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The renminbi was used in 49% of Beijing’s international settlements last quarter, figures have shown The yuan surpassed the US dollar to become the most-used currency in China’s overall cross-border transactions from April to June, Nikkei reported this week, citing statistical data from the Chinese State Administration of Foreign Exchange. According to the outlet’s analysis
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Much of the world now supports de-dollarization. It will happen, but not as a “big bang” The de-dollarization of the global financial system is set to continue. This will be facilitated by the development of new financial technology. Central banks will seek to settle directly with each other without using the currencies of developed countries.
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Josina Machel says the continent’s people don’t need to take up arms to get rid of neocolonialism, but must unite instead Josina Ziyaya Machel, the daughter of the first president of independent Mozambique, Samora Moises Machel, has told RT that forces claiming to fight terrorism represent a new form of colonialism. Machel, who is part
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An increasing number of nations have been shunning the greenback in trade settlements The number of international agreements aimed at abandoning the US dollar in trade has been growing lately, signaling a global de-dollarization push in light of Washington’s aggressive foreign policy. RT explores the reverse side of the US sanctions policy and whether it
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The liberation of Africa from the oppression of Western colonizers in the 1960s became one of the main themes of Soviet propaganda posters In the second half of the 20th century, the African continent lived through its own ‘parade of sovereignties.’ In 1960 alone, 17 new nations gained independence in what was formerly colonial Africa.
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US President Joe Biden’s son enters not-guilty plea after US judge raised concerns about plea agreement. US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter has pleaded not guilty to two tax crimes after a plea deal with United States federal prosecutors fell apart during a court hearing after a judge raised concerns over the agreement. Hunter Biden was charged last
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CNN legal analyst: Hunter Biden’s legal problems are not over A plea deal between President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden and the Justice Department is on hold after a dramatic court hearing Wednesday. Hunter Biden failed to pay between $1.1 million and $1.5 million in federal taxes before the legal deadlines and was poised to plead guilty
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The Senate on Wednesday strongly condemned the weekly ‘sit at home’ order in the South East imposed by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The upper chamber urged the federal government to collaborate with the Finnish government and extradite a leader of the gang, Simon Ekpa, from Finland for prosecution in Nigeria. The Red
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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has accused the courts of being responsible for the present sufferings, hardships, and underdevelopment in Nigeria. NLC President Joe Ajaero made the accusation in his address at the closing ceremony of the 2023 Rain School of the Congress in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. Ajaero said that the earlier nationwide action
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One of the good things out of spending time in Nigerian prison was that I learnt some secrets about how the prison and the Nigerian criminal justice system work. Yes, I was detained in Kuje prison. I was never convicted. No court ever found me guilty of any crime. And I did not commit a
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National security is the protection of the people, preservation of national values, ensuring the protection and furtherance of the national socio-economic and political prosperity and the protection of the abstract State. No State has a life of its own distinct from the lives of the people who constitute the State. However, in Nigeria, there has
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Presidency says army ready to attack if guards do not back down, adds president is well after reports said he was held within the presidential palace. Niger’s presidency has said some members of the presidential guard tried to move against President Mohamed Bazoum, warning that the army was ready to attack them if they did not
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Textbook evil. Senator Gerard Rennick is an Australian politician, who is in the Liberal National Party of Queensland since July 2019. He wrote the following on this webpage: We are all used to the Government lying but in my view this has to be one of the biggest lies of all. The World Health Organisation has told
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The Pentagon inspector general found the arms Washington sent to Kiev did not undergo the required inspections. A report from the inspector general found weapons the US sent to Ukraine in the hands of criminals and on the black market. The Arms Control Act requires the White House to establish an inspection system for weapons the US
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Chapter XV of “The Worldwide Corona Crisis. Global Coup d’Etat Against Humanity” by Prof. Michel Chossudovsky, 2022 The Storming of the Bastille occurred in Paris on the afternoon of July 14, 1789. The Bastille was a medieval armory, fortress, and political prison. It was the symbol of Royal Authority under the reign of King Louis XVI. The
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Several markers and official responses in the last week demonstrate the unfolding turmoil in the economy and the uncoordinated response of President Bola Tinubu. While the naira exchange rate rose to N870 to $1, and the pump price of petrol to N617 per litre, inflation rate in June was reported at 22.79 per cent. Food
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After over a decade of development, BRICS cooperation has been greatly strengthened. The international community has widely recognized and supported BRICS, and an increasing number of like-minded countries want to join it. Who Wants In? According to Russian media reports, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on June 15 that the number of countries
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This was originally published in November 2022. World BEYOND War has launched a new online tool at worldbeyondwar.org/no-bases that allows the user to view a globe pock-marked with 867 U.S. military bases in countries other than the United States, and to zoom in for a satellite view of and detailed information on each base. The tool also allows filtering
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The Global Deployment of US Military Personnel Editor’s Note This important analysis and review of US military might by award winning Canadian geographer Professor Jules Dufour, was first published by Global Research in 2007. Jules Dufour passed away after a long illness in August 2017. His legacy will live. US military presence around the World has expanded
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The US urge to dominate the World is still looking for a way. Not that the US can – but that doesn’t mean the Neocons won’t attempt. Neocons no longer identify themselves as such, but that also doesn’t mean that they have gone away – or that they have changed. Democrat Neocons, btw, never self-identified by
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The plot behind Ukraine is far deeper than anyone is willing to talk about publically. Yanukovich was corrupt and his sons were acting like a protection racket. Yanukovich was keen on joining the EU but the treaty had a clause in there that would have put Ukraine in NATO through the backdoor. Ukraine would have
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Mirroring meticulous Chinese attention to protocol, they met at Villa 5 of the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse – exactly where Kissinger first met in person with Zhou Enlai in 1971, preparing Nixon’s 1972 visit to China. The Mr. Kissinger Goes to Beijing saga was an “unofficial”, individual attempt to try to mend increasingly fractious Sino-American relations.
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On February 16, 2022, a full week before Putin sent combat troops into Ukraine, the Ukrainian Army began the heavy bombardment of the area (in east Ukraine) occupied by mainly ethnic Russians. Officials from the Observer Mission of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) were located in the vicinity at the time and
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Russians increasingly believe the West wants to destroy their country There is an increasingly widespread view in Russia that the goal of the US – and the “collective West” it leads – is to achieve a “final solution” to the “Russian question.” The goals are believed to be defeating Russia, wrecking its military potential, restructuring its statehood,
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Stress and so-called mental health issues have been in ‘pandemic’ mode? With the seemingly endless fear-generating narratives of the corporate-owned mass media in relation to catastrophic CO2-induced climate change; virus pandemics; nuclear war; or whatever else they can come up with to keep you shivering under your sheets – is it any wonder that stress and
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US officials are growing tired of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky making endless demands for Western support, writes Douglas MacKinnon, a former adviser for policy and communications at the Pentagon, in an op-ed for The Hill. Even without MacKinnon’s insight, it is evident that Western leaders are becoming weary of Zelensky’s demands, as seen at the recent NATO Summit
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The Russian leader reflected on the “trust and mutual support” between Moscow and African countries President Vladimir Putin has shared his views on how Russia and Africa should unite their efforts in pushing for global “peace, progress, and a successful future,” in an article released ahead of the Russia-Africa Summit in St. Petersburg. Africa has “rightful place” in deciding the world’s fate
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Russia continues to be an attractive market for foreign companies, Moscow’s ambassador to Germany says The Russian economy has proven resilient despite sanctions, and German businesses are reluctant to leave the market despite pressure from the government in Berlin, Russia’s ambassador to Germany said in an interview with the news website Lenta.ru, published last week.
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“My mates have died, and are dying. I’ve seen things out here that, from a military perspective, are beyond unacceptable,” says one Australian fighter From the start of Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, thousands of foreign mercenaries have joined Ukraine’s Armed Forces. They came to Ukraine from all over the world, but mostly from Poland,
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The ex-US president believed the situation in the country was “highly explosive,” according to a declassified letter Former US president Richard Nixon warned his successor Bill Clinton nearly 30 years ago that Ukraine could plunge into bloody turmoil, while predicting major political changes in Russia, according to a document made available to the public last
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Russia and Africa should now work on a more fair agreement, Ovigwe Eguegu told RT It is “disingenuous” of the West to expect Russia to renew the Black Sea grain deal when Western governments didn’t hold up their end of the bargain, policy analyst Ovigwe Eguegu told RT on Saturday. Russia and Africa, he argued, should strike
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Western businesses “shamelessly” profited from the arrangement, the Russian leader has said President Vladimir Putin says there is no longer any use in continuing the Black Sea grain deal, as it failed to serve its original humanitarian purpose, in an article released ahead of the second Russia-Africa Summit and Russia-Africa Economic and Humanitarian Forum in St.
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Economic cooperation reached $18 billion in 2022, the president has said Russia’s trade with African nations is growing based on mutual trust and goodwill, President Vladimir Putin has said in an article released ahead of the Russia-Africa Summit in St. Petersburg. The second Russia-Africa Summit is scheduled for July 27-28 and takes place alongside the
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For as much as the ruling African National Congress might sincerely want to host President Putin and accelerate financial multipolarity processes through close cooperation with Russia via BRICS, the “politically inconvenient” fact is that it ultimately chose to submit to Western pressure and not do so. Building upon this observation and the precedent established by
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The warning comes after Moscow de-facto re-imposed a naval blockade of Ukraine The Ukrainian military has said it will treat all vessels sailing toward Russia’s Black Sea Ports as if they are carrying military supplies, warning they could share the same fate as a Russian warship sunk earlier in the conflict. The thinly veiled threat was issued
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Restrictions on Russia’s agricultural exports and supporting infrastructure should be lifted, the deputy UN envoy has said Russia is ready to rejoin the grain deal brokered by the UN and Türkiye, but only on the condition that Western nations and Ukraine meet their long-standing obligations, Moscow’s deputy permanent representative to the UN said on Friday.
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Ukraine has used humanitarian corridors reserved for grain shipments to attack Russian targets, Moscow claims Ukraine has used the Black Sea grain deal to accumulate sizable military and fuel supplies, Russian Deputy Ambassador to the UN Dmitry Polyansky told the organization’s Security Council (UNSC) on Friday. EU nations have also exploited the agreement to reap
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Turnover between the two BRICS member states reached a record high last year, Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira says Brazil is looking forward to scaling up its trade with Russia, Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said in an interview with RIA Novosti published earlier this week. The senior official hailed last year’s growth in trade turnover between
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Wagner PMC is protecting the president of the Central African Republic, an adviser to its head of state has said The Central African Republic (CAR) has a defense contract with the Wagner private military company, which is helping to enhance the country’s security, Fidele Gouandjika, special minister and presidential adviser, has said. Members of the
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For approximately 20-25 years, the political West has been flirting with the idea of Ukraine joining NATO. And yet, Kiev is as far from joining the belligerent alliance as it was a few decades ago, as evidenced by Zelensky’s unconcealed, almost painful frustration at the latest NATO summit in Lithuania’s Vilnius. The very idea that Ukraine might
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As a former intelligence officer, I’ve been wondering why has no one done an investigation about Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine. His rise to power, in my opinion, represents an incredible manipulation of world opinion that will go down in history as a classic case study in social psychological engineering: an ordinary comedian who came to
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Before the Russian invasion, CIA reports linked him to an oligarch so dirty and so mired in “significant corruption” that the State Department banned him from entering the U.S. But now CIA propaganda portrays Zelensky as nobler than Winston Churchill and saintlier than Mother Theresa. Will the Real Volodymyr Zelensky Please Stand Up In 2019,
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This incisive article by Nauman Sadiq was first written on March 18, 2022, barely two weeks after the Russian invasion, provides a carefully documented portrait of President Zelensky and his links to the CIA. Contradictions: Volodymyr Zelensky is Jewish. He supports the Nazi Azov Battalion, the two Nazi parties, which have committed countless atrocities against the Jewish community in Ukraine.
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Neurotechnology and the Ban of Mind Control Weapons: If Democracy Is to Win in This World, the United Nations Must Become Democratic Outstanding analysis by Mojmir Babacek On July 6 2023, The Washington Times published the article “China crafts weapons to alter brain function; report says tech meant to influence government leaders“. The article says: “China‘s People’s
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If the recent report on the investigation by the Department of State Security (DSS) into the discharge certificate feud between the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State surprised anyone, it wasn’t me. Even though I was of the view that both parties should be allowed to prove their respective
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Marjorie Taylor Greene’s questions about alleged drug use at the White House followed the discovery of a bag of cocaine near the West Wing US Republican congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene questioned whether President Joe Biden’s son Hunter and the rest of the White House occupants could pass a drug test in a tweet on Wednesday,
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Republicans say the FBI interfered in the 2020 election by misleading the American public The Federal Bureau of Investigation refused to disclose to US social media companies that the laptop allegedly belonging to President Joe Biden’s son was genuine, the US House Judiciary Committee revealed on Friday. The New York Post had published a story about Hunter Biden’s
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Pyongyang has accused Washington and Seoul of plotting an attack against it North Korea has threatened a nuclear response if the US deploys aircraft carriers, bombers, and missile submarines in South Korea, according to a statement shared on Thursday by state media channel KCNA. Pyongyang claims that despite repeated warnings, Washington and Seoul held a
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Months ago, British operatives reportedly studied ways to blow up the strategic bridge UK intelligence officials apparently commissioned a study in April examining ways to blow up Russia’s Crimea Bridge, The Grayzone has reported. The secret plot was drawn up at the request of senior British Army intelligence operative Chris Donnelly, the Grayzone reported on
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Crude flows hit 10.5 million tons in June, customs data has shown China’s imports of Russian crude soared to an all-time high last month, helping the sanctioned country maintain its position as Beijing’s top oil supplier, according to customs data. Oil flows from Russia hit 10.5 million tons in June, up more than 40% compared
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Nicola Sturgeon has announced a second vote to leave the UK for October 2023 Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced on Tuesday that a second Scottish independence referendum will be held on October 19, 2023. However, a ‘yes’ vote will not be enough to separate Scotland from the UK. Sturgeon told lawmakers at Holyrood, Scotland’s
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RT’s journalists were able to swiftly agree the purchase of a US-made Phoenix Ghost kamikaze drone The lavish deliveries of ‘lethal aid’ from the US, UK and other NATO countries to Ukraine amid its conflict with Russia have led to marketplaces where some of those weapons can be purchased popping up on the dark web,
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Poland, Romania and other countries are being flooded with arms intended for Kiev, the veteran journalist insists Western-supplied arms are being sold by Ukrainian commanders to smugglers in Poland, Romania and other states, veteran American journalist Seymour Hersh has claimed. The Pulitzer Prize winner, speaking to Afshin Rattansi on his program ‘Going Underground,’ said the
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The US has struggled to keep track of weapons it sent to Kiev early in the conflict, the paper says Some of the military equipment supplied to Ukraine by the US and its allies during the conflict with Russia has fallen into the hands of criminal groups, volunteer fighters and traffickers, a report by the
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EU officials have been debating ways of confiscating the funds and sending them to Ukraine Germany has raised objections to Brussels’s plan to use frozen Russian Central Bank assets for Ukraine’s reconstruction, warning of the legal and financial risks arising from such a move, the Financial Times reported on Monday. The European Commission has been
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No country has yet found a legal method to redirect sanctioned funds, a British official has revealed Coming up with a way to “repurpose” frozen Russian assets for rebuilding Ukraine will require “creativity and innovation,” Britain’s Parliament heard during a debate on Tuesday. “It is our ambition to find a legally workable route to repurpose Russian assets. As yet,
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Alexander Schallenberg has argued that the bloc must find a ‘watertight’ legal case if it wants to appropriate Moscow’s funds The EU must ensure it has a clear legal basis if it decides to confiscate frozen Russian assets and hand them over to Ukraine, Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg has warned. The diplomat argued that
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The European Central Bank and the bloc’s leaders have reportedly sparred over plans to tax sanctioned assets EU leaders and the European Central Bank have argued over a plan to use profits generated by Russian assets that are frozen under EU sanctions, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing anonymous sources. The EU has frozen assets and
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Nearly $2 billion in interest was generated between January and June, Euroclear has said Major EU clearing house, Belgium-based Euroclear, has revealed that it accrued nearly $2 billion in profit from frozen Russian assets in the first half of 2023. In financial results for the first six months of this year, Euroclear reported “a substantial growth
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Legal issues and German concerns make the move “difficult,” a Dutch government representative has said The EU is not ready to transfer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine due to legal issues and concerns from Germany, a Dutch government representative has said. Geoffrey van Leeuwen, a prime ministerial adviser on foreign affairs and defense, told a
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The riveting story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with lessons for our new superpower conflict with China Espionage, election meddling, disinformation, assassinations, subversion, and sabotage – all attract headlines today about Putin’s dictatorship. But they are far from new. The West has a long-term Russia problem, not a Putin problem.
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Dolphins trained to detect enemy divers are being deployed at Sevastopol on Crimean peninsula Russia is stepping up security at its Sevastopol Black Sea fleet base by deploying trained dolphins meant to detect and “counter” enemy divers, British intelligence has said. A report made by the UK defence intelligence agency says that the Russian navy
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During the Cold War 60 years ago, US President John F. Kennedy sparked hope with a legendary speech given in West Berlin after the Berlin Wall came up. The June 1963 visit to West Germany by then-US president John F. Kennedy was eagerly awaited. Diplomatic relations between the two countries had been somewhat strained since
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In remembrance of Prof. Graeme MacQueen, we publish this article which is Chapter 17 of his book “The Pentagon’s B-Movie: looking closely at the September 2011 Attacks“. Many of us are convinced that the twin towers of the World Trade Center were brought down on September 11, 2001 through controlled demolition. But the question at once
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“Of all the endangered species, Truth is the most endangered. I am watching it go out.” Paul Craig Roberts, September 4, 2019 What makes Paul Craig Roberts’ writing so powerful, is his ability to cut through false narratives and identify the elite agendas that are shaping events. This is the work of a truth-teller which
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The US has only a week’s worth of anti-ship missiles, one think tank has estimated Ammunition shortages laid bare by the Ukraine conflict have prompted some US think-tanks to check on stockpiles in the West and find them wanting, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday. The military industry of NATO allies is not able to help, either.
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This is disturbing and alarming — Biden issued an order activating up to 3000 Ready Reserve and Select Reserve military personnel and sending them to Europe for potential combat with Russia. This is not a hoax. It is on the White House website: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws
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Western weapons won’t be enough to give Kiev a decisive advantage, John Kirchhofer has warned Fighting in Ukraine has reached “a bit of a stalemate,” US Defense Intelligence Agency Chief of Staff John Kirchhofer told a conference in Washington on Thursday. His assessment of Ukraine’s chances is considerably gloomier than that of other Biden administration officials. “Certainly
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Media outlets are targeted in the West because they counter propaganda, the Russian president believes Russian media outlets including RT have been banned by Western governments because they fear the truth, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. The president made the remarks on Wednesday during a meeting of the ‘Russia – the country of possibilities’
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The Russian leader’s contribution will be “comprehensive” despite joining the event remotely, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russian President Vladimir Putin will take part in the summit of BRICS leaders in South Africa via video link, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. The host nation announced earlier on Wednesday that the Russian leader will not attend
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President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reiterated calls for a peace deal to be brokered between Moscow and Kiev Countries around the world are beginning to grow weary of the ongoing military conflict between Moscow and Kiev, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told reporters on Wednesday. “The world is starting to get tired.
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Those implicated by the publication downplayed it as ‘legitimate lobbying’ and dismissed it as Russian ‘disinformation’ at the same time An elaborate high-profile conspiracy allegedly run by shadowy figures within the British elite was exposed in a massive leak released by a group of hackers late in May. The cache of documents and emails alleging
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One of the leading voices in the UK’s move to quit the EU has claimed that the process was “mismanaged” Nigel Farage, a key figure in Britain’s vote to leave the EU in 2016, has argued that Brexit “has failed.” The former politician accused “useless” UK lawmakers of letting the nation down. Speaking to the BBC’s Newsnight show on
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Just under two-thirds of UK citizens regard the decision to leave the EU as a mistake, a survey indicates A majority of UK citizens would vote to rejoin the European Union (EU) if a second Brexit referendum was to be held, according to the findings of a new poll. A YouGov survey of more than
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The Meta chief admitted that the social media platform removed millions of posts during the Covid-19 pandemic Facebook was asked by the scientific “establishment” to remove various posts related to Covid-19 which later proved to be “debatable or true,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during a podcast interview this week. Speaking to the Russian-American interviewer Lex Fridman in a
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The assessment comes after Republicans accused the government of withholding key information on the pandemic US intelligence officials have released a report evaluating whether the coronavirus outbreak emerged from a Chinese virology lab in late 2019, challenging a theory still embraced by other federal agencies. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) published the review
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The bloc should be more powerful, Martin Dvorak has argued The EU in its current form is not nearly as strong as its population and economic power would suggest, Czech Minister for European Affairs Martin Dvorak said in an interview with EURACTIV.cz on Tuesday. Admitting that this position is “not at all popular,” the minister
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Moscow has no intention of surrendering to outside pressure, the Russian president has said The West had hoped to force Russia into submission by restricting its access to technology, but this is not going to happen, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday. “Our opponents expected that we would retreat or surrender, but this will not
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Unlike the West, Russians know what they’re fighting for, the foreign minister has said Russia’s objectives in Ukraine are non-negotiable and existential, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov explained on Wednesday at an annual meeting with domestic non-governmental organizations and nonprofits. “We can’t and won’t ever give up the goals that were announced as part of the special
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Moscow earlier warned that all ships in the Black Sea headed for Ukrainian ports would be treated as military The US has no plans to assist ships in entering Ukrainian ports, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre confirmed on Wednesday, responding to a reporter’s question about the Russian Ministry of Defense’s warning that all ships
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All ships heading for Ukrainian ports will be treated as potentially carrying weaponry, the Russian Defense Ministry has said The Russian military issued a new navigational warning for the Black Sea on Wednesday, declaring certain areas in its international waters to be “temporarily unsafe” for vessels. Apart from that, the military advised seafarers against attempting to reach
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Both in domestic matters and in foreign affairs, there have been few U.S. Presidencies that have failed as thoroughly as Biden’s is failing. His foreign policies have focused upon defeating simultaneously Russia and China, two countries on the opposite side of the planet from us and which for decades have sought good relations with us,
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A Chronology of Events and Case for Diplomacy The American people urgently need to know the true history of the war in Ukraine and its current prospects. Unfortunately, the mainstream media ––The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, MSNBC, and CNN –– have become mere mouthpieces of the government, repeating US President Joe Biden’s
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It is a lucky break that the Screen Actors Guild has gone on strike as it will give Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky an opportunity to dust off his thespian credentials and look for a new job when the Russians eventually bring down his government. Hollywood and Las Vegas would undoubtedly compete for such a nice Jewish young
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America’s Brobdingnagian $1.3 trillion national security budget thrives on manufactured threats and falsely demonized foes. And nothing could be more demonstrative of that proposition than the utter villainy now emanating from the NATO summit in Vilnius. For crying out loud. Since the Munich Security Conference in 2007, the man (Putin) has said over and over,
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As a rule, US war reporting since Vietnam has been mostly mainstream media cheerleading the mission rather than digging beyond government war propaganda. After all, it was images of American boys coming home in body bags shown on the six o’clock news across America that finally galvanized mainstream opposition to that war. The Pentagon learned
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Things are getting awkward and coming to a head as BRICS countries are now just weeks away from the Aug. 22-24 major summit in Johannesburg, South Africa – and Russian President Vladimir Putin is still committed to attending in person. South Africa had even mulled requesting that Moscow opt for Zoom instead, which would have without
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Our hearts go out to those who were forced to engage in unnatural and unfair activities in a desperate attempt to preserve their sanity and to save their families. But we have to admit now that although what we did made sense to us at the time, it was wrong and it must end. Playing
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“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed”. Nigeria is not only the most populous black nation in the world, it is also the country with the highest number of cowards in the universe. If the country has 200,000,000 citizens, over 199,000,000 million of them are effeminate, grovelliing, church and
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The restructuring discourse and debate has now been on-going in Nigeria for about a decade. Here in this piece, I simply want to argue that it’s in the best interest of Nigeria, and of Igbos, broadly defined to include “peripheral Igbos” or “fringe Igbos”, to carve out of Nigeria an independent, sovereign nation for all
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Our political culture does produce true leaders. The culture produces merchantilist, overtly ambitious, opportunistic and visionless politicians, and that is why they compromise leadership principles to please and align with the culture that produces them, they don’t have their own focus. We don’t need more politicians in leadership, we’ve gotten enough of them, what we
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There is so much the Igbo can celebrate about themselves. Take their brilliant performance in education which is phenomenal. Whether in the West African School Certificate examination or the Joint Admissions Matriculation examination or the entrance examination into Federal Government Colleges or into the Federal Government-owned School for the Gifted and Talented in Abuja, the
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Out of sheer insensitivity coupled with impunity, the members of the National Assembly, regardless of political affliation, conspired to breach the relevant provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 by padding the Supplementary Appropriation Bill, 2023 to provide the so called palliative of N70 billion for 306 newly elected members. While
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a Muslim. His wife is not just a Christian, but a pastor of one of the biggest Pentecostal churches in Nigeria. I encourage Pastor Mrs. Remi Tinubu to impress on the president the implications of King Saul’s consultation of the witch of Endor as contained in 1 Samuel 28:7. Whoever
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“Palliatives have a long history and like fuel subsidy nothing about its history smells roses. Like fuel subsidy the administration of palliatives regime was corrupt and became an instant source of wealth for the army of consultants and business comprador’s. Its beneficiaries were not the supposed poor and the vulnerable. Rather they were the same
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18th July, 2023HIS EXCELLENCY,Bola Ahmed Tinubu,President and Commander in-Chiefof the Federal Republic of Nigeria,Presidential Villa,Asokoro,Federal Capital TerritoryAbuja. My Dearest Mr. President, WE ARE ALL NOW POORER MR. PRESIDENT MUST STEP UP OR LOSE GOODWILL.#OCCUPYNIGERIA IS POSSIBLE I convey the earnest greetings of the good people of Nigeria and particularly Ondo State to you, sir. It
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President Cyril Ramaphosa says the bloodshed could have been averted if US-led bloc hadn’t increased instability South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, a potential mediator in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, has faulted NATO for triggering war in the former Soviet republic by expanding eastward onto Moscow’s doorstep. “The war could have been avoided if NATO had heeded
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A new generation of leaders is offering hope for more recognition on the world stage, an activist has told RT African leaders gathered in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi on Sunday, for the fifth mid-year African Union (AU) coordination summit, where the 55 members’ delegations discussed harmonizing national and regional policies in order to advance socioeconomic development
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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has sought an exemption from executing the ICC warrant for his Russian counterpart South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned that executing an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin when the Russian leader attends the BRICS summit next month in Johannesburg would amount to a “declaration of war” against
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The White House has “publicly disavowed” the new attack on the Crimean Bridge, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman has said Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has become “toxic” to the collective West, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has claimed, pointing to veiled criticism in Washington of the Ukrainian drone attack on the Crimean Bridge which killed two civilians. “The White
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