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The Puppets &
the Puppet Masters
By
Chris Hedges |
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The United States has undergone a
corporate coup d’etat in slow
motion. It is no longer a
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MIDDLE EAST
Military bus blast in
Syria kills 18 soldiers: State media
U.S. Troops in Dispute
With Their Terrorist Mercenaries in Syria
TikTok profiting from
displaced Syrians begging for donations:
Social media giant taking up to 70
percent of proceeds
Palestinian militants
shoot dead Israeli soldier in West Bank
Biden Vows Consequences
for Saudi Arabia After OPEC+ Decision
US cancels key meeting
with Saudi Arabia, GCC, says report
UAE
president holds talks with 'friendly' Putin in
Russia as two leaders forge closer ties
Are Saudi Arabia and UAE
testing the limits of a new world order?
Lebanon, Israel clinch
maritime border deal, Israel says
Protests Reach 19 Cities
in Iran Despite Internet Disruption
Iran top judge orders
harsh sentences for ‘main riot elements’
AFRICA
ASIA
US Sees China as Only
Other Nation Capable of Reshaping Global Order
Biden Is
Now All-In on Taking Out China:
The U.S.
president has committed to rapid decoupling,
whatever the consequences.
U.S. Suppliers Halt
Operations at Top Chinese Memory Chip Maker
Lap
dog:
UK to designate China a
‘threat’ in hawkish foreign policy shift
Designating China a
‘threat’ will be ‘diplomatic failure’ for Truss,
will backfire on UK
Chinese "Flying Car"
Makes First Public Flight In Dubai
Pakistan bus fire kills
at least 18 flood survivors
Pak Ex PM Imran Khan Gets
Protective Bail In Foreign Funding Case: Reports
EUROPE
Russia Carries Out Fresh
Missile Strikes On Ukraine, 7 Killed: Report
Ukraine gets new air
defenses, allies deepen resolve after Russian
strikes
Biden Promises Zelensky
The Spigot Will Never Run Dry
Zelenskiy Appeals for $55
Billion to Cover Budget Gap and Reconstruction
NATO is developing a
10-year plan to rebuild the Ukrainian defense
industry,
Ukraine crowdfunding
raises almost $10m in 24 hours to buy kamikaze
drones
Russia's FSB arrests
eight for Crimean Bridge bombing
UK intelligence plotted
Crimean Bridge bombing – The Grayzone
Ukraine Says 32 Prisoners
of War Released by Russia
Putin
offers to boost gas supplies to Europe via Nord
Stream 2
Putin moots gas hub in
Turkey with Nord Stream supplies
Lavrov says Russia open
to talks with West, U.S. dismisses comments as
'posturing'
66 Countries at the UN
General Assembly Urge Ukraine-Russia
Negotiations
Finland rejects NATO’s
ambitions of creating a NATO Sea against Russia:
Finland seeks to develop its profile
“naturally” and according to changing
circumstances”
The French call for NATO
exit
France orders striking
fuel refinery employees back to work
UN says Finland violated
child rights in Syria camps
Spain to impose extra tax
on the wealthy
Europe Likely To Witness
Another Covid Wave, Warns WHO
Switzerland proposes
$1,000 fines for breaking ‘burqa ban’
AUSTRALASIA
Solomon Island police
head to China for training
"Tax On Cows' Burps And
Farts": New Zealand's New Climate Proposal
GLOBE
IMF cuts 2023 global
outlook over colliding global shocks
1 in 3 of World's Poorest
Countries Spend More on Debt Repayments Than
Education
Activists Disrupt Meeting
to Demand 'Loan Sharks' IMF and World Bank
Cancel All Debt
Scientists grow human
brain cells in rats to study diseases
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs sheds
light on the "alternative hypothesis" that COVID
could be a biotech blunder.
AMERICAS
Death Toll Rises to 39 in
Mudslide in Northern Venezuela
Israel 'protecting'
Mexican human rights abuser
Force the US to Stop
Backing Notorious White Warlords in Haiti
El Paso struggles to
house migrants after shelter closes as border
crossings surge
Thousands still without
power weeks after Hurricane Fiona hit Puerto
Rico
Guantanamo detainee used
as 'prop' for torture training losing battle for
medical care
Core US Inflation Rises
to 40-Year High, Securing Big Fed Hike
With rising rates and
rising debt, the taxpayer bill is finally coming
due
Who will buy most of the
U.S.’s $31 trillion in debt — and at what price
Wall Street’s ‘fear
gauge’ is flashing a warning that stocks could
be about to fall off a cliff
House Dems Slam
'Economically Catastrophic' GOP Ploy to Gut
Social Security and Medicare
Trust in the Federal
Government Falls Below a Majority for the First
Time:
Fewer than half of Americans had faith
in the judicial branch.
Meet the 10 biggest
megadonors for the 2022 midterm elections:
Democrats have the biggest spender, but
Republicans get most of the top megadonors'
money
Leading GOP megadonor to
stay neutral in 2024 primary :
Republican benefactor Miriam Adelson has told
would-be GOP presidential candidates that she
doesn’t intend to get involved in the party’s
2024 primary
‘Senile’ Joe Biden is
controlled by ‘faceless figures’: Tucker Carlson
How Trump’s legal
expenses consumed GOP donor money
FBI Offered Christopher
Steele $1 Million to Prove Dossier Allegations
Against Trump: FBI Analyst
Donald Trump wins ruling
in rape accuser Carroll's defamation lawsuit
