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May 16 2026 
Trump-Xi summit: ‘China is winning the competition against the USA’ – Prof. Zhang Weiwei
Going Underground
On this episode of Going Underground, we speak to Prof. Zhang Weiwei, Director of Fudan University’s China Institute and former Translator for Chinese Paramount Leader Deng Xiaoping.
He discusses China’s current attitude to the Trump Administration amid the war on Iran, how China acted over decades to lessen the impact of the US’ attempts to… Continue reading
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May 16 2026 
How Lebanon’s Leaders Are Enabling Israel’s War on Their Own Country
Mourners cry over a coffin during the funeral of three Lebanese Civil Defense members who were killed in an Israeli air strike, in the southern city of Tyre on 30 April 2026 (AFP)
Amal Saad – Middle East Eye
By adopting a US State Department memo and entering asymmetrical talks, Beirut has enlisted in Israel’s counter-resistance project… Continue reading
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May 16 2026 
Uranium Over Democracy: Why France’s Expulsion from Niger Is the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Africa
New Eastern Outlook
Paris loves to play the knight in shining armour – the defender of democracy, the fighter against terrorism, the guardian of humanitarianism.
But in the Sahel, that armour has long since tarnished. After ten years of the so-called “counterterrorism” Operation Barkhane, France not only failed to defeat the jihadists but actually drove its former… Continue reading -
May 16 2026 
‘Argentina Stopped’: Unions Hold Second General Strike Over Milei Austerity
A family sleeps in front of a closed office building in Buenos Aires, Argentina, next to posters calling for a general strike against President Javier Milei’s cuts and privatizations. (Photo: dpa)
Common Dreams
“It is a day of resistance and demand,” said trade groups that organized the action “in defense of democracy, labor rights, and the living… Continue reading
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May 16 2026 
Bolivians Declare a General Strike Against Their President
Indigenous movements in Bolivia are mobilizing against a land rights law, which they fear could be setting into motion the dissolution of their collective lands.
Olivia Arigho-Stiles – Jacobin
In Bolivia, the unions representing miners and peasants have declared an indefinite strike, seeking the resignation of President Rodrigo Paz. They are protesting a new law that undermines… Continue reading
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May 16 2026 
Pepe Escobar: Trump in PANIC! Iran & China just WIPED OUT His WW3 Strategy
With Danny Haiphong
Pepe Escobar joins the show to discuss the massive fallout of Trump’s trip to China which has sparked a mad push by the US empire to renew its war on Iran despite the devastating consequences this would bring to both itself and the world.
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May 16 2026 
FM Sergey Lavrov : Statement and Answers to Media after BRICS FM meeting
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s statement and answers to media questions at a news conference following BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, New Delhi, May 15, 2026
Good afternoon.Our three-day visit to New Delhi has come to an end. The principal goal of the visit was to take part in the latest BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.
Before the BRICS meeting,… Continue reading
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May 16 2026 
Did Xi Really Trade Iran for Taiwan?
Professor Michael Hudson – in conversation with Ali Alizadeh, Jedaal TV
Transcript
AA – The American readout of the Trump–Xi meeting claims that Xi explicitly agreed that the Strait of Hormuz must remain open, that there must be no tolls, that China opposes the militarisation of the Strait, that China will buy more American oil to reduce… Continue reading
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May 16 2026 
A batch of Brian Berletic
Brian Berletic continues with his thesis that continuity of US or western agenda persists no matter what absurd, empty claims are made amid America’s daily political circus. Take a look at his comments, and then a video where he responds to a Western-backed hit piece trying to attack him and others for exposing US political… Continue reading
