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Putin's
Sledgehammer
By Mike Whitney
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Russia’s military operation is
going to greatly increase the
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MIDDLE EAST
Israeli air attacks
in Syria kill four soldiers, wound one
Turkey says 3 killed
in Kurdish rocket strikes launched from
Syria
Erdogan signals
possible ground offensive in northern Syria
US military convoys
forced to retreat after Syrian troops block
road in Hasakah
Syrian tribes refuse
to cooperate with US occupation
Iraq: Four soldiers
killed in pre-dawn assault in disputed
northern area
Iraq's 'theft of the
century': How $2.5bn in public money
'evaporated'
Three Israelis killed
in attack in occupied West Bank
Palestine: Boy shot
dead by Israeli forces 'en route to school'
There's Only One Way
to Describe This Settler Attack: A Pogrom:
Palestinian family was harvesting
olives when a group of settlers swooped down
and attacked them with clubs, pipes and
stones.
UN Special Rapporteur:
Israel's impunity 'eroding foundation of
international order'
Palestine: Watch:
There comes a time when silence is betrayal
How it feels to visit
an apartheid country: Racial profiling in
Israel is rampant
Iran protests: Three
reported killed in Kurdistan region
Watch: Iranians will
not bow to western/Saudi backed terrorists
and rioters.
Saudi
leader given US immunity over Khashoggi
killing
US wants to station
100 unmanned ships in the Persian Gulf
UN
boosts food aid budget to feed a third of
Lebanon
AFRICA
IS-linked militants
kill seven Egyptian troops in attack near
Suez Canal
ASIA
North Korea
test-fires ICBM with range to strike entire
US
U.S. To deploy B-1B
strategic bomber to South Korea
Red Cross: Afghans
will struggle for their lives this winter
EUROPE
Ukraine says half its
energy system crippled by Russian attacks,
Kyiv could 'shutdown'
Videos Suggest
Captive Russian Soldiers Were Killed at
Close Range
Sweden: Traces of
explosives found at Baltic Sea pipelines
Russia borrows
£11.4billion to continue funding war in
Ukraine
5 Aircraft Carriers
Set to Operate Together in Europe for NATO
Exercise
US, Russia to Hold
New START Talks in Egypt Starting November
29
Russia and China to
abandon dollar in energy trade – Moscow
France Warns of Power
Outages
Watch: Macron got
slapped again.
UK:
Public Order Bill: The Most Repressive
Legislation of the Modern Era
AUSTRALASIA
New Zealand's Ardern
talked co-operation with China
GLOBE
Eighty Countries Sign
Declaration to Curb Bombing in Urban Areas
Rich Countries Agree
to Pay for Climate Damages in Poor Nations
Not enough for people
and planet’:
Critics denounce COP27 deal: No progress’
was made to reduce emissions and abandon
fossil fuels.
AMERICAS
Maduro: Venezuela Has
Highest Economic Growth in Latin America:
The Central Bank of Venezuela
stated that in the first quarter of the
year, the economy grew 17.4 percent.
Watch: Xi Jinping confronts Justin Trudeau
at G20 over 'leaked' conversation details
Mass shooting at
LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs leaves
at least 5 dead, 18 wounded
Is there a link
between 'Aid to Ukraine,' the US Democratic
Party and the suspicious collapse of the FTX
Crypto exchange?
US court says Saudi
crown prince 'immune' from Khashoggi murder
suit
Attorney General
Merrick Garland names Jack Smith special
counsel in Trump criminal probes
Trump reacts to
Garland naming special counsel
Trump Claims He Is
'Not Going to Partake' in Special Counsel
Probes
Trump faces potential
fundraising problem as megadonors jump ship
Elon Musk reinstates
Donald Trump’s Twitter account
President Biden Is
Turning 80.
: Mr. Biden would be 86 at
the end of a second term
GOP turns focus to
Hunter Biden business dealings after winning
House
Watch: War Criminals:
Hillary Clinton & Condoleezza Rice on
America’s Global Role: Jon Stewart Podcast
Tulsi Gabbard Blasts
Biden for Sending Cash to Kiev While
Squeezing Americans Using IRS
Judge Orders
Unsealing of Names of 8 Anonymous
Individuals Relating to Jeffrey Epstein
Citing Orwell, Judge
Blocks 'Positively Dystopian' Censorship Law
Backed by DeSantis
A Quarter of
Americans at Risk of Winter Power Blackouts
Home sales fell for
the ninth straight month in October
60% of Americans are
living paycheck to paycheck
Children's Hospitals
Call on Biden to Declare Emergency Amid
'Alarming Surge' of RSV:
Seventeen states are reporting that
more than 80% of their pediatric hospital
beds are full
Anti-abortion groups
ask U.S. court to pull approval for abortion
drugs
Dozens of court docs
relating to pedophile Jeffrey Epstein's
associates - will be UNSEALED
Rev. Al Sharpton sees
his pay packet DOUBLE to $650,000:
His non-profit forked out $1m for
jets and limos
