GOVERNMENT
German politician convicted over gang rape warning
. ER Editor: This article put us in mind of an interesting one we ran some years ago on Afghan men who emigrate to Europe. See this by Cheryl Benard from 2017 — I’ve Worked […]
RT
FINANCIAL
Ukraine’s creditors want their money back – WSJ
. ER Editor: It sounds like Ukraine is quietly imploding. See this on Zelensky — Russia Issues Warrant to Arrest Ukraine’s Zelensky From last month (RT) — World Bank issues Ukraine bankruptcy warning The country’s […]
FINANCIAL
BRICS should be ready for dollar collapse – Russian IMF rep
ER Editor: Backchannels say this has all happened already, with a new gold- and asset-backed monetary system in place. So we wonder, is an announcement of the dollar collapse imminent? @Whiplash437 🚨🚨BRICS should be ready […]
SOCIETY
Iraq passes law against homosexuality, prostitution & transgenderism
. ER Editor: As we can imagine, this action by the Iraqi government has raised hackles in certain quarters. As the RT article explains below, the majority Shia population (as opposed to Sunni) of Iraq […]
GOVERNMENT
US to pull troops from Niger
. ER Editor: We’ve published a few articles on Niger in the last few months. These two from early and late September 2023 involving FRANCE — Niger’s junta instructs police to expel French ambassador Macron […]
MILITARY
Israel strikes Iran in a toothless way
. ER Editor: Zerohedge also picks up the story — Markets Dump Then Rebound As Israel Retaliates To Iran In Oddly Toothless, Performative Response The Iranian city of Isfahan — We recommend Shadow of Ezra […]
Spotlight
Another Violent Knife Attack in Sydney, Australia Two Days Apart
. ER Editor: This report follows on from the stabbing and death of half a dozen people by a 40 year old schizophrenic man, Joel Cauchi, at Bondi Junction shopping centre outside of Sydney on […]
GOVERNMENT
Switzerland to hold referendum on Russia sanctions
. ER Editor: Some tweets — Translation: Submitted with 132,780 signatures! Mit 132’780 Unterschriften eingereicht! #Neutralitaetsinitiative pic.twitter.com/b1cP9f9ujh — Werner Gartenmann (@wg3800ch) April 11, 2024 Translation: (Schweiz = Switzerland) The #Schweiz should not join any military […]
GOVERNMENT
Russia opens ‘financing terrorism’ probe implicating Western countries
. ER Editor: This story has also been picked up by RT and Zerohedge. See — Russia launches terrorism probe into US and NATO officials Moscow Accuses Hunter Biden-Linked Company Burisma Of Financing Terror Attacks […]
MEDIA
Musk defies Supreme Court judge’s order to block X accounts in Brazil
ER Editor: So Brazil’s draconian Supreme Court judge, Alexandre de Moraes, is allegedly banning certain Twitter / X accounts (as yet unspecified), may have arrested said people, fined Musk’s company, and is conducting a broad-sweeping […]