The theft of Mexican state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) illustrates how an unaccountable kakistocracy combined with an allied kleptocracy can loot the public blind. Last week, authorities arrested Former Pemex CEO Emilio Lozoya Austin (2012-2016) in an upscale suburb of the southern Spanish port city of Malaga. Lozoya was a close associate of and […]
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Syria – Aleppo Is Fully Liberated But the War Will Continue…
Since last week’s post on the Syrian Idleb campaign the Syrian army has again made extraordinary progress. The M5 highway is under full control of the Syrian Army. The Jihadis, under threat of an encirclement, fled from the area west of Aleppo city. The suburbs and villages west of Aleppo have all been liberated. Last […]
New Leaks Shatter OPCW’s Attacks on Douma Whistleblowers…
For the past year, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has been roiled by allegations that it manipulated an investigation to falsely accuse the Syrian government of a chemical weapons attack. An OPCW report released in March 2019 lent credence to claims by Islamist militants and Western governments that the Syrian military […]
Philippines Notifies U.S. of Intent to End Major Security Pact…
The Philippines notified the United States on Tuesday it would end a major security pact allowing American forces to train in the country, in the most serious threat under President Rodrigo Duterte to their 69-year treaty alliance. Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said in a tweet that Manila’s notice of termination of the Visiting Forces […]
Irish Election Produces an Earthquake as Sinn Fein Tops Poll…
Ireland braced for weeks of political uncertainty Monday after an earth-shaking election that saw the Irish Republican Army-linked party Sinn Fein — long shunned by its bigger rivals — take the largest share of votes. In a surge that upended Ireland’s traditional two-party system, the left-wing nationalist party beat both Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, […]
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Not So Fast: U.S. Orders Netanyahu to Delay Annexation of West Bank Land…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was forced on Sunday to backtrack on plans for a rapid annexation of occupied West Bank land after an unprecedented warning from the US that he was moving too quickly. Under pressure from far-right extreme nationalists in his coalition government, Netanyahu had pledged quick “application of Israeli law” to illegal […]
Russia: Syria Almost Downed Civilian Plane While Repelling Israeli Attack…
Russia on Friday said its ally Syria nearly shot down a civilian plane carrying 172 passengers while trying to repel an Israeli airstrike near Damascus the day before. Moscow accused the Israel Defense Forces of using the civilian plane as a shield during its attack early Thursday. The Russian military said a civilian Airbus-320 with […]
The Deal Made in Iran That Brought Iraq’s New PM to Power…
Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is attempting to end four months of anti-government demonstrations to uphold a broader agreement which guarantees Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi as Iraq’s new prime minister, three Shia heads of political blocs involved in the deal told Middle East Eye. The agreement, made in Qom in Iran last month, was one Iraqis widely […]
Coronavirus Death Toll Breaks Record Again with 73 Dead in One Day…
China logged the deadliest day on record on Wednesday since the novel coronavirus outbreak afflicting the nation began in December, breaking a record set only on Tuesday and defying clamor from state propaganda outlets last week that the rates of infection and death were declining. At press time, Chinese and global health officials have confirmed […]
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Chinese Doctor Who Sounded the Alarm over Coronavirus Dies…
A Chinese doctor who sounded the alarm on coronavirus two weeks before it was officially confirmed has died, the Wuhan Central Hospital have revealed. Li Wenliang, 34, succumbed to the deadly contagion in the early hours of Friday morning local time despite attempts to resuscitate him. The ophthalmologist caught the public’s attention after he was […]
Chinese Scientists Apply to Patent a U.S.-Made Ebola Drug to Fight Coronavirus…
Scientists in China have applied to patent an experimental US antiviral drug in hopes that it will help treat coronavirus patients. The state-run Wuhan Institute of Virology says it filed the patient for remdesivir, developed by California-based Gilead Sciences, on January 21. Originally developed as a treatment for Ebola, the medication has been shown to […]
Scotland Finance Chief Resigns After Reports of Inappropriate Texting Relationship with Teen Boy, 16, Emerge…
Scotland’s Finance Secretary Derek Mackay resigned Thursday, just hours before he was set to deliver the annual budget, following reports that he sent hundreds of messages to a 16-year-old boy he befriended on social media back in early August. The 42-year-old finance minister issued a statement announcing the immediate resignation from his post, as well […]
Did China’s TenCent Accidentally Leak the True Terrifying Coronavirus Statistics?…
Ten days ago, shortly after China first started reporting the cases and deaths associated with the coronavirus epidemic, a UK researcher predicted that over 250,000 Chinese would be infected with the virus by February 4. And while according to official Chinese data, the number of infections has indeed soared in the past two weeks, at […]
Wuhan’s Defiant Citizen Video Journalists…
Chinese Central Television in recent days has been broadcasting scenes of workers constructing a vast hospital on the outskirts of Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic that has already claimed hundreds of lives. Accompanied by swelling chords of heroic music, the broadcast is clearly designed to give the impression of a Chinese government that […]
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4 Plagues Are Marching Across Asia Simultaneously: Coronavirus, African Swine Fever, H5N1 Bird Flu, & H1N1 Swine Flu…
The coronavirus outbreak that is raging all over China right now has been making headlines on a daily basis all over the globe, and rightly so. At this point we don’t know if it will ultimately become a horrifying global pandemic that will affect tens of millions of people, but what we do know is […]
Syrian Army Progress Leads to New Scuffle Between Turkey and Russia…
The continuing Syrian army operation to liberate Idelb governorate is leading to a new clash between Turkey and Russia. The governorate of Idleb is still largely occupied by Turkish controlled ‘rebels’ and al-Qaeda aligned Jihadi groups like Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). The Astana agreement between Turkey and Russia, signed in September 2018, included a ceasefire […]
Now China Is Hit by Bird Flu Outbreak…
China has reportedly seen an outbreak of a ‘highly pathogenic’ strain of H5N1 bird flu which has already killed 4,500 chickens. The outbreak was initially reported at a farm in Shaoyang city in the southern province of Hunan, south of the epicentre of the Coronavirus in Wuhan. According to the Reuters report, Chinese authorities have […]
Farage Declares ‘The War Is Over! We Have Won!’ at Brexit Day London Rally…
Addressing a crowd gathered in Parliament Square in London, Brexit Party leader Nigel Farage told fellow Brexiteers “the war is over” as Britain formally leaves the European Union. Former MEP Farage addressed a crowd of thousands gathered in Parliament Square in Westminster to celebrate the formal exit of the United Kingdom from the political bloc […]
Cheers, Tears, and Singing as UK Lawmakers Leave European Parliament for Last Time…
The U.K.’s raging divisions over Brexit showed few signs of dissipating as the country’s elected representatives in Brussels bowed in fractious style—with tears, laughter, and singing. Most of the U.K.’s 73 members of the European Parliament left their seats for the last time moments after the chamber voted overwhelmingly by 621 in favour to 49 […]
U.S. Refuses UK’s Request to Extradite Anne Sacoolas Who Hit and Killed Motorcyclist Harry Dunn…
Harry Dunn’s furious family have slammed the ‘indefensible’ US decision to block the deportation of Anne Sacoolas in a ‘dark day for the special relationship’ and demanded a meeting with Boris Johnson. America yesterday refused to hand over a diplomat’s wife who is accused of killing a 19-year-old British biker in a crash near a […]
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