London: The British government has signalled plans to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the royal line of succession following his arrest on suspicion of misconduct in public office, as police launched further inquiries into his former security team.

The proposal will depend on the outcome of the police investigation but it represents a dramatic reversal on the government stance last year, as new polling shows strong public support for the official act to ensure the former prince could never become king.

Russia and Japan are not holding any negotiations on concluding a long-elusive peace treaty, as bilateral relations have hit rock bottom over Tokyo’s “unfriendly” stance towards Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.

Speaking to reporters on Friday, Peskov weighed in on remarks by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi during her policy speech to the parliament. She acknowledged that while Russia-Japan relations are in “a tough spot,” “the Japanese government’s position remains unchanged, aiming to resolve the territorial issue and conclude a peace treaty.”

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump on Friday called the recent Supreme Court ruling against his global tariffs a "disgrace" and said he has a backup plan in mind, CNN reported, citing people familiar with the remarks.

The comments were made during a working breakfast with US governors.

Earlier in the day, the US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump is not authorized to impose global tariffs.

"Fulfilling that role, we hold that IEEPA [International Emergency Economic Powers Act] does not authorize the President to impose tariffs," the court's opinion published on Friday said.

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As predictable as Pauline Hanson’s racism, the commentariat leapt on Thursday’s labour market figures as more evidence of fiscal doom and monetary policy gloom. Michael Pascoe worries that the RBA will too.

Isn’t it great to have an economy where unemployment is low without causing an inflationary wages breakout? 

Beware the wages bogeyman – it’s the housing, stupid

by Michael Pascoe

Apparently not, according to the main fishwrappers that greeted the unemployment rate remaining steady at 4.1 per cent in January as a bad 

bad thing requiring higher interest rates forthwith.

The head of the sports division of Italian state broadcaster RAI has stepped down after a gaffe-filled commentary during the Olympics opening ceremony, the company announced on Thursday.

Paulo Petrecca has faced anger from the network's journalists even before the latest embarrassment due to his reported close ties with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who had already been accused of turning news channels into “TeleMeloni.”

Meloni ally quits state TV job following Olympic gaffes

RAI Sport chief Paolo Petrecca had faced criticism from network journalists even before his recent televised blunders

Ever since the end of the Cold War, the West came to believe that with the demise of their strongest foe — the Soviet Union — the world would be shaped by them in the manner of their own choosing. This manifested itself in the era of globalization, which saw Western financial and political institutions dominating the global politico-economic discourse.

The Great Doctrinal Discord

Pranay Kumar Shome

The West has failed to understand Russia ever since the end of the Cold War. The reason, however, lies in the universalistic pretensions of the West’s worldview.

20 February 2022: A French modelling agent and close associate of the late US financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead in his prison cell in Paris.

Jean-Luc Brunel was found hanged in his cell in La Santé prison at 01:00 on Saturday, prosecutors told the BBC.

US President Donald Trump, citing "tremendous interest," said he was directing the Pentagon and other government agencies to release files related to extraterrestrials and unidentified flying objects (UFOs).

He said the agencies should include "any and all other information connected to these highly complex, but extremely interesting and important, matters."

He made the announcement on social media on Thursday, hours after accusing former President Barack Obama of disclosing "classified information" when he suggested in a podcast interview that aliens were real.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday called for responsible frameworks for the governance of artificial intelligence as well as its democratization to ensure people around the world have access to the technology.

That's at a time when AI threatens to take over jobs and AI tools face greater scrutiny by governments all over the world.

India AI summit: Modi, Macron call for safety amid AI boom

A U.S. federal judge has issued an opinion that compares President Donald Trump’s administration removal of displays about slavery from a historical site in Philadelphia to the actions of the propaganda agency in George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984.

Judge Slams Trump Admin for Orwellian History

By Jessica Corbett

Posters depicting world ‘leaders’ wearing Nazi uniforms have led to a cafe owner having to shut down an unrelated gig as Canberra police established a crime scene.

On Wednesday, ACT Police officers attended Dissent Cafe & Bar in Canberra after a complaint about “possible hate imagery”, and asked the owner to remove posters. The owner declined, so police established a crime scene, seized five posters, and said they will be considered under “recently enacted Commonwealth legislation regarding hate symbols.”

Cafe of Dissent. When satire meets hate speech laws

by Joshua Barnett

The posters depicted Donald Trump, J D Vance, Elon Musk, Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu in Nazi uniforms, along with signs to “Sanction Israel” and “Stop Genocide.”

Angus Taylor has assembled his shadow ministry, but unresolved tensions with the Nationals, policy baggage from the last election and doubts about his own authority leave his leadership exposed.

In allocating the various portfolios in his shadow cabinet and ministry, Opposition Leader Angus Taylor has managed to pay off most of his current political debts, as well as disposing of some of his enemies. But he is now stuck with a few potentially brutal problems.

David Solomon

The US military buildup in the Middle East isn’t about defense — it’s aimed at “inflicting serious damage on Iran,” Dmitry Drozdenko, military analyst and chief editor of the Fatherland Arsenal portal, tells Sputnik.

Since there has been no official attack on Israel or the US by Iran, we are witnessing prep for an “unprovoked aggression against a sovereign nation,” he argues.

The analyst weighed in on the current US show of force:

E-3 Sentry AWACS deployed to US bases in Europe and Middle East - flying radars & command centers

Carrier-based reconnaissance bolstered by Northrop Grumman E-2 Hawkeye AEW aircraft

EA-18G electronic warfare jets

Positioned F-35A fighters and tanker aircraft extend the operational reach of US and Israeli AF

The Dalai Lama has taken home his first Grammy award, prompting criticism from China.

The 90-year-old Buddhist spiritual leader, who lives in exile in India, was announced as the winner for the narration and storytelling category for his spoken word album, Meditations: The Reflections of His Holiness the Dalai Lama – adding the award to a collection that includes a Nobel peace prize, a presidential medal of freedom and the Gandhi peace prize.