Trump Has ‘Repeatedly Expressed Interest’ in Buying Greenland for the US Vast natural resources as the ice is melting Vivian Salama 16 Aug 19 471 13
Those Pesky Chinese Appeasment Time Is Over, China Reportedly to Restart Work on All Iran Oil Projects Work on a massive field was previously halted so as not to antagonize the trade-warring US Simon Watkins 16 Aug 19 1773 3
Those Pesky RussiansVenezuela Under Siege Russia Signs Deal to Send Navy to Venezuela After ‘Unacceptable’ US Moves Venezuelan military looking forward to more "exchange in education, training and combined exercises on land, water and air" Tom O’Connor 16 Aug 19 1762 7
Financial Fortress Russia Russian Reserves March Toward $600 Billion Will soon overtake Saudi Arabia for 4th largest reserves in the world after China, Japan and Switzerland Radio Free Europe 15 Aug 19 1182 4
Trade War Joys The Decoupling Strategy of the US China Hawks Is Proceeding as Planned This was never about a trade deal, but about setting up a Cold War containment of China Peter Lee 15 Aug 19 1677 11
Our Benevolent Empire US Navy Tries to Visit Hong Kong in Midst of Violent Pro-US Protests How friendly of the US military! Tom O’Connor 15 Aug 19 759 7
Our Benevolent Empire Trump Admin Dangles Trade Deal for Brexited Britain If It Adops Washington’s Line on Iran and China Brussels' vindictiveness, Bojo's weakness to push Britain into the lap of the US Finian Cunningham 15 Aug 19 280 5
Hong Kong Protesters’ Bid to Provoke Army Invasion Fails as Airport Reopens Hong Kong can't survive without its airport, its blockade by protesters is tantamount to forcing CCP's hand Dominic Green 15 Aug 19 729 4
Russian Aggression NATO Complains Russia Was Mean to Its Fighter Harrasing Defense Minister Shoigu Typical Russian aggression Jason Ditz 15 Aug 19 1697 35
Idlib Offensive Syria’s Idlib Offensive Finally Making Decent Progress Again Encirclement of southernmost rebels now threatened The Twisted Genius 14 Aug 19 1077 3
North Korean Defector and Son Found 2 Months After Starvation Deaths in Seoul Apartment Having withdrawn their last 3 dollars Tom O’Connor 14 Aug 19 947 10
Trade War Joys Trump’s Agriculture Chief Mocks Farmers Harmed by Trade War as ‘Whiners’ As most of the subsidies and bailouts go to corporate farms Jake Johnson 14 Aug 19 764 7
Goodbye Petrodollar China Scoops Up More Gold for Reserves During Trade War Has now added 94 tonnes since the current buying run started in December Ranjeetha Pakiam 14 Aug 19 637 9
Those Pesky Chinese China Counters US’ Venezuela Embargo With a $3 Billion Oil Investment Will build an oil blending facility allowing Venezuela to more easily sell its sour crude in Asia Paul Dobson 14 Aug 19 2956 8
Russian Aggression NATO Harasses Plane With Russian Defense Minister on Board, Russian Fighter Gets Into Its Face The Spanish F/A-18 broke off escort when the Russian Su-27 indicated it would fly into it Jason Ditz 14 Aug 19 1290 4
Foreign Policy Focus Podcast Podcast: Is the Peace Process Threatened in Colombia and Afghanistan? New President may destroy the deal with the FARC Kyle Anzalone 14 Aug 19 130 0
BREAKING: Epstein’s Prison Guard Was Tragically Killed in Auto Accident Tomorrow “It’s just a shame. Nothing like this has ever happened in American politics," co-worker Harvey Lee Oswald has said Exavier Saskagoochie 14 Aug 19 3005 2
Junior Empire Woes Germany Stalls and Europe Craters: Hello EU Crisis, Franco-German Struggle for Its Soul, and Rising Trade Tension With the US Brexit to shift balance from the North to the Med Alastair Crooke 13 Aug 19 810 3
Empire Woes Cash-Strapped Turkey Received $1 Billion From Currency Swap With China Just when Erdogan and the Turkish lira needed it most Jim Carey 13 Aug 19 998 3
Eritas Maj. Tulsi Gabbard Receives Surprise Deployment Orders to Antarctica "The Democratic presidential candidate has been a unique critical voice against American military imperialism" Duffel Blog 13 Aug 19 9595 13
Those Pesky Chinese China Now Has More Fortune 500 Companies Than the US Unprecedented for anyone to have more corporations among the 500 largest since at least WWII Gu Liping 13 Aug 19 575 0
Empire Woes US-Backed Coalition Fighting Itself in Yemen as Saudi Quislings Ousted From Backup Capital Iit just so happens that no one in any part of Yemen wants to be governed by the US-backed Hadi Daniel Larison 13 Aug 19 470 1
BREAKING: Epstein to Be Accidentally Cremated Before Full Autopsy The deep state deeply regrets its forthcoming mistake Exavier Saskagoochie 13 Aug 19 3518 5
Jeffrey Epstein’s Cellmate Was Transferred Out on Eve of His Death "For reasons that investigators are still exploring" Joshua Caplan 12 Aug 19 1096 7
NATO Squabbles Turkish Military Reviewing Russia’s Su-35 for Its Next Generation Fighter — Pro-Erdogan Media Government has asked the military to weigh in on the Russian offer Ahval 12 Aug 19 2271 4
UAE-Backed Yemeni Seperatists Eject Saudi-Backed Government From Its “Interim” Capital The claimed official capital is of course under the control of the Houthis Jason Ditz 12 Aug 19 380 1
Foreign Policy Focus Podcast Another Saudi Failure in Yemen MbS loses his capital to separatists Kyle Anzalone 12 Aug 19 445 0
Our Benevolent Empire For Those With Long Memories, Epstein’s “Suicide” Has a Precedent Thank god for a coincidence! Norman G. Finkelstein 12 Aug 19 613 4
US-China Trade War Casualty Figures Are in and They Show China Is Winning Trade war shows China has far more the US can not go without than the other way around James Kynge 12 Aug 19 1477 4
Japan Wades Into Russia’s Arctic LNG Despite US Displeasure Japan to partner up with Russia and China in developing a massive gas field Francesco Sassi 12 Aug 19 1871 3