Russia halts pipeline oil to Poland says refiner PKN Orlen (uk.finance.yahoo.com)
Russia Sold Oil Far Above Price Cap, Researchers Say (archive.ph)
A year of U.S. military aid to Ukraine exceeds costs of a decade of the war in Afghanistan. This doesn't include billions of financial aid needed to keep Ukrainian economy functioning. (www.statista.com)
Russia froze western assets in its possession to the tune of $150 billion (archive.ph)
A global divide on the Ukraine war is deepening. Russia capitalizes on disillusionment with the United States to win sympathy in the Global South. (archive.ph)
China and India affirm progress in first face-to-face border talks since 2019 (www.scmp.com)
Great power conflict puts the dollar’s exorbitant privilege under threat (archive.ph)
West tells Global South 'you can't be neutral' in Ukraine war: You are either with us, or against us (geopoliticaleconomy.substack.com)
Hersh asserts that the United States and Norway have been conducting secret operations since the Vietnam War (seymourhersh.substack.com)
China has begun revoking the patents of U.S. companies in important industries for Beijing, including technology, pharmaceuticals and the use of rare earth minerals (archive.ph)
Russian pranksters call Merkel posing as Ukraine's ex-leader (www.ctvnews.ca)
French Minister Urges $16 Bn IMF Programme For Ukraine (www.barrons.com)
Russia and China Have a Stranglehold on the World’s Food Security (archive.ph)
Western pleas over Ukraine fail to sway global south (archive.ph)
Rocket attack targets US occupation base in al-Omar oil field, Deir Ezzor (www.sana.sy)
NATO trained them. Now these Afghan soldiers are joining the Russian army to help attack Ukraine (www.thestar.com)
Rising oil prices augur well for Russia, but not for West (www.chinadaily.com.cn)
Biden says three recently downed aerial objects were not linked to Chinese spy program (www.cnbc.com)
Chinese Foreign Ministry calls for an objective, impartial and professional investigation into the Nord Stream explosions, and that those responsible must be held to account. (www.fmprc.gov.cn)
A year of war in Ukraine has left Europe’s armouries dry (archive.ph)
Democracy Now Interviews Reporter Seymour Hersh on “How America Took Out the Nord Stream Pipeline” (www.democracynow.org)
“Largest increase in global poverty since WW2”: capitalists profit while the rest of us suffer (www.marxist.com)
Turns out that almost all of the grain products went through the sea corridor, which was created "to help starving countries in Africa" went to feed the Spanish pigs. (exxpress.at)
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