The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has slapped Facebook with an antitrust suit, arguing the firm has become a “monopoly” that buys up rival companies when it can’t compete “fairly” in order to retain market dominance. The FTC filed its complaint on…

To the less favoured races, European justice has few benefits to offer, Stephen Karganovic writes. Enlightened Europe has been vigorously displaying its fabled values lately. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) just recently responded in the complaint brought by the Russian…

Russian President Vladimir Putin has approved the launch of four new investment projects in the Far East after watching presentations about them on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok. “Let’s start!” the head of state said, adding that…

Hundreds of Afghan military personnel ended up in Uzbekistan over the weekend, after they fled the Taliban offensive, the Uzbek authorities said on Monday, adding that they had to “forcibly” land dozens of rogue aircraft. Uzbekistan had to force-land as many as…

From Tehran to Beirut, the Axis of Resistance has opened and secured a land route for their transport of military, commercial and consumer supplies. Neither US sanctions nor Israeli air raids can alter this course today. Many wars have been waged in…

A dozen Serbian media outlets labeled “state-affiliated” by Twitter protested the platform’s action as censorship, while the country’s president said the social media company may as well ban him just like ex-POTUS Donald Trump. Twitter began appending the “state-affiliated” media label to…

The close military cooperation between Russia and China is cause for great concern, and the authorities in Washington must seriously reconsider its current strategy of “containment” towards the two large Eurasian superpowers. That’s according to Admiral Charles Richard, the commander of United…

As Belarus and its strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko continue to come under the West’s scrutiny and condemnation, most recently related to Olympic scandal involving attempts to force Belarusian sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya to board a home-bound plane, Lukashenko has made somewhat unusual comments…

The online encyclopedia gives the impression of amassing knowledge through some sort of participatory democracy, while practicing something quite different. The online encyclopedia Wikipedia, created by the US-based Wikimedia Foundation, has been a key innovator in the participatory compilation of mass information…

Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, I have been feverishly writing lately on covid mandates and vaccine passports issues, and I’m sure most readers understand why – We are currently at the cusp of a great conflict against the powers that be;…

Imagine creating a timeline of your country’s whole history stretching back to its inception. It would be no small task, and, as Visual Capitalist’s Nick Routley points out, simply weighing the relative importance of so many great people, technological achievements, and pivotal events…

The Central Bank of Russia purchased $196 million worth of foreign currency on the domestic market on Thursday amid a surge in currency sales among Russian citizens. The Central Bank reported that Russians have started to exchange currency more often in the…

Russia’s export of agricultural goods has increased by 16% in annual terms, reaching $16.855 billion, the country’s Agriculture Ministry reported on Wednesday. Russian exports of fat-and-oil products in the reporting period through August 1 grew by a hefty 39% to $3.852 billion,…

Taliban militants have seized the city of Mazar-i-Sharif, according to local officials. Afghanistan’s fourth-largest city had been the last major location in the north still under government control. Reports suggest the city fell abruptly on Saturday, with officials and some troops fleeing…

Authored by Pat Buchanan. As President Lyndon Johnson and the best and brightest of the 1960s were broken on the wheel of Vietnam, the Biden presidency may well be broken on the wheel of the Taliban’s triumph in Afghanistan. Less than a…

Dormant groups of terrorists could be hiding quietly in Central Asia, biding their time and planning attacks, the Kyrgyz foreign minister declared, just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a similar stark warning. Speaking as part of an interview with RIA…

“Worst Case Scenario”: “Woke” Olympic Ratings Plunge Nearly 50%, Forcing NBC To Hand Out Free Ad Space It looks like yet another instance of “get woke, go broke” for NBC and the Tokyo Olympics. Ratings for the Olympics have been so poor…

It is far from inconceivable that Israel would employ its nuclear arsenal. After all, for what other reason does it have ninety nuclear weapons? The main result of the meeting between Presidents Putin and Biden in Geneva on June 16 was the…

“He’s A Pathological Liar”: Cornell Chemistry Professor Dave Collum Unloads On Dr. Fauci And Covid Hysteria Friend of Zero Hedge and Cornell Professor Dave Collum appeared on the Quoth the Raven podcast this week and offered his unfiltered (and often profane) 2…

By Robert Bridge, RT Reminiscent of the US airlift out of Saigon during the Vietnam War, this week’s evacuation of the US embassy in Kabul portends bad times for the United States, which is beleaguered by much more than just military dysfunction….

Tolstoy’s novel teaches that sexual freedom actually enslaves women. By Carmel RICHARDSON Under our senseless conditions, the life of a good woman is a perpetual struggle against self; it is only fair that woman should bear her share of the ills she has…

Authored by Alasdair Macleod via GoldMoney.com, On the fiftieth anniversary of the Nixon Shock, this article explains why fiat currencies have become joined at the hip to financial asset values. And why with increasing inevitability they are about to descend into the…

“This Is About Control, Not Children”: Eric Weinstein Calls Out Apple’s Virtuous Pedo-Hunter Act Last week, Apple announced that they would begin analyzing images on its devices before they’re uploaded to the cloud in order to identify child pornography and report it…

The Taliban has seized two more provincial capitals in Afghanistan, taking control of eight major cities in just four days amid a relentless wave of attacks as US President Joe Biden urges Afghans to fight for their country. After a series of…

The Scottish government has kicked off a storm on social media after issuing “deeply disturbing” LGBT inclusivity guidelines that allow children as young as four to change their gender and name at school without parental consent. In the 70-page document, issued to…

In 2011 the Great East Japan Earthquake and ensuing tsunami devastated northeast Japan, taking the lives of more than 18,000 people and triggering one of the worst industrial accidents in history: the crippling breakdown of the Fukushima Dai’ichi nuclear power plant. Three…

A recent video post on The New Atlas discussing US-backed protests in Malaysia exposed Malaysia-based media organization, “Malaysiakini,” as funded by the US government and convicted financial criminal George Soros’ Open Society Foundation. Viewers responded with surprise that Malaysiakini was funded by…

Jack Phillips of Epoch Times reports that American troops will be deployed to aid the evacuation of some U.S. Embassy personnel in Kabul amid significant Taliban military gains across Afghanistan, a senior U.S. Department of State official confirmed on Thursday. Around 3,000 US…

Since it was announced through international media outlets in late July that the African Union Commission Chair, Moussa Faki Mahamat, had granted observer status to the State of Israel, the response has been swift in condemnations from several AU member-states. This action which…

Of all those who have been critical of our vaccination efforts related to Covid-19, vaccine expert Geert Vanden Bossche stands out as one of the loudest voices in the crowd. Having been featured on Dr. Chris Martenson’s Peak Prosperity and Bret Weinstein’s…

It is fascinating to watch how, in a pandemic, Western democracies are rapidly turning into closed totalitarian societies based on widespread observation, the curtailment of civil rights and freedoms, and an increasingly harsh system of repression. In Italy, green passports have been…

“We Haven’t Seen This In More Than 30 Years” – Shipping Rates From China To US Hit Record $20,000 With No Drop In Sight Those looking for signs of transitory inflation are advised to not look at the latest container data, which…

‘A Day That Should Live In Infamy’ – Peter Schiff: 50 Years Ago, Nixon Slams Shut The “Gold Window” Via SchiffGold.com, Fifty years ago this week, President Richard Nixon slammed shut the “gold window” and eliminated the last vestige of the gold…

CNN is not only a leading promoter of Covid-19 orthodoxy, but also has put itself on the cutting edge of Covid-19 vaccine authoritarianism by firing three unidentified employees who came to work without getting their jabs first. “In the past week, we…

Russian diplomats in Kabul feel safe and are continuing to work in the wake of the capital’s takeover by the Taliban, Moscow’s envoy to Afghanistan told RT, adding that the US had been “tilting at windmills” for 20 years. “The situation is…

France, Italy Swept By Mass Protests Against COVID Health Pass France saw its largest protests yet against the country’s health pass, as thousands swept across major Italian town demanding an end to the infamous green pass. On Saturday, Protesters took to the…

The US has lost the war in Afghanistan not when it decided to withdraw as the Taliban regained power, but years ago, when it bombed Afghan homes in the name of fighting terror, ex-president Hamid Karzai told RT’s Oksana Boyko. The invasion…

The People’s Bank of China revived its tough stance on digital currencies on Friday, ruling all crypto-related trading activities illegal and banning overseas crypto exchanges from providing services to mainland investors. The regulator announced plans to bar financial institutions, payment companies and…

Today we will talk about the new version of the National Security Doctrine, adopted by the decree of the President of the Russian Federation on July 2, 2021. Instead of uttering general words or digging into details, let’s point out the main…

During the pandemic, we began to lose famous people not one by one, as usual, but in whole blocks. Which is very sad. We do not have time to recover from one loss, as immediately the next. July was particularly troubling. I…

Authored by Pat Buchanan, In Afghanistan, the mission failure appears complete. The trillion-dollar project to plant Western democracy in a Muslim nation historically fabled for driving out imperial intruders has crashed and burned after 20 years, and the Taliban are suddenly back…

Gasflation By Ryan Fitzmaurice, Senior Commodity Strategist, Elwin de Groot, Head of Macro Strategy and Hugo Erken, Head RR Economic Scenarios & Projections at Rabobank “Everything is energy and that’s all there is to it. Match the frequency of the reality you…

Taliban militants were spotted parading around in US-made Humvees after seizing a major city in Nimroz province, footage shows, the first regional capital to fall to the group as it launches a wave of attacks across Afghanistan. The militants were seen making…

In 2003, when several lawyers, including myself, visited North Korea to learn more about socialism there, we were shown US Army documents captured in 1950 by the communist forces when they seized control of Seoul and overran the American Army headquarters. The…

Large crowds of demonstrators gathered around sites in New York City, as well as upstate, demanding the government repeals mandatory vaccination orders for certain categories of workers and a ‘passport’ system implemented in NYC. The protesters were seen marching in Manhattan, Staten…

Authored by Jessica Corbett via Common Dreams & Consortium News, As the hawks who have been lying about the US invasion and occupation of Afghanistan for two decades continue to peddle fantasies in the midst of a Taliban takeover and American evacuation of Kabul, progressive critics on Tuesday reminded the world who has benefited…

By Ramona Wadi To perceive refugees as a dissociated part of the wider narrative is a violation in itself, but who will hold the bloc politically accountable for delegating distasteful tasks to the Libyan coastguard? In mid-July, Italy’s Chamber of Deputies approved…

China’s “Social Credit” System Has Arrived In America Authored by Simon Black via SovereignMan.com, As a journalist in China, Liu Hu was no stranger to punishment. For reporting on corruption among government officials, Hu was arrested, accused of “fabricating and spreading rumours,”…

The US is trying to play the “Hong Kong card” to undermine Beijing and doesn’t really care about the people, China’s foreign ministry has said, in response to US President Joe Biden’s offer of a ‘safe haven’ for Hong Kongers. On Thursday,…

The Israel Defense Forces has fired artillery rounds into South Lebanon in retaliation for earlier rocket fire which triggered warning alarms in the Golan Heights and Upper Galilee. On Friday, Israel’s army radio, Galei Tzahal, reported that artillery units were firing into…

Armenia has confirmed reports that border guards from Russia have been deployed on the country’s frontier with Azerbaijan, as part of Moscow’s agreement with its allies in Yerevan to help bolster the Caucasian nation’s defenses. Both Russia and Armenia are part of…

Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, UK transport minister Grant Shapps says that countries will demand full vaccination “forevermore” and that young people “won’t be able to leave the country” without being double jabbed. Shapps made the comments during an…

Overall, June was a ‘buy all the US things’ month for foreign investors Long-Term Treasurys +$10.9BN Agencies +22.7BN Corporate Bonds $13.8BN Corporate Stocks +$25.2BN Investors Have Given Up on a V-Shaped Recovery, BNY’s Young Cautions That is the biggest stock buying binge…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved its largest-ever distribution of monetary reserves totaling $650 billion to help the global economy recover from the Covid pandemic and ease the mounting debt of member states. “The Board of Governors of the IMF… approved…

By Jonathan COOK Craig Murray, a former ambassador to Uzbekistan, the father of a newborn child, a man in very poor health and one who has no prior convictions, will have to hand himself over to the Scottish police on Sunday morning….

Russian exports of chocolate surged nearly 20% in the beginning of 2021, setting the country on course to beat the world’s favored chocolate maker Switzerland by the year’s end. “Russian exports of chocolate and chocolate goods increased by 18.6% by the end…

Senator Blasts US “Rolling Humiliation” In Afghanistan, Urges Expanded Operation To Rescue Americans Arguably the most hawkish member of the Senate, Republican Sen. Tom Cotton, is urging the White House to ‘get serious’ about the ongoing crisis of trapped Americans in Kabul who…

Via AlMasdarNews.com, The Syrian anti-government Islamist faction and al-Qaeda spinoff which has for years occupied Idlib province, Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), has issued a formal statement celebrating the Taliban’s victory this week in Afghanistan. HTS called the Taliban conquest an event of…

  Authored by Marlon Weems via GEN on Medium, While billionaires like Bill Gates buy up all the nation’s farmland, Wall Street investors snatch up every home they can get their hands on… For Father’s Day a few years back, my wife…

Moscow pursues a peaceful and responsible foreign policy, calling for broad agreements on the peaceful cooperation between countries, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper published on the Foreign Ministry’s website on Wednesday. “Russia has…

Syria accused Israel Thursday of carrying out an airstrike in a central province, the second time in as many days, saying the aerial attack caused material damage. An unidentified Syrian military official quoted by the state news agency said air defenses shot…

As many countries around the world now begin another round of lockdowns, and take steps to cut off citizens from social life if they do not consent to receive one of the deadly COVID-19 shots and carry around some kind of identification…

By Henry GIROUX On Monday August 6, 1945, the United States unleashed an atomic bomb on Hiroshima killing 140,000 people instantly. 70% of the city was destroyed.  A few days later on August 9th, another atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki killing an…

A notorious Russian MP, known for making inflammatory remarks, has dubbed gay people the “lowest stage of development of the animal world” and called for the country’s homosexual population to be “sterilized” like stray cats. Answering a journalist’s question on his TikTok…

Peter Schiff: The Fed’s Real Strength – The Power To Destroy Via SchiffGold.com, PBS Frontline recently released a documentary titled “The Power of the Fed.”   Peter Schiff watched it and offered his analysis of the show on his podcast. He said…

China is urgently warning Britain against “flexing muscles” in and around its claimed territorial waters after the UK confirmed it is sending two warships to be permanently stationed off Japan to patrol Asian waters. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said in…

Iran has opened its first oil terminal in the Gulf of Oman and referenced the “failure” of US sanctions to deter its progress. It will allow oil exports to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, which has recently seen multiple incidents. The new…

The European Court of Human Rights has rejected Russia’s request to impose interim measures on Ukraine as part of its complaint against Kiev over a range of issues. Moscow filed a case with the international body on Thursday. In a statement to…

This week, Twitter was keen to share the news about its new arrangement with The Associated Press and Reuters “to expand our efforts to identify and elevate credible information” on its platform.  The company reiterates its commitment that people using its service are able…

Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via AmGreatness.com, The Biden Administration should look in the mirror before casting stones at others… It was always going to be Herculean to inoculate, with an untried vaccine, a multi-ethnic nation of 330 million, across a vast…

The UAE, Saudi Arabia, Israel and the U.S. just don’t want democracy in the Arab world, writes As`ad AbuKhalil. By As`ad ABUKHALIL The monarchical-sounding declaration by Kaïs Saïed eight days ago was stunning: the president who was freely elected in 2019 (for only the second time…

Madagascan authorities claim to have foiled a conspiracy against President Andry Rajoelina, with several “foreign and Malagasy” suspects arrested. The public security minister on Wednesday said that six people had been arrested — one foreign national, two binationals, and three Madagascan citizens….

Watch Behind The Headlines correspondent Dan Cohen explain how top foreign policy reporters are linked to the U.S. government, weapons industry and oil corporations – the very forces they are supposed to hold accountable. By Dan COHEN Imagine a country where there’s no…

Buchanan Blasts America’s ‘Great Leap Forward’ Into Socialism Authored by Pat Buchanan, Just seven weeks into his presidency, Joe Biden signed a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. Among the largest spending bills in history, it was passed without the vote of a…

The U.S.-led colonial terror in Haiti since 2004 has been so terrible and horrific, that during countless anti-corruption, anti-imperialist demonstrations, the people of Haiti burned the U.S. flag and lifted up the Russian flag asking for help. But for thirteen (13) intolerable years,…

Saudi Arabia remained China’s single largest crude oil supplier in June, ahead of Russia, although Saudi shipments to the world’s top oil importer fell by 19% last month amid lower overall imports. In June 2021, China imported 1.75 million barrels per day…

The amazement of those who are witnessing the birth of a new totalitarianism in a country [our Italy] that for seventy years has praised anti-fascism in all its guises is understandable. Yet, sixteen months of virus spilled in the media twenty-four hours…