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May 18 2026 
Putin, Xi Jinping to Hold Talks in China in Narrow, Expanded Formats – Kremlin Aide
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Sputnik International
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold negotiations in China both in narrow and expanded formats, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov said on Monday.
Putin will pay an official visit to China on May 19-20 at the invitation of Xi Jinping.After the welcoming ceremony, our president’s meeting with… Continue reading
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May 18 2026 
Ecocide: Israel and America’s War on the Environment in the Middle East
New Eastern Outlook
The ongoing war in the Middle East has seen America and Israel indulge not just in gross violations of human rights but also in wanton violations of the rights of Mother Nature.
In the annals of international law, an area that is rapidly gaining traction among countries is environmental law. Environmental law states that… Continue reading
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May 18 2026 
Michael Hudson : The 2026 World Financial Crisis
The future will call for thinking about the unthinkable. It requires recognition that debts that can’t be paid, won’t be.
Interest rates are rising as if this will simply compensate investors for the risk of inflation. The reality is that it will increase the economy’s inability to cope with the breakdown that already is in progress.How… Continue reading
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May 18 2026 
Sergey Karaganov: “We Are Facing a Major Historical Dual Task: To Save the Country and to Save the World”
Sergey Karaganov in an initial interview with Yuliya Novitskaya, published at Neo
[Note: The responses to Professor Karaganov’s argument run the gamut of mocking him personally and professionally, right through to taking him seriously. Within my group of discussion partners the main objection is: that nuclear exchange is never only one way and retaliation… Continue reading -
May 18 2026 
Iran defines post-war strategy amid failing US pressure and rise of multipolar order
PressTV
Iranian officials on Saturday framed the country’s post-war stance as a phase of strategic consolidation and deepening international realignment, underscoring the failure of US pressure and the accelerating shift in the global order.
President Masoud Pezeshkian praised international voices critical of the war and urged a fair global response to unlawful US policies, while Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer… Continue reading
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May 18 2026 
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May 24
Peace is at Hand? Don’t Hold Your Breath and keep your beer 😕
There is a major crisis ongoing in the negotiations due to goalpost shifting by the U.S. — which may… Continue reading
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May 17 2026 
MOATS George Galloway : TRUMPED | Day 79 | The Don’s failed Beijing mission | Back to war on Iran | Ebola in the Congo
TRUMPED — Has Donald Trump just been outplayed by Xi Jinping?
Tonight on The Mother of All Talkshows, George Galloway goes live as the global balance of power shifts dramatically eastward. Washington is rattled, Beijing is confident, and the question dominating world politics tonight is simple:
Who really won the Beijing presidential showdown — Trump or Xi?
As… Continue reading
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May 17 2026 
From Hondurasgate to BRICS
By Amarynth
Part I
Hondurasgate is the name given to a series of leaks of conversations via audio between right-wing political figures in South America — including former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández, Javier Milei and current President Nasry Asfura — that revealed an international plan to attack leftist politicians and governments in Honduras and other Latin… Continue reading -
May 17 2026 
FM Lavrov : Remarks at third BRICS Foreign Minister’s Council
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks at the Third BRICS Foreign Ministers Council session Reform of Global Governance and the Multilateral System, New Delhi, May 15, 2026
[Mr Lavrov unerringly and practically steers BRICS back to the UN Charter. This tells India and the UAE where the bell is tolling from. Today, I would like to recall… Continue reading -
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
