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China’s new Antarctica base poses new surveillance, strategic threat to U.S.
Communist China is planning to develop new ground stations in Antarctica in an effort to expand surveillance and data collection abilities that already pose a major strategic threat to the United States, an analyst said. Read More.
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Reports: Secret initiative backed by Koch, Soros seeks to revive Iran nuclear deal
George Soros, Charles Koch, and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund are bankrolling progressive activists aiming to revive the Iran nuclear deal despite the Teheran regime's violent crackdown on weeks-long, nationwide protests in Iran, a Feb. 6 report said. Read More.
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Chinese ‘trial balloon’ probed much more than U.S. airspace
The fascinating but bizarre Chinese “weather balloon” incident has raised disturbing and very unsettling questions about Beijing's high-altitude breach of American airspace and indeed sovereignty. Read More.
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Seoul’s long-suppressed spy investigation gathers steam, in a race with time
South Korean intelligence, in a joint effort with prosecutors and police, has launched an investigation into a massive North Korean spy network that has long been active nationwide. Read More.
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'Very sobering': Perfect storm threatens global economy, with Asian exceptions
The lingering aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, the widening war in Ukraine and the knock-on effects of food and energy shortages, alongside high inflation battered the world economy in 2022. Read More.
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Naval exercise is win for China bid to establish Africa-South America military axis
South Africa, China and Russia will hold their second trilateral naval exercise from Feb. 17 to 27, a clear victory for China’s program of militarizing its quasi-alliance structures that could soon create an axis for Africa-South American military cooperation. Read More.
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Afghanistan is still the world's problem even though the Taliban are in power
It’s seems like a profound contradiction; trying to convince Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities to accept foreign humanitarian help for their own starving population. Read More.
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Trump steps up: 'Get this crazy war ended, NOW'
As Team Biden was approving sending U.S. Abrams main battle tanks to Ukraine in what military analysts said was an overt escalation of the war, former President Donald Trump was pleading for peace, and saying he could absolutely deliver it. Read More.
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Low birth rate has Japan on 'verge' of societal collapse, prime minister warns
Births in Japan plunged to a new record low last year, dropping below 800,000 for the first time, according to official estimates. Read More.
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Expanding military threats spur Japan to abandon post-WWII defense posture
There’s a significant sea change affecting Japanese defense policy. Some would say it’s the result of a political tsunami. Others would argue it’s a long overdue wake up call. Read More.
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To support Ukraine, Pentagon taps ammunition stockpiles in Israel, South Korea
In a desperate behind the scenes scramble to keep up the steady supply of arms and ammunition demanded by Ukraine, the Pentagon has tapped into stockpiles of U.S. ammunition in Israel and South Korea, reports say. Read More.
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Sweden discovers Europe’s largest deposit of rare earth minerals
The state-owned mining company of Sweden has reported discovering what is believed to be the largest deposit of rare earth minerals in Europe. Read More.
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Things people don’t think about: What if China controls the Moon?
When NASA Administrator Bill Nelson warned that China was intent on claiming the Moon as its territory, the communist regime in Beijing went into full diplomatic propaganda mode to deny it. Read More.
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2023: Looking into the crystal globe at the year ahead
Our world remains an increasingly tumultuous place and the tragedy of expanding conflicts is only surpassed by the waves of refugees fleeing those troubles. Read More.
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China defiant: U.S. Pacific Command slams near collision by fighter jet
On Dec. 21, a Chinese fighter jet came within 20 feet of colliding with a U.S. military aircraft in international airspace over the South China Sea, U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (Indo-PACOM) said in a statement. Read More.

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