SERETIS NOTES

  Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in India today for a summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, casting a long shadow over the diplomatic proceedings with fresh, hardline rhetoric regarding the war in Ukraine. Speaking to Indian media just ahead of the talks, Putin issued a blunt warning regarding Moscow’s objectives. He stated that Russia intends to seize Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region "by military or other means," signaling that the Kremlin has no intention of softening its territorial demands.

  New York City Mayor-elect   Zohran Mamdani   said Thursday he would stop clearing homeless encampments when he takes office in January, ending a longstanding practice by Mayor Eric Adams' administration. While answering questions at "Hot Chocolate, Frozen Rent" in Manhattan, Mamdani confirmed he would halt sweeps of homeless encampment sites across the city, marking one of his clearest breaks yet from an Adams policy launched in 2022.  Will Mamdani also give the homeless American citizens a place to stay?

  The White House said Europe risks “civilizational erasure” as a result of decades of economic decline, political censorship and immigration, according to a new national security document that amounts to another sharp Trump administration broadside against the continent. So true. Look what is happening in the UK.  Look what is happening in Greece. In less than  a generation Europe will be under Sharia Law

The United States wants Europe to take over the majority of NATO's conventional defense capabilities, from intelligence to missiles, by 2027, Pentagon officials told diplomats in Washington this week, a tight deadline that struck some European officials as unrealistic/

  Layoff announcements so far this year have hit the highest level seen since 2020, when the Covid-19 pandemic shut down the U.S. economy, consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said on Thursday. It's only the sixth year since 1993 that announced job cuts through the month of November have surpassed 1.1 million. The last time was in 2020, when planned cuts totaled 2.3 million by this point in the year. So what is taking the so called golden age to arrive?