(2025-01-04). Bashar al Assad survives assassination attempt in Moscow: Report. ummid.com Ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad was poisoned in the Russian capital Moscow, reports said adding he is now under medical treatment.
(2025-01-04). Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,045. aljazeera.com Here are the key developments on the 1,045th day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
(2025-01-04). Did Biden Really Authorize Long-range Strikes Deeper Within Russia? NYT Quoting "Anonymous Officials" globalresearch.ca Important article first published on November 19, 2024 | This article is also available in Spanish. Scroll down for Spanish AI Translation | øBiden realmente autorizó ataques de largo alcance más profundos dentro de Rusia? NYT Citando "Funcionarios Anónimos": | por Drago Bosnic…
(2025-01-04). No, Russians Are Not Coming. smoothiex12.blogspot.com Recall Zhukov to Rokossovsky in Berlin in May 1945: "we liberated them from Nazism, and they will hate us for that." An interesting comment from the discussion under my new video:
(2025-01-04). Eyewitness video shows moment of plane crash in Kazakhstan. presstv.ir A passenger plane flying from Azerbaijan to Russia crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan.
(2025-01-04). Algeria and Russia seek to mend ties after 'Wagner attacks'. newarab.com 
Vyacheslav Volodin, Speaker of Russia's State Duma, is scheduled to visit Algiers in the coming weeks, marking his second trip to the North African nation in six months, reported local media. | The visit comes after Wagner Group airstrikes near Algeria's southern border with Mali…
(2025-01-04). Goals behind Trump's tariffs: cut taxes on rich & escalate new cold war on China. geopoliticaleconomy.com 
Donald Trump's tariffs will not reduce US public debt. The federal deficit will keep growing, but they will be an excuse to further cut taxes on the rich and to ratchet up the new cold war on China.
(2025-01-04). World War III in 2025? The Relentless Western push for Nuclear Armageddon. globalresearch.ca "I don't harbour the least doubt that an attack by the United States and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran would inevitably evolve towards a global nuclear conflict. | The World's peoples have an obligation to demand of their …
(2025-01-04). Supercomputer Talks Between Israel, Amazon, and Google Collapse — What It Means for Palestine. orinocotribune.com Negotiations between Israel's Innovation Authority and tech giants Amazon and Google have faltered, raising concerns over the use of advanced computing technologies to further entrench the Israeli occupation of Palestine. | In a significant shift, talks between the Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) and tech giants Amazon and Google regarding the development of a government supercomputer have collapsed. | Following the breakdown in negotiations, the Israeli government has opened up the project to other bidders, signaling a shift toward an alternative technological partnership. | As reported by Globes, the tender f…
(2025-01-03). Ukraine On The Verge Of Defeat. popularresistance.org In 2023 the situation in Ukraine had developed into what looked like a stalemate. But 2024 proved that bigger things had been in the making. In 2024, after taking Avdivka, the Russian forces began to deliberate and steadily move forward. | The introduction of FAB bombs, precision ammunition delivered from airplanes flying outside Ukrainian air defenses, broke the Ukrainian defense fortifications. Russian infantry, covered by ample artillery and with the help drones, infiltrated and overwhelmed Ukrainian lines. An ever increasing shortage of Ukrainian troops helped to increase the tempo of progress.
(2025-01-03). Bashar al Assad survives assassination attempt in Moscow: Report. ummid.com Ousted Syrian dictator Bashar al Assad was poisoned in the Russian capital Moscow, reports said adding he is now under medical treatment.
(2025-01-03). 'Highest price for war': Russia lost 430,000 soldiers in 2024, says Ukraine. aljazeera.com Casualties understood to have reached record levels last year as Russia seized less than 1 percent of Ukrainian lands.
(2025-01-03). One killed, four injured as barrage of Russian drones hits Ukraine's Kyiv. aljazeera.com Ukraine says its air defences shot down 60 out of 93 Russian drones as Moscow escalates its aerial attacks.
(2025-01-03). Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,044. aljazeera.com Here are the key developments on the 1,044th day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
(2025-01-03). The Political Consequences Of Ukraine's Decision To Cut Off Russian Gas To Europe. pressenza.com Russia and the EU will manage the latest phase of their US-instigated divorce without much difficulty, but the US might offer to bring them back together by authorizing its vassals' import of Russian pipeline gas in exchange for some concessions from the Kremlin in the energy sector and Ukraine. | Pundits are discussing Ukraine's decision to cut off Russian gas to Europe after Kiev
(2025-01-03). Transcript of NewsX panel discussion. gilbertdoctorow.com Transcript submitted by a reader NewsX: 0: 00On New Year's Day, Russia launched a drone strike on Kiev, killing two and injuring six while damaging buildings in two districts, including a residential building. President Zelenskyy confirmed Russia's actions, emphasising that even on New Year's Eve, Russia's focus was solely on harming Ukraine. In a related development, …
(2025-01-03). "Yes. The CIA entered Afghanistan Before the Russians". Zbigniew Brzezinski. globalresearch.ca Introduction : | According to this Nouvel Observateur (1998) interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski, the CIA's intervention in Afghanistan preceded the 1979 entry of Soviet troops. | To label this as The Soviet Afghan War is a misnomer. Confirmed by Brzezinski, It …
(2025-01-03). The Fall of the Regime. itsgoingdown.org Anarchist media collective subMedia teams up with Elia Ayoub of From the Periphery for a new short documentary on the fall of the Assad regime. On December 8th 2024, Bashar al-Assad boarded a Russian military plane, and flew away into exile. His hasty, ignoble retreat marked the surreal culmination of the most brutal and bloody…
(2025-01-03). NATO, Ukraine, and the Looming Challenges of Trump's Return. fpif.org As Europe braces for President Donald Trump's return to the White House, questions loom over its impact on the war in Ukraine and NATO's future. Nearly three years on, Russia's invasion of Ukraine remains the most significant challenge to transatlantic security since World War II. | The year 2024 proved pivotal for the conflict. Russia secured minor territorial gains in Ukraine but paid a steep price. As it ramped up airstrikes on Ukrainian cities. Ukraine responded with bold moves, including an incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast and advancing weapons capable of hitting deep inside Russian territory. In a drama…
(2025-01-03). La Russia dovrebbe fare un accordo immobiliare con l'Ucraina per porre fine alla guerra? strategic-culture.su
(2025-01-03). Algeria and Russia seek to mend ties after 'Wagner attacks'. newarab.com Vyacheslav Volodin, Speaker of Russia's State Duma, is scheduled to visit Algiers in the coming weeks, marking his second trip to the North African nation in six months, reported local media. | The visit comes after Wagner Group airstrikes near Algeria's southern border with Mali…
(2025-01-03). How US "Realists" Contributed … smoothiex12.blogspot.com to a catastrophe in 404. Their "realist" picture of Russia, her people, her economy, her history and her military was a caricature which differed very little from the caricature by neocons or US "establishment". They are as culpable in watering down the deterrent effect of Russia's actions since Putin's 2007 Munich speech as neocons. The virus of American exceptionalism kills, literally, including through self-proclaimed "realists" who never had realistic picture of Russia. Now, last Ukranian sperm pool of 18-year-olds is getting ready to be disposed of by Biden's regime. Russian Armed Forces will oblige. Re…
(2025-01-03). Real Life Vs. Movies. smoothiex12.blogspot.com This is exactly why there are limits to martial arts in being outnumbered situation, before one either runs or pulls his gun and stands his ground. Same as competent robbers in Home Alone: The script and analogies today write themselves, pretty much. I am talking about geopolitics. I am planning to make a video tomorrow about this dramatic contrast. I also want to point out one critical fact of SMO and why Russian Army is by far the best army in the world today. Take a look, again, at fighters of the 5th Brigade hoisting the Russian Flag over Kurakhovo's Power Plant and other industrial facilities a few days ago.
(2025-01-03). Ukraine On The Verge Of Defeat. popularresistance.org In 2023 the situation in Ukraine had developed into what looked like a stalemate. But 2024 proved that bigger things had been in the making. In 2024, after taking Avdivka, the Russian forces began to deliberate and steadily move forward. | The introduction of FAB bombs, precision ammunition delivered from airplanes flying outside Ukrainian air defenses, broke the Ukrainian defense fortifications. Russian infantry, covered by ample artillery and with the help drones, infiltrated and overwhelmed Ukrainian lines. An ever increasing shortage of Ukrainian troops helped to increase the tempo of progress.
(2025-01-03). The Political Consequences Of Ukraine's Decision To Cut Off Russian Gas To Europe. pressenza.com Russia and the EU will manage the latest phase of their US-instigated divorce without much difficulty, but the US might offer to bring them back together by authorizing its vassals' import of Russian pipeline gas in exchange for some concessions from the Kremlin in the energy sector and Ukraine. | Pundits are discussing Ukraine's decision to cut off Russian gas to Europe after Kiev
(2025-01-03). "Yes. The CIA entered Afghanistan Before the Russians". Zbigniew Brzezinski. globalresearch.ca Introduction : | According to this Nouvel Observateur (1998) interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski, the CIA's intervention in Afghanistan preceded the 1979 entry of Soviet troops. | To label this as The Soviet Afghan War is a misnomer. Confirmed by Brzezinski, It …
(2025-01-03). The Fall of the Regime. itsgoingdown.org Anarchist media collective subMedia teams up with Elia Ayoub of From the Periphery for a new short documentary on the fall of the Assad regime. On December 8th 2024, Bashar al-Assad boarded a Russian military plane, and flew away into exile. His hasty, ignoble retreat marked the surreal culmination of the most brutal and bloody…
(2025-01-03). NATO, Ukraine, and the Looming Challenges of Trump's Return. fpif.org As Europe braces for President Donald Trump's return to the White House, questions loom over its impact on the war in Ukraine and NATO's future. Nearly three years on, Russia's invasion of Ukraine remains the most significant challenge to transatlantic security since World War II. | The year 2024 proved pivotal for the conflict. Russia secured minor territorial gains in Ukraine but paid a steep price. As it ramped up airstrikes on Ukrainian cities. Ukraine responded with bold moves, including an incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast and advancing weapons capable of hitting deep inside Russian territory. In a drama…
(2025-01-03). Algeria and Russia seek to mend ties after 'Wagner attacks'. newarab.com Vyacheslav Volodin, Speaker of Russia's State Duma, is scheduled to visit Algiers in the coming weeks, marking his second trip to the North African nation in six months, reported local media. | The visit comes after Wagner Group airstrikes near Algeria's southern border with Mali…
(2025-01-03). Ethiopia defence minister visits Somalia, in sign of detente. newarab.com 
Ethiopia's defence minister travelled to Somalia on Thursday, a senior official in Mogadishu said, the first bilateral visit since relations nosedived a year ago over an Somalia's state minister for foreign affairs, Ali Omar, confirmed Ethiopian Defence Minister Aisha Mohammed Mussa's visit in a message to Reuters but did not say what she was there to discuss. Ethiopia's government spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment. | Ethiop…
(2025-01-03). Ethiopia defence minister visits Somalia, in sign of detente. newarab.com Ethiopia's defence minister travelled to Somalia on Thursday, a senior official in Mogadishu said, the first bilateral visit since relations nosedived a year ago over an Somalia's state minister for foreign affairs, Ali Omar, confirmed Ethiopian Defence Minister Aisha Mohammed Mussa's visit in a message to Reuters but did not say what she was there to discuss. Ethiopia's government spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment. | Ethiop…
(2025-01-03). Who leaked Israel's atomic secrets, years before Vanunu? Nuclear documents revealed. haaretz.com It's a forgotten chapter in Israel's history, now revealed in declassified documents. When Ben-Gurion worked to obtain a nuclear weapon for the country, he was opposed by a phalanx of intellectuals who decried the effort and even created a group to thwart it. Is it possible that they warned the U.S. about the nuclear project 20 years before whistleblower Vanunu did?
(2025-01-03). "Every Seed We Plant": Notes Toward a Nuclear-Free Future. counterpunch.org 
I don't know what's on your list of resolutions, but not getting my ass blown off in a nuclear war or meltdown is pretty high on my list of personal priorities for the coming year. It's true there are plenty of other things I could be worrying about right now. In fact, if there were
(2025-01-03). 'Dialogue Works' edition of 2 January. gilbertdoctorow.com This discussion with host Nima Alkhorshid focused on the prospects for a deal being done between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin to define a new security architecture for Europe. But that is not the real novelty of the show. Rather it is to be found in the final minutes of our discussion in which I …