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Latest , News The Battle Over Hong Kong: New Silk Road or New World Order?

Posted on October 5, 2019By Editor

In the case of Hong Kong, a former British colony still infested with deep-seated Anglo-American intelligence and banking ties, the commitment to join the BRI began to arise as early as 2016 with the first BRI Summit that since became an annual event. … Read More >Latest , News The Battle Over Hong Kong: New Silk Road or New World Order?

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Biden scandal EXPLODES: Ukraine fracking, money laundering, Bank of China payoffs (Video)

Posted on October 1, 2019By Editor

The Duran’s Alex Christoforou and Editor-in-Chief Alexander Mercouris discuss the latest updates in the Biden-Ukraine-China scandal that is blowing up in the face of the Democrat party primary front runner. … Read More >Biden scandal EXPLODES: Ukraine fracking, money laundering, Bank of China payoffs (Video)

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Supplementary reading: How the US has used Ukraine [UPDATED]

Posted on October 1, 2019By Editor

Many people know that Ukraine has been used by the US. This has dominated Ukraine’s sad history over the years especially since 2014. … Read More >Supplementary reading: How the US has used Ukraine [UPDATED]

USA

Tulsi Gabbard shoots straight on the Middle East – like a soldier should

Posted on September 28, 2019By Editor

Most of the Democrat “leaders” and presidential candidates on offer of late are useful for little more than comedy television, if one considers hyper-political snipery (all done with proper parliamentary procedures) as comedy. … Read More >Tulsi Gabbard shoots straight on the Middle East – like a soldier should

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Guantanamo Bay and shortsighted US foreign policy

Posted on September 28, 2019By Editor

The United States proclaimed its war on terror. All too often this meant a war on civil liberty. … Read More >Guantanamo Bay and shortsighted US foreign policy

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Mercenaries and the privatization of war

Posted on September 28, 2019By Editor

In the past 30 years or so we have witnessed the increasing privatization of war. … Read More >Mercenaries and the privatization of war

Business

U.S. And Russia Battle It Out Over This Huge Iraqi Gas Field

Posted on September 18, 2019September 21, 2019By Editor

This supply-demand imbalance has resulted in Iraq’s being dependent on neighbouring Iran for a considerable amount of gas and electricity imports. … Read More >U.S. And Russia Battle It Out Over This Huge Iraqi Gas Field

Middle East

Questions, Not Answers, Surround U.S. Push To War With Iran

Posted on September 18, 2019October 30, 2019By Editor

Cui Bono? (Who Benefits?) Because it certainly isn’t Iran. … Read More >Questions, Not Answers, Surround U.S. Push To War With Iran

USA

‘You are not our pimp’: Tulsi Gabbard accuses Trump of placing US troops under command of ‘Islamist dictator’

Posted on September 18, 2019October 30, 2019By Editor

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard compared President Trump to a pimp while criticizing one of his tweets that indicated he would follow Saudi Arabia’s lead in responding to an attack on one of the kingdom’s major oil facilities. … Read More >‘You are not our pimp’: Tulsi Gabbard accuses Trump of placing US troops under command of ‘Islamist dictator’

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“Withheld” – Access To Prison Documents About Jeffrey Epstein Formally Denied

Posted on September 17, 2019September 27, 2019By Editor

There’s a bit of news in the case of Jeffrey Epstein. He’s the convicted sex offender who somehow managed to commit suicide in a New York jail last month while he was supposed to be under close watch. … Read More >“Withheld” – Access To Prison Documents About Jeffrey Epstein Formally Denied