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Two EU states may end cooperation over Ukraine
Warsaw wants Hungary's Orban to back its anti-Russia position before partnership can continue. Polish Deputy Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski, one of the top politicians of the Eastern European nation, said on Friday that cooperation with Hungary would not be possible unless Prime Minister Viktor Orban aligns himself with Kiev. Prior to the conflict in Ukraine, Poland and Hungary were staunch allies. Kaczynski said in a radio interview that he has an "unequivocally negative" opinion of Orban's refusal to take a harder stance on Russia following the latter's military offensive on Ukraine. "When Orban says that he cannot see what happened in Bucha, he must be advised to see an eye doctor," Kaczynski said, referring to Orban's refusal to blame Russia for the killing of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha. Russia has strongly rejected the allegations, claiming Ukrainian forces staged a "crude and cynical provocation," and has demanded a UN investigation into the incident. Orban's...
https://www.sott.net/article/466522-Two-EU-states-may-end-cooperation-over-Ukraine

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Iran's progress with nuclear technology 'not reversible'
President Ebrahim Raisi has said that Iran will continue nuclear development activities as talks to revive Tehran's nuclear deal with world powers remain stalled, state media reported. Speaking in a ceremony marking Iran's national day of nuclear technology, the hard-line president said his administration will support an acceleration in research of peaceful nuclear technology. "Our knowledge and technology in the nuclear field is not reversible. Iran's (continuation of) research in peaceful nuclear fields will not depend on others' demands or viewpoints." His comments came as talks between Iran and world powers in Vienna to revive the 2015 nuclear deal have stalled. There is concern that Iran could be closer to being able to construct an atomic weapon if it chose to pursue one.
https://www.sott.net/article/466523-Irans-progress-with-nuclear-technology-not-reversible

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EU leader wanted proof Bucha wasn't staged - Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has revealed that an EU member state's leader called into question Kiev's version of events surrounding the Bucha killings, asking for proof that the atrocities were not staged. Speaking to German newspaper Bild on Friday, Zelensky described how a leading EU politician asked him for evidence proving that the Bucha massacre had not been staged. The remark came after the Bild journalist asked what the worst thing he had heard in recent days was. When the interviewer probed further, asking whether it was the head of state of an EU nation, Zelensky replied in the affirmative, though he refused to name the official. Ukraine claims Russian troops committed atrocities against civilians in the town of Bucha northwest of Kiev before retreating last week. Russia has rejected the accusations, and claims Kiev manipulated evidence in what it calls a "provocation." Commenting on Berlin's support for Kiev, the Ukrainian president lamented Germany's apparent...
https://www.sott.net/article/466524-EU-leader-wanted-proof-Bucha-wasnt-staged-Zelensky

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The dollar dethroned: We have reached the end of monetary policy as we all once knew it
People who speak out openly with concern about the potential death of the U.S. dollar have been written off as conspiracy theorists for the better part of the last few decades. But looking back, unfortunately, I'm sure history is going to be kind to these people and their prognostications. They will have been the ones who sounded the alarm in a relatively short amount of time before ultimately being proven right. I don't say this to brag or boast in advance in any way, I say it because I truly believe we are at the "beginning of the end" of the Keynesian economic experiment. Less than two weeks ago, I wrote an article proclaiming that Russia would back the ruble with gold as a way to fight back against Western economic sanctions. I also made similar predictions about the new digital Chinese currency last summer when I first started Fringe Finance. To me, since I began piecing together my understanding of macroeconomics and the global economy about a decade ago, it had become...
https://www.sott.net/article/466525-The-dollar-dethroned-We-have-reached-the-end-of-monetary-policy-as-we-all-once-knew-it

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Here's the truth about Russia's So-called 'Filtration Centers'
What CNN is doing amounts to a weaponization of Russia's truly humanitarian policy of providing aid to Ukrainian refugees by misportraying it as something nefarious when it isn't anything of the sort but exactly the complete opposite. Moscow is complying with its international legal responsibilities to such people, which requires money, time, logistics, and personnel. These wouldn't be expended unless Russia truly cared to help those refugees. CNN published a misleading piece on Friday titled "Russia or die: After weeks under Putin's bombs, these Ukrainians were given only one way out" about what it described as that country's so-called "filtration centers" for Ukrainian refugees. The article quotes several people who claim that they were forced to move to that neighboring country against their will. Throughout the process, they were checked for Nazi tattoos and asked various questions to ensure that they aren't undercover agents or posed any other security threat to Russia. After...
https://www.sott.net/article/466526-Heres-the-truth-about-Russias-So-called-Filtration-Centers

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Price of standing with Russia? Pakistani PM loses no-confidence vote
Pakistan's National Assembly has passed a vote of no-confidence against Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday, with 176 lawmakers out of 342 voting against him. The speaker of the parliament's lower house Asad Qaisar, who is also a member of Khan's party, announced his resignation after adjourning the house three times throughout Saturday. Khan PTI's party effectively lost its majority in the National Assembly in March when seven MPs from its coalition partner decided to join the opposition's ranks. The rivals accused the cricket star-turned-politician of mismanaging Pakistan's economy, battered by the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as mishandling Islamabad's foreign and internal policy. Sunday's motion means that Khan's five-year term has ended early, much like that of all previous prime ministers of the country. Comment: Imran Khan had been very vocal about his support for Russia, visiting Russia just after the Russian operation in Ukraine. He also told the US in no uncertain terms...
https://www.sott.net/article/466527-Price-of-standing-with-Russia-Pakistani-PM-loses-no-confidence-vote

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Russia sounds alarm over Ukraine's plans for false flag operation in Irpin using dead bodies of POWs
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed on Saturday that Ukraine will use the bodies of captured Russian soldiers to manipulate Western reporters in Irpin, a town near Kiev. Ukraine previously accused Moscow of killing hundreds of civilians in the area around the capital, which Russia denies. Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said Kiev is "preparing another provocation with the goal of accusing Russia of mass killings of civilians." Konashenkov claimed that Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) officials are planning to take the bodies of people who "died from Ukrainian artillery" from a morgue to the basement of one of the buildings on the eastern outskirts of Irpin.
https://www.sott.net/article/466528-Russia-sounds-alarm-over-Ukraines-plans-for-false-flag-operation-in-Irpin-using-dead-bodies-of-POWs

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US lawmakers welcomed notorious Georgian warlord now boasting of war crimes in Ukraine
Top lawmakers in US Congress hosted Mamuka Mamulashvili, an infamous Georgian Legion warlord who has boasted of authorizing field executions of captive Russian soldiers in Ukraine. Having taken up arms against Russia for a fifth time, Georgian Legion commander Mamuka Mamulashvili has bragged on video about his unit carrying out field executions of captured Russian soldiers in Ukraine. While Western media pundits howled about images of dead bodies in the city of Bucha, echoing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksy's accusation that Russia is guilty of "genocide," they have largely overlooked the apparent admission of atrocities by an avowed ally of the United States who was welcomed on Capitol Hill by senior lawmakers overseeing congressional foreign policy committees.
https://www.sott.net/article/466529-US-lawmakers-welcomed-notorious-Georgian-warlord-now-boasting-of-war-crimes-in-Ukraine

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No more German army weapons for Ukraine, is 'constantly coordinating' with Kiev to facilitate purchases directly from manufacturers - Berlin
The German military can no longer supply Ukraine with weapons from its stockpiles, Germany's Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht has said. In an interview with Die Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung published on Saturday, Lambrecht said that while "we all have an obligation to support Ukraine in its courageous fight," in terms of "supplies from the Bundeswehr's stockpiles" Germany has "in the meantime reached a limit." She explained that the German military had to "be able to ensure" the country's own defense. "But that doesn't mean we can't do more for Ukraine," Lambrecht stressed, suggesting that Kiev could buy equipment it needed from German manufacturers directly. The minister pointed out that the German government "was constantly coordinating" with the authorities in Kiev to facilitate such purchases. Comment: Ukraine is basically bankrupt, whose money are they using? The $13 BILLION in US aid? Is Germany intending to make a profit in these deals, as it has been doing when...
https://www.sott.net/article/466530-No-more-German-army-weapons-for-Ukraine-is-constantly-coordinating-with-Kiev-to-facilitate-purchases-directly-from-manufacturers-Berlin

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BIRD FLU: the Next Pandemic?
Comment: The elites' war on animal protein - and humanity's access to it - is now taking a turn for the much, much worse... There is an untold story involving Bird Flu, gain of function research, the Gates foundation, and Ukrainian biolabs — and it is time to tell it. As hundreds of millions of birds are killed due to Bird Flu "PCR outbreaks," Europe is warning of chicken and egg shortages, and many states have now outright banned the sale of chicks to the public. The largest egg producer in the US has culled birds and fired its workers. In this Ice Age Farmer exclusive, Christian breaks down the sordid story of this virus, and asks: will weaponized H5N1 be the next human pandemic?
https://www.sott.net/article/466531-BIRD-FLU-the-Next-Pandemic

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Bird Flu: the Next Pandemic?
Comment: The elites' war on animal protein - and humanity's access to it - is now taking a turn for the much, much worse... There is an untold story involving Bird Flu, gain of function research, the Gates foundation, and Ukrainian biolabs — and it is time to tell it. As hundreds of millions of birds are killed due to Bird Flu "PCR outbreaks," Europe is warning of chicken and egg shortages, and many states have now outright banned the sale of chicks to the public. The largest egg producer in the US has culled birds and fired its workers. In this Ice Age Farmer exclusive, Christian breaks down the sordid story of this virus, and asks: will weaponized H5N1 be the next human pandemic?
https://www.sott.net/article/466531-Bird-Flu-the-Next-Pandemic

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YouTube blocks Russian parliament's channel
YouTube blocked a Russian parliamentary channel "for a violation of YouTube's Terms of Service" amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reported. The video platform terminated the channel for Russia's lower house of parliament. "If we find that an account violates our Terms of Service, we take appropriate action. Our teams are closely monitoring the situation for any updates and changes," Google, YouTube's parent company, told Reuters in an email, noting that it was committed to trade compliance law adherence and sanction compliance. But the move drew outrage from Russian figures and Russian internet regulator Roskomnadzor.
https://www.sott.net/article/466532-YouTube-blocks-Russian-parliaments-channel

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Trump wants to make it illegal for employers to fire unvaccinated workers
Former President Donald Trump called on Republicans to make it unlawful for employers to fire unvaccinated employees if the GOP regains a majority in Congress after the November midterms. "One of the first things that we will do with our new Republican majority is to end every last covid mandate. They're still around, it's hard to believe," Trump told a crowd in North Carolina on Saturday evening. "We will pass a bill making it illegal for any employer to interfere in personal health decisions or to fire employees simply for not having the vaccine." Trump also called on Republicans to investigate Democrat politicians who collude with teachers' unions to keep parents out of their children's classrooms: A Republican Majority must investigate the collusion between Democrat Party politicians and the teachers unions to keep our children out of school for no scientific reason. The irreversible harm that Democrat politicians did to our young people is unforgivable — and American voters...
https://www.sott.net/article/466533-Trump-wants-to-make-it-illegal-for-employers-to-fire-unvaccinated-workers

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JPMorgan predicts that global commodities prices may rise by 40 percent
Commodities prices could rise by 40 percent and will likely continue to go higher, according to a note from JPMorgan Chase from April 7, as raw materials hit a record high last month following Western sanctions on Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine. Russia is a main supplier for up to 10 percent of global energy production and about 20 percent of global wheat production. The commodities affected include oil, which is already up 33 percent from the same month the previous year, while natural gas has gone up by 65 percent since the invasion roiled the markets. Metals excluding gold, such as copper, are up by 7 percent from 2021, while wheat has surged upward by 33 percent. The bank said it was reviewing the long-term positioning in commodities by global investors, and compared that to allocations in cash, stocks, and bonds.
https://www.sott.net/article/466534-JPMorgan-predicts-that-global-commodities-prices-may-rise-by-40-percent

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40% of Belgian food producers to halt or reduce activity amidst shortages and soaring costs
As the war in Ukraine rages on, fears for global food security are growing. Even from the relative stability of Belgium, consumers are already feeling the effects. Now, it's producers who are sounding the alarm. According to Fevia, the Federation of the Belgian Food Industry, up to 40% of food producers in Belgium are planning to temporarily halt or reduce their business. Around 12% of the world's calories come from Ukrainian and Russian wheat. The war may prevent Ukrainian farmers from harvesting their crops in the near future and Russia has blocked ships exporting grain in response to international sanctions. This has had a profound impact on the global supply chain. There are even fears that supply shortages could worsen famine in vulnerable regions of Africa. Comment: Some might think that's far enough away to not be a problem for them, however as we saw with the impact of the West's wars on the Middle East, this will likely exacerbate the issue of mass migration.
https://www.sott.net/article/466536-40-of-Belgian-food-producers-to-halt-or-reduce-activity-amidst-shortages-and-soaring-costs

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40% of Belgian food producers to halt or reduce activity amidst shortages and soaring costs
As the war in Ukraine rages on, fears for global food security are growing. Even from the relative stability of Belgium, consumers are already feeling the effects. Now, it's producers who are sounding the alarm. According to Fevia, the Federation of the Belgian Food Industry, up to 40% of food producers in Belgium are planning to temporarily halt or reduce their business. Around 12% of the world's calories come from Ukrainian and Russian wheat. The war may prevent Ukrainian farmers from harvesting their crops in the near future and Russia has blocked ships exporting grain in response to international sanctions. This has had a profound impact on the global supply chain. There are even fears that supply shortages could worsen famine in vulnerable regions of Africa. Comment: Some might think that if it's happening far enough away then it's a problem for them, however as we saw with the impact of the West's wars on the Middle East, this will likely exacerbate the issue of mass...
https://www.sott.net/article/466536-40-of-Belgian-food-producers-to-halt-or-reduce-activity-amidst-shortages-and-soaring-costs

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SOTT FOCUS: Putting big bad pharma back on trial in the COVID-19 era
After graduating from Columbia University with a chemical engineering degree, my grandfather went on to work for Pfizer for almost two decades, culminating his career as the company's Global Director of New Products. I was rather proud of this fact growing up — it felt as if this father figure, who raised me for several years during my childhood, had somehow played a role in saving lives. But in recent years, my perspective on Pfizer — and other companies in its class — has shifted. Blame it on the insidious big pharma corruption laid bare by whistleblowers in recent years. Blame it on the endless string of big pharma lawsuits revealing fraud, deception, and cover-ups. Blame it on the fact that I witnessed some of their most profitable drugs ruin the lives of those I love most. All I know is, that pride I once felt has been overshadowed by a sticky skepticism I just can't seem to shake. In 1973, my grandpa and his colleagues celebrated as Pfizer crossed a milestone: the...
https://www.sott.net/article/466537-Putting-big-bad-pharma-back-on-trial-in-the-COVID-19-era

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Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan dismissed after losing no-confidence vote, follows threat by US envoy
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has been unseated after losing a no-confidence vote in the parliament. The vote came after hours of impasse that even resulted in the resignation of the speaker of the lower house. Now, a caretaker government will lead the country until new general elections are held. The no-confidence vote came after a nearly 14-hour standoff between the opposition and Khan's ruling party that started on Saturday morning. According to the House speaker, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, opposition parties were able to secure 174 votes in the 342-member house in support of the no-confidence motion, making it a majority vote. There were just a few legislators of Khan's ruling party present for the process.
https://www.sott.net/article/466538-Pakistans-Prime-Minister-Imran-Khan-dismissed-after-losing-no-confidence-vote-follows-threat-by-US-envoy

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Megathrust earthquake & tsunami 3,800 years ago kept hunter-gatherers in Chile inland for 1,000 years
An international team of researchers has found evidence of a megathrust earthquake occurring approximately 3,800 years ago off the coast of what is now Chile. In their paper published in the journal Science Advances, the team describes evidence they found of the ensuing tsunami and its impact on the people who lived in the area at the time. In 1966, a massive earthquake shook the ground in southern Chile. Seismographs showed it to be 9.5 on the Richter scale — the strongest earthquake in recorded history. In this new effort, the researchers have found evidence of an equally strong earthquake occurring in roughly the same area approximately 3,800 years ago — one that set off a massive tsunami that wreaked havoc on the early hunter-gatherers who were living along the coast.
https://www.sott.net/article/466539-Megathrust-earthquake-tsunami-3800-years-ago-kept-hunter-gatherers-in-Chile-inland-for-1000-years

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Strong shallow magnitude 6.3 earthquake off Vanuatu
Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes near Santo, Luganville, Sanma Province, Vanuatu According to preliminary data, the quake was located at a shallow depth of 10 km. Shallow earthquakes are felt more strongly than deeper ones as they are closer to the surface. The exact magnitude, epicenter, and depth of the quake might be revised within the next few hours or minutes as seismologists review data and refine their calculations, or as other agencies issue their report. A second report was later issued by the citizen-seismograph network of RaspberryShake, which listed it as a magnitude 6.1 earthquake as well. Other agencies reporting the same quake include the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) at magnitude 6.3, and France's Réseau National de Surveillance Sismique (RéNaSS) at magnitude 5.7. Generally quakes of this magnitude are recorded by more than one agency and the results can vary, with subsequent reports that come in after the first one often showing more accuracy.
https://www.sott.net/article/466540-Strong-shallow-magnitude-6-3-earthquake-off-Vanuatu

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Ebeko volcano eruption Kuril Islands, Russia
Ebeko volcano eruption today Kuril Islands.
https://www.sott.net/article/466541-Ebeko-volcano-eruption-Kuril-Islands-Russia