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May 14 2026 
Iran ‘unconquerable,’ Araghchi says at BRICS ministers meeting
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran will never surrender despite war-mongering pressure, stressing unity, sovereignty, and diplomacy during the BRICS foreign ministers meeting.
Al Mayadeen
Iran will never surrender despite being a victim of war-mongering, and its people have grown stronger and more united under pressure, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said on Thursday.
Speaking during a… Continue reading
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May 14 2026 
President Xi Jinping Holds Talks with U.S. President Donald J. Trump
Ministry of Foreign Affairs – People’s Republic of China : https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/
On the morning of May 14, President Xi Jinping held talks with U.S. President Donald J. Trump, who is on a state visit to China, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.
President Xi noted that transformation not seen in a century is accelerating… Continue reading
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May 14 2026 
President Trump’s China Visit – a Theatre for Western Media – a Win-Win under China’s Upper Hand
Peter Koenig
President Trump arrived in China on /Wednesday 13 May and got the red-carpet treatment from A to Z – as it is the behooves custom for China’s noble mind and ever friendly treatment of politicians, even if they are often not very friendly to China’s political and economic principles.
The Trump Delegation was first visiting… Continue reading
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May 13 2026 
The Emperor has no clothes and no cards
© Photo: SCF
Pepe Escobar at Strategic Culture
Business Shanghai is not exactly impressed by the arrival of the Emperor of Barbaria.
SHANGHAI – China’s powerhouse moves on like a speed-breaking EV. The atmosphere is electric. At a business dinner in a landmark Cantonese restaurant, Trump’s visit to China at least propels the conversation towards something more tangible:… Continue reading -
May 13 2026 
Brian Berletic: Anger, Disappointment, Confusion, and Delusional Hope
Anger, Disappointment, Confusion, and Delusional Hope Ahead of US-China Meeting
▪️The US ultimately seeks to contain and subordinate China/destabilize and destroy it if necessary – and with everything it does it seeks to undermine China’s economic, technological, and political rise, while enhancing its own domination over it and the multipolar world China seeks to create;
▪️China… Continue reading
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May 13 2026 
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with RT India, Moscow, May 13, 2026
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s interview with RT India, Moscow, May 13, 2026
https://mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2107824/[These are FM Lavrov’s comments in the run-up to the BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting scheduled for May 14 and 15th. India’s S Jaishankar will host. Mr Lavrov exposes the western attempt to control all oil chokepoints and energy supṕly points. He does not mince… Continue reading
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May 12 2026 
‘Gray Rhino’ of Japan’s Remilitarization is Running Toward Us, Chinese FM Warns Amid Tokyo’s Security Policy Shift
Global Times
The “gray rhino” of Japan’s remilitarization is running toward us. Many international experts, scholars and media have noted that Japan has abandoned pacifism, and is undergoing its most dangerous shift in military and security policy since WWII, posing great threats to peace and stability in the region and beyond, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo… Continue reading
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May 12 2026 
Could Trump’s Iran Fiasco Be America’s Suez Crisis?
Global Research
Smoke rises from oil tanks beside the Suez Canal hit during the initial Anglo-French assault on Port Said, 5 November 1956.Empires rise and fall. They do not last forever. Imperial declines follow a gradual shifting of the economic tides, but are also punctuated and defined by critical tipping points. There are many differences between… Continue reading
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May 12 2026 
Michael Hudson & Radhika Desai : Geopolitical Hour
Swap Lines, Gulf Debt and the Unraveling of Dollar Primacy
GEH April 28, 2026, US swap agreements with Emirates
Radhika Desai: Hello and welcome to the 64th Geopolitical Economy Hour, the conversation that illuminates the fast-changing political economy and geopolitical economy of our times, and does so from a socialist and anti-imperialist point of view. The point… Continue reading
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May 12 2026 
Statement by President Putin on the successful test launch of Sarmat missile
Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Federation Armed Forces Vladimir Putin received a report via videoconference from Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces Sergei Karakayev on the successful test of the Sarmat missile.
http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/79724
President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, Mr Karakayev. Do you hear me?
Commander of the Strategic Missile Forces Sergei Karakayev: Good afternoon, Comrade Supreme… Continue reading
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May 12 2026 
UPDATE on the Call to Action for a Global Axis of Resistance
An update from Nora Hoppe on the Call to Action for a Global Axis of Resistance
The Genocide and the massacres continue unabated, unpunished and stand as a grim testament to the world’s overwhelming silence.
This leaden silence needs to be broken for us to live in a better world.
Little by little some new voices are emerging… Continue reading
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May 12 2026 
‘Ways of War’ Are in Metamorphosis: Lessons from the Iran War
Alistair Crooke at Strategic Culture © Photo: Public domain
A U.S. carrier no longer induces fear as once it might have; It now radiates vulnerability.
Although the Iran war largely has been viewed through the lens of conventional western warfare, its lessons are anything but conventional. They are in fact insurrectionary.The post-war western approach (especially in… Continue reading
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May 12 2026 
China’s position is clear
Pre-Summit strongman games.
Chinese FM addresses a question about US President’s remarks on discussing US arms sales to Taiwan and the Jimmy Lai case with the Chinese side
During US President Donald Trump’s visit to China, the two heads of state will have in-depth exchanges of views on major issues concerning China-US relations as well… Continue reading
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May 12 2026 
Pepe Escobar on the Shaun Newman podcast
The talk with Pepe starts a little into the podcast – around 10 minutes. As this is a new interviewer for Pepe, he does a thorough overview of his history and career, and this is always interesting. The geopolitical content starts around the middle of the podcast.
Pepe Escobar is a veteran… Continue reading
