infobrics (2024-03-06). BRICS Green Cooperation: Pioneering Sustainable Development for a Greener Future. infobrics.org The BRICS nations – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – represent a formidable coalition of emerging economies united by a shared commitment to sustainable development and environmental protection. Collaborating under BRICS, these countries have embarked on a collective path to promote green initiatives and advance environmental sustainability on a global scale…

infobrics (2024-03-06). India and Russia in Talks Over Long-term Oil Deals. infobrics.org New Delhi reportedly wants to secure a steady supply of crude instead of one-off purchases…

tvbrics (2024-03-06). Putin supports Russian farmers' proposal to set up a BRICS grain exchange. tvbrics.com According to experts, this will make it possible to plan long-term supplies…

Reuters (2024-03-06). Russia ponders putting nuclear power plant on the moon with China. scmp.com Roscosmos space agency chief Yuri Borisov says the project, being considered for 2033-2035, could eventually allow the building of lunar settlements.

WSWS (2024-03-06). In Prague, French President Macron repeats call to send European troops to Ukraine. wsws.org Macron doubled down on his unpopular call for military escalation against Russia, risking nuclear war and gambling that the Kremlin may be intimidated and back down.

Andrew Korybko, Orinoco Tribune. (2024-03-06). NATO Debates Whether To Conventionally Intervene In Ukraine. popularresistance.org French President Macron hosted over 20 fellow European leaders in Paris on Monday to discuss their next moves in Ukraine, including the possibility of a conventional NATO intervention, which he said they hadn't ruled out for reasons of "strategic ambiguity" despite not reaching a consensus on this. His Polish counterpart Duda also confirmed that this subject was the most heated part of their discussions. The very fact that this scenario is being officially considered shows how desperate NATO has become. | Russia's victory in Avdeevka, which was the natural result of it winning the "race of logistics"/"war of attr…

Dave DeCamp, Scheer Post. (2024-03-06). German Military Leak Reveals British Soldiers Are In Ukraine. popularresistance.org British soldiers are "on the ground" in Ukraine helping Ukrainian forces fire Storm Shadow missiles, according to a leaked recording of a conversation between German military officers that was published by Russian media. | Germany confirmed the authenticity of the recording, and the British did not dispute the claim. The UK confirmed last week that it had a "small number" of troops inside Ukraine who are "supporting the armed forces of Ukraine." | The UK first started shipping Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine last year, which marked a significant escalation of NATO support since they have a range of 155 miles, fu…

Larry Johnson (2024-03-06). What Did the CIA Know and When Did it Know it? sonar21.com Proposed Decolonization of Russia | As Ukraine careens toward a political and military disaster it is time to ask why did the CIA fail to predict this. "Wait a minute," you might say, "how do you know the CIA did not?" Fair question. I no longer have access to classified information, but I can read the public statements of DOD and State Department officials as well as remarks by various members of Congress. At no time during the past two years — since the start of the Special Military Operation — have we heard a single discouraging word from anyone with access to CIA briefings on Ukraine's military…

albawaba (2024-03-06). ICC issues arrest warrants for Russian officers. albawaba.com ALBAWABA – The International Criminal Court said Tuesday that it had issued arrest warrants for two senior Russian officials for their actions during the Ukraine conflict.It identified the two as Sergei Ivanovich Kobylash and Viktor Nikolayevich Sokolov, an army lieutenant general and a navy admiral, and stated that the alleged offenses occurred between October 2022 and March 2023.

Finbarr Bermingham (2024-03-06). EU locks horns with China's envoy on Ukraine, as schisms on war remain. scmp.com Sources from the European side say that in meetings Li Hui, China's special envoy, merely repeats a 'full dose of Moscow's talking points.'

Associated Press (2024-03-06). How Ukraine uses lethal sea drones to target Russia's Black Sea fleet. scmp.com Meet Ukraine's small but lethal weapon lifting morale: unmanned sea drones packed with explosives.

Agence France-Presse (2024-03-06). Emmanuel Macron urges Ukraine's allies not to be 'cowards'. scmp.com The French president says he stands behind his controversial remarks about not ruling out sending Western troops to aid Kyiv.

Igor Patrick (2024-03-06). Australian defence official warns Washington audience about military tech innovation gap with China, Russia. scmp.com Deputy defence secretary used occasion to call for Washington to clear regulatory impediments to the full implementation of the Aukus alliance.

eng.belta.by (2024-03-06). Moscow to host CIS International Economic Forum on 28-29 March. eng.belta.by The forum will feature 21 sections, and more than 2,000 participants. | The event will highlight issues related to cooperation between the CIS | member states in logistics, customs, construction, industrial | cooperation, migration policy, medicine, tourism, sustainable…

ecns.cn (2024-03-06). AI industrial chain spurred on by Sora. ecns.cn China's artificial intelligence industrial chains, including computing power, cloud servers and data centers, are expected to usher in unprecedented development opportunities amid a worldwide frenzy around Sora.

ecns.cn (2024-03-06). Cloud service providers gaze abroad with excitement. ecns.cn Chinese cloud computing companies are scrambling to expand their presence in overseas cloud service markets.

eng.belta.by (2024-03-06). Russia's Zvyozdny Gorodok hosts farewell ceremony for 21st visiting expedition to ISS. eng.belta.by The Cosmonaut Training Center hosted a farewell ceremony for the main | and backup crews of the 21st visiting expedition to the Baikonur | Cosmodrome.

Staff (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…

Larry Johnson (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…

Internationalist 360 ∞ (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…

infobrics (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…

infobrics (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.

infobrics (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…

tvbrics (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…

infobrics (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."

infobrics (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…

WSWS (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.

Editor (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 . . . |

A Guest Author (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 . . . |

Dave DeCamp (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 …

eng.belta.by (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.

eng.belta.by (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.

teleSUR (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…

eng.belta.by (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…

eng.belta.by (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.

Global Research News (2024-03-05). Selected Articles: Is the World Falling Apart? Are Europeans Throwing Each Other Under the Bus to Avoid Russian Retaliation? globalresearch.ca

Orinoco Tribune 2 (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

Prof Michel Chossudovsky (2024-03-05). The NeoCons' Proxy War "Against Ukraine": Nuclear War is On the Table. The Privatization of Ukraine. globalresearch.ca

Gerard Boyce (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

Binoy Kampmark (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