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BRICS Countries Overtake G7 Nations in Global GDP (PPP) to Become Economically More Powerful
The set of countries known collectively as BRICS, have overtaken G7 nations in Global GDP (PPP), shifting the international economic power balance. Specifically, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa are now the world’s largest gross domestic product (GDP) bloc when taking purchasing power parity into account, according to data from Acorn Macro Consulting.
The UK-based research firm state that the BRICS nations now contribute 31.5% to the global GDP. Moreover, that figure propels the collective ahead of the G7, which sports a global GDP of just 30.7% comparatively.
BRICS makes major breakthrough in de-dollarization, with many U.S. allies on board to help
Global de-dollarization is accelerating, and many countries are developing policies to do so. The U.S. Federal Reserve is trying to harvest global currency spreads by raising interest rates and implementing other measures, but the U.S. continues to monetize its debt. Economist John Carney has issued a dire warning that the dollar is facing an "inevitable and serious threat," which is bad news for the United States.
US spying on Zelensky – CNN
A leaked intel report is said to show that Washington has been intercepting communications of the Ukrainian leader
The US has been spying on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, CNN reported on Sunday, citing alleged intelligence reports that were leaked online last week.
The supposed classified files are related to the Ukraine-Russia conflict, including a daily dispatch from the battlefield.
Russia almost shot down British spy plane – WaPo
The incident could have drawn the US and NATO directly into the conflict between Moscow and Kiev, the Washington Post says
Russia and NATO were one step away from a potential all-out war last year after a Russian fighter jet allegedly almost shot down a British surveillance aircraft, the Washington Post claimed on Sunday, citing a document from a trove recently leaked from the Pentagon.
The incident, which occurred in late September 2022, took place near Russia's Black Sea coast and was much more serious than London had previously admitted, the newspaper claimed. In October 2022, UK Secretary of Defence Ben Wallace briefed Parliament that Moscow blamed the close call on a technical malfunction, and that London had accepted the explanation.
US pilots ordered to keep distance from Crimea – WaPo
The instruction is reportedly based on a classified Pentagon map allegedly leaked online
The US has reportedly instructed its military to fly surveillance aircraft farther from Crimea, Russia than allowed by international law, the Washington Post reported on Sunday, citing a leaked Pentagon document. The report comes after a trove of allegedly classified US files on the Ukraine conflict was dumped online last week.
According to the newspaper, one document maps an area where US spy planes may fly.
NATO Preparing To Hold Its Largest-Ever Air Exercises In June
NATO is preparing to hold its largest-ever air exercises in just a few weeks.
Known as Exercise Air Defender, the drills will involve 220 aircraft and 10,0000 personnel from 24 nations.
The purpose of the drills is to simulate what the US would have to do if the war in Ukraine spread into NATO territory.
Finland, which formally joined NATO last week, will also be taking part.
Lukashenko: Minsk Seeks Security Guarantees From Moscow in Case of External Aggression
MINSK (Sputnik) - Minsk requires that Moscow provides security grantees to Belarus to protect the territory of the republic as if its own territory in case of any external aggression, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Monday.
"In general, we discussed it at the talks [of the presidents of Belarus and Russia] so that in case of aggression against Belarus, Russia protects Belarus as its own territory. That's what security [guarantees] we need," Lukashenko was quoted as saying by a Belarusian state news agency at a meeting with Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu in Minsk.
Beijing Calls Military Drills Near Taiwan 'Warning' for Separatists, Foreign Powers
BEIJING (Sputnik) - Military exercises conducted by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) near Taiwan are a serious warning for Taiwanese separatists and foreign powers, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Monday.
"[The exercises] are a serious warning for Taiwanese separatists promoting the island's independence and foreign powers that are carrying out provocations.
US ‘open’ to deploying troops in Taiwan – lawmaker
Senator Lindsey Graham declared that he would “fight for” the island because it’s “a democracy”
US Senator Lindsey Graham has declared that he would support a formal defense alliance with Taiwan and would send US troops to fight a hypothetical Chinese invasion. Graham, one of the most hawkish Republicans in Congress, claimed that defending Taiwan is in the US’ national security interest.
France's Macron: EU shouldn't follow US or China on Taiwan
The French president called for the EU to implement its stated policy of "strategic autonomy" and argued the bloc could become a "third pole" alongside China and the US.
French President Emmanuel Macron reiterated his calls for the EU to maintain an independent foreign policy in a Sunday interview for French business daily Les Echo.
"We don't want to get into a bloc versus bloc logic," he said, arguing that Europe "should not be caught up in a disordering of the world and crises that aren't ours."
Canadian Politicians Sign Letter to CCP Official Pledging to Promote Beijing’s Image in Fighting COVID-19: Report
Senator Victor Oh and former Ontario cabinet minister Michael Chan were signatories among those who signed a 2020 letter from an Ontario-based Chinese-Canadian business association to a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official saying the association has been promoting China’s image in fighting COVID-19 and pledges continuing support of the “great motherland.”
Oh signed as the association’s honorary president as well as a Canadian senator and “chair” of the Canada-China Legislative Association (CACN). Oh’s biography on the Senate of Canada website indicates he is the “Vice-Chair” of CACN, though his name currently is not on the members page of the association.
Leaked Pentagon papers reveal scenarios of Israel giving Ukraine weapons - report
Among the leaked Pentagon documents was one that outlined scenarios in which Israel may supply Ukraine with weapons.
One of the leaked Pentagon documents described situations in which the US believes Israel would supply Ukraine with lethal weapons, according to a report by The New York Times.
The Times revealed that the most likely scenario presented in the document was the "Turkish Model" in which Israel would supply defense systems through a third party while still supporting dialogue between Ukraine and Russia.
Iran kickstarts multi-front Middle East war against Israel - analysis
The Islamic Republic's proxies and allies appear to have begun a multi-front conflict with Israel over the past week.
A week of attacks on Israel, including rockets fired from Lebanon, Gaza and Syria, represents the manifestation of an Iranian strategy to confront Israel with multiple threats on different fronts. Although different groups may be behind the attacks from those places, these groups are likely all linked to Iran. The groups involved include Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad and others that may go by different or new names, but which are proxies of Tehran.
Jordan warns Israel of ‘catastrophic consequences’ if al-Aqsa mosque stormed again by troops
According to a new report from CNN, Jordan has warned of “catastrophic consequences” if Israeli forces were to storm the al-Aqsa mosque again.
Should the Israeli police, “assault worshipers again, in an attempt to empty [the mosque] of worshipers, in preparation for major incursions into the mosque,” it would, “push the situation towards more tension and violence, for which everyone will pay the price,” the Jordanian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Ambassador Sinan al-Majali, said in a statement late on Saturday local time.
Heads of Hezbollah and Hamas Terror Group Hold Rare Meeting – Pledge ‘Resistance’ Against Israel
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah met in Beirut recently and pledged resistance efforts against Israel.
IDF announced a strike in Syria in response to rocket launches toward Israeli territory ,”A short while ago, IDF fighter jets struck additional targets in Syrian territory, including a military compound of the Fourth Division of the Syrian Armed Forces, military radars systems and artillery posts used by the Syrian Armed Forces.”
Morgan Stanley issues apocalyptic real estate warning
US commercial property will be the next domino to fall after the banking crisis, the Wall Street bank warns
Morgan Stanley Wealth Management has predicted a collapse in the US commercial real estate (CRE) sector that will be worse than the Great Financial Crisis. The market faces a “huge hurdle,” with strategists expecting a commercial property slump of around 40%, worse than in 2008, according to chief investment officer Lisa Shalett.
These Are The US Banks With The Most Uninsured Deposits
Today, there is at least $7 trillion in uninsured bank deposits in America.
This dollar value is roughly three times that of Apple’s market capitalization, or about equal to 30% of U.S. GDP. Uninsured deposits are ones that exceed the $250,000 limit insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), which was actually increased from $100,000 after the Global Financial Crisis. They account for roughly 40% of all bank deposits.
Fauci ‘Predicts’ Another Pandemic. CDC Warns About Marburg. BioNTech Mobile mRNA Labs Sent to Africa
What could possibly go wrong?
The US Attorney in Utah has given the anti-vax movement in America the greatest gift ever
They charged Kirk Moore with a crime. Dr. Moore is allowed discovery to prove his innocence. This means he gets access to Medicare, NDI, and all state death and vaccination records. JACKPOT!
MIT confirms that RNA vaccines can be absorbed through the stomach and intestines, so what about mRNA vaccines in meat animals?
(Natural News) There is much debate over whether or not the administration of messenger RNA (mRNA) Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) “vaccines” in meat animals will in any way affect the quality of the meat. The establishment is suggesting that fully vaccinated meat is just as safe as natural meat, but what does the science say?
On Jan. 31, 2022, MIT News published a piece revealing that RNA vaccines “deliver therapies” for gastrointestinal disease straight through the stomach and intestines. This would imply that the drugs distribute into the body, including in muscle tissue.
Leading Pharmaceutical firm confident that cancer and heart disease vaccines will be available by 2030
Millions of lives could be saved by a groundbreaking set of new vaccines for a range of conditions including cancer, experts have said. A leading pharmaceutical firm said it is confident that jabs for cancer, cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases, and other conditions will be ready by 2030.
According to the Guardian, Studies into these vaccinations are also showing “tremendous promise”, with some researchers saying 15 years’ worth of progress has been “unspooled” in 12 to 18 months thanks to the success of the Covid jab.
RESTRICT Act would allow rogue government to seize control over your self-driving vehicle and drive you off a cliff to “mitigate” risk to the government
(Natural News) The RESTRICT ACT, if passed, will allow the US government to seize any computer of any American who questions authority, narratives, elections, pandemics, vaccines, pharmaceutical drugs, climate change, or genetically modified food. This is what is written into the so-called Anti-TikTok bill, and the Democrats in Washington DC, led by the Chinese Communist Party, don’t want any Americans to realize this is the final nail in the coffin of the Republic we all once knew as a “free country.”
Students and Staff Concerned about 300+ “Mites” with “microphone, infrared sensor, thermometer, and six other sensors” in University Building
The university’s Institute for Software Research put high-tech sensors in more than 300 locations throughout a new building, eliciting concerns from many students and faculty about surveillance without consent.
Eileen Guo, Tate Ryan-Mosley, MIT Technology Review
Los Angeles LGBT Center is hosting a drag queen march on Easter Sunday
The Los Angeles LGBT Center, an organization that provides “programs, services and global advocacy” to LGBT identifying people, plans to host a drag march Easter Sunday in protest against “anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.”
A tweet by the Los Angeles LGBT Center reads, “This year alone, there are over 400 pieces of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation on the books. On Easter Sunday (April 9th), we’ll gather in our Sunday Best to show the world what we’re made of – and that we’re not going back.”
Dalai Lama apologizes after video asking boy to 'suck my tongue'
The statement said the Dalai Lama leader "often teases people he meets in an innocent and playful way, even in public and before cameras. He regrets the incident."
The Dalai Lama, the Tibetans' 87-year-old spiritual leader, apologized on Monday after footage showed him asking a young boy to "suck my tongue" at a public event.
"A video clip has been circulating that shows a recent meeting when a young boy asked his Holiness the Dalai Lama if he could give him a hug," said a statement on the exiled leader's Twitter account, which has 19 million followers.
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