August 2023 archive

Belarusian Forces Conduct Landing & Assault Drills Near Polish Border Belarusian Forces Conduct Landing & Assault Drills Near Polish Border Via Remix News, Belarusian soldiers are engaged in exercises near Brest, including parachute and landing operations… The Belarusian Ministry of Defense has confirmed that a five-day training exercise for land and assault forces is being …

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Rare Earth Elements And National Security: Reclaiming US Control Amid China's Monopoly Rare Earth Elements And National Security: Reclaiming US Control Amid China’s Monopoly Authored by Antonio Graceffo via The Epoch Times, The Center for Strategic and International Studies on July 18 identified China’s control over gallium (a rare earth element) as a national security threat. Rare earth …

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These Are The World's Ten Busiest Airports These Are The World’s Ten Busiest Airports Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, U.S., was the world’s busiest airport in 2022, with an annual footfall of some 93.7 million passengers. The figure is 24 percent higher than in 2021, but 15 percent lower than in 2019, the year before the pandemic. …

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Europe Braces For $3 A Pill 'Poor Man's Cocaine' To Flood Streets After Gulf Crackdown Europe Braces For $3 A Pill ‘Poor Man’s Cocaine’ To Flood Streets After Gulf Crackdown Bloomberg has described that what’s been dubbed “poor man’s cocaine” at as little as $3 a pill is threatening to proliferate across the Middle East …

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NATO Suggests For First Time Ukraine Could Cede Territory NATO Suggests For First Time Ukraine Could Cede Territory Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, A NATO official has suggested Ukraine could cede some territory to Russia in exchange for joining the Western military alliance. The comments were made on Tuesday by Stian Jenssen, chief of staff for …

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West Alarmed As Putin Has Begun To Mediate Niger Coup Crisis West Alarmed As Putin Has Begun To Mediate Niger Coup Crisis Western nations are alarmed at the prospect of Russia deepening its presence and influence in West and Central Africa, particularly following the tumult in Niger late last month, which culminated in the July …

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The West And The War In Ukraine: Selling & Buying Hopium The West And The War In Ukraine: Selling & Buying Hopium Authored by Yves Smith via NakedCapitalism.com, The kinetic war in Ukraine has gotten less attention over the summer than in past periods due to the much-previewed-and-hyped counteroffensive in the southern oblast of Zaporzhizhia …

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Norway Remains World's Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund Norway Remains World’s Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund Authored by Katharina Buchholz via Statista.com, Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), which has made a lot of headlines recently due to its significant investments in golf and football, released its 2022 annual report on Sunday, providing the public with a …

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Taliban’s Massively Successful Opium Eradication Raises Questions About What US Was Doing All Along Taliban’s Massively Successful Opium Eradication Raises Questions About What US Was Doing All Along Authored by Alan MacLeod via MintPress News, The Taliban government in Afghanistan – the nation that until recently produced 90% of the world’s heroin – has drastically …

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Never Forget: Leftists Showed Their True Authoritarian Colors During COVID Never Forget: Leftists Showed Their True Authoritarian Colors During COVID Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, When I think back to the first days of the covid pandemic lockdowns, I suspect the majority of people, even many conservatives and liberty movement types, had a healthy …

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