In the early morning hours of Sunday (local), two US Navy pilots were shot down over the Red Sea in an apparent friendly fire incident. This comes after more than a year of war against Yemeni Houthi rebels, who have targeted international transit in regional waters. The incident is highly unusual given that US and […]

Authored by Jomo Kwame Sundaram via via Substack, The new geopolitics after the first Cold War undermines peace, sustainability, and human development. Hegemonic priorities continue to threaten humanity’s well-being and prospects for progress. End of first Cold War The end of the first Cold War has been interpreted in various ways, most commonly as a […]

Authored by Eva Fu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The FBI on Dec. 19 arrested a close associate of a local California politician, accusing him of scheming together with a recently sentenced Chinese spy to amplify China’s influence in the U.S. political circle. The Department of Justice (DOJ) in Washington on Aug. 12, 2024. […]

Authored by Sina McCullough via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Elderberry has been revered for centuries as a go-to remedy for respiratory infections, fever, and inflammation—both acute and chronic. The herb was detected in the charred remains of ancient settlements, leading some researchers to speculate that elder trees may have intentionally been cultivated thousands of […]

In an astonishing turn of events, amid the recent turmoil and shifts in power that have engulfed Syria over the past 3 weeks, one key component of the country’s wealth which has remained unscathed in the fog of war, at least according to Reuters reporter Timour Azhari, is the Syrian central bank’s gold reserves in […]

Authored by Pepe Escobar, He spoke for four and a half hours, virtually non-stop, reviewing the results of 2024, mastering all the facts. His Direct Line received over 2 million questions, from Russia and around the world. And he had to crown the performance with a flourish, in an “I did it, my way” vein: […]

After a week of predictable drama, President Joe Biden signed a government funding bill on Saturday, averting yet another government shutdown because of our government’s terminal addiction to spending money we don’t have. As we noted earlier, the package limps the government along to March 14, when this is Trump’s problem, and includes $100 billion […]

Update (2000ET): Germans took to the streets on Saturday night in Magdeburg to protest a deadly Christmas Market attack carried out by a 50-year-old immigrant from Saudi Arabia. The car-ramming attack on Friday night claimed five lives and left 200 people injured. 🇩🇪German media is LYING about the Christmas market attack🇩🇪 They try to convince […]

Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A third blood pressure medication was recalled across the United States in the past several weeks, according to a notice updated on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) website on Dec. 16. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in White Oak, Md., on […]

Authored by Mark Jeftovic via BombThrower.com, Wrapping your head around Bitcoin’s inexorable rise. In every issue of The Bitcoin Capitalist there is a section called “This Month’s FUD”, where I look at the “Death of Bitcoin” narratives that emerged over the last few weeks and mercilessly debunked them. It’s not hard, because most, if not […]