‘A real miracle’: 7-year-old boy survives 5 days in lion-infested sport park in Zimbabwe USA In the present day
The 12 months of the Wolves Montana Free Press
Vegetation and timber are capable of predict volcano eruptions Earth.com
How Would Fearmongers and Doomers Put money into The Inventory Market? The Sentinel Intelligence
Why “Foaming” The Runway Is No Longer Generally Used In Aviation AV Geekery
Local weather/Atmosphere
Colossal winter storm unleashing snow, ice from Plains to mid-Atlantic Accuweather
Pandemics
Ex-FDA chief says Biden ‘mishandling’ chook flu, urges swift motion from Trump The Hill
A number of Illinois hospitals requiring masks as respiratory infections climb NBC Chicago
Africa
The Politics of Avenue Names and Reminiscence in Mali Sawahil
The Koreas
Washington’s (not so) sturdy man in Seoul is defying arrest Drop Web site Information
Japan
Uh…McDonalds Japan simply posted an advert in Jindaimoji神代文字
For these of you enjoying at dwelling this can be a script made up within the 18th century in an try and show historic Japanese had a writing kind earlier than they adopted Chinese language. https://t.co/1t66K4pXsX— eric ゑリｯ久 (@shinobu_books) January 3, 2025
China?
China’s central financial institution vows to make use of a number of financial coverage instruments, reduce RRR, rates of interest at applicable time International Occasions
China’s Paper Boat Navy: A Colossus At Danger Of Capsizing – Evaluation Eurasia Evaluation
Spinning a tune: Chinese language scientist names new spider species after Jay Chou songs Channel Information Asia
Outdated Blighty
Britain’s Collapse and Eire’s Future Eriugena Evaluation
The UK’s Strategic Shift: Coming into Exterior Affiliation with america Fashionable Diplomacy
Syraqistan
Biden administration stated prepping $8 billion arms package deal for Israel, together with heavy bombs The Occasions of Israel. Commentary:
Antony Blinken has a stronger emotional response to the wine checklist than he does to genocide pic.twitter.com/8EtjwqZo54
— Tim Barker (@_TimBarker) January 4, 2025
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U.S. Reportedly Setting Up New Base In Northern Syria The Warzone
Pentagon vehemently denies stories of latest US base in Syria’s Kobani Al Arabiya
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Handshake-gate in Syria Politico. The deck: Syria’s de facto chief prolonged a hand to France’s international minister, however to not Germany’s Baerbock. Ladies’s rights have been a spotlight of the journey. In the meantime:
CONFIRMED:
Syria’s Interim Justice Minister Shadi Al-Waisi, is seen sentencing/overseeing loss of life penalty of ladies for adultery/prostitution, as part of Al Nusra Entrance’s utility of Sharia legislation again in January 2015 in areas the entrance managed in Idlib.
– The primary video was… pic.twitter.com/00R36qXt8g
— Rami Jarrah (@RamiJarrah) January 4, 2025
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China serving to Houthis receive weapons for unmolested Purple Sea passage i24
Essential and opportune: Time to take the Houthis out of the equation Jewish Information Syndicate
New Not-So-Chilly Struggle
US Prepares New Struggle, MSM: Biden Admin Debates Iran Strike; Russia Takes Ukraine Lithium Alexander Mercouris (video). Discusses the chance that the US will strike will Iran earlier than it indicators strategic partnership with Russia.
Russia intercepts eight US-supplied ATACMS missiles — MOD RT
Drones assault Russia’s largest industrial seaport in a single day – Russian media Ukrainska Pravda
The Interview: Antony Blinken Insists He and Biden Made the Proper Calls New York Occasions
‼️🇺🇸🇺🇦 Blinken admits to NYT the US armed Ukraine lengthy earlier than the SMO
“We made positive that … beginning in September (2021 – ed.) after which once more in December, to stealthily ship a lot of weapons to Ukraine to make it possible for they’ve all the pieces they should defend
–>👇 pic.twitter.com/IlD5fU3a8g— David Roth-Lindberg (@RothLindberg) January 4, 2025
German opposition helps deployment of German peacekeepers in Ukraine Ukrainska Pravda. The CDU, which is predicted to guide subsequent authorities following Feb. election.
Which Approach Ukrainian Hooligan? Bandera Foyer Weblog
European Disunion
Ursula von der Leyen has ‘extreme’ pneumonia Politico
The Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer resigns after talks on forming a authorities collapsed Euronews
Germany ‘getting into longest financial hunch since WW2’ Brussels Sign
German police state to be expanded following the auto assault in Magdeburg WSWS
Ten years after the Paris assaults, France lives in a ‘everlasting state of emergency’ Center East Eye
The Caucasus
Georgian companies and staff to hold out nationwide strike demanding new elections The Kyiv Unbiased
South of the Border
Two Individuals Declare to Be President of Venezuela – Will US Militarily Intervene? Venezuelanalysis
Argentina’s far-right libertarian President Javier Milei is attempting to push by means of anti-worker labor reform that may enhance the work day to 12 hours, with no additional time.
It is going to additionally permit firms to pay staff partially with tickets (not actual cash) that may solely be used at… pic.twitter.com/q3Ou56MGMO
— Ben Norton (@BenjaminNorton) January 5, 2025
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China Donates 70 Tons of Tools to Cuba To Restore Its Electrical System Orinoco Tribune
Honduras shall be declared a rustic freed from illiteracy in 2025, because of Cuba’s “Yo, sí puedo” program. @XiomaraCastroZ pic.twitter.com/SBfHcvlBlt
— Kawsachun Information (@KawsachunNews) January 2, 2025
Spook Nation
The FBI Account of the Las Vegas Bomber Story Does Not Make Sense Larry Johnson, Sonar21
Musk is unquestionably doing surveillance capitalism and dealing hand in glove with intel businesses. https://t.co/oBHYW4V263
— ecosocialist musician (@EcosocialistM) January 4, 2025
Gaslit Nation Matt Taibbi, Racket Information
AI
Emotional infiltration Inner exile
Imperial Collapse Watch
The hazards of ‘victory’ Pearls & Irritations
Biden Administration
Hillary Clinton, George Soros and 17 others honored with Presidential Medal of Freedom at White Home ceremony NBC Information. Commentary:
Biden gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Jose Andres, who has appeared in images with Trump’s would-be murderer Ryan Routh.
He additionally gave one to a Soros.
They’re simply doing it out within the open now, and no one is being a lot bothered by it. https://t.co/oXwXgnCKkn pic.twitter.com/sFo0w8szAP
— Olga Bazova (@OlgaBazova) January 5, 2025
Trump Transition
US capital in ‘heightened risk surroundings’ after New 12 months’s Day assaults VOA
The cheerleading for increasing personal prisons and biometrics among the many so-called “dissident” proper on this web site is unnerving.
If you happen to suppose this enlargement of the police state is simply going to be for “unlawful immigrants”, you’ve ignored the final 40+ years of American historical past. https://t.co/npuzstmWSM
— Whitney Webb (@_whitneywebb) January 3, 2025
Kamala & Walz
Harris to supervise electoral rely, restoring norm that Trump shattered WaPo
Gov. Walz proposes stiffer penalties, utilizing AI to battle fraud in Minnesota applications Minnesota Reformer
Healthcare?
Issues Proceed Over Non-public Fairness’s Attain Into Healthcare MedPage In the present day
Drugmakers plan worth hikes for 250+ medicines in 2025: Reuters Becker’s Hospital Evaluation
Psychological Sickness Prophesies Society’s Religious Illness Mad in America
Police State Watch
Ohio Places Police Bodycam Footage Behind a Paywall The Intercept
Antitrust
The Rise of the French Fry Cartel Jacobin
What’s Approaching the Anti-Monopoly Entrance in 2025? BIG by Matt Stoller
Class Warfare
Amazon employee – struck and shot in New Orleans terror assault – initially denied time without work The Register
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