Pentagon ‘out of money’ for Ukraine
The US government has exhausted its funds for
military assistance to Ukraine, Pentagon spokesman Major 💹 General Patrick Ryder has
said
South Korea orders island evacuation over ‘provocation’
South Korea ordered
civilians on an island near the border 💹 with the North to take shelter after accusing
Pyongyang of a “provocation”
US supersonic bomber crashes
A US B-1B Lancer bomber has
💹 crashed outside Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota, military officials have
said
Another Biden official resigns over Israel policy
A US 💹 Department of Education
official has resigned in protest at President Joe Biden’s support of Israel
Epstein
document dump is ‘coverup’ – 💹 plaintiff
The US government has allegedly deliberately
squelched critical evidence on who was blackmailed by Jeffrey Epstein
US warns Ukraine
it may 💹 not continue same levels of support
The US is set to slash military funding for
Ukraine once it becomes able to 💹 “stand on its own feet,” a US State Department
spokesman says
Teenage gunman brings ‘bomb’ to school
A 17-year-old student at an 💹 Iowa
high school has killed himself and another student and wounded five more people
Timofey
Bordachev: BRICS expansion was the most 💹 important foreign policy event of 2024, what
will match it in 2024?
The West will continue to lose influence this year, 💹 but it won’t
go quietly into that good night
SpaceX fired Musk critics – watchdog
A US labor
regulator has alleged that 💹 SpaceX fired employees after they criticized the aerospace
company’s chief executive Elon Musk
Polish opposition calls for mass protests to
protect 💹 ‘democracy’
Poland’s PiS party, recently ousted from power, is concerned for
“media freedom” there and has flagged an anti-government protest next 💹 week
Ukraine can
work with Trump – FM
Kiev is confident that Washington will keep funding its war effort
no matter who 💹 is president, according to Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba
Epstein docs
reveal high-level complicity
Newly-unsealed court documents have exposed the extent of
notorious 💹 pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s operations
‘Israel is killing us without mercy’:
As the fighting in Gaza continues, civilians are starting to lose 💹 hope
As a
humanitarian catastrophe unfolds in Palestine that no international organization can
cope with, locals tell their stories of survival
Bomb 💹 threats trigger mass evacuations
across US
Bomb threats emailed to officials in several US states have disrupted
government operations
Israel won’t take 💹 orders from US – security minister
An Israeli
minister has rejected Washington’s criticism over proposals to resettle Palestinians
outside of Gaza
US 💹 and South Korea hold live-fire drills near North’s border
The US and
South Korea have conducted heavy-weapons drills close to the 💹 North Korean border, Seoul
has confirmed
Ukraine suffering severe frontline ammo shortages – El Pais
Ukrainian
troops are facing ammunition shortages and 💹 often have to make do with just about any
weaponry available, El Pais is reporting
Trump appeals Colorado ballot ban
Former US
💹 President Donald Trump has appealed a court decision removing him from the state’s
primary ballot
Israel partially withdraws from Gaza after 💹 ‘listening’ to US –
Politico
The reduction by Israel of its forces in Gaza shows that it’s ‘listening’ to
the US 💹 and turning to low-intensity operations, the outlet said
Germany issues update
on long-range rockets for Ukraine
German government spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit
reiterates 💹 that Berlin is not planning to arm Kiev with long-range Taurus cruise
missiles
'Not clear' what Ukraine is doing with American 💹 tanks – Forbes
Ukraine will
lose some of its US-supplied Abrams M1 tanks once they’re deployed on the battlefield
against Russia, 💹 Forbes has said
Ukraine has no plan B if US stops aid – foreign
minister
Ukraine has no alternative to US aid 💹 in its conflict with Russia, Kiev’s
Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has said
US denies it had role in Iran terror attack
US
💹 President Joe Biden’s administration has denied involvement in Iran bombings or the
drone strike that killed a Hamas leader in 💹 Lebanon
US court unseals Epstein-linked
names
The names of nearly 200 people cited in a 2024 lawsuit linked to late sex
offender 💹 Jeffrey Epstein have been released by a US court
The US can’t stop China’s
rise, but it will cripple the EU 💹 while trying
Washington’s desperate attempts to curb
Beijing’s high-tech development are hurting American allies more than the Chinese
No
signs of genocide 💹 in Gaza – US
US President Joe Biden’s administration says Israel
hasn’t committed acts of genocide against Palestinians in the war 💹 with Hamas
As the new
international order takes hold, what can we expect from China and the rest of Asia in
💹 2024?
The US has managed to fuel conflict in Europe, but states further east aren’t as
willing to play Washington’s game
White 💹 House blames Republicans for illegal
immigration crisis
White House has responded to the political fallout over a record
influx of illegal 💹 immigrants by trying to shift blame
Hezbollah ‘not afraid of war’
with Israel – leader
Hassan Nasrallah talked tough but stopped short 💹 of announcing a
response to the drone assassination of Hamas official Saleh al-Arouri
Argentina wants
UK to discuss giving Falklands back
Argentina 💹 is seeking to regain authority over
British-controlled Falklands and calling on London to engage in talks to sort the
dispute 💹 out
Türkiye calls out Western hypocrisy on Ukraine and Gaza
The US and its
allies lost all credibility by tossing aside their 💹 ‘principles’ about Ukraine when it
came to Gaza, the Turkish FM has said
EU nation’s government split on Ukraine
aid
Slovak President 💹 Zuzana Caputova calls for helping Ukraine defend itself to halt
Russian aggression
Serbia reveals final election results
President Aleksandar Vucic’s
Progressives have 💹 won a clear victory over Serbia’s pro-Western opposition, which
challenged vote as ‘rigged’
NATO to help members buy Patriot missiles
NATO to 💹 help
Germany and several other member nations procure up to 1,000 Patriot missiles amid
escalating Russia-Ukraine conflict
Exiled opposition leader lists 💹 'fatal' Zelensky
mistakes
Exiled Ukrainian opposition figure Viktor Medvedchuk claims President Vladimir
Zelensky has relied on amateurs and overestimated Western aid
Woman 💹 arrested after
Tokyo stabbing spree – media
A woman went on a stabbing rampage aboard a train in
Tokyo, leaving at 💹 least four dead, according to reports
Ukraine considers exempting men
earning over 5 a month from military draft – Forbes
Ukrainian authorities 💹 consider
granting military draft exemptions to high earners whose monthly income exceeds 5,
Forbes has reported
Almost 100 killed in 'terror 💹 attack' at memorial to Iranian
general
More than 100 people have died in blasts at a memorial for the revered Iranian
💹 general Qassem Soleimani on Wednesday, reports say
Architect of Russia sanctions facing
fresh corruption allegations
US Senator Bob Menendez has been accused 💹 of accepting
bribes from Qatar in a new federal indictment
US secretly prolongs military base deal
with Qatar – CNN
American troops 💹 will remain at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar for another
ten years or more, US officials told CNN
Polish chess 💹 grandmaster refuses handshake
with Russian opponent (VIDEO)
Russian chess player Denis Khismatullin didn’t file a
complaint after a Polish rival refused 💹 traditional pre-match handshake with
him
Hezbollah vows revenge for Israeli strike on Beirut
Hezbollah has said it’s ready
to fight after Hamas 💹 deputy leader Saleh al-Arouri was killed in a drone strike in
Beirut
Bernie Sanders calls for defunding of Israeli war on 💹 Gaza
Bernie Sanders has
said he will oppose any aid to Netanyahu’s “illegal and immoral” war against the
Palestinians
Trump fights 2024 💹 election ban
Former US President Donald Trump appeals
Maine’s ruling banning him from the state’s 2024 presidential election ballot
US
rejects Gaza 💹 ethnic cleansing proposal
US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller
condemned Israeli ministers’ calls to remove Palestinians from Gaza
Hamas deputy killed
in 💹 Beirut blast
Saleh al-Arouri, the deputy head of Hamas’ political wing, has been
killed in an apparent Israeli drone strike in 💹 Lebanon
Saudi Arabia officially joins
BRICS – state media
BRICS has welcomed five new members into its ranks, with the group
expected 💹 to grow even larger later this year
More Americans doubt Biden won 2024
election – poll
US voters increasingly doubt the legitimacy 💹 of Joe Biden’s victory in
the 2024 presidential election, poll shows
Harvard's first black president resigns amid
plagiarism scandal
Harvard University President 💹 Claudine Gay has resigned amid mounting
accusations of academic plagiarism
Police called to Soros' New York home
Southampton
police were called to 💹 billionaire currency speculator George Soros’ home over the
weekend
France to ‘change approach’ to Ukraine – ambassador
Paris wants to support
Kiev’s 💹 domestic weapons production rather than continuing to send donations, Ambassador
Gael Veyssiere has said
NATO state won't let UK send minesweepers 💹 to Ukraine
Türkiye
says it will not allow two British minesweeping ships donated to Ukraine to enter the
Black Sea
US ally 💹 warns Israel of 'serious consequences' for spying
Türkiye has
detained 33 people for allegedly plotting to trail, attack and kidnap foreign 💹 nationals
on Israel’s behalf
Most German tanks given to Ukraine no longer working – MP
Only a
“small number” of the Leopard 💹 2A6 tanks given to Ukraine by Germany are still working,
German politician Sebastian Schafer said
BRICS represents ‘future of humanity’ –
💹 Venezuelan president
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has criticized his Argentinian
counterpart Javier Milei for rejecting an invitation to join BRICS
2024 is 💹 going to be
‘even more crazy’ – Elon Musk
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has predicted that 2024 will be
“even more 💹 crazy” than the last four years
Passenger jet catches fire in Tokyo
(VIDEOS)
A passenger jet has caught fire at Tokyo’s Haneda 💹 Airport, with media reports
alleging it may have collided with a coast guard aircraft
Iran deploys navy to Red Sea
– 💹 state media
Iran has deployed its Alborz destroyer to the Red Sea amid a US-led navy
operation against Yemen’s Houthi militants
Israel 💹 rejects hostage deal with Hamas –
media
Israel has rejected a prisoner swap deal with Hamas that could have brought a
💹 sustainable end to the hostilities, Axios reports
South Korean opposition leader
stabbed in neck (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
The head of South Korea’s opposition 💹 Democratic Party,
Lee Jae-myung, was rushed to the hospital with a stab wound
Israel strikes down
judicial overhaul
Israel’s Supreme Court has 💹 canceled a key piece of the Netanyahu
government’s controversial judicial reforms
Sergey Karaganov: Russia's European journey
is over
In terms of being 💹 a global centre of power, the Old World is finished. Moscow
understands this, but our former partners remain in denial
Bill 💹 Clinton to be named in
Epstein files – media
Former US President Bill Clinton will be named in court documents
concerning 💹 deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, ABC News has reported
War in Gaza won’t
end in 2024 – Israel
Israel’s war in Gaza will 💹 likely last all year, a spokesman for
the Israel Defense Forces has said
Britain’s weapons stockpiles reduced to ‘nothing’ –
The 💹 Times
The Times, citing anonymous sources, has claimed that weapons deliveries to
Ukraine have reduced UK stockpiles to “nothing”
Hundreds arrested in 💹 French and German
New Year anarchy (VIDEOS)
Police in France and Germany made hundreds of arrests after a
spate of firework 💹 attacks and vehicle burnings
Tsunami warning issued after powerful
earthquake strikes Japan (VIDEOS)
The Japanese authorities have reported that several
nuclear power 💹 plants have been slightly damaged amid a powerful earthquake and
tsunami
Israeli minister proposes depopulation of Gaza
Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel
Smotrich 💹 has suggested that Arabs should be encouraged to leave Gaza for good
Trump
warns of new ‘Great Depression’
The US will suffer 💹 the worst stock market crash in
history if Joe Biden remains president, his chief rival, Donald Trump, has said
Most
Brits 💹 regret Brexit – poll
More than half of Britons polled held Brexit partially
responsible for fueling inflation and the cost-of-living crisis
NATO 💹 state warns of
unnamed anti-Semitic threat
Norway will arm its police officers in response to unnamed
threats to “Jewish and Israeli 💹 targets”
UK preparing to attack Houthis – The Times
The
UK is reportedly gearing up to launch airstrikes against Yemen’s Houthi militants 💹 in
response to attacks on commercial shipping
Iconic journalist John Pilger
dies
Australian-born investigative journalist and filmmaker John Pilger has died at 💹 the
age of 84
Biden on Putin’s ‘naughty list’ for second consecutive year
Vladimir Putin
has not wished a Happy New Year 💹 to most Western leaders, including Joe Biden, amid the
Ukraine conflict
Reunification with Taiwan is ‘inevitable’ – Xi
Chinese President Xi
Jinping 💹 has called the reunification of Taiwan and the Chinese mainland a “historical
inevitability”
USA Boxing to allow transgender people to fight 💹 women
USA Boxing will
allow transgender women to fight against biological women once they’ve had hormone
therapy and surgery
Korean unification ‘impossible’ 💹 – Kim
Kim Jong-un rules out
reunification between North and South Korea, saying relations are no longer
“consanguineous”
Houthi missile hits containership 💹 in Red Sea – Pentagon
Yemen’s Houthi
rebels struck a cargo ship in the Southern Red Sea with a missile, the 💹 US military has
said
Israel must have full control over Gaza-Egypt border – Netanyahu
The Israeli prime
minister says the Egypt-Gaza border 💹 must be controlled by the IDF in order to prevent
further Hamas incursions
Will 2024 be known as the last year 💹 of global US
hegemony?
From Ukraine to Israel to China, the chaos of the past year saw the American
hold on 💹 the reins of the world slip
Storm Gerrit snarls EU transit
Eurostar services
between London and Paris were canceled due to flooding 💹 in a tunnel across the English
Channel
Outrage over Christmas party in busy hospital lobby (VIDEO)
Partying doctors
near a stretcher carrying 💹 a patient at a Greek hospital have sparked public
uproar
Israel responds to ICJ genocide claim
The Israeli Foreign Ministry has rejected
💹 South Africa’s claim in the International Court of Justice that it is committing
genocide in Gaza
Poland ends search for ‘Russian 💹 missile’
The Polish military has ended
a search for traces of a missile that supposedly entered the country’s airspace on
Friday
US 💹 approves ‘emergency’ arms sale to Israel
The US has approved the sale of 7.5
million worth of artillery shells to Israel
How 💹 the US and its ‘friends’ keep stealing
each other’s secrets
Western spooks targeting Russian industry have long indulged in a
spying 💹 orgy among themselves
UK to send fresh missile shipment to Ukraine
The West must
redouble its efforts to provide Ukraine with military 💹 hardware, UK Defense Secretary
Grant Shapps has said
US could be drawn into Ukraine conflict – Biden
The Ukraine
conflict affects NATO 💹 security, which could lead to the US getting pulled into
hostilities, Joe Biden has said
Poland summons Russian diplomat over alleged 💹 missile
breach
Russian Charge d’Affaires Andrey Ordash was summoned by Warsaw over an alleged
violation of Polish airspace by a missile
2024 💹 deadliest year for children in West Bank
– UNICEF
UNICEF has deemed 2024 the deadliest year on record for children living 💹 in the
occupied West Bank
Democrats making Trump a ‘martyr’ – presidential hopeful
Ex-New
Jersey Governor and presidential hopeful Chris Christie blasted 💹 Democrats for making
Donald Trump into a “martyr”
Gypsy Rose Blanchard released early from prison
Gypsy Rose
Blanchard has been released from 💹 prison in the US after serving seven years for the
murder of her mother
Israel struck Iran twice, former PM admits
Former 💹 Israeli Prime
Minister Naftali Bennett has admitted to ordering two attacks on Iranian soil in
2024
Iran executes four ‘Mossad agents’
Iran 💹 has sentenced to death four persons linked
to Israeli intelligence agency Mossad, over kidnappings and a failed assassination
plot
Israel sued 💹 for ‘genocide’ at The Hague
South Africa has asked the International
Court of Justice to immediately stop the Israeli “genocide” of 💹 Palestinians in Gaza
US
Republicans fire back after Trump ruling
A Republican lawmaker is seeking to impeach
Maine’s Secretary of State after 💹 Donald Trump was barred from that state’s primary
ballot
UK records huge surge in anti-Semitic incidents – media
Cases of anti-Semitism
and 💹 Islamophobia have risen dramatically in the UK since the onset of the Israel-Hamas
war, figures have shown
Two EU states get 💹 Schengen access after 13-year bid
Romania and
Bulgaria join the Schengen Area, the world’s largest borderless zone, though initially
with free 💹 movement by air and sea only
Mystery ‘missile’ enters Polish airspace
The
Polish military has claimed that a Russian missile entered the 💹 country’s airspace from
the direction of Ukraine
Argentina opts out of BRICS
Argentina will not join BRICS next
year, the government of 💹 President Javier Milei has reportedly told the bloc’s leaders
in a letter
