EU to bypass Hungarian veto on tapping Russian assets – FT

The loophole would facilitate a $50 billion loan for Kiev backed by Russian funds, the outlet reports The European Union has developed a scheme to use profits from frozen Russian assets to secure a $50 billion loan for Ukraine, which will be used to purchase arms, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing the bloc’s…

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Ex-cardinal taped call with Pope Francis – media

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NATO’s hair trigger: The Polish missile incident was a close brush with nuclear annihilation

The fervor with which Poland and others sought to drag NATO into a war with Russia should ring alarm bells for everyone The world dodged a bullet this week, with some NATO members trying, but failing, to trigger Article 4 as a means of confronting Russia in Ukraine. We may not be so lucky next…

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