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Apr 11 2023 
The Pentagon Leaks Charade
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at Strategic Culture
The script reads like a spoof straight out of the legendary Mad magazine 1960’s cartoon “Spy vs. Spy”: Secret Pentagon Documents Fall in the Hands of Malign Russia. Well, actually in the…
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Apr 11 2023 
Saudi-Yemen peace talks underway in Sanaa
The prospect of ending Saudi Arabia’s eight-year war in Yemen advanced quickly since China brokered a détente between Iran and the kingdom
From News Desk at the Cradle.
Official delegations from Saudi Arabia and Oman held the first round of peace talks…
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Apr 11 2023 
Daily Chronicles
The Daily Chronicles are snippets of the most important news across the world for this and each day as it rolls in – as such, this thread is non-structured with the latest news on top. The rough theme: Lula in…
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Apr 10 2023 
Don’t kiss the Dalai Lama
From Caitlin Johnstone
The Dalai Lama Is A Creepy Asshole
(Readers sensitive to discussion of inappropriate adult behavior toward children may want to skip this one.)
There’s a really gross video going around of the Dalai Lama kissing a young boy on the lips…
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Operation Joint Sword – Update
Saturday: surround the island. Sunday: realistic mock battle. What will they do today?
The Eastern Theater Command of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army on Saturday launched combat readiness patrol and military exercises around the Taiwan Island, which were scheduled to run…
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Apr 10 2023 
Macron visits China
A very interesting weekend has gone by. Many small movements of all kinds were observed, but it depends on what is real and what is not. Geopolitically, nothing is really important except perhaps the talks to end the Yemen war…
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Brian Berletic: Ukraine Briefing
Brian remains thorough and factual in his analytical views. He speaks about Ukraine’s Coming Offensive, the leaked NATO plans + lack of arms.
Update on Russian military operations in Ukraine for April 9, 2023:
– US arms shipments have drastically dwindled,…
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Alex and Alexander: Macron & Ursula, disaster trip to Beijing
Here is a number of headlines about the visit.
Macron went to China to discuss the war, Putin and Ukraine, but Xi did not hear him, writes the Western press following the visit of the French President to Beijing.
In particular, Macron…
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Apr 08 2023 
West vs the rest: World opposes sanctions, only US & Europe support them
The UN Human Rights Council vote condemning sanctions on 3 April 2023
Ben Norton analyzed the latest vote at the UN Human Rights Council voted overwhelmingly to condemn sanctions.
The UN Human Rights Council voted overwhelmingly to condemn sanctions. The only countries…
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Apr 08 2023 
Douglas Macgregor
On the current state in Ukraine – he says they are done. He also talks sensically about China.
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Apr 07 2023 
Iran and Saudi Arabia: a Chinese win-win
The single Iranian-Saudi handshake buried trillions of dollars of western divide-and-rule investments across West Asia, and has global leaders rushing to Beijing for global solutions.
By Pepe Escobar and first posted at The Cradle
The idea that History has an endpoint, as…
