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May 15 2026 
Chair’s Statement and Outcome Document at BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (May 15, 2026)
Chair’s Statement and Outcome Document
[Note: This is a statement from the Chair, and not a joint statement]
The BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs/International Relations, met on 14 and 15 May 2026 in New Delhi, India. They exchanged views on major global and regional matters. They reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening the framework of BRICS strategic partnership… Continue reading
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May 14 2026 
The US meets The Great Wall of China ..
and reels back dazed, bloody and confused.
It is now a big task to figure out where and how the US reports issues that were true before their visit, as if these issues are a result of the visit. They have nothing to report for their domestic audience and seemingly they are making it up as… Continue reading
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May 14 2026 
Lebanon : after Gaza
We watched the horror of Gaza which has not stopped. Hamas stated that they will not disarm as the agreement proffered has been broken.
Now, we watch Lebanon and this is the heartbreak that is routine.
From Marwa Osman:
A heartbreaking testimony from a school teacher in South Lebanon… Continue reading
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May 14 2026 
Richard Wolff & Michael Hudson: America’s Grip Is Gone – Here’s What Iran, Russia & China Did
With Nima Alkorshid, Dialogue Works
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May 14 2026 
Some good news! Court halts US sanctions against Albanese for Gaza genocide statements
A federal judge in the District of Columbia has suspended US sanctions against Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Palestinian territories.
PressTV
Albanese confirmed the ruling on X, writing: “The US court has suspended the US sanctions against me! Thanks to my daughter and my husband for stepping up to defend me, and everyone who has… Continue reading
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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
