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🇨🇳🚫 CHINA REJECTS US DEMAND ON IRAN: “Sanctions & Pressure Do Not Help”

Beijing has refused to join Washington’s campaign of "economic D-Day" against Tehran – calling for diplomacy instead of coercion.

🗣️ Embassy spokesperson: "Sanctions and pressure do not help resolve the problem. We call on relevant parties to take responsible actions and resolve the issue through political and diplomatic means."

🌍 Foreign Ministry spokesman Lin Jian reiterated: "Sanctions and pressure tactics are not the solution."

#China 🇨🇳 #Iran 🇮🇷 #US 🇺🇸 #EconomicWar #Sanctions #BRICS #GlobalSouth

The WNBA is exploding with controversy.

Sophie Cunningham says no to biological men in women’s sports, a French trans player responds to rumors of WNBA calling them up, former NBA players declare for the draft, fans get told to cover “XX/XY” shirts, and two men in drag join the draft in Las Vegas.

What’s going on in the WNBA right now?

#WNBA #SophieCunningham #WomensSports #BiologicalMen #Trans

🇹🇷⚖️ TURKEY SEEKS INTERPOL RED NOTICE FOR NETANYAHU – Over Gaza Flotilla Attack

A Turkish court is prosecuting 35 defendants – including Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu – for crimes against humanity, genocide, and torture over the 2024 armed interception of a humanitarian flotilla bound for Gaza.

🔴 Israel’s response (PMO statement):

🗣️ Called President Erdoğan an “antisemitic dictator” – accusing him of massacring Kurds, harbouring Hamas, occupying Cyprus, and imprisoning opponents.

🎯 Accused Turkey of trying to “extend its aggression against Israel into Syria.”

📹 Released a video detailing what it calls Turkey’s military expansion toward Israel’s border.

🔴 Turkey’s rebuttal (Directorate of Communications):

💬 “The Israeli Prime Ministry Office's outrageous and groundless rant… is yet another indicator of the helplessness into which a government evading accountability for war crimes has fallen.”

#Turkey 🇹🇷 #Israel 🇮🇱 #Netanyahu #ICC

🏴‍☠️🌊 PIRACY RETURNS: Two Ships Hijacked in Gulf of Aden & Off Somalia

Two commercial ships – including one sanctioned by the US – were hijacked in separate incidents off the coast of Yemen and Somalia. 22 Indian nationals are now in pirate hands.

⛽ MT Sibu 1 (Eritrea‑flagged) – an oil products tanker, sanctioned by the US for transporting Iranian petroleum products – was boarded by six armed men in the Gulf of Aden and diverted toward Somalia.

🚢 MV Lutuf (Cameroon‑flagged) – carrying weapons for a Turkish military training facility in Mogadishu – was taken off the coast of Puntland.

#Piracy #IndianSeafarers #IranWar #HornOfAfrica #Somalia #Yemen #BRICS #GlobalSouth

🇪🇸🇨🇳 BLACKLISTED IN WASHINGTON, WELCOMED IN MADRID – Spain's China Trade Surges 89% as Sanctions Fail

Western capitals talk of decoupling from China. Spain's economy tells a different story – blacklisted Chinese firms are relocating to its shores, and imports from Beijing have climbed nearly 90% since Pedro Sánchez took office.

📈 Spanish imports from China up an estimated 89% – despite EU rhetoric on "de-risking."

🏭 US-sanctioned Chinese firms are quietly re‑establishing operations on Spain's eastern coast – sanctions rerouting in action.

🧠 The "return queue" narrative – claims of Chinese nationals streaming home – lacks clear data support. Eurostat figures point the other way.

👉 Read the full analysis: https://thinkbrics.substack.com/p/blacklisted-in-washington-welcomed

#Spain 🇪🇸 #China 🇨🇳 #US 🇺🇸 #Sanctions #Trade #BRICS #GlobalSouth #DeDollarization #Multipolarity #ThinkBRICS

🇺🇦💨 UKRAINIAN CONSCRIPTS FLEEING TRAINING IN GERMANY – "I Don't Want to Kill or Be Killed"

Dozens of Ukrainian soldiers have deserted while undergoing military training in Germany – a growing symptom ofUkraine's forced mobilisation crisis.

🎹 One deserter, a 39-year-old former pianist, said he was detained by recruitment officers, sent to Germany, and then fled after being physically abused by Ukrainian superiors and threatened with death upon return to Ukraine.

🗣️ Another deserter: "I simply don't want to die, and I don't want to kill. Not at the front, and nowhere else. Is that enough?"

🇫🇷 Similar desertions occurred in France in late 2024 – around 50 soldiers from the 155th Mechanized Brigade fled training.

#Ukraine 🇺🇦 #Germany 🇩🇪 #Desertion #Mobilisation #ProxyWar #BRICS #GlobalSouth #HumanCost #NoToWar

Robot goes absoultely bersek at the Humanoid Robot Games in China.

The event is closely watched as the AI arms race heats up between China and the US.

#China #Robot #AI

🇷🇺⚡ RUSSIA HOLDS MISSILE TEST NEAR KURIL ISLANDS

Days after Tokyo protested President Putin's historic visit to the archipelago, Moscow delivers a powerful reminder: Russian sovereignty over the Kurils is non‑negotiable.

🚀 Russian Pacific Fleet conducted a successful missile test near the southern Kuril Islands – involving the Varyag cruiser, the Omsk nuclear submarine, and ground‑based Bastion systems.

🎯 Targets simulating enemy vessels were destroyed at a distance of approximately 300 km (186 miles), with targeting data from naval aviation.

🇯🇵 Japan protested, with Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi calling the drills "unacceptable."

#Russia 🇷🇺 #Japan 🇯🇵 #KurilIslands #Sovereignty #PacificFleet #BRICS #GlobalSouth

🇫🇷 NATO'S NEXT NIGHTMARE: France Could Walk – And the Alliance May Not Survive

As the US scales back its European commitment, polls show around half of French voters are backing candidates who want to leave NATO's integrated command – or quit entirely.

🗳️ Marine Le Pen (far‑right) wants to pull Paris out of NATO's integrated command. Jean‑Luc Mélenchon (far‑left) has called for a full withdrawal.

💥 If France leaves, NATO loses access to Europe's only nuclear‑powered aircraft carrier, CERES intelligence satellites, and 65% of France's navy – all at a time when the US is pulling back.

#NATO #France #LePen #Mélenchon #US #BRICS

Iran pushes for BRICS tourism fund, easier travel at Jaipur meeting
Iran has proposed a BRICS tourism fund and easier travel through more direct flights and simplified visa procedures.  Read more >

Indian Army Boeing AH-64E Apache attack helicopter assigned to the 451 Army Aviation Squadron, operating near a roadway during tactical and desert training exercises in Rajasthan.

India is flexing its military might.

#India #Army #Apache

🇹🇷 Türkiye has asked Interpol to issue a Red Notice for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and 34 others over charges including genocide and crimes against humanity, according to Turkish Justice Minister Akın Gürlek.

The move comes amid escalating tensions between Ankara and Tel Aviv.

Source: RT

Trump says he views the Strait of Hormuz as “American territory”

US President Donald Trump said he considers the Strait of Hormuz “American territory right now” and claimed Iran wants a deal but is “not ready to make the right deal.”

Iran’s military responded that any future aggression would face an immediate and broader response, while Tehran said it has strengthened and repaired military systems damaged in previous fighting.

Source: Al Jazeera

#Iran #USA #Hormuz #MiddleEast

Kim Jong Un's sister threatens Japan with "IMMEDIATE, ANNIHILATING ATTACK"

If it makes a "wrong move"

#NorthKorea #Japan #Nuclear

🇺🇸🇨🇦 US-Canada trade talks have collapsed, with Washington imposing 50% tariffs on around $20 billion worth of Canadian goods.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney suspended negotiations and vowed to retaliate “dollar for dollar,” accusing the US of making unfair last-minute changes to the proposed deal.

The trade dispute between the two North American neighbours is now escalating further.

Source: Xinhua / Global Times | August 22, 2026

#USA #Canada #TradeWar #Tariffs

🇪🇸🇲🇦 Spain has categorically rejected Morocco’s renewed call for talks, over the sovereignty of Ceuta and Melilla.

Morocco insists the two cities remain part of its territorial claims, while Spain says they are an integral part of Spanish and EU territory.

Source: Yahoo News

Not sure if this is good or just plain sad...

When you tell your kids to go outside and play and they end up playing "Subway Surfers"

What ever happened to just riding bikes?

#GenZ #SubwaySurfers #Zoomers

🇺🇸🇨🇦 The US has imposed 50% tariffs on about $20 billion worth of Canadian goods after trade talks failed to reach a deal.

Canadian PM Mark Carney says Ottawa will retaliate “dollar for dollar.”

The tariffs affect around 5% of Canadian exports to the US.

Source: Al Jazeera

Lavrov: West is fighting Russia using Ukrainian ‘bodies’

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the West is effectively waging war against Russia through Ukraine while continuing to supply Kyiv with weapons and advanced technology.

Speaking to Vesti TV, Lavrov claimed Western countries are fighting Russia “using the Ukrainian regime’s hands” and, in his words, “the Ukrainian regime’s bodies.”

Source: TASS
#Russia #Ukraine #Lavrov #TASS

🇺🇸🇧🇩🇨🇳🇮🇳

The US is expanding its military footprint in Bangladesh.

A new joint exercise in Sylhet is raising concerns over the strategic balance around India’s Siliguri Corridor—and China’s access to the Bay of Bengal.

But the bigger picture is Washington’s Indo-Pacific strategy.

From Chittagong to Matarbari, Bangladesh could offer the US logistical access close to vital shipping routes, including the Strait of Malacca.

That puts both India and China on alert.

The real question is no longer whether Bangladesh matters geopolitically.

It’s who will shape its strategic future.

Source: Atul Aneja / Global Geopolitika

#Bangladesh #India #China #Geopolitics