Monthly Archives: May 2023

2023-05-26: News Headlines

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-05-26). Armenia y Azerbaiyán avanzan en la normalización de relaciones. telesurtv.net Según el premier armenio, avanza la normalización sobre la base del reconocimiento mutuo de la integridad territorial.

teleSUR (2023-05-25). Armenia And Azerbaijan Move To Normalize Bilateral Relations. telesurenglish.net Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev met Thursday in Moscow and announced that they are ready to normalize relations on the basis of mutual recognition of territorial integrity. | RELATED: | The meeting was held within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Council, hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said that "in my opinion, on the whole, despite the difficulties and…

teleSUR (2023-05-25). Putin Calls for Enhanced Eurasian Union-LATAM Cooperation. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Russia's President Vladimir Putin called for intensifying economic cooperation between the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Latin America. | RELATED: | "The UEE should actively develop relations with countries striving for an equal and mutually beneficial association," he said during the summit of the EAEU, an integration scheme that encompasses Russia, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. | Putin als…


International League of People's Struggle. (2023-05-26). #JunkG7: Statement On The G7 Hiroshima Summit. popularresistance.org We congratulate all the members of the International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) and the International Peoples Front, for the Peoples' Summit to Counter G7 in Kyoto, Japan and accompanying solidarity Global Days of Action held in several countries May 18-20, 2023. | Leaders of the G7 countries — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, as well as the European Union, met in Hiroshima this past weekend. | The G7 sought to make the Hiroshima Summit a platform for the US drive against its rivals China and Russia. Moscow dismissed it as a "propaganda show" while Be…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-25). France's foreign policy towards the Arab world is colonial, backward, and detached from reality, says Syria. peoplesdispatch.org Former colonial power France had supported the anti-Assad forces in Syria with the objective of regime change, which prolonged the war in the country. France also became part of the US-led illegal unilateral sanctions regime against Syria…

Staff (2023-05-25). Paris area mobilizations commemorate 75 years of Nakba and ongoing resistance. samidoun.net For over a week, many organizations held events and actions, bringing together thousands of people in Paris, France, and its suburbs. These events were part of the collective commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, a process of colonization and ethnic cleansing in Palestine still underway today, which the Palestinian people tirelessly resist. On …




Staff (2023-05-25). Georges Abdallah sends a message to French resistance gathering on Glières plateau. samidoun.net From 19 to 21 May, thousands of people converged on the Glières plateau in Haute-Savoie France, a historic site of the French resistance to Nazi occupation, for the Resistance Forum organized by the Resistant Citizens of Yesterday and Today association. The 2023 gathering, which marked the 17th such occasion, highlighted solidarity with Palestine at the …

Vijay Prashad (2023-05-25). The Group of Seven Should Finally Be Shut Down. dissidentvoice.org Leon Golub (USA), Vietnam II, 1973. During the May 2023 Group of Seven (G7) summit, the leaders of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States visited the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, near where the meeting was held. Not doing so would have been an act of immense discourtesy. Despite many …

Judy Greenspan (2023-05-25). Solidarity with Haiti on Haitian Flag Day. workers.org Students at Global Women's Center salute Haiti Flag Day, Philadelphia, May 18, 2023. San Francisco Haitian Flag Day, commemorated all over Haiti and internationally May 18, marks the day in 1803 when the then-enslaved Haitian people made a commitment to create the sovereign nation of Haiti, totally independent of France. . . . |




Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-05-25). Latin American paintings and photographs open conference in France. plenglish.com Paris, May 25 (Prensa Latina) Fine artists and photographers from Latin America and those dedicating part of their work to that region on Thursday joined paths in the beginning of the 10th edition of the "Weeks of Latin America and the Caribbean" in France.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-25). Syria rejects France's position and describes it as unreal. plenglish.com Damascus, May 25 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Syria criticized the actions and positions of the French government towards Syria and considered them totally disconnected from reality.

Staff (2023-05-26). European Union Advances Latin American Crusade in Attempt to Neutralize China. orinocotribune.com The European Union (EU) intends to launch a diplomatic offensive on Latin America, in a crusade with the objective of "reconquering" the South American land before advancing on China, which, little by little, has gained power of geopolitical influence in the region. | According to a report made this Thursday, May 25, by Spain's




A Guest Author (2023-05-25). La Haine nuevamente en el punto de mira de la represión: nos acusan de enaltecimiento del terrorismo. workers.org Amnistía para todxs (lxs prisionerxs políticxs). Por invitado El colectivo editorial del periódico web lahaine.org publicó este llamado a lxs compas para defender el derecho de la expresión y la información. Una compañera de La Haine ha sido llamada a declarar este martes (23 de mayo) en la Audiencia Nacional . . . |

CRD (2023-05-26). G7 Protest Against US-led War; Banko Brown's Murder; Turkey's Critical Elections By CRD. indybay.org Pacifica's Capitalism, Race and Democracy on G7 Protest Against US-led War; Banko Brown's Murder & Turkey's Critical Elections By CRD…

Anonymous349 (2023-05-25). Military Situation In Syria On May 25, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | On May 25, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours | On May 24, the Turkish-backed Military Police faction reportedly arrested three people in the town of Jindires | Turkey in coordination with Qatar, will build 240,000 houses in Turkish-occupied areas in northern Syria in less than three years, according to Turkey's Interior Minister | Syria's Minister of Health, Hassan Al-Ghoba…




Anonymous669 (2023-05-25). In Video: Turkey's Roketsan Test-Fires Tayfun Short-Range Ballistic Missile. southfront.org Screengrab. Source: Roketsan. | On May 23, Turkey's defense giant Roketsan announced that it had successfully test-fired the Tayfun [Turkish for Typhoon] short-range ballistic missile in the country's Black Sea province of Rize. | Ismail Demir, the head of Türkiye's Defense Industries Presidency, congratulated the team involved in the test without providing any details. Video footage of the test only showed the successful launch of the missile. | Roketsan tested the Tayfun i…

_____ (2023-05-25). Yet another success of Russia's Middle East diplomacy. journal-neo.org On May 10, an earlier announced meeting of the foreign ministers of the Astana format participants — Russia, Iran, Turkey and Syria — took place in Moscow. It should be noted that this summit of representatives of the Quartet took the baton from the heads of defense departments. The latter shows that Russia, as the […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

Rick Rozoff (2023-05-25). U.S. opens new NATO interceptor missile headquarters in Turkey. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Stars and StripesMay 25, 2023 Long-awaited US Army missile defense headquarters opens in Turkey to positive reviews An under-the-radar Army missile defense mission in southern Turkey got a boost this month when a new operational headquarters that was seven years in the making finally came to fruition. The so-called Ready Building, where soldiers are responsible …




Nermeen Shaikh (2023-05-25). Ukrainians Are Demanding a Just Postwar Reconstruction. truthout.org As calls grow for an end to the war in Ukraine, a number of recent developments indicate the war could instead be expanding beyond Ukraine's borders. Russia has signed an agreement with Belarus to begin deploying tactical nuclear weapons there, and a group of pro-Ukrainian fighters from Russia has attacked sites in the Russian region of Belgorod using what appears to be U.S. |

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-25). Lukashenko Says Efforts to Move Russian Nukes to Belarus Have Begun. news.antiwar.com Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday that the efforts to send Russian nuclear weapons to Belarus have begun as the two nations signed an agreement to formalize the deployment. The agreement was signed by Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and his Belarusian counterpart in Minsk. According to Russia's TASS news agency, the documents outline the …

Andrew Korybko (2023-05-25). NATO Might Consider Belarus To Be "Low-Hanging Fruit" During Kiev's Upcoming Counteroffensive. thealtworld.com

Nermeen Shaikh (2023-05-25). Ukrainians Are Demanding a Just Postwar Reconstruction. truthout.org As calls grow for an end to the war in Ukraine, a number of recent developments indicate the war could instead be expanding beyond Ukraine's borders. Russia has signed an agreement with Belarus to begin deploying tactical nuclear weapons there, and a group of pro-Ukrainian fighters from Russia has attacked sites in the Russian region of Belgorod using what appears to be U.S. |

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-25). Lukashenko Says Efforts to Move Russian Nukes to Belarus Have Begun. news.antiwar.com Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday that the efforts to send Russian nuclear weapons to Belarus have begun as the two nations signed an agreement to formalize the deployment. The agreement was signed by Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu and his Belarusian counterpart in Minsk. According to Russia's TASS news agency, the documents outline the …

Andrew Korybko (2023-05-25). NATO Might Consider Belarus To Be "Low-Hanging Fruit" During Kiev's Upcoming Counteroffensive. thealtworld.com

Staff (2023-05-25). Belgian activists confront sportswashing of Israeli apartheid in cycling. samidoun.net Several members and sympathizers of the Plate-Forme Charleroi-Palestine mobilized on 18 May at the "Circuit de Wallonie" cycling race in Belgium against the participation of a propaganda team for Israeli apartheid and colonialism. Carrying large banners and Palestinian flags, these supporters of justice in Palestine expressed their rejection of Israel's sportswashing of its war crimes in …

WSWS (2023-05-25). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org Europe is seeing a wave of teachers' strikes over pay, funding and workload in Germany, Romania, Hungary, Northern Cyprus, and Finland.

ecns.cn (2023-05-26). Essence of Ukraine crisis is outbreak of contradictions in European security governance: Chinese FM. ecns.cn The essence of the Ukraine crisis is the outbreak of contradictions in European security governance, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at Thursday's press briefing when commenting on the root causes of the crisis.

ecns.cn (2023-05-26). InsightsÔΩúInternational relations expert: G7 has transformed into a containment machine for other countries. ecns.cn Linjie Chou Zanadu, senior research fellow at the European Center for Peace and Development, claimed that G7's mission has never changed: to guard the interest of those imperial powers. In addition, Chou explained that G7 members intentionally exclude other countries that are not 100 percent in line with the Western ideological camp. Therefore, G7 is highly racist and is now an ultra neo-liberal institution.

Michael Bryant (2023-05-26). Italy 2020: Inside COVID's 'Ground Zero' in Europe. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous834 (2023-05-25). Germany Wants Sanctions On Russia's Nuclear Cooperation With Europe. southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | Written by Lucas Leiroz, journalist, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, geopolitical consultant. | Once again, Germany makes it clear that it is willing to sacrifice its own strategic interests just to match US geopolitical plans. The country is launching a campaign to extend the boycott of Russia to the level of sanctions against the nuclear sector, which will seriously harm Berlin and other states, but will favor American interest of increasing tens…

Ashley Curtin (2023-05-25). Fast fashion pollutes the Atacama Desert in Chile. nationofchange.org With nearly 60,000 tons of unsold clothes arriving globally from Europe, Asia and North America to the port town of Iquique, about 39,000 tons of fast fashion ends up in the landfill in the desert.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-05-25). Russia Has Lowest Inflation in Europe — PM. orinocotribune.com Consumer price growth has slowed to 2.3% in May, Mikhail Mishustin announced | Inflation in Russia has continued to slow through May, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin told a Shanghai business forum on Tuesday, noting that the indicator is currently the lowest in Europe. | "As of early May, inflation slowed to 2.3% year-over-year. This is the lowest figure among all European countries," Mishustin stated. The indicator continued to fall after a sharp drop to 3.51% in March from 10.99% in February. It is currently well below the government target of 5% for the year. | In comparison, Switzerland recorded 2.6% inflati…

Rick Rozoff (2023-05-25). Abrams tanks arrive in Germany for Ukraine war, Pentagon to start F-16 training soon. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Stars and StripesMay 25, 2023 Abrams tanks for training Ukrainians now in Europe, Pentagon hopes to begin F-16 pilot training soon Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday that more than 30 American-made M1 Abrams tanks for training Ukrainians have arrived in Europe, so they are prepared for when the battle-ready versions arrive later in the …

Jonathan Cook (2023-05-25). British Warmongering Is Driving Europe Towards Catastrophe in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-25). Aspiring for a better diet? Try asparagus. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Asparagus is a perennial flowering plant brought from Europe to North America hundreds of years ago. However, its history dates back to ancient Egypt, where images of it can be found on the walls of tombs. It originally grew wild along riverbanks or the seashore, preferring a soil too salty for other plants. The world's top producers of asparagus are China, Peru and Germany. Most of the asparagus grown in the U.S. comes from three…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-05-25). EU high representative Josep Borrell arrives in Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, May 25 (Prensa Latina)The High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, arrived in Cuba for an official visit, the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-05-25). Xi proposes to expand Asia-Europe cooperation with Belt and Road plan. plenglish.com Beijing, May 25 (Prensa Latina) President Xi Jinping proposed to take advantage of the opportunities of the Belt and Road Initiative to boost cooperation between Asia and Europe, CGTN reported on Thursday.

Federico Fuentes (2023-05-25). Norway's Red Party: 'Sweden and Finland joining NATO is no excuse to store nuclear weapons in the Nordic region'. greenleft.org.au Tobias Drevland Lund, an MP for Norway's radical left party Rà∏dt (Red Party) speaks to Federico Fuentes about the party's rise and response to Russia's war on Ukraine.

WSWS (2023-05-26). Clarios workers in Germany declare support for striking workers in Ohio: "They should get what they demand" wsws.org WSWS reporters spoke with workers at the Clarios factory in Hanover, Germany, who expressed their support for the courageous strike being carried out by their American colleagues in Toledo, Ohio.

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2023-05-26). Secret Document: Germany's Bundeswehr is Preparing to Wage War on Russia. globalresearch.ca

_____ (2023-05-25). The Scholzisation vs the Schroederization of Germany and the EU. strategic-culture.org

Ben Norton, Michael Hudson (2023-05-25). Origins of debt: Michael Hudson reveals how financial oligarchies in Greece & Rome shaped our world. geopoliticaleconomy.com Economist Michael Hudson discusses the origin of Western debt-based societies and the research in his book "The Collapse of Antiquity: Greece and Rome as Civilization's Oligarchic Turning Point".

ecns.cn (2023-05-25). Southern Shanxi launches first freight train to Central Asia. ecns.cn A train loaded with automotive components, manufacturing machinery, and other goods departed from Houma City, north China's Shanxi province on Wednesday, heading to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries.

Asian American Legal Defense, Education Fund. (2023-05-26). Chinese Immigrants Sue Florida Over Unconstitutional, Discriminatory Law. popularresistance.org Tallahassee, Florida — A group of Chinese citizens who live, work, study, and raise families in Florida, as well as a real estate brokerage firm in Florida that primarily serves clients of Chinese descent, are filing a lawsuit to combat Florida's discriminatory property law, SB 264. Signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the legislation unfairly restricts most Chinese citizens — and most citizens of Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, Iran, Russia, and North Korea — from purchasing homes in the state. Unless the courts act, the law will take effect on July 1, 2023. | The plaintiffs are represented by the American Civ…

Boaventura de Sousa Santos (2023-05-26). The US empire and the complicity of intellectuals. indybay.org Interventions have always been dictated by the geopolitical and economic interests of the country. In fact, the United States is no exception to this rule. On the contrary, every empire acts in this way (see, for example, the invasions of Russia by Napoleon and Adolf Hitler). History also shows that imperial interests have often led to the suppression of aspirations for self-determination.

ecns.cn (2023-05-26). China opposes WHO body's Ukraine motion. ecns.cn China voted against a resolution with reference to Russian "aggression" against Ukraine, as the country has always opposed politicization of health issues, said a Chinese delegate on Wednesday at a meeting of the 76th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.

SouthFront5 (2023-05-26). Water Arrives. Russian Strike Destroyed Key Section Of Ukraine's E-50 Road At Karlovskoye Reservoir. southfront.org On the afternoon of May 25, 2023, the Russian air force successfully hit a bridge and a dam of the local reservoir in the immediate rear of the Ukrainian army. | Several settlements were under the threat of waterlogging. The crossing of the water barrier for the AFU military equipment was also complicated in the area from 20 to 30 kilometers from the point of bridge destruction. |

_____ (2023-05-26). Britain At War-Provoking The Consequences. journal-neo.org On the 19th of May, the Financial Times quoted the British Minister of Defense, Ben Wallace, stating that the West could face the threat of full-scale war with Russia and China by the end of the decade and proclaimed defence preparation a paramount task for Western countries. One has to wonder what universe Mr. Wallace […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

Anonymous669 (2023-05-26). U.S. Claims Wagner Supplied Anti-Aircraft Missiles To Sudan's Rapid Support Force. southfront.org RSF fighters with Chinese-made FN-6 systems. Via Twitter. | Russia's Wagner Group has supplied anti-aircraft missiles to the paramilitary Rapid Support Force (RSF) in Sudan, the United States Department of Treasury said on May 25. | The accusations came in a statement announcing new U.S. sanctions against the head of Russia's Wagner Group in Mali, Ivan Aleksandrovich Maslov."Most recently in Sudan, the Wagner Group has been supplying Sudan's Rapid Support Forces with surface-to-air…

Larry Johnson (2023-05-26). Is the United States Poking the Bear or Is Ukraine Going Rogue or Is it Both? sonar21.com Yesterday three Western supplied drone boats attacked a Russian ship guarding the Turkstream pipeline. Russia claims all were destroyed but there is video that suggests one hit the Russian ship….

_____ (2023-05-25). The War in Ukraine Was Provoked. strategic-culture.org The Biden administration's insistence on NATO enlargement has made Ukraine a victim of misconceived and unachievable U.S. military aspirations, writes Jeffrey D. Sachs. | By Jeffrey D. SACHS | George Orwell wrote in 1984 that "Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past." | Governments work relentlessly to distort public perceptions of the past. Regarding the Ukraine War, the Biden administration has repeatedly and falsely claimed that the Ukraine War started with an unprovoked attack by Russia on Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022. | In fact, the war was provoked by the U.S. in…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-25). Inspired By Hollywood, Ukrainian Servicemen Filmed Their Deaths In Bakhmut (18+). southfront.org Illustrative Image | Since the rule of the current Kiev regime is based on lies, fake images on the TV screens and emotional TikTok videos, Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines are always armed with cameras. Most of the videos from the battlefields are shared by Ukrainian servicemen. Ukrainian men are paying with their blood in an attempt to become popular heroes. | Unfortunately, they also film their defeats. After the city of Artyomovsk (former Bakhmut) came under the full Russian control, thousa…

Anonymous349 (2023-05-25). Military Situation In Donbass On May 25, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Avdeevka | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Ivanivske | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Dibrova | The Russian Army destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Avdeevka | The Russian Army destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Stupochka | The AFU reportedly hit 3 command posts, 4 concentrations of weapons and military equipment, 1 ammo depot, 2 artillery units in the pa…

Anonymous349 (2023-05-25). Military Situation In Ukraine On May 25, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org The Russian Army destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Avdeevka | The Russian Army destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Stupochka | The AFU reportedly 3 command posts, 4 concentrations of weapons and military equipment, 1 ammo depot, 2 artillery units in the past 24 hours | Russian forces destroyed 3 motor vehicles, 1 howitzer in the Kupyansk region | Russian forces destroyed 2 armored vehicles, 3 howitzers in the Krasny Liman region | Russian forces destroyed 3 pickups, 1 motor vehicles, 1 howitz…

WSWS (2023-05-25). G7 summit ultimatum sets stage for war with Russia. wsws.org The G7 summit from 19 to 21 May marks a major step towards a nuclear third world war. The G7 gave Russia an ultimatum that leaves no room for diplomatic solutions.

WSWS (2023-05-25). Attendees at Sydney protest defending Assange speak out. wsws.org "We need people like Julian, so we know what's really going on in the world. Biden is trying to get a US journalist out of Russia, and he said, 'Journalism is not a crime,' so why hasn't Julian been released?"

Alastair Crooke (2023-05-25). Financial 'Shock and Awe' on Russia Pronounced 'Dead' by Two Establishment Journals. globalresearch.ca

Dan Kovalik, Rick Sterling (2023-05-25). Journey to St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Crimea. dissidentvoice.org At the end of April of this year, the two of us ventured together to Russia. We went with the purpose of fact-finding and also to make a point that we do not believe that Russia should be isolated from the world through sanctions and travel bans. At this moment, Russia is more isolated from …

Daniel Kovalik (2023-05-25). "Fact Finding" Journey to Russia, a Historical Perspective: Saint Petersburg, Moscow and Crimea. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-25). Prigozhin Says 20,000 Wagner Fighters Were Killed in Bakhmut Battle. news.antiwar.com Russia's Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said in an interview posted on Telegram Wednesday that about 20,000 of his fighters were killed in the 224-day battle of Bakhmut. Prigozhin said half of those who died in the brutal battle were convicts he recruited from prison. "Throughout the [entire combat] operation, I recruited 50,000 prisoners, of which …

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-25). Rep. Nadler 'Wouldn't Care' If Ukraine Used F-16s to Strike Russian Territory. news.antiwar.com Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) said Wednesday that he "wouldn't care" if Ukraine used American-made F-16s to strike Russian territory despite the risk of such an attack escalating into a direct clash between the US and Russia. When asked by Epoch Times reporter Liam Cosgrove if he was concerned about the potential of Ukraine using F-16s …

infobrics (2023-05-25). Iran Eyes Joining BRICS as Powerful Substitute for West. infobrics.org Iran and Saudi Arabia are on the road to join the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) which is considered as the most powerful substitute for the West…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-25). "Fact Finding"Journey to Russia, a Historical Perspective: Saint Petersburg, Moscow and Crimea. libya360.wordpress.com Daniel Kovalik and Rick Sterling Memorial to Children of the Donbas on Arbat Street, Moscow © Daniel Kovalik Dan Kovalik and Rick Sterling: At this moment, Russia is more isolated from the West than it has ever been, quite possibly in history. At the end of April of this year, the two of us ventured together to…

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2023-05-25). U.S. hopes to snatch victory from jaws of defeat in Ukraine. mronline.org The G7 Leaders' 2700-word statement on Ukraine, issued in Hiroshima after their summit meeting glossed over the burning question today—the so-called counter-offensive against the Russian forces.

Staff (2023-05-25). Headlines for May 25, 2023. democracynow.org Anti-Kremlin Militia That Staged Attacks in Russia Used U.S.-Made Armored Vehicles, Fighting Punctures Ceasefire in Khartoum as U.N. Warns 1.3M Have Fled Sudan, U.N. Appeal for Aid to Drought-Stricken Horn of Africa Falls Far Short of Goal, After Battering Guam, Typhoon Mawar Heads Toward Philippines as Category 5 Storm, German Police Stage Nationwide Raids Against "Last Generation" Climate Action Group, Watchdog Says 90% of Chevron's Carbon Offsets Are "Junk", Rep. Matt Gaetz Admits Republicans Are Holding U.S. Economy "Hostage" over Debt Limit, Ron DeSantis Launches 202…

Brian Berletic (2023-05-25). NATO IN SHAMBLES | BRIAN BERLETIC ON BAKHMUT FALLOUT | BRICS DITCHING DOLLAR FAST. thealtworld.com NATO and the Collective West are FUMING over the growing multipolar world and what the future holds after Ukraine lost the key city of Bakhmut to Russia.

Larry Johnson (2023-05-25). Russia and China vs The United States — Revenge of the Nerds Part Deux. sonar21.com I will apologize up front for using the campy 1984 movie, Revenge of the Nerds, as a prescient portrayal of the shifting power relationship that favors Russia and China and…

MEE staff (2023-05-25). Russian gold shipments to UAE surge amid Ukraine war: Report. middleeasteye.net

Rania Khalek (2023-05-25). G7 Sends F-16 Jets to Ukraine: Flirting with Disaster, Direct War on Russia. thealtworld.com As South Africa and China advocate for peace, President Vladimir Zelensky of Ukraine embarked on a tour to secure additional weapons, including a stop at the Group of Seven (G7) Summit held in Hiroshima. | Brian Becker, host of The Socialist Program, National Director of ANSWER Coalition, discusses the current critical juncture of the war and how the G7 is pushing towards a nuclear standoff.

teleSUR (2023-05-25). Cuba's Tourism Booming With Inflow of 1.2 Mln Foreign Visitors. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the National Statistics Bureau informed that, in the first four months of 2023, Cuba received over than 1.2 million foreign visitors, up by 190 percent from a year earlier. | RELATED: | Canada tops the list with some 495,000 visitors, followed by the United States and Russia with 54,000 and 44,000 respectively. | "The rise in fuel prices and the U.S. blockade against the island have impacted the flow of…

teleSUR (2023-05-25). South Africa to Host BRICS Foreign Ministers Meeting in June. telesurenglish.net South Africa's International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor will host the BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting on June 1, 2023 in Cape Town. | RELATED: | Sergei Lavrov, foreign minister of the Russian Federation, has already confirmed his participation. This will be his second trip to South Africa this year. | The interim event is an opportunity for the foreign ministers of the association to reflect on regional and global d…

teleSUR (2023-05-25). Zimbabwe Sees Russia as a Crucial Partner: Barbara Rwodzi. telesurenglish.net In an exclusive interview with TV BRICS, Barbara Rwodzi, Zimbabwe's Deputy Environment and Tourism Minister, spoke about the important initiatives of the First Lady of Zimbabwe, Auxillia Mnangagwa, to combat the effects of climate change, in education and social assistance, as well as about promising areas for cooperation between Russia and Africa. | RELATED: | You attended the 24th International Scientific Conferenc…

Vanessa Beeley (2023-05-25). UKC News Round-up — Russia in Africa, Wagner, Health legislation incoming and more. thealtworld.com UK Column News 24th May with Mike Robinson, Debi Evans and Vanessa Beeley…

Ted Galen Carpenter (2023-05-25). A Dangerous Proposal: The Foreign Policy Establishment's Love Affair with Zelensky Knows No Bounds. Expelling Russia from the U.N. Security Council. globalresearch.ca

Mark Lesseraux, Pressenza. (2023-05-25). Russia's War In Ukraine Is Headed Toward A Conclusion. popularresistance.org Fifteen months ago, I began writing a series of articles about what was taking place in Ukraine and what was likely to take place in the future there if a peace settlement was not reached. I'm sorry to say that most of the things that I and a small contingent of other outlier journalists warned were very likely to occur, have happened. | This piece of writing is going to be my final entry in this Ukraine-Russia series. I stand by the information presented in all of the articles I've written about this war. I did my best to present what I viewed to be the truth and I am confident that time will bear out the majori…

Patrick Lawrence, Scheer Post. (2023-05-25). John Durham And The Burying Of American History. popularresistance.org There are certain things I do not quite get since Special Counsel John Durham's report on the epically corrupt conduct of Donald Trump's enemies during the 2016 election campaigns went to Congress last week. Many things, actually. For all the ground Durham covers in his 306—page report, I don't get why he left a lot of things undone and unexamined, a lot of names unnamed and a lot of conclusions unconcluded after a four-year investigation into the very unfunny fiasco known as Russiagate. | And then there are a few things I do get. Chief among these is that, with the already-evident burying of the Durham Rep…

WSWS (2023-05-25). G7 leaders hold war summit in Hiroshima. wsws.org The G7 summit from 19 to 21 May marks a major step towards a nuclear third world war. The G7 gave Russia an ultimatum that leaves no room for diplomatic solutions.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-25). Russia's Foreign Intelligence Chief Says U.S. Is Training ISIS Terrorists In Syria's Al-Tanf. southfront.org Green Berets and their partner force, the Maghaweir al-Thowra (MaT), during a joint patrol mission near At-Tanf Garrison, Syria, April 29, 2020. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. William Howard) | The United States is training ISIS terrorists in the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf on sabotage, Sergey Naryshkin, director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, revealed on May 24. "According to our information, the U.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-25). Russian military repels drone attack on Sevastopol. plenglish.com As stated by the officer on Telegram, the air defence shot down two UAVs in the Kacha area, to the north of the city, and used electronic warfare to intercept several others. | Razvozhaev specified that no facility was damaged in the attack, and all services are operating normally. | Sevastopol, a federal city and the main base of the Black Sea Fleet, has been under a medium-level alert since October 19th, 2022, which provides for restrictions on movement, vehicle inspections and possible evacuation orders to safe areas, identical to the one in force in the rest of Crimea.

ecns.cn (2023-05-26). 'Broad' scope for Sino-Swedish biz ties. ecns.cn The prospects for economic and trade cooperation between China and Sweden are broad, said Ludvig Nilsson, chairman of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in China.

ecns.cn (2023-05-26). Chinese health officials stress rapid response at WHA. ecns.cn China is willing to promote global cooperation in boosting epidemic response capability and tackling antimicrobial resistance, health officials said during the 76th World Health Assembly held in Geneva, Switzerland.

Staff (2023-05-25). Geneva bends to Zionist pressure campaign, censors exhibition of Swiss revolutionary artist Mark Rudin. samidoun.net From 25 to 27 May an exhibition of Palestinian resistance posters by the late Swiss activist and artist Marc Rudin was to be held in Geneva, Switzerland, organized by Secours Rouge Geneva in collaboration with Samidoun Geneva. This exhibition was an opportunity to pay tribute to our comrade, who died on April 7, and his …

Anonymous834 (2023-05-25). In 2014, NATO Authorized Ukraine To 'Exterminate' Opponents Of The Newly U.S.-Installed Ukrainian Government. southfront.org Written by Eric Zuesse. As will be detailed here: NATO held a press conference on 3 June 2014 by the Acting Minister…

Anonymous834 (2023-05-25). US Military Aid To Ukraine Could Be Suspended Due To Debt Ceiling — Media. southfront.org Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher. The Hill reported that US military funding to Ukraine could be suspended…

SouthFront5 (2023-05-25). Ukraine Today. Captain Killed Battalion Commander For Ordering Him To Move To Front (Video 18+). southfront.org

Ahmed Adel (2023-05-25). US Military Aid to Ukraine Could be Suspended Due to Debt Ceiling? globalresearch.ca

Al Mayadeen (2023-05-25). London Posts Job Ad for Mercenaries for Ukraine's Counteroffensive. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-25). Ukraine Sent Poor, Untrained Men Into Bakhmut Meat Grinder to Save Better Forces for Counteroffensive. news.antiwar.com Ukraine sent untrained recruits into the battle of Bakhmut to save its professional soldiers for an expected counteroffensive, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. The Journal spoke with men who were part of a small group that was sent into Bakhmut, which became known as the meat grinder, just a few days after being mobilized. …

Staff (2023-05-25). Dear Ukraine-Had-No-Choice Friends. davidswanson.org

Vanessa Beeley (2023-05-25). NATO's Dirty War in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

thecommunists (2023-05-25). Former Greek communist leader says CIA-run Ukraine is fighting a 'just war'. thecommunists.org

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Judy Greenspan (2023-05-25). Solidarity with Haiti on Haitian Flag Day. workers.org Students at Global Women's Center salute Haiti Flag Day, Philadelphia, May 18, 2023. San Francisco Haitian Flag Day, commemorated all over Haiti and internationally May 18, marks the day in 1803 when the then-enslaved Haitian people made a commitment to create the sovereign nation of Haiti, totally independent of France. . . . |

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-25). Syria rejects France's position and describes it as unreal. plenglish.com Damascus, May 25 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Syria criticized the actions and positions of the French government towards Syria and considered them totally disconnected from reality.

Judith Deutsch (2023-05-24). Scapegoating Dr. Hassan Diab in France and Canada: The Varieties of Moral Experience. socialistproject.ca The fate of Dr. Hassan Diab is being determined by an absence of morality as in scapegoating, and by an absolutist moral stance that law is engraved in stone and that the State's duty is limited to examining compliance with the law.

WSWS (2023-05-24). A message of solidarity to Royal Mail workers from a Belgian postal worker. wsws.org "You have strikes in Britain, Germany, France and Holland, it's everywhere today. It is like a little bit of a spark because COVID really showed the importance of essential workers and their value."

WSWS (2023-05-24). Spain's pseudo-left Revolutionary Left promotes Mélenchon in France, Podemos government at home. wsws.org Revolutionary Left aims to strengthen the authority of these parties in order to block a movement on their left against the capitalist state in France and Spain.


MEE, agencies (2023-05-24). Tariq Ramadan acquitted of charges in Swiss rape trial. middleeasteye.net Tariq Ramadan acquitted of charges in Swiss rape trial | Islamic scholar still has to face four cases in France and a court appeal in Geneva, with three years imprisonment if found guilty | Wed, 05/24/2023 – 13: 40 | Swiss leading Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan leaves Geneva's courthouse, 24 May 2023 (AFP) | Prominent Islamic scholar Tariq Ramadan was acquitted on Wednesday of charges of…

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-05-24). Do White Ethnicities Have a Future? thealtworld.com For many years the website vdare.com has been the voice defending the white ethnicities who comprise the world of Western Civilization. In France the Le Pen family tries to defend French ethnics. In Britain, Enoch Powell and Nigel Farage spoke for British ethnics. The less visible European countries had defenders of their ethnicity, but despite the white ethnicities being large majorities, allegedly the rulers in a democracy, the white ethnicities are at times treated by "their" governments as dangerous "white supremacists." Those who speak for white ethnicities and in their defense are demonized and persecuted b…

Ana Ibis Falcón Lamoth (2023-05-24). Portugal supports full application of European Union-Cuba Agreement. plenglish.com Brussels, May 24 (Prensa Latina) Portuguese MEP Sandra Pereira today called for a full implementation of the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union (EU) and Cuba, mechanism she considered the basis for a respectful and balanced relationship.

A Guest Author (2023-05-25). La Haine nuevamente en el punto de mira de la represión: nos acusan de enaltecimiento del terrorismo. workers.org Amnistía para todxs (lxs prisionerxs políticxs). Por invitado El colectivo editorial del periódico web lahaine.org publicó este llamado a lxs compas para defender el derecho de la expresión y la información. Una compañera de La Haine ha sido llamada a declarar este martes (23 de mayo) en la Audiencia Nacional . . . |

_____ (2023-05-25). Yet another success of Russia's Middle East diplomacy. journal-neo.org On May 10, an earlier announced meeting of the foreign ministers of the Astana format participants — Russia, Iran, Turkey and Syria — took place in Moscow. It should be noted that this summit of representatives of the Quartet took the baton from the heads of defense departments. The latter shows that Russia, as the […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ




CRD (2023-05-25). G7 Protest Against US-led War; Banko Brown's Murder; Turkey's Critical Elections By CRD. indybay.org Pacifica's Capitalism, Race and Democracy on G7 Protest Against US-led War; Banko Brown's Murder & Turkey's Critical Elections By CRD…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-25). In Video: Turkey's Roketsan Test-Fires Tayfun Short-Range Ballistic Missile. southfront.org Screengrab. Source: Roketsan. | On May 23, Turkey's defense giant Roketsan announced that it had successfully test-fired the Tayfun [Turkish for Typhoon] short-range ballistic missile in the country's Black Sea province of Rize. | Ismail Demir, the head of Türkiye's Defense Industries Presidency, congratulated the team involved in the test without providing any details. Video footage of the test only showed the successful launch of the missile. | Roketsan tested the Tayfun i…

_____ (2023-05-24). Elections turn Turkey into yet another arena of the US-Russian standoff. journal-neo.org

Anonymous103 (2023-05-24). In Video: Unmanned Boats Targeted Russian Ship In Black Sea. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On the morning of May 24, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attempted to attack Russian reconnaissance ship Ivan Khurs of the Black Sea Fleet. The ship was ensuring the safety of the Turkish Stream and Blue Stream gas pipelines in the economic zone of Turkey. | Three unmanned boats targeted the ship at about 5.30 am local time. The incident took place 140 kilometers northeast of the Bosphorus. | As a result of response fire, the attack failed. All Ukrainian boats were destroyed by fire from the st…

MEE staff (2023-05-24). Turkey elections: Anti-refugee politician backs Kilicdaroglu, hints he'll become 'interior minister'. middleeasteye.net




Ragip Soylu (2023-05-24). Turkey elections: Cracks emerge in opposition over Kilicdaroglu's anti-refugee policy. middleeasteye.net Turkey elections: Cracks emerge in opposition over Kilicdaroglu's anti-refugee policy | Several senior officials have resigned from the Gelecek party citing the opposition's virulent anti-refugee rhetoric | Wed, 05/24/2023 – 16: 36 | A protester holds a placard reading 'humanity has no borders!' during demonstrations in Istanbul protesting the deaths of migrants on 5 February 2022 (Reuters) | Cracks a…

Sean Mathews (2023-05-24). 'Totally transactional': US-Turkey ties unlikely to reset after election. middleeasteye.net

Andrew Korybko (2023-05-25). NATO Might Consider Belarus To Be "Low-Hanging Fruit" During Kiev's Upcoming Counteroffensive. thealtworld.com

Anonymous103 (2023-05-24). Polish Military Prepares To Support Coup D'Etat In Belarus. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Poland is preparing for a military coup in Belarus and the Polish military is ready to support it. This claim was made by the former Deputy Minister of National Defense of the Republic General Waldemar Skshipchak; but Warsaw has not denied it so far. | Poland is reportedly preparing to support the military operation against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko."We are preparing for an uprising in Belarus, because it will happen," Skshipchak said. | According to Skship…

People's Dispatch. (2023-05-24). Left Parties, Unions Oppose Bill To Ban 'Rioters' From Protests. popularresistance.org A controversial bill proposed by Belgian Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne calling to ban 'rioters' from participating in protests has drawn widespread criticism. Working class sections and rights groups claim that provisions of the bill can be misused to brand trade unionists and activists as rioters and curtail their freedom to participate in protest and strikes. Earlier this week, due to fierce opposition from legislators of the Workers Party of Belgium (PTB-PVDA) in the Justice Committee of the Chamber of the Belgian Parliament, Quickenborne backed down from asking for an immediate vote on the bill.




Jonathan Cook (2023-05-25). British Warmongering Is Driving Europe Towards Catastrophe in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2023-05-25). Aspiring for a better diet? Try asparagus. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Asparagus is a perennial flowering plant brought from Europe to North America hundreds of years ago. However, its history dates back to ancient Egypt, where images of it can be found on the walls of tombs. It originally grew wild along riverbanks or the seashore, preferring a soil too salty for other plants. The world's top producers of asparagus are China, Peru and Germany. Most of the asparagus grown in the U.S. comes from three…

Anonymous834 (2023-05-25). Germany Wants Sanctions On Russia's Nuclear Cooperation With Europe. southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | Written by Lucas Leiroz, journalist, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, geopolitical consultant. | Once again, Germany makes it clear that it is willing to sacrifice its own strategic interests just to match US geopolitical plans. The country is launching a campaign to extend the boycott of Russia to the level of sanctions against the nuclear sector, which will seriously harm Berlin and other states, but will favor American interest of increasing tens…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-05-25). EU high representative Josep Borrell arrives in Cuba. plenglish.com Havana, May 25 (Prensa Latina)The High Representative of the European Union (EU) for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission, Josep Borrell, arrived in Cuba for an official visit, the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-05-25). Xi proposes to expand Asia-Europe cooperation with Belt and Road plan. plenglish.com Beijing, May 25 (Prensa Latina) President Xi Jinping proposed to take advantage of the opportunities of the Belt and Road Initiative to boost cooperation between Asia and Europe, CGTN reported on Thursday.




Staff (2023-05-25). Arribó a La Habana Josep Borrell para participar en tercer consejo conjunto Cuba-Unión Europea. cubadebate.cu El alto representante de la Unión Europea para Asuntos Exteriores y Política de Seguridad y vicepresidente de la Comisión Europea, Josep Borrell Fontelles, arribó a Cuba en visita oficial. Como parte de su programa, Borrell presidirá junto al canciller Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla el tercer consejo conjunto Cuba-Unión Europea, el viernes 26 de mayo.

_____ (2023-05-24). The PRC-Japan rivalry extends to Europe. journal-neo.org Together with India, China and Japan form today the strategic triangle on which the political and economic situation in Asia will increasingly depend. The latter however is the continent where the focus of the current stage of the "Great Game" is shifting more and more definitely. Leaving the territory of another continent, which for centuries, […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-24). Boris Johnson Sent to Texas to Lobby Republicans to Keep Arming Ukraine. news.antiwar.com Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson met with a group of Republicans in Texas on Monday to urge them to continue supporting Ukraine in its war with Russia, POLITICO reported. The Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA), a pro-Ukrainian think tank based in Washington, decided to enlist Johnson to push Republicans to support Ukraine as more …

Dr. William Makis (2023-05-24). "Severe Post COVID-19 Vaccine Syndrome": Diagnosis Only Available in UK and Europe (Not in Canada or USA). globalresearch.ca

MEE staff (2023-05-24). US, EU lawmakers demand UAE remove oil executive as Cop28 head. middleeasteye.net US, EU lawmakers demand UAE remove oil executive as Cop28 head | Sultan al-Jaber's lead of Cop28 reflects an emboldened Gulf region basking in its return to influence over energy markets and climate talks | Wed, 05/24/2023 – 19: 42 | Sultan al-Jaber speaks during UAE Climate Tech conference in Abu Dhabi Energy centre, on 10 May 2023 (AFP) | More than 100 members of the US Congress and the European Parliamen…




Rick Rozoff (2023-05-24). New aircraft carrier, with four anti-missile warships, is first U.S. carrier to visit Norway in 65 years. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa/U.S. Sixth FleetMay 24, 2023 First U.S. Aircraft Carrier to Visit Norway in 65 Years U.S. Navy's newest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), arrived in Oslo, Norway, for a scheduled port visit, May 24.This port visit is the capital ship's first stop while deployed to the U.S. …

Federico Fuentes (2023-05-25). Norway's Red Party: 'Sweden and Finland joining NATO is no excuse to store nuclear weapons in the Nordic region'. greenleft.org.au Tobias Drevland Lund, an MP for Norway's radical left party Rà∏dt (Red Party) speaks to Federico Fuentes about the party's rise and response to Russia's war on Ukraine.

Brittani Banks (2023-05-24). Global News Dispatches: 4 Stories. independentmediainstitute.org Headlines in This News Package: Will the Latest Ceasefire Hold in Sudan? Despite Poor Record, Greece's Ruling New Democracy Emerges as Single Largest Party in Elections Economic Sanctions Hurt the Poor, Sick, and Vulnerable, Shows Report Political Crisis in Ecuador Continues Following Dissolution of Parliament Will the Latest Ceasefire Hold in Sudan? [262 words] …

Michael Berkowitz (2023-05-24). 'Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland': Troubling! peoplesworld.org On May 22, Public Broadcasting Service started streaming its new 5-part series Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland. The series is a brilliant, heart-wrenching, often violent account of the struggle for Irish independence through previously unheard personal testimonies and extensive archival footage of the events. The cumulative impact of this series sears the senses. …

teleSUR (2023-05-24). Italy: Massive Emergency Aid Package Approved, Flood-Hit Region. telesurenglish.net The Council of Ministers in Italy passed a comprehensive emergency assistance package on Tuesday to provide support to those affected by the devastating flooding in the Emilia-Romagna region. | Related: | The package was authorized one week after an unprecedented rainfall event within the area, it has an estimated value in excess of 2 billion euros (around 2.2 billion U.S. dollar). | The Council of Ministers said it aims at providing "relief and…

Rick Rozoff (2023-05-24). New aircraft carrier, with four anti-missile warships, is first U.S. carrier to visit Norway in 65 years. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Naval Forces Europe and Africa/U.S. Sixth FleetMay 24, 2023 First U.S. Aircraft Carrier to Visit Norway in 65 Years U.S. Navy's newest aircraft carrier, USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), arrived in Oslo, Norway, for a scheduled port visit, May 24.This port visit is the capital ship's first stop while deployed to the U.S. …

Federico Fuentes (2023-05-25). Norway's Red Party: 'Sweden and Finland joining NATO is no excuse to store nuclear weapons in the Nordic region'. greenleft.org.au Tobias Drevland Lund, an MP for Norway's radical left party Rà∏dt (Red Party) speaks to Federico Fuentes about the party's rise and response to Russia's war on Ukraine.

Brittani Banks (2023-05-24). Global News Dispatches: 4 Stories. independentmediainstitute.org Headlines in This News Package: Will the Latest Ceasefire Hold in Sudan? Despite Poor Record, Greece's Ruling New Democracy Emerges as Single Largest Party in Elections Economic Sanctions Hurt the Poor, Sick, and Vulnerable, Shows Report Political Crisis in Ecuador Continues Following Dissolution of Parliament Will the Latest Ceasefire Hold in Sudan? [262 words] …

Michael Berkowitz (2023-05-24). 'Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland': Troubling! peoplesworld.org On May 22, Public Broadcasting Service started streaming its new 5-part series Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland. The series is a brilliant, heart-wrenching, often violent account of the struggle for Irish independence through previously unheard personal testimonies and extensive archival footage of the events. The cumulative impact of this series sears the senses. …

teleSUR (2023-05-24). Italy: Massive Emergency Aid Package Approved, Flood-Hit Region. telesurenglish.net The Council of Ministers in Italy passed a comprehensive emergency assistance package on Tuesday to provide support to those affected by the devastating flooding in the Emilia-Romagna region. | Related: | The package was authorized one week after an unprecedented rainfall event within the area, it has an estimated value in excess of 2 billion euros (around 2.2 billion U.S. dollar). | The Council of Ministers said it aims at providing "relief and…

ecns.cn (2023-05-25). Southern Shanxi launches first freight train to Central Asia. ecns.cn A train loaded with automotive components, manufacturing machinery, and other goods departed from Houma City, north China's Shanxi province on Wednesday, heading to Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and other Central Asian countries.

krish-rad_ind (2023-05-25). Russia's War In Ukraine Is Headed Toward A Conclusion. popularresistance.org

Larry Johnson (2023-05-25). Russia and China vs The United States — Revenge of the Nerds Part Deux. sonar21.com I will apologize up front for using the campy 1984 movie, Revenge of the Nerds, as a prescient portrayal of the shifting power relationship that favors Russia and China and…

Alastair Crooke (2023-05-25). Financial 'Shock and Awe' on Russia Pronounced 'Dead' by Two Establishment Journals. globalresearch.ca

Ted Galen Carpenter (2023-05-25). A Dangerous Proposal: The Foreign Policy Establishment's Love Affair with Zelensky Knows No Bounds. Expelling Russia from the U.N. Security Council. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-25). Prigozhin Says 20,000 Wagner Fighters Were Killed in Bakhmut Battle. news.antiwar.com Russia's Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said in an interview posted on Telegram Wednesday that 20,000 of his fighters were killed in the 224-day battle of Bakhmut. Prigozhin said half of those who died in the brutal battle were convicts he recruited from prison. "Throughout the [entire combat] operation, I recruited 50,000 prisoners, of which about …

Patrick Lawrence, Scheer Post. (2023-05-25). John Durham And The Burying Of American History. popularresistance.org There are certain things I do not quite get since Special Counsel John Durham's report on the epically corrupt conduct of Donald Trump's enemies during the 2016 election campaigns went to Congress last week. Many things, actually. For all the ground Durham covers in his 306—page report, I don't get why he left a lot of things undone and unexamined, a lot of names unnamed and a lot of conclusions unconcluded after a four-year investigation into the very unfunny fiasco known as Russiagate. | And then there are a few things I do get. Chief among these is that, with the already-evident burying of the Durham Rep…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-25). Russia's Foreign Intelligence Chief Says U.S. Is Training ISIS Terrorists In Syria's Al-Tanf. southfront.org Green Berets and their partner force, the Maghaweir al-Thowra (MaT), during a joint patrol mission near At-Tanf Garrison, Syria, April 29, 2020. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. William Howard) | The United States is training ISIS terrorists in the southeastern Syrian area of al-Tanf on sabotage, Sergey Naryshkin, director of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, revealed on May 24. "According to our information, the U.

Boaventura de Sousa Santos (2023-05-25). The US empire and the complicity of intellectuals. indybay.org Interventions have always been dictated by the geopolitical and economic interests of the country. In fact, the United States is no exception to this rule. On the contrary, every empire acts in this way (see, for example, the invasions of Russia by Napoleon and Adolf Hitler). History also shows that imperial interests have often led to the suppression of aspirations for self-determination.

WSWS (2023-05-25). G7 leaders hold war summit in Hiroshima. wsws.org The G7 summit from 19 to 21 May marks a major step towards a nuclear third world war. The G7 gave Russia an ultimatum that leaves no room for diplomatic solutions.

WSWS (2023-05-25). Attendees at Sydney protest defending Assange speak out. wsws.org "We need people like Julian, so we know what's really going on in the world. Biden is trying to get a US journalist out of Russia, and he said, 'Journalism is not a crime,' so why hasn't Julian been released?"

Anonymous103 (2023-05-25). Inspired By Hollywood, Ukrainian Servicemen Filmed Their Deaths In Bakhmut (18+). southfront.org Illustrative Image | Since the rule of the current Kiev regime is based on lies, fake images on the TV screens and emotional TikTok videos, Ukrainian soldiers on the front lines are always armed with cameras. Most of the videos from the battlefields are shared by Ukrainian servicemen. Ukrainian men are paying with their blood in an attempt to become popular heroes. | Unfortunately, they also film their defeats. After the city of Artyomovsk (former Bakhmut) came under the full Russian control, thousa…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-25). Russian military repels drone attack on Sevastopol. plenglish.com As stated by the officer on Telegram, the air defence shot down two UAVs in the Kacha area, to the north of the city, and used electronic warfare to intercept several others. | Razvozhaev specified that no facility was damaged in the attack, and all services are operating normally. | Sevastopol, a federal city and the main base of the Black Sea Fleet, has been under a medium-level alert since October 19th, 2022, which provides for restrictions on movement, vehicle inspections and possible evacuation orders to safe areas, identical to the one in force in the rest of Crimea.

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2023-05-24). Kiev Used US-supplied Vehicles to Invade Russia. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2023-05-24). Military Situation In Donbass On May 24, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Avdeevka; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Ivanivske; | The Russian Army destroyed an ANT/PQ-36 counter-battery system near Ugledar; | The Russian Army destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Verkhnekamenskoye; | The AFU reportedly destroyed 3 command posts, 4 concentrations of weapons and military equipment, 1 ammo depot, 2 artillery units in the past 24 hours; | Clashes between Rus…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-24). Military Situation In Southern Ukraine On May 24, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Gulyaipole; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Orikhiv; | Russian artillery struck AFU positions near Kamyanske; | Up to 125 Ukrainian servicemen, 2 motor vehicles, 1 howitzer were destroyed by Russian artillery in southern Donetsk and Zaporozhye region, according to the Russian MOD; | Up to 25 Ukrainian servicemen, 7 motor vehicles, 1 Msta-B howitzer in Kherson region, according to the Russia…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-24). Russian Lancet Loitering Munitions Takes Out Two Ukrainian S-300 Launchers in Kherson (Videos). southfront.org MOSCOW REGION, RUSSIA — JUNE 25, 2019: A ZALA Lancet-3 attack drone developed by Kalashnikov Concern on display at the Army 2019 International Military Technical Forum at Patriot Park. Marina Lystseva/TASS | The Russian military has targeted yet another Soviet-made S-300PS long-range air defense system of Kiev forces in the Kherson region. | Videos that surfaced online on May 23 show Lancet loitering munitions targeting two 5P85S transporter erector launchers (TELs) of the system. The vehicles re…

Anonymous765 (2023-05-24). Kiev Leaves No Hope To Attack Russian Flanks. southfront.org |

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-24). Russia-China Ties at 'Unprecedented High' Due to Western Pressure. news.antiwar.com Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said Wednesday that cooperation between Russia and China has reached an "unprecedented high" due to pressure both nations are facing from the West. "Today, relations between Russia and China are at an unprecedented high level," Mishustin said in talks with Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Beijing. "They are characterized by …

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-24). Russia Says Warship Attacked By Ukrainian Sea Drones Near Bosphorus Strait. news.antiwar.com Moscow said Wednesday that a Russian warship protecting pipelines in the Black Sea was attacked by unmanned Ukrainian speedboats near the Bosphorus Strait, far from Russian and Ukrainian territory. The Russian Defense Ministry said the naval ship Ivan Khurs repelled the attack by three unmanned watercraft in an incident that took place about 87 miles …

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-24). US Says It's Investigating Reports of US Equipment Used in Belgorod Raid. news.antiwar.com Biden administration officials have said that the US is looking into reports of US military equipment being used in a cross-border raid that was launched from Ukraine into Russia's Belgorod region. Both Russia and the militias that launched the attack said US armored vehicles were used in the raid. But the Biden administration is claiming …

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-24). Neo-Nazi Militia Used US Armored Vehicles in Attack on Russia's Belgorod Region. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-05-24). Dear Russia-Had-No-Choice Friends. davidswanson.org

Brian Berletic (2023-05-24). US Meddling in Thai Elections + NATO-Ukraine Actions Vindicate Russian Fears. thealtworld.com I discuss with Garland Nixon the results of recent elections in Thailand heavily influenced by US meddling and the impact it will have on US-Chinese tensions.

infobrics (2023-05-24). NDB Begins 'New Journey' After Selling First Bond since Russia-Ukraine Conflict. infobrics.org Bank starts road to redemption with capital markets return…

Rick Rozoff (2023-05-24). Japanese prime minister to join Zelensky at NATO summit in nation bordering Russia. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Kyodo NewsMay 24, 2023 Japan PM Kishida mulls attending NATO summit in July: gov't sources Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is making arrangements to attend a NATO summit scheduled for July, government sources said Wednesday, as the Asian country has deepened ties with the trans-Atlantic alliance amid global security concerns. On the sidelines of the …

teleSUR (2023-05-24). Russia's Belgorod Suffers New Drone Attack. telesurenglish.net On Monday, Belgorod Governor Viacheslav Gladkov denounced a new drone attack against this Russian territory, which was already attacked by Ukrainian saboteurs earlier in the week. | RELATED: | "The night was restless. There were a large number of drone attacks. The anti-aircraft defense dealt with most of them," Gladkov said, adding that the attack caused no casualties but caused damage to cars, some houses and administrative buildin…

thecommunists (2023-05-24). Zelensky piling up his millions as Nato tries regime change via assassination. thecommunists.org The failed bid to assassinate Russian president Vladimir Putin in May, whether directly ordered by the west-backed junta in Ukraine or the work of freelancing fascists, signalled a new level of provocation and threat against Russia. The drone attack on the Kremlin, taken together with the supply by Britain and others of long-range weapons capable …

unitedEditor (2023-05-24). Towards a new free multipolar world. unitedworldint.com By Dr.Elie Hatem United World International has started publishing papers that were presented to the Global Multipolarity Confernce held on April 29. At last, UWI published the video address of Sergey Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, to the conference that was organized by Nova Resistência (Brazil), the New International Order Initiative Türkiye), the International Eurasian Movement …

Ana Ibis Falcón Lamoth (2023-05-24). Havana to host Russia-Cuba Friendship Race. plenglish.com Havana, May 24 (Prensa Latina) The 7th Friendship Race, in salute to the 78th anniversary of the victory over fascism and the end of the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945), will be held in Havana on May 27, its organizers announced today at a press conference.

Larry Johnson (2023-05-24). Judge Napolitano and I Discuss the Aftermath of Bakhmut and I Discover Why the CIA is in Trouble. sonar21.com Judge Napolitano arrived safely in Switzerland and, thanks to the miracle of the internet, was able to do his show as scheduled. We discussed Bakhmut and the Ukrainian raid on…

teleSUR (2023-05-24). Queen Of Rock 'N' Roll Tina Turner Dies At Age 83. telesurenglish.net A representative for singer Tina Turner said the renowned American-born rock vocalist died Wednesday at the age of 83 in Switzerland. | RELATED: | "Tina Turner, the 'queen of rock and roll,' passed away peacefully today at the age of 83 after a long illness at her home in Kusnacht, near Zurich, Switzerland," the spokesperson said. | "With her, the world loses a music legend and role model," her spokesman said. Turner, one of…

krish-rad_ind (2023-05-25). In 2014, NATO authorized Ukraine to 'exterminate' opponents of the newly U.S.-installed Ukrainian Government. theduran.com

Vanessa Beeley (2023-05-25). NATO's Dirty War in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Al Mayadeen (2023-05-25). London Posts Job Ad for Mercenaries for Ukraine's Counteroffensive. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous834 (2023-05-25). US Military Aid To Ukraine Could Be Suspended Due To Debt Ceiling — Media. southfront.org Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher. The Hill reported that US military funding to Ukraine could be suspended…

_____ (2023-05-24). Kissinger's Fairy Tales for Idiots. strategic-culture.org Kissinger's idea of bringing peace by having Ukraine join NATO is as crazy as the thought of putting out a fire with kerosene. | In October 2019, the online edition of Progressnews.ge published the article "The Dissolution of the Soviet Union was the Biggest Crime of the United States — Henry Kissinger is Disappointed with Capitalism", which quotes an alleged statement by Henry Kissinger, the 56th U.S. Secretary of State and 7th U.S. National Security Advisor, from which it could be concluded that the experienced politician, diplomat, political theorist, and geopolitical advisor, in the later years of his l…

Editor (2023-05-24). The War in Ukraine Was Provoked—and Why That Matters to Achieve Peace. scheerpost.com By recognizing that the question of NATO enlargement is at the center of this war, we understand why U.S. weaponry will not end this war. Only diplomatic efforts can do that.

Editor (2023-05-24). Chris Hedges on Weapons to Ukraine, Military Buildup to China and Pentagon Spending. scheerpost.com By Mnar Adley and Alan MacLeod / MintPress News The war in Ukraine is well into its second year, and the United States is insistent on pumping billions more into the quagmire that has already seen thousands of lives lost and millions displaced. The U.S. has already approved more than $113 billion in aid to …

Editor (2023-05-24). The Limits of Saudi Normalization With Israel. scheerpost.com By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Biden administration is devoting what energy the State Department has aside from the effort to defend Ukraine to achieving diplomatic normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia. The premise for this entry of the Saudis into the Abraham Accords is that it would seek …

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-05-24). Biden Okays F-16s for Ukraine, US Weapons to Attack Crimea. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous103 (2023-05-24). Neo-Nazism and the War in Ukraine: Interview with Michel Chossudovsky. southfront.org Click to see full-size imag | Written by The West's support of Neo-Nazism in Ukraine should come as no surpri…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-24). US Officials Say Ukraine Was Behind Drone Attack on Kremlin. news.antiwar.com US officials have told The New York Times that they believe the drone attack on the Kremlin that took place earlier this month was likely carried out by one of Ukraine's special military or intelligence units. The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said they did not know which Ukrainian unit carried out …

scorinoco (2023-05-24). US Military Aid to Ukraine 'Will Soon Be Tapped,' Talk of More Funding 'On Back Burner'. orinocotribune.com

Annabelle Dickson (2023-05-24). Send for Agent BoJo! Boris Johnson Dispatched to Texas to Shore Up Republican Support for Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Staff (2023-05-24). Jeffrey Sachs: Bipartisan Support of War, from Iraq to Ukraine, Is Helping Fuel U.S. Debt Crisis. democracynow.org The United States faces a default on its debt in early June if a deal on the debt ceiling is not reached between the Biden administration and Republicans in Congress before then. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is pushing for sweeping budget cuts and new work requirements for recipients of government programs, including Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and SNAP. Notably, however, neither Republicans nor Democrats are proposing cuts to one of the biggest drivers of the nation's debt: the massive U.S. military budget. "We've got to get this military-industrial lobby under control, but it's h…

SAM (2023-05-24). Arms Manufacturers Are Price Gouging Amid Ukraine War. progressivehub.net CHLOE MAYER | NEWSWEEK…

Staff (2023-05-24). Ukraine's ambassador to the US confronted at a Visa-sponsored event in Washington, D.C. today. youtube.com "Your Interior Ministry maintains a kill list of journalists and my partner here, Anya Parampil, is on it!" Max Blumenthal and Parampil confront Ukraine's ambassador to the US at a Visa-sponsored event in Washington, D.C., today. Support independent watchdog journalism! www.patreon.com/MintPressNews

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