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Oct 26 2025 
Lula-Trump Mediation: 5 Key Breakthroughs in Brazil–US Talks Amid Venezuela Tensions
Lula-Trump mediation discussed in Malaysia as both leaders commit to easing trade frictions and exploring dialogue between the US and Venezuela.
On Sunday, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and U.S. President Donald Trump met on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Kuala Lumpur.
At the center of this meeting… Continue reading
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Oct 26 2025 
Slices of Nepal, #3
“Suddenly, there were more cars, fewer shops, little foot traffic and no history. The car, television and, now, cellphone make being nowhere not just possible, but desirable.”
with gratitude to Linh Dinh at Postcards from the End.
Could Have Been, Can Be and Will Be Much Worse — Oct 22, 2025.
Should have rung one of those bells five or… Continue reading
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Oct 26 2025 
Pepe Escobar: And the Chinese Five-Year caravan strolls on
In the global chessboard, Beijing will keep stressing the power of the “multilateral trading system.” As in the absolute opposite of Trump 2.0.
Four days in Beijing. The fourth plenum of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was really something to behold.
Methodology matters. What happened these four days is that delegates debated… Continue reading
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Oct 26 2025 
Malaysia: 47th ASEAN Summit kicks off
Theme: “Inclusivity and Sustainability.”
Established in 1967, the grouping includes Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam and Timor-Leste. Timor-Leste is the youngest member and just joined, as well as being the youngest country in the region. It is small with a population of 1.34 million at the 2022… Continue reading
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Oct 25 2025 
China To Lay Down The Law With U.S. In South Korea
The Sirius Report
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Oct 25 2025 
Slices of Nepal, #2
“Those without reverence are wannabe demons. Faith plus heritage can accomplish wonders.”
with gratitude to Linh Dinh at Postcards from the End.
Gods, Demons and Wannabe Demons — Oct 20, 2025.
Yesterday was the start of Tihar, Nepal’s festival of lights. In India, it’s called Diwali. As a newly converted Hindu, there’s no way I was going to miss this,… Continue reading
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Oct 25 2025 
Weekend Videos
This sub-selection and sometimes pure propagandapolis content, comes from one of our Chinese friends. I have not watched everything but that it is why it is for the weekend. Seun Foo kicks off on the pathetic Bessent.
The description of this one locally is “Hey Bessent the delusional entitled moron !!! Just… Continue reading
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Oct 24 2025 
The LAC and Late Stage Barbarism
At this time, people in the LAC are waiting to see if Demented Donald and his Over-Tattooed Brute will be shooting into the communities that worked very hard and over the years to agree to establish a Zone of Peace that is not nuclearized.
This morning, the barbarians shot this little boat.
Will they shoot my neighbors?… Continue reading
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Oct 24 2025 
Slices of Nepal
“Deracinated is a beautiful word said the Hoi Polloi to the unwashed dog.”
with gratitude to Linh Dinh at Postcards from the End.
Peak Self-Indulgence — Oct 17, 2025.
Before arriving, I reread this astounding passage from Pico Iyer’s Video Night in Kathmandu, “Nepal’s prodigious versatility was most apparent, however, in the smorgasbord of its menus, which could easily have put… Continue reading
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Oct 24 2025 
Nexperia: From billions to zero in the trade war – with a twist in the tale
The Nexperia saga takes the Nobel Prize for the most idiotic FAFO business move in history but in the end, it ends up serving dedollarization. China, of course, retaliated, stopped supply, made many substantial businesses very nervous to the point of cutting production lines and staff in cases, but more than that, China leveraged and… Continue reading
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Oct 24 2025 
Brian Berletic: Future Global Order Pivots on Ukraine Proxy War
https://journal-neo.su/2025/10/21/future-global-order-pivots-on-ukraine-proxy-war/
Russia’s gradual advance in the Donbass region appears to be forming an operational encirclement of Ukraine’s last major defensive line—its “fortress belt”—a development that could decide not only the fate of the war but also the shape of the emerging global order.
Future Global Order Pivots on Ukraine Proxy War
Russian forces in recent weeks have been… Continue reading
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Oct 23 2025 
Putin’s comments on Budapest meeting cancellation? postponement
Answers to media questions
Following a meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Geographical Society, Vladimir Putin took questions from media members.
Question: Yesterday, we heard yet another statement by the US President regarding him either meeting with you or not meeting with you, and the Ukraine crisis, too. Almost at the same time, the United States imposed sanctions on Russian oil companies.
Today, the EU imposed another round of anti-Russia sanctions, this time… Continue reading
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Oct 23 2025 
George Galloway: Moats
Ukraine on fire again. Missiles rain down as peace talks collapse and the long-promised Trump–Putin summit is suddenly called off.
Meanwhile, the ghost of Jeffrey Epstein haunts the headlines once more, raising new questions about power, privilege, and cover-ups.
Tonight on The Mother of All Talk Shows, George Galloway breaks down the week’s biggest stories… Continue reading
