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Jan 21 2025 
What else happened on inauguration day? Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping had a video chat:
Putin and Xi waving at one another:
We will resist external uncertainty:
Key statements of Russian President Vladimir Putin during a video conversation with Xi Jinping:
๐นIt is necessary to summarize bilateral work over the past year and outline new plans…
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Jan 20 2025 
US Economic Colonialism On Notice: Michael Hudson with Dialogue Works
Transcript
NIMA ALKHORSHID: Hi, everybody. Today is Thursday, January 9th, and our friend Michael Hudson is back with us. Welcome back, Michael.
MICHAEL HUDSON: Itโs good to be back.
NIMA ALKHORSHID: Letโs get started, Michael, with Donald Trump and his policy toward an…
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Jan 20 2025 
The soulless civilization
It is up to the reader to determine whether the title of this essay is a contradiction or not. Can a civilization exist without a soul? It is not difficult to determine what a civilization is, but what a soul…
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Jan 20 2025 
WEF Davos 2025 โ More Grotesque than Ever
By Peter Koenig
The usual World Economic Forum (WEF) show that captures and dominates all of Davos for a week, starts on Monday, 20 January and lasts until Friday, 24 January. It is an ever-increasing nuisance for the population of Davos,…
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Jan 20 2025 
Revival of Empire, Fortress America: Key takeaways from US President-elect Donald Trump’s pre-inauguration speech
Ria Novosti did the work to take down the key takeaways as I refused to sit through the Empiral Ra Ra.ย This is probably the first time in the history of GlobalSouth.co that we feature a Trump speech, or any…
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Jan 19 2025 
A little hasbara: Hostage Release
We start with a photo that Boris Johnson retweeted
What a picture of Hamas – thousands of armed young men jeering these brave, defenceless and totally innocent women. How is that supposed to promote reconciliation? https://t.co/AM9izWb9pS
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Jan 19 2025 
Two years of Ibrahim Traore, President of Burkina Faso
1. Burkina Faso’s GDP grew from approximately $18.8 billion to $22.1 billion.
2. He rejected loans from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank. He said: โAfrica does not need the World Bank, the IMF, Europe or America.โ
3. He…
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Jan 19 2025 
Dmitry Medvedev: The Walking Dead. Season finale.
The walking dead Biden, now consigned to oblivion, is a telling example of how an experienced and overall smart politician (and he is experienced, having held top government jobs back in the Soviet period) gradually turned into a senile old…
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Jan 18 2025 
China’s military demonstrates it is light years ahead of the US and NATO
The Sirius Report: London Paul and Ken.
We assess recent developments associated with the Chinese military and why it demonstrates a long-held assertion that China’s technology is indeed light years ahead of the US and its NATO allies.
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Jan 18 2025 
A Political History of Contemporary Iran
This is a fascinating history from an interesting and engaging speaker. Dr. Roy Casagranda explains the key events in shaping the current state of Iran over the last 125 years.
(Scott Ritter’s old job was to write down the serial numbers…
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Jan 18 2025 
Mexico Rejects Trumpโs Proposal of Creating Tariff Revenue Agency
Claudia Scheinbaum is as cool as a cucumber and not scared of anything.ย She is giving Trump uphill and will not back down.
President Scheinbaum said that her country is prepared for potential policy changes, including mass deportations.
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Jan 18 2025 
Nikolay Patrushev: interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda
From the Russian MFA:ย Presidential Aide Nikolay Patrushev gave an interview to Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper (January 14, 2025)
Key points:
#USA
โข The US establishment has been divided and lacks a common policy vision for the world and domestically.
โข Trumpโs core message is…
