BREAKING – China CONFIRMS it is joining forces with Russia to build a base on the MOON by 2035 to rival NASA's Lunar Gateway
International Lunar Research Station will be an orbiter & a base on the moon
It will be 'designed to conduct multipurpose research work'
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It will be 'designed to conduct multipurpose research work'
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China CONFIRMS it is joining forces with Russia to build a base on the MOON by 2035 to rival NASA's Lunar Gateway
Confirmation of the project came on Friday from officials at China National Space Administration (CNSA) in Beijing.
🌏 India is carrying out more warship patrols than ever before as concerns grow about the country’s ability to remain dominant in the Indian Ocean as China’s naval power quickly increases.
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India carrying out more warship patrols than ever to catch China in crowded global seas
Estimated 125 foreign naval vessels are in the Indian Ocean at any given time, roughly 3 times the number deployed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks when the US invaded Afghanistan.
"People who speak Russian in Ukraine are far freer than people who speak Russian in Russia."
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Ukraine tensions to complicate India's 'balancing act'
New Delhi has reasons to be worried over escalation of tension between Moscow and Washington over Ukraine, as it is likely to make it all the more difficult for India to maintain the delicate balance between its strategic partnerships with Russia and the United States.
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New Delhi has reasons to be worried over escalation of tension between Moscow and Washington over Ukraine, as it is likely to make it all the more difficult for India to maintain the delicate balance between its strategic partnerships with Russia and the United States.
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Ukraine tensions to make India’s balancing act with Russia, US difficult
New Delhi has reasons to be worried over escalation of tension between Moscow and Washington over Ukraine, as it is likely to make it all the more difficult for India to maintain the delicate balance between its strategic partnerships with Russia and the…
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🚀 Today's North Korea missile test: 800km range and 2,000km altitude Context of prior big missile tests in North Korea: July 2017 ICBM test – 933km range, 2802km altitude August 2017 ICBM test - 998km range, 3724km altitude Nov. 2017 ICBM test - 960km range…
🔵 UPDATE – South Korean Yonhap now clarifying that South Korea’s NSC is calling todays North Korean missile launch, an “Intermediate-range ballistic missile”, (IRBM).
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🇲🇨 Poland Begins Work On Belarus Border Wall
After thousands of "weaponized" migrants massed on the border with Belarus and neighboring EU countries in 2021, Poland is moving ahead with a controversial barrier.
Workers begin construction on a border wall along the Polish-Belarus border in Tolcze, northeastern Poland, on January 27.
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After thousands of "weaponized" migrants massed on the border with Belarus and neighboring EU countries in 2021, Poland is moving ahead with a controversial barrier.
Workers begin construction on a border wall along the Polish-Belarus border in Tolcze, northeastern Poland, on January 27.
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Steel Curtain: Poland Begins Work On Belarus Border Wall
After thousands of "weaponized" migrants massed on the border with Belarus and neighboring EU countries in 2021, Poland is moving ahead with a controversial barrier.
⚪ OPINION – One of the reason for Moscow's radicalization could be that Putin lost the "backing" of influential Jewish circles after Russia entered into a strategic military alliance with Iran and the Hezbollah terrorist organization.
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Russia has been infected by friend Iran's pathological hatred of the West.
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🇬🇧⚡PM Boris Johnson has ordered a massive military build-up in eastern Europe as he warns Vladimir Putin that Britain and her allies will not tolerate Russian threats.
The Prime Minister confirmed the significant deployment of troops, gunships, missile systems and vessels to Estonia and Poland. Britain already has a permanent military force in the region as part of Nato’s Enhanced Forward Presence. The new build-up will “send an important signal to Russia that the UK has real skin in the game”.
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The Prime Minister confirmed the significant deployment of troops, gunships, missile systems and vessels to Estonia and Poland. Britain already has a permanent military force in the region as part of Nato’s Enhanced Forward Presence. The new build-up will “send an important signal to Russia that the UK has real skin in the game”.
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PM prepares defiant message for Putin ahead of meeting
BORIS Johnson has ordered a massive military build-up in eastern Europe as he warns Vladimir Putin that Britain and her allies will not tolerate Russian threats.
“If Ukraine will be further attacked by Russia of course they will not stop after Ukraine,” says Ukraine’s ambassador to the US, Markarova
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Britain to widen sanctions on Russia, calls Ukraine invasion plans ‘highly likely’
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Ukraine's foreign minister says if Russia is "serious" about de-escalation, it "must continue diplomatic engagement and pull back military forces it amassed along Ukraine's borders"
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has reiterated that the alliance would support Ukraine should Russia invade but not send troops.
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🇸🇯 Norwegian PM Jonas Gahr Store said creating uncertainly is a Putin trademark. “The fact you get different readings of will there be an invasion or not is what the Russian president wants to happen,” he said in an interview. “He wants there to be ambiguity”
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Additionally: Putin’s defense minister last month called Ukrainian nationalists “nonhumans.” Putin’s intel chief has described “Russophobia” in Ukraine as the outgrowth of a Western propaganda campaign dating to jealous European scribes who besmirched Ivan the Terrible.
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The Hard-Line Russian Advisers Who Have Putin’s Ear
Three reactionary security officials dedicated to “traditional values” and restoring Soviet glory will figure prominently in the decision whether to invade Ukraine.
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Bloomberg: A senior U.S. official said North Korea has yet to respond to offers for talks, reiterates the U.S. is ready to meet anytime at any place without preconditions.
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As China replants its own forests, it is destroying the world’s
“Without timber of its own, China has sought it abroad. Forests around the world are being razed to feed the ever-increasing appetite of China’s factories and consumers.”
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“Without timber of its own, China has sought it abroad. Forests around the world are being razed to feed the ever-increasing appetite of China’s factories and consumers.”
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As China replants its own forests, it is destroying the world’s
China under President Xi Jinping is ostensibly dedicated to creating an “ecological civilisation.” According to Xi, that civilisation is supposed to include healthy forests. In October, he to…
'Russia further boosted troop levels on the Ukrainian border this weekend, adding to President Vladimir Putin’s options should he decide on a military incursion, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said'
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Pentagon Says Putin Still Adding Russian Troops Around Ukraine
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🇩🇪⚡The head of the German Navy resigned late Saturday after coming under fire at home and abroad for comments he made on Ukraine and Russia.
Speaking at an event in India on Friday, Vice Adm. Kay-Achim Schönbach had said Ukraine would not regain the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014. Schönbach also said it was important to have Russia on the same side against China, and suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin deserved “respect.”
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Speaking at an event in India on Friday, Vice Adm. Kay-Achim Schönbach had said Ukraine would not regain the Crimean Peninsula, which Russia annexed in 2014. Schönbach also said it was important to have Russia on the same side against China, and suggested that Russian President Vladimir Putin deserved “respect.”
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German Navy chief resigns following Ukraine comments
Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht accepted the resignation and appointed Vice Adm. Kay-Achim Schönbach's deputy as interim naval chief.