3D printing process.