“Accellerationism,” according to the FBI, is the view that “the existing social order should be pushed to such a degree that Western countries become failed states, giving rise to changes that would reshape the world in radical ways.”

Source: https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2023/04/10/fbi-internet-slang-like-based-red-pill-associated-with-extremism/

According to NAN, the minister said IPOB remains a terrorist group as declared by the Nigerian government and should be treated as such by Western countries.

Source: https://www.thenews-chronicle.com/lai-mohammeds-hysteria-over-ipob-misplaced/

After that, Western countries imposed harsh sanctions against Russia.

Source: https://en.mehrnews.com/news/200694/Ukraine-s-Zelensky-rejects-Pope-s-offer-of-mediation

“And one more nuance that they (Western countries) do not want to explain: the convicts were released from custody in Russia only for the Russian frontline.”

Source: https://londonlovesbusiness.com/nato-member-sends-hundreds-of-armed-reinforcements-to-belarus-border-as-wagner-fighters-are-most-prepared/

A renewed crisis over Iran would come at a bad time for U.S. President Joe Biden who is focused on maintaining allies' support for the war in Ukraine and on rallying Western countries to push back on China's military and diplomatic ambitions.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/analysis-smoldering-iran-nuclear-crisis-risks-catching-fire/article_1735672f-a4c0-5476-9fe0-26c3811eeed6.html

As we get near to the Brics summit on 22 to 24 August, there will be several manoeuvres by Western countries to influence it.

Source: https://mg.co.za/thoughtleader/opinion/2023-06-27-macron-should-not-attend-the-brics-summit/

Britain said on Thursday it would ban TikTok on government phones with immediate effect, a move that follows other Western countries who have barred the Chinese-owned video app over security concerns.

Source: https://cyprus-mail.com/2023/03/16/uk-bans-tiktok-on-government-phones-over-security-concerns/

China is Russia's most important ally and has been buying Russian oil and other goods shunned by Western countries.

Source: https://www.rawstory.com/icc-judges-seek-putin-s-arrest-citing-war-crimes-in-ukraine/

During the COVID-19 pandemic, when Western countries were handing out checks to tide its citizens over through the initial economic shock, China kept its purse strings tight despite mass unemployment among young workers.

Source: https://foreignpolicy.com/2023/06/22/china-education-system-lying-flat-state-control-xi-jinping/

He had originally been set to attend in person but many Western countries closed their airspace to flights from Russia after the invasion.

Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/9512457/russia-iran-top-envoys-un-human-rights-council/

He noted that the measures taken by the Western countries created more and more insurmountable obstacles on the way out of the most acute military and political crisis, "fraught with the most serious consequences for international security."

Source: https://en.mehrnews.com/news/203101/Russia-NATO-confrontation-slipping-into-worst-case-scenario

"In Western countries – in England, France, Italy, and various U.S. states – people took to the streets in large numbers, chanting slogans against Israel and in many cases, against America.

Source: https://www.memri.org/tv/iran-supreme-leader-ayatollah-ali-khamenei-death-america-not-slogan-policy-west-protests

It is certainly in the interest of both Ukraine and the Western countries to continue to stick to this goal, so that Ukraine can liberate all occupied territories, and to provide as much support as possible.

Source: https://news.err.ee/1609031201/kristi-raik-on-vilnius-messages-to-ukraine-must-avoid-previous-vagueness

More Australian children are allergic to peanuts than in most Western countries – about 3 per cent of Aussie kids compared to 2 per cent for other Western countries.

Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/life/eat-drink/2023/05/12/peanut-patch-allergic-reaction/

More Australian children are allergic to peanuts than in most Western countries – about 3 per cent of Aussie kids compared to 2 per cent for other Western countries.

Source: https://thenewdaily.com.au/life/eat-drink/2023/05/12/peanut-patch-allergic-reaction/

On the same programme, Commons Defence Committee chairman Tobias Ellwood urged Western countries to do more to back Ukraine.

Source: https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2023/01/26/zelensky-dismisses-putin-as-a-nobody-but-hails-special-bond-with-johnson/

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Aug. 8 that the revival of the crucial deal with to allow Ukrainian grain exports "depends on Western countries which must keep their promises."

Source: https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/west-must-keep-promises-on-ukraine-grain-deal-erdogan-185346

Russia's foreign ministry said that it warned Western countries against using the Wagner mercenary group’s mutiny 'to achieve their Russophobic goals'.

Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12229297/Russian-crisis-LIVE-Prighozins-Wagner-militia-seize-Rostov-Don-Putin-make-statement.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490

Some Western countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom, have welcomed the move as a step towards justice for the victims of the conflict.

Source: https://njtoday.news/2023/03/18/international-criminal-court-issues-arrest-warrant-for-vladimir-putin/

South Africa expects more pledges as COP28 gathers steam, but how far have Western countries come in delivering on previous commitments they made?

Source: https://mg.co.za/the-green-guardian/2023-10-27-climate-finance-still-a-vital-issue-at-cop28-creecy-says/