The dominance of the US dollar in the global economy continues to wane quietly but relentlessly as many countries actively seek other currencies. First and foremost, they are the BRICS nations of Russia, China, India, Brazil, and South Africa. Although it appeared to be only a few countries, the total population is over 3.23 billion, accounting for more than 40% of the world’s population.  Between 2000 and 2026, the BRICS population is expected to grow by 625 million people, most of them in India and China.  By 2020, the BRICS countries’ total GDP was 25% of the global (21 trillion dollars), and their share in international trade was about 20% (6.7 trillion dollars).

BY Viktor Mikhin

enough is enough — bring him home......

THE PICTURE ABOVE IS THE PICTURE OF THE MOMENT... IT COULD HAVE BEEN BUT AN INSTANT BUT IT SEEMS TO SUM UP A DIRE SITUATION.

ZELENSKY DOES NOT UNDERSTAND ENGLISH... HIS ENGLISH WOULD BE WORTHLESS THAN MY ITALIAN. I CAN READ IT IT BUT AS TO BEG FOR WEAPONS, I WOULD NEED A TRANSLATOR AND A REAL ESTATE AGENT BLABBING SKILL.

IN REGARD TO NATO MEMBERS, IT HAS TO BE SAID THAT THEY CANNOT DO MUCH:

— FEED UKRAINE WITH MORE WEAPONS UNTIL THE LAST UKRAINIAN COMBATTANT.

— TELL ZELENSKY THAT HE HAS TO HOLD ON AS LONG AS HE CAN SO THAT:

       A) NATO CAN FIND ANOTHER WAY TO DETROY RUSSIA (FALSE FLAGS, WHATEVER...)

— GO FOR PEACE (!)...

MAKE A PEACE DEAL PRONTO BEFORE THE SHIT HITS THE FAN:

A U.S. think tank leader who has repeatedly accused President Biden and his family of corruption has been charged with acting as an unregistered agent of China, Manhattan prosecutors announced Monday evening.

Gal Luft, co-director of the Maryland-based Institute for the Analysis of Global Security, is accused of recruiting and paying an unnamed former high-ranking U.S. government official on behalf of principals based in China in 2016, without registering as a foreign agent, which is legally required.

It's become one of the most desirable clubs in Europe — the NATO Club.

This week's NATO summit in Lithuania has highlighted how in a troubled world it's a heavily sought-after membership. This has been one of the strongest themes of the second and final day of the NATO meeting.

The summit also highlighted the power of "the Zelenskyy Factor". The hosts proved how strong their support is for NATO – a support which can be understood, in part, by an extraordinary museum in Vilnius – the KGB Museum.

And what was the outcome of the summit? Here are the highlights of the final day of the NATO summit.

The BBC presenter facing allegations he paid a young person thousands of pounds for sexually explicit photos is Huw Edwards, the BBC has reported, citing a statement from his wife.

A Scott Ritter Investigation: Agent Zelensky - Part 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLeBb6hPUC8

FREE JULIAN ASSANGE NOW....................

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The leaders of NATO’s 31 constituent member states have begun to assemble in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, for the alliance’s 33rd summit, an event that has come to symbolize the military organization’s increasingly difficult task of transforming political will into tangible reality.

The good news is the US can’t sell Australia the three to five used Virginia class nuclear subs that the Albanese government has announced it will buy. Nor will it sell us any new ones.

The chief of US Naval operations Admiral Michael Gilday was recently reported from Washington as saying the US shipyards are only producing subs at a rate of about 1.2 a year. He says a minimum of two a year is needed to fill the Navy’s own requirements. Until then, he said, “We’re not going to be in a position to sell any to the Australians”. A senior Biden advisor, Kurt Campbell added there was also “a troublingly large number of submarines in drydock that needed to be back into the water quickly”.

By Brian Toohey

The persecution of Julian Assange, along with the climate of fear, wholesale government surveillance and use of the Espionage Act to prosecute whistleblowers, has emasculated investigative journalism. 

The press has not only failed to mount a sustained campaign to support Julian, whose extradition appears imminent, but no longer attempts to shine a light into the inner workings of power. This failure is not only inexcusable, but ominous. 

ONE NEEDS TO BE SARCASTIC ABOUT SOME REPORTS, DESPITE THE LEGITIMATE AND OFTEN ACCURATE STORY TELLER... HERE'S THE VOICE/NARRATOR FROM DARK FOOTAGE WHO ALSO DOES DARK SKIES "AUTHORITATIVE" NARRATIONS IN OTHER "HISTORICAL" FEATURE DOCOS.

Dark Footage brings you breaking news, photos, videos, and satellite imagery of the latest secret, hidden, and classified military incidents from around the world. As images and footage of actual events are not always available, Dark Footage sometimes utilizes similar images and footage for dramatic effect and soundtracks for emotional impact.

We do our best to keep it as visually accurate as possible. All content on Dark Footage is researched, produced, and presented in a newsworthy context for educational purposes.

Often seen as marvels of the human ascendancy, the world’s great cities are in mortal danger as the resources that keep them alive stagger, dwindle and give out.

Today the world has 45 megacities – conurbations holding more than ten million citizens apiece – and some 500 smaller cities each of a million or more souls. Together they are home to well over more than half of the human population, rising to 7 billion by mid-century.

By Julian Cribb

Mass media are often unreliable, but hardly anyone has time to check the news. If news reports later turn out to be false, they are usually already burned into the hard drive of collective memory as “historical truth”.

The government of French President Emmanuel Macron is under attack by the Anglo-American imperial establishment. The civil unrest that erupted across the nation was triggered by the 27 June 2023 Police killing of the 17-year old Nahel Merzouk (NM) in the Paris suburb of Nanterre. NM was driving a car without a driving license, failed to comply with police orders and for that he was shot point blank by two officers in full riot gear. NM was of Algerian origin. The next day, riots broke out in many cities across France: Paris, Marseille, Lille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Grenoble and also Brussels in Belgium. Some areas were left looking like war zones.

Australia’s former prime minister Paul Keating has labelled the head of Nato a “supreme fool” for his push to increase the alliance’s ties with Asia in an attempt to contain China.

Keating made the comments about secretary general Jens Stoltenberg in a statement released as Australia’s prime minister, Anthony Albanese, travels to Germany and the Nato leaders’ summit in Lithuania to discuss greater support for Ukraine.

The 23rd summit of the heads of state of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), held virtually in New Delhi, represented History in the making: three BRICS (Russia, India, China), plus Pakistan and four Central Asian “stans” (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan), finally and formally, welcomed the Islamic Republic of Iran as a permanent member.

And next year will be Belarus’ turn, as confirmed by India’s First Deputy Foreign Minister Vinay Kvatra. Belarus and Mongolia took part in the 2023 summit as observers, and fiercely independent Turkmenistan, as a guest.

After years of US “maximum pressure,” Tehran may now finally get rid of the sanctions dementia and solidify its leading role in the ongoing process of Eurasia integration.

BY Pepe Escobar