(2024-02-05). Dragon dance staged to celebrate Chinese New Year in Paris. ecns.cn A dragon dance is performed on the Champs-Elysees avenue to celebrate the Chinese New Year in Paris, France, Feb. 4, 2024.
(2024-02-04). Inter Milan vs Juventus probable lineups – Serie A 2023-24. albawaba.com Serie A leaders Inter Milan welcome second-placed Juventus to the San Siro in Matchday 23 on Sunday evening.Match date: Sunday, 4 February | Kick-off time: 19: 45 (GMT) | Venue: San Siro StadiumInter Milan vs Juventus predicted lineups: Inter possible XlManager: Simone InzaghiYann Sommer; Benjamin Pavard, Francesco Acerbi, Alessandro Bastoni; Matteo Darmian, Nicolo Barella, Hakan Calhanoglu, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Federico Dimarco; Marcus Thuram, Lautaro Martinez.Juventus possible XlManager: Massimliano AllegriWojciech Szczesny; Federico Gatti, Gleison Bremer, Danilo; Andrea Cambiaso, Weston McKennie, Manuel L…
(2024-02-05). Michael Douglas stars as Benjamin Franklin in 'Franklin', a new Apple TV+ series. albawaba.com Michael Douglas, the two-time Oscar winner and veteran Hollywood actor, is taking on a new challenge: portraying one of the most influential figures in American history, Benjamin Franklin.The upcoming Apple TV+ limited series, 'Franklin', will explore the life and achievements of the founding father, inventor, diplomat, and scientist.The series is based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Stacy Schiff, 'A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America', which chronicles Franklin's crucial role in securing the Franco-American alliance that helped win the Revolutionary War. The show will follow F…
(2024-02-05). Brazil overtakes Turkey as largest buyer of Russian diesel, while preserving ties with Moscow despite Western pressures. infobrics.org The consistent Brazilian diplomatic tradition of pragmatism helps explain why there has not been any major foreign policy change with regards to Russia from Jair Bolsonaro' last years in office to the incumbent president.
(2024-02-04). Rising inequality provokes strike wave in Turkey. wsws.org Social inequality, deepened by the high inflation and cost of living in recent years, is provoking a wave of working class struggles.
(2024-02-05). Dua Lipa slays the Grammys and receives standing ovation! albawaba.com 
ALBAWABA – Albanian singer and songwriter Dua Lipa has been the talk of the internet after performing her new song 'Training Season' at the Grammys 2024 which was received with a standing ovation at the ceremony by fans and stars alike. The Albanian pop star took to the Grammys stage wearing one hell of an outfit, people called her "one of the best pop stars of this generation" for always giving her best each performance. In addition to "Training Season," Dua Lipa also performed "Dance the Night" and "Houdini."Dua's performance had her wearing a sleek black leather outfit that complemented her figure. Moreover, s…
(2024-02-05). Prize-winning novelist Lana Bastašić denounces Austrian literary organizations' acceptance of Israeli genocide in Gaza. wsws.org Two Austrian literary organizations have cancelled Bastašić's upcoming residency and reading because she protested her German publisher's silence on the genocide Israel is committing in Gaza.
(2024-02-05). Russia Demilitarizing NATO. sonar21.com 
I received the following query from Sputnik on Saturday: | London also allegedly suggested establishing a no-fly zone over Kiev-controlled territory and did not rule out strikes on "strategic infrastructure facilities in Russia's northern regions". | After that, according to the British plan, NATO forces would create a "buffer zone" within the occupied positions, including the border with Belarus and the territory around Kiev,…
(2024-02-04). Belgium summons Israeli ambassador over bombing of agency. newarab.com 
Belgium's Minister of Foreign Affairs "I have just summoned the Israeli ambassador to express our strong condemnation of the destruction of Enabel offices in Gaza. Attacks on civilian infrastructure breach the principles of international humanitarian law," Lahbib posted on X. "All parties must adhere to it." | Images shared online showed the build…
(2024-02-05). Norway Farmed Salmon Industry Accused Of 'Food Colonialism'. popularresistance.org Producers in Norway, the world's top supplier of farmed salmon, are pushing up to four million people in West Africa into food insecurity and depriving them of critical nutrients, according to a new report. | Published by food and farming campaign group Feedback Global, the research states that major farmed fish and aquafeed producers — including European transnational companies Mowi, BioMar, Cargill, and Skretting — are between them extracting nearly two million tonnes of whole, wild fish annually from the world's oceans, according to 2020 data. | The majority of these small, highly nutritious fish a…
(2024-02-05). Egypt's Prez calls for two-state solution to settle Palestinian issue. muslimmirror.com Cairo : Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi has stressed the need to reinvigorate the two-state solution as a basis for the comprehensive settlement of the Palestinian issue and the restoration of security and stability in the Middle East. Sisi made the remarks on Sunday during a meeting here with French Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs …
(2024-02-04). Feb 4, 2024. sitrepworld.info For those of you who keep returning to see if there's something new, thank you for your interest. I am now mostly recovered from my illness and am trying to get on my horse and figure out where to go from here. There are two competing destinations. The first is going back to publishing the links for the Daily Posts. And the other is to continue to blog about what I consider the most important and compelling process driving pretty much everything else, the Geopolitical Tectonic Shift (GTS), referring to the disintegration of the USraeli Empire, heir to the 500 year long European empire, while the RoW (the Rest of…
(2024-02-04). Feb 4, 2024. sitrepworld.info For those of you who keep returning to see if there's something new, thank you for your interest. I am now mostly recovered from my illness and am trying to get on my horse and figure out where to go from here. There are two competing destinations. The first is going back to publishing the links for the Daily Posts. And the other is to continue to blog about what I consider the most important and compelling process driving pretty much everything else, the Geopolitical Tectonic Shift (GTS), referring to the disintegration of the USraeli Empire, heir to the 500 year long European empire, while the RoW (the Rest of…
(2024-02-04). Are Palestinians the New Jews? counterpunch.org 
Image by Ahmed Abu Hameeda. | The World War II mass murder of European Jewry took place mostly behind closed doors, as it were. Most of the living witnesses were the perpetrators. Not so the Gaza genocide. Like the American war in Vietnam, the destruction and the mass murder are reported in the media daily, even in the mainstream media that is right up Israel's arse. The media exposure proved fatal to the US cause in Vietnam. What chance a comparable development regarding Gaza? By contrast with the conditions of the Jewish holocaust, there is the knowledge and capacity to constrain Israel's bloodlust. | To rea…
(2024-02-04). Western Officials Warn Of War-Crimes Complicity. popularresistance.org More than 800 government officials in the United States and Europe released a letter Friday criticizing their countries' leaders for providing unconditional military and diplomatic support to Israel as it inflicts disaster on Gaza's population. The authors of the letter, who remain anonymous, wrote that their attempts to voice concerns internally about their governments' support for Israel's assault on Gaza "were overruled by political and ideological considerations." | "We are obliged to do everything in our power on behalf of our countries and ourselves to not be complicit in one of the worst human catastrophes…
(2024-02-05). European farmers show outrage at EU policies. infobrics.org "Green" paranoia and support for Kiev are to blame for the current European crisis.
(2024-02-04). Are Palestinians the New Jews? counterpunch.org Image by Ahmed Abu Hameeda. | The World War II mass murder of European Jewry took place mostly behind closed doors, as it were. Most of the living witnesses were the perpetrators. Not so the Gaza genocide. Like the American war in Vietnam, the destruction and the mass murder are reported in the media daily, even in the mainstream media that is right up Israel's arse. The media exposure proved fatal to the US cause in Vietnam. What chance a comparable development regarding Gaza? By contrast with the conditions of the Jewish holocaust, there is the knowledge and capacity to constrain Israel's bloodlust. | To rea…
(2024-02-04). European farmers' protests: The fight back against the war on farming. expose-news.com Representatives from European farming groups went to Brussels last Wednesday to make their voices heard and show solidarity in the fight back against the EU's war on farming. As the farmer' protests …
(2024-02-04). European farmers' protests: The fight back against the war on farming. expose-news.com Representatives from European farming groups went to Brussels last Wednesday to make their voices heard and show solidarity in the fight back against the EU's war on farming. As the farmer' protests …
(2024-02-05). Reflections on the Holocaust and the Parallels between Nazi Brutality and Israeli Atrocities. transcend.org "At the end of World War II an august body, the United Nations, was formed as a global organization based on the horrors of the Nazi Regime against the Jews of Europe, a tragedy called The Holocaust. A unanimous resolution was made by world leaders at the time, Never Again, yet the same human catastrophe is being reenacted in the atrocities on Gaza by the Zionist Regime of Israel as a neo imperialist force."
(2024-02-05). Striking bus and tram drivers in Germany demand expansion of their strike. wsws.org Transit workers in over 80 cities across the country participated in the strike. WSWS reporters spoke to strikers in Berlin.
(2024-02-04). Over 200,000 Protest in Berlin Against Rise of German Far Right Party. truthout.org Up to 300,000 people took to the rainy streets of Berlin, Germany on Saturday as nationwide protests against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. Protests were also taking place in dozens of other cities such as Freiburg, Dresden, Hannover, and Mainz, a sign of growing alarm at growing support for the AfD. Under the slogan "We are the Firewall" — a reference to the longstanding taboo… |
(2024-02-04). World: Advocacy Brief: End Immigration Detention of Children (February 2024). reliefweb.int 
Countries: Algeria, Belize, Botswana, Canada, Colombia, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Germany, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Libya, Malawi, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Philippines, Republic of Korea, South Africa, South Sudan, Thailand, Tunisia, Türkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, United Republic of Tanzania, World, Zambia, Zimbabwe | Sources: International Organization for Migration, UN Children's Fund, UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Office of the SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict, UN Office o…
(2024-02-05). Gaza, the German Far-Right and the Hypocrisy of the Ruling Class. scheerpost.com 
By Fabian Scheidler / Substack Over the past two weekends, more than a million people in Germany have risen up in demonstrations against racist, inhumane positions advocated by the right-wing AfD party — the largest mobilization against the far right in recent German history. The demonstrations followed revelations about plans for forced resettlements of migrants …
(2024-02-04). Over 200,000 Protest in Berlin Against Rise of German Far Right Party. truthout.org Up to 300,000 people took to the rainy streets of Berlin, Germany on Saturday as nationwide protests against the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. Protests were also taking place in dozens of other cities such as Freiburg, Dresden, Hannover, and Mainz, a sign of growing alarm at growing support for the AfD. Under the slogan "We are the Firewall" — a reference to the longstanding taboo… |
(2024-02-05). Sinn Féin leader Michelle O'Neill is the First Minister of the North of Ireland. peoplesdispatch.org The power sharing agreement between Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin has put an Irish nationalist at the helm of the North of Ireland for the first time ever…
(2024-02-04). Salvadorans' affluence abroad to vote is outstanding. plenglish.com The Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Adriana Mira, from Los Angeles, California, said in declarations to Channel 4 television that in that city as well as in Long Island, New York, and other places, there are reports of thousands of nationals voting. | Likewise, images shown by the channel reflected crowds in voting centers in Italy, Sweden and other countries where 29 voting centers were set up. | While here in San Salvador, the general secretary of the Farabundo Martí Front, Oscar Ortiz, denounced violations of the electoral process and called his followers to defend the vote. | Also the president of the Legis…
(2024-02-04). Venezuela Repudiates Vandalism of Bolívar Statue in Rome. orinocotribune.com The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, denounced the desecration of the bust of Liberator Simón Bolívar in Monte Sacro, Rome, capital of Italy. | "I denounce the unacceptable aggression that fascist hordes in Italy have perpetrated in Monte Sacro, Rome, against Simón Bolívar, Father and Liberator of our free America," President Maduro wrote on X on Saturday, February 3. | Denuncio la agresión inaceptable que hordas fascistas en Italia han perpetrado en el Monte Sacro, Roma, en contra de Simón Bolívar, Padre y Libertador de nuestra América libre. Repudio totalmente esta agresión llevada adelante por quienes s…
(2024-02-04). What Powerful Force Is Preventing the United States from Defending its Borders? thealtworld.com srael can evict Palestinians from the the Palestinians' villages in Palestine. Tiny Latvia can deport Russian ethnics born in Latvia for not learning to speak Latvian, but mighty America cannot prevent millions of immigrant-invaders from illegally entering the US each year and remaining. | How can this be? Clearly the US government is in a conspiracy with the NGOs that are recruiting and funding the invasion in order to replace the white American population. | Why is the US government cooperating with anti-American NGOs to steal America from Americans? | Why do Americans sit on their butts and permit their countr…
(2024-02-05). Russia Says Ukraine Killed 28 in Shelling of Bakery With US-Provided HIMARS. news.antiwar.com Russia said on Sunday that at least 28 people were killed in the Ukrainian shelling of a bakery in Lysychansk, a city in the Russian-controlled Luhansk Oblast in eastern Ukraine. The bakery was hit on Saturday afternoon, and the death toll rose as emergency workers searched through the rubble overnight. According to Reuters, local officials …
(2024-02-05). Ukraine hits Russian-controlled Lysychansk, killing 28. geo.tv 
The latest attack, however, by Ukrainian forces has been regarded as the deadliest…
(2024-02-05). New BRICS Member Iran Calls for Digital Currency Systems this Year. infobrics.org BRICS, the intergovernmental organization comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, started meetings this morning in Russia. After agreeing to expand its membership in August, the group added Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the UAE on January 1…
(2024-02-04). Ukraine Distracts from Multiplying Catastrophes + Why US Analysts Get Ukraine Wrong. thealtworld.com Update for the conflict in Ukraine for February 4, 2024… | — Ukraine's reported sinking of Russian missile boat distracts from Ukraine's core weaknesses rather than helps address them; | — US analysts believe Ukraine can use 2024 to "rebuild" for 2025, failing to understand Ukraine and its Western sponsors lack the ability to do this, while Russia continues expanding its manpower and military industrial output; | — US analysts share a misconception that Russia's lack of territorial gains results from a lack of offensive potential rather than a deliberate choice to degrade Ukrainian forces first,…
(2024-02-05). Ethiopia's Ambassador to Moscow: We expect a big increase in trade within BRICS. tvbrics.com 
The Congress Centre of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation hosted the Russian-Ethiopian Business Forum with the participation of the Ethiopian delegation…
(2024-02-04). Lenin's work remains a guide for our time: an introduction. thecommunists.org Download this leaflet as a pdf. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, known to us as Lenin, was a Russian Marxist who is best known for leading the 1917 October Revolution that brought socialism to Russia and to the territories of the former Russian empire, leading to the foundation and building of the world's first great socialist state, …
(2024-02-04). Ukraine will be DESTROYED and NATO Just Made a Huge Mistake. thealtworld.com Former US Marine Corps Officer and UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter reacts to a US intelligence assessment claiming major Russian losses and reveals the true extent of Ukraine's destruction behind NATO lies.
(2024-02-05). Senate Unveils $118 Billion Bill With Money for Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan, and New Yemen War. news.antiwar.com The Senate Appropriations Committee on Sunday unveiled a massive $118 billion spending bill that includes military aid for Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, as well as spending for President Biden's new war with Yemen's Houthis. The bill is the result of months of negotiations between Senate Democrats and Republicans on border policies and includes $20 billion …
(2024-02-05). "We have as few shells as we used to have": Kiev's situation continues to worsen. infobrics.org EU's eyewatering €50 billion aid package indirectly supports Ukraine's war effort.
(2024-02-04). Ukraine's Leadership Soap Opera Continues to Boil. sonar21.com 
Happier Times for the Troubled Couple | Oh my. The sad tale of a bromance gone bad. I guess Zaluzhny and Zelensky won't be hugging it out. | Looks like Ukraine's General Zaluzhny has more lives than a cat. There were news reports every day for the last week that Zaluzhny was out. We were informed last weekend that the comedian, Zelensky, fired Zaluzhny in a face-to-face meeting and Zaluzhny told him to stick it. (For my foreign readers who are not native English speakers the phrase, "stick it", means that Zelensky should shove the suggestion up his anal canal. Given Zelensky's proven prowess as a penis piano p…
(2024-02-04). Ukraine's Leadership Soap Opera Continues to Boil. sonar21.com Happier Times for the Troubled Couple | Oh my. The sad tale of a bromance gone bad. I guess Zaluzhny and Zelensky won't be hugging it out. | Looks like Ukraine's General Zaluzhny has more lives than a cat. There were news reports every day for the last week that Zaluzhny was out. We were informed last weekend that the comedian, Zelensky, fired Zaluzhny in a face-to-face meeting and Zaluzhny told him to stick it. (For my foreign readers who are not native English speakers the phrase, "stick it", means that Zelensky should shove the suggestion up his anal canal. Given Zelensky's proven prowess as a penis piano p…
(2024-02-05). Ukraine Has No More Weapons: Running Out of Artillery Shells. Sporadic Military Support from EU. globalresearch.ca
(2024-02-05). Prince Harry to visit King Charles following his father's cancer diagnosis. albawaba.com Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, is planning to visit his father, King Charles, in the United Kingdom next week, following the news that the monarch has been diagnosed with prostate cancer.According to a royal source, Prince Harry has been in touch with his father since he learned about his condition and has expressed his desire to see him in person. The source added that the king is grateful for his son's support and is looking forward to their reunion.The visit will mark the first time that Prince Harry has returned to the UK since he and his wife, Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, stepped back from their…