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Russia warns of ‘huge’ risks of sliding into nuclear war
A conventional clash may very likely escalate into an outright atomic conflict, Sergey Lavrov has cautioned
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that any conflict between nuclear states, even if it starts with conventional weapons, is likely to escalate into an all-out nuclear war, and thus should be avoided at all costs.
Speaking at a press conference on Thursday, the diplomat was asked about Moscow and Washington’s joint efforts to reduce their strategic capabilities. Lavrov responded by pointing out that in September 2021 the US essentially froze the bilateral talks on reaching an agreement on the limitation of strategic offensive arms, long before Russia launched its military operation in Ukraine.
Russian troops advance in Donbass – Defense Ministry
The military has pushed Ukrainian forces from multiple locations in the region, Moscow claims
The Russian military reported new advances in the north of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) on Wednesday. Multiple locations have been liberated on the outskirts of the town of Bakhmut, a major stronghold held by Ukrainian forces, which has seen intense fighting in recent weeks.
"On the Donetsk axis, the settlements of Belogorovka and Pershe Travnya of the Donetsk People’s Republic were completely liberated during offensive actions [by] Russian troops," the Defense Ministry said in its daily briefing, adding that "up to 50 Ukrainian servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, three self-propelled artillery units and six soft vehicles were destroyed."
US considering Patriot missiles for Ukraine
A senior Pentagon official leaves the possibility open
The United States government is mulling over whether to provide Patriot surface-to-air missiles to Ukraine’s armed forces, the Defense Department said, weeks after Kiev explicitly requested the pricey weapon system.
Speaking during a Tuesday press briefing, an unnamed senior Pentagon official was asked if Washington had plans to ship Patriots to Ukraine, but simply replied: “I'm just going to say that all capabilities are on the table.”
Biden Admin Pledges $53 Million To Help Restore Ukraine's Damaged Power Grid
The Biden administration on Tuesday vowed to provide Ukraine with $53 million to help the war-torn nation acquire critical electric grid equipment amid repeated missile attacks from Russian forces.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the funding during a meeting with NATO allies and Group of Seven members on Tuesday.
“This equipment will be rapidly delivered to Ukraine on an emergency basis to help Ukrainians persevere through the winter,” the State Department said. “This supply package will include distribution transformers, circuit breakers, surge arresters, disconnectors, vehicles, and other key equipment.”
D.C. Think Tank Urges America To "Invest" In Zelensky's $1 Trillion Reconstruction Plan
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a video address on Tuesday estimated it will cost more than $1 trillion to rebuild his country following the Russian assault, now over nine months in. If this number sounds absolutely shocking and unrealistic... it is, given this would be five times Ukraine's entire GDP.
"The reconstruction of our country will become the most momentous economic, technological, and humanitarian project of our time. Even now, we engage dozens of our partner countries to rebuild Ukraine," Zelensky said during his nightly video address Tuesday, translated by Newsweek. "The total volume of work amounts to over a trillion dollars."
Police conducted 91 house searches and interrogations across Germany today over "hate postings" on the Internet.
Activist no more? Ben Gvir waffles about changing Temple Mount status quo
Poised to take control of police, who set day-to-day policies at Jerusalem site, far-right MK mum on whether he’ll let Jews pray but says he opposes current ‘racist’ situation
“Will the national security minister allow Jews to pray on the Temple Mount?” Kan journalist Kalman Liebskind asked Ben Gvir on Sunday.
“The national security minister will ask for clarifications and will work against the racist policy on the Temple Mount,” the MK answered.
Palestinians, Jordan join forces to thwart any change of status quo on Temple Mount
Since 1967, the Temple Mount site has been under the administration of the Jordanian-controlled Islamic Waqf Department.
The Palestinian Authority and Jordan will increase their joint efforts in the coming weeks to foil any attempt by the upcoming right-wing government in Israel to change the status quo at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound/Temple Mount in Jerusalem, a Palestinian official said on Sunday.
The official told The Jerusalem Post that the PA is strongly opposed to any attempt to undermine or end the Jordanian royal family’s historic role in tending Muslim and Christian holy sites in Jerusalem. Since 1967, the holy site has been under the administration of the Jordanian-controlled Islamic Waqf Department.
EU Threatens Musk With Twitter Ban Over Content Moderation
The EU has threatened to ban Twitter in Europe unless new owner Elon Musk adheres to its strict rules on content moderation.
The threat was made by Thierry Breton, the EU’s commissioner in charge of implementing the bloc’s digital rules, who said during a video meeting with Musk on Wednesday that Twitter must follow a checklist of rules, including ditching his "arbitrary" approach to reinstating banned users, the Financial Times reports, citing people with knowledge of the conversation.
Amazon and FedEx are laying off massive numbers of employees before the busiest shopping season of the year. What do you think that means?
Remember: The people in charge changed the definition of "recession" in July so we wouldn't talk about this:
Drinking water to retail: How a rail strike could upend the economy
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden, lawmakers and business leaders are warning of an economic crisis should the country’s railroad workers go on strike as planned next week — a move that would have far-reaching effects across the economy.
Railway workers would go on strike shortly after midnight Dec. 9 if a deal isn't reached before then. Biden is urging Congress to intervene.
'Soon there will be none left!' HSBC customer fury as 114 bank branches to shut across UK
Banking giant HSBC has said it will close 114 branches across the UK from April next year as customers using them have fallen significantly since the pandemic. The news was met with fury and disappointment from customers, with one voicing surprise "they've got any left to close". The shuttered branches add to a wave of closures over the last two years. About 100 staff could lose their jobs as a result of the closures.
The bank said it is investing tens of millions of pounds in updating and improving its remaining branch network, which will total 327 after the new wave of closures.
With Cancer's Skyrocketing Since People Were Coerced Into Injecting The mRNA Bio-weapons, The 'Vax Everything Agenda' Is More Than A War Upon Humanity But A War Upon God
Last time we met we discussed the massive decline in human reproductive potential especially relating to the Western world - or should I say “civilized” world – through technology and poisoning of the biosphere in which we reside. Although most of that column was devoted to the environmental portions, we did mention that the mRNA bio-weapon was making dramatic increases in the loss of fertility everywhere in the world that it is forced upon people. This has only recently been investigated and we are only on the leading edge of this humanitarian disaster that threatens to eliminate our specie from this world. Today we will look at a complimentary (perhaps better stated as coexisting) threat to the world’s population that has existed for some time now but is rapidly increasing in potency and rate of diagnosis that is also being hidden by the world at large.
HHS: "If It’s Been Over 2 Months Since Your Last Dose, Make a Plan To Get One Now"
Get ready for the next plandemic and mandated perpetual injections
Dan Hartman’s Message for Trudeau: “ My Boy Is Dead From the Vaccine. F *** k You!”
Heartbreaking ...
Dr. Masanori Fukushima: "The Harm Caused by Vaccines Is Now a Worldwide Problem. Billions of Lives Could Ultimately Be in Danger."
Dr. Masanori Fukushima, Professor Emeritus at Kyoto University, warns about vaccine harms to the Japanese Ministry of Health
Pfizer confirms COVID Vaccines damage the Immune System in recently published Study
We have been sold an antivaccine as a vaccine.
Official Government and Pfizer statistics prove that the “old” Pfizer COVID injection destroys the immune system at a rate greater than 1% per day.
Now, the newly published study for Pfizer’s new bivalent COVID vaccine, to combat both the original strain and Omicron, prove the old Covid-19 vaccine had a minus-44% negative efficacy after just 30 days.
The same study also, unfortunately, proves the destruction of the immune system is only going to get worse, not better.
Alberta Just hit the Highest Year of COVID Deaths, today - OFFICIAL Statistics
Since the Start of the Pandemic.
UN & WEF declare “We own the Science” & admit to censoring info on Google & Social Media that destroys the Official Narrative
The World Economic Forum held the Sustainable Development Impact Meetings towards the end of September 2022, convening at the same time as the United Nations General Assembly.
In those meetings, UN officials declared that they apparently “own the science”.
WEF Police Lock Up Swiss Cardiologist for Speaking Out Against COVID Mandates
A cardiologist with a doctorate in immunology and virology who has held a private practice for 24 years has revealed that the WEF-aligned Swiss state forcibly placed him in a psychiatric institution to be examined for mental illness in response to his public condemnation of COVID restrictions as unscientific.
On April 9, 2020, Dr. Thomas Binder posted to his blog an analysis of COVID-19, arguing that the government’s response was unscientific and inhumane. Dr. Binder’s blog post received 20,000 views.
Getting COVID-19 vaccines is a risk potential recruits are not willing to take, says ex-serviceman
(Natural News) Soldiers in the Army National Guard are leaving at a fast rate amid recruitment struggles, causing massive staffing problems.
Cpl. Rolando Martin, a national guardsman, was discharged from the Army after 17 years of service for not submitting to the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine mandate, similar to others whose requests for a religious exemption didn’t get approved.
Double trouble! Incredible helicopter footage captures 'rare and sacred' moment Hawaii's Mauna Loa spouts huge lava fountains while its sister volcano 20 miles away ALSO erupts
Captivating aerial footage captured close-up views of a jet of lava spewing up from Hawaii's Mauna Loa volcano after it erupted late Sunday for the first time in decades.
Worsening matters, is that the momentous occasion - which has put the tens of thousands living Hawaii's Big Island on high alert - has been compounded by the fact that its sister volcano 20 miles away also erupted, something that has not transpired since Loa's last discharge in 1984.
Meteorologists warn that a ‘monster’ storm is forming in the Atlantic
In the last 24 hours, meteorologists have changed their forecast since the formation of a “monster storm” to the northwest of the Canary Islands has become more evident. The European weather prediction model is forecasting heavy rain on all the islands, which are expected to be especially strong on La Palma, Tenerife, and Gran Canaria.
JJ González Alemán from AEMET said today that a "major storm" will affect the islands, as it passes between the Madeira and Canary Islands archipelagos.
This is a depressing set of news. But thanks anyway :-)
From my own personal dealings with HSBC, the head office staff were mostly incompetent idiots, but the branch staff were generally excellent.
If HSBC want to improve, they should shut their head office, and give more power to the branches. This latest decision, however, shows they are going in the opposite direction, and HSBC bank is being damaged even further.