China's life expectancy is now higher than that of the US (qz.com)
We Are Witnessing a Global De-Dollarisation Spree (internationalbanker.com)
US destabilization playbook, step 1: NYTimes has already started attacking the legitimacy of the Solomon Islands govt and blaming it all on China (www.nytimes.com)
Poland puts its WW2 losses at $1.3 trillion, demands German reparations (www.reuters.com)
Operator Fears 'Sputtering of Radioactive Substances' at Ukraine Nuclear Plant (www.commondreams.org)
Ukraine’s state-run energy operator warned Saturday that “there are risks of hydrogen leakage and sputtering of radioactive substances” from the country’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant as shelling in the Russian-occupied area continues, despite international pleas for a ceasefire....
4 Out Of 5 Americans With Diabetes Went Into Debt To Pay For Insulin, New Survey Shows (www.forbes.com)
591 Migrants Sexually Abused by US Immigration Officials (www.telesurenglish.net)
An investigation published Friday by the Mexican newspaper Milenio documented that 591 migrants were sexually abused in the last six years in the United States by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents....
Russian teacher sentenced for telling students about war crimes in Ukraine (www.telegraph.co.uk)
Von der Leyen heads to Azerbaijan to secure new gas import deal (www.euronews.com)
Twitter says it will sue Elon Musk after he sends letter seeking to end $44B acquisition deal (www.cbc.ca)
90% of Ukrainians support joining EU, 73% support joining NATO (www.eurointegration.com.ua)
EU approves end to combustion engine sales by 2035 (www.lemonde.fr)
Ukraine Bans Main Opposition Party, Seizes All Its Assets (www.zerohedge.com)
The leader of the opposition was already in house arrest.
Yellen: Not legal for U.S. to seize Russian official assets (www.reuters.com)
Operation Surprise: leaked emails expose secret intelligence coup to install Boris Johnson - The Grayzone (thegrayzone.com)
Pope Francis Says NATO Started War in Ukraine by ‘Barking at Putin’s Door’ (news.yahoo.com)
Russia cuts gas to Poland, Bulgaria; EU vows coordinated response (www.aljazeera.com)
Turkey, a NATO member-state, has launched an invasion of Iraq. Not a word from NATO and EU representatives who have been screaming about Ukraine for the past two months. (www.pbs.org)
Green warmongering escalates to unseen proportions (www.outputblog.de)
What happened to Germany’s pacifists?
U.K. Judge OKs Extradition of Julian Assange to U.S. (www.wsws.org)
A British judge has ordered the extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, where he faces a 175-year sentence. The final decision on Assange’s extradition will now be made by U.K. Home Secretary Priti Patel. Amnesty International’s Simon Crowther spoke outside the courthouse prior to today’s...