(2022-05-19). Disbelief as Mainstream Media Alleges Defeated Ukrainians Were 'Evacuated'. orinocotribune.com 
On May 16, the commander of the Azov regiment entrenched in the Azovstal plant, Denís Prokópenko, announced the surrender of the troops under his command in the face of the Russian siege. However, the headlines of international mainstream media outlets presented the news not as a surrender, but as an "evacuation." | For example, the following headlines appeared in Spanish-language outlets: | ‚Ä¢ "Ukraine evacuates 264 soldiers from the Azovstal steel mill" (RTVE, Spain's publicly owned media) | ‚Ä¢ "Ukraine abandons the fight in the Mariupol steelworks and evacuates 2 soldiers" (S…
(2022-05-19). The new White supremacist consensus, Part 2: shootings in Buffalo solidify the consensus. mronline.org 
The latest mass shooter in Buffalo, New York was clearly a racist, and identified with Ukrainian and other neo-Nazis. But white supremacy has a stronger hold on European and U.S. society than is commonly acknowledged. The avowed racist is not the only problem.
(2022-05-19). Is this the end of the French project in Africa's Sahel? peoplesdispatch.org Mali recently announced that it would no longer be part of the G5 Sahel. From the beginning, it was clear that the formation of the G5 Sahel was encouraged by France, and that the real focus was to be security.
(2022-05-19). How Europe Was Pushed Towards Economic Suicide. popularresistance.org As Michael Hudson, a research professor of Economics at University of Missouri, Kansas City, wrote in early February, before Russia's intervention in Ukraine: | America no longer has the monetary power and seemingly chronic trade and balance-of-payments surplus that enabled it to draw up the world's trade and investment rules in 1944-45. | The threat to U.S. dominance is that China, Russia and Mackinder's Eurasian World Island heartland are offering better trade and investment opportunities than are available from the United States | The most glaring example is the U.S. drive to block Germany from authorizing the…
(2022-05-19). Proxy war in Ukraine raises concerns of global food insecurity, underlines need for talks. peoplesdispatch.org While Ukraine refuses to engage in talks, Russian forces scored a major victory in Donbass following the surrender of hundreds of Ukrainian forces in Mariupol's Azovstal steel plant earlier this week…
(2022-05-19). Former President Bush Slips Up In Speech: 'The Decision Of One Man To Launch A Wholly Unjustified And Brutal Invasion Of Iraq. I mean Of Ukraine'. moguldom.com Was it a Freudian slip? During a recent speech, former President George W. Bush blasted Russian President Vladimir Putin's war on Ukraine as the "decision of one man to launch a wholly unjustified and brutal invasion of Iraq." Bush, who ordered the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, quickly corrected himself, saying, "I mean of Ukraine." …
(2022-05-19). Mexico Talks to Restart as Venezuela's Government Meets With Opposition. orinocotribune.com 
Mexican Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard described the announcement of the talks as "very positive," and said that his country is "willing and ready to receive them." | Representatives from the delegations of the Venezuelan government and the so-called Unitary Platform, representing the radical sector of the opposition, reported on Tuesday, May 18, that they had held a meeting in México, reopening a new chapter in the complicated negotiations. | Attending the meeting were the president of the National Assembly (AN) of Venezuela, Jorge Rodríguez, representing the government, and Gerardo Blyde, for the Unitary Plat…
(2022-05-19). First Monkeypox Case Reported In U.S. As Infections Rise In Europe. moguldom.com Monkeypox is spreading across Europe and the first U.S. case was confirmed on May 18, when a man who lives in Massachusetts and had recently traveled to Canada was diagnosed. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced the case and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention tests confirmed the infection. Several cases have been …