US Senate approves NATO expansion

Senators overwhelmingly back Finland and Sweden’s accession, while shooting down an amendment seeking to limit NATO’s war powers The US Senate has voted overwhelmingly to ratify Sweden and Finland’s membership of NATO, another step toward expanding the US-led military bloc after its 30 members formally committed to the move.

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Beijing kicks off ‘unprecedented’ drills around Taiwan

The People’s Liberation Army has launched major war games following a high-level US trip to Taiwan The Chinese military has begun a large round of military drills near the island of Taiwan, state media reported, making a show of force in retaliation to a recent visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

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'Ukraine worst conflict since WW2' narrative allows the West to forget this horrific war which shook Europe

AP erased the Yugoslav conflict so it could blame Russia for disrupting Europe’s alleged post-WWII peace Europe had “77 years of almost uninterrupted peace” until Russia chose to end it by “invading” Ukraine, according to a peculiar “analysis” published by the Associated Press (AP) over the weekend. Having thus erased Yugoslavia’s bloody destruction in the…

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