from Sputnik News:
The 157th Brigade, formed in 2024, ceased to exist by 2025 with one-third of its soldiers deserting before becoming operational.
The elite 155th ‘Anna of Kiev’ Brigade saw at least 1,700 of its 2,300 soldiers desert before reaching the front lines.
by John Hayward, Breitbart:
Ugandan officials on Thursday confirmed an Ebola outbreak in the capital city of Kampala, with one confirmed death so far.
It is the ninth Ebola outbreak Uganda has suffered since the deadly disease was first detected there in 2000. The previous outbreak in 2022 lasted four months and killed 55 people.
The Ugandan Health Ministry said the fatally-infected patient was a male nurse who worked at the Mulago National Referral Hospital in Kampala. He died from “multi-organ failure” at the hospital on Wednesday.
from Sputnik News:
by Mish Shedlock, Mish Talk:
Trump pulls the US out of the Paris Accord. And the long-suffering Green New Deal is on the deathbed in Europe.
Joining Forces in Europe
Euractiv reports France’s Far-Right Asks EPP to End the Green Deal Together.
French far-right leader Jordan Bardella senses an opening for a right-wing coalition to tear down the European Green Deal.
from Sputnik News:
by Mish Shedlock, Mish Talk:
Wall Street is stunned and rightfully so.
DeepSeek’s AI Model Is the Top-Rated App in the U.S.
Scientific American comments Why DeepSeek’s AI Model Just Became the Top-Rated App in the U.S.
DeepSeek’s artificial intelligence assistant made big waves Monday, becoming the top-rated app in the Apple Store and sending tech stocks into a downward tumble. What’s all the fuss about?
from Sputnik News:
by Ken Macon, Reclaim The Net:
Russia is preparing to launch a comprehensive facial recognition payment system by 2025, aiming to create one of the largest biometric payment networks in the world. This initiative will build upon the existing Face Pay platform, which has been gradually implemented since 2021, and is a joint effort between Sberbank and the National Payment Card System (NSPK). To support the rollout, approximately two million biometric payment terminals are planned to be installed nationwide.
from RT:
A region which once ruled the world has now become a geopolitical black hole
There are two major fears for Western European elites when dealing with the new American administration. Surprisingly, the most serious challenge isn’t the potential decision by the Trump administration to pursue a military confrontation with Russia through Ukraine while cutting financial spending. The root of their anxiety lies elsewhere.
from Sputnik News:
from The National Pulse:
The populist deputy prime minister of one of Europe’s largest economies has suggested following in the footsteps of President Donald J. Trump and leading his country out of the World Health Organization (WHO). Italy’s deputy prime minister, Matteo Salvini, introduced the bill to withdraw Italy from WHO late Thursday.
“This morning, the League presented its bill to LEAVE the WHO (World Health Organization), as the United States did with Donald Trump,” Salvini wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter). He continued: “Italy no longer has to deal with a supranational power center – handsomely funded by Italian taxpayers – that goes hand in hand with multinational pharmaceutical companies.”
by Mike Maharrey, Silver Seek:
Where does the world get its silver?
In 2023, silver mines produced 830.5 million ounces of silver. That total is projected to decline by about 1 percent to 823.5 million ounces in 2024.
Silver mine output has been declining for nearly a decade. Mine production peaked at 900.1 million ounces in 2016. Meanwhile, demand has outstripped supply for three straight years and the Silver Institute projects another market deficit in 2024. This is primarily due to rapidly rising industrial demand, specifically in the solar energy sector.
from WND:
Alberto Nisman was investigating the 1994 AMIA bombing, when he was found dead in his apartment’s bathroom
JERUSALEM – Argentina’s President Javier Milei, whose style of governing has seemingly completely revolutionized the South American country, recently declared the death of a prominent prosecutor investigating the July 1994 terrorist bombing of the downtown Buenos Aires Argentine-Israelite Mutual Association, to be an act of murder.
by Mac Slavo, SHTF Plan:
The current ruler, Donald Trump, has vowed to take over the Panama Canal. However, President Jose Mulino said on Monday that Panama would resist the U.S.’s attempt to control the canal shortly after Trump’s inauguration.
Trump has repeatedly stated that the U.S. should reestablish control of the canal to forestall Chinese influence in the region. He has also claimed that Panama overcharges American vessels sailing through the waterway. During his inauguration speech, Trump said that the US would be “taking [the canal] back.”
Trump has also left military options on the table to take Greenland by force as well. The Arctic Island has already said it would also resist the U.S.’s efforts to control it militarily.
