ecns.cn (2023-05-26). China develops 1,050 irradiation induced-mutant varieties, boosting food security. ecns.cn China has developed and officially registered 1,050 irradiation induced-mutant varieties across 46 plant species, highlighting the country's contribution to the peaceful use of nuclear technology to address challenges such as climate change and food security.

WSWS (2023-05-26). Spy agency-instigated anti-China furor within Canada's political establishment intensifies after rapporteur's report. wsws.org The Trudeau government's Special Rapporteur has endorsed the reactionary, pro-war narrative of a Chinese threat to Canadian "democracy." But because he rejected and qualified some of the claims made in illegal intelligence leaks and opposes a public inquiry, he is being pilloried.

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….

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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

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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…

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

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…

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…

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.

Maddi Johnson (2023-05-26). Nakba in Portland Solidarity with Palestine. workers.org Portland, Oregon U.S. imperialism was in the crosshairs of the Nakba event in Portland on May 21. Speeches and signs alike identified U.S. weapons and money as the critical factor that allows Israel to perpetrate genocide and apartheid on the Palestinian people. Credit: Sarah Kowaleski Speakers, including those from organizers . . . |

Palestine Action. (2023-05-26). Palestine Action Blockade Leicester's Israeli Weapons Factory. popularresistance.org On the 24th day of Palestine Action's siege against Leicester's Israeli Elbit factory — UAV Tactical Systems, another blockade has successfully locked down the company's only entrance gates in the early hours of this morning. | An immovable vehicle and two Palestine Actionists have locked-on in the road outside the perimeter fence, evading their paramilitary-style security workforce, the site's surveillance cameras, and inhibiting the company's ability to open by blocking staff entry. | In Leicester, and in Elbit's 7 other remaining sites in Britain, weaponry is being manufactured and exported to Israel.

ecns.cn (2023-05-26). China's wind and photovoltaic power generators capacity crosses 800 million kW: energy administration. ecns.cn The total capacity of China's wind turbines and photovoltaic panels reached 820 million kilowatts by the end of April, data from National Energy Administration (NEA) showed, a progress of the country's energy structure optimization for achieving carbon emission reduction goal.

ecns.cn (2023-05-26). C919 aircraft to enter commercial operations soon: China Eastern Airlines. ecns.cn China Eastern Airlines said on Thursday that the first C919 aircraft, which is domestically made, will enter commercial operations soon.

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.

ecns.cn (2023-05-26). China criticizes G7's double-talk on decoupling. ecns.cn China has called on the Group of Seven not to abuse trade and investment restrictions and deliver on their commitments to not decouple from China, the Ministry of Commerce said on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-05-26). Archaeologis score find Himalayasaurus remains. ecns.cn Chinese scientists recently discovered the fossils of the Himalayasaurus in the Tibet autonomous region, making it the second time they have found similar fossils on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau since the 1960s, China Central Television reported.

ecns.cn (2023-05-26). Military to strengthen management processes. ecns.cn China's Central Military Commission has tasked more than 30 divisions, brigades and regiments from various branches with piloting a campaign to fully promote the standardized classification in management of the armed forces…

ecns.cn (2023-05-26). New chip improves blockchain trading. ecns.cn A new generation chip made in China is making its debut at a forum held on Thursday, improving the performance by four to five times compared to the previous generation of chips.

ecns.cn (2023-05-26). China-Laos Railway has seen booming passenger, freight services: Chinese FM. ecns.cn Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson on Sunday said The China-Laos Railway has seen booming passenger and freight services since it became open to traffic over a year ago.

ecns.cn (2023-05-26). Chinese, U.S. commerce ministers hold talks in Washington. ecns.cn China's Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao and U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo held talks in Washington on Thursday, engaging in frank, professional and constructive exchanges on China-U.S. economic and trade relations as well as issues of common concern.

ecns.cn (2023-05-26). China's Commerce Minister meets with U.S. Commerce Secretary. ecns.cn China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao met with U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo in Washington on Thursday while Wang was attending the 2023 APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting, according to the ministry.

ecns.cn (2023-05-26). Accusing China of spying on U.S. infrastructure a U.S.-initiated 'disinformation campaign': Chinese FM. ecns.cn According to Reuters, Western intelligence agencies and Microsoft said on Wednesday that a state-sponsored Chinese hacking group is alleged to have been "spying on a wide range of U.S. critical infrastructure organizations, from telecommunications to transportation hubs."

ecns.cn (2023-05-26). China, Ethiopia to enhance bilateral ties. ecns.cn China expressed its support to the peace process in Ethiopia on Thursday, saying it stands ready to enhance bilateral cooperation to facilitate postwar reconstruction and development in the Horn of Africa country.

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

Anand Naidoo (2023-05-26). The Heat: China-Mexico Cooperation. america.cgtn.com "Made in Mexico" takes on a new meaning for many Chinese companies who want to sell American consumers everything from furniture to electronics. In the wake of global supply chain issues during the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing trade war between the United States and …

Editor (2023-05-26). The China Dragon Roars Back Whether the US Likes It or Not. scheerpost.com

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-26). House China Committee Proposes 10 Ways to Prepare for War With China Over Taiwan. news.antiwar.com The House's new committee on China released 10 recommendations for ways that the US should increase support for Taiwan to prepare for a future war with China over the island. Members of the panel are looking to include their recommendations in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Some of the ideas were lessons the …

ecns.cn (2023-05-26). GBA promising prospect for overseas Chinese. ecns.cn Many investment and business opportunities have been created as Guangdong province goes all out to promote the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

ecns.cn (2023-05-26). New metro line connects Suzhou with Shanghai. ecns.cn Suzhou's new metro Line 11, which will connect downtown Suzhou with Shanghai, will soon be put into operation.

ecns.cn (2023-05-26). Operator: No plan for female-only subway cars. ecns.cn The Shanghai metro operator said on Wednesday that in light of the large number of passengers using the city's subway network, it is currently not considering having a compartment exclusively for women on each train.

ecns.cn (2023-05-26). Taiwan Strait not deep enough to deter love. ecns.cn After five years of dating and overcoming various challenges including managing a long-distance relationship, a woman from Taiwan and a man from the Chinese mainland finally tied the knot last weekend.

WUFJEP (2023-05-26). Friday 5/26: Free Palestine! indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery | San Francisco…

WSWS (2023-05-25). Independent autopsy rules death of Georgia prisoner who was "eaten alive" by lice and bed bugs a homicide. wsws.org Disturbing new details revealed in the autopsy report of Lashawn Thompson revealed that his death was the result of being deliberately denied medical care while incarcerated.

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…

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 (2023-05-25). 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.

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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…

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 …

Ken Klippenstein (2023-05-25). Leaked Report: "CIA Does Not Know" If Israel Plans to Bomb Iran. 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…

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…

_____ (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

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

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). 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?"

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.

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). Pacific leaders' meeting ramps up US-led anti-China offensive. wsws.org Papua New Guinea and Washington signed an anti-China Defense Cooperation Agreement giving the US military sweeping "boots on the ground" access to the country.

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-05-25). 60 Minutes Australia Keeps Churning Out War-With-China Propaganda. thealtworld.com

Editor (2023-05-25). Flag March: The Annual Israeli Display Of Jewish Supremacy. scheerpost.com By Miko Peled / MintPress News The annual display of Jewish Supremacy in Palestine, known as the Flag March, is not limited to the Old City of Jerusalem. It is part of a campaign of intimidation in cities around the country that have a significant Palestinian population. This year this racist, violent display of supremacy …

Ramzy Baroud (2023-05-25). "Not On Our Dime": Why US Democrats Are Finally Challenging Israel. mintpressnews.com Though the United States remains a strong supporter of Israel, there are some indications that the supposed 'unbreakable bond' with Tel Aviv is faltering, though more in language than in deeds. | Following the provocative ' The language used by the US State Dep…

Ramzy Baroud (2023-05-25). Not On Our Dime!': Why US Democrats Are Finally Challenging Israel. mintpressnews.com Though the United States remains a strong supporter of Israel, there are some indications that the supposed 'unbreakable bond' with Tel Aviv is faltering, though more in language than in deeds. | Following the provocative ' The language used by the US State Dep…

Vijay Prashad (2023-05-25). How the US war on Taiwanese semiconductors might benefit Japan. peoplesdispatch.org In April, Berkshire Hathaway's leader Warren Buffett told Nikkei that the geopolitical tension between the United States and China was "certainly a consideration" in his decision to divest from Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC)…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-25). Israeli Army Says It Downed Drone That Crossed Frontline With Lebanon. southfront.org Click to see full-size image. Source: the Israeli Defense Forces. | On May 25, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) announced that it had downed a drone that crossed the frontline with Lebanon. | The IDF Spokesperson's Unit said in a brief statement that the drone was downed near the settlement of Zar'it, adding that it was tracked by Israeli air defenses."The IDF will continue to act to prevent any violation of the sovereignty of the State of Israel," the statement reads. | The IDF re…

ecns.cn (2023-05-25). Amazon suspends Appstore services. ecns.cn The China branch of U.S.-based tech company Amazon.com Inc said on Wednesday that the suspension of Amazon's Appstore services will not affect any of the company's business operations in China.

ecns.cn (2023-05-25). Being U.S. pawn will only hurt Tokyo. ecns.cn On Tuesday, the Japanese government unveiled export control measures on 23 types of chipmaking equipment, aligning its trade rules with a U.S. move to curb China's ability to make advanced chips.

ecns.cn (2023-05-25). Garbage sorting practices to be further intensified. ecns.cn China has vowed to intensify nationwide initiatives to promote trash sorting practices, aiming to enhance civic literacy and develop an environment-friendly lifestyle among citizens, officials said recently.

ecns.cn (2023-05-25). China, Singapore bourses further bridges rapidly growing ETF markets. ecns.cn The Shanghai Stock Exchange (SSE) and Singapore Exchange (SGX Group) have recently deepened their relationship significantly by signing a Memorandum of Understanding to launch an SSE-SGX exchange-traded fund (ETF) link.

ecns.cn (2023-05-25). Chinese, U.S. commerce chiefs to meet. ecns.cn Chinese Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao will hold talks with U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai on China-U.S. economic and trade relations and issues of common concern.

ecns.cn (2023-05-25). Reporting system fights sexual assault of children. ecns.cn Thanks to a reporting system, 5,358 cases of harm to children have been detected and handled over the past two years, an official from China's top procuratorate said on Thursday.

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.

ecns.cn (2023-05-25). SCO media representatives gather in Lianyungang to tap BRI opportunities. ecns.cn Media Representatives from the countries of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) started their four-day visit to the city of Lianyungang in east China's Jiangsu Province on Wednesday at the city's international logistics park.

ecns.cn (2023-05-25). In Numbers: China is the leading market for electric cars in 2022. ecns.cn

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-05-25). CIA Officers Admitted the Agency Ran Drug Traffic During Indochina Wars. covertactionmagazine.com In new memoir, CIA expert shares interviews he conducted with CIA paramilitary officers who spilled the beans about CIA drug trafficking along with other major crimes. In 1991, during the 1st Persian Gulf War, investigative journalist Douglas Valentine traveled to Thailand and interviewed a group of legendary CIA officers who had helped run the secret …

ecns.cn (2023-05-25). China's cybersecurity review does not target any particular countries or regions: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn China's cybersecurity review does not target any particular countries or regions, nor does China seek to exclude technologies or products from any specific country, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said on Wednesday.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-25). Iran Unveils Upgraded Version Of Khorramshahr Medium-Range Ballistic Missile (Video). southfront.org Khoramshahr 4 or Kheibar ballistic missile. Source: the Tasnim News Agency. | On May 25, Iran announced that it had successfully tested an upgraded version of the Khorramshahr medium-range ballistic missile. | The new version, dubbed Khoramshahr 4 or Kheibar, was unveiled in the presence of Defense Minister Brigadier General Mohammad Reza Ashtiani during an event marking the 41st anniversary of the liberation of the southwestern city of Khorramshahr."The message of the Ministry of…

MEE staff (2023-05-25). Israel: US voices support for civil society groups targeted by legislation. middleeasteye.net Israel: US voices support for civil society groups targeted by legislation | Israel set to clampdown on human rights groups through a new bill that will restrict foreign funding | Thu, 05/25/2023 – 08: 53 | A man walks past a billboard advertising a campaign by Israeli rights group B'Tselem ahead of the US President's official visit, Bethlehem, 13 July 2022 (AFP) | The United States on Wednesday voiced supp…

Editor (2023-05-25). How Big Oil is Manipulating the Way You Think About Climate Change. scheerpost.com

Editor (2023-05-25). East Palestine, 100 Days Later. scheerpost.com Months after an explosive Norfolk Southern train derailment changed their lives and communities forever, residents of East Palestine, Ohio, and the surrounding area feel "numb," lied to, and abandoned… and they're running out of drinkable water.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-25). Palestinian resistance factions respond to Israeli attacks. plenglish.com Ramallah, May 25 (Prensa Latina) The Palestinian resistance factions responded to Israeli attacks during the imposition of a security cordon and the assault on the Aqabat Jabr camp in Jericho.

teleSUR (2023-05-25). WHO to Ensure Health Care in Occupied Palestinian Territory. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) approved a draft decision calling on Israel to ensure adequate health care for those residing in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and the Syrian Golan. | RELATED: | The 76th World Health Assembly delegates passed the resolution with 76 votes in favor, 13 against and 35 abstaining. According to the draft decision, COVID-19 was the primary cause of death in the occupied Palestinian territ…

teleSUR (2023-05-25). Yemen Faces Financial Hurdles Due to Houthi Attacks. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Prime Minister Maeen Abdulmalik said that Yemen is facing financing difficulties following a drop in public revenues caused by Houthi attacks on oil export ports. | RELATED: | The Houthi attacks have caused an estimated US$1 billion in losses, preventing the government from meeting its responsibilities, including improving public services and paying wages across the war-torn country. | To address the challeng…

WUFJEP (2023-05-25). Friday 5/26: Free Palestine! indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery | San Francisco…

teleSUR, MER (2023-05-25). Presidente Ortega: se está configurando una nueva realidad en el mundo. telesurtv.net El mandatario aseveró que Rusia y China son los grandes conductores para fortalecer los otros frentes que se han venido desarrollando.

teleSUR, MER (2023-05-25). Condenan agresión contra artistas cubanos en Barcelona, España. telesurtv.net Uno de los integrantes del dúo, Israel Rojas, resaltó que de ellos saldrá música y que le han visto el rostro al fascismo.

Staff (2023-05-25). Prosiguen provocaciones de odiadores contra el dúo Buena Fe en España. cubadebate.cu Los integrantes de Buena Fe fueron agredidos este miércoles por odiadores que buscaban impedir un concierto en Barcelona. Tras el incidente, Israel Rojas hizo una publicación en Facebook: "Estamos bien. Pero un compañero recibió los golpes que debieron ser para nosotros. Le hemos visto la cara al fascismo (…) La música es nuestra fortaleza: la manera más violenta en que golpeo al que me ofende".

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 …

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

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

Anonymous834 (2023-05-24). Kiev Used US-Supplied Vehicles To Invade Russia. southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | Written by Lucas Leiroz, journalist, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, geopolitical consultant. | The US claims that the weapons sent to Ukraine are only used within the borders of the conflict zone, but it is increasingly clear that this equipment is being used by Ukrainian forces to carry out terrorist attacks in the undisputed Russian territory. Photos and videos shared on the internet show that US armored vehicles were used by pro-Kiev forces to…

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…

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…

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…

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.

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 …

Kyle Anzalone (2023-05-24). Ukrainian Intelligence Says It's Trying to Kill Putin. news.antiwar.com The Ukrainian intelligence service says it's attempting to kill Russian President Vladimir Putin. A high-ranking official admitted to actively plotting the Russian leader's assassination after a recent drone attack on the Kremlin. "Putin is noticing that we are getting closer and closer to him," Vadym Skibitsky, the deputy head of Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate, told Welt in an interview. …

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 …

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…

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). Neo-Nazi Militia Used US Armored Vehicles in Attack on Russia's Belgorod Region. globalresearch.ca

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…

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

Boaventura de Sousa Santos (2023-05-24). 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.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-24). Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki in China. libya360.wordpress.com Ann Garrison Eritrea can chart an exciting new development path through mutually respectful collaboration with China. Any doubt that a new multipolar world has emerged in the Horn of Africa should have dissipated last week with Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki's trip to China. President Xi Jinping rolled out the red carpet for Afwerki and his delegation and…

ecns.cn (2023-05-24). Sinopec vows to 'deepen cooperation in oil and gas resources'. ecns.cn China Petrochemical Corp, or Sinopec, vowed on Wednesday to strengthen cooperation on oil and gas pipeline networks between central Asian and Southeast Asian countries and regions, and promote collaboration in areas of new energy.

David Cronin (2023-05-24). Internal paper shows EU eager to embrace Israel's killer cops. electronicintifada.net Force practices racist violence preached by Itamar Ben-Gvir.

_____ (2023-05-24). Led by China and India: The Global South Is Trying to Fix the UN. strategic-culture.org Dr. Ramzy BAROUD | In anticipation of next month's United Nations Security Council "The reform of the Security Council should uphold fairness and justice, increase the representation and voice of developing countries, allowing more small and medium-sized countries to have more opportunities…

_____ (2023-05-24). Clown Prince Zelensky's Saudi And Japanese Slime Trail. strategic-culture.org The way forward for Japan, as well as Taiwan and Korea, is to emulate Saudi Arabia and to tiptoe away as gingerly as they can from their American lords and masters. |

Rick Rozoff (2023-05-24). NATO military official visits Taiwan. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com The China ProjectMay 24, 2023 NATO official visits Taiwan as patchwork approach to countering Beijing emerges NATO Defense College confirmed a previously unreported meeting in Taiwan in March. It's just one of an array of regional and global moves aimed at restraining China's future military options. In late March, as global media focused on how …

Anonymous669 (2023-05-24). Syrian Gunfire Target Israeli Drone Operating Over Golan Front. southfront.org St. Inigoes, Md. (June 27, 2005) — A "Skylark" Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) on display at the 2005 Naval UAV Air Demo held at the Webster Field Annex of Naval Air Station Patuxent River. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Daniel J. McLain. | On May 24, gunfire from Syria territory targeted a drone of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) that was operating over the Golan Heights front. | In a statement, the IDF said that the drone was conducting "routine surveillance activity"

_____ (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

Editor (2023-05-24). The U.S. continues to lose Middle East power and 'Tel Aviv' makes things worse. mronline.org If the U.S. wishes to navigate its way in a world where it no longer rules, but shares power with China, it must reconnect with reality.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-05-24). Bolivia's president highlights deepening ties with China. plenglish.com La Paz, 24 May (Prensa Latina) President Luis Arce said at the 2nd World Trade and Investment Summit on Wednesday that relations between Bolivia and China have been continuously deepening for 38 years through cooperation and cultural exchange.

teleSUR (2023-05-24). World Trade Summit In China, A "Unique" Opportunity – Arce. telesurenglish.net The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce Catacora, participated this Wednesday in the II World Trade and Investment Promotion Summit of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. | RELATED: | Arce participated in the summit held in Beijing with a virtual intervention and spoke of China's role on the world stage and bilateral cooperation on issues of industrialization of zinc and lithium, among others. | He stressed that the s…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-24). De-dollarisation Clashes with India-China Border Dispute. libya360.wordpress.com Saheli Chowdhury The global de-dollarisation trend is not totally a bed of roses, or at least there are thorns in the roses that have to be taken into account. While de-dollarisation seems to be an irreversible trend on the global scale, at regional levels it is running into bilateral or regional political tensions. In this…

ecns.cn (2023-05-24). China's digital economy scale reaches $7.12 trillion: report. ecns.cn The scale of China's digital economy reached 50.2 trillion yuan (around $7.12 trillion) in 2022, maintaining its position as the world's second largest, according to a report published by the Cyberspace Administration of China on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-05-24). Breathtaking scenery of Puma Yumco Lake in Tibet. ecns.cn Breathtaking scenery of the Puma Yumco Lake with an altitude of about 5,000 meters in Shannan City, southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region. Covering an area of 292 square kilometers , Puma Yumco literally means 'The Blue Jewel which is floating in the sky'.

ecns.cn (2023-05-24). One-China principle prerequisite for Taiwan's participation in foriegn cooperation. ecns.cn Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory, and the one-China principle is a prerequisite for Taiwan's participation in foreign economic cooperation, the Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-05-24). China special envoy meets with French official in Paris. ecns.cn Li Hui, held talks with Frederic Mondoloni, the director general of political and security affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of France in Paris, France on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-05-24). China-built railway wagon assembly plant in Nigeria officially enters operation. ecns.cn A railway wagon assembly plant built by China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) in Kajola of Ogun State, Nigeria officially entered operation on Monday, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday.

ecns.cn (2023-05-24). "2023 Forum on the Development of Xizang, China" held in Beijing. ecns.cn A forum on the development of Tibet kicked off on Tuesday in Beijing.

ecns.cn (2023-05-24). Digital economy seen as key to development. ecns.cn China's economic rebound has been better than expected, and because it has a strong digital economy, the prospect of an electronic currency should be explored.

ecns.cn (2023-05-24). China, Brazil aim to bolster bilateral ties. ecns.cn Brazil and China are set to embrace a higher state of strong partnership, and the two sides have shown strong commitment to bolstering bilateral trade, cooperation in aviation and high-tech sectors, and response to climate change.

ecns.cn (2023-05-24). U.S.'complains over Micron shows its hypocrisy and double standards. ecns.cn China's decision to ban Micron's products due to network security risks has caused a strong reaction in the U.S., with a Commerce Department spokesperson calling it a "raid and attack" on U.S. companies and White House calling it "not based in fact."

Anand Naidoo (2023-05-24). The Heat: G7 Communique on China. america.cgtn.com China pushes back against harsh rhetoric from G7 nations. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that it lodged a strong protest to G7 summit host Japan and other relevant parties after the group pointed fingers at China on a number of topics. The ministry …

_____ (2023-05-24). US Threatens Georgia with Sanction: "The Beacon of Democracy" over direct flights and visa free travel. journal-neo.org

Anonymous669 (2023-05-24). IRGC Says It Dismantled Terrorist Cell In Southeastern Iran. southfront.org File image. | On May 24, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that it dismantled a terrorist cell during an operation in the southeastern Iranian province of Sistan and Baluchestan in cooperation with intelligence services. | In a statement, the guards said that two terrorists were killed and a third was captured during the operation. Loads of weapons and ammunition were also seized. | The IRGC didn't provide any additional information about the counter-terrorism operation, or clarify the allegiance of t…

MEE correspondent (2023-05-24). Iran: Outgoing security chief Shamkhani planning bid for presidency. middleeasteye.net

Anonymous669 (2023-05-24). Israeli Army Drops Leaflets Over Lebanon Warning People Against Approaching Frontline (Photos). southfront.org

Maximillian Alvarez (2023-05-24). East Palestine, 100 Days Later. therealnews.com It's been over 100 days since the catastrophic derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying over 100,000 gallons of toxic materials occurred in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb 3. Since then, residents of East Palestine and the surrounding area in Ohio and Pennsylvania have had their lives turned completely upside down. Entire families have been uprooted from their homes, with many having to live in hotels or wherever they can find shelter, unable to return home out of fear of exposure to chemicals that were spilled into the water and soil from the derailment and spewed into the air from Norfolk Southern's "

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-24). Cyclone Mocha adds to the problems of Myanmar's Rohingyas, kills 145 in its wake. peoplesdispatch.org A total of 21 townships—17 in Rakhine State and four in Chin State—have been declared as disaster (cyclone)-affected areas by the authorities…

The New Arab (2023-05-24). 'Palestine must be obliterated,' Says Deleted Times of Israel Column. globalresearch.ca

Middle East Eye (2023-05-24). Israel Pushes Law Banning Palestinian Flag. globalresearch.ca

Prof. Marjorie Cohn (2023-05-24). "There Is No Safe Place in Gaza": Palestinians Speak Out During Israeli Assault. globalresearch.ca

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-24). Israeli authorities are trying to kill Walid Daqqa inside prison, claim Palestinians. peoplesdispatch.org Walid Daqqa has been inside an Israeli prison since 1986. The 61-year-old needs intensive medical care after being diagnosed with bone marrow cancer last year and suffering a blood clot-induced stroke this year in February…

WUFJEP (2023-05-24). Friday 5/26: Free Palestine! indybay.org Israeli Consulate | 456 Montgomery | San Francisco…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-24). Iran Appoints Ambassador To Saudi Arabia. southfront.org Alireza Enayati, Via Twitter. | On May 23, Iran appointed Alireza Enayati, a veteran diplomat, as its ambassador to Saudi Arabia after resuming bilateral relations two months ago. | Enayati served as Iran's ambassador to Kuwait from 2014 to 2019. Later, he was director general of the Persian Gulf Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He also previously served as assistant to the foreign minister, according to the semi-official Fars News Agency. | Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed on March 10…

MEE staff (2023-05-24). Israel passes budget after increasing funds to ultra-Orthodox communities. middleeasteye.net Israel passes budget after increasing funds to ultra-Orthodox communities | Government accused of 'looting' public purse after deals with far-right and ultra-Orthodox coalition partners to pass parliament vote | Wed, 05/24/2023 – 07: 47 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, ahead of a vote on the national budget on 23 May 2023 at the parliament in Jer…

Brittani Banks (2023-05-24). How The U.S. War on Taiwanese Semiconductors Might Benefit Japan. independentmediainstitute.org On May 15, 2023, Berkshire Hathaway reported in a Form 13F filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that it had completed the sale of its $4 billion stake in Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC). This sale completed a process that began in February 2023, when Berkshire Hathaway announced that it sold 86 percent …

Staff (2023-05-24). Gigante tecnológico Huawei promueve servicios de su nube para Latinoamérica y el Caribe. cubadebate.cu Huawei, uno de los gigantes tecnológicos de China, abrió hoy un evento para promover las distintas prestaciones, innovaciones y oportunidades que ofrece su nube al sector empresarial e institucional de América Latina y el Caribe. Se auguró mayor avance de la herramienta en terrenos como comercio electrónico y economía digital, entre otros.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-24). Presidente Xi Jinping promete a Rusia el firme apoyo de China. telesurtv.net El mandatario chino resaltó el continuo desarrollo de las relaciones bilaterales y una cooperación polifacética que fructificó en el aumento de la confianza.

teleSUR, SH (2023-05-24). Rusia y China afrontarán a los países que impongan su voluntad. telesurtv.net El primer ministro ruso, anunció que los presidentes de Rusia y China se reunirán a finales de año.

teleSUR, lvm, YSM (2023-05-24). ONU pide ayuda para afectados por ciclón Mocha en Myanmar. telesurtv.net Se identificaron a quienes han perdido sus hogares, y los que carecen de acceso a servicios de salud y agua potable.

teleSUR- hvh (2023-05-24). Presidente iraní se reúne con su par indonesio en Yakarta. telesurtv.net Ambos líderes rubricaron un acuerdo preferencial de comercio en el Palacio Presidencial de Bogor, ubicado en Yakarta.

Staff (2023-05-24). OPS destaca capacidades cubanas en la producción de medicamentos. cubadebate.cu El director de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud y director Regional para las Américas de la Organización Mundial de la Salud, Jarbas Barbosa, destacó hoy la importancia de aprovechar las capacidades de Cuba en la producción de medicamentos para el beneficio de la región, al agradecer el encuentro con el ministro cubano José àÅngel Portal Miranda.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-05-24). ONG instan a Israel a liberar al prisionero Walid Daqqa. telesurtv.net Las ONG palestinas responsabilizan al Servicio de Prisiones de Israel (SPI) de negligencia médica y del agravamiento del estado de salud de Daqqa.

_____ (2023-05-23). Biden's F-16 Move Is Flight of Fancy Signifying Desperation. strategic-culture.org Biden is acting tough and he is once more recklessly escalating the war with Russia with his latest move on sending F-16s. | It's no coincidence that U.S. President Joe Biden made a sharp U-turn to send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine on the same weekend that the NATO-backed Kiev regime just lost the strategic battle for Artyomovsk (Bakhmut). | Recall that Biden had emphatically said no to supplying the American warplane to Ukraine partly out of concern to not antagonize Russia. | The battle for the transport hub city in the Donbass region had been raging for eight months. Some commentators have compared the pivotal…

Editor (2023-05-23). U.S. announces plans to send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. mronline.org On Friday, the White House announced the most reckless and dangerous escalation of its involvement in the war with Russia to date, that it has decided to train Ukrainian pilots to fly U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets and send the nuclear-capable planes to the battlefield.

Rick Rozoff (2023-05-23). "Bomber built to nuke Russia": U.S. B-1B Lancers deployed to Baltic against backdrop of massive war games — video. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces AfricaMay 23, 2023 Bomber Task Force: Supersonic bombers return to Europe U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers returned to RAF Fairford, May 23, for Bomber Task Force Europe 2023-3 to conduct a long-planned bomber rotation in support of U.S. European Command and NATO…. Two of the Texas-based supersonic …

Anonymous103 (2023-05-23). Military Overview: Ukrainian Losses On Russian Territory (18+). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Kiev's attempt to hide its defeat in Bakhmut was costly. The group of Ukrainian servicemen that crossed Russian border and attacked the villages in the Belgorod region was destroyed. | According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the saboteurs were "thrown back from the Belgorod region to the territory of Ukraine." During the Russian security operation, 70 saboteurs were killed, 4 IFVs and 5 pickups were destroyed. | The attack was aimed at gaining large hype in the media. That's why Ukrai…

Andrew Korybko (2023-05-23). The Battle of Bakhmut: The Defeat of Ukraine Forces followed by Fake "Proxy Invasion of Russia" globalresearch.ca

Lucas Leiroz de Almeida (2023-05-23). The Battle of Bakhmut: Russian Forces Take Full Control of the Province. globalresearch.ca

infobrics (2023-05-23). Belgorod attack helps Kiev to disguise its military disaster in Bakhmut. infobrics.org The purpose of the operation was to distract the world's media and prevent the newspapers from reporting Russia's territorial progress.

Global Research News (2023-05-23). Selected Articles: The Battle of Bakhmut: Russian Forces Take Full Control of the Province. globalresearch.ca By On May 20, Moscow's officials announced that Russian forces had taken full control of the province, with no more …

Pepe Escobar (2023-05-23). The inside story of Russia-Iran-India connectivity. thealtworld.com The G7 is stupefied by the dynamic progress of the multipolar order embodied by the Russian-led INSTC and the Chinese-led BRI, with Iran's strategic port of Chabahar now poised to play a transformative role. | Make no mistake about what the G7's The setting: a city in neo-colony Japan nuclear-bombed 78 years ago by the United States, for which it made no excuses. | The message: the G7, actually G9 (augmented by two unelected Eurocrats) declares war — hybrid and otherwise — against BRICS+, which has 25 nation…

infobrics (2023-05-23). Over 70% of Trade Deals Between China and Russia Is Settled in Their Local Currencies. infobrics.org Amidst the BRICS collective's push to eliminate the reliance on the US dollar, Russia's Finance Minister, Anton Siluanov, stated that more than 70% of trade between China and Russia is settled in their respective local currencies…

infobrics (2023-05-23). F-16s for Kiev regime will only prolong Ukrainian people's suffering. infobrics.org CNN admits that even US officials are skeptical in this regard, noting that "Russia also has extensive anti-aircraft systems that could easily shoot down the F-16s", adding that "Ukraine has not been conducting many air missions with the fighter planes it already has for precisely that reason".

infobrics (2023-05-23). Ukraine's plan to attack Russian forces in Syria shows desperateness. infobrics.org Kurdish-led SDF implicated in plan to attack Russian forces.

infobrics (2023-05-23). India to Deepen Economic Ties with Russia Despite Western Sanctions. infobrics.org The Federation of Indian Exporters Organization (FIEO), India's apex trade body, also signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Business Russia to promote trade and investments between the two countries, during the on-going delegation visit…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-23). Israeli Military Chief Says 'We Have the Ability to Hit Iran'. news.antiwar.com The head of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) threatened Tuesday that Israel could soon take action against Iran over its nuclear program and said the IDF has "the ability to hit Iran." Iran is currently enriching some uranium at 60%, a step the country took in response to an Israeli sabotage attack on its Natanz …

Muhammad Nooh Osman, Orinoco Tribune. (2023-05-23). Initiative On Ukraine Settlement Cements Africa's New Global Role. popularresistance.org Earlier this week, South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed that Moscow and Kiev had agreed to receive a mission of African leaders with their peace initiative on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov later confirmed that the African mission was planning to visit Russia in mid-June or early July. | The mission of African countries to Russia and Ukraine to end the ongoing conflict between the two neighbors is "very encouraging and unexpected," given that African nations have not previously directly addressed conflicts outside the continent, Natalia Piskunova, an Associate Pro…

People's Daily (2023-05-23). The view from China: U.S. debt ceiling 'crisis' reveals wasteful military spending. peoplesworld.org Due to clashes between the two major political parties, weak governance, and huge military expenditures driven by a Cold War mentality, the U.S. is now unable to pay back its debts without borrowing new money. The U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that the U.S. might face a default for the first time in history …

Staff (2023-05-23). Bilderberg 2023: pro-war trans-Atlantic elites meet in secrecy. youtube.com The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal and Aaron Mate discuss the 2023 meeting of the Bilderberg Group, and name the trans-Atlantic elites who gathered in Portugal for a secretive discussion of issues from Ukraine to China to the future of AI. ||| The Grayzone ||| Find more reporting at thegrayzone.com Support our original journalism at Patreon: patreon.com/grayzone …

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-23). Neo-Nazi Militia Used US Armored Vehicles in Attack on Russia's Belgorod Region. news.antiwar.com A neo-Nazi militia launched a cross-border raid from Ukraine into Russia's Belgorod region on Monday using US armored vehicles, Financial Times reported Tuesday. Denis Nikitin, leader of the Russian Volunteer Corps, said his fighters who attacked Belgorod were in possession of US armored vehicles, including at least two M1224 MaxxPro armored vehicles and several Humvees. …

teleSUR (2023-05-23). Russia Eliminates Saboteurs in Belgorod Region. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, the Russian Defense Ministry claimed to have liquidated all the saboteurs who attacked the Belgorod region, bordering Ukraine, on Monday. | RELATED: | "Nationalist armed groups were surrounded and eliminated. More than 70 Ukrainian terrorists have been liquidated," Defense Ministry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov said. | Drones were shot down by the air defense system over Russia's Belgorod region bordering Ukraine, G…

Staff (2023-05-23). Headlines for May 23, 2023. democracynow.org McCarthy Rules Out Repealing Tax Cuts for the Rich After White House Talks Fail to Secure Deal on Debt Ceiling, Anti-Putin Militias Launch Cross-Border Raid on Russia's Belgorod from Ukraine, U.N. Finds Wagner Mercenaries Led Massacre on Village in Mali in 2022, India Issues Heat Alerts as Temperatures Top 113 Degrees Fahrenheit, Alberta Wildfires Scorch Millions of Acres and Trigger Air Quality Alerts, Western States Reach Deal to Conserve Water from Colorado River, Nevada Lawmakers Approve Bill Protecting Out-of-State Abortion Patients, Sen. Tim Scott Enters Race for 2024 Republican Presidential Nominatio…

Zero Hedge (2023-05-23). Ukraine Admits Murdering "Quite a Few" Russian Civilians Who Back Putin and His Invasion. globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-23). Hungary's Orban Says Ukraine War Can Only End With Deal Between Russia and US. news.antiwar.com Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Tuesday that Ukraine is unlikely to win the war against Russia and that the only way the conflict can end is through a deal between the US and Russia. "Looking at the reality, the figures, the surroundings, the fact that NATO is not ready to send troops, it is …

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-05-23). Military operation aims to end war against Russia, Putin says. plenglish.com Moscow, May 23 (Prensa Latina) Russia, with the help of a special military operation in eastern Ukraine, is trying to end the war unleashed by the enemy of its people nine years ago, President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.

_____ (2023-05-23). Colonial Clown Karim Khan's Place Is in the Dock, but There Is More to It. strategic-culture.org Russian investigative organs have sent him a clear message that the party is over and that there is a steep personal price to be paid for recklessness and impertinence. | Russians are proverbially slow to react, but when they do get started … it is prudent to be careful. We have been wondering what Russia's war crimes Investigative Committee was doing since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine and what legal instruments it was prepared to use in the pursuit of its objectives. The answers to these questions even now are not entirely clear, but at least some encouraging news has recently emerged on the legal…

Jordan Schachtel (2023-05-23). Where Did All the Money Go? Ukraine's Organized Military Loses Major Stronghold City to Russian Mercenaries. globalresearch.ca

midwesternmarx (2023-05-23). Woody Guthrie Prize Given to Punk Rock Group that Supports Escalation of Ukraine War and Overthrow of Russian Government By: Jeremy Kuzmarov. midwesternmarx.com ​Members of Pussy Riot receiving the Woody Guthrie Prize in Tulsa Oklahoma on May 6. [Source: Photo courtesy of Jeremy Kuzmarov] As a proponent of peaceful relations with the Soviet Union, Woody Guthrie would likely be rolling over in his grave if he knew how his heirs betrayed his name Famous for his song "This Land Is Your Land" and for adopting the slogan "This Machine Kills Fascists" on his guitar, the great American folk singer Woody Guthrie was an aut …

Anonymous103 (2023-05-23). Military Situation In Donbass On May 23, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On May 23, the Russian MoD reported that Ukrainian saboteurs were destroyed in the Belgorod region. During the operation, 70 saboteurs were killed, 4 IFVs and 5 pickups were destroyed; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Dibrova; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Avdeevka; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Ivanivske; | The Russian Army destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Verkhnekamenskoye; | The Ru…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-23). BREAKING: Ukrainian Saboteurs In Russian Belgorod Region Destroyed. southfront.org

Brian Berletic (2023-05-23). Russia and China Have Already DEFEATED the Neocons w/ Brian Berletic and Reporterfy Media. thealtworld.com Host Danny Haiphong and The New Atlas's Brian Berletic Join Alex of Reporterfy Media for a conversation on the prospects of the US waging all out war on China and Russia.

Andrew Korybko (2023-05-23). The EU Can't Keep Its Story Straight About US Sanctions Against the Import of Russian Fuel. orinocotribune.com

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-23). Russia Says It Defeated Ukrainian Sabotage Group in Belgorod. news.antiwar.com Russia's Defense Ministry on Tuesday said that it defeated a Ukrainian sabotage group that launched a cross-border raid in Russia's Belgorod Oblast on Monday. According to Russia's TASS news agency, the Russian military "blocked and wiped out Ukrainian nationalist formations in the Belgorod Region during a counterterror operation" and killed over "70 Ukrainian terrorists." According …

Anonymous103 (2023-05-23). In Video 18+: Russian Drone Hit Ukrainian Manpower. southfront.org

WSWS (2023-05-23). Ukrainian-backed far-right saboteur units stage largest attack on Russian territory yet. wsws.org The attack is part of a dangerous new phase of the war and brings to the fore the true war aims of the imperialist powers: the break-up of the Russian Federation and the direct subjugation of the entire region.

teleSUR (2023-05-23). WSJ Journalist To Remain In Detention – Moscow Court. telesurenglish.net Moscow's Lefortovo Court on Tuesday upheld a decision to extend the detention of Wall Street Journal (WSJ) journalist Evan Gershkovich for three months. | RELATED: | "By the decision of the Lefortovsky District Court of the city of Moscow dated May 23, 2023, the period of detention of Evan Gershkovich was extended for three months and one day, i.e. until August 30, 2023," the court said according to Russia's main news agency TASS. | Gershkovich,…

Dana Sanchez (2023-05-23). Epstein Tried To Blackmail Bill Gates Over Affair With Russian Woman: Report. moguldom.com When Jeffrey Epstein failed to persuade Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates to participate in a multibillion-dollar charitable fund, the disgraced financier threatened to reveal an extra-marital affair Gates had with a Russian woman unless Gate paid up. New details about Epstein and Gates "reveal a layer of complexity to their relationship and shed new light on how …

Chris Hedges, Scheer Post. (2023-05-23). Why The Conspiracy Theory About Trump And Russia Won't Go Away. popularresistance.org There is no report, investigation or new revelation, including the recent release of Special Counsel John Durham's "Report on Matters Related to Intelligence Activities and Investigations Arising Out of the 2016 Presidential Campaigns" that will implode the myth that Russia was responsible for the election of Donald Trump. Myths are impervious to facts. They fulfill an emotional yearning. They are a short circuit from reality into a world of childish simplicity. Hard and painful questions are avoided. Thought-terminating cliches are spat out to blissfully embrace a willed ignorance. | The cynical con the Democrat…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-23). Dmitri Medvedev concludes visit to Vietnam. plenglish.com Hanoi, May 23 (Prensa Latina) The Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, Dmitri Medvedev, will conclude a three-day official visit after talking with the highest leaders of Vietnam, with whom Russia maintains a comprehensive strategic partnership.

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-23). Russia denounces US manipulation data on nuclear weapons. plenglish.com According to the diplomat, the data on US nuclear weapons, recently published by the State Department, seeks to confuse and does not conform to the counting rules provided for, in the Nuclear Weapons Treaty, the Sputnik news agency highlighted. | The Russian authority warned that the Americans have not reported more than a hundred nuclear weapons, and described as hypocrisy the attempt by the United States and other Western countries to score political points by publishing "fictitious" information about their nuclear arsenals. | Ryabkov referred specifically to the nuclear arsenals of France and Britain, which a…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-23). Military Situation In Syria On May 23, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On May 23, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours; | On May 22, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in the Kafr Taal area; | On May 22, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in the Fatira area; | On May 22, SAA artillery shelled positions of Turkish-backed forces in the al-Bara area; | On May 22, artillery of Turkish-backed forces shelled SAA…

Boaventura de Sousa Santos (2023-05-23). 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.

Staff (2023-05-23). "TikTok isn't a tool of China" youtube.com

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-23). Netanyahu Government Says Doubled Airstrikes in Syria. news.antiwar.com Israel's defense minister said Monday that the Israeli government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doubled airstrikes in Syria since taking power in late December 2022. "Since I took office, the number of Israeli strikes against the Iranians in Syria have doubled," Israeli Defense Yoav Gallant said. While Israel frames its airstrikes in Syria as operations …

ecns.cn (2023-05-22). China summarizes health achievements at WHA. ecns.cn China has been taking concrete action to boost equitable and accessible healthcare in developing countries, said Cao Xuetao, vice-minister of the National Health Commission.

Sami the Bedouin (2023-05-23). "The US and UK are complicit with the Israeli apartheid and racist regime." Interview with Sami, the Bedouin. globalresearch.ca

Michael F. Brown (2023-05-23). ADL boss "both sides" the "Death to Arabs" march. electronicintifada.net CNN's Jake Tapper puts occupied East Jerusalem in Israel.

Ramzy Baroud, MintPress News. (2023-05-23). The Global South Is Trying To Fix The United Nations. popularresistance.org In anticipation of next month's United Nations Security Council talks on reforming the inherently archaic and dysfunctional political body, China's foreign policy chief, Yang Yi, stated his country's demands. | "The reform of the Security Council should uphold fairness and justice, increase the representation and voice of developing countries, allowing more small and medium-sized countries to have more opportunities to participate in the decision-making of the Council," Wang Yi said in a statement on April 29. | More specifically, the new UNSC must "redress historical injustices against Africa".

Miko Peled (2023-05-23). Flag March: The Annual Israeli Display of Jewish Supremacy. mintpressnews.com The annual display of Jewish Supremacy in Palestine, known as the Flag March, is part of a campaign of intimidation in cities around the country that have a significant Palestinian population.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-23). Led by China and India: The Global South is Trying to Fix the UN. libya360.wordpress.com Ramzy Baroud In anticipation of next month's United Nations Security Council talks on reforming the inherently archaic and dysfunctional political body, China's foreign policy chief, Yang Yi, stated his country's demands. "The reform of the Security Council should uphold fairness and justice, increase the representation and voice of developing countries, allowing more small and medium-sized countries to…

Rania Khalek (2023-05-23). Why China's Diplomatic Assertiveness Scares the U.S., w/ Tings Chak. thealtworld.com According to U.S. politicians, military leaders and the media, everything China does on the international stage — brokering peace deals, expanding economic initiatives, building ports — is part of an aggressive campaign to weaken the United States. | While China is becoming more assertive diplomatically, is the U.S. interpretation of why accurate or is it projection and delusion? And how does it relate to China's internationalist past? What does it mean for the future of the Global South and the world order? To discuss this and more, | Rania Khalek was joined by Tings Chak, a researcher at the Tricont…

Pepe Escobar (2023-05-23). Adventures in NATOstan — Sparks Flying in Ibiza, Locked Down Bilderberg in Lisbon. orinocotribune.com By Pepe Escobar — May 22, 2023 | Let's start with a graphic depiction of where the Global North and the Global South really stand. | 1. Xian, former imperial capital, and key hub of the Ancient Silk Roads: Xi Jinping hosts the China-Central Asia summit, attended by all Heartland "stans" (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgzystan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan). | The final statement stresses economic cooperation and "a resolute stand" against Hegemon-concocted color revolutions. That expands what the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) are already implementing. In practice, the…

ecns.cn (2023-05-23). China refutes G7's accusations on its nuclear policy. ecns.cn The international nuclear arms control rules are not the house rules set by the G7. The G7 has no right to dictate to other countries on arms control. China rejects the G7's finger-pointing.

ecns.cn (2023-05-23). What the G7 accuses China of is a false narrative: Chinese FM. ecns.cn "The international nuclear arms control rules are not the house rules set by the G7. The G7 has no right to dictate to other countries on arms control. China rejects the G7's finger-pointing," Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning said on Monday.

Anand Naidoo (2023-05-23). The Heat: 10 Years of the Belt & Road Initiative. america.cgtn.com A massive project connecting the world. We will take a look at 10 years of China's Belt and Road initiative.

Ediz Tiyansan (2023-05-23). China-California Business Forum. america.cgtn.com The China-California Business Forum was held this week in Los Angeles bringing together scores of business organizations and companies with the goal of expanding business ties and bilateral trade between the two nations. This year's guest province of honor was Jiangsu. CGTN's Ediz Tiyansan …

_____ (2023-05-23). Washington Wooing Saudi Against China's Gulf Dominance. journal-neo.org

_____ (2023-05-23). The USA wants to make the Japanese and South Koreans go to war with China. journal-neo.org

John Ross (2023-05-23). "Peak China" — a new low in Western attempts to persuade China to commit suicide. mronline.org One of the latest covers of the magazine The Economist carries a headline "Peak China".

Editor (2023-05-23). Analysis: China's CO2 emissions hit Q1 record high after 4% rise in early 2023. mronline.org China's carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions grew 4% in the first quarter of 2023, reaching a record high for the first three months of the year.

ecns.cn (2023-05-23). MOC: China opposes Japan's export controls on chip-making equipment. ecns.cn China firmly opposed Japan's export controls on 23 types of chip-making equipment and urged Tokyo to immediately correct the mistake, China's Ministry of Commerce said on Tuesday.

teleSUR (2023-05-23). Florida Sued for Barring Chinese From Owning Homes and Land. telesurenglish.net On Monday, a group of Chinese individuals residing in Florida filed a lawsuit against the state in an effort to nullify a recent law prohibiting nationals of China as well as several other nations from possessing real estate properties and land within the state's geographic borders. | Related: | In the lawsuit filed in the federal court of Tallahassee, Florida, the four plaintiffs, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), cont…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-23). Iran appoints ambassador to Saudi Arabia following thaw in relations. peoplesdispatch.org The two regional powers—at loggerheads for the last seven years after Saudi Arabia executed prominent Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr—officially re-established diplomatic relations after a historic deal mediated by China in March…

ecns.cn (2023-05-23). China's non-financial ODI up 26.6% in Jan-April. ecns.cn China's non-financial outbound direct investment (ODI) rose 26.6 percent year-on-year to 289.29 billion yuan in the first four months of the year, official data showed Monday.

ecns.cn (2023-05-23). China to launch Shenzhou-16 crewed spacecraft. ecns.cn The facilities and equipment at the launch site are in good condition, and various pre-launch function checks and joint tests will be carried out as planned. The spaceship will be launched in the near future at an appropriate time.

ecns.cn (2023-05-23). Xiling gold mine shines brighter with discovery of 200-ton reserve. ecns.cn The total gold reserve of Xiling gold mine in East China's Shandong province has risen to 580 metric tons after the recent discovery of nearly 200 tons of reserves in the mine, according to the Shandong Provincial Department of Natural Resources.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-05-23). Ethiopian high-level delegation to visit China. plenglish.com Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning reportedly stated that Mekonnen's visit is on an invitation by State Councilor and Foreign Minister Qin Gang. | During his stay in Beijing, he expects to meet with senior officials of the Asian country.

_____ (2023-05-23). AUKUS Powers are Militarising Papua New Guinea in Preparation for War with China. strategic-culture.org

WSWS (2023-05-23). NIH lifts suspension of EcoHealth Alliance and reinstates grant to study bat coronaviruses in China. wsws.org The non-profit international research organization has been the target of right-wing conspiracy theories claiming that COVID-19 originated in a Chinese lab.

WSWS (2023-05-23). Bangladesh releases a major strategic policy document. wsws.org In the face of ongoing political and economic pressure from Washington, the government is attempting to maintain a delicate balance between the US and China.

ecns.cn (2023-05-23). CNOOC links deep-sea wind power to Hainan oil field grid. ecns.cn China National Offshore Oil Corp said over the weekend its CNOOC Guanlan, China's first deep-sea floating wind power platform, successfully connected to the power grid in Wenchang oil field in Hainan province.

ecns.cn (2023-05-23). Authorities promote measures to create favorable environment. ecns.cn China has introduced a raft of measures to boost entrepreneurship and innovation among college students by creating a favorable environment for them to launch startups and innovative projects.

ecns.cn (2023-05-23). Shenzhou XVI mission to launch in days. ecns.cn China's next manned mission, the Shenzhou XVI, is scheduled to be launched in the coming days to transport three astronauts to the Tiangong space station, according to the China Manned Space Agency.

Liza Featherstone (2023-05-23). Socialists want to crack down on Israeli war crimes. therealnews.com This story originally appeared in A group of New York legislators recently put forth a bill that would ensure the state government can't use public money to fund human rights abuses that have been found illegal under international law. The idea seems straightforward — why would government dollars be used to fund illegal activities? | In a sensible world, the principles set out in "Not on Our Dime," a New Yo…

Staff (2023-05-23). 30 May, Basel & 31 May, Zurich: The Right Wing and Repression in Europe. samidoun.net Israel is currently experiencing a massive shift to the right and violence against the Palestinian population continues to escalate. At the same time, pro-Palestinian activism in Europe, especially in the German-speaking world, is increasingly criminalized and anti-Zionist Jewish voices are marginalized. Moshe Zuckermann, Dror Dayan, Tarek and a comrade from Samidoun Geneva will talk about …

Anonymous103 (2023-05-23). Military Situation In Yemen On May 23, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Liaison and Coordination Officers' Operations Room (loyal to Ansar Allah) reported 65 ceasefire violations in al-Hudaydah in the past 24 hours; | "My country supports the separation of Yemen. Any compromise in Yemen must include the issue of the south and refer to issuing a new plan according to the UN Security Council resolution", Richard Oppenheim, British Ambassador to Yemen said in an interview with the Saudi newspaper Al-Sharq Al-Awsat. | MORE ON THE TOPIC:

krish-rad_ind (2023-05-23). Railway of Resistance: A grand project to connect Iran, Iraq, Syria. thecradle.co

Robert Inlakesh (2023-05-23). Fact Checking Reuters On Palestine And The Attempt To Censor Palestinian Identity. thelastamericanvagabond.com A recent series of events in Palestine-Israel have gone underreported in Western corporate media, while the same big-tech that virtue signals about being opposed to bigotry takes racist steps to erase Palestinian identity. Reuters, one of the most trusted media sources on the planet did not fact-check its reporting on the murder of a Palestinian

Zainab Iqbal (2023-05-23). US university condemned for removing pro-Palestine commencement speech from YouTube. middleeasteye.net US university condemned for removing pro-Palestine commencement speech from YouTube | Students and activists say speech was removed for its pro-Palestinian content after some critiqued speech as being 'antisemitic' | Tue, 05/23/2023 – 21: 20 | Fatima Mohammed speaking at her commencement ceremony on 12 May 2023 (Photo provided by Mohammed) | On 12 May, the City University of New York (CUNY) School…

Fight Back (2023-05-23). Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela closes 75th Nakba Commemoration Tour. fightbacknews.org Chicago, IL- "Let us all join hands in the inevitable march to freedom for Palestine and we dare to dream of a free Palestine where Muslims, Christians and Jews can live side by side in peace as they have done for centuries," stated Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, South African member of parliament and grandson of revolutionary icon Nelson Mandela, to an audience of 400 at the Chicago Teachers Union headquarters, on Saturday, May 20. | Chicago was the sixth and final city Mandela visited during the Nakba Commemoration Tour organized by the United States Palestinian Community Network (USPCN) and the National Alliance…

Néstor Restivo (2023-05-23). Argentina — Efervescencia de yuanes. globalizacion.ca La necesidad argentina de cuidar dólares y el avance de la moneda china en el mercado mundial. El anuncio, el 26 de abril pasado, de que la Argentina y China podrían intercambiar comercio usando yuanes y pesos en vez de…

teleSUR- hvh (2023-05-23). Presidente iraní se reúne con su par indonesio en Yakarta. telesurtv.net Ambos líderes rubricaron un acuerdo preferencial de comercio en el Palacio Presidencial de Bogor, ubicado en Yakarta.

Gerardo Villagrán del Corral (2023-05-23). øPara quién espía en México el software espía israelí Pegasus? globalizacion.ca El subsecretario de Derechos Humanos, Población y Migración de la Secretaría mexicana de Gobernación, Alejandro Encinas, fue espiado en repetidas ocasiones: su teléfono celular fue infectado varias veces con el software espía israelí Pegasus, incluso el año pasado, cuando estaba…

teleSUR, SH (2023-05-23). Primer ministro ruso llega a China para conversar sobre Ucrania. telesurtv.net Mikhail Mishustin y Li Qiang, analizarán el estado de las relaciones bilaterales y la cooperación, así como asuntos de mutuo interés para cada lado.

teleSUR, dcdc, JCM (2023-05-23). ONG instan a Israel a liberar al prisionero Walid Daqqa. telesurtv.net Las ONG palestinas responsabilizan al Servicio de Prisiones de Israel (SPI) de negligencia médica y del agravamiento del estado de salud de Daqqa.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-23). teleSUR intercambia experiencias con otros medios durante foro en China. telesurtv.net En el foro se inauguró el Instituto de Investigación de Comunicación Internacional de la Universidad Normal del este de China, bajo la dirección de Lu Xinyu.

Rania Khalek (2023-05-22). Antony Loewenstein On His Book, 'Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports Technology Of Occupation'. thealtworld.com Journalist and author Antony Loewenstein joins the "Unauthorized Disclosure" podcast to discuss his new book, The Palestine Laboratory: How Israel Exports Exports the Technology of Occupation Around the World. | The book from Verso Books will be published on May 23, and it comprehensively documents how Israel's military industrial complex uses the occupied Palestinian territories as a testing ground for the development of weapons and surveillance technology. | In our interview, Antony describes the impact Israeli military support and weapons have had on populations in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. He specifica…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-22). Liberation Of Bakhmut Shows Russian Forces Work Cohesively Towards Victory. southfront.org Click to see full-size imageDespite Western, Ukrainian propaganda, the reality of the battlefield shows Moscow militarily controls the conflict. | Written by After more than 290 days of intense fighting and tens of thousands of casualties, the Battle of Artyomovsk (called Bakhmut in Ukraine) is over. On May 20, Moscow's officials announced that Russian forces had taken full cont…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-22). US Attempting To Punish Belarus For Supporting Russia. southfront.org Illustrative ImageTsikhanouskaya spreads fake news on Lukashenko's health. | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher | The US and its allies are attempting to transfer weapons and explosives to Belarus for being a sincere partner of Russia and in a vain effort to destabilise the situation in the country. Such provocations force Belarus to take new active measures of strategic deterrence. These include the construction of defensive fortifications near its border with Ukraine, suc…

M.K. Bhadrakumar (2023-05-22). US hopes to snatch victory from jaws of defeat in Ukraine. peoplesdispatch.org If the Anglo-Saxon alliance keeps climbing the escalation ladder, the Russian campaign may well expand the operation to the entire region east of the Dnieper River. The Russians are in this war for the long haul and the ball is in the American court…

_____ (2023-05-22). Turkey Conducts Differentiated Mediation in the Russian-Ukrainian Crisis. journal-neo.org

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-22). Russia rejects any possible threat against Crimea. plenglish.com Moscow, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Russia will consider a threat to attack the Crimean peninsula as if it were any of its federal subjects, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.

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teleSUR (2023-05-22). G7 Becomes Incubator of Destructive Initiatives: Russia. telesurenglish.net The Group of Seven (G7) summit in Hiroshima showed that the alliance has irreversibly deteriorated and turned into an "incubator of destructive initiatives" in the world, the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Sunday. | RELATED: | The outcome of the G7 meeting in Hiroshima was a set of statements filled with "odious passages" directed against China and Russia as the G7 members tried to prevent non-Western sta…

Editor (2023-05-22). Chris Hedges: Why the Conspiracy Theory About Trump and Russia Won't Go Away. scheerpost.com The latest investigation into the charges that Donald Trump's campaign worked in concert with the Russian government exposes a cynical collaboration between Trump opponents and the FBI.

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-22). US Announces New Russia Sanctions With G7 Nations. news.antiwar.com The US on Friday announced new sanctions on Russia that were imposed in coordination with the Group of Seven, but they fall far short of what the Biden administration was hoping to achieve. According to the Treasury Department, over 300 sanctions were implemented on individuals, entities, vessels, and aircraft. The measures are meant to combat …

Anonymous103 (2023-05-22). US, British, French Warships Transit Hormuz Strait To Deter Iran From Seizing Tankers. southfront.org Prior US Navy image shows Iranian patrol boats "harassing" US Navy ships | Originally published on While the world's attention and international headlines have been focused on news out of Bakhmut over the weekend, there has been a build-up of unusual Western military activity just off Iran's coast as tensions between Western allies and the Islamic Republic are on the…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-22). Hiding Defeat In Bakhmut, Ukrainian Military Attacked Russian Border Villages. southfront.org Illustrative Image | The loss of the city of Bakhmut was a major blow to the Kiev regime which is still denying its defeat. Two days after the Ukrainian military retreated from their "fortress", Kiev attempted a large provocation on the Russian border aimed at gaining headlines in the MSM in order to hide the truth from Bakhmut. | On May 22, since 9 am local time, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) began the heavy shelling on the border villages in the Russian Belgorod region. It lasted for several ho…

Staff (2023-05-22). Headlines for May 22, 2023. democracynow.org Ukraine Says It's Still Fighting for Bakhmut After Russia Claims Control, Zelensky Appears at G7 in Hiroshima; Biden OKs Training for Ukrainian Pilots on F-16 Jets, Conservative Party of Greek PM Mitsotakis Claims Bulk of Votes But Falls Short of Outright Victory, NYT Video Shows Greek Authorities Stranding Migrants at Sea, Including 6-Month-Old Infant, Israeli Forces Kill Another 3 Palestinians in West Bank; Extremist Minister Ben-Gvir Visits Al-Aqsa, Sudan's Warring Parties Sign One-Week Ceasefire, Agree to Allow Aid Workers to Operate, Bahrain and Lebanon to Restore Diplomatic Ties, U.S. Signs Secu…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-22). Bakhmut Folds: Russia Takes City & Ukraine's Struggle Against Toll of Attrition. libya360.wordpress.com Update on the conflict in Ukraine for May 22, 2023 — Russian Ministry of Defense claims the Donbass city of Bakhmut/Artyomovsk has been fully taken by Russian forces; — Western analysts claim the city's capture will not "turn the tide" of the conflict, ignoring the war of attrition taking place superseding territorial advances; — The…

Moon of Alabama. (2023-05-22). Bakhmut Has Fallen; Artyomovsk Has Been Liberated. popularresistance.org The largest battle so far of the 21st century ended today. | Bakhmut has fallen. Artyomovsk (the Russian/Soviet name of the city) has been liberated. This was announced today by the titular leader of the Wagner forces, Yevgeny Prigozhin, in a video posted on Telegram. Why the Ukrainian leadership had decided to hold onto the city even months after the situation there was already in its disfavor is beyond me. The fight was decided by the numerical superiority of Russian artillery fire and the Ukraine never had a chance to top that. | The losses there for the Ukrainians amounted to 300 to 500 men per day over that…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-22). Overview Of Russian Strikes In Ukraine On May 22, 2023. southfront.org Illustrative Image | On the night of May 22, new wave of Russian strikes targeted Ukrainian military facilities throughout the country. Explosions again thundered in several regions in southern, eastern and central Ukraine. Kiev is hiding the losses as always. | Last night, explosions thundered in the Kharkiv, Odessa, Zaporozhie, Kherson, Mykolaiv and Dnipropetrovsk region. Russian forces used kamikaze UAVs, cruise and ballistic missiles. | The first Russian strikes hit targets in the Kharkiv region. Accord…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-22). The Current State of Kiev's Air Defenses: Interview with Colonel Wolf. libya360.wordpress.com Drago Bosnic Russian 'Kinzhal' Hypersonic Missile Destroys Kiev's US-Made 'Patriot' Air Defense System In the last several weeks, the Kiev regime's air defense assets have been at the forefront of news coverage while failing to achieve the one that actually matters. The political West has mobilized its entire massive propaganda machine to lionize the SAM…

Caitlin Johnstone (2023-05-22). Biden Okays F-16s For Ukraine, US Weapons To Attack Crimea. thealtworld.com Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley): | The Biden administration has signed off on both F-16s for Ukraine and attacks on Crimea using US-made weapons. Both of these moves have drawn dire warnings from nuclear-armed Russia, and both would have been unthinkable a year ago. | In a

Anonymous103 (2023-05-22). Military Situation In Ukraine On May 22, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Explosions thundered in the Kharkiv region; | Explosions thundered in the Kherson region; | Explosions thundered in the Odessa region; | Explosions thundered in the Zaporozhye region; | Explosions thundered in the Dnipropetrovsk region; | Explosions thundered in the Mykolaiv region; | Explosions thundered in Kramatorsk; | Ukrainian forces attacked Russian border villages in the Belgorod region; | The Russian Army destroyed an ammo depot near Stelmakhovka; | The Russian Army…

Staff (2023-05-22). Hiroshima Survivor Slams G7 Leaders for Embracing War & Rejecting Nuclear Disarmament. democracynow.org The G7 summit wrapped up Sunday in Hiroshima, where much of the summit focused on the war in Ukraine and China. While in Japan, President Biden and other world leaders paid tribute to the victims of the world's first nuclear attack — the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 — laying wreaths at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial and planting a tree. But President Biden did not issue an apology for the attack, which killed an estimated 140,000 people and seriously injured another 100,000. For more, we speak with Setsuko Thurlow, who survived the U.S. bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 and devoted her l…

_____ (2023-05-22). The EU Is Over-Invested in the Ukrainian War-Project. strategic-culture.org Ukraine is not a stand-alone foreign policy issue, but rather the pivot around which Europe's economic prospects will rotate. | Ukraine is not a stand-alone foreign policy issue, but rather the pivot around which Europe's economic prospects will rotate. | The European Union, by any standards, is over-invested in the Ukrainian war-project — and in its romance with Zelensky too. Just earlier this year, the western (and EU) narrative was that the coming post-Winter offensive by Ukraine would 'break' Russia and render a 'coup de grace' to the war. MSM headlines spun a regular tale of Russia on its last legs. No…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-22). Russia, the US and China: The Long Confrontation of the 21st Century. libya360.wordpress.com Andrey Sushentsov The world will still be global and interconnected, with a common foundation for development—but that foundation will no longer be linked to the dollar or backed by American carrier strike groups, writes Valdai Club Programme Director Andrey Sushentsov. A year ago, it seemed to many that the confrontation between Russia and the West in Ukraine would be intense, but short-lived. Twelve months later, it has become clear…

Robert Parry (2023-05-22). The Mess that Nuland Made: The Consequences of Ukraine's "Regime Change" globalresearch.ca Article by the late Robert Parry. His legacy live. | First published on July 14, 2023 | As the Ukrainian army squares off against ultra-right and neo-Nazi militias in the west and violence against ethnic Russians continues in the east, the …

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-22). Ukraine: US Hopes to Snatch Victory from the Jaws of Defeat. libya360.wordpress.com M. K. Bhadrakumar Top Ukrainian intelligence official Kirill Budanov has proposed a 100-km-long demilitarised zone between Ukraine and Russia 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. It is a deafening silence, since rumours are swirling…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-22). War Crime: Ukrainian Azov Fighter Testifies How He Killed Civilian Family In Mariupol. southfront.org

Larry Johnson (2023-05-22). John Durham Ignores Role of U.S., U.K., Australian, and Israeli Intelligence Operatives in Setting the Stage for Crossfire Hurricane. sonar21.com Failed Prosecutor John Durham's report on the Hillary Clinton campaign plot to convince the American electorate and U.S. allies that Donald Trump was a stooge of Russia totally ignores the…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-22). Military Situation In Donbass On May 23, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Ivanivske; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Avdeevka; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Konstantinovka; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Ugledar; | The Russian Army destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Stelmakhovka; | Clashes between Russian forces and the AFU continue in Mariinka; | Clashes between Russian forces and the AFU continue near Ugledar;…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-22). Republican Senators Introduce Bill to Scrap Last Nuclear Arms Treaty With Russia. southfront.org Illustrative ImageMoscow suspended participation in New START but is still complying with the limits set by the treaty | Originally published by Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR)

Anonymous103 (2023-05-22). Large Explosion Thundered In Kramatorsk, DPR. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On the afternoon of May 22, Ukrainian media reported a large explosion in the city of Kramatorsk in the DPR, which is under control of the Ukrainian military. | The explosion reportedly thundered in the area of the Starokramatorsky machine-building plant. However, no Russian strikes were confirmed by the local sources. | Videos from the spot showed a large fire in the city. The secondary detonation is heard in the area. |

SouthFront5 (2023-05-22). Videos Illustrating Numerous Successful Combat Actions Of Russian Units In Recent Days. southfront.org Creative PR campaign of the Head of the Wagner PMC has overshadowed almost everything that has happened in recent days on the eastern front of NATO. | If you look closely, it turns out that the success of the Wagner PMC is only a single episode of dramatic events over there. | The Ukrainian attack has begun, or rather the AFU is trying to do so wherever there is such an opportunity. So far to no avail. | Watch this small part of the videos testifying to the actual events now taking place in Eastern Europe. | __…

Staff (2023-05-22). Masha Gessen Resigns from PEN America Board over Cancellation of Russian Writers Panel. democracynow.org We speak with PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel about the resignation of journalist Masha Gessen from the free expression group's board following the cancellation of a Russian writers panel at the recent PEN World Voices Festival after Ukrainian writers threatened to boycott. "It's unfortunate," Nossel says, but notes Gessen plans to remain a PEN member and work on its project to archive Russian independent media.

teleSUR (2023-05-22). TeleSUR Shares Experiences in Alternative Forum in China. telesurenglish.net During the "Communication in the Global South" forum held at the University of Shanghai on Monday, representatives of public media such as Press TV, Russia Today (RT), China's CGTN, and teleSUR exchanged experiences on the challenges of alternative communication in countries where the U.S. and its allies maintain sanctions and blockades. | RELATED: | During her speech, teleSUR President Patricia Villegas recalled that this…

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-05-22). The Federal Reserve's Anti-inflation Policy Makes No Sense. thealtworld.com Dear readers and fellow economists, the Federal Reserve is treating a rise in prices from supply shocks and disruptions from the Covid lockdowns and sanctions against Russia, Iran, and other countries as if it were a monetary inflation. It is true that too much money is chasing too few goods and services, but the cause is supply shortages and not excess consumer demand. | This fact is obvious, but it is not acknowledged. We know that the lockdowns and sanctions stopped production, caused transportation problems, caused energy shortages, caused business failures, and disrupted supply chains. | We know that excess…

noreply (2023-05-22). Scott Is Having A Blast… smoothiex12.blogspot.com in Russia. Here he is in Spetsnaz University in Chechnya. He has become a real star in Russia. It is extremely important for preservation of the sanity. Russians are not at war with American people.

unitedEditor (2023-05-22). Multipolarity: The positive content. unitedworldint.com 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 (Russia), the Thinkers' …

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-05-22). Russia's Security Council Secretary meets with counterparts. plenglish.com Moscow, May 22 (Prensa Latina) Russia's Security Council on Monday informed that the Secretary of that entity, Nikolai Patrushev, held bilateral meetings with his counterparts from Venezuela, Cuba, Congo, Namibia and Benin.

WSWS (2023-05-22). Spanish Morenoite CRT covers for Podemos government's austerity, war with Russia. wsws.org Pseudo-left parties like the CRT are shielding Podemos and Sumar from criticism on their left, to block a movement in the working class against Spain's capitalist government.

Andrew Korybko (2023-05-22). The EU Can't Keep Its Story Straight About U.S Sanctions against the Import of Russian Fuel. globalresearch.ca

Silview Media (2023-05-22). Video: Washington's Russian-Jewish Proxy President: Zelensky Transformed into a Nazi? globalresearch.ca

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-05-22). CIA Front Company Extends Intrusive Surveillance Operations in Lithuania Under Pretext of New Cold War. covertactionmagazine.com Creation of Orwellian surveillance apparatus belies claim that the U.S. is upholding democracy in the face of Russian authoritarianism. On April 26, Palantir, a data analytics company founded with CIA seed money, announced an expansion of its operations in Lithuania after entering into a strategic partnership with Lithuania's Ministry of Defense. This announcement exemplifies how …

Ben Bartee (2023-05-22). The US Government Launches A.I. Tool to Detect "Russian Disinformation" globalresearch.ca

Manlio Dinucci (2023-05-22). How in Italy We Have Broken the "War Lockdown" Against Russian Musicians. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Paul Craig Roberts (2023-05-22). The FBI Must be Held Accountable for Russiagate. globalresearch.ca

SAM (2023-05-22). War Between The U.S. And Russia Inches Ever Closer. progressivehub.net JAMES BAMFORD | THE NATION…

Silview Media (2023-05-22). Video: Zelensky's Pro-Russian Speech Before Being Co-opted. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous834 (2023-05-22). European Countries Can Afford To Skyrocket Government Debt In Order To Defeat Russia, But Asian Countries Can't And Don't. southfront.org Written by Eric Zuesse. On May 20th, Bloomberg News bannered "Crippling Heat Waves Deepen Asia's Reliance on Russian Energy: Soaring temperatures putting…

Chris Hedges, The Real News Network. (2023-05-22). Israel Has Yet To Answer For Shireen Abu Akleh's Assassination. popularresistance.org Veteran Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu-Akleh was covering an Israeli raid on Jenin Refugee Camp in her official capacity as a reporter for Al Jazeera on May 11, 2022, when an unnamed Israeli sniper fired a bullet into the thin space between the back of her helmet and her flak jacket, killing her. At the time, Abu-Akleh was fleeing Israeli gunfire directed towards her and other observing journalists, including Al Jazeera producer Ali Al-Samudi, who was wounded moments before Abu-Akleh's death. | One year later, Israeli military forces have issued an apology for killing Shireen Abu Akleh. This follows countless…

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-22). Three Palestinians killed in Israeli raids in Nablus and Jenin. peoplesdispatch.org A large number of Israeli soldiers—accompanied by special forces, armored vehicles and bulldozers—carried out the dawn raid at the Balata camp in Nablus. Another raid was simultaneously carried out at the Jenin refugee camp…

Dianne Mathiowetz (2023-05-22). Struggle to stop Cop City continues. workers.org Atlanta Hundreds of opponents of "Cop City" — the militarized police-training facility scheduled to be built on forested lands in Atlanta, Georgia, the historic Weelaunee Forest — literally occupied City Hall on May 15. The line to speak before Atlanta Council members in the public comment section of their meeting . . . |

_____ (2023-05-22). Peace Disruption (Part 1): Palestine's Killing Fields Ignominious Beginnings. transcend.org The entities of Love, Hope, and Joy have been most elusive for the Oppressed Palestinians, for 75 long years. Now their very essence for sustained life and Peace are dispelled forever, within the Killing Fields of Palestine, due to the ongoing Peace Disruptions by Apartheid Israel.

Ramzy Baroud (2023-05-22). Led by China and India: The Global South Is Trying To Fix the UN. mintpressnews.com As the world shifts away from Western dominance, China demands substantive reforms to the UN Security Council, challenging the archaic power structure and advocating for fair representation, signaling a crucial moment for global diplomacy and the future of the UN.

Vijay Prashad (2023-05-22). Can the Global South Build a New World Communication Order. telesurenglish.net Regarding the Global South International Communication Forum that was held in Shanghai (China) in early May 2023, Vijay Prashad, the director of the "Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research", carried out an evaluation of the possibilities of alternative communication in a world controlled by mainstream corporate media. His text is presented below. | RELATED: | It is remarkable how the media in a select few countries…

krish-rad_ind (2023-05-22). Georgia State Students Demand The University Denounce Cop City. popularresistance.org

MEE staff (2023-05-22). Saudi Arabia and China pull out of G20 summit in Kashmir. middleeasteye.net

Amiad Horowitz (2023-05-22). Declining influence: Is the Middle East pulling away from Washington? peoplesworld.org A new chapter in the modern history of the Middle East is beginning, and what's most significant about it is the dwindling influence of the United States. Back in March, the People's Republic of China helped broker a groundbreaking diplomatic rapprochement between the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Seven years …

Editor (2023-05-22). Biden drops 'One China' policy, uses Philippines for war drive over Taiwan. mronline.org Pentagon strategists have been beefing up their military presence in Asia and building alliances in preparation for an all-out war against China.

unitedEditor (2023-05-22). Iran-Saudi Reconciliation: A successful example of China's "Global Security Initiative" unitedworldint.com By Prof. Yang Chen * On March 10, 2023, China, Saudi Arabia, and Iran issued a tripartite joint statement in Beijing, announcing that Saudi Arabia and Iran had reached an agreement, including agreeing to restore diplomatic relations between the two sides and reopen their embassies and representative offices within a maximum of two months. The …

ecns.cn (2023-05-22). In Numbers: China's improvements in biodiversity conservation. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2023-05-22). In Numbers: Over $1.5 billion of intent purchase deals inked at 3rd China-CEEC expo. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2023-05-22). Cuban expat becomes local hero in Beijing. ecns.cn Liuban Lopez, a Spanish language teacher from Cuba who rescued a drowning child and a woman in Beijing last month, told China News Network that he feels very happy living in China, because the country "treats him like a son".

ecns.cn (2023-05-22). Yangtze River finless porpoises spotted in Hubei. ecns.cn Known as the "giant panda of the water", the Yangtze finless porpoise is a barometer of the ecological environment in the Yangtze River basin. China upgraded the protection level for 65 species in February 2021, including the Yangtze finless porpoise, from second to first class.

ecns.cn (2023-05-22). China's consumption to continue to rise in performance. ecns.cn China's consumption will perform better in the second and third quarters and will have stronger economic growth, according to industry experts.

ecns.cn (2023-05-22). 371 schools in S China's Guilin suspended due to heavy rainfall. ecns.cn A total of 371 schools in Guilin, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, have been suspended on Monday morning due to the heavy rain.

ecns.cn (2023-05-22). China connects deep-sea wind power to Hainan oil field grid. ecns.cn China's first deep-sea floating wind power platform "CNOOC Guanlan" successfully connected to the grid in Wenchang oil field in Hainan province, marking a new milestonein providing green power for use in the offshore oil production.

_____ (2023-05-22). China, India, and the Emerging New World Order. transcend.org What was once the North American century is now potentially the century of the G-3: China, India, and the US.

Peter Koenig (2023-05-22). Japan Hosting G7 to Blast China. globalresearch.ca

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-22). The Covert Machinations of Canada in Haiti's Tragic Destiny. libya360.wordpress.com Karl Fluri Haiti, comrades, stands before us as a harrowing testament to the crimes committed by imperialist powers. More than two centuries ago, the brave Haitian people rose up against the chains of French colonialism, reclaiming their freedom from the clutches of oppression. But their audacity to challenge colonial forces came at a heavy price….

CGTN (2023-05-22). American Comedian: U.S. Blaming China While Ignoring Own Citizens. dissidentvoice.org As G7 members, Canada and Italy each has a gross domestic product of only $2 trillion. "That's what Jeff Bezos spends on a nice steak dinner," said CGTN Special Commentator Lee Camp. The bloc consists of the U.S. and six vassal states asking if they can shine America's shoes. But on top of that, the …

ecns.cn (2023-05-22). China-Arab States Expo facilities high quality mutual exchanges and BRI. ecns.cn The China-Arab States Expo has become an important platform for China-Arab exchanges, and for these countries to expand high-quality cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative, officials, diplomats, and business leaders said.

ecns.cn (2023-05-22). Micron fails cybersecurity review in China. ecns.cn China on Sunday made public the results of its cybersecurity review of U.S. semiconductor maker Micron Technology, saying that the company didn't pass the review because it has severe cybersecurity problems.

ecns.cn (2023-05-22). Growth spurs mild China property uptrend. ecns.cn The first May Day holiday in China after the COVID-19 pandemic control measures were optimized saw a mild pickup in property trading — and the uptrend will likely extend into the coming months.

ecns.cn (2023-05-22). wo ancient shipwrecks discovered in South China Sea. ecns.cn An archaeological investigation on two ancient shipwrecks, discovered in October 2022 at an underwater depth of about 1,500 meters near the northwest continental slope of the South China Sea, was launched on Saturday, opening a new chapter of China's deep-sea archaeology.

_____ (2023-05-22). China and the Axis of the Sanctioned. transcend.org 16 May 2023 – How U.S. Divide-and-Rule Strategy in the Middle East Backfired…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-22). Iranian-Made Shafagh Air-To-Surface Missile (Infographics). southfront.org

MEE, agencies (2023-05-22). Iran appoints ambassador to Saudi Arabia following March diplomatic deal, reports say. middleeasteye.net Iran appoints ambassador to Saudi Arabia following March diplomatic deal, reports say | Ambassador Alireza Enayati served as Iran's envoy to Kuwait from 2014 to 2019 | Mon, 05/22/2023 – 21: 17 | An Iranian woman walks past an Iranian flag painted on a wall in a street in Tehran, on 10 April 2023 (AFP) | Nearly two months after Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed to restore diplomatic relations…

Staff (2023-05-22). Walid Daqqah transferred to Assaf Harofeh hospital after health deterioration. samidoun.net The family of Walid Daqqah, the imprisoned Palestinian intellectual and freedom fighter suffering from a rare form of cancer (myelofibrosis) and subjected to years of Israeli medical neglect inside occupation prisons, announced on Monday, 22 May that he had been transferred once again from the Ramle prison clinic to Assaf Harofeh civilian hospital. The family …

Editor (2023-05-22). Israeli Extremists Storm al-Aqsa Mosque Complex. scheerpost.com By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) — The Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that dozens of Israeli squatters, with Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir at their head, stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque complex early on Sunday morning from the Moroccan Gate. They were closely guarded by Israeli police, who imposed restrictions on the …

MEE staff (2023-05-22). West Bank: US rebukes Israel over settlers' return to evacuated outpost. middleeasteye.net

Fayha Shalash (2023-05-22). Israeli forces kill three Palestinians in large raid in Nablus. middleeasteye.net

Staff (2023-05-22). Solidarity with Palestine and Georges Abdallah at the Les Dissidentes festival in Switzerland. samidoun.net From 18 to 21 May, in La Sarraz, Switzerland, Contre-Attaque & Autonomie organized the Les Dissidentes festival , bringing together hundreds of people for numerous activities to promote radical and intersectional ecology. The Collectif Palestine Vaincra, a member organization of the Samidoun Network, participated in several events during the festival. The Collectif was invited to speak as …

teleSUR (2023-05-22). 1 Child Killed, 1 Injured by Explosive Device in E. Afghanistan. telesurenglish.net On Sunday, an explosive device from previous military conflicts detonated within the vicinity of the Deyak district in the eastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan, resulting in the unfortunate demise of a young child and causing injury to another. | Related: | According to district police officer Niyaz Mohammad, the incident occurred due to a hazard that has persisted from past wartime activities. | On Sunday, in the Deyak…

Chris Walker (2023-05-22). Ed Department Says GA District May Have Violated Students' Rights With Book Bans. truthout.org The Department of Education's (DOE) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) said in a letter sent on Friday that book bans implemented last year by a school district in Georgia may have violated students' rights. OCR recognized that Forsyth County School District, which banned a number of books containing LGBTQ themes and characters of color, was already implementing corrective actions to address the… |

palestine-studies (2023-05-22). Protecting Human Rights in Occupied Palestine. palestine-studies.org This book recounts their frustrations, their trials, their experiences, and their conclusions.

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-05-22). Over 4.5 Million People Killed in Post 9/11 Wars. orinocotribune.com A Blank-Check Legislation Signed Into Law In 2001 Has Allowed The Pentagon To Launch More Than 40 Military Interventions In At Least 22 Countries Without Congressional Approval. | A new study from the The study estimates that between 906,000 to 937,000 people have been killed as a direct result of wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen,…

ddorinoco (2023-05-22). Iran and Venezuela Advocate Promoting Commercial and Economic Cooperation. orinocotribune.com The foreign ministers of Iran and Venezuela have advocated the development of trade and economic cooperation between the two countries. | In a telephone conversation on Sunday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hosein Amir Abdolahian and his Venezuelan counterpart Yván Gil discussed the latest developments in improving bilateral relations and issues of mutual interest. | The parties have expressed the willingness of Tehra…

_____ (2023-05-22). 75 Years of Israeli Violence against Palestinians. transcend.org 14 May 2023 – 75 years since the Nakba, it is increasingly clear that Israel is a violent occupier of the Palestinian people. In the last three quarters of a century, it has also served the interests of U.S. imperialism and trained and aided other capitalist states in methods of violence and repression.

Fight Back (2023-05-22). Minnesota protests 75th Year of the Nakba. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – On May 20, over 200 pro-Palestine demonstrators gathered at Bryant Square Park in Uptown to show solidarity with the global Palestinian movement to remember Al-Nakba, or "The Catastrophe", in which more than 750,000 Palestinians were exiled from their homes and homeland in 1948 by Israeli militia forces with the help of imperialist forces. Speakers from different movements gave messages of solidarity with Palestinians in diaspora in the Twin Cities and across the world. | Nick Estes, the cofounder of Red Nation, was the first speaker at the rally, stating, "Palestine is the moral issue that div…

Editor (2023-05-22). U.S. post-9/11 wars caused 4.5 million deaths, displaced 38-60 million people, study shows. mronline.org Wars the U.S. waged in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan following September 11, 2001 caused at least 4.5 million deaths and displaced 38 to 60 million people, with 7.6 million children starving today, according to studies by Brown University.

teleSUR, JGN (2023-05-22). Fuerzas israelíes asesinan a tres palestinos en Nablus. telesurtv.net La fuente indicó que el asaltó israelí dejó además seis personas heridas, entre ellas dos menores de edad.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-22). Condenan presencia del ministro israelí en la mezquita de Al-Aqsa. telesurtv.net La visita del Ministro de Seguridad Nacional de Israel, Itamar Ben-Gvir, se produce días después de que miles de nacionalistas judíos marcharan por la Ciudad Vieja de Jerusalén.

Staff (2023-05-22). Fuerzas israelíes incursionan en varias zonas de Yenín: Hieren a un joven palestino. cubadebate.cu Un joven palestino resultó herido y otros tres fueron arrestados durante la incursión de las fuerzas israelíes en varias zonas de Yenín. El ejército desplegó sus francotiradores en los techos de algunos edificios en los barrios de Al-Marah y Khallet Al-Soha, allanaron y registraron varias casas y destruyeron su contenido. Testigos oculares reportaron enfrentamientos armados .

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-22). teleSUR intercambia experiencias con otros medios durante foro en China. telesurtv.net En el foro se inauguró el Instituto de Investigación de Comunicación Internacional de la Universidad Normal del este de China, bajo la dirección de Lu Xinyu.

Brian Berletic (2023-05-21). Bakhmut Folds: Russia Takes City + Ukraine's Struggle Against Toll of Attrition. thealtworld.com Update on the conflict in Ukraine for May 22, 2023: | — Russian Ministry of Defense claims the Donbass city of Bakhmut/Artyomovsk has been fully taken by Russian forces; — Western analysts claim the city's capture will not "turn the tide" of the conflict, ignoring the war of attrition taking place superseding territorial advances; | — The US is sending another weapons package to Ukraine featuring an unspecified amount of ammunition for HIMARS, artillery systems, anti-tank weapons, and both bridging and logistics equipment; | — The US is also incrementally moving in favor of sending Ukraine F-1…

Larry Johnson (2023-05-21). Western Delusions About Russia and Ukraine Are Genuine. sonar21.com If you think that the policy towards Russia, which is shaped by the perceptions and beliefs of the Washington status quo, is not seriously screwed up, think again and watch…

Anonymous834 (2023-05-21). Eric Zuesse: How Utterly Untrustworthy America's Mainstream 'News' Media Are. southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | Written by The U.S. war against Russia is based not only on lies by the U.S. government and its 'news' media about

Manlio Dinucci (2023-05-21). How to Destroy Russia. 2019 Rand Corporation Report: "Overextending and Unbalancing Russia" globalresearch.ca Force the adversary to expand recklessly in order to unbalance him, and then destroy him. This is not the description of a judo hold, but a plan against Russia elaborated by the Rand Corporation, the most influential think tank in the USA.

Lowkey, MintPress News. (2023-05-21). Shutting Down The Israeli Arms Industry. popularresistance.org Even as Israel's war against Palestine continues unabated, a new movement has arisen in the United Kingdom, challenging the Israeli war machine — and it has been winning some impressive victories. | Founded in 2020, Palestine Action is a grassroots activist movement that seeks to end British complicity in Israeli war crimes by shutting down arms manufacturing sites across the U.K. Today, Lowkey welcomes back Palestine Action co-founder Huda Amori to talk about the rise of her organization that has taken the country by storm and has weapons manufacturers fleeing. Born in the U.K., Amori is a Palestinian-Iraq…

Seymour Hersh, Scheer Post. (2023-05-21). The Ukraine Refugee Question. popularresistance.org Last Saturday the Washington Post published an exposé of classified American intelligence documents showing that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, working behind the back of the Biden White House, pushed hard earlier this year for an expanded series of missile attacks inside Russia. The documents were part of a large cache of classified materials posted online by an Air Force enlisted man now in custody. A senior official of the Biden administration, asked by…

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Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-05-21). Russia to resume regular flights to Cuba in July. plenglish.com Havana, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Russia will resume regular flights to Cuba starting on July 1, the vice president of that country's Government, Dmitri Chernyshenko, who is visiting this capital, announced.

Ajamu Baraka, Black Agenda Report. (2023-05-21). Durham Report Reveals The Real Threat To 'Democracy'. popularresistance.org Six years and millions of dollars later, the "Durham report" released on May 15th confirmed once again what a few of us had the nerve to argue before all of the reports and stories that subsequently emerged — that "Russiagate" was the most massive fraud ever perpetrated on the U.S. public by a section of the capitalist rulers and represented a maturing of a form of U.S. neofascism unique to this historical moment. | The public may have forgotten that during the Trump Administration U.S. Attorney General Bob Barr assigned John H. Durham as special counsel to review the FBI's counterintelligence investigation…

News Desk, The Cradle. (2023-05-21). Arab Leaders: Foreign Interference In Arab World Must Come To An End. popularresistance.org At the conclusion of the 32nd annual Arab League summit hosted by Saudi Arabia on 19 May, the regional bloc issued a joint declaration calling for an end to foreign interference in the region and reaffirming their support for Palestinian liberation. | "We call for stopping foreign interference in the domestic affairs of Arab countries and categorically reject all support for the formation of armed groups and militias outside the scope of state institutions," the joint statement reads. | It also stressed that the Israeli occupation of Palestine remains "one of the key factors of stability in the region" and condem…

mforinoco (2023-05-21). African Initiative on Ukraine Settlement Cements Africa's New Global Role: Pundit. orinocotribune.com By Muhammad Nooh Osman — May 19, 2023 | Earlier this week, South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed that Moscow and Kiev had agreed to receive a mission of African leaders with their peace initiative on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov later confirmed that the African mission was planning to visit Russia in mid-June or early July. | The mission of African countries to Russia and Ukraine to end the ongoing conflict between the two neighbors is "very encouraging and unexpected," given that African nations have not previously directly addressed conflicts outside th…

mforinoco (2023-05-21). African Initiative on Ukraine Settlement Cements Africa's New Global Role. orinocotribune.com By Muhammad Nooh Osman — May 19, 2023 | Earlier this week, South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa confirmed that Moscow and Kiev had agreed to receive a mission of African leaders with their peace initiative on the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov later confirmed that the African mission was planning to visit Russia in mid-June or early July. | The mission of African countries to Russia and Ukraine to end the ongoing conflict between the two neighbors is "very encouraging and unexpected," given that African nations have not previously directly addressed conflicts outside th…

SouthFront5 (2023-05-21). How Ukrainian Army Fled Bakhmut (Videos). southfront.org On May 20, units of the Wagner PMC fully captured the territory of the city of Bakhmut. The main events unfolded in the afternoon of May 19. AFU units fled Bakhmut en masse, abandoning their positions. This was despite the fact that the Ukrainian army had some success on the flanks of the Bakhmut grouping of Russians. | All the while the Ukrainian president Zelensky is outside the borders of his warring country. He is traveling comfortably around the World, using NATO airplanes. The Commander-In-Chief of t…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-21). Russia Says West Providing F-16s to Ukraine a 'Colossal Risk'. news.antiwar.com A Russian official said Saturday that the Western plans to provide Ukraine with American-made F-16 fighter jets bring "colossal risks" after the US announced it would sign off on European countries delivering the aircraft. "We see that Western countries are still adhering to the escalation scenario. It involves colossal risks for themselves," said Russian Deputy …

Anonymous349 (2023-05-21). Military Situation In Bakhmut Area On May 21, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | Russian forces fully secured the city of Bakhmt | On May 25, Wagner fighters would begin to withdraw its units for Bakhmut. Their positions will be transferred to units of the Russian Armed Forces, according to Prigozhin | Clashes between the AFU and Russian forces continue near Berkhovsky water reservoir | Clashes between the AFU and Russian forces continue south of Ivanivske | Clashes between the AFU and Russian forces continue near Khromove | MORE ON THE T…

Brian Berletic (2023-05-21). Bakhmut Folds: Russia Takes City + Ukraine's Struggle Against Toll of Attrition. thealtworld.com Update on the conflict in Ukraine for May 22, 2023: | — Russian Ministry of Defense claims the Donbass city of Bakhmut/Artyomovsk has been fully taken by Russian forces; — Western analysts claim the city's capture will not "turn the tide" of the conflict, ignoring the war of attrition taking place superseding territorial advances; | — The US is sending another weapons package to Ukraine featuring an unspecified amount of ammunition for HIMARS, artillery systems, anti-tank weapons, and both bridging and logistics equipment; | — The US is also incrementally moving in favor of sending Ukraine F-1…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-21). Prigozhin: Wagner to Handover Bakhmut to Regular Russian Forces After Capture. news.antiwar.com Russia's Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has said his mercenary force captured all of Bakhmut and will hand over the city to regular Russian forces on May 25. "Wagner has made no advances. Wagner today captured no territory. We have captured all the territory we promised to capture, right up to the last centimeter," Priogzhin said …

Anonymous103 (2023-05-21). Ukrainian Losses In Bakhmut Region And Other Frontlines Over Past Day — Russian Defence Ministry. southfront.org Illustrative Image | On May 20, the city of Bakhmut came under the full control of the Russian military. After the head of the Wagner PMC claimed the victory, the Russian Defence Ministry confirmed the control of the city. | In its daily report dated May 21, the Ministry of Defense revealed some new details of the battle in the region over the past day. | Another road bridge used by the Ukrainian military was destroyed near the village of Ivanovskoe (Krasnoe). Another target destroyed near the village was an…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-05-21). Russian defense ministry confirms liberation of Artyomovsk. plenglish.com Moscow, May 21 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Ministry of Defense on Sunday confirmed that the city of Artyomovsk, located in the Donetsk People's Republic, has been completely liberated, and highlighted the role of the Wagner private military company and the Southern Battlegroup.

SouthFront5 (2023-05-21). Military Situation In Donbass On May 21, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Ivanivske; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Avdeevka; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Konstantinovka; | Russian artillery struck the AFU positions near Ugledar; | The Russian Army destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Novoyegrovka; | The Russian Army destroyed an ammo depot of the AFU near Kramatorsk; | The Russian Army destroyed an AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery radar…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-21). Republican Senators Introduce Bill to Scrap Last Nuclear Arms Treaty With Russia. news.antiwar.com Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) introduced a piece of legislation last week that would formally accuse Russia of violating New START and call on the US to withdraw from the treaty. New START is the last nuclear arms control treaty remaining between the US and Russia and places limits on the deployment of nuclear warheads and …

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-05-21). The FBI Must Be Held Accountable for Russiagate. thealtworld.com The long awaited US Justice Department "Russiagate" report by Special Counsel John Durham exonerated President Donald Trump from false charges and performed the important public service of making law and order conservatives aware that their beloved FBI is a criminal agency that created a false narrative for the purpose of discrediting President Trump and preventing him from reducing the dangerous tensions between the two main nuclear powers by normalizing relations with Russia. Trump's intent would have taken away the Russian enemy necessary to the budgets and power of the US military/security complex. | Durham n…

ecns.cn (2023-05-21). Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to visit China. ecns.cn Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit China. During his visit, China and Russia will have an in-depth exchange of views on bilateral relations, practical cooperation and issues of mutual interest, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Friday at the daily press conference.

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-05-21). Georgian airline responds with boycott to the country's president. plenglish.com Tbilisi, May 21 (Prensa Latina) Georgia's national air carrier Georgian Airways declared President Salome Zurabishvili a persona non grata on Sunday, after she urged fellow citizens to boycott the company for resuming flights to Moscow.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-21). U.S. Killed Shepherd, Not Al-Qaeda Leader In Recent Drone Strike On Syria's Idlib — Reports. southfront.org A fully armed MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle taxis down the runway at an air base in Afghanistan on its way to another wartime mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson). | A man killed earlier this month in a United States

mforinoco (2023-05-21). US Proxies Win Thai Elections — US-Chinese Tensions Set to Grow. orinocotribune.com By Brian Berletic — May 17, 2023 | In a development that will surely impact growing US-Chinese tensions, US-backed opposition parties have won Thailand's May 14, 2023, general elections. | A US-backed client regime taking power in Thailand will impact China's Belt and Road Initiative, threaten bilateral trade and tourism, and perhaps even undermine regional security. This is particularly so should Thailand now begin working more closely with Washington over matters in the South China Sea, over Taiwan, or a number of other points of contention the US seeks to use to unify the region against Beijing, but that…

Staff (2023-05-21). 21 May, Basel and 23 May, Zurich: Mohammed Khatib on internationalist struggles for a liberated Palestine. samidoun.net Sunday, 21 May 3 pm Gewerkschaftshaus Rebgasse 1, Basel Tuesday, 23 May 7: 30 pm Volkshaus Stauffacherstrasse 60, Zurich Mohammed Khatib, Europe coordinator of Samidoun, talks about the history of the Palestinian left and the importance of internationalism. We will look back at the struggles of the 1970s and 1980s, try to create a continuity, and …

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-21). G7 Leaders Take Aim at China, But Biden Expects 'Thaw' in Relations. news.antiwar.com The joint communiqué released by the Group of Seven leaders during the summit over the weekend in Hiroshima, Japan, took aim at China over several issues, but President Biden said Sunday that he expects a "thaw" in relations with Beijing. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan recently held a meeting with China's top diplomat, Wang Yi. …

scorinoco (2023-05-21). The United States of America's Coercive Diplomacy and Its Harm. orinocotribune.com By Ministry of Foreign Affairs, People's Republic of China — May 18, 2023 | Introduction | The United States is used to accusing other countries of using great power status, coercive policies and economic coercion to coerce other countries to obey and engage in coercive diplomacy, but in fact, the United States is the instigator of coercive diplomacy. The invention rights, patent rights and intellectual property rights of coercive diplomacy all belong to the United States. For a long time, the United States will do everything possible to coerce other countries, and the United States has a very disgraceful "d…

ecns.cn (2023-05-21). President Xi Jinping and presidents of the five Central Asian countries announce the official inauguration of the China-Central Asia Summit Mechanism. ecns.cn On 19 May, the China-Central Asia Summit was held successfully in Xi'an.

ecns.cn (2023-05-21). Xi delivers keynote address at China-Central Asia Summit. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping on Friday delivered a keynote address at the China-Central Asia Summit held in the city of Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province.

ecns.cn (2023-05-21). Xi expounds on how to build China-Central Asia community with shared future. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday expounded on how to build a China-Central Asia community with a shared future, when he delivered a keynote address at the China-Central Asia Summit held in the northwestern city of Xi'an.

ecns.cn (2023-05-21). President Xi Jinping puts forward four propositions on what kind of Central Asia to be built. ecns.cn On the morning of May 19, President Xi Jinping chaired the China-Central Asia Summit at the Xi'an International Convention Center in Shaanxi Province. He put forward four propositions on what kind of Central Asia to be built in his keynote speech.

ecns.cn (2023-05-21). President Xi proposes four principles on how to build a China-Central Asia community with a shared future. ecns.cn On the morning of May 19, President Xi Jinping chaired the China-Central Asia Summit at the Xi'an International Convention Center in Shaanxi Province. He proposed four principles on how to build a China-Central Asia community with a shared future in his keynote speech.

ecns.cn (2023-05-21). President Xi Jinping puts forth eight proposals for cooperation between China and Central Asian countries. ecns.cn On the morning of May 19, President Xi Jinping chaired the China-Central Asia Summit at the Xi'an International Convention Center in Shaanxi Province. He put forth eight proposals for cooperation between China and Central Asian countries in his keynote speech.

ecns.cn (2023-05-21). Full text of President Xi Jinping's keynote speech at China-Central Asia Summit. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday delivered a keynote speech at the China-Central Asia Summit held in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province. The following is the full text.

ecns.cn (2023-05-21). Beautiful nature of tidal flat in Fujian. ecns.cn Stunning natural wonder of tidal flat along Meizhou Island, in Putian, east China's Fujian Province, May 17, 2023.

ecns.cn (2023-05-21). Welcome ceremony for Central Asian leaders held in Xi'an. ecns.cn A performance is staged during a welcome ceremony for Central Asian leaders and their wives attending the China-Central Asia Summit at the Tang Paradise in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, May 18, 2023.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-21). Five Iranian Border Guards Killed In Clashes Near Pakistan Border. southfront.org File image. | Five Iranian border guards were killed in a clash in the southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan with armed terrorists trying to enter the country near the Pakistani border, Iranian state TV reported on May 21. | The clash took place in the town of Saravan. The terrorists fled the area with casualties, according to the state TV, which didn't provide any additional details. Originally, it was reported that six border guards were killed in the clash. However, later the officia…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-21). Iran's IRGC Shares Photos Of Destroyer Carrying American, French & British Commanders. southfront.org USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60) destroyer. Source: the IRGC via Tasnim News. | On May 21, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) released photos showing United States Navy guided-missile destroyer USS Paul Hamilton as it On her journey through the strategic strait, the destroyer was visited by Vice Adm. Bra…

Anonymous834 (2023-05-21). "Pro-Iranian Shiites" Iraq Only Seems "Pro-Iranian" southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | Written by Damir Nazarov. | Three years have passed since the murder of Suleimani and Muhandis, and the Iraqi resistance has not fulfilled its promise to eliminate the American presence in Iraq. Moreover, some influential figures directly connected with the resistance (Sheikh Khazali) or who are a political ally in parliament (Nouri al-Maliki) have begun to make rather contradictory statements in relation to the American presence. In early May, Sheikh Khazali, the he…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-21). Hezbollah Holds Public Military Exercise Near Front With Israel (Videos). southfront.org File image. | On May 21, Hezbollah held a public military exercise in southern Lebanon, just a few kilometers away from the front with Israel. | The exercise, which was attended by local and international media, was held at a camp near the Tourist Landmark of the Resistance in the town of Mleeta. Hezbollah fighters conducted tactical maneuvers during the small-scale exercise and later showcased heavy weapons, including multiple rocket launchers, anti-aircraft guns and anti-tank rocket-propelled gre…

MEE staff (2023-05-21). Jerusalem: Itamar Ben Gvir declares Israel 'in charge' of Al-Aqsa during visit. middleeasteye.net Jerusalem: Itamar Ben Gvir declares Israel 'in charge' of Al-Aqsa during visit | Hamas slams visit by far-right minister, which comes days after ultra-nationalist march through Jerusalem | Sun, 05/21/2023 – 09: 34 | Itamar Ben Gvir, flanked by Israeli police officers, greets people gathered in front of Damascus Gate, leading to the Old City of Jerusalem, during the annual "flag march" to mark Jerusalem Day,…

Anonymous349 (2023-05-21). Military Situation In Yemen On May 21, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-21). US, British, French Naval Commanders Transit Hormuz Strait in Message to Iran. news.antiwar.com The Middle East-based naval commanders from the US, British, and French navies transited the Strait of Hormuz on a US warship on Friday in an unusual show of force aimed at Iran. The US Navy's Fifth Fleet said its commander, Vice Adm. Brad Cooper, made the transit with his British and French counterparts aboard the …

_____ (2023-05-21). Jeddah Meeting Unites the Arab League With Damascus. strategic-culture.org While there may be division between Qatar and Syria now, they are united in their support of seeking the freedom of Palestine. | Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was met at the airport by Prince Badr, who is the Deputy Emir of Makkah Province, walked with al-Assad into the reception room, where they sat and exchanged pleasantries. This marks the first Arab League summit attended by al-Assad since 2011, when Syria was suspended after the U…

Ryan Black (2023-05-21). The Yemen War Can Be Over — If Biden Wants It. progressivehub.net RYAN GRIM | THE INTERCEPT…

Middle East Children's Alliance (2023-05-21). Sunday 7/16: Ride for Palestine. indybay.org 1101 8th St, Berkeley, CA 94710…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-21). Rusia acusa que Cumbre del G7 busca contener a Beijing y Moscú. telesurtv.net En Occidente se formuló la tarea de no solo "vencer a Rusia en el campo de batalla", sino "eliminarla como competidor geopolítico", dijo el ministro de Asunto Exteriores ruso.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-21). Condenan presencia del ministro israelí en la mezquita de Al-Aqsa. telesurtv.net La visita del Ministro de Seguridad Nacional de Israel, Itamar Ben-Gvir, se produce días después de que miles de nacionalistas judíos marcharan por la Ciudad Vieja de Jerusalén.

Staff (2023-05-21). China confirma el descubrimiento de su mayor reserva de oro. cubadebate.cu El Departamento de Recursos Naturales de la provincia de Shandong, en el este de China, reportó el descubrimiento de 200 toneladas adicionales de oro en la mina de Xiling, en la ciudad de Laizhou, informó el jueves Global Times.El reciente hallazgo eleva la reserva acumulada total de oro de la mina a 580 toneladas, convirtiéndola en el depósito individual de dicho metal precioso más grande del país.

teleSUR, odr, JCM (2023-05-21). Suman 140 palestinos asesinados por fuerzas de Israel en 2023. telesurtv.net En la Franja de Gaza, Naciones Unidas ha verificado inicialmente el asesinato de 33 palestinos y todavía se está verificando una muerte adicional.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-21). China rechaza declaración del G7 sobre asuntos internos del país. telesurtv.net China instó además al G7 a dejar de involucrarse en "pequeños círculos" cerrados y exclusivos y dejar de reprimir a otros países.

WSWS (2023-05-20). US announces plans to send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. wsws.org On Friday, the White House announced its most reckless and dangerous escalation of US involvement in the war with Russia to date, declaring its support for sending nuclear-capable F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.

Anonymous103 (2023-05-20). Russian UAVs Targeted Kiev Searching For Ukrainian Air Defence Systems. southfront.org Illustrative Image | On the night of May 20, another wave of Russian strikes was inflicted on Ukraine. Around midnight, an alarm sounded in various regions of the country. Residents of the capital again did not sleep for several hours because of loud explosions. | Kiev does not confirm the damage caused by the strikes; but Ukrainian media reported that loud explosions thundered in the capital as well as in the Kiev, Zhitomir and Chernihiv regions last night. | Kiev was likely the main target of the recent attack. The…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-20). Syrian Army Repels Attack From U.S.-Held Al-Tanf Area. southfront.org Illustrative image. | Syrian government forces repelled an attack that was launched from the southeastern area of al-Tanf that is controlled by the United States-led coalition and its proxies, Rear Admiral Oleg Gurinov, deputy chief of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of the Opposing Parties in Syria, announced on May 18. "At 11: 30 p.m. Moscow time on May 18, 2023, servicemen from an outpost of the 134th armored brigade of the Syrian armed forces spotted a group of militants driving three pi…

scorinoco (2023-05-20). Radioactive Cloud From Depleted Uranium Ammunition in Ukraine Is Approaching Europe, Russia Warns. orinocotribune.com The destruction of depleted uranium ammunition supplied by the West to Ukraine has led to the appearance of a radioactive cloud that is heading towards Europe, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev has warned. | Patrushev made this comment at a press conference on Friday, May 19 in the Russian city of Syktyvkar, where he also reported that "an increase in radiation has already been recorded in Poland." | Regarding the presence of US President Joe Biden in Japan to attend the G7 summit, Patrushev said that instead of defending "common democratic values" as Americans believe, "the heads of Western co…

ecns.cn (2023-05-20). China's largest seawater uranium extraction test platform put into operation. ecns.cn China's largest seawater uranium extraction test platform has been successfully launched and made accessible to the public in South China's Hainan Province.

Anonymous103 (2023-05-20). Bakhmut: Relief For Ukrainian Servicemen Or Prospects For Russian Military. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | After 224 days of fighting, the city of Bakhmut came under Russia's control. Flags of the Wagner PMC and the Russian Federation were raised over the city. Despite the imminent defeat, the Ukrainian military was heavily fighting, defending their last stronghold…

Anonymous349 (2023-05-20). Map Update: Russians Fully Liberated Bakhmut. southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | Wagner fighters completely captured the city of Bakhmt | On May 25, the Wagner fighters would begin to withdraw its units for rest and retraining and positions in Bakhmut will be transferred to units of the Russian Armed Forces, according to Prigozhin, head of Wagner PMC | Clashes between the AFU and Russian forces continue near Berkhovsky water reservoir | Clashes between the AFU and Russian forces continue south of Ivanivske | Clashes between the AFU and Russia…

Anonymous834 (2023-05-20). Can Western Air Defense Systems Protect Ukraine Properly? southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | Written by Uriel Araujo, researcher with a focus on international and ethnic conflicts. | On May 16, Ukraine claimed its air defenses intercepted six Russian Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and shot them down amid "exceptionally dense" barrage fired — supposedly thanks to the arrival of Patriots, among other Western combat systems. Kinzhals are supposed to be able to overcome all existing air defense systems, and Moscow denies its Kinzhals were intercepted. | Kiev also claims to ha…

Anonymous349 (2023-05-20). Military Situation In Ukraine On May 20, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | The Russian Army destroyed an AN/TPQ-50 counterbattery warfare radar near Kopanki | The Russian Army destroyed two ammo depots of AFU near Avdeevka | The AFU reportedly destroyed 1 command post, 2 artillery units, 6 electronic warfare stations, 1 ammo depot, 1 S-300 radar station in the past 24 hours | Russian forces destroyed 2 armoured vehicles, 3 motor vehicles, 1 D-20 howitzer in the Kupyansk region | Russian forces destroyed 2 armoured vehicles, 2 pickups, 1 D-30 ho…

WSWS (2023-05-20). G7 leaders gather in Hiroshima amid rising threat of nuclear war. wsws.org Far from pledging never to use nuclear weapons again, the imperialist cabal is accelerating the NATO conflict against Russia in Ukraine and the US-led war drive against China, which threaten to plunge the world into a nuclear holocaust.

ecns.cn (2023-05-20). Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin to visit China. ecns.cn Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit China. During his visit, China and Russia will have an in-depth exchange of views on bilateral relations, practical cooperation and issues of mutual interest, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Friday at the daily press conference.

_____ (2023-05-20). Adventures in NATOstan: Sparks Flying in Ibiza, Locked Down Bilderberg in Lisbon. strategic-culture.org With G7 "leadership" mired in a sticky swamp of intellectual shallowness, predictably the only agenda in colonized Japan was more sanctions on Russia. | Let's start with a graphic depiction of where the Global North and the Global South really stand. | 1. Xian, former imperial capital, and key hub of the Ancient Silk Roads: Xi Jinping hosts the China-Central Asia summit, attended by all Heartland "stans" (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgzystan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan). | The final statement stresses economic cooperation and "a resolute stand" against Hegemon-concocted color revolutions. That expands what the Shangh…

WSWS (2023-05-20). Durham report shows Democrats fabricated anti-Russia intelligence during 2016 elections. wsws.org The long-awaited report by Special Counsel John Durham demonstrates that the Democratic Party, the 2016 election campaign of Hillary Clinton and the FBI collaborated in concocting intelligence that Donald Trump was colluding with the Russian government.

Dongsheng News (2023-05-20). China to Use Russian Port of Vladivostok. dissidentvoice.org This week's News on China in 2 minutes. | ‚Ä¢ China to use Russian port of Vladivostok | ‚Ä¢ Tech transfer to Thailand for high-speed trains | ‚Ä¢ Rural youth stay in their hometowns | ‚Ä¢ Free housing for young job seekers…

Anonymous349 (2023-05-20). Military Situation In Syria On May 20, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | On May 20, the Russian Ministry of Defense recorded no cases of hostilities and ceasefire violations in the Idlib region in the past 24 hours | On May 20, three SDF members were wounded by ISIS attack near Abu Khashab | On May 20, an SAA serviceman was killed by an IED explosion in Mahjah town | On May 19, Syrian President, Bashar Al-Assad attended the Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia's Jeddah for the first time since the eruption of war in Syria in 2011 | MORE O…

WSWS (2023-05-20). A year of Australia's Labor government: Militarism, austerity and "let it rip" mass death. wsws.org More rapidly than any recent government, the Labor administration has implemented a program of reaction all down the line, including escalating Australian involvement in US plans for war with China, an offensive on social spending and homicidal COVID policies.

Editor (2023-05-20). China, India, and the Emerging New World Order. scheerpost.com

_____ (2023-05-20). Concerning Signs of Chill in Relations Between China and South Korea. journal-neo.org

ecns.cn (2023-05-20). In Numbers: Cultural cooperation between China and 5 Central Asian countries. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2023-05-20). Insights | CEIBS professor: China plays absolutely important role in Southeast Asia. ecns.cn The role that China plays in Southeast Asia is absolutely important, said Bala Ramasamy, professor of Economics at China-Europe International Business School (CEIBS), during an interview with China News Network."ÄÄ "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-05-20). Spanish-language teacher: China treats him like a son. ecns.cn A boy accidentally fell into the water in Changping district, Beijing on April 30, and a woman who tried to rescue him was also trapped in the water. Liuban Lopez, from Cuba, immediately jumped into the water and pulled both of them to safety.

ecns.cn (2023-05-20). 700 Chinese sturgeon released into Yangtze River. ecns.cn More than 700 artificially-bred Chinese sturgeon were released into the Yangtze River on Friday to help restore the species' wild population. The fish were released in Wuhan, capital city of central China's Hubei Province.

ecns.cn (2023-05-20). Fossilized dinosaur egg found in east China's Fujian. ecns.cn East China's Fujian Province has unearthed a nest of fossilized eggs and some eggshell fragments. The eggs belonged to the notorious egg thief dinosaur species, Oviraptorosaur, in the Late Cretaceous. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-05-20). Meet world's first carbon dioxide + flywheel energy storage demonstration project. ecns.cn A blue-and-white "hill" stood at a factory in Deyang, Southwest"ÄÄChina's"ÄÄSichuan Province. At the foot of the "hill," rows of factories, pipes, and tanks were arranged. Together, they formed a super power bank, the world's first carbon dioxide-flywheel energy storage demonstration project.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-05-20). Venezuela: new Law in defense of assets and alliance with China. plenglish.com Caracas, May 20 (Prensa Latina) The approval of a law that fortifies the State in the protection of its assets abroad and the consolidation of ties with China, stood out in the week that ends today in Venezuela.

Internationalist 360 ∞ (2023-05-20). Signs of Chill in Relations Between China and South Korea. libya360.wordpress.com Konstantin Asmolov Given recent diplomatic advancements between the Republic of Korea and Japan, as well as the President of the Republic of Korea's visit to the United States, this article investigates issues that may indicate a chill in relations with China. On April 19, 2023, President Yoon Suk-yeol gave an interview to Reuters. Yoon frequently…

unitedEditor (2023-05-20). The days of Horgos have come! unitedworldint.com Xi'an, China, the starting point of the ancient Silk Road, hosted a historic summit for the bright future of Central Asia. On May 18-19, the heads of state of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan met in Xian as part of the China-Central Asia Summit. Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted the summit. Kazakh President Kassym …

ecns.cn (2023-05-20). InsightsÔΩúKazakhstani scholar: China of significance in Kazakhstan's modernization process. ecns.cn Dr. Ikboljon Qoraboyev, Associate Professor of International Relations at Maqsut Narikbayev KAZGUU University, noted that the economic and trade relations between China and Kazakhstan reached new heights in 2022, with the bilateral trade volume of $30 billion.

ecns.cn (2023-05-20). President Xi Jinping and presidents of the five Central Asian countries announce the official inauguration of the China-Central Asia Summit Mechanism. ecns.cn On 19 May, the China-Central Asia Summit was held successfully in Xi'an.

Editor (2023-05-20). Netanyahu's Tactical Mistake: A Fragmented Israel Faces Palestinian Unity. scheerpost.com

MEE, agencies (2023-05-20). Israel: Tens of thousands protest against Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plans. middleeasteye.net Israel: Tens of thousands protest against Netanyahu's judicial overhaul plans | Protests across the country have entered their 20th week, as critics say proposal would remove vital checks and balances | Sat, 05/20/2023 – 23: 18 | People take part in a demonstration against the Netanyahu government's judicial overhaul plans, for the 20th consecutive week in Tel Aviv, on 20 May (Reuters)…

Israel Shahak (2023-05-20). "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-20). U.S. French and UK Naval Commanders Transit Key Strait of Hormuz In Show Of Force To Iran. southfront.org On May 19, the commander of the United States Navy 5th Fleet transited the Strait of Hormuz aboard guided-missile destroyer…

Misión Verdad (2023-05-20). Argentina Court Finds 'No Evidence' Against Venezuela's Emtrasur Crew But Plane Will Not Be Returned. orinocotribune.com A few days before the one-year anniversary of the seizure of the Venezuelan Emtrasur cargo plane by the Argentinian judiciary under orders from the US Department of Justice, an Argentinian court confirmed that there is no evidence of terrorist financing of the Venezuelan plane or the Iranian and Venezuelan crew members. The court also announced that there is no reason to keep the plane seized on Argentinian soil. However, the aircraft will remain in Buenos Aires and will not be returned to Venezuela because of US orders. | On Thursday, May 18, the Federal Chamber of La Plata confirmed that there is no evidence ag…

Fight Back (2023-05-20). Despite threats, Nelson Mandela's grandson makes important visit to Minneapolis. fightbacknews.org Minneapolis, MN – "Today, I call on you and all freedom-loving people of the world, and boldly say to all of you, do not speak in hushed and muffled tones about the more than 7 million Palestinians in the diaspora who are being denied their right of return. Today, we call on all freedom-loving people of the world to support the global call for their return to Palestine," said Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, grandson of South African revolutionary Nelson Mandela, to a crowd of over 200. | Mandela's May 16 visit to Minneapolis came as part of a nationwide tour to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the Nakba – Arabic f…

Angela (2023-05-20). Saturday 5/20: Virtual Opening Ceremony – From Palestine: Our Past, Our Future. indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Middle East Children's Alliance (2023-05-20). Sunday 7/16: Ride for Palestine. indybay.org 1101 8th St, Berkeley, CA 94710…

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-20). Rusia acusa que Cumbre del G7 busca contener a Beijing y Moscú. telesurtv.net En Occidente se formuló la tarea de no solo "vencer a Rusia en el campo de batalla", sino "eliminarla como competidor geopolítico", dijo el ministro de Asunto Exteriores ruso.

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-05-20). Asciende a 145 cifra de fallecidos por ciclón Mocha en Myanmar. telesurtv.net Medios internacionales reportan que en la vecina Bangladés nadie murió por el paso del meteoro…

teleSUR, odr, JCM (2023-05-20). Suman 140 palestinos asesinados por fuerzas de Israel en 2023. telesurtv.net En la Franja de Gaza, Naciones Unidas ha verificado inicialmente el asesinato de 33 palestinos y todavía se está verificando una muerte adicional.

Ernesto López (2023-05-20). China y Estados Unidos: Una nueva guerra fría. globalizacion.ca

teleSUR, dcdc, JDO (2023-05-20). Mueren 11 personas en un accidente en China. telesurtv.net Las autoridades abrieron una investigación para determinar las causas del accidente.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-05-20). China rechaza declaración del G7 sobre asuntos internos del país. telesurtv.net China instó además al G7 a dejar de involucrarse en "pequeños círculos" cerrados y exclusivos y dejar de reprimir a otros países.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-05-20). Inicia cumbre de Liga àÅrabe con participación histórica del presidente sirio. telesurtv.net Los temas regionales -entre ellos la escalada de violencia de Israel contra Palestina- y el conflicto en Ucrania encabezarán la agenda de trabajo.

teleSUR, hvh, JDO (2023-05-20). Primer ministro ruso realizará visita oficial a China. telesurtv.net Durante la visita se tratarán temas actuales de la cooperación ruso-china en el ámbito comercial-económico.

Anand Naidoo (2023-05-19). The Heat: China Central Asia Summit. america.cgtn.com Leaders meet in China for an historic Central Asia summit. The leaders of five Central Asian countries gathered in China's historic city of Xi'an on Thursday for a two-day summit and one-on-one meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping. This year marks the 10th anniversary of …

ecns.cn (2023-05-19). China, five Central Asian countries set a good example of fostering new type of int'l relations: FM spokesperson. ecns.cn China has established comprehensive strategic partnerships and implemented the vision of building a community with a shared future on bilateral level with all the five Central Asian countries, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said on Thursday at the daily news briefing.

infobrics (2023-05-19). India slams European sanction threats for refining and selling Russian oil. infobrics.org New Delhi defends its interests despite constant Western pressure.

infobrics (2023-05-19). Ukrainian official pledges to "keep killing Russians" infobrics.org The case shows very clearly how the Ukrainian state can be considered a terrorist organization.

ecns.cn (2023-05-19). China's largest seawater uranium extraction test platform put into operation. ecns.cn China's largest seawater uranium extraction test platform has been successfully launched and made accessible to the public in South China's Hainan Province.

Staff (2023-05-19). LIVE w/ Chris Hedges: Weapons to Ukraine, Military buildup to China & Pentagon Spending. youtube.com President Biden has approved a record-breaking $842 billion war budget. Yet much of this is not even directed towards Ukraine or Russia, but China. Not content with turning Europe into a war zone, it seems US wants to do the same to Asia, spending huge sums on a ring of bases, supposedly to protect and …

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_____ (2023-05-19). Poor Georgia—What a Pity: No EU for You, NATO "On-hold too!" journal-neo.org So, the EU does not want Georgia now that it refuses to die for Ukraine or open a second front against Russia. It does not want to "Cut off its nose to spite its face". Georgia's EU candidacy status has been a carrot dangling from a stick in front of a donkey for many years, […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

Mnar Adley (2023-05-19). Chris Hedges on Weapons to Ukraine, Military buildup to China and Pentagon Spending. mintpressnews.com Join MintCast hosts Mnar Adley and Alan MacLeod to discuss Washington's permanent drive to war with author and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Chris Hedges.

Staff (2023-05-19). Headlines for May 19, 2023. democracynow.org Biden Won't Apologize for 1945 Nuclear Attacks on Japan as G7 Leaders Gather in Hiroshima, Russia and Ukraine Agree to Extend Black Sea Grain Deal, Pentagon Says Accounting Error Will Allow U.S. to Send $3 Billion in Additional Arms to Ukraine, Family of Syrian Killed in U.S. Drone Strike Says He Had No Ties to al-Qaeda, Bashar al-Assad Joins Arab League Summit for First Time Since Start of Syrian Civil War, Israeli Flag Day Marchers Chant "Death to Arabs" and Attack Palestinians and Journalists, Democrats Mull 14th Amendment Workaround as Republicans Stonewall on Debt Limit, New Details Reveal…

Phil Miller (2023-05-19). Revealed: Russian Neo-Nazi Leader Obtained UK Missiles in Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

teleSUR (2023-05-19). Russia Responds to US Sanctions Announced at the G7 Summit. telesurenglish.net On Friday, the Kremlin responded to new U.S. sanctions by banning 500 U.S. citizens from entering Russian territory. Among them is former President Barack Obama. | RELATED: | This ban will apply to senior officials, congressmen and senators elected in November 2022, members of U.S. security agencies, and CEOs of military industry companies supplying weapons to Ukraine. | The Kremlin response also cover experts, analysts, and journ…

Larry Johnson (2023-05-19). A Chat with Chris Farrell of Judicial Watch. sonar21.com If you own Raytheon stock, sell. Russia has proven that the Patriot Missile is a dud when confronted by a peer military. That is one of the items I talk…

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teleSUR (2023-05-19). Russia's 2nd Largest Bank Plans to Open Office in Iran. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, Deputy Governor for International Affairs of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Mohsen Karimi said that Russia's second-largest bank VTB plans to set up a representative office in Tehran. | RELATED: | Two Iranian banks are laying the groundwork to set up branches in Russia, as both countries have stepped up financial cooperation in the face of tough U.S. sanctions. | Iran had requested Russia's Central Bank…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-19). Russia-Cuba Business Forum opens trade opportunities. plenglish.com Havana, May 19 (Prensa Latina) The 11th Meeting of the Russia-Cuba Business Forum, which ended recently, creates opportunities to strengthen bilateral cooperation, diversify and increase exports, and encourage investments in Cuba.

WSWS (2023-05-19). Montana bans TikTok: Anti-China hysteria and the attack on democratic rights. wsws.org In a major new milestone in the bipartisan effort to censor the internet and undermine the freedom of speech in America, the state of Montana signed into law a ban on the distribution of the TikTok social media app Wednesday.

Luis Feliz Leon, Labor Notes. (2023-05-19). Union Win At Bus Factory Electrifies Georgia. popularresistance.org After a bruising three-year fight, workers at school bus manufacturer Blue Bird in Fort Valley, Georgia, voted May 12 to join United Steelworkers (USW) Local 697. | "It's been a long time since a manufacturing site with 1,400 people has been organized, let alone organized in the South, let alone organized with predominantly African American workers, and let alone in the auto industry," said Maria Somma, organizing director with the USW. | "It's not a single important win. It's an example of what's possible—workers wanting to organize and us being able to take advantage of a time and a policy that allowed th…

Martha Grevatt (2023-05-19). Nakba commemoration in Cleveland: 'Today South Africa, tomorrow Palestine'. workers.org Cleveland Chief Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, grandson of the late South African President Nelson Mandela, was the keynote speaker at a Nakba (Great Catastrophe) commemoration in Cleveland on May 17. He is the tribal chief of the Mvezo Traditional Council and a member of South Africa's Parliament, representing the African National . . . |

Lowkey (2023-05-19). The Inevitable De-Dollarization of the Global Economy, with Ben Norton. mintpressnews.com Ben Norton returns to the Watchdog to shed light on the rapid decline of the U.S. dollar and its implications for American empire as countries worldwide shift away from the dollar in favor of regional currencies and China's rise challenges Washington's global dominance.

Lowkey (2023-05-19). Shutting Down the Israeli Arms Industry, with Huda Amori. mintpressnews.com Huda Ammori, co-founder of Palestine Action, returns to The Watchdog to reveal how their grassroots movement is forcing arms manufacturers to flee and challenging British complicity in Israeli war crimes.

Ramzy Baroud, MintPress News. (2023-05-19). Netanyahu's Mistake: A Fragmented Israel Faces Palestinian Unity. popularresistance.org All Israeli wars on the Palestinians throughout the years have been promoted and justified by Tel Aviv in the name of 'security' and 'fighting terrorism.' | Israel's biggest challenge throughout many of these wars was hardly the Palestinian Resistance, however steadfast and resilient. The challenge has always been Tel Aviv's ability to kill many Palestinians, including civilians, without tarnishing its image internationally as an oasis of democracy and civilization. | Israel has been losing the public relations battle rapidly so, and now, it is losing a different kind of battle as well.

Teri Mattson, WtF is Going on in Latin America, the Caribbean. (2023-05-19). Whatever Happened To That Plane? popularresistance.org On May 3, 2023, the Argentinian press reported a US prosecutor requested the US Justice Department to order the definitive execution of the seizure order of Emtrasur's Boeing 747-300. The plane arrived in Argentina in June 2022 in what was supposedly a routine cargo flight. Nonetheless, the airplane, its cargo and its crew raised the alarms across Argentina, and it was seized by local authorities. Shortly after, US authorities got involved claiming the sale of the aircraft by the Iranian state carrier Mahan Air to Venezuela's Conviasa was a clear violation of the US Export Control Laws. Almost a year has passed;…

Editor (2023-05-19). Not bluffing: the U.S., China and the threat of war over Taiwan. mronline.org Chris Bambery examines the grim logic of great-power competition.

Editor (2023-05-19). 'Absolutely Intolerable': China's Military Responds to US Military Aid for Taiwan, Troop Deployments. scheerpost.com

teleSUR (2023-05-19). Climate Change Increasing La Niña & El Niño Severity. telesurenglish.net A study published in the journal Nature Reviews Earth and Environment on Thursday shows that global climate change is driving an increase in the severity and frequency of La Nina and El Nino events. | RELATED: | A team of researchers from several countries, including China and Australia, found evidence that the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), a major climate driver, has become more intense as a result of incre…

ecns.cn (2023-05-19). Sinopec, Kazakh firm KazMunayGas to co-develop polyethylene project. ecns.cn China Petrochemical Corp, or Sinopec, together with KazMunayGas, a state-owned oil and gas company in Kazakhstan, will develop the biggest polyethylene project in Kazakhstan, the Chinese company said on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-05-19). President Xi Jinping and presidents of the five Central Asian countries announce the official inauguration of the China-Central Asia Summit Mechanism. ecns.cn On 19 May, the China-Central Asia Summit was held successfully in Xi'an.

ecns.cn (2023-05-19). Fuzhou and Taiwan resume direct air route. ecns.cn A direct air route between Fuzhou, capital of East China's Fujian province, and Taiwan will resume on Monday after a three-year suspension, the local government announced on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-05-19). China's next space exploration to feature new faces. ecns.cn China's next manned mission, the Shenzhou XVI, is scheduled to be launched within this month to transport three astronauts to the Tiangong space station, according to plans made by the China Manned Space Agency.

ecns.cn (2023-05-19). Talks focus on synergy of development strategies. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping held bilateral meetings on Thursday with his counterparts from Central Asian countries who are in Xi'an, the provincial capital of Shaanxi, to attend the China-Central Asia Summit.

ecns.cn (2023-05-19). China gets new financial regulator. ecns.cn The National Administration of Financial Regulation, China's new financial regulator, was officially unveiled on Thursday.

ecns.cn (2023-05-19). Large-scale COVID reemergence 'unlikely' despite uptick in cases. ecns.cn The risk of a new large-scale COVID-19 outbreak in China in the short term is minimal, despite a recent uptick in new infections, according to health experts.

ecns.cn (2023-05-19). Macao updates national security law. ecns.cn China's Macao Special Administrative Region (SAR) on Thursday deliberated on and passed an amendment to the Law on Safeguarding National Security.

Tomasz Konicz (2023-05-19). Can state-capitalist China inherit the USA as hegemon? indybay.org China's growth is thus also running on credit, and the People's Republic is similarly highly indebted as the descending Western centers of the world system.10 The Chinese deficit economy is generating even far greater speculative excesses than was the case in the U.S. or Western Europe, as the distortions on the absurdly inflated Chinese real estate market in 2021 made evident.

WSWS (2023-05-19). Biden cancels trip to Australia for anti-China Quad meeting. wsws.org The cancellation had the character of a snub. Some militarist commentators have suggested dissatisfaction in Washington over the slow pace of an Australian military build-up directed towards preparing for war against China.

Anand Naidoo (2023-05-19). The Heat: China Central Asia Summit. america.cgtn.com Leaders meet in China for an historic Central Asia summit. The leaders of five Central Asian countries gathered in China's historic city of Xi'an on Thursday for a two-day summit and one-on-one meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping. This year marks the 10th anniversary of …

_____ (2023-05-19). Iran — USA: "Tanker War" in the Strait of Hormuz. journal-neo.org Due to the fact that oil is always a geopolitical factor, history over the last century demonstrates that there is no such thing as little oil. Many new conflicts have occurred commencing from the beginning of the 20th century as a result of oil. And today, oil still plays a solely geopolitical role in the […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

MEE staff (2023-05-19). Iran executes three anti-government protesters. middleeasteye.net Iran executes three anti-government protesters | Iranian authorities allegedly tortured the three men, who were arrested last November following deadly violence at protests | Fri, 05/19/2023 – 11: 00 | From left to right: Saleh Mirhashemi, Majid Kazemi, and Saeed Yaghoubi, who were all executed by Iran on 19 May for taking part in anti-government protests (Social Media) | Three men allegedly tortured by aut…

Chris Hedges (2023-05-19). One year later, Israel has yet to answer for Shireen Abu Akleh's assassination. therealnews.com

Staff (2023-05-19). Israeli extremists and security forces raid Al-Aqsa mosque. thecanary.co Israeli forces raided Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque on Thursday 18 May. Israeli ministers and officials reportedly also joined the storming, which prevented Palestinians from attending the call to prayer. Indeed, the attack drew condemnation from Gulf states and even drew mild censure from the US, Israel's major backer. Police presence had increased ahead of a march …

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-19). Palestinians oppose provocative Israeli 'flag march'. peoplesdispatch.org The march is held annually by illegal Israel settlers and other right-wing and ultra-nationalist Israelis to mark 'Jerusalem day', on which the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem started in 1967 following Israel's victory over neighboring Arab states in the six-day war…

Ryan Black (2023-05-19). The Occupation Is Destroying Israel's Democracy. progressivehub.net ALON BEN-MEIR | INDEPTHNEWS…

Ann Brown (2023-05-19). Former Clayton County Sheriff Takes Private Plane To Start Time In Penitentiary. moguldom.com Former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill in Georgia was convicted of violating the civil rights of six detainees in the Clayton County Jail in 2022. And on May 15, he posted a video to his Facebook page showing him strolling onto a private jet to apparently head to FCI Forrest City Low in Forrest City, …

Angela (2023-05-19). Wednesday 5/17: Knowing The Nakba: The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine to Create the State of Israel. indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Angela (2023-05-19). Saturday 5/20: Virtual Opening Ceremony – From Palestine: Our Past, Our Future. indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Middle East Children's Alliance (2023-05-19). Sunday 7/16: Ride for Palestine. indybay.org 1101 8th St, Berkeley, CA 94710…

teleSUR, SH (2023-05-19). Xi Jinping traza curso de cooperación de China con Asia Central. telesurtv.net El líder chino resaltó que está presto para cooperar con los países de Asia Central en temas de seguridad y defensa para salvaguardar la paz regional.

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-05-19). Israel despliega más de 3.000 policías por marcha sionista. telesurtv.net La marcha se realizará tras alcanzar una tregua con los palestinos luego de una escalada de violencia de cinco días.

teleSUR, nama, JDO (2023-05-19). Presidente de China intercambia con líderes de Asia Central. telesurtv.net Cumbre China-Asia Central se inspira en la legendaria Ruta de la Seda, actualizada en 2013 con el "Cinturón Económico".

Larry Johnson (2023-05-18). Ukraine City of Khmelnytskyi: Did Russia Vaporize Depleted Uranium Shells? globalresearch.ca

SouthFront5 (2023-05-18). CIA vs KGB In Modern Propaganda Video Fight. Decide Who's Dumber And Whose Side You're On. southfront.org A sarcastic promotion video calling for U.S. citizens to join Russian hackers spread across Russian social networks on May 16….

Kester Kenn Klomegah (2023-05-18). Russia, Ukraine and the African Mediators. globalresearch.ca

Anonymous669 (2023-05-18). Russian MoD Says Missile Strike On Ukrainian Patriot System Destroyed Radar, Five Launchers. southfront.org File image. | A multifunctional radar station and five missile launchers of the American-made MIM-104 Patriot air defense system were destroyed during the

Anonymous669 (2023-05-18). Russian MoD Says Missile Strike On Ukrainian Patriot System Destroyed Radar, Five Launcher. southfront.org File image. | A multifunctional radar station and five missile launchers of the American-made MIM-104 Patriot air defense system were destroyed during the

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Kit Klarenberg (2023-05-18). Leaked recordings expose shocking state corruption in 'US governed' Moldova. thegrayzone.com The Grayzone has obtained video recordings of well-connected figures within Moldova's political and business community openly testifying to rank corruption within the country's government and economy, while outlining schemes to enrich Western investors for an appropriate fee. The invasion of Ukraine placed the tiny country of Moldova on the immediate periphery of a conflict with global significance. Bordering Ukraine, counting hundreds of thousands of ethnic Russians as citizens, and home to the breakaway region of Transnistria, Moldova's doggedly pro-Western government …

teleSUR (2023-05-18). BRICS Summit to Strengthen Economic Cooperation: Anil Sooklal. telesurenglish.net In an interview with TV BRICS, South African Ambassador for Asia Anil Sooklal talks about the BRICS priorities and the leading areas of cooperation between Russia and South Africa. | RELATED: | This historian and religious scholar is currently the South African Sherpa to BRICS. He has taught at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and the University of South Africa. During this time he has published more than 20 articles in bo…

infobrics (2023-05-18). Kiev's air defense capability threatened. infobrics.org Most western media is biased and propagandistic in its narrative of the conflict, always trying to make it seem like Kiev has the advantage over the Russians.

Anonymous103 (2023-05-18). BREAKING: Wagner Took Control Of "Domino" District In Bakhmut. southfront.org Click to see full-size image | On the evening of May 18, Wagner sources reported that the last stronghold of the AFU in the western part of Bakhmut, known as the Domino area ("New" microdostrict), came under Russian control. | The remaining units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were escaping from the area in recent days, leaving their strongholds mostly at night. Ukrainian servicemen are leaving their weapons, running from the city on foot, climbing on a hill located through the forest area on the outskirts. Their retre…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-18). Military Situation In Ukraine On May 18, 2023 (Map Update). southfront.org Click to see full-size image | The Russian Army destroyed an AN/TPQ-37 counterbattery warfare radar near Krivaya Luka; | The AFU reportedly destroyed 1 command post, 2 ammo depots, 2 fuel depots, 1 artillery unit, 2 air defence systems in the past 24 hours; | Russian forces destroyed 2 armoured vehicles, 2 motor vehicles, 1 howitzer in the Kupyansk region; | Russian forces destroyed 1 tank, 4 armoured vehicles, 2 pickups in the Krasny Liman region; | Russian forces destroyed 1 tank, 3 armoured vehicles, 5…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-18). Overview Of Russian Strikes In Ukraine On May 18, 2023. southfront.org Fire on the outskirts of Odessa | On the night of May 18, Russian forces launched another massive attack on Ukrainian military facilities across the country. It was largely rated as one of the most massive recent attacks. | At night, air alert sounded in all regions of Ukraine. The main areas of the strikes were the southern and central regions of the country, where the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) are accumulating military reserves for their further transfer to the front lines. Throughout the night, Russian missiles,…

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-18). Ukraine Tells China It Won't Cede Territory for Peace Deal. news.antiwar.com China's special representative for Eurasian affairs, Li Hui, was in Ukraine on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss the prospect of peace talks and met with senior Ukrainian officials, including Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and President Volodymyr Zelensky. According to the Ukrainian side, Kuleba told Li that Ukraine won't agree to any deal that cedes territory …

_____ (2023-05-18). Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right. NATO's Soft War Soldiers. strategic-culture.org NATO can send in the clowns but hopefully at day's end, against the cold steel of the Russian Armed Forces, the joke will be on them. | Ukraine's Clown Prince Zelensky, history's richest ever comedian, was refused permission to perform during the finals of this year's Eurovision Song Contest, a rigged contest his rump Reich was allowed win last year. | Although Europe's TV watchers were spared the ordeal of once again being forced to watch this swamp creature, whose obsessions include dressing up as GI Joe and showing his naked penis to his adoring audience, the question is, why does NATO entertain such utter idi…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-05-18). Hungarian Foreign Minister will go to China to discuss peace plan. plenglish.com Budapest, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Hungary's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations, Peter Szijjártó, traveled today to China in order to discuss ways to solve the conflict in Ukraine. The minister explained, on his Facebook account. that he will arrive in Beijing next Monday night where he will have talks with representatives of the leadership of the People's Republic of China.

Ana Luisa Brown (2023-05-18). Russia, confirms extension, of grain agreement, for two months more. plenglish.com 'We can confirm that the Russian side also decided to continue this so-called Black Sea agreement for a period of two months, which is a relative result in the negotiations with the participation of representatives of Turkey, Ukraine and the UN', Peskov explained. | Regarding guarantees for Rosselkhozbank, the spokesman said that several options are being worked out to unblock the SWIFT system and make financial transfers feasible for Russia. | 'There are certain hopes on the basis of the ongoing negotiations on the grain agreement. | In this regard, a decision was made to extend it, and the unblocking of access…

ecns.cn (2023-05-18). Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meets with Chinese special envoy Li Hui in Ukraine from May 16 to 17. ecns.cn Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Chinese special envoy Li Hui in Ukraine from May 16 to 17. The two sides exchanged views on political settlement of the Ukraine crisis and China-Ukraine relations: FM…

Anonymous669 (2023-05-18). Russia Completes Tests Of New Malva 152 MM Howitzer. southfront.org russian 2S43 "Malva" self-propelled artillery gun. Open source photo. | The state tests of the latest 2S43 Malva self-propelled howitzer confirmed its designed characteristics, chief executive officer of the Uralvagonzavod defense manufacturer, a part of the state tech corporation Rostec, Alexander Potapov told The Malva is based on the BAZ-6010-027 8&t…

MEE correspondent (2023-05-18). Iranian press review: Russia to modernise Iran's outdated oil and gas industry. middleeasteye.net Iranian press review: Russia to modernise Iran's outdated oil and gas industry | Meanwhile, Savak informant linked to dissidents killed under shah dies, the judiciary prosecutes MP who revealed the 'SUV-gate' corruption case, and plane tickets are hard to find | Thu, 05/18/2023 – 11: 35 | An Iranian man passes by the oil equipment during the International Oil, Gas, and Petrochemical…

unitedEditor (2023-05-18). The Global Multipolarity Conference. unitedworldint.com The institutions Nova Resistência (Brazil), the New International Order Initiative Türkiye), the International Eurasian Movement (Russia), the Thinkers' Forum (China) and the International Russophile Movement organized a 'Global Multipolarity Conference' on April 29th, 2023. Hundreds of personalities from all over world participated in the conference in part personally and in part online. The Foreign Minister …

teleSUR (2023-05-18). Iran and Russia Sign 10 Oil Cooperation Agreements. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Iran and Russia signed ten documents for cooperation in the oil industry in the Iranian capital of Tehran, as stated by the Iranian Oil Ministry. | Related: | Following a formal meeting between Javad Owji, Iran's Oil Minister, and Alexander Novak, the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia and co-chair of the Permanent Russian-Iranian Commission on Trade and Economic Cooperation, a series of agreements were signed. These deals…

teleSUR (2023-05-18). Russian Extends Black Sea Grain Deal. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, United Nations Secretary Antonio Guterres welcomed Russia's decision that would allow the extension of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, which allows the export of Ukrainian grain and other agricultural products from Black Sea ports. | RELATED: | "We have some positive and significant developments: confirmation by the Russian Federation to continue its participation in the Black Sea Initiative for another 60 day…

Prof. Patrick Bond (2023-05-18). South Africa "Mischief-makers"? Is Ugly-American Ambassador to Pretoria Reuben Brigety Correct, that South Africa Weapons Were Shipped to Russia? globalresearch.ca

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-18). NATO to Draw Up Russia War Plans for First Time Since Cold War. news.antiwar.com NATO is drawing up plans on how to fight a war with Russia for the first time since the Cold War. According to Reuters, at the upcoming NATO summit in Vilnius this July, alliance leaders will approve thousands of pages of secret military plans that will detail how to respond to a Russian attack. The …

Pavel López Lazo (2023-05-18). Russia, Cuba to reach agreements to boost strategic cooperations. plenglish.com Havana, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Russia and Cuba have reached several agreements Thursday to boost bilateral strategic cooperation in different areas including phytosanitary control, customs service, construction, sugar production and sports.

Elsy Fors Garzon (2023-05-18). Russia and Cuba complete work on 10 investment projects. plenglish.com Havana, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Russia and Cuba are working on 10 investment projects and seek to deepen mutually advantageous cooperation in the scientific-technical sphere, Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas said today.

Jeremy Kuzmarov (2023-05-18). Durham Report Indicts FBI for Role in Russiagate Scam But Is Silent About the CIA. globalresearch.ca

Paul Craig Roberts (2023-05-18). The United States Has Been Destroyed by Its Ruling Elites. thealtworld.com Against the backdrop of the United States' recognition of the investigation against Donald Trump as politically motivated, structural and ideological controversies, and concerns that the American economy will enter a recession, the GEOFOR editorial board asked Paul Craig Roberts, Chairman of the Institute for Political Economy (USA), a PhD in Economics and US Undersecretary of Treasury in the Reagan administration, to share his views on America's future. | GEOFOR: Special Counsel John Durham "acquitted" Donald Trump on the so-called "Russiagate", writing in his report that the FBI investigation was politically mo…

Ajamu Baraka (2023-05-18). Durham report reveals the real threat to "democracy" — The FBI weaponized by Democrat Party affiliated elites. mronline.org Six years and millions of dollars later, the "Durham report" released on May 15th confirmed once again what a few of us had the nerve to argue before all of the reports and stories that subsequently emerged—that "Russiagate" was the most massive fraud ever perpetrated on the U.S. public by a section of the capitalist rulers and represented a maturing of a form of U.S. neofascism unique to this historical moment.

Anonymous834 (2023-05-17). Japan To Open NATO Liaison Office In New Provocation Against China And Russia. southfront.org Click to see the full-size image | Written by Ahmed Adel, Cairo-based geopolitics and political economy researcher. | Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi announced that his country is considering opening a NATO liaison office, demonstrating that Tokyo is deepening its ties with the US and becoming more hostile to China and Russia. Tokyo's rapprochement with NATO would strengthen the anti-China/Russia alliance and advance the US plans to create a NATO-styled organisation in the Far East."We are…

News Desk, The Cradle. (2023-05-18). Report: Over 4.5 Million People Killed In Post 9/11 Wars. popularresistance.org A new study from the Costs of War project at Brown University's Watson Institute estimates that over 4.5 million people have died from wars launched by the west in the aftermath of the 11 September 2001 attacks. | The study estimates that between 906,000 to 937,000 people have been killed as a direct result of wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Libya, and Somalia. | "These countries have experienced the most violent wars in which the US government has been involved in the name of counterterrorism since 2001," the report highlights. | Moreover, 3.6 million people are estimated to have died indirect…

Andy Kroll (2023-05-18). Goodbye to the American Century. tomdispatch.com Not so long ago, political analysts were speaking of the "G-2" — that is, of a potential working alliance between the United States and China aimed at managing global problems for their mutual benefit. Such a collaborative twosome was seen as potentially even more powerful than the G-7 group of leading Western economies. As former Undersecretary of the Treasury C. Fred Bergsten, who originally imagined such a partnership, wrote in 2008, "The basic idea would be to develop a G-2 between the United States and China to steer the global governance process." That notion would become the basis for the Obama admin…

WSWS (2023-05-18). Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa. wsws.org National strike in Belgium against "social dumping" by Delhaize and other companies to drive down wages and conditions; continuing strikes and protests across Iran over cost of living, pay and conditions involving pensioners, Haft Tappeh sugarcane workers as strike leaders of offshore gas workers arrested; Nigerian doctors give union mandate for indefinite stoppage over pay, unions call five-day warning strike…

Miko Peled (2023-05-18). Unveiling a Dark History: Nakba's Tragedy Continues Unabated after 75 Years. mintpressnews.com Even with all the protests and mentions of Nakba Day on social media, commemorating this horrific, sad event is nowhere near where it ought to be. Arguably one of the darkest and most awful chapters in the long history of Palestine, the Nakba needs to be fully commemorated in every capital in the world. | The politicization of the ethnic cleansing of Palestine and the consequent installment of an apartheid regime to govern it is such that few countries dare even to mention these crimes against humanity. | The full scope of the Nakba, a combination of several crimes against humanity, is yet to be understood. | To…

Fight Back (2023-05-18). Chief Zwelivelile Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela, in Milwaukee to commemorate 75th Nakba anniversary. fightbacknews.org Milwaukee, WI – May 15 marked the 75th anniversary of the Nakba. Over 250 community members and activists gathered in downtown Milwaukee to see Chief Zwelivelile Mandela, the grandson of the great anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela, in commemoration of the tragedy in Palestine. | Zwelivelile Mandela is the tribal chief of the Mvezo Traditional Council and has served as a member of the South African parliament since 2009. Continuing in his grandfathers' footsteps, Mandela is a staunch supporter of Palestinian liberation. The Nakba ("catastrophe" in English) began in 1948, the same year that apartheid was made law…

Ben Norton (2023-05-18). US post-9/11 wars caused 4.5 million deaths, displaced 38-60 million people, study shows. geopoliticaleconomy.com Wars the US waged in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, and Pakistan following September 11, 2001 caused at least 4.5 million deaths and displaced 38 to 60 million people, with 7.6 million children starving today, according to studies by Brown University.

Michael Arria (2023-05-18). Historic New York Bill Aims to End Funding of Illegal Israeli Settlements. truthout.org Two New York lawmakers have introduced legislation that would block local charities from funding illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank. State assembly member Zohran Mamdani (Queens) and State Senator Jabari Brisport's (Brooklyn) Not on our dime!: Ending New York funding of Israeli settler violence Act would amend New York's not-for-profit corporation law and establish a civil penalty for… |

Lynda Carson (2023-05-18). Tenant Activists: April 18, 2023, has been declared as James Vann day in Oakland. indybay.org James E. Vann, former Council Member Nancy Nadel, former Mayor Jean Quan, and others at an Oakland rally in Chinatown years ago. Lydia Gans photo.

_____ (2023-05-18). Israel and the 'New' Middle East. journal-neo.org In 2020, when Israel, backed by the US, signed the Abraham Accords with the UAE and some other Middle Eastern states, the Israeli government looked well in charge of the trajectory of the peace process in the Middle East. Three years later, peace-making is no longer made in the US or Israel, as China's success […] | –°–æ–æ–±—â–µ–Ω–∏–µ

Caitlin A. Johnstone (2023-05-18). Understanding the highly complex world of Western China analysis. mronline.org Former Pentagon official Elbridge Colby was interviewed on The National Review's Charles CW Cooke Podcast, where he provided some very high-level analysis on the tensions around China, Taiwan, and the United States.

Editor (2023-05-18). China and the Axis of the Sanctioned. scheerpost.com

Gilbert Achcar (2023-05-18). Washington obstaculiza el acuerdo político en Ucrania. globalizacion.ca La forma como ha reaccionado la administración Biden ante la oferta de China de facilitar un arreglo político del conflicto ucraniano revela claramente el objetivo no declarado de Washington en esta guerra. El contraste entre la actitud de la administración…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-05-18). China Is Governed in the Interests of Working People, the US in the Interests of Capital (Interview). orinocotribune.com In this interview with The very concept of shared future and cooperation has a profound impact. It's not threatening to other countries, and it has the win-win idea, meaning if your e…

ecns.cn (2023-05-18). China has 6,565 museums by 2022. ecns.cn

ecns.cn (2023-05-18). President Xi Jinping holds talks with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan. ecns.cn On the afternoon of May 18, President Xi Jinping held talks in Xi'an with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan who is in China for the China-Central Asia Summit and a state visit.

ecns.cn (2023-05-18). President Xi Jinping meets with President Serdar Berdimuhamedov of Turkmenistan. ecns.cn On May 18, President Xi Jinping met in Xi'an with President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedov who is in China for the China-Central Asia Summit.

ecns.cn (2023-05-18). China continues expanding maternity insurance. ecns.cn China will continue to expand coverage of maternity insurance and explore wider implementations long-term care insurance as part of its efforts to achieve balanced population development and tackle its rapidly aging trend.

ecns.cn (2023-05-18). China inaugurates new national financial regulatory administration. ecns.cn China's new national financial regulatory administration held its opening ceremony on Thursday, closing the operations of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-05-18). National Financial Regulatory Administration officially unveiled in Beijing. ecns.cn China's National Financial Regulatory Administration (NFRA) was officially established in Beijing on Thursday, marking an important step for China's financial supervision reform.

ecns.cn (2023-05-18). Fuzhou celebrates International Museum Day with night show. ecns.cn Fujian Museum in east China's Fujian Province will be the country's main venue for this year's International Museum Day, which falls on May 18.

ecns.cn (2023-05-18). Chongqing resumes passenger flights to Taiwan. ecns.cn After three years, a direct passenger flight route linking Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality and Taiwan resumed on Wednesday. "ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-05-18). Xi holds talks with Kyrgyz president. ecns.cn Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday held talks in the city of Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov, who is in China for the China-Central Asia Summit and a state visit.

teleSUR (2023-05-18). Chinese Envoy Calls for Comprehensive Cease-Fire in Yemen. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, called for efforts to strive for a comprehensive cease-fire so as to create a favorable environment for the political process in Yemen. | RELATED: | Relevant parties have, for some time, maintained close communication on the political settlement of the Yemeni issue and strived to end the suffering of the Yemeni people. | They should m…

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-18). Kazakhstan signs major deals with China. plenglish.com Astana, May 18 (Prensa Latina) The bilateral agreements signed during the visit to the People's Republic of China by the president of Kazakhstan, Kasim-Yomart Tokaev, amount to 22 billion dollars, the Kazakh Presidency reported.

Anonymous669 (2023-05-18). Syrian Army, Allies Kick Off Operation Against ISIS Cells In Central Region. southfront.org illustrative image. | On May 18, the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) and its allies kicked off a military operation against ISIS cells in Syria's central region. | Citing a military source, the North Press Agency said that commando units from the army's 4th Division and 17th Division will take part in the operation, along with other units from the Iranian-backed Afghan Liwa Fatemiyoun and the Palestinian al-Quds Brigade. | Fighter jets and attack helicopters from the Syrian Arab Air Force will back the operation, which will t…

Editor (2023-05-18). Western silence needs to be confronted: Ilan Pappe on the Nakba, Gaza and inclusive solidarity. mronline.org Once more the Gaza Strip is bombarded from the air, land, and sea, and, once more, Israeli inhumanity and cruelty are met with Western silence.

Staff (2023-05-18). 22 May, Toronto: Annual Walk Against "Israel" — Confronting Zionist Racism. samidoun.net TORONTO: The annual walk of shame is happening again! On Victoria Day, 22 May, zionists will be celebrating 75 years of occupation in North York! Will we remain silent? Absolutely not! On Monday, 22 May, We will show up to disturb their event and make sure they regret celebrating the ethnic cleansing and genocide of …

Latifeh Abdellatif (2023-05-18). Jerusalem: Palestinians assaulted as Israeli ministers join divisive 'flag march'. middleeasteye.net Jerusalem: Palestinians assaulted as Israeli ministers join divisive 'flag march' | Far-right lawmaker Itamar Ben Gvir joins thousands at the rally associated with violence against Palestinians and 'display of incitement, Jewish dominance and racism' | Thu, 05/18/2023 – 12: 54 | Participants of the Israeli far-right march beat a Palestinian man during the event in the Old City of…

MEE staff (2023-05-18). Israel pushes law banning Palestinian flag. middleeasteye.net Israel pushes law banning Palestinian flag | Bill advanced by far-right lawmakers passes preliminary vote in parliament | Thu, 05/18/2023 – 11: 18 | Palestinians in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip protest against the holding of the annual far-right Israeli rally in Jerusalem, 18 May 2023 (AFP) |

MEE staff (2023-05-18). Israeli settlers and politicians storm Al-Aqsa ahead of far-right march. middleeasteye.net

SAM (2023-05-18). The U.S. Still Owes Money To The Family Of 10 Afghans It Mistakenly Killed. progressivehub.net ALICE SPERI | THE INTERCEPT…

WSWS (2023-05-18). Georgia parent speaks out on H. influenzae infection in school child. wsws.org The death of Jimari Williams in Detroit from an unexplained infection has brought forward reports of similar infections among other school children.

Prof. Alon Ben-Meir (2023-05-18). The Occupation Is Destroying Israel's Democracy Regardless of What Kind of Spin Is Put on It. globalresearch.ca

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-05-18). Israel Aimed To Eradicate Islamic Jihad, Bring Resistance Groups to Knees but Failed (Interview). orinocotribune.com The Israeli regime, by its recent onslaught on the besieged Gaza Strip, aimed to eradicate the Islamic Jihad resistance movement and bring other Palestinian resistance groups to their knees, but failed, according to a Lebanese political analyst. | Faysal Abdel Sater made the comment in an exclusive interview with Press TV Website after the Tel Aviv regime launched a deadly bombing campaign on Gaza on May 9, sparking the firing of over 1,000 rockets by the Islamic Jihad toward the occupied territories. | The two sides agreed after five days of fighting to an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire that took effect on Saturday…

teleSUR (2023-05-18). Clashes in Nablus: Palestinians Injured by Israeli Soldiers. telesurenglish.net According to both Palestinian and Israeli sources, a several Palestinians were injured on Wednesday as a result of clashes with Israeli military personnel in the outskirts of the northern West Bank city of Nablus. | Related: | According to Palestinian security sources, confrontations erupted between Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli military personnel who shut down primary routes within the city in order to sa…

Anonymous103 (2023-05-18). Palestine — Song By Mistahi. southfront.org SouthFront presents to you the song of our friend This song goes out to the courageous Palestinian people and their supporters around the world. | MORE ON THE TOPIC: : |

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-18). Dozens of House Democrats Tell Biden to Support Ending Yemen War. news.antiwar.com Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) and Ro Khanna (D-CA) led 37 other House Democrats in a letter that calls on President Biden to support the diplomatic progress in Yemen by declaring the US will not provide military support to the Saudi-led coalition in the conflict. In a major diplomatic breakthrough, the Saudis and the Houthis recently …

teleSUR (2023-05-18). Myanmar: Destruction & Death Toll Increase After Cyclone Mocha. telesurenglish.net On Thursday, as per the report released by the government, the death toll from Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar has escalated to 48, many people remain missing and the amount of destroyed establishments increase. | Related: | Most of the deaths have been reported in Myanmar's coastal Rakhine state, on the Bay of Bengal. However, unconfirmed reports put the death toll much higher (near 200), especially in camps where the internally displaced Rohingya minorit…

Kelly Hayes (2023-05-18). Palestinian Organizers: We Honor Our Grief by Practicing Hope. truthout.org "Whenever there is grief, there is unity, and in unity, there is strength, and we feel it," says Jalal Abukhater. In this episode of "Movement Memos," host Kelly Hayes talks with Abukhater, a Palestinian writer living in Jerusalem, and Palestinian activists Jeanine Hourani and Lea Kayali, about the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, resistance in the face of Israeli aggression and how hope sustains… |

Luis Linares Petrov (2023-05-18). Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. plenglish.com Ramallah, May 18 (Prensa Latina) More than 200 Israeli settlers stormed the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the city of Jerusalem, as a prelude to the march of the flag, which commemorates the capture of the Old City by Israel in the War of the Six Days, in 1967.

Peoples Dispatch (2023-05-18). Israeli restrictions on foreign entry into West Bank denounced by rights group. peoplesdispatch.org A new report released by the International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) on Tuesday, May 16, has

Angela (2023-05-18). Wednesday 5/17: Knowing The Nakba: The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine to Create the State of Israel. indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Angela (2023-05-18). Saturday 5/20: Virtual Opening Ceremony – From Palestine: Our Past, Our Future. indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Middle East Children's Alliance (2023-05-18). Sunday 7/16: Ride for Palestine. indybay.org 1101 8th St, Berkeley, CA 94710…

Staff (2023-05-18). Cuba condena impacto del bloqueo en la salud pública. cubadebate.cu El ministro de Salud Pública de Cuba, doctor José Angel Portal Miranda, condenó hoy el bloqueo económico, comercial y financiero contra la isla impuesto por Estados Unidos hace más de 60 años, una política de estrangulamiento que afecta el desarrollo de la salud. Lo hizo en la reunión de ministros de esa rama del Movimiento de Países No Alineados.

teleSUR- lvm (2023-05-18). Fuerzas de Israel demuelen propiedades palestinas en Cisjordania. telesurtv.net Las fuerzas israelíes demolieron un edificio residencial que albergaba a 50 personas de la familia al-Husseini en el barrio de Wadi Qaddum.

teleSUR- hvh, DRL (2023-05-18). Israel despliega más de 3.000 policías por marcha sionista. telesurtv.net La marcha se realizará tras alcanzar una tregua con los palestinos luego de una escalada de violencia de cinco días.

teleSUR, nama, JDO (2023-05-18). Presidente de China intercambia con líderes de Asia Central. telesurtv.net Cumbre China-Asia Central se inspira en la legendaria Ruta de la Seda, actualizada en 2013 con el "Cinturón Económico".

teleSUR, SH (2023-05-18). China acoge cumbre presidencial con países de Asia central. telesurtv.net Durante la cumbre, los mandatarios celebrarán conversaciones de alto nivel para sellar nuevos acuerdos en diversas áreas.

teleSUR, jaa, YSM (2023-05-18). Presidente Maduro recibe a delegación del Partido Comunista de China. telesurtv.net La delegación china fue recibida por el presidente en el Palacio de Miraflores de Caracas.

Staff (2023-05-17). 18 May, Webinar: The Just Cause of National Liberation. samidoun.net "The Just Cause for National Liberation" brings together speakers from current revolutionary struggles in Kurdistan, Palestine and the Philippines. Samidoun will be participating in this event! From the basic principles of national liberation struggles in these countries to their position in relation to the terrorist-tagging and -designation of revolutionary movements, this webinar offers a people-centred …

Larry Johnson (2023-05-17). The Corruption of America Takes a Dangerous Turn. sonar21.com Well, at least John Durham finally released a report exploding the claim that Donald Trump and his campaign colluded with the Russians in 2016. That is the "good news." The…

Ileana Ferrer Fonte (2023-05-17). Georgian Airways receives permit to fly to Russia. plenglish.com Tbilisi, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Georgia's national air carrier Georgian Airways received a permit on Tuesday to carry daily flights to Russia starting on May 20, the country's Civil Aviation Agency announced.

Oraily Madruga Rios (2023-05-17). Europeans maneuver into the Arctic dismissing Russia's warnings. plenglish.com Stockholm, May 17 (Prensa Latina) Dismissing Russia's repeated warnings to the West to prevent the Arctic from militarization, 14 European countries will be at the Arctic Challenge Exercise 2023 (ACE23) military maneuvers, reported the Swedish Ministry of Defense.

Dave DeCamp (2023-05-17). CIA Publishes Video Telling Russians to Contact Them. news.antiwar.com On Monday, the CIA published a video on YouTube and Telegram urging Russians to contact the agency in an effort to recruit intelligence assets inside Russia. Text at the end of the short video said: "Contact us. Perhaps the people around you don't want to hear the truth. We want to." The video closed with …

ecns.cn (2023-05-17). Letter backs researcher's proposal on Xinjiang. ecns.cn Eleven Chinese research institutions said in a joint open letter on Tuesday that they are willing to collaborate with researchers focusing on Xinjiang around the world to promote academic research on Xinjiang-related issues.

Labor Video Project (2023-05-17). On 75th Anniversary of Nakba Speak Out In SF While SF Mayor In Israel Supporting Zionists. indybay.org On the 75th anniversary of Nabka, a rally was held in San Francisco. Speakers talked about SF mayor London Breed's visit to Israel to support the apartheid Zionist regime and the continued police murders of Black youth in the City by her police.

Monica Moorehead (2023-05-17). On Nakba anniversary: Global protests show solidarity with Palestine. workers.org To mark the 75th anniversary of Nakba (The Disaster), global protests took place this past weekend. The actions commemorate the day, when on May 15, 1948, the new Zionist state of Israel began its brutal removal of hundreds of thousands of Palestinian people from their rightful lands. This genocide continues . . . |

Lynda Carson (2023-05-17). Tenant Activists: April 18, 2023, has been declared as James Vann day in Oakland. indybay.org James E. Vann, former Council Member Nancy Nadel, former Mayor Jean Quan, and others at an Oakland rally in Chinatown years ago. Lydia Gans photo.

Michael Veronda Hazou, In These Times. (2023-05-17). Last Year Was The Deadliest For Palestinians In Almost Two Decades. popularresistance.org The year 2022 was the deadliest on record for Palestinians in the West Bank since 2005, which marked the end of the Second Intifada and was also when the United Nations began systematically recording deaths. | This year could be much worse. | On April 4, Mariam Barghouti, senior Palestine correspondent for Mondoweiss, announced on Twitter: "üö®üö®üö®BREAKING: there's a full fledged slaughter happening in Palestine. Three months. 95 Palestinians killed since January." | About two weeks earlier, Barghouti had tweeted: "88 killed…

ecns.cn (2023-05-17). Stink spins delicious profits as durian imports rise. ecns.cn In terms of durian consumption globally, China lags only Indonesia and Malaysia now as domestic production of tropical fruits is limited, necessitating imports.

ecns.cn (2023-05-17). Tianjin unveils plans for industrial park to boost higher-level innovation. ecns.cn Tianjin is expected to gather pace amid its push for higher-level innovation, supported by the launch of the Tiankai Higher Education Innovation Park, an incubation hub and high-tech industrial park, in the North China municipality.

ecns.cn (2023-05-17). Aviation links with Central Asia strengthened. ecns.cn China's civil aviation sector has strengthened cooperation with Central Asian nations, the Civil Aviation Administration of China said.

ecns.cn (2023-05-17). Xi to put forward key proposals. ecns.cn President Xi Jinping will put forward a series of proposals on the long-term development of China and the Central Asian countries, and announce multiple pragmatic measures on cooperation between the two sides during the China-Central Asia Summit…

ecns.cn (2023-05-17). Economy maintains growth momentum. ecns.cn China's economy maintained strong growth momentum in April, with gauges of consumption and services gathering pace, improving the outlook for steady growth of the world's second-largest economy this year.

ecns.cn (2023-05-17). China, Japan defence ministers talk over direct line. ecns.cn Defense ministers of China and Japan held a conversation through a direct telephone line for the first time as part of a maritime and aerial communication mechanism on Tuesday, China's Ministry of National Defense said.

ecns.cn (2023-05-17). U.S. plans for armed shipments to Taiwan opposed. ecns.cn China firmly opposes plans by the United States government to offer arms assistance to Taiwan as well as sending instructors to help train military on the island.

ecns.cn (2023-05-17). Uzbek envoy hails cooperation between two countries. ecns.cn The visit by Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev to China will undoubtedly give new momentum to the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries, with a package of agreements in politics, trade and culture expected to be signed, said the country's top envoy in Beijing.

ecns.cn (2023-05-17). Ministry aims to improve tourism. ecns.cn Under the theme of "Beautiful China, Happy Journey", a launch ceremony will be held in Heshun ancient town in Tengchong, Yunnan province, on Friday to celebrate China Tourism Day.

ecns.cn (2023-05-17). Air Force's August 1st stunt team to pilot J-10C fighters. ecns.cn The August 1st Air Demonstration Team, China's best-known aerobatic team, has been equipped with J-10C fighter jets and will fly their new planes at an upcoming exhibition in Malaysia, according to the spokesman for the People's Liberation Army Air Force.

ecns.cn (2023-05-17). Social media accounts closed for fake news. ecns.cn More than 107,000 online accounts have been shut down in the past month for falsely representing news anchors or press agencies, as part of China's latest efforts to eliminate fake news and rumor-mongering.

ecns.cn (2023-05-17). China sets up science-tech ethics committee for risk prevention amid global AI craze. ecns.cn MIIT announced on Tuesday the establishment of a committee and expert group for science and technology ethics. Experts noted the move pioneers risk prevention in the field amid rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) across the globe.

ecns.cn (2023-05-17). Vehicle plunges into water on Enshi's floating bridge, claiming 5 lives. ecns.cn A multi-purpose vehicle carrying eight passengers crashed through the railing of the popular floating bridge in the scenic spot of Shiziguan in Enshi, Central China's Hubei Province, killing five people. The local government promptly announced the suspension of operations at the site.

ecns.cn (2023-05-17). Media Center for China-Central Asia Summit opens in Xi'an. ecns.cn The China-Central Asia Summit will be held from May 18 to 19 in Xi'an.

ecns.cn (2023-05-17). China opposes any country interfering in the South China Sea issue under the pretext of U.S.-Philippines bilateral security guidelines. ecns.cn When commenting on bilateral security guidelines between the U.S. and the Philippines, Tan Kefei, spokesman for the Ministry of National Defense, said on Tuesday that China firmly opposes any country interfering in the South China Sea issue and undermining China's territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests under the pretext of so-called bilateral treaties."ÄÄ…

ecns.cn (2023-05-17). Xi'an gears up for China-Central Asia Summit. ecns.cn The Olympic Sports Center is lit up to welcome the upcoming China-Central Asia Summit in Xi'an, northwest China's Shaanxi Province, May 16, 2023…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2023-05-17). Agricultural complexes to be established in areas of Afghanistan. plenglish.com Kabul, May 17 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock announced the upcoming establishment of agricultural complexes in four areas of Afghanistan, which will have an impact on nearly 80 percent of the population.

Fight Back (2023-05-17). Atlanta police doubles down on attacks on Cop City protesters. fightbacknews.org Atlanta, GA – Several activists were arrested and charged with felonies for the crime of hanging up flyers demanding justice for Manuel "Tortuguita'' Terán, a forest defender who was shot 57 times and murdered by Georgia State Patrol in January 2023. | The three people arrested are being charged with felony 'intimidation of an officer', which falls under Georgia's domestic terrorism laws, and are facing 20 years in jail for posting flyers on mailboxes in Cartersville, a suburb in north metro Atlanta. All three arrested are being denied bail and held in solitary confinement. The bogus charges and unjust…

Orinoco Tribune 2 (2023-05-17). End the 'Memoricide': Planting for Nakba Day. orinocotribune.com By Lois Griffiths — May 15, 2023 | May 15, Nakba Day, is an important date for the Palestinian people. It's the day when Palestinians commemorate their history and their culture. While Israeli nationalists and Zionist supporters celebrate the forming in 1948 of the State of Israel, the 'Birth' of Israel, Palestinians remember the Nakba, the catastrophe, ie, what was done to the indigenous people. | It's a memory that the Israeli regime has tried to outlaw, to erase. Decades ago Israel deliberately renamed, ie 'Hebrewized ', villages and geographical locations. Some destroyed villages were covered over with p…

Angela (2023-05-17). Wednesday 5/17: Knowing The Nakba: The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine to Create the State of Israel. indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

Angela (2023-05-17). Saturday 5/20: Virtual Opening Ceremony – From Palestine: Our Past, Our Future. indybay.org Zoom (Registration link is below)…

teleSUR, hvh, JCM (2023-05-17). Prevén cientos de muertos en Myanmar tras paso de ciclón Mocha. telesurtv.net Partners Relief and Development, señaló que los campamentos de rohinyás en Sittwe se destruyeron casi completamente.