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(3 May 2024) NATO is desperate to cover up its Himalayan mistakes of a) expanding NATO instead of creating a common European security and peace system that would have permitted us all to live in ...

https://www.sott.net/article/491131-NATO-countries-also-the-Nordic-quietly-preparing-to-send-troops-into-Ukraine

From CFACT The Biden Administration has recently produced a wave of plans and regulatory actions aimed at building a monstrous amount of destructive offshore wind. No environmental impact assessm...

https://www.sott.net/article/491130-The-Policy-Makers-Offshore-wind-is-gearing-up-to-bulldoze-the-ocean

On a recent episode of "Real Time" with Bill Maher, Scott Galloway, clinical professor of marketing at the New York University Stern School of Business, had a comical take on the cause of the pro...

https://www.sott.net/article/491129-NYU-professor-College-Students-Are-Protesting-Against-Israel-Because-They-Arent-Having-Enough-Sex

Budapest is opposing a potential €100-billion ($107 billion), five-year NATO plan to fund Ukraine in its conflict with Russia, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has said. The draft pla...

https://www.sott.net/article/491128-NATO-state-rejects-100-billion-Ukraine-war-chest-madness

Bogota will cut diplomatic relations with Israel due to its "genocidal" leadership, Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced on Wednesday. In March, following a UN Security Council resolution ...

https://www.sott.net/article/491127-Colombia-to-sever-ties-with-Israel

Turkey has halted all trade with Israel, citing the "worsening humanitarian tragedy" in the Palestinian territories, which prompted strong criticism from the Israeli foreign minister. "Export and...

https://www.sott.net/article/491126-Turkey-stops-all-trade-with-Israel-over-humanitarian-tragedy-in-Gaza

A moderate Florida House Democrat said Sunday that there is "no way" his party is going to help Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) if the Georgia republican for...

https://www.sott.net/article/491125-No-way-Democrats-will-help-oust-Mike-Johnson-Florida-Rep-says

A volley from an Israel Defence Forces (IDF) tank into a building in Gaza where IDF reservists were taking cover killed two and injured two others, an internal investigation has reportedly found....

https://www.sott.net/article/491124-Israeli-troops-killed-by-friendly-fire-in-Gaza-IDF

Despite what foreign leaders and commentators say - and really seem to believe - Russia is the one setting the tempo of the conflict We are living through a remarkable Western anticlimax. The US ...

https://www.sott.net/article/491123-The-biggest-illusion-about-the-Ukraine-war-the-West-refuses-to-acknowledge

Haiti's transitional council appointed Fritz Belizaire as prime minister to address rampant violence. Haiti's newly installed transitional council chose former Sports Minister Fritz Belizaire as ...

https://www.sott.net/article/491122-Haiti-council-appoints-new-prime-minister-as-country-continues-to-face-gang-violence

While the collective west is in the grips of an existential legitimacy crisis, the RIC is devising its own security order to protect the rest of the world from the 'genocidals.' The Hegemon has n...

https://www.sott.net/article/491121-The-Russia-Iran-China-search-for-a-new-global-security-order

A clip of the comedian being interviewed by The New Yorker circulated across social media Sunday. Several conservative pundits praised Jerry Seinfeld this week after he garnered criticism online ...

https://www.sott.net/article/491120-Conservative-pundits-endorse-Jerry-Seinfelds-comments-about-the-extreme-left-killing-comedy

As unlikely as it may seem, U.S. officials now admit the Biden administration's strategy of pressing Niger and other African countries to break off ties with Moscow is no longer working. What's m...

https://www.sott.net/article/491119-US-admits-failed-Africa-strategy-But-theres-more

Comment: But don't expect anything to be done about it. Five Israel Defense Force units committed "gross violations of human rights" outside of the Gaza Strip prior to the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas att...

https://www.sott.net/article/491118-US-State-Department-says-Israeli-units-committed-gross-violations-of-human-rights-PRIOR-to-Oct-7

A fireball lit up the night sky about an hour and a half before dawn this morning, according to several reports and video footage captured by Maricopa residents. Within just one minute — betwee...

https://www.sott.net/article/491117-Meteor-fireball-over-Arizona-on-May-1

The Yemeni army has declared the initiation of a fresh phase in Yemen's retaliatory operations, carried out in solidarity with the Palestinians facing the Israeli genocidal war on Gaza. In a stat...

https://www.sott.net/article/491116-Yemen-announces-new-fourth-phase-of-anti-genocide-operation-includes-blockade-of-Mediterranean-Sea-area

The North Atlantic Treaty Organizations (NATO) has accused Russia of being behind 'hybrid and malign activities' on the territory of the alliance and it includes acts of 'sabotage and disinformat...

https://www.sott.net/article/491115-NATO-accuses-Russia-of-hybrid-and-malign-activities-on-alliances-territories

A recent poll found that 71 percent of U.S. citizens were dissatisfied with the Biden administration's handling of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The anti-war protests at over 30 American univ...

https://www.sott.net/article/491114-2000-anti-genocide-activists-arrested-thus-far-in-the-US

Today, a fire broke out at the Diehl Metal Applications plant in the Lichterfelde district on the southwest outskirts of Berlin. The facility conducts metal refining and galvanization, Bild repor...

https://www.sott.net/article/491113-Huge-fire-engulfs-Diehl-metals-and-defense-factory-in-Germany

The past week in the Russia-Ukraine conflict has seen active combat continuing in multiple locations along the front line, with both sides exchanging long-range attacks, some of which have involv...

https://www.sott.net/article/491112-Donbass-breakthrough-cluster-munitions-and-drone-proof-tanks-The-past-week-in-the-Ukraine-conflict

Heavy rainfall led to a flood-like situation and landslides in Assam's Dima Hasao district, snapping road and rail communication at several places in the hill district. The entire Barak Valley wa...

https://www.sott.net/article/491111-Heavy-rain-triggers-flood-like-situation-in-Assam-India-disrupts-road-rail-links

In just the latest example of a top Israeli official openly calling for the elimination of Gaza and the 2.3 million Palestinians who live there, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Tuesday deman...

https://www.sott.net/article/491110-Israels-Finance-Minister-Smotrich-calls-for-total-annihilation-of-Gaza

In the second phase of restrictive measures, Türkiye suspended all export and import operations with Israel due to its "aggression against Palestine in violation of international law and human r...

https://www.sott.net/article/491109-Turkey-suspends-all-trade-with-Israel-until-it-allows-sufficient-aid-into-Gaza

Following Russia's military operation in Ukraine, Western countries began providing Kiev with military aid, including weapons, intelligence, and cybersecurity support. As the conflict escalated, ...

https://www.sott.net/article/491108-The-Terrors-Instigators-How-NATO-Generals-Ignite-Conflict

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https://www.sott.net/article/491107-Meteor-fireball-over-Japan-on-May-1

England and Wales are set to be battered by thunderstorms on Thursday as the Met Office issued a 12-hour warning for bad weather. Lightning strikes, sudden flooding, and strong winds are expected...

https://www.sott.net/article/491106-UK-weather-New-thunderstorm-warning-from-Met-Office-after-200000-lightning-strikes-overnight

Those responsible for the deaths of 42 anti-Maidan activists in Odessa in 2014 should face justice, Valentina Matvienko said. Russia must establish a special tribunal for Ukrainian neo-Nazis afte...

https://www.sott.net/article/491105-Ukraines-neo-Nazis-should-face-tribunal-Russias-top-senator

A life-threatening situation continues to unfold across portions of Southeast Texas on Thursday as torrential rain and severe weather pounded the region, causing rivers and streams to overflow th...

https://www.sott.net/article/491104-Evacuations-ordered-in-Texas-due-to-life-threatening-flooding-after-torrential-rainfall-of-10-inches-in-24-hours

At least 11 people died and nine others were injured in lightning strikes in five districts on Thursday. In Cumilla, four people, including two farmers, were killed in lightning strikes in Chandi...

https://www.sott.net/article/491103-Lightning-strikes-kill-11-in-5-districts-of-Bangladesh

Cambridge University professor says we need to stop obsessing about net-zero Young people are terrified that climate change will destroy Earth by the time they grow up, but the world is not actua...

https://www.sott.net/article/491102-Why-climate-change-ISN-T-going-to-end-the-world

According to The Daily Signal, there is a strong indication that Kristen Clarke, who now leads the DOJ's Civil Rights Division, lied during her confirmation process in 2021. In written questions,...

https://www.sott.net/article/491101-Allegedly-knifing-a-man-isnt-the-worst-thing-DOJ-official-Kristen-Clarke-has-done

"You need meat, OK? We're going to have meat in Florida," DeSantis said during a press conference. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has made a name for himself backing culture-war-focused legislative pr...

https://www.sott.net/article/491100-Ron-DeSantis-supports-law-banning-lab-grown-meat-in-Florida

Boeing whistleblower and former Spirit AeroSystems quality auditor Joshua 'Josh' Dean (45) died on Tuesday morning, his family have confirmed. He is the second Boeing whistleblower to pass away i...

https://www.sott.net/article/491099-A-second-Boeing-whistleblower-has-died-in-the-span-of-two-months

Around 30 Ukrainian men have died while trying to illegally cross the border in order to avoid military service since the outbreak of the conflict with Russia in 2022, Andrey Demchenko, a spokesm...

https://www.sott.net/article/491098-Ukraine-claims-dozens-of-draft-dodgers-died-fleeing-the-country

Former US President Donald Trump did not rule out a withdrawal of military aid to Israel over its ongoing war on Gaza in an interview published by Time on Tuesday. The Republican, who is likely t...

https://www.sott.net/article/491097-Trump-doesnt-rule-out-ending-aid-to-Israel-to-halt-war-on-Gaza

Last week, Kiev suspended consular services to males residing abroad in a bid to force them to register for service. The European Union should come up with a uniform approach to dealing with draf...

https://www.sott.net/article/491096-EU-must-decide-fate-of-military-age-Ukrainian-men-member-state

Investigators say they could not gather enough evidence to charge the suspects accused of blowing up multiple arms warehouses Police in the Czech Republic have shelved a probe into the destructio...

https://www.sott.net/article/491095-Czech-police-drop-alleged-Russian-bombing-case

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that...

https://www.sott.net/article/491094-US-poised-to-ease-restrictions-on-marijuana-in-historic-shift-but-it-ll-remain-controlled-substance

Pro-Palestinian students have occupied some university campuses in the UK, to protest against the war in Gaza. Students in Leeds, Newcastle and Bristol set up tents outside university buildings, ...

https://www.sott.net/article/491093-Students-occupy-UK-university-campuses-in-protest-over-Gaza

Law enforcement has deployed water cannons and used pepper spray against demonstrators outside the country's parliament Georgian police late on Monday moved in to disperse protestors blocking the...

https://www.sott.net/article/491092-Georgian-police-disperse-foreign-agents-bill-protests

It might sound like a scene out of Avatar 2. But scientists claim it's now possible to have a conversation with a whale, following a 20-minute chat with a humpback whale in Southeast Alaska. A 38...

https://www.sott.net/article/491091-Scientists-claim-they-ve-had-a-20-minute-conversation-with-a-WHALE-and-say-it-could-pave-the-way-for-conversations-with-aliens-someday

Scientists have observed a wild orangutan applying medicine to his own wound in a world's first. A Sumatran orangutan, named Rakus, was seen chewing up leaves of a medicinal plant, create a pulp ...

https://www.sott.net/article/491090-Orangutan-observed-treating-its-own-wound-with-medicinal-plant-for-the-first-time

Seasoned veterinarians and livestock producers alike have been scratching their heads trying to understand the media's response to the avian flu. Headlines across every major news outlet warn of ...

https://www.sott.net/article/491089-From-bird-flu-to-climate-snakes

The Stone of Destiny's recorded links to Scottish royalty date back almost 1000 years, and its origins are shrouded in mystery, with legends linking it to biblical heroes and ancient Egyptian pha...

https://www.sott.net/article/491088-Experts-say-that-the-Stone-of-Destiny-was-a-doorstep

American is set to get a new fleet of 'doomsday planes' that some have said signal the nation could be preparing for World Ward III. The US Air Forced announced a $13 billion contract to develop ...

https://www.sott.net/article/491087-US-Air-Force-pays-13-billion-for-new-doomsday-planes

Anger and madness are relatives Anger and madness are deadly twins Anger and madness are brothers Anger and madness have a very close cousin called foolishness They always accompany each other Th...

https://www.sott.net/article/491086-MayDay-MayDay

Amid a dire need for soldiers, Ukrainian conscription officers have turned to extreme measures, including kidnapping people to force their enlistment with the military. Ukrainian conscription off...

https://www.sott.net/article/491085-Ukrainian-officers-kidnap-14-y-o-amid-forced-conscription-drive

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a fine totaling $200 million to the nation's four largest mobile carriers after concluding an investigation that found the companies illegally s...

https://www.sott.net/article/491084-FCC-slaps-AT-T-Verizon-T-Mobile-with-200M-in-fines-for-sharing-user-location-data-without-consent

New York Supreme Court Judge Juan Merchan, who is overseeing Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's hush money trial, ruled former President Donald Trump can attend his son's high school gradu...

https://www.sott.net/article/491083-Judge-grants-Trump-leave-to-attend-Barrons-graduation

Comment: This article is 2 years old. Today is the 10th anniversary of the 2014 massacre in Odessa Clashes between opposing activists turned into mass murder. The perpetrators have never been pun...

https://www.sott.net/article/467441-Burned-alive-How-the-2014-Odessa-massacre-became-a-turning-point-for-Ukraine