British Government Laundered Fake U.S. 'Intelligence' On Ukraine By Moon Of Alabama
	U.S. 'intelligence'. What a joke.

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UK’s Johnson Hails Diplomacy While Stoking Russia War By Finian Cunningham
	“We see London seeming to do its utmost to make sure diplomacy fails

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“Do You Want a War Between Russia and NATO?” By Pepe Escobar
	“Citizens of Iraq, Libya, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia have seen how peaceful is NATO.”

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The Ultimate End of NATO By Matt Taibbi
	America puts the Canadian Prime Minister's unmentionables in a vise over a truck protest

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Wanting Peace With Russia To Focus Aggressions On China Is Just Being An Imperialist Warmonger By Caitlin Johnstone
	This insanely imperialist and white supremacist doctrine is still being cited by high-profile politicians

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America’s real adversaries are its European and other allies: The U.S. aim is to keep them from trading with China and Russia By Michael Hudson
	Neoliberalism has been a path to becoming a failed economy and indeed, a failed state, obliged to suffer debt deflation

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How Can the US Accuse Any Nation of Violating ‘Rules-Based International Order’? By Dave LIndorff
	Rules-based order? What the F**k is Blinken talking about?

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How Empires Die By Charles Hugh Smithf
	Artifice, fantasy, magical thinking, excuses and absurd cover stories are not part of problem-solving.

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The Great International Convoy Fiasco By Matt Taibbi
	America puts the Canadian Prime Minister's unmentionables in a vise over a truck protest

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MIDDLE EAST

Bought and paid for: Bennett Says Biden Supports Israel’s ‘Freedom of Action’ Against Iran

Bought and paid for: As Iran nuclear talks enter final stretch, opposition grows in US

Iran unveils new missile said to put Israel, US regional bases within range

Daesh detention centres are ticking time bombs in Iraq

Iraqi court bars veteran Zebari from running for presidency

Palestinian President is following footsteps of Arab Dictators

US: Civilian Toll in Syria Raid May Be Higher Than Thought

Russia cites ‘deep concern’ over ongoing Israeli strikes in Syria

Syria: Protests mount amid anger over 'unfair' cuts to government subsidies

5 UN staff abducted in southern Yemen

AFRICA

French air raids kill 40 fighters in Burkina Faso

13 Million People Facing Climate-Driven Starvation in Horn of Africa: WFP

ASIA

‘USA Stole Money From Starving Afghans’:

Afghans Protest U.S. Order to Give $3.5 Billion to 9/11 Victims

US Army Voices Frustration With White House, Praises Taliban in Declassified Doc on Afghan Pullout

Muslim girls in India denounce hijab ban

EUROPE

Ukraine's President Demands Proof From US Over Alarmist Russian Invasion Claims

Ukraine replies to Russian demands: The Ukrainian foreign minister has accused Russia of making “unacceptable” demands

Pentagon to send 3,000 more troops to Poland

Pentagon: US Temporarily Relocating 160 US Military Advisers From Ukraine

Russia says it caught US submarine in its waters and 'drove it out'

US Sends B-52 Nuclear Bombers to UK Amid Ukraine Tensions

Moscow Hands Note to US Military Attache Over US Sub Violating Russian Waters

Poll shows how many Americans want US to fight Russia

GLOBE

Scientists Fear Soaring Methane Levels Show Climate Feedback Loop Has Arrived

AMERICAS

Bolivia: Evo Morales Warns of DEA-driven Destabilisation Plan

Canada: ‘Freedom Convoy’ Pushed Back From Key Bridge

WATCH police crack down on ‘Freedom Convoy’ protesters

Covid deaths highest in a year as omicron targets the unvaccinated and elderly

"Something Isn't Right" - 38 Lawmakers Demand Biden Undergo Cognitive Testing As Soon As Possible

Durham: Clinton allies spied on the Executive Office of the President

Rampant Drug Shortages! Right Now There Are Shortages Of 116 Different Pharmaceutical Drugs In The United States

Tesla Will Pay $0 Federal Tax Despite Elon Musk’s $11 Billion Personal Tax Bill

Florida Walmart is securing $20 ribeyes with mesh wiring and electronic security tag to prevent theft - as crime soars nationally

Pelosi buckles, pushes stock-trading ban

U.S. Says ‘Wants Peace Not War’ as It Arms Ukraine to the Teeth By Finian Cunningham
	The militarization in Ukraine is being led by the United States, along with its trusty British bulldog.

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Real Conservatives Are Anti-War. Ukraine Is Exposing the Real Divide in the GOP By Ben Weingarten
	This is how we got to the point where we think about Republicans as being the warmongers—because it's what they became.

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Let's Call Sanctions What They Are— War By Sam Carliner
	It is safe to assume that even news consumers who do not pay close attention to foreign policy

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Are Americans Finally Tiring of War? By Newsweek
	Americans are finally tuning out the stars of the Fourth Estate.

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Mr. Xi plays Davos Man By Pepe Escobar
	Our current – global – predicament may be just a “small disturbance” compared to what comes next.

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At the Bottom of the Empire: Homelessness, Housing Injustice, and Jesse Jackson’s Call to “Eradicate Poverty” By David Masciotra
	Let us be dissatisfied until men everywhere are imbued with a passion for justice.”

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We Have Had a Narrow Escape from Tyranny But the War on Freedom Is Not Over By Paul Craig Roberts
	How a fake “deadly pandemic” was orchestrated with worldwide participation in the fraud.

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MIDDLE EAST

Over 330 people killed since IS attacked Syria prison

Dam in Syria Was on a ‘No- Strike’ List. The U.S. Bombed It Anyway.

87 killed in Saudi attack on Yemen prison, aid group says

Saudi Coalition Attacks Yemen Youth Soccer Game; Civilians Killed

Aid groups warn Houthi 'terror' designation could push Yemen closer to famine

Iraqi airstrikes kill 9 IS militants, including 4 Lebanese

Israel probes alleged police cyber-spying on citizens

Israel world #1 in daily COVID cases per capita;

AFRICA

French army says nearly 60 'terrorists' killed in Burkina Faso

Dozens of people have been killed, others injured as terrorists attack Niger community

IS Attack in Libya Kills 3 Security Personnel: Ministry

Sudanese anti-coup protester killed in security crackdown

ASIA

Several Pakistani soldiers killed in southwest checkpost attack

Video Footage Shows Disastrous U.S. Drone Strike That Killed Kabul Family

EUROPE

Dial Down the Russian War Talk to Save Our Economy, Ukraine Tells West

Ukraine's president lashes out at too much 'panic' over Russia tensions

Biden Warns Zelensky That February Invasion Is 'Distinct Possibility'

House Republicans Demand Release of Biden-Zelensky Transcript

US allows NATO allies to send American-made weapons to Ukraine

Putin, Xi to Discuss European Security Amid Ukraine Standoff - Kremlin

Why Germany isn't sending weapons to Ukraine

German navy chief quits after saying Putin deserves respect over Ukraine

US sanctions Ukrainian officials accused of helping Russia

US Senate panel close to approving ‘mother of all sanctions’ against Russia

Fewer Than 1 in 6 Americans Want U.S. Soldiers in Any Ukraine-Russia War: Poll

'Bloody Sunday' Still Scars Northern Ireland 50 Years On

Julian Assange wins right to seek appeal against extradition to the US

AUSTRALASIA

Australia records deadliest day of pandemic with 80 deaths

GLOBE

AMERICAS

Venezuela and Honduras Re-establish Diplomatic Relations

Presidents Maduro & Putin to Deepen Bilateral Cooperation

New Migrants Caravan Leaves Tapachula Heading To The US

Trump says Biden should send troops to Mexico border before it helps Ukraine

Do Republicans love Donald Trump as they once did?

After a Year of Biden, Why Do We Still Have Trump’s Foreign Policy?

President Biden Is a Tool of Big Pharma

F.B.I. Secretly Bought Israeli Spyware and Explored Hacking U.S. Phones

The speed camera nightmare that's coming to America

Kremlin identifies ‘red line’ in NATO-Russia relations By RT
	NATO created a situation Russia “couldn’t tolerate any more,” Putin's spokesman

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Peeking Past the Pall Put Over Arms Talks With Russia By Ray McGovern
	Biden’s pledge not to deploy offensive arms in Ukraine amounted to acknowledgment of Russia’s security concerns.

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Biden Should Declare NATO Membership Closed By Patrick J. Buchanan
	Ending NATO enlargement could be a victory for all of us.

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False Flags Suddenly No Longer A Crazy Conspiracy Theory By Caitlin Johnstone
	The US government is now more dangerous than ever.

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Iraq war: Secret memo reveals Bush-Blair plans to topple Saddam Hussein By David Hearst
	Bush said that acting against Saddam would enhance rather than diminish regional stability.

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How Bush and Blair plotted war in Iraq: Read the secret memo in full By MEE staff
	The text of that memo is published for the first time.

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Zionist Power Over Washington By Philip Giraldi
	Ending NATO enlargement could be a victory for all of us.

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America’s new class war By Chris Hedges
	Exploited employees across the country are rising up

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MIDDLE EAST

20 killed in Saudi attack on Yemen

Explosions kill three as Yemen’s Houthi group mounts rare missile attacks on United Arab Emirates

Syrian Media Reports US Theft of Additional Oil Supplies, Relocation of Military Equipment to Iraq

US lawmakers demand probe into Palestinian American's death after Israeli detention

Israeli police attempt to forcibly remove Palestinian family from their home

AFRICA

Four people killed, 10 wounded in bombing in Somali capital

ASIA

U.N. Chief Appeals for Release of Money to Save Afghan Lives

Women Protestors in Kabul Urge US to Release Bank Assets

Taliban says all Afghan girls will be back in school by March

China to Curb Purchases of U.S. Farm Goods

EUROPE

US senators promise weapons for Ukraine in warning to Putin

Propaganda alert: White House Says Russia Is Planning ‘False Flag’ Operation as Pretext for Invading Ukraine

Moscow claims everything is normal after report says Russia has been quietly emptying out its diplomatic outposts in Ukraine

West no longer mulling cutting off Russia from Swift

Ukraine’s President secretly met with CIA boss

US, NATO Reject Russia’s Call for Halt of Eastward Expansion

Canada Deploys Small Contingent of Special Forces Operators to Ukraine

Britain Says It Is Supplying Anti-Tank Weapons to Ukraine

NATO, Ukraine Sign Deal to ‘Deepen’ Cyber Cooperation

A top Russian diplomat refused to rule out a military deployment to Cuba and Venezuela if tensions with the United States escalate.

Former Ukrainian president lands in Kyiv to face treason case

Covid-19: Germany passes 100,000 new infections in past 24 hours

Czechs scrap mandatory COVID-19 jabs, daily cases hit record

Jonathan Cook: Rachel Riley libel ruling is the latest judicial attack on political speech: The British judiciary is accumulating more weapons to crush political speech that challenges establishment narratives

Boris Johnson's 'political death' is near, claim Conservative MPs, suspecting that no-confidence letters are piling up

Boris Johnson, Facing a Mutiny, Says England Will Ease Virus Rules

AUSTRALASIA

‘The opposite of planning’: how Australia put the economy before health of the nation

GLOBE

Doomsday Clock panel to set risk of global catastrophe

Early Omicron Breakthroughs Show MRNA Vaccines’ Weakness

China's Chang'E 5 lunar lander is first in history to find water on the moon up close

AMERICAS

US faces wave of omicron deaths in coming weeks, models say: COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are climbing and modelers forecast 50,000 to 300,000 more Americans could die by the time the wave subsides in mid-March

Epstein worked to ‘whitewash’ Clinton ties – media – media

New York AG says Trump’s company misled banks, tax officials

N.Y. Attorney General Outlines Pattern of Possible Fraud at Trump Business

How to order free at-home Covid tests: White House website goes live

America's 'Suez moment': Another strategic mistake would be its last By David Hearst
	What unravelled this year was no less than three decades of bungled US global governance.

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2022: The Year the US achieves Collapse By Dmitry Orlov
	Once upon a time Moscow was weak and Washington strong, but now the balance has shifted in Moscow’s favor and the time for Washington’s punishment has finally come.

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Neocons bent on starting another disaster in Ukraine By James Carden
	US foreign policy is evidently held hostage by a venal, avaricious and, above all, reckless claque of elites

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Why is Biden Pushing Putin on Ukraine? – Larry Wilkerson Video and Transcript
	We began immediately doing things that made Russia, even under Yeltsin, doubt our word.

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Clouds on the horizon By The Saker
	There is absolutely overwhelming evidence that the Russians are NOT bluffing,

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America’s Foreign Policy Death Spiral By Walter L. Hixson
	What is certain is that Congress will continue to give Israel, $3.8 billion a year and $146 billion since 1948.

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A More Aggressive Israel Lobby Is Coming in 2022 By Philip Giraldi
	Where does this ever end to satisfy the Jewish lobby?

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Ghislaine Maxwell Convicted By Philip Giraldi
	“Who among the celebrities and top-level politicians that Epstein cultivated were actually Israeli spies?”

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Protecting the Nazis: The Extraordinary Vote of Ukraine and the USA By Craig Murray
	Why does the United States Government believe that avowed Nazis have freedom of speech, but that Julian Assange does not?

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Honoring the Reverend Desmond Tutu By Cesar Chelala

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MIDDLE EAST

Act of war! Israeli attack sets port of Latakia ablaze

Terrorist groups spreading insecurity in northern Syria under US, Turkey support: Damascus

Israel codifies shoot-to-kill policy against Palestinians

Germany will not export arms to Saudi Arabia over Yemen war, new government says

Iran ready to resume tension-easing talks with Saudi Arabia

AFRICA

Somalia's PM Accuses President of 'Coup Attempt' After Powers Suspended

ASIA

Indonesia rejects Rohingya refugees, sends boat to Malaysia

Jesus statue smashed in spate of attacks on India’s Christian community

EUROPE

7 dead after refugee boat capsizes in Greece waters

There will be no more NATO expansion – Russia

Russia to Take Hardline Approach in Defending National Interests at Talks With US, FM Lavrov Says

Putin says he will consider 'diverse' options if West refuses security guarantees on Ukraine

US displaying dangerous trend of lowering threshold for use of nukes, warns diplomat

German Greens Crusade for US/NATO Wars

Putin says Europe only has itself to blame for surging gas prices: Some of its members resell cheap Russian gas at much higher prices within the bloc, Russian President Vladimir Putin said

Delaying Nord Stream 2 is not problem for Russia, but for European consumers — official

Whistleblower Craig Murray Speaks Out After Being Imprisoned Over Blog Posts

Editorial: Boris Johnson’s Britain: cry, the corrupt country

UK: Labour intensifies purge of socialists, dissenting Jews

AUSTRALASIA

Complete collapse of leadership’: Australia’s recent Covid response amounts to world-class bungling

Long Covid is the elephant in the room, but it seems invisible to Australian politicians

GLOBE

Omicron up to 70% less likely to need hospital care

Bought and paid for: For Third Year, Committee To Protect Journalists Excludes Assange From Jailed Journalist Index

Prof. Wolff Responds: World Inequality Report 2022

AMERICAS

Venezuela: 87% Of Vaccinated Against COVID-19

US-Backed Opposition Continues to Loot Venezuelan Assets

Shame on you: Biden signs enormous US military budget into law

US Ends War But Increases Military Budget

Shame on you: Hey, look what I did! Lawmakers scramble to take credit for "popular" Military–industrial complex provisionse

The LAPD Murder of a 14-Year-Old Girl

Nearly 25% of Navy Warship Crew Has COVID-19

New York City Schools to Test Each Student for Coronavirus Amid Surge in Cases

Speculation grows that Maxwell may try to cut a deal for reduced sentence

A key inflation measure just hit a nearly four-decade high

Housing boom: US home prices climbed 18.4 percent in October