Netanyahu threatens Iran with a "much more powerful" attack from the Dimona nuclear site, where Israel maintains an undeclared nuclear weapons program.

🇦🇺🇨🇳⚠️ JUST IN: Australia has blocked voting rights for three China-linked investors in rare-earth miner Northern Minerals, escalating tensions over critical mineral supply chains.

Canberra says the move protects "national interests."

Beijing sees something else:

The weaponization of national security against Chinese capital.

The affected project contains dysprosium and terbium — rare earth elements essential for advanced magnets, EVs, missiles and defense technologies.

China warns that politicising investment decisions risks fragmenting global supply chains, raising costs and delaying projects.

For investors, the message is becoming harder to ignore:

In the era of strategic minerals, geopolitics may matter more than market rules.

Source: Global Times, ABC Australia, Sydney Morning Herald

#Australia #China #RareEarths #Geopolitics

US fighter jets do a very LOW fly-by over a beach - kicking up sand and deafening civilians.

#America250

🇽🇰🇺🇸🇦🇱⚡️ JUST IN: Kosovo is considering importing American LNG through neighboring Albania, marking a potential shift in the Balkans' energy landscape.

Prime Minister Albin Kurti says Pristina is exploring cooperation with Albania's Vlora power plant to access US liquefied natural gas.

Washington wants Kosovo integrated into the regional LNG corridor as part of a broader push to diversify energy supplies and reduce dependence on traditional sources.

Kosovo, meanwhile, continues to prioritize lignite and renewable energy while viewing American LNG as a supplementary option.

Source: KoSSev

#Kosovo #LNG #UnitedStates #Geopolitics

JD Vance on Iran:

If the Iranian people want to rise up and change their government, that's up to them.

But we're not going to send 150,000 ground troops in order to accomplish a change in a regime

Source: X

Palantir is no longer just a company it’s deeply embedded in the US government.

Over 54% of its revenue comes from government contracts. The Pentagon, intelligence agencies, ICE, and more are hooked on its systems.

#Palantir #Flock #SurveillanceState

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Israel allocated hundreds of millions of dollars to bolster U.S. support for its war effort and improve its global image, including a $45 million lobbying contract with former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale.

Source: WSJ

🇺🇦⚡️ JUST IN: Hundreds of Ukrainians have taken to the streets in Kyiv and other cities to protest President Zelenskyy's dismissal of Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov.

Protesters near the presidential office chanted "Shame!" while carrying signs reading:

"The Russians are celebrating."

Fedorov, widely credited with reforming defence procurement, fighting corruption and expanding Ukraine's drone industry, had become one of the most influential figures in Kyiv's wartime leadership.

His removal comes amid a major government reshuffle as Ukraine seeks greater unity within its military and political leadership during the war.

Supporters see his dismissal as a setback for reform.

Critics argue he failed to move quickly enough on military recruitment reforms.

The protests highlight a rare moment of public dissent in wartime Ukraine.

Source: Al Jazeera, Reuters

#Ukraine #Zelenskyy #RussiaUkraineWar #Geopolitics

Russian media obtains tapes of Ukraine’s intelligence officer, suspected of executing his own agent after she failed to kill Zelensky’s foe in Monaco.

Vitaly Zhikovich plotted numerous attacks, openly praising Kiev’s actions as "Terrorism"

#Zelensky #Ukraine #Russia #Scandal

ENSURED published a Policy Toolkit with recommendations for the European Union.
The ENSURED project (Shaping Cooperation in a Fragmenting World)—of which the BRICS Policy Center (BPC/PUC-Rio) is a partner—has launched the policy toolkit titled “Shoring up an International System Adrift: A...

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UCSF Chancellor Dr. Sam Hawgood is asked a simple question: Can only biological women get pregnant?

He advises against "pregnant women" and pushes "pregnant people" instead for diversity in medical curriculum.

He later admits the vast majority of pregnancies are in women and says he uses the term himself.

#PregnantPeople #BiologicalWomen #Transgender

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Harmonizing South-South trade agreements
With protectionist measures in the world economy picking up pace in recent years, the realm of South-South economic cooperation has been seen increasingly by developing economies as a way to compensate for the rising intensity of adverse shocks. The largest economies of the Global South such as China and India have been particularly active in concluding trade accords with other developing economies, which has been accompanied by a further re-direction of trade flows towards the South-South segme...  Read more »

Texto para Discussão – Soberania digital no brasil: diagnóstico, desafios e caminhos sob a perspectiva da ciência, tecnologia E Inovação
Sumário1 Introdução …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 81.1 Contexto tecnológico, jurídico e político ……………………………………………………………………… 101.2 Os desafios da soberania digital para o Brasil ………………………………………………………………. 121.3 O papel essencial da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (CT&I) para construir a soberania digital……….. 131.4 Objetivos e justificativa …………………………………………………………………………………………. 161.5 Metodologia e limites analíticos ……………………………………………………………………………….. 172 Fundamentos da Soberania Digital ……...  Read more »

Carolina Salgado, coordinator of the Global and Collective Health research program at BPC/PUC-Rio, publishes a chapter on health cooperation in South America
Carolina Salgado, coordinator of the Global and Collective Health research program at BPC/PUC-Rio, co-authored the chapter “Health Cooperation in South America: Making the Case of a Multilayered Regionalism” with Bianca...

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🔥💥 STRIKES ACROSS THE GULF: US Hits Iran from Kuwait, Iran Strikes Back, Gulf States Caught in the Middle

Explosions reported in Qeshm, Bandar Abbas, Bushehr, and Ahvaz – as US forces launch HIMARS strikes from Kuwaiti soil. Kuwait intercepts 32 Iranian drones, but shrapnel hits residential areas.

Jordan denies hosting US bases. Iran warns: hosting US forces makes you a target.

· 🛡️ 32 hostile drones intercepted inside Kuwaiti airspace – all neutralised. Shrapnel fell in residential areas; material damage but no casualties.

· 🇰🇼 Kuwait's Defense Ministry: "Our Armed Forces will continue carrying out their duties with full readiness to safeguard the security of the homeland.

· 🗣️ Jordan – FM denies there are US military bases in Jordan (Iran has previously struck Prince Hassan Air Base).

#Iran 🇮🇷 #US 🇺🇸 #Kuwait 🇰🇼 #HIMARS #AxisOfResistance #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS #LiveUpdates #WarEscalation

🌊 The Mediterranean: The Heart-Sea of Eurasian Integration 🇪🇺🌍🇦🇸

The Mediterranean is not a boundary—it's a hinge. A sea that connects, not divides. The geopolitical heart of the Afro-Euro-Asian landmass.

🌍 The "Sea between the lands" – historically, the Mediterranean has connected civilizations: Pharaonic Egypt, Classical Greece, Rome, Byzantium, Islamic empires, Italian republics. It is a cradle of civilizations—and its pluralism is its deepest significance.

🗺️ The Mediterranean as "Rimland" – Spykman's coastal belt around the Heartland. Controlling the Mediterranean Rimland means controlling the threshold of Eurasian integration.

🚢 China's Belt & Road Initiative identifies the Mediterranean as the natural outlet for its Maritime Silk Road. Ports from Piraeus to Trieste are being integrated into a Eurasian trade network.

👉 Read the analysis here: https://thinkbrics.substack.com/p/eurasian-integration-passes-through

#Mediterranean #EurasianIntegration #BRICS #GlobalSouth #Multipolarity

🌍🇨🇳 CHINA NOW MORE POPULAR THAN THE US – GLOBALLY. PEW RESEARCH CONFIRMS.

For the first time in nearly 20 years of tracking, the world prefers Beijing over Washington.

Pew Research. 42,000 people. 36 countries. Six continents. The verdict is in:

- 📊 25 of 36 countries now view China more favorably than the US — including Canada and Mexico, America's own neighbors

- 📉 The collapse: In 2023, 58% favored the US vs 32% for China. Today it's 46% China vs 36% US. A complete reversal in three years

- 🇨🇦 Canada: US favorability crashed from 57% to 33%. China rose from 14% to 44%. After tariffs and "51st state" remarks

- 🇪🇺 France, Germany, Italy, Spain all shifted toward China — after Trump's NATO pressure, Iran war criticism and Greenland threats

- 🌎 Latin America now slightly favors China — after Trump took over Venezuela, threatened Mexico and Colombia, and militarized the Caribbean

#China #US #GlobalSouth #BRICS #Multipolar #PewResearch #Geopolitics #ThinkBRICS

🇪🇺☢️ LOWERING THE NUCLEAR THRESHOLD: Is NATO's New 'Deterrence' Initiative a Path to Disaster?

European NATO members are scrambling to host nuclear weapons on their soil – all in the name of "deterring" Russia. Moscow warns: this is a catastrophic escalation waiting to happen.

🇫🇷 France's "forward deterrence initiative" – Macron proposes deploying French nuclear weapons to other European nations. "To be free, we have to be feared."

🧾 Nine NATO nations signed up – including Norway (latest), Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, and UK.

🇺🇸 US reportedly considering placing nukes in more NATO countries – beyond the existing nuclear sharing program (already in Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Türkiye).

☢️ NATO's nuclear sharing program claims to be NPT‑compliant – but the treaty explicitly forbids nuclear powers from transferring "control over such weapons" to any non‑nuclear state.

#NATO #NuclearWeapons #Macron #Russia #EuropeanSecurity #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS

🇨🇳🛡️ CHINA VOWS TO "FIRMLY DEFEND" COMPANIES AGAINST US TARIFFS ON RUSSIAN ENERGY BUYERS

Washington is trying to force China to choose between US market access and Russian energy. Beijing's response: we will defend our companies – and your coercion will backfire.

📜 US Senate legislation proposes up to 100% tariffs on goods from the largest buyers of Russian oil and gas – China and India would be hardest hit.

🗣️ Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian: "China firmly opposes unilateral sanctions with no basis in international law or UN Security Council authorization. We will take necessary measures to defend our businesses and citizens."

⚠️ "Practicing double standards and resorting to coercion will prove to be self-defeating."

#China 🇨🇳 #US 🇺🇸 #Tariffs #Russia #BRICS #GlobalSouth #ThinkBRICS #EconomicCoercion #Sovereignty #Multipolarity

🌐 Why BRICS should resist becoming a Western-style bloc
BRICS can become a force in global governance by delivering growth – not by turning itself into another Western-style bloc Read Full Article at RT.com
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