(2024-03-05). Headlines for March 5, 2024. democracynow.org Supreme Court Unanimously Rules Trump Can't Be Barred from Ballot over Jan. 6, Super Tuesday: Millions Head to Polls in 15 States, from California to Alabama, Minnesota Activists Urge Voters to Select "Uncommitted" to Protest Biden's Backing of Israel, "Look at Yazan": Palestinian Diplomat Decries Death of Palestinian Boy Who Starved to Death, U.N. Experts Weigh In on Sexual Violence on Oct. 7 & Inside Israeli Jails, Ukraine Sinks Russian Warship in the Black Sea, 20,000 Soldiers Take Part in NATO War Exercise in Finland, Norway and Sweden, Chad: Head of Military Junta Announce…
(2024-03-05). Warning Indicators in Ukraine and Palestine MAY Signal Escalation. sonar21.com 
Two intriguing bits of news today that I have been unable to confirm. First, Alastair Crooke told Judge Napolitano this morning that Israeli forces have made three cross-border recon patrols with tanks on the Lebanon border and were driven off. I trust Alastair and his sources. He is a professional and this info tracks with other video evidence showing a tank column moving north in Israel. It looks increasingly likely that Israel will attack Hezbollah during Ramadan, which begins on March 10. We'll see. | Then there is a report from Ukraine that Russian forces hit a CIA base in Sumy and killed a large nu…
(2024-03-05). The Minds of Desperate Men. libya360.wordpress.com Scott Ritter French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, right, in 2022. (NATO, Flickr, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) France's Emmanuel Macron last week suggested the suicidal idea of sending NATO troops to Ukraine to confront Russia militarily. "O mischief, thou art swift, to enter in the thoughts of desperate men!" —Romeo and Juliet, Act…
(2024-03-05). Egypt Wants to Host Russian Wheat Hub. infobrics.org Moscow is reviewing the proposed project, Cairo's Ministry of Supply and Internal Trade has said…
(2024-03-05). Sending NATO soldiers to Ukraine is "apocalypse warning," says Slovak prime minister. infobrics.org Slovak FM meets Lavrov in a rare meeting between Russia and an EU member state.
(2024-03-05). "Russia Has Never Hurt Our Interests": S Jaishankar. infobrics.org Mr Jaishankar also said he did not expect the West to understand the nuances of India's relationship with China, just as he might not appreciate aspects of their relationship with that country…
(2024-03-05). Russian Ambassador to Ethiopia Evgeny Terekhin: BRICS is always open to an equal dialogue aimed at looking for a balance of interests. tvbrics.com 
He believes that the accession of new members, including Ethiopia, strengthens the strategic partnership of the association…
(2024-03-05). US pilot warns Kiev regime about F-16's deficiencies, calls it 'prima donna'. infobrics.org "It is a prima donna, and it is very sensitive and needs high maintenance," retired US military pilot Tom Richter said, adding: "The Soviet planes are more rough and tumble and can fly off poorly maintained airfields, and need less maintenance."
(2024-03-05). EU top diplomat admits era of Western dominance ended but remains blind to US elephant in the room. infobrics.org The price of having thrived, for a while, under an American nuclear umbrella, in…
(2024-03-05). US-NATO risks nuclear war with plans for attacks on Russia. wsws.org Confronted with the deterioration of Ukraine's military position and significant advances by Russian forces, the NATO powers are publicly threatening a massive escalation of the war involving the direct deployment of NATO combat troops on Ukrainian territory and attacks on Russian infrastructure and cities.
(2024-03-05). Gen. Austin threatens war with Russia. workers.org 
The Biden administration faces two big problems regarding the war it provoked in Ukraine by expanding NATO to Russia's border. The first is the collapse of the Ukrainian military under the pressure of the Russian military. The second is its inability to get additional funding from the U.S. Congress for . . . |
(2024-03-05). Palestinian resistance factions meet in Moscow. workers.org 
The following statement was issued by Palestinian resistance factions who met in Moscow, Russia, on Feb. 29, 2024, and released by the Resistance News Network on March 1, 2024. The Palestinian factions gathered in the city of Moscow express their gratitude and appreciation to the Russian leadership for hosting their . . . |
(2024-03-05). Victoria Nuland, Notorious Russia Hawk, Resigning from State Department. news.antiwar.com Victoria Nuland, a notorious Russia hawk most known for her role in the 2014 coup in Ukraine, will be retiring from the State Department in the coming weeks, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on Tuesday. Nuland has worked as the under-secretary of state for political affairs since 2021 and served as the acting deputy …
(2024-03-05). Russian MFA: EU envoys discredited themselves, their further stay in Russia in question. eng.belta.by Earlier Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that he invited EU envoys for a meeting ahead of the president election but they declined the invitation two days before the meeting date.
(2024-03-05). Days of Belarusian regions at VDNKh in Moscow praised as highly effective. eng.belta.by Ambassador Dmitry Krutoi noted that Grodno Oblast has become the third region of Belarus to present itself at VDNKh: Brest Oblast and Vitebsk Oblast have already had their displays this year.
(2024-03-05). Wildfires Ravage Russia's Southern Primorye Territory. telesurenglish.net On Tuesday, local media reported that wildfires that swept Russia's southern Primorye Territory over the weekend has expanded to 7,400 hectares, while a new fire breaking out in the Land of the Leopard National Park. | RELATED: | Over the past weekend, large-scale wildfires ignited in the Khasansky District of southern Primorye. As of Monday morning, the firefighters had increased to 300 persons. | "As of this…
(2024-03-05). Minsk to host Alina 2024 festival. eng.belta.by This year Belarus and Russia are co-hosting the charity festival for the first time…
(2024-03-05). Grodno Oblast signs cooperation agreements with Russian regions. eng.belta.by Grodno Oblast signed agreements with Russian regions on cooperation in various avenues. The solemn ceremony took place during a ceremony to launch the Days of Grodno Oblast at VDNKh in Moscow.
(2024-03-05). Selected Articles: Is the World Falling Apart? Are Europeans Throwing Each Other Under the Bus to Avoid Russian Retaliation? globalresearch.ca 
(2024-03-05). Rocky Road to Dedollarization: Sergei Glazyev Interview. orinocotribune.com Very few people in Russia and across the Global South are as qualified as Sergei Glazyev, member of Russian Academy of Sciences, who also serves as commissioner for integration and macroeconomics at the Eurasian Economic Union, to speak about the drive, the challenges and the pitfalls in the road towards de-dollarization. | As the Global South issues widespread calls for real financial stability; India inside the
(2024-03-05). The NeoCons' Proxy War "Against Ukraine": Nuclear War is On the Table. The Privatization of Ukraine. globalresearch.ca
(2024-03-05). The Nuclear Meltdown That Is The Inevitable Result Of Greater Competition For Junior Partner Status In A Possible Coalition Government In South Africa. counterpunch.org 
Last month, Julius Malema, leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), the self-styled leftist party that is the third largest political party in the South African Parliament, announced that, if elected to power, an EFF government would re-hire controversial former public utility ESKOM CEO's Brian Molefe and Matshela Koko to end the phenomenon of rolling electricity blackouts that
(2024-03-05). Mistakes, Misfiring and the Trident: Britain's Flawed Nuclear Deterrence. counterpunch.org 
Nuclear weapons are considered the strategic silverware of nation states. Occasionally, they are given a cleaning and polishing. From time to time, they go missing, fail to work, and suffer misplacement. Of late, the UK Royal Navy has not been doing so well in that department, given its seminal role in upholding the doctrine of nuclear deterrence. In