https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-14/china-vietnam-sign-45-deals-as-xi-seeks-closer-regional-ties
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✈️ While the majority of flights transferring air-defense assets from U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) to the Middle East appear to have ceased and both the United States as well as Iran claim that nuclear talks are going well; the large-scale airlift of military equipment to the region by the U.S. Air Force’s Air Mobility Command (AMC) continues with no end in sight. Since March 22nd, over 300 C-17s, C-5s, C-130s, KC-135s, and KC-46s linked to AMC have arrived at air bases across the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area-of-responsibility, likely prepositioning air-defense systems, equipment, and other defensive assets in the region for the continued possibility of a conflict with Iran.
The most interesting flights over the last week have been the arrival of 6+ C-17s from Fort Bliss, Texas at Nevatim Airbase in Southern Israel, likely transporting equipment for MIM-104 “Patriot” Surface-to-Air Missile Batteries and/or the reported second Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Battery. Additionally, a number of C-5s and C-17s have arrived at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, likely carrying munitions for the 6 B-2 “Spirit” Long-Range Strategic Stealth Bombers deployed to the island back in March.
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The most interesting flights over the last week have been the arrival of 6+ C-17s from Fort Bliss, Texas at Nevatim Airbase in Southern Israel, likely transporting equipment for MIM-104 “Patriot” Surface-to-Air Missile Batteries and/or the reported second Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Battery. Additionally, a number of C-5s and C-17s have arrived at Naval Support Facility Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean, likely carrying munitions for the 6 B-2 “Spirit” Long-Range Strategic Stealth Bombers deployed to the island back in March.
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Grok estimates that by the end of the century many White nations will cease to have White majority populations.
Establishment figures have long called “White Replacement” a conspiracy theory.
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Establishment figures have long called “White Replacement” a conspiracy theory.
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✝️🇫🇷 The French Catholic Church will welcome a record-breaking 17,800 converts for baptism this Easter, including 10,384 adults and over 7,400 young people aged 11 to 17.
Baptisms are up 45% from 2024.
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Baptisms are up 45% from 2024.
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Greenland's foreign minister has said it is seeking deeper cooperation with China and potentially a free trade agreement, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua.
https://www.newsweek.com/greenland-china-united-states-free-trade-agreement-independence-denmark-security-2059484
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Greenland courts China in snub to Trump
Greenland's foreign minister has said it is seeking deeper cooperation with China and potentially a free trade agreement, according to China's state news agency
Reports are now surfacing that Russia has requested basing for long-range strategic bombers in Indonesia
The Russian request for such a deal, which Australian officials say has yet to be decided on, would put Russian strike assets, and presumably Chinese as well, within range of key U.S. and partner nation installations.
While the move is alarming to both U.S. and regional decision-makers, it could be said that it isn’t an unexpected development. Indonesia is abreast of a key maritime choke point and is in close proximity to Australia, who has deepened military-to-military cooperation with the U.S., drawing protests from both China and Russia.
Sino-Russian military-to-military cooperation has increased exponentially since the start of the war in Ukraine. Nowhere has this been more clear than in the Western Pacific, where Russia has made notable strides toward not only enlarging but also modernizing its long-neglected Pacific Fleet.
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- SAF captured Khartoum, Bahri and is in the process of clearing Omdurman.
- RSF launched a new offensive in northern Darfur, seizing towns and tightening the siege on el-Fasher
- A new alliance of RSF and SPLM-N launched joint attacks in south Kordofan and Blue Nile states.
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About an hour ago, Ambassador Witkoff returned to the Trump administration’s previous sentiments on the process, saying that “Iran must stop and eliminate its nuclear enrichment and weaponization program.”
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US partners such as the UAE, as well as US adversaries such as Iran and Russia, threaten US interests in the Red Sea by fueling the war.
Iran and Russia seek to secure Red Sea naval bases through partnerships with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF).
Iran would use a base to support Yemeni Houthi attacks in the Red Sea.
Russia aims to project power into the Red Sea and bolster its logistics network in Africa
These aims directly threaten US aims to secure maritime routes for global trade in the Red Sea and boost regional security.
The UAE has provided weapons, including drones, to the Sudanese rebels known as the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which the United States has accused of committing genocide in Sudan.
International leaders are meeting in London to work toward establishing peace in Sudan, but external support for the RSF and its rival the SAF will hinder efforts toward a ceasefire.
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If anyone was wondering what Chinese troops and armored vehicles disembarking onto Taiwan’s shores could potentially look like, then footage of drills in China’s southern Guangdong province showing barges equipped with interconnected landing bridges might provide a clue.
Posted briefly last month on the Chinese microblogging site Weibo, the images show how three specially designed Shuiqiao-class barges can be linked up one behind the other to form a long, relocatable pier that extends from deeper waters nearly a kilometer out at sea onto a beach.
The trials, held near the city of Zhanjiang, suggest Beijing is not only working on new tools to ramp up its amphibious sealift capacity, but also devising ways to overcome the limited number of suitable locations for amphibious landing operations in Taiwan, as the barges could enable Chinese troops to disembark at a wider range of locations across the self-ruled island.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/15/asia-pacific/china-bridge-barges-taiwan/
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The Japan Times
China’s new bridge-forming barges offer new options for Taiwan invasion
The ships can be linked up one behind the other to form a long, relocatable pier that extends from deeper waters nearly a kilometer out at sea onto a beach.
The Trump administration has informed Israel that it will begin a phased withdrawal of US troops from Syria within two months, the Ynet news outlet reports.
A senior Israeli official tells the outlet that Jerusalem believes the move will result only in a partial withdrawal but is still working with American counterparts to convince them to keep troops in Syria.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-us-tells-israel-it-will-begin-withdrawal-from-syria-within-2-months/
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The Times of Israel
Report: US tells Israel it will begin withdrawal from Syria within 2 months
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Do you see the problem yet?
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This is 2 TIMES more than the previous high set in the full year 2020.
Investors are pouring money into gold at a record pace as the market uncertainty has skyrocketed.
As a result, gold prices have rallied 22% year-to-date and have outperformed every other major asset class.
Gold prices have also hit 52 all-time highs over the last year, posting the best streak in 12 years.
Gold is the global safe haven.
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https://x.com/FT/status/1912219424083370478
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The Trump Administration has shifted from DOGE & cutting -- to neocon spending & war hysteria.
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Russia plans to establish its first airbase in the Pacific Ocean and wants to place its military aircraft near key U.S. and Australian facilities
The airbase will be located in the province of Papua, Indonesia.
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It was only a matter of time until the CIA became involved in the Trump administration's war on Mexican drug cartels. According, and is formulating a 'finely tuned machine' to help disrupt one of the deadliest criminal networks in the world.
Specifically, the CIA is establishing the Americas Counternarcotics Mission Center, combining its counternarcotics and Western Hemisphere teams to enable faster, more effective collaboration, CIA Deputy Director Michael Ellis (formerly Rumble general counsel) told Breitbart, adding that the mission is to become a "finely tuned machine" to dismantle cartels, labeled foreign terrorists by the Trump administration.
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/cia-unleash-finely-tuned-machine-destroy-mexican-cartels
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CIA To Unleash 'Finely Tuned Machine' To Destroy Mexican Cartels
"The drug trafficker is a savvy, sophisticated adversary..."