(2023-06-28). Can Zelensky, the Klitschkos & MI5 Overcome Russia's Maskirovka Where Napoleon and Hitler Failed? strategic-culture.org 
The future of Russia and of Ukraine hinges on the Crimean Peninsula, Declan Hayes writes. | Although the fate of Napoleon's La Grande Armée's Russian adventure is famously depicted by
(2023-06-28). Patrick Lawrence: Breaking Bread with Authoritarians. scheerpost.com 
In his way, India's prime minister is as bad as some of the old Latin American dictators who got plenty of American support but never an evening meal — and certainly no cardamon-flavored strawberry shortcake for dessert.
(2023-06-28). Breaking Bread With Authoritarians. popularresistance.org "For the first time in recent history, the White House is hosting a state dinner that's entirely plant-based: no meat, no dairy and no eggs," the reliably supercilious NPR reported as it curtain-raised the Biden White House's state dinner for Narendra Modi last Thursday. | The Indian prime minister, our corporate-sponsored national radio broadcaster explained, is a strict vegetarian. The headline on this shattering piece of reportage was, "For Modi's state dinner, the White House is elevating the mushroom." | This is big, to state the obvious. | "While there are no specifically Indian dishes on the menu, many Ind…
(2023-06-28). Most young Arabs see China as ally, poll finds. ecns.cn A majority of young Arab respondents in a recent survey consider China to be an ally of their respective countries, showing their increasingly favorable sentiments toward Beijing.
(2023-06-28). Russia coup attempt: What happened? What does the US want? covertactionbulletin.podbean.com The June 23 coup attempt in Russia by the Wagner Group seemed to end almost as quickly and suddenly as it started. Yevgeny Prigozhin specifically targeted the Ministry of Defense and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, and within hours Wagner forces had entered the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don and entered the grounds of the command of …
(2023-06-28). The real casualties of Russia's 'civil war': the Beltway expert class. mronline.org 
Numerous serious casualties were incurred during Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin's supposed "coup." The Grayzone offers an in-depth look at the massacre carried out by some of America's top Russia experts against their own credibility.
(2023-06-28). Headlines for June 28, 2023. democracynow.org Supreme Court Rejects GOP's Radical "Independent State Legislature Theory", Canadian Wildfire Smoke Brings Hazy Skies to Europe, "Very Unhealthy" Air Alerts in U.S. Cities, Russian Missile Strikes Restaurant in Ukraine's Kramatorsk, Killing 9 and Wounding Dozens, Belarusian President Says He Convinced Wagner Chief to Call Off Mutiny in Russia, U.S. Sanctions Companies Profiting from Wagner Group Mining Concessions in Africa, Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio Wins Reelection, Nurses in Texas and Kansas Hold One-Day Strike to Demand Safe Staffing Levels, DOJ Report Finds Mi…
(2023-06-28). Wagner "coup" in a "January 6" moment for Russia? indybay.org Eerily, the aborted "coup" by Wagner warlord Y. Prigorzhin over the weekend resembled–with obvious differences– the January 6th D.C. "insurrection " in the US. Even more alarmingly, it portends a wildly international situation, where the 2 greatest global military powers both face wildly unpredictable political futures, while billions of our Planetary citizens could be wiped out in an accidental and/or uncontrollable nuclear exchange.
(2023-06-28). Kiev Forces Suffer Losses During Failed Attacks In Donetsk, Zaporozhye & Kherson (Videos, Photos). southfront.org 
File image. | Kiev forces have suffered more human and material losses while attempting to advance in the sectors of Donetsk, South Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Kherson. | Several Ukrainian attacks were repelled by the Russian military on June 27. Kiev forces were not able to make new gains in any of the four sectors. | The fighting was especially intense in the Bakhmut direction in Donetsk. Videos from this direction show Russian forces destroying multiple Ukrainian armored vehicles with artillery fir…
(2023-06-28). Imperialism, China, and the World Economy. soundcloud.com On today's episode Brian Becker and Prof. Richard Wolff discuss the decline of the U.S. world order and economic domination, as BRICS economies overtake those of the G7. Professor Richard Wolff is an author & co-founder of the organization Democracy at Work. You can find his work at rdwolff.com, and more about this discussion in …
(2023-06-28). Brazilian Soybeans and China's Food Security. infobrics.org China's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (MARA) has announced a three-year plan to reduce the amount of soybean meal in animal feed to help decrease reliance on imports…
(2023-06-28). Brazil's President Says BRICS Should Launch Global Currency, Highlights Plan to Boost Business With China. infobrics.org Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he believes a group of five nations collectively known as BRICS should create its own common currency to compete on the global stage…
(2023-06-28). Saudi Arabia Reportedly in Talks to Join BRICS Bank to Enhance Financial Strength Amid De-dollarization. infobrics.org The New Development Bank (NDB), also known as the "BRICS bank," is in talks with Saudi Arabia on admitting the Middle Eastern nation as its ninth member, which would strengthen the NDB's funding options…
(2023-06-28). Russian Army Targeted Logistics Of Kiev Forces, Repelled More Attacks (Videos). southfront.org 
File image. | The Russian military destroyed an oil refinery and fuel storage facilities which were supplying Kiev forces in the Donbass region, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on June 28. | In a statement, the ministry said that the strikes, which were carried out with high-precision weapons, were successful without providing any further details. | The ministry also reported a new wave of failed attacks by Kiev forces in the South Donetsk, Zaporozhye and Donetsk sectors. | In the Donetsk direction, t…
(2023-06-28). The long prehistory of Russia's war of aggression. indybay.org This analysis is intended to convey that this war was not unprovoked and that decades of U.S. and NATO actions prepared the ground for a military conflict – a war long desired by some megalomaniacs and war profiteers in Washington, London, Brussels, Kiev, and Moscow, and a reality in February 2022.
(2023-06-28). Military Equipment Sent to Ukraine: An Avalanche of Weaponry."Let's Feed Them (Iranian) Shahed Drones" globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-28). Russia Does Not Attack Civilian Targets in Ukraine: Peskov. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Kremlim spokesman Dimitri Peskov denied that Russia carried out a missile attack on a restaurant in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk on Tuesday. | RELATED: | According to the Ukrainian Police, Russian forces used Iskander missiles to attack the Kramatorsk restaurant, killing 10 citizens and wounding 60 people. | Peskov recalled that the attacks carried out in the context of the special military operat…
(2023-06-28). German arms manufacturer to supply military aid to Ukraine. plenglish.com Berlin, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) The German arms manufacturer Rheinmetall confirmed the upcoming shipment of 14 Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine, during Russia's special military operation in support of the Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics.
(2023-06-28). Syrian, Russian Strikes Annihilate Dozens Of Militants In Greater Idlib (Video). southfront.org 
A Russian Su-24 strike aircraft in the sky over the Khmeimim airbase in Syria. Photo: Dmitriy Vinogradov / RIA Novosti | On June 28, the Syrian Ministry of Defense released footage of recent strikes that targeted a stronghold of al-Qaeda-affiliated Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in the northwestern region of Greater Idlib. | Syrian artillery and Russian warplanes attacked the stronghold, which is located near the town of Sharjah in the southern Idlib countryside, on June 27. | In a st…
(2023-06-28). Russian Senate highlights fraternal relations with Belarus. plenglish.com "We verified that the total pressure in the military, political, economic, informational, and economic spheres that our opponents exert on Russia and Belarus only makes us stronger," the senator said. | The countries have managed to build a unique system of political, economic, trade, and humanitarian relations, which "has no analogs anywhere in the world," Matvienko said in her speech at the 10th Forum of Regions of Russia and Belarus, held in Ufa. | According to the parliamentarian, the results reflect the guarantees the State of the Union offers to support and integrate the citizens of the two nations.
(2023-06-28). Several explosions reported in Melitopol, Zaparizhie. plenglish.com Moscow, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) A series of explosions have occurred in the city of Melitopol, located in the part of the Zaparizhie province under Russia control, on Wednesday, Vladimir Rogov, Deputy Governor of that territory, reported.
(2023-06-28). Has Russia Been Degraded Enough? globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-28). Sri Lanka: Plantation unions promote reactionary identity politics at Malaiyaham 200 conference. wsws.org The call for Indian Tamil plantation workers to be recognized as a separate nation is to block a unified struggle of the working class against worsening social conditions, while boosting the power and privileges of the Indian Tamil elites.
(2023-06-28). Syrian Air Force Hits Daraa For First Time In Five Years (Video). southfront.org 
Illustrative image. | Early on June 27, the Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF) carried out airstrikes against targets in the southern governorate of Daraa for the first time in five years. | The airstrikes hit two targets located in the outskirts of the town of al-Yadudah in the western Daraa countryside. They were reportedly carried out by Su-24MK2 fighter bombs that took off from the T4 airbase in the central governorate of Homs. | According to Syrian media reports, the targets were b…
(2023-06-28). Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela visits Orange County for Nakba 75 Tour. fightbacknews.org Santa Ana, CA — In commemoration of Nakba 75 – 75 years of Palestinian resistance against Israeli occupation and apartheid – the U.S. Palestinian Community Network and the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression organized a U.S. Nakba Day 75 tour in six cities around the U.S. | On the fourth day of the tour, May 18, Chief Nkosi Zwelivelile Mandela, grandson of the late Nelson Mandela, arrived in Southern California, where he was greeted by over 200 people who hailed from Arab, Chicano, Black and Native communities at Santa Ana High School in Orange County. | Mandela shared his thoughts and…
(2023-06-28). Targeting Israel viewed as terrorism by Europol. electronicintifada.net Report portrays defenders of Palestinian rights as extremists.
(2023-06-28). Turkish armed drones assassinate women political leaders in Rojava. greenleft.org.au 
Turkey — a member of NATO and the Council of Europe — carried out a targeted assassination of local political leaders in North-Eastern Syria, on June 20, reports Sarah Glynn.
(2023-06-28). In Video: Hezbollah Downs, Captures Israeli Army Drone. southfront.org 
Click to see full-size image. Source: Hezbollah Military Media. | On June 26, Hezbollah announced that its fighters had downed a drone of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) over southern Lebanon. | In a statement, the group said that the drone had penetrated some seven kilometers of Lebanese airspace before being downed."The Islamic Resistance shot down, with appropriate weapons, an Israeli drone… near the town of Zibqin in south Lebanon," the statement reads. | From its side, the IDF said that t…
(2023-06-28). Jordanian Military Shot Down Third Drone Over Border With Syria In Month. southfront.org 
Alleged image of the downed drone. Via Twitter. | On June 28, the Jordanian military announced that it had downed a small drone over the border line with Syria, in the third such incident in less than a month. | An official military source in the General Command of the Jordanian Armed Forces said, according to the official Jordan News Agency, that the Border Guard forces, in coordination with the military security services and the Drug Enforcement Administration, shot down the dron…
(2023-06-28). China's Twin-tailed Scorpion drones fly in close formation for 1st time. ecns.cn China recently carried out its first technical demonstration test in which three Twin-tailed Scorpion unmanned aircraft formed close formations.
(2023-06-28). Declassified Report Released By US Government On Covid Origin: FBI Concludes It Likely Came From Wuhan Lab. moguldom.com After years of speculation and accusations, a declassified report released by the U.S. government finds that the covid-19 virus originated from the Wuhan lab in China. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence on June 16 released its in-depth report examining potential links between the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the origin of the …
(2023-06-28). Nation installs 123-meter blade offshore wind turbine, the most advanced in the world. ecns.cn The world's first offshore wind turbine with an installed capacity of 16 megawatts, located in Pingtan, East China's Fujian Province, completed the lifting of its first blade with a 123-meter-length on Tuesday.
(2023-06-28). Nation's 5G penetration rate to hit 90% in 2023. ecns.cn The coverage of 5G in China will reach more than 90 percent with the installation of another 360,000 base stations this year.
(2023-06-28). World's first 16 MW wind farm installed in Fujian. ecns.cn The world's first offshore wind farm, using 16 MW turbines, finished installation in China on Wednesday and is expected to be put into operation soon, said its operator China Three Gorges Corporation.
(2023-06-28). Foxconn denies allegations Apple will move supply chain outside China. ecns.cn Liu Young-way, chairman and CEO of Foxconn Technology Group, the world's largest electronics manufacturing contractor, denied that Apple Inc planned to move its supply chains out of Chinese mainland.
(2023-06-28). Chinese modernization provides world an opportunity: Martin Jacques. ecns.cn Chinese modernization provides the world an opportunity and its whole approach is different from the West, said Martin Jacques, a world-leading expert on China, on Wednesday.
(2023-06-28). China makes impressive high-quality development progress with BRI. ecns.cn China has made considerable progress in terms of facilitating high-quality development in the Belt and Road Initiative over the past decade, with over three-quarters of the countries and major international organizations joining the initiative.
(2023-06-28). Industrial net to foster high-quality growth. ecns.cn China is strengthening efforts to develop the industrial internet and build more "lighthouse factories "as part of a broader drive to foster new growth engines and propel high-quality development of its manufacturing sector.
(2023-06-28). Hangzhou Asian Games holds second World Press Briefing. ecns.cn The second World Press Briefing for the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022 opened on Wednesday in Hangzhou, the capital of East China's Zhejiang province.
(2023-06-28). China and US analyze complicated bilateral ties. plenglish.com Beijing, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) Chinese authorities informed that Xie Feng, China's ambassador to the United States, followed up on key issues on the bilateral agenda during a telephone conversation with US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman.
(2023-06-28). Turkey is placed in an "economic vice" by the West. journal-neo.org 
(2023-06-28). Turkey's foreign policy during Erdoğan's third presidential term. journal-neo.org 
(2023-06-28). United States: India's Modi receives a royal welcome. greenleft.org.au 
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Washington DC on June 21, reports Malik Miah, receiving a royal welcome despite his right-wing, anti-Muslim and anti-democratic policies.
(2023-06-28). The fight to save Barak Beacon public housing continues. greenleft.org.au 
(2023-06-28). Over two thousand prisoners to be released in Afghanistan. plenglish.com Kabul, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) The Supreme Court announced today that Mullah Hebatullah Ajundzada, leader of the Taliban, ordered the release of nearly 2,200 prisoners in Afghanistan, on the occasion of the celebration of Eid al Adha.
(2023-06-28). Report from Day Two of the Defend the Atlanta Forest Week of Action. itsgoingdown.org What follows is the second entry in a series of daily dispatches from a comrade who is attending the Weelaunee Summer Week of Action (June 24-July 1) in Atlanta, Georgia. Originally posted to Living and Fighting. We arrived back at Brownwood Park around 10: 30 this morning. The park was quiet: the only evidence of the…
(2023-06-28). Israel approves thousands of illegal settlement units in occupied West Bank. peoplesdispatch.org The sanction for 5,700 housing units was described by a Palestinian government official as an "open war against the Palestinian people." He added that "all settler colonialism in all the occupied Palestinian territories is illegitimate and illegal"
(2023-06-28). Soaring Livestock Prices in Palestine Dim Joy of Eid. telesurenglish.net The Palestinians have felt the pinch of a high cost of living as they celebrate the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, after the prices of the livestock soared in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. | RELATED: | In a crowded livestock market in the West Bank city of Nablus, most of the visitors balked at the prohibitive prices even though vendors were willing to accept monthly installments.
(2023-06-28). Four Sentenced to Prison After Dismantling an American Weapons Factory in Wales. palestineaction.org
(2023-06-28). 5.71 Tons of Illicit Drugs Burned Down in Cambodia. telesurenglish.net On Wednesday, Cambodia destroyed 5.71 tons of illicit drugs and ingredients at a ceremony held at the Diamond Island in the capital Phnom Penh; Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Sar Kheng set fire to the illicit drugs and substances. | Related: | This event comes as Cambodia's celebration of the International Day Against Drug Abuse at Koh Pich center. | "This clearly demonstrates the government's strong…
(2023-06-28). Philippines: A transwoman in the people's army. fightbacknews.org Fight Back News Service is circulating the following article from the June 21 issue of Ang Bayan ("The People"), the official publication of the Communist Party of the Philippines. | For more than a year now, Ka Daisy, a transwoman, has served as full-time Red fighter. She joined the New People's Army (NPA) during the pandemic, three years after doing revolutionary work as a member of the Kabataang Makabayan. She recounted how her unit got engaged in an armed encounter on her second day in the unit. | Ka Daisy, also called "Inday" by some comrades, now serves as a squad political guide. As an official, she ensure…
(2023-06-28). "Diplomatic relations with Syria should be restored and sanctions lifted": Interview with Gunnar Lindemann, German Parliament Member. globalresearch.ca
(2023-06-28). Turkish journalist Merdan Yanardaƒü arrested for criticizing government's treatment of Abdullah Ocalan. peoplesdispatch.org Merdan Yanardaƒü, a prominent Turkish television journalist, was arrested after he criticized Turkish authorities for not allowing Ocalan to meet his family members and his lawyer…
(2023-06-28). Cuba y Vietnam estrechan vínculos partidistas. telesurtv.net Le Hoai Trung intercambió con integrantes del Parlamento cubano; a quienes expresó su condena al bloqueo contra Cuba.
(2023-06-28). Presidente de China espera un futuro compartido con Barbados. telesurtv.net El presidente de China, Xi Jinping, se reunió este martes en Beijing con la primera ministra de Barbados, Mia Mottley.