____ (2023-03-08). Biological lab funded by U.S. sparks alarm. ecns.cn A controversial biological laboratory in Kazakhstan has caused concerns among local residents. The laboratory used to be controlled by the Soviet Union, but now it is funded and built by the U.S.

WSWS (2023-03-08). Top US military officials visit Middle East to ratchet up conflicts with Iran and Russia. wsws.org Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's visit to Iraq on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the 2003 US invasion amounted to a return to the scene of a world-historic crime.

Simone Chun, Truthout. (2023-03-08). Us Is Maintaining Tensions With North Korea To Draw In Allies Against China. popularresistance.org The U.S. military encirclement of China threatens to escalate into an Asia-Pacific war, with the Korean Peninsula at the focal point of this dangerous path. Garrisoned with nearly 30,000 combat-ready U.S. forces manning the astonishing 73 U.S. military bases dotting its tiny landmass, South Korea is the most critical frontline component of U.S. military escalation in northeast Asia. | Since the Obama administration's 2012 "pivot to Asia," Washington has intensified tensions with Beijing, doubling down on a "full-scale multi-pronged new Cold War" through the Indo-Pacific Strategy pursued by both the Trump and Bide…

M von der Schulenberg, Sabine Schiffer (2023-03-08). UN Charter: Negotiations!, Good wars, bad wars? & Proxies. indybay.org The seriousness of the escalating conflict over NATO's expansion to Russia's borders, which has now led to war, has been clear to all involved since at least 1994. Russia has repeatedly warned that admitting Ukraine and Georgia to NATO would violate its elementary security interests and cross a red line.

_____ (2023-03-08). What did the new US Ambassador, Manuel Micaller, Jr., bring to Tajikistan? journal-neo.org While Tajikistan, one of the five Central Asian (CA) states, is not a significant trade and investment partner for the US due to the size of its economy and its geographical isolation, it remains nonetheless a unique and crucial springboard for Washington to counter Russia and China. American interest in Tajikistan stems primarily from the …

G. Dunkel (2023-03-08). From Vilnius to Kinshasa, Macron tries to puff up French imperialism. workers.org Lithuania, a new member of NATO on the Baltic Sea, doesn't have the air force its regime claims it needs. So the French government has sent a squadron of its armed forces' most advanced fighter planes to allegedly respond to Russian probes of NATO's air defenses, without any public limits . . . |

WSWS (2023-03-08). 300,000 federal workers confront Canada's union-backed Liberal government in struggle for real-terms pay increases. wsws.org Throughout the lengthy negotiations, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal government have maintained a hardline stance. They are determined to make the workers pay for the cost of the war with Russia and the massive bailout given to the financial elite at the onset of the pandemic.

____ (2023-03-08). Japan told not to dump nuclear-contaminated water. ecns.cn China on Monday urged Japan again not to arbitrarily start discharging nuclear-contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station into the Pacific Ocean.

Labor Video Project (2023-03-08). The Fukushima Catastrophe Continues 12 Years After The Meltdowns. indybay.org March 11 is the 12th anniversary of the Fukushima earthquake and meltdown of three reactors. The disaster continues and the melted nuclear rods still remain in the broken reactors and have to be cooled by water which then becomes radiated. Two activists talk about the present situation after 12 years.

teleSUR, JCM (2023-03-08). Crecen tensiones entre Estados Unidos y Corea del Norte. telesurtv.net Washington, en las maniobras militares del lunes junto al ejército surcoreano utilizó un bombardero estratégico B-52H con capacidad para portar armas nucleares.

Staff (2023-03-06). Top U.S., Ukrainian military commanders in tabletop war games in Germany. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Stars and StripesMarch 3, 2023 US generals and Ukrainian officers meet in Germany for tabletop war exercise Top U.S. generals met with Ukrainian military officials in Germany this week, where they evaluated battlefield options in tabletop drills ahead of an anticipated Ukrainian spring offensive meant to free their territory from Russia's grasp. Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint …

Larry Johnson (2023-03-06). More Fallout From the War in Ukraine — Putting French Imperialism in its Place. sonar21.com As the Russian "Special Military Operation" grinds on in Ukraine, Russia and China have joined forces to confront the legacy of Western imperialism in Africa and Asia. The war in…

Kit Klarenberg (2023-03-06). Meet the British intelligence-linked firm that warped MH17 news coverage. thegrayzone.com Staffed by British special forces veterans, Pilgrims' Group quietly shaped international coverage of the MH17 disaster as it shepherded journalists to and from the crash site. In November of 2022, a final judgment arrived in the trial of alleged perpetrators of the attack on Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17). Russian nationals Igor Girkin and Sergey Dubinskiy, and Donbas separatist Leonid Kharchenko, were convicted in absentia for the murder of MH17's 283 passengers and 15 crew members. They were ruled to …

_____ (2023-03-06). Arms deliveries to Ukraine: "The Achilles' Heel" of the West. journal-neo.org "The West is Playing with Fire in Ukraine," "The Russian-Ukrainian Conflict and the Achilles' Heel," "Why Europe is Splitting over Ukraine Arms Deliveries." These and similar headlines in the Middle Eastern publications reflect the response of local media and political circles to the West's recent increase in arms deliveries to Kyiv. According to local analysts, …

Dave DeCamp (2023-03-06). Germany's Scholz Says China 'Declared' It Won't Provide Russia With Weapons. news.antiwar.com German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Sunday that China "declared" it will not provide Russia with weapons for its war in Ukraine despite US claims, signaling that the German leader received some sort of assurance from Beijing. "We all agree that there should be no arms deliveries, and the Chinese government has declared that it will …

____ (2023-03-06). Sleepwalking to Armageddon: World Divides over the Ukraine War. transcend.org 1 Mar 2023 – As the US, NATO and Russia escalate the war in the Ukraine, the risk increases for a global nuclear war that could destroy most life on the planet, corresponding to the mythical battle of Armageddon mentioned in the Bible.

Staff (2023-03-06). Germany gives China ultimatum over Ukraine. antibellum679354512.wordpress.com Voice of America/Associated Press (for whatever difference there is)March 5, 2023 Germany's Scholz Warns of 'Consequences' if China Sends Arms to Russia German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says there would be "consequences" if China sent weapons to Russia for Moscow's war in Ukraine…. Scholz's comments came in an interview with CNN that aired Sunday, two days …

____ (2023-03-06). US Exceptionalism and the Wars in Syria and Ukraine. transcend.org After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1990, neoconservatives said it was time for US interests and priorities to be dominant. This was to be a New American Century with no challengers. It became US foreign policy: The US should not permit any country to challenge US supremacy and dominance.

____ (2023-03-06). The Empire Gives People the Illusion of Fighting the Power without Ever Endangering Real Power. transcend.org 26 Feb 2023 – For what's probably the first "anti-war" protest of their lives, US liberals gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to condemn the leader of a government thousands of miles away joined by empire managers like Samantha Power who spoke at the rally opposing Russian warmongering at the capital of the most warlike nation on the planet.

____ (2023-03-06). West Is Out of Touch with Rest of World Politically, EU-Funded Study Admits. transcend.org 26 Feb 2023 – A study by the elite EU-funded European Council on Foreign Relations found the West is out of touch politically with the rest of the world. Most people in China, India, and Türkiye see Russia as an important ally, and they want multipolarity, not continued "American global supremacy".

Daniel Patrick Welch (2023-03-06). All US Presidents are War Criminals. dissidentvoice.org This is a US war on Russia. Period. We have to be very clear, even to the point of being blunt. By 'we' I mean those of us involved who are conscious of being part of an Information War—the propaganda war that we are recipients of—on the receiving end of this tsunami of crap. We …

Eric Zuesse (2023-03-06). EU Fails to Comply with Grain-Export Deal. dissidentvoice.org On Saturday, March 4, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, at the G20 meeting in Delhi, announced that because the EU has refused to comply with its side of the U.N.-brokered 27 July 2022 "Grain [and fertilizer] Deal" that the U.N. brokered in Istanbul on 27 July 2022, Russia will likewise not comply with it, starting …

____ (2023-03-06). The Empire Gives People the Illusion of Fighting the Power without Ever Endangering Real Power. transcend.org 26 Feb 2023 – For what's probably the first "anti-war" protest of their lives, US liberals gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to condemn the leader of a government thousands of miles away joined by empire managers like Samantha Power who spoke at the rally opposing Russian warmongering at the capital of the most warlike nation on the planet.

____ (2023-03-06). West Is Out of Touch with Rest of World Politically, EU-Funded Study Admits. transcend.org 26 Feb 2023 – A study by the elite EU-funded European Council on Foreign Relations found the West is out of touch politically with the rest of the world. Most people in China, India, and Türkiye see Russia as an important ally, and they want multipolarity, not continued "American global supremacy".

Daniel Patrick Welch (2023-03-06). All US Presidents are War Criminals. dissidentvoice.org This is a US war on Russia. Period. We have to be very clear, even to the point of being blunt. By 'we' I mean those of us involved who are conscious of being part of an Information War—the propaganda war that we are recipients of—on the receiving end of this tsunami of crap. We …

Eric Zuesse (2023-03-06). EU Fails to Comply with Grain-Export Deal. dissidentvoice.org On Saturday, March 4, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, at the G20 meeting in Delhi, announced that because the EU has refused to comply with its side of the U.N.-brokered 27 July 2022 "Grain [and fertilizer] Deal" that the U.N. brokered in Istanbul on 27 July 2022, Russia will likewise not comply with it, starting …

____ (2023-03-06). Nuclear Remembrance Day: A Day to Say Abolish Nuclear Weapons NOW! transcend.org 1Mar 2023 – Today is Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day ('Bikini' Day) marking the anniversary of the infamous 1954 US 'Bravo' nuclear bomb detonation at Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, where the US tested its first deliverable hydrogen bomb.

Renfrey Clarke (2023-03-06). Barngarla people tell Labor 'no' to nuclear waste dump. greenleft.org.au Supporters of the Barngarla people gathered outside the Federal Court building to protest continuing moves by the Anthony Albanese government to put a national nuclear waste dump on First Nations land near Kimba. Renfrey Clarke reports.

Staff (2023-03-06). Headlines for March 6, 2023. democracynow.org Nations Reach Historic Agreement to Protect High Seas, Iran and IAEA Agree to Strengthen Cooperation in Hopeful Sign for Nuclear Talks, Outrage Mounts over Mysterious Poisoning of Iranian Schoolgirls, U.N. Expert Says Taliban Attacks on Women and Girls Could Be Crime Against Humanity, Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan Evades Arrest, Huge Blaze in Cox's Bazar Rohingya Refugee Camp Destroys Thousands of Homes, Shell Pipeline Kills 12 in Nigeria; Massive Lawsuit Targets Shell's Operation in Niger Delta, U.K. Cracks Down on Refugee Rights in Right-Wing Effort to "Stop the Boats", Shahida Raza, Pakista…

John Helmer (2023-03-06). President Vladimir Putin Signed Safe Conduct for President Joseph Biden, One Return Przemysl Rail Pass, 24-hour Leave Pass for Kiev, in "Covert" Mission to Fool New York Times, London Times, Financial Times (And It Did). globalresearch.ca

____ (2023-03-06). Red-billed gulls leave Kunming as weather warms. ecns.cn Red-billed gulls fly from Siberia to Kunming to live through the winter and leave Kunming from mid March to late April.

teleSUR -JCM (2023-03-06). China e Irán a favor de una solución al acuerdo nuclear. telesurtv.net "China siempre ha sostenido que restablecer la implementación completa y efectiva del PAIC es el camino correcto para resolver el problema nuclear iraní", subrayó Mao Ning.