The unbearable lightness of China
Pepe Escobar | thealtworld.com | 2020-04-23
Kishore Mahbubani's new book argues that China's rejuvenation is not driven by missionary impulse, a fact a flagging US refuses to see | As a living embodiment of how East and West shall meet, Mahbubani is immeasurably more capable to talk about Chinese-linked intricacies than shallow, self-described Western "experts" on Asia and China. | Especially now when demonization-heavy hybrid war 2.0 against China is practiced by most factions of the US government, the Deep State and the East Coast establishment. | Distinguished fellow at the National University of Singapore's Asia Research Institute, former president of…
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Iran Launches US Fury
Finian Cunningham | thealtworld.com | 2020-04-23
No wonder the US reacted with fury this week when Iran launched a satellite 465 kilometers into space. In baseball terms, the Iranians just hit the US ball out of the park. | Mike Pompeo, America's top diplomat, is demanding more sanctions against Iran over what he claimed was a violation of UN resolutions outlawing Iranian military missiles in space. He called on the "Iranian regime" to prioritise resources in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and to end its campaign of global terror". | You have to hand it to Pompeo for his tot…
thealtworld.com/finian_cunningham/iran-launches-us-fury

Annexation of the West Bank Is up to Israel: US State Secretary
telesurenglish.net | 2020-04-22
United States (U.S.) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that it was up to Israel whether to annex parts of the West Bank adding that Washington would offer its views privately to Israel's new government. | RELATED: | EU Nations Push for Bloc's Recognition of State of Palestine | "As for the annexation of the West Bank, the Israelis will ultimately make those decisions," Pompeo told reporters. "That's an Israeli decision. And we will work closely with them to share wi…
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How the National Security State Is Using Coronavirus to Push AI-Driven Mass Surveillance
Whitney Webb | mintpressnews.com | 2020-04-21
Last year a government commission called for the US to adopt an AI-driven mass surveillance system far beyond that used in any other country. Now, many of the "obstacles" cited as preventing its implementation are being removed under the guise of combating coronavirus.
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Assange's Lawyers to Ask Court to Postpone Extradition Hearing
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-24
LONDON (Sputnik) – The lawyers of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will ask the court next week to postpone the activist's extradition hearing, a statement by the campaign against Assange's extradition to the United States said Friday.
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US Intelligence, Pentagon Explore Possibility of Coronavirus Being Used as Bioweapon – Report
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-24
US President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo previously supported the idea of probing China over allegations that the novel coronavirus originated in a Chinese laboratory studying viruses, despite Beijing and many in the scientific community debunking a theory.
sputniknews.com/us/202004241079079950-us-intelligence-pentagon-explore-possibility-of-coronavirus-being-used-as-bioweapon—report/

UK: Iran's Ballistic Missile Programme is Destabilising for Middle East, Threatens Regional Security
sputniknews.com | 2020-04-24
On 22 April, the Iranian military said that its first military satellite Noor (Light) had been successfully placed into an orbit located 425 kilometres (624 miles) above the Earth's surface, using a Qassed (Envoy) carrier. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo doubted the launch's compliance with UN resolutions.
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