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title: Trump ‘contemptuous’ of Zelensky – The Times
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<p><strong>The US president wants Ukraine to repay all of Washington’s aid with interest, Hugh Tomlinson has said</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>US President Donald Trump is both contemptuous of Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky and assured of Kiev’s weakness in its conflict with Moscow, The Times’ Washington reporter Hugh Tomlinson suggested in an op-ed published on Friday.</p>
<p>In light of this, Trump aims to get back all the funds the US has spent on the Ukraine conflict during his predecessor Joe Biden’s term, Tomlinson wrote.</p>
<p><em>“Convinced of Ukraine’s weakness, contemptuous of Zelensky, and enraged by the billions of dollars in aid given to Kiev by Joe Biden’s administration, Trump has set out to get it all back, and more,”</em> he said.</p>
<p>Last month, Trump demanded that Kiev reimburse what he claimed was hundreds of billions of dollars in US aid via Ukraine’s mineral wealth, originally focusing on <em>“rare earths.”</em></p>
<p>An earlier iteration of the deal was reportedly set to be signed in early March, only to be derailed by Zelensky’s public shouting match with the US president and vice president in the Oval Office. Following the altercation, Trump temporarily froze all military aid and intelligence sharing with Kiev.</p>

            
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<p>However, Washington reversed the decision after Kiev agreed to a 30-day partial ceasefire following US-Ukrainian talks in Jeddah earlier this month.</p>
<p>Moscow has since accused Ukraine of multiple strikes on its energy sites, which are off-limits under the truce.</p>
<p>After Monday’s separate talks with the US in Saudi Arabia, both Russia and Ukraine have said they’re willing to broaden the partial ceasefire to encompass a naval truce on the Black Sea.</p>
<p><em>“For days, White House officials have insisted that an agreement on the minerals deal was close. Now a possible reason for the delay and the price of a ceasefire may be becoming clearer,”</em> Tomlinson wrote, adding that <em>“US negotiators have apparently been working to extract even greater concessions from Kiev.”</em></p>
<p>The latest version of the minerals deal proposed by the Trump administration is far harsher than earlier iterations, Reuters wrote on Thursday, citing a draft of the agreement.</p>

            
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<p>Under the newest terms, the US will recoup all aid money given to Ukraine since the escalation of its conflict with Russia in 2022 and charge a 4% annual interest rate on the sum before Kiev can access the fund’s profits.</p>
<p>Zelensky has confirmed that he has received a fresh proposal from the US but insisted that the funding Kiev has received from Washington was a donation and not a loan.</p>
<p>The US has allocated more than $123 billion to Ukraine in military and financial aid since 2022, according to data from Germany’s Kiel Institute. Trump maintains that Washington has spent more than $300 billion on supporting Kiev.</p>

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title: Charlie Javice Convicted In JPM Fraud Case
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<p>The millennial who duped JPMorgan Chase into purchasing a now-defunct student finance startup—whose customer database was mostly fake—was <strong>found guilty</strong> of bank fraud by a Manhattan federal court jury on Friday and faces decades in prison. </p>
<p><a data-image-external-href data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/2025-03-28_15-50-03.png?itok=1W2B_PyA" data-link-option="0" href="https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2025-03-28_15-50-03.png?itok=1W2B_PyA"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="48dbaa4d-fb9e-40b6-810d-ad4f496cabca" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="319" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2025-03-28_15-50-03.png?itok=1W2B_PyA" alt typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>
<p>The <strong>startup, 'Frank,'</strong> was founded by former CEO Charlie Javice in 2016. It offered software to help young millennials obtain financial aid in what Javice framed as "an Amazon for higher education," and had the backing of billionaire Marc Rowan - the company's lead investor. </p>
<p><a data-image-external-href data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/2025-03-28_15-45-25.png?itok=7jecxWPQ" data-link-option="0" href="https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2025-03-28_15-45-25.png?itok=7jecxWPQ"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="bb7d6150-6927-46ab-96d1-40573496d87b" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="288" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2025-03-28_15-45-25.png?itok=7jecxWPQ" alt typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>

<p>All this schooling for what? </p>
<p><a data-image-external-href data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/2025-03-28_15-46-03.png?itok=Uvy3C8no" data-link-option="0" href="https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2025-03-28_15-46-03.png?itok=Uvy3C8no"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="c9563c6d-8f87-4f18-b285-6effe77e9fdb" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="634" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2025-03-28_15-46-03.png?itok=Uvy3C8no" alt typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>
<p>Her political donations are blue...</p>
<p><a data-image-external-href data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/2025-03-28_15-44-24.png?itok=DRpHSNbr" data-link-option="0" href="https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/2025-03-28_15-44-24.png?itok=DRpHSNbr"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="15338acd-35d9-412f-86e1-3c702659d6da" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="112" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/2025-03-28_15-44-24.png?itok=DRpHSNbr" alt typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>
<p>In September 2021, JPMorgan touted the $175 million deal to purchase Frank, calling the platform the "fastest-growing college financial planning platform" used by over 5 million students at 6,000 institutions.</p>
<p>However, shortly after JPM closed the deal with Javice, the <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/jpmorgan-tricked-paying-175-million-startup-millions-fake-customers-bank-claims">bank discovered that most of the platform's claimed</a> <strong><u><a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/jpmorgan-tricked-paying-175-million-startup-millions-fake-customers-bank-claims">4.25 million users were fabricated</a>, with the actual number totaling fewer than 300,000.</u></strong> </p>

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<p>The <strong>five-week trial concluded after jurors deliberated for about six hours, reaching a verdict on Friday morning</strong>: <em>they found Javice guilty on the most serious count of bank fraud, which carries a maximum prison sentence of 30 years.</em></p>
<p>Here are more details about the trial (courtesy of <a href="https://apnews.com/article/charlie-javice-convicted-fraud-jp-morgan-783cb7b089f6ab5d814c4c0984f0302b">AP News</a>):</p>
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<p><strong><em>Javice's lawyer, Jose Baez, told the jury that JPMorgan knew what it was getting in the deal</em></strong><em>, and made up the fraud allegations due to buyer's remorse after government regulatory changes made the data it received in the deal useless to its hopes of gaining new young customers.</em></p>
<p><em>. . .</em></p>
<p><strong><em>Frank's chief of engineering, Patrick Vovor, testified</em></strong> <em>at the trial that Javice had asked him to generate synthetic data to support her claim that the company had over 4 million users. At the time, JPMorgan was insisting on verification of the customers. Vovor said he refused her request.</em></p>
<p><em>"</em><strong><em>I told them I would not do anything illegal</em></strong><em>," Vovor testified.</em></p>
<p><em>Defense lawyers attacked Vovor's credibility during the trial, suggesting he had a crush on Javice and was resentful that he had been rejected, a claim he denied.</em></p>
<p><strong><em>Prosecutors said Javice then paid a college friend $18,000 to use a computer program</em></strong> <em>to create millions of fake names with pedigree information. The results were sent to a third-party data provider that</em> <strong><em>JPMorgan hired to verify the number of customers, but the data provider never checked to ensure the people were real</em></strong><em>, testimony showed.</em></p>
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<p>At the peak, Javice regularly appeared on corporate media TV outlets, even appearing on <strong>Forbes' "30 Under 30"</strong>... </p>
<p><a data-image-external-href data-image-href="/s3/files/inline-images/1735912763976.jpg?itok=e3Gg32Nl" data-link-option="0" href="https://www.zerohedge.com/s3/files/inline-images/1735912763976.jpg?itok=e3Gg32Nl"><picture><img data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="59e35415-874e-4d9a-b87e-6445d1b80037" data-responsive-image-style="inline_images" height="662" width="500" src="https://assets.zerohedge.com/s3fs-public/styles/inline_image_mobile/public/inline-images/1735912763976.jpg?itok=e3Gg32Nl" alt typeof="foaf:Image" data-sanitized-class="inline-images image-style-inline-images"></picture></a></p>
<p>There's <strong>something about millennials appearing on Forbes' "30 Under 30"</strong> and fraud. </p>

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<p>Javice is a Miami Beach resident who was arrested in 2023 and has been free on a $2 million bail since.  A sentencing date has not yet been set.</p>
<p><strong>Whether she follows Elizabeth Holmes' path</strong>: <em>Delaying prison time through repeated pregnancies—remains to be seen. Her legal team will likely weigh this as a viable strategy. </em></p>
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title: [SPECIAL] - Pepe Escobar : What I Am Seeing In Yemen!
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title: Appeals court enables Musk to resume cuts at USAID
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A federal appeals court on Friday enabled Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to resume efforts to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).  In a win for the Trump administration, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals temporarily lifted a lower ruling that found Musk was exercising enough independent authority…

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Feds Investigate California Schools Accused Of Hiding Children&amp;#039;s Gender Transition From Parents

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<p><a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/feds-investigate-california-schools-accused-of-hiding-childrens-gender-transition-from-parents-5832564?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=ZeroHedge"><em>Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times,</em></a></p>
<p>A California policy that prevents schools from requiring staff to disclose a child’s gender identity or sexual orientation to his or her parents may be in violation of a federal law, the U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday.</p>
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<p>The federal agency’s Student Privacy Policy Office, which oversees the Family Educational Rights Privacy Act (FERPA), is investigating instances in California where school personnel in various districts allegedly hid information from parents and assisted students with their gender “transition,” a March 27 <a href="https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-launches-investigation-california-department-of-education-alleged-ferpa-violations">news release</a> notes.</p>

<p>The Department of Education alleged that AB 1955, which took effect on Jan. 1, conflicts with FERPA, which gives parents the right to review students’ records. The department’s news release said federal law supersedes any state law in this case.</p>
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<p><em><strong>“Teachers and school counselors should not be in the business of advising minors entrusted to their care on consequential decisions about their sexual identity and mental health. That responsibility and privilege lies with a parent or trusted loved one,” </strong>Education Secretary Linda McMahon said in the news release.</em></p>
<p><em>“It is not only immoral but also potentially in contradiction with federal law for California schools to hide crucial information about a student’s well-being from parents and guardians. The agency launched today’s investigation to vigorously protect parents’ rights and ensure that students do not fall victim to a radical transgender ideology that often leads to family alienation and irreversible medical interventions.”</em></p>
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<p>In an email response to The Epoch Times, the California Department of Education said the federal law only requires schools to provide student records on request, not verbal disclosures.</p>
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<p><em><strong>“AB 1955 prohibits local educational agencies from mandating that staff disclose students’ gender identity to parents without student consent unless otherwise required by state or federal law,”</strong> the California agency wrote. </em></p>
<p><em>“AB 1955 does not mandate nondisclosure. Based on the plain language of both laws, there is no conflict between AB 1955 and FERPA, which permits a parent access to their student’s written records upon request.”</em></p>
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<p>Upon returning to the White House, President Donald Trump issued an executive order prohibiting schools from promoting the idea that there are more than two genders. School districts and states also face federal funding cuts for allowing males identifying as transgender to compete in girls’ or women’s sports.</p>
<p>Parents Defending Education, whose leaders in recent months have testified before legislative committees regarding educational issues, reports on its <a href="https://defendinged.org/investigations/list-of-school-district-transgender-gender-nonconforming-student-policies/">website</a> that <strong>1,214 districts across the country serving more than 12 million students in grades K-12 have policies openly stating that “district personnel can or should keep a student’s transgender status hidden from parents.”</strong></p>
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<p data-sanitized-class="article__subhead"><em>Dorival was only appointed 14 months ago, but a 4-1 defeat against rivals Argentina proved to be his last game.</em></p>
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<p>Brazil coach Dorival Junior has been fired after 14 months in charge amid poor results and disappointing performances from the national team.</p>
<p>Hiss sacking by Brazilian Football Confederation president Ednaldo Rodrigues came three days after <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/3/26/argentina-beats-brazil-qualifies-for-fifa-world-cup-2026">a 4-1 defeat to bitter rival Argentina</a> in Buenos Aires, Brazil’s heaviest defeat in a World Cup qualifier.</p>

<p>Junior’s replacement has yet to be picked.</p>
<p>Brazil are fifth in South America qualifying for the 2026 World Cup. The top six qualify automatically.</p>
<figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3609032" data-sanitized-id="attachment_3609032" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" src="https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2025-03-26T020146Z_969342090_UP1EL3Q05MX93_RTRMADP_3_SOCCER-WORLDCUP-ARG-BRA-REPORT-1743197529.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C551" alt="Soccer Football - World Cup - South American Qualifiers - Argentina v Brazil - Estadio Mas Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina - March 25, 2025 Brazil's Matheus Cunha looks dejected after the match REUTERS/Rodrigo Valle" data-sanitized-class="size-arc-image-770 wp-image-3609032"><figcaption data-sanitized-id="caption-attachment-3609032" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption-text">Brazil’s Matheus Cunha looks dejected after the match in Argentina, which was Dorival’s last in charge [Rodrigo Valle/Reuters]</figcaption></figure><p>Under the 62-year-old, Brazil won seven matches, drew another seven, and lost two. The team scored 25 goals and conceded 17.</p>
<p>In the Copa America last year, Brazil was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Uruguay on penalties.</p>
<p>Rodrigues was just re-elected on Monday to head the confederation to 2030.</p>
<p>In 2023, he bet on Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti to take over one year later.</p>
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<p>While waiting for Ancelotti, Brazil retained Fernando Diniz as its coach. Diniz was fired in January 2024 after six matches on the job after Ancelotti extended his contract in Spain.</p>
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Auto tariffs: “Hurting Canada doesn’t help us,” says the mayor of Lansing, Michigan – March 28, 2025

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President Trump shared a new video that touts past U.S. military efforts to defend Greenland, a semiautonomous island in the Arctic that the president has repeatedly shown interest in annexing.  “In the cold silence of the tundra, a bond was born not from treaties or trade, but from blood and bravery. While Germany controlled Europe,…

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will consider axing billions of dollars in grants for programs that seek to prevent terrorism or help communities respond to disasters based on immigration policy in the recipient areas. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem signed a document determining that Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) programs that go to “sanctuary…

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title: This Is The Income Needed To Be Middle Class In Every US State
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<p><strong>How much do you need to make to be considered middle class in the U.S.?</strong> According to research by <a href="https://smartasset.com/data-studies/top-1-percent-income-2024">SmartAsset</a>, that can range from $36,000 to $200,000, depending on where you live.</p>
<p>This graphic, <a href="https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-income-needed-to-be-middle-class-in-every-u-s-state-2025">via Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti,</a> illustrates the income needed to be considered middle class in every U.S. state. Middle class in this graphic is defined as earning between two-thirds and double the median household income. SmartAsset compiled the data as of February 2025.</p>
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<h2>To Be Middle Class</h2>

<p>The median household income in the U.S. is approximately $75,000, with half of Americans earning less. States with high urbanization and economic activity, like California and New York, tend to have much higher income requirements to count as middle class, while rural states with lower costs, like West Virginia and Arkansas, have lower thresholds.</p>
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<p>In Massachusetts, a household needs to earn between $67,000 and $200,000 to be considered middle class. The state has a high cost of living due to expensive housing, high taxes, and strong demand for services. Its economy is driven by industries like technology, healthcare, and education, attracting well-paid professionals and increasing competition for housing, especially in cities like Boston.</p>

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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$66,565</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$199,716</td>
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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$66,514</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$199,562</td>
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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$65,779</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$197,356</td>
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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$64,552</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$193,676</td>
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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$63,674</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$191,042</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-7"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">Hawaii</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$63,542</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$190,644</td>
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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$63,064</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$189,210</td>
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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$62,274</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$186,842</td>
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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$61,934</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$185,822</td>
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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$61,104</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$183,330</td>
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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$59,948</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$179,862</td>
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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$57,748</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$173,262</td>
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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$56,718</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$170,172</td>
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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$56,642</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$169,944</td>
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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$54,725</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$164,190</td>
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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$54,235</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$162,722</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-18"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">Vermont</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$54,135</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$162,422</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-19"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">Illinois</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$53,532</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$160,612</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-20"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">Oregon</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$53,435</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$160,320</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-21"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">Arizona</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$51,538</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$154,630</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-22"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">North Dakota</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$51,012</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$153,050</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-23"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">Nevada</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$50,904</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$152,728</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-24"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">Texas</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$50,515</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$151,560</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-25"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">Idaho</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$49,956</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$149,884</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-26"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">Georgia</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$49,750</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$149,264</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-27"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">Wisconsin</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$49,749</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$149,262</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-28"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">Nebraska</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$49,722</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$149,180</td>
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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$49,211</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$147,648</td>
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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$49,150</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$147,466</td>
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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$48,869</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$146,622</td>
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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$48,272</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$144,830</td>
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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$47,869</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$143,620</td>
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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$47,617</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$142,866</td>
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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$47,198</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$141,608</td>
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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$47,198</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$141,608</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-37"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">Kansas</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$46,884</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$140,666</td>
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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$46,313</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$138,954</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-39"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">Michigan</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$46,117</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$138,366</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-40"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">Missouri</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$45,692</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$137,090</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-41"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">South Carolina</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$45,198</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$135,608</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-42"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">Ohio</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$45,175</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$135,538</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-43"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">Tennessee</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$45,083</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$135,262</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-44"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">New Mexico</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$41,508</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$124,536</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-45"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">Alabama</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$41,471</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$124,424</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-46"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">Oklahoma</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$41,421</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$124,276</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-47"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">Kentucky</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$40,741</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$122,236</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-48"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">Arkansas</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$39,129</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$117,400</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-49"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">Louisiana</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$38,815</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$116,458</td>
</tr><tr data-sanitized-class="row-50"><td data-sanitized-class="column-1">West Virginia</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$37,295</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$111,896</td>
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<td data-sanitized-class="column-2">$36,132</td>
<td data-sanitized-class="column-3">$108,406</td>
</tr></tbody></table><p>Meanwhile, in Mississippi, the minimum household income to be considered middle class is $36,162. Mississippi is one of the cheapest states to live in due to its low housing costs, lower-than-average wages, and relatively low taxes. The cost of goods and services, including groceries, healthcare, and transportation, is also lower than the national average. Additionally, Mississippi has a lower population density and is less of an economic hub compared to wealthier states.</p>
<p><em>If you enjoyed this post, be sure to check out <a href="https://www.voronoiapp.com/economy/Families-Need-Over-270K-Annually-to-Live-Comfortably-in-Top-Five-States-1225">this graphic</a>, which ranks the income a family needs to live comfortably in every U.S. state.</em></p>
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<p>Holders champions Real Madrid have endured a mixed season in the defence of their LaLiga and Champions League double.</p>
<p>Barcelona moved three points clear at the top of the Spanish league following <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/3/27/barcelona-beat-osasuna-to-move-three-points-clear-in-laliga">their 3-0 win against Osasuna</a> on Thursday. Earlier this season, Real failed to reach the knockout stages of the Champions League automatically and were forced to qualify through the playoffs.</p>
<p>Al Jazeera takes a look at their latest league fixture on the back of a turbulent week off the field for the Spanish giants.</p>
<h2 data-sanitized-id="what-charges-were-levelled-against-real-players-this-week">What charges were levelled against Real players this week?</h2>
<p>European football’s governing body opened an investigation on Thursday into <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/3/27/mbappe-vinicius-among-four-real-madrid-players-being-investigated-by-uefa">a possible breach of disciplinary regulations by several Real players</a> following the recent Champions League win over Atletico Madrid.</p>
<p>The inquiry is focused on allegations of improper conduct involving Antonio Ruediger, Kylian Mbappe, Dani Ceballos and Vinicius Jr. A potential decision could impact Real’s Champions League quarterfinal legs against Arsenal on April 8 and 16, with Spanish media reports saying bans could be handed out.</p>
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<p>UEFA did not detail the incidents under review, but Spanish media said Atletico filed a complaint over Real’s players taunting their fans with gestures and dances after the match, leading to objects being thrown at them.</p>
<h2 data-sanitized-id="what-was-real-madrid-s-response-to-the-charges">What was Real Madrid’s response to the charges?</h2>
<p>Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti expressed confidence on Friday that UEFA’s investigation into alleged player misconduct will be resolved positively as members of his team face the prospect of missing upcoming key games.</p>
<p>“We believe everything was correct and we hope UEFA makes a decision, but we trust that everything will end well,” Ancelotti told reporters.</p>
<p>“We are confident in UEFA’s verdict as the players had just celebrated, that’s it, we wait for the verdict, but our players didn’t do anything wrong,” Ancelotti added.</p>
<p>The Italian said his side would give everything to retain their LaLiga title, despite trailing leaders Barcelona in the standings by three points. Both sides are still in the Champions League and Copa del Rey.</p>
<p>“Barcelona has an advantage, but we are going to fight until the end. I hope we have 17 matches [in all competitions] left until the end,” Ancelotti said.</p>
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<h2 data-sanitized-id="how-is-the-laliga-title-race-shaping-up">How is the LaLiga title race shaping up?</h2>
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<p>Atletico Madrid are also in action on Saturday as they travel to Espanyol earlier in the day.</p>
<p>Real’s cross-city rivals start the day four points off second spot and seven off leaders Barcelona.</p>
<h2 data-sanitized-id="where-are-leganes-in-laliga">Where are Leganes in LaLiga?</h2>
<p>Leganes start the latest round of matches in 18th place – the third relegation spot in Spain’s top flight.</p>
<p>They have only recorded six wins in their 28 matches so far this season – losing 13.</p>
<h2 data-sanitized-id="what-are-the-charges-relating-to-ancelotti">What are the charges relating to Ancelotti?</h2>
<p>Ancelotti is to <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/sports/2025/3/28/real-madrid-coach-ancelotti-to-go-on-trial-for-alleged-tax-fraud">stand trial on tax evasion charges</a> in Spain on Wednesday.</p>
<p>Spanish state prosecutors have accused the highly successful Italian coach of defrauding the state of $1m in 2014 and 2015.</p>
<p>A Madrid-based court set the trial date on Friday.</p>
<p>State prosecutors are seeking a prison sentence of up to four years and nine months on two counts of tax fraud. They accused Ancelotti in March 2024 of having used shell companies to hide his true earnings.</p>
<p>Ancelotti has denied any wrongdoing.</p>
<h2 data-sanitized-id="real-madrid-team-news">Real Madrid team news</h2>
<p>Real will be without goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois for Saturday’s league match at home against Leganes due to a muscle strain. Ancelotti was hopeful of other players returning in time for the Arsenal clash.</p>
<p>“Courtois has a small issue, and we are trying to recover Ceballos and [Ferland] Mendy for the first leg against Arsenal,” Ancelotti said.</p>
<h2 data-sanitized-id="leganes-team-news">Leganes team news</h2>
<p>Yvan Noupa faces a late fitness test after being withdrawn due to injury in Leganes’ final LaLiga game before the international break – a 3-2 defeat by Real Betis.</p>
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<p>Striker Daniel Raba was also taken off in that game but is expected to be fit.</p>
<p>Former Real youth-team player Javi Hernandez is set to start at left-back in the absence of both Enric Franquesa and Borna Barisic.</p>
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<p>Un groupe d’extrême droite pro-Israël au passé de soutien au terrorisme et au génocide travaille en étroite collaboration avec l’administration Trump, préparant des dossiers sur les milliers de figures pro-palestiniennes qu’il souhaite expulser des États-Unis. On sait que le Betar …</p>

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title: The American Public Will Have To Step In To Eliminate The Parasitic Bureaucracy
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<p><strong>The reasons why conservatives fight so adamantly for smaller government have never been more obvious than they are today.</strong> Even before the DOGE audits, the galactic cost of federal debt spending was clearly crushing our economy. The interest payments alone are costing the American taxpayer around $1 trillion annually. If nothing changes for the better the national debt will hit $54 trillion by 2034.</p>
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<p><strong>Of course, this is unsustainable.</strong> The system will completely collapse well before another decade ends; under the weight of rising interest rates or under the weight of exponential inflation. We are already seeing the results of the spending bonanza through ongoing stagflation. Prices on most goods are 30% higher (or more) in the past 5 years. Home prices and rent costs are up at least 50% on average. Americans are being financially suffocated.</p>

<p>The US public wants a reckoning for this theft – And yes, it is theft. Our government, like an MC Escher drawing, is an endless maze of dead ends and black holes. It’s a vampiric organism that siphons money from taxpayer pockets, infinitely churning and embezzling and feeding until there is nothing left. It will not stop, until we make it stop.</p>
<p><strong>Part of this parasite’s defense is to pretend like it doesn’t exist.</strong> We know it exists because we can see our blood being drained; we can see the results. But proving that it exists is another matter and it was nearly impossible because the only entity that has been allowed to audit the government is the Government Accountability Office (GAO). In other words, the government audits itself.</p>
<p>Most of our government apparatus is NOT elected. The vast majority of it is created from thin air through bureaucracy. Each new tentacle, once created, grows without regulation and forms new tentacles until there is no way to tell what connects to what and where all the money is going.</p>
<p>The original source of this bureaucracy is a cabal of ultra rich elites backing unaccountable NGOs. They helped to create the system over decades so that they could slither back and forth from government to NGOs to corporations without being noticed. The revolving door became standard and the same wealthy moguls and social engineers heading up think tanks and non-profits and international conglomerates were now able to cycle into various government agencies and change policy to benefit them.</p>
<p>Without the bureaucracy the power of the elites is greatly diminished. That is to say, bureaucratic agencies ARE the true power in government – Not presidents, not congressmen, not senators, and certainly not the American people. Political parties can change, presidents can change, the US can go from red to blue and back again, and the system remains mostly the same.</p>
<p>Until the Trump Administration and DOGE, no one has even tried to audit the government and figure out what the majority of these agencies are doing. The same goes for the Federal Reserve Bank, which facilitates fiat cash beyond the limits of taxpayer funds. They make deficit spending possible and allow the bureaucracy to grow without restriction. The Fed has never faced a full audit either, and good luck trying to get Congress to institute one.</p>

<p><strong>The bottom line is this: The government has been deliberately engineered in such a way that nothing can ever be fixed or reformed.</strong> The existence of “the bureaucracy” as we know it today was never intended by the Founding Fathers and it should not be allowed to remain. It is the “Shadow Government”, or at least, it is the primary mechanism by which the Shadow Government rules over the US. Get rid of the bureaucracy and the elites lose everything.</p>
<p><strong>This is why the global geopolitical reaction to DOGE has been so insane and violent; the parasites are seeking to protect themselves and keep their blood supply flowing.</strong></p>
<p>Why does the average American citizen need an agency like USAID? We don’t need it – It serves no purpose. It functions only as an embezzlement scheme for bureaucrats and NGOs.  So, we just get rid of it, right? Except it’s not that easy…</p>
<p>For now it appears that the bureaucracy is using the judicial apparatus in a bid to prevent DOGE and Trump from making necessary cuts. Trump is being told that as President, he’s not allowed to fire anyone in the Federal Government. Think about how insane that sounds.</p>
<p>The jurisdictional overreach and clear political bias is astonishing, but it makes sense. The US President is not supposed to have any real power, he’s only meant to act as a figurehead to make us peasants feel like our votes matter. He’s not supposed to actually follow through on his campaign promises and effect legitimate reform according to the will of the people. That’s crazy talk…</p>
<p><strong>The bureaucrats are so used to running the country and controlling the cash behind the scenes that they are utterly shell-shocked by the notion of being independently audited. They think they are above scrutiny or accountability.</strong></p>
<p>Democrats in particular are absolutely enraged, taking to social media and ranting about how “democracy is under threat” because employees within these agencies are being asked to justify their jobs. The reaction to DOGE is so unhinged I don’t think the public is processing it yet.</p>

<p>Again, the Shadow Government (the bureaucracy) is the real government. When leftists claim audits and cuts are a “danger to democracy” what they mean to say is, THEIR POWER is being threatened. The majority of American voters elected Donald Trump and by extension his administrative team based on his campaign platform of smaller government and balanced budgets. Democrats argue that the will of the voters is anti-democratic.</p>
<p><strong>So what is the solution to this blatant obstruction of voter choice and government accountability?</strong></p>
<p>I believe the situation may end up calling for public intervention by conservative citizens. Leftist activists are being organized by NGOs to thwart DOGE, but where are the conservative activists to help DOGE? Maybe unnecessary agencies need to be shut down by public mandate regardless of what woke Obama appointed judges say?</p>
<p>A mass of conservatives surrounding an agency building would shut operations down by default and send a message, wouldn’t it? Leftists had no problem picketing outside the houses of Supreme Court Judges when they overturned Roe V Wade; conservatives could do the same thing with leftist judges blocking deportations of illegal migrants. If leftists want to use political intimidation by setting fire to Tesla dealerships, conservatives could organize groups to watch over these businesses.</p>
<p>This is not necessarily an effort to protect some electric cars from being vandalized. The point is to send a message that conservatives are not going to sit at home doing nothing while leftists run rampant doing whatever they please. The political left has had a near monopoly on public action for far too long.</p>
<p>I get it – A lot of these people are being paid to do what they’re doing and the rest of us have real jobs and real lives to keep us busy. But frankly, this should galvanize people more. If so many of these activist groups are astroturf then there needs to be a grassroots response to confront them. If they need to be paid and we don’t, then we hold a more legitimate and powerful position in the long run.</p>
<p>In terms of judicial obstruction I see very little recourse other than citizen intervention.</p>

<p>The other option is for the Trump Administration to ignore the judges and continue forward, but even this strategy would require very public mass support from Americans. To be clear, I understand that this creates a slippery slope for presidential power. However, did any of us in the Liberty Movement really believe that the government would shrink itself or that the elites would release their hold over the system because of an election?</p>
<p><strong>Did anyone really think that a reckoning would happen with the endorsement of the courts? The courts have never been the true counterbalance to tyranny, the American people are the counterbalance.</strong></p>
<p>Make no mistake, this is a life or death struggle playing out in front of our eyes. If we continue down the current path of unrestricted government our economy will implode and the establishment elites are positioned to take full advantage of such a crisis. There will be nothing left of America when they are finished; our nation will be a dried up husk.</p>
<p><strong>Now is the time to remove them and their institutions from our society. If we don’t accomplish this task soon our children and their children will live in a world controlled by a faceless bureaucratic mafia immune to all accountability; driving each new generation into perpetual poverty and oppression.</strong></p>
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<p>Le déficit public français dépasse tous les anti-records et Macron annonce une aide supplémentaire à l’armée atlantico-ukrainienne. Surprenant ? Non. Quand un pays ne peut plus produire de richesse pour relancer l’économie et qu’il a déjà un déficit trop important, …</p>

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<div><img src="https://eir.news/content/images/2025/03/---.jpg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p>March 28, 2025 (EIRNS)—On March 27, the International Research and Diplomatic Congress met in Moscow to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the February 1945 Yalta Conference. The Department of History and Records of Russia’s Foreign Ministry contributed archival material for a thematic exhibition, Foreign Minister <a href="https://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2005734/">Sergey Lavrov</a> announced in his greetings to the event. The Yalta conference, he told the gathered government officials, diplomats, academics and representatives of cultural communities, “represented the pinnacle of Allied unity and cooperation between the Soviet Union, Great Britain and the United States.” The Big Three conference not only “adopted joint decisions to expedite the end of the war but outlined the contours of the post-war world” among whose “paramount achievement was the establishment of the United Nations, the cornerstone of the post-war international order. Today, amid the formation of a multipolar world order, adherence to the goals and principles enshrined in the Charter—in their entirety and interconnectedness—remains vital to humanity’s peaceful development.”</p>
<p>One day earlier, Lavrov had developed this topic in greater depth in an interview with the <a href="https://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2005662/">Vesti program</a>, in which he documented the West’s assault on the UN Charter’s unobjectionable principles of sovereign equality of states and the right to self determination and the hypocrisy of Western leaders, who proclaim the only way to see the world is their way. “Western hypocrisy reveals one truth: refusal to accept the emergent multipolar era.”</p>
<p>He slammed European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen as a prime example of such hypocrisy and offered several examples of how “pro-democracy” advocates trample on it, violate basic laws of human decency and respect for national cultures, religion, language as was done to Russian language, culture and religion by Ukraine’s resident Nazis. “The genetic inclination of the West to perpetually perceive itself as a hegemon thus continues to undermine the foundations of the Yalta-Potsdam system,” Lavrov warned. “This is a profoundly just system.”</p>
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<p>Novak Djokovic had some company for another Miami Open victory.</p>
<p>With Lionel Messi watching from a suite, Djokovic cruised into the Miami Open final by routing 14th-seeded Grigor Dimitrov 6-2, 6-3 on Friday at the Hard Rock Stadium.</p>

<p>The fourth-seeded Djokovic is trying for his seventh Miami Open title in his first appearance in the event since 2019. The 37-year-old Djokovic, who won six times at the tournament’s previous venue at Key Biscayne, also is going for his 100th professional title.</p>
<p>He has been out of form this year, starting with an injury retirement at the Australian Open in January. Earlier this month, he lost his first match at Indian Wells to Botic van de Zandschulp.</p>
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<p>In his on-court interview, Djokovic acknowledged the presence of Messi, who plays for Major League Soccer’s Inter Miami. He also said: “It is very special having not played here in six years in the best city in the world.”</p>
<p>Djokovic was a late withdrawal last year after losing his second match at Indian Wells and deciding he needed time off to be with his family.</p>
<p>The men’s semifinal was disrupted during the third game when a fan was removed by security. The chair umpire came down to the court from his elevated chair and called for security as he walked toward the stands.</p>
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<p>Dimitrov had jawed with the fan and came over to the sideline to point out the heckler to the umpire.</p>
<p>Dimitrov eliminated Francisco Cerendulo in the quarters. He stayed on the court for 25 minutes after the victory because of dizziness and was helped to the back by tournament medical personnel.</p>
<p>Djokovic was broken by Dimitrov in the first game, but he quickly settled down and closed out the first set in 32 minutes.</p>
<p>With Djokovic ahead 3-0 in the second set, the men’s leader with 24 Grand Slam titles had posted just four unforced errors. He improved to 13-1 against Dimitrov for his career.</p>
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Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s vow to “eliminate” the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is raising the alarm from experts on disaster assistance, who say it could leave vulnerable communities at risk.  Noem this week said she was planning to eliminate the agency but did not elaborate on what that meant. Spokespeople for FEMA and…

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<p><a href="https://www.theorganicprepper.com/modern-opsec/"><em>Authored by Fabian Ommar via The Organic Prepper,</em></a></p>
<p>Last year, <em>International Man</em> published an intriguing article by Jeff Thomas about American society during the Great Depression period. Duly named <a href="https://internationalman.com/articles/duesenberg-in-a-barn/">Duesenberg In A Barn</a>, it opens with a story about shifts in culture and the lifestyle of wealthy individuals and families during the 1930s and beyond (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duesenberg">Duesenberg</a> produced luxury sport cars between 1913 and 1937).</p>
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<p>He recounts how the riches that didn’t get snuffed out by, or even profited from, the 1929 Stock Market Crash, kept flaunting their wealth trying to outcompete each other, in an attempt to extend the 1920s Jazz Era hedonism and largesse into Depression times.</p>

<p>However, as the crisis aggravated, these individuals and families started to realize that such behavior amidst the rampant misery was quickly becoming a liability. </p>
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<p><em>“Whatever the psychology involved, in 1930, those who had fared well soon learned that it was unwise to be conspicuous in their continued wealth. At that point, an interesting but little-remembered development occurred. Such people put their mink coats in the closet, their jewelry in a safe place, and found barns in the countryside into which they could park their Duesenbergs, Cords, and Auburns.”</em></p>
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<p>The rich toned down not from sympathy or compassion but as <em>adaptation. C</em>ontrary to what many think, the wealthy have a sharp survival instinct.</p>
<p>That’s a crucial distinction, with the keywords being “adaptation” and “survival”, and the main takeaway an important social dynamic typical of all crises: <em>the nail that stands out gets hammered</em>. </p>
<p>Those born and living in unstable and hostile contexts are constantly reminded of all the unwritten rules that keep us, our kin, and our stuff, safer. From criminals, sure, but also from tyrannical, greedy governments and corrupt authorities. </p>
<p>I call that <em>Thirdworldization OPSEC. </em>It applies to criminality and government overreach mainly, but as <a href="https://www.theorganicprepper.com/thirdworldization-the-slow-burning-shtf-of-america/">Thirdworldization</a> expands, it’s now applicable to other areas of social existence. Illegal immigrants, as well as political, religious, and ideological extremists from our own society, must now be added to the list of official (i.e., state) and criminal threats.</p>

<h2>Threats are increasing and modern OPSEC is important.</h2>
<p>There are periods in history when the number and diversity of potential enemies and hazards around us rise, and that’s the case in most of the West right now.</p>
<p>People are financially insecure, afraid of the future, confused, and lost. Those feelings lead to anger and revolt. Add all the leftist/woke indoctrination and brainwashing of the last years, and we get a mass of utterly discontent and unhinged folks out there. </p>
<p>The majority cannot put a finger on, much less process what’s happening. Nevertheless, the sentiments are there and everyone starts lashing out at everyone else, resulting more frequent and intense episodes of violence and increased friction.</p>
<p>I’m talking about gratuitous, random, and now targeted and coordinated violence coming from all sides and for a variety of reasons. <a href="https://www.theorganicprepper.com/random-violence/">I warned about this</a> in 2023, and it’s now coming to a head. </p>
<p>Let’s examine some facets of this phenomenon and how to deal with this new reality.</p>
<h2><strong>Starting with what Thomas addressed in his Duesenberg article: lifestyle, status, and ostentation</strong></h2>

<p>There are <a href="https://www.theorganicprepper.com/diary-great-depression/">many similarities</a> between the 1920s and now. The risks of a <a href="https://www.theorganicprepper.com/economic-changes/">grave economic or financial event</a> are sky-high. Growth is abysmal, inflation is rising, and living standards are dropping. </p>
<p>And critically, the <a href="https://www.theorganicprepper.com/wealth-gap/">concentration</a> of wealth is growing at an accelerated pace. The haves are getting fleeced and may be outnumbered by the have-nots at some point, which is bad.</p>
<p><em>Economic disparity begets political polarization, which begets the undoing of the social fabric, which begets cultural degradation, which begets the undoing of civilization.</em></p>
<p>More people are living in the streets (I’ll return to that in an upcoming post). Drug and alcohol abuse <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_epidemic">are skyrocketing</a>, and mental illness is exploding. Those things are happening across all demographics, which is concerning and one of the points of this post.</p>
<h2><strong>“Thou shall not flaunt.”</strong></h2>
<p>Even though we’re not yet at the stage described by Jeff Thomas, the words of late philanthropist George Peabody – “Ostentation is a target you hang on your back” – already come to mind as a <em>survival rule in a declining society</em>. </p>
<p>Nonetheless, everybody’s trying to keep up with the Joneses, something evident in both the real world and the web. Social media is a carousel of Dubai trips, fabulous resorts, fancy restaurants, luxurious dresses, plastic surgeries, and Lamborghinis. </p>

<p>That’s not the reality, but a facade. This is the age of gambling, easy money chasing, glorification of ignorance (<a href="https://www.theorganicprepper.com/the-dunning-kruger-epidemic/">Dunning-Kruger</a> and “influencer culture”), fake lifestyles, and blatant ostentation. It’s a bubble, and the bill will come due.</p>
<p>But enough with the rant. No one has to live like a monk. Being aware, smart, contained, and disciplined always pays, only now more than ever. Besides, it only requires focus on what we can control: our profile, exposure, consumption choices, and lifestyle.</p>
<h2><strong>The same dynamic happens in other areas as well.</strong></h2>
<p>Let’s talk about political radicalization. Tesla owners and dealers are getting their vehicles and premises vandalized by Trump haters, who now have turned into Musk haters thanks to his association with the government and his role in DOGE initiatives (no need for links as both topics are all over the news).</p>
<p>It’s, in essence, a criminal matter, but with political and ideological motivations, things get more complex and sensitive, not to mention dangerous. </p>
<p>I’ve previously expressed <a href="https://www.theorganicprepper.com/civil-war-in-the-us-outside/">my view on the likelihood of a civil war 2.0 in the U.S.</a>. I stand by everything I said in that article, including the potential for the rise of intra-terrorism and political violence, or even criminality, reaching civil-war-like levels.</p>
<p>Is the mass of indoctrinated and radical people ready to spread a wave of madness and violence? We’re already getting a glimpse of that. Will it fizzle out or escalate? How will government, institutions and other sectors of society respond if that happens? </p>
<p>We don’t know, and that’s the point.</p>
<p>It’s possible, so the question is <em>how probable? </em>Even a few can cause great damage, physically and to the nation’s mood and institutional order. </p>
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<p><em>“Literally anyone can be a lone wolf. It’ll make the problem that much tougher to tackle, without curtailing civil liberties. Civil war or not, a wave of violence is coming.” </em></p>
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<p>That’s Max Remington on his excellent <a href="https://agentmax.substack.com/p/trouble-brewing-on-the-horizon">“Trouble Brewing On The Horizon”</a>  recently in his Substack. I encourage you to read it fully as it tackles the various angles of this phenomenon and the possible outcomes in a very thorough and down-to-earth fashion. </p>
<p>The left has no guardrails and is showing signs it won’t concede power, entitlements, and schemes easily or without a fight. But in truth, even peaceful people can turn radical.</p>
<p>So you may just be denied service in a restaurant for wearing this hat or that shirt, or get your car keyed for sporting this or that sticker. But the possibility of something worse happening cannot be ignored, now more than ever. </p>
<p>Bringing this segment to a conclusion, let’s be pragmatic: Defending and expressing political views, preferences, and affiliations with excessive fervor, or trying to sway people with vehemence, has never been wise or a 100% risk-free endeavor. It’s now quickly becoming a liability, and that’s what matters to us.</p>
<h2><strong>Individual identity and personal expression</strong></h2>
<p>In a multidimensional crisis, volatility is the norm. Criminality aside, things get crazy beyond the imaginable, often involving aspects of lifestyle and politics as addressed above, but also of culture, religion, race and ethnicity, sex and gender, and more. </p>
<p>Even small, seemingly innocent actions can lead to unwanted outcomes, sometimes dreadful ones. One such example is the case of the “Deadly Posts”:</p>
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<p><em>“Brazilian Criminal Groups Are Allegedly Monitoring Social Media For Perceived Rivals.” </em>[<a href="https://www.latintimes.com/deadly-posts-brazilian-criminal-groups-are-allegedly-monitoring-social-media-perceived-rivals-572683">SOURCE</a>]</p>
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<p>People being kidnapped and assassinated by gangs and factions for posting selfies with hand signs on social media may sound like typical Third World stuff. The truth is that it’s neither new nor exclusive to banana republics and narco-states, as this <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/deaf-man-stabbed-sign-language-mistaken-gang-signs/story?id=18213488">ABC News article from 2013</a> shows. </p>
<p>Since gangs and criminals exist pretty much everywhere, we must assume that stuff like that can happen anywhere, so it’s also worth reflection and consideration.</p>
<h2><strong>An issue in the virtual realm as well</strong></h2>
<p>People and businesses are being persecuted, canceled, marooned, or hacked for expressing their views and opinions on social media and internet. If they’re not, they can and the risk is now bigger than ever.</p>
<p>Citizens get arrested and charged in the UK and other countries for political, racial or gender-related posts, or other reason deemed contentious by the authorities. This is happening here in Brazil and other places as well, and when it makes the news (which is rare), it gets distorted.</p>
<p>The internet is a minefield. Here are various forms of drawing a personal SHTF onto oneself (and that’s discounting the risks presented by virtual scams and other heists). Even if you consider yourself a digital hermit, others around you (relatives, friends, etc.) may get inadvertently affected, so think about it.</p>
<p>The rules or grounds for those things to happen aren’t much clearer, making matters even worse. Hate speech? Misogyny? Racism? Discrimination? Anything can stick, especially if it’s the government and their acolytes (corrupt NGAs and the media). It’s better to lay low and refrain from some fights.</p>
<h2><strong>Do you want to be right or be safe, happy, and get things done?</strong></h2>
<p><em>“You mean I cannot talk on my phone while walking the streets? That I cannot wear my MAGA hat or shirt or stick a flag in my front yard</em>, <em>drive this or that car? That I cannot openly agree or disagree with this or that view, or express my dissatisfaction with </em>how<em> X, Y</em>,<em> or Z </em>do<em> things?”</em></p>
<p>It’s not a matter of <em>can</em> but <em>should</em>. What is to be gained versus what can be lost. The potential risks, and not only in the short term. </p>
<p>In times like these, to err on the safe side is a wise strategy. Not turning paranoid, but I am considering the potential implications of some stances, decisions, and behaviors.</p>
<h2>What about religion?</h2>
<p>That’s a more complex and delicate issue. We all have hills on which we’re willing to die rather than surrender, and religion may be the case for some.</p>
<p>It’s a very intimate subject, perhaps the most personal of all being addressed here so I’ll refrain from comment and leave each to make their own reflections.</p>
<h2><strong>New world mindset for urbanites</strong></h2>
<p>The worse the crisis, the more dangerous it gets out there. It’s not just crime and violence of all kinds that go up, but other forms of uncivilized savagery as well: road rage, domestic violence, abuses against children, elders, women, minorities, and more. </p>
<p>Road rage, in particular, is a big issue because when everyone is at boiling point, the risks of getting inadvertently involved in trouble simply by everyday exposure and friction increase exponentially. </p>
<p>Be mindful of vigilanteism as well. It’s a complex issue with many angles and thus worth a dedicated post, so I’ll just say it also tends to rise and become critical in times of unrest. Common citizens can get caught on both sides, and the consequences can be grave.</p>
<p>Being 100% <a href="https://www.theorganicprepper.com/why-gray-is-the-new-black-assessing-baseline-and-blending-in/">grey</a> all the time and about everything is impossible. Realizing that is critical, even those living as recluses will eventually draw some attention or bump into someone the wrong way. Keep a cool head and the emotions in check is something under our control.</p>
<h2><strong>Final words</strong></h2>
<p>I acknowledge First World residents might feel these ideas represent a loss of freedom and personal agency. Unfortunately, it’s true in part, and there’s not much we can do about it. </p>
<p>Just because we’ve been living relatively peacefully for the last 20 or 30 years doesn’t mean it will remain so forever. </p>
<p>For the record, I’m not saying these things are happening or will happen where you live. Some phenomena are global, but they don’t happen on the same scale or intensity everywhere. </p>
<p>Most important, it’s not an SHTF. The world as we know it is changing, not ending. Not everything will be fine, but it never is anyway, and that’s okay. It’s perfectly possible to live a good and normal life in a volatile world. </p>
<p>Becoming paranoid isn’t the answer, much less joining the madness. Be realistic and smart: assess the situation, prepare, make the necessary adjustments, and do what you can. And as always, stay safe.</p>
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<div><img src="https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AFP__20250328__38B32X3__v1__HighRes__UsIsraelPalestinianConflictProtestEducation_cropped-1743190325.jpg?resize=1920%2C1440" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p>When Asad Dandia received a message from a young man named Shamiur Rahman in March 2012, he had no reason to suspect that he was under the watchful eye of state surveillance.</p>
<p>Rahman simply seemed interested in deepening his relationship with Islam and getting involved in charity work. As a Muslim community organiser in New York City, Dandia was happy to help.</p>

<p>The young man quickly became a regular at meetings, social events and efforts to help low-income members of the community. Rahman even spent a night in Dandia’s family home.</p>
<p>But nearly seven months later, Rahman made a confession over social media: He was an undercover informant for the New York City Police Department (NYPD).</p>
<p>Dandia ultimately joined a class-action lawsuit, alleging the city of New York singled out Muslim communities for surveillance as part of the wider “war on terror” in the United States.</p>
<p>Four years later, the city settled, agreeing to protections against undue investigations into political and religious activities.</p>
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<p>But Dandia sees an echo of his experience in the present-day arrests of pro-Palestinian student protesters from abroad.</p>
<p>He is among the activists and experts who have observed an escalation of the patterns and practices that became core features of the “war on terror” — from unwarranted surveillance to the broad use of executive power.</p>
<p>“What I endured was very similar to what we’re seeing students endure today,” Dandia said.</p>
<p>He noted that a lawyer who represented him is now working on the case of Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student and permanent resident facing deportation for his pro-Palestine activism.</p>
<p>The administration of President Donald Trump has accused Khalil of supporting terrorism, though it has yet to charge him with a crime or release evidence to substantiate the claim.</p>
<p>Dandia said that the belief that Muslim, Arab and immigrant communities are inherently suspect is the common thread between their experiences. “Even if what Trump is attempting now is unprecedented, it’s drawing from longstanding traditions and policies.”</p>

<h2 data-sanitized-id="from-neighbours-to-enemies">From neighbours to enemies</h2>
<p>Scholars and analysts say that one of the throughlines is the pairing of harsher immigration enforcement with rhetoric focused on national security.</p>
<p>The “war on terror” largely began after the attacks on September 11, 2001, one of which targeted New York City.</p>
<p>In the days that followed, the administration of former President George W Bush began detaining scores of immigrants — nearly all of them from Muslim, Arab and South Asian communities — over alleged ties to terrorism.</p>
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<p>The American Immigration Council, a Washington-based nonprofit, estimates that 1,200 people were arrested in the initial sweep. Many were ultimately deported.</p>
<p>But the immigration raids did not result in a single conviction on terrorism-related charges. A <a href="https://www.aclu.org/publications/worlds-apart-how-deporting-immigrants-after-911-tore-families-apart-and-shattered-communities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2004 report</a> by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) noted that the government nevertheless advertised the deportations as “linked to the September 11 investigation”.</p>
<p>“Almost immediately after 9/11, Muslim communities were treated not as fellow New Yorkers who were living through the trauma of an attack on their city, but as potential accessories, witnesses, or perpetrators of a follow-on attack,” said Spencer Ackerman, a reporter who covered the war on terror and is the author of the book Reign of Terror.</p>
<p>The ACLU report says that some of those detained were held in solitary confinement and only allowed to leave their cells with shackles on their hands and legs. Some were kept in detention long after the government cleared them of any wrongdoing.</p>

<h2 data-sanitized-id="fear-in-the-homeland">Fear in ‘the homeland’</h2>
<p>Nikhil Singh, a history professor at New York University, believes that period of heightened fear caused the US to look inward for enemies, among its own communities.</p>
<p>“The argument that the US was fighting these non-state groups who didn’t have borders started to imply that the fight against those enemies could take place anywhere, including in what the Bush administration started to call ‘the homeland’,” said Singh.</p>
<p>He pointed out that those post-September 11 detentions exercised a broad view of executive power, in order to justify a lack of due process for alleged terror suspects.</p>
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<p>“A lot of what’s happening now can be traced back to this moment, where this argument became normalised that the executive is responsible for keeping the country safe and, for that reason, needs to be able to suspend basic rights and ignore constitutional restraints.”</p>
<p>Art Eisenberg, executive counsel at the New York branch of the ACLU, explained that the history of targeting immigrant communities for national security concerns stretches beyond the “war on terror”.</p>
<p>“The origins of policing and surveillance and undercover work targeting immigrant groups goes all the way back to the beginning of the 20th century. The New York City police intelligence bureau used to be called the Red Squad, but earlier it had been called ‘the Italian squad’,” said Eisenberg.</p>
<p>Over time, those operations morphed to target new sources of potential dissent: communists, civil rights activists and the Black Panthers, among others.</p>
<p>But he added that the “war on terror” marked an escalation of that targeting. And those types of actions can have lasting effects on communities.</p>
<p>The ACLU notes that, in the years after the September 11 attacks, more than one-third of Pakistanis in a Brooklyn neighbourhood known as “Little Pakistan” were deported or chose to leave the area.</p>
<p>Later, in 2012, when it was revealed that authorities had been spying on Dandia’s organisation, donations started to dry up, and the mosque where they held meetings told them to meet outside instead.</p>
<p>No one had been charged with a crime. But the chilling effect of the surveillance caused the organisation to eventually close its doors, according to Dandia.</p>
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<p>“People always ask this question: If you’re not doing anything wrong, why should you worry?” said Dandia. “But it’s the government that is deciding what is right and wrong.”</p>

<h2 data-sanitized-id="escalating-attacks">Escalating attacks</h2>
<p>Under the Trump administration, critics say vague allegations of terrorism continue to be seized upon as a pretext to silence dissent.</p>
<p>In a statement about Khalil’s arrest, the Department of Homeland Security <a href="https://x.com/DHSgov/status/1898908955675357314" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> that his involvement in campus protests against Israel’s war on Gaza showed he was “aligned” with the Palestinian armed group Hamas.</p>
<p>On Wednesday, masked federal agents also grabbed a 30-year-old Turkish graduate student named Rumeysa Ozturk off the street near Tufts University and took her away as she was on her way to dinner.</p>
<p>In that case, the Department of Homeland Security likewise accused Ozturk of taking part in activities “in support of Hamas”, without offering details.</p>
<p>The US has designated Hamas a foreign terrorist organisation since 1997. US law prohibits citizens and residents from providing “material support” to such organisations.</p>
<p>But Samuel Moyn, a professor of law and history at Yale University, said the recent arrests have failed to meet that threshold.</p>
<p>“The scary thing is that they have dropped the pretence of even accusing people of material support for terrorism,” Moyn told Al Jazeera. “They are relying on a claim that these views are at odds with US foreign policy.”</p>
<p>Singh pointed out that the seemingly arbitrary detentions allow Trump to draw on the legacy of the “war on terror”, while he pursues his own aims, including a crackdown on immigration.</p>
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<p>“It’s the immigration agenda intersecting with the war on terror,” said Singh. “The former involves slowly chipping away at traditional constitutional rights, while the latter gives you a framework of broad presidential power.”</p>
<p>If left unchecked, Ackerman said that an expansive view of presidential power could pave the way for further human rights abuses, even beyond immigrant communities.</p>
<p>“If there’s never any accountability for institutionalised abuses, those abuses will continue and they will intensify,” he said. “That is the lesson not just of the war on terror, but of a lot of noxious human history.”</p>
<p>“If the Trump administration can say that what you say, what you post on social media, what you put on a placard, redounds to the benefit of a terror entity, then there really is nothing you can do to protect your freedom to say things that people in power disapprove of,” he added.</p>

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title: China offers aid and support to Myanmar after deadly earthquake
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<p>China is ready to provide emergency humanitarian assistance and support to the affected areas in Myanmar, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday. This comes in response to the urgent need for disaster relief and rescue efforts following the devastating earthquake.</p>
<p>The spokesperson made the remarks in response to inquiries about Chinese casualties in the magnitude-7.9 earthquake and China's ongoing relief efforts.</p>
<p>Noting Myanmar is China's friendly neighbor, the spokesperson added that China is closely monitoring the situation and extends its sincere sympathies to Myanmar.</p>
<p>"We hope and believe that the government and people of Myanmar will overcome difficulties and rebuild their home at an early date," the spokesperson said.</p>
<p>Following the earthquake, the Chinese Embassy and Consulate-General in Myanmar swiftly activated their emergency response mechanism and issued relevant consular notices. They have gathered and verified information to assess whether any Chinese institutions, companies or nationals have been affected. As of now, no deaths have been reported among Chinese nationals.</p>
<p>"The people of China and Myanmar enjoy a profound 'pauk-phaw' (fraternal) friendship. We feel for the people of Myanmar over the disaster," the spokesperson concluded.</p>
<p>(Cover: The Chinese Foreign Ministry. /Xinhua)</p>
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<p>Source(s): Xinhua News Agency</p>

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<p>On Friday, US District Judge Amy Berman Jackson granted a request from employees, advocates and union representatives to issue a preliminary injunction, preventing the bureau from being shuttered while court proceedings continue.</p>

<p>“The Court cannot look away or the CFPB will be dissolved and dismantled completely in approximately thirty days, well before this lawsuit has come to its conclusion,” the judge wrote in her order.</p>
<p>She agreed with the plaintiffs that there was a risk of immediate, irreparable harm, given the speed with which the Trump administration’s efforts have unfolded.</p>
<p>“If the defendants are not enjoined, they will eliminate the agency before the Court has the opportunity to decide whether the law permits them to do it,” Berman Jackson wrote.<strong> </strong></p>
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<p>The ruling was the latest in the myriad court decisions facing the Trump administration’s campaign to streamline the federal government, often through large-scale staffing cuts and the elimination of entire agencies and departments.</p>
<p>Earlier in the day, Secretary of State Marco Rubio even announced he had informed Congress of plans to absorb the <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/28/trump-administration-seeks-congress-approval-for-usaid-reorganisation">US Agency for International Development</a> (USAID) into the State Department, putting its independent functions under executive control.</p>
<p>But critics have questioned whether such manoeuvres are legal. They argue that agencies like USAID and the CFPB were created as independent organisations under Congress and that the president has overstepped his constitutional bounds by overriding those congressional decisions.</p>
<p>The CFPB, in particular, has long been a target of conservative ire.</p>

<p>Established in 2011, the bureau was founded in response to the financial crisis of 2007 that was spurred on by predatory lending practices.</p>
<p>As an independent agency, the CFPB served as a watchdog, collecting research, monitoring financial markets and fielding complaints from ordinary consumers facing illegal or deceptive actions from their banks or financial service providers.</p>
<p>As of December 2024, the bureau had claimed credit for returning $21bn to consumers through debt relief, reductions or monetary compensation stemming from its enforcement activities.</p>
<p>But many Republicans and financial industry leaders have chafed at its <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/12/20/us-consumer-watchdog-sues-big-banks-over-widespread-fraud-on-zelle-app">enforcement and regulatory activities</a>, accusing the bureau of hampering businesses.</p>
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<p>On January 31, shortly after the start of his second term as president, Trump moved to fire the bureau’s director, Rohit Chopra, and replace him with an ally.</p>
<p>By February 8, the bureau had been ordered to cease all investigations, including pending ones, and stop any enforcement activity fundamentally halting its functions. The next day, its headquarters was closed. The bureau also started to see the same widespread layoffs facing other federal agencies.</p>

<p>Judge Berman Jackson opened her 112-page decision with quotes from some of the CFPB’s critics within the Trump administration.</p>
<p>“The CFPB has been a woke and weaponised agency against disfavoured industries and individuals for a long time. This must end,” said Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget under Trump.</p>
<p>Another critic quoted in Berman Jackson’s order was Trump adviser and billionaire businessman <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/28/trump-ally-elon-musk-calls-to-delete-us-consumer-protection-bureau">Elon Musk</a>, who called to “delete” the bureau.</p>
<p>“CFPB RIP,” he wrote succinctly on February 7, as his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) led the dismantling of the organisation.</p>
<p>Musk has been accused of having a conflict of interest with the CFPB, as he expands the financial services available on his social media platform X.</p>
<p>Judge Berman Jackson emphasised she did not take her decision lightly in the opening lines of her ruling.</p>
<p>“The motion for preliminary injunction to be decided boils down to one question: should the Court take action to preserve the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau now before the case concerning its fate has been resolved?” Berman Jackson wrote. “That is an extraordinary step.”</p>
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<p>Still, she indicated that the injunction was necessary: “The Court’s oversight is the only thing holding the defendants back.”</p>
<p>Among the plaintiffs were the National Treasury Employees Union and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a prominent civil rights organisation.</p>
<p>But there was also an individual named in the complaint: Reverend Eva Steege, an 83-year-old Lutheran pastor who sought the CFPB’s help for student loans she incurred while at seminary.</p>
<p>While investigating Steege’s case, the CFBP found she not only qualified for loan forgiveness but also for $15,000 returned in overpayments.</p>
<p>Steege is in hospice care at the time, according to the complaint.</p>
<p>“It was her hope to resolve the debt and spare her family that burden after she died,” Judge Berman Jackson wrote in her ruling.</p>
<p>But the sudden shutdown of the CFPB’s services left Steege in a lurch, without a resolution to her case or a refund of her overpayment.</p>
<p>“Steege’s fear of leaving her surviving family members saddled with her student loan debt came to pass on March 15, when she died,” the judge explained.</p>
<p>Berman Jackson said the case raised questions about the separation of powers under the US Constitution and whether the president had encroached upon “legislative authority”.</p>
<p>“The evidence reveals that: the defendants were in fact engaged in a concerted, expedited effort to shut the agency down entirely when the motion for injunctive relief was filed,” she wrote.</p>
<p>“While the President is free to propose legislation to Congress to accomplish this aim, the defendants are not free to eliminate an agency created by statute on their own, and certainly not before the Court has had an opportunity to rule on the merits of the plaintiffs’ challenge.”</p>
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<p>She also highlighted what she called a “disingenuous” arguments from the Trump administration’s lawyers.</p>
<p>“The Court is left with little confidence that the defense can be trusted to tell the truth about anything,” the judge wrote.</p>

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title: USAID Officially Shuttered After Court Victory
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<p>The <strong>US Agency for International Development (USAID) has been officially shuttered</strong> after a federal appeals court Friday determined that the Trump administration could continue dismantling it.</p>
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<p>The ruling nullifies a lower court ruling that found that Elon Musk and DOGE were exercising enough independent authority to require Senate confirmation under the Constitution's Appointments Clause.</p>
<p>"While defendants’ role and actions related to USAID are not conventional, <strong>unconventional does not necessarily equal unconstitutional</strong>," wrote US Circuit Judge Marvin Quattlebaum, a Trump appointee. "And none of this is to say that plaintiffs will not be able to develop evidence of unconstitutional conduct as the case progresses. Time will tell," he continued.</p>

<p>USAID was one of DOGE's first targets. In addition to finding all sorts of waste, fraud and abuse, <strong>America First Legal found last week that USAID was behind an <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/usaid-censorship-scheme-exposed-global-engagement-center-worked-uk-government-and-media">online censorship scheme</a>. </strong></p>
<p>A week before that, a senior USAID official ordered the agency's remaining staff to report to their now-former headquarters in Washington DC <strong>for an "all day" <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/political/shred-and-burn-all-documents-usaid-staff-ordered-destroy-evidence-tuesday">group effort</a> to destroy documents</strong>, many of which contain sensitive information.</p>
<p>After DOGE cleaned house, <strong>26 current and former USAID employees sued -</strong> arguing that Elon Musk and DOGE have no actual independent authority. Earlier this month, US District Judge Theodore Chuang, an Obama appointee, indefinitely blocked Musk and DOGE personnel from shutting down the agency.</p>
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<p>In response, the 4th Circuit panel unanimously agreed that Chuang's ruling should be nullified as the administration's appeal proceeds - though just two of the judges on Friday found that Musk was likely acting constitutionally.</p>
<p>"As to Musk, the evidence before us creates a strong likelihood that he functioned as an advisor to the President, carrying out the President’s policies of shrinking government and reducing spending, not as an Officer who required constitutional appointment," wrote Quattlebaum, who was joined by US Circuit Judge Paul Niemeyer, a George HW Bush appointee.</p>
<p>US Circuit Judge Roger Gregory said he only voted with his colleagues because the USAID workers <strong>sued the wrong defendants -</strong> and if they'd sued USAID itself, he would have sided with them.</p>
<p>"We may never know how many lives will be lost or cut short by the Defendants’ decision to abruptly cancel billions of dollars in congressionally appropriated foreign aid," Gregory wrote. "We may never know the lasting effect of Defendants’ actions on our national aspirations and goals. But those are not the questions before the Court today."</p>
<h2>Rubio Shutters</h2>
<p>Meanwhile, the US State Department on Friday announced that it is officially closing down USAID - with the formal last day set to take place before July 1, the <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/03/28/us-news/state-department-shutters-usaid-after-trump-court-victory/?utm_source=sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=news_alert&amp;utm_content=20250328?&amp;utm_source=sailthru&amp;lctg=6079aca170302947039388e5&amp;utm_term=NYP%20-%20News%20Alerts"><em>NY Post</em></a> reports.</p>
<p>According to <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/after-months-cuts-state-department-officially-shuttering-usaid/story?id=120267238"><em>ABC News</em></a>, ex-DOGE official Jeremy Lewin announced USAID's shuttering in an internal memo earlier Friday.</p>

<p>"Foreign assistance done right can advance our national interests, protect our borders, and strengthen our partnerships with key allies," Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted to X. "Unfortunately, USAID strayed from its original mission long ago. As a result, the gains were too few and the costs were too high. Thanks to President [Donald] Trump, this misguided and fiscally irresponsible era is now over."</p>
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<p>According to Rubio, the department is "reorienting" the agency's foreign assistance programs, and will continue its "essential lifesaving programs."</p>
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title: Focus on the Most Important Dynamic, To Make Sense of the World
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<div><img src="https://eir.news/content/images/size/w1200/2025/03/Screen-Shot-2025-03-28-at-7.36.58-PM-2.jpg" data-sanitized-class="ff-og-image-inserted"></div><p>March 28, 2025 (EIRNS)—To make sense of the world, given the swirl of confusion all around, focus on the most important dynamic, and intervene accordingly. The priority, historic dynamic at present is the process of restoration of diplomacy between the United States and Russia. With that underway, there is positive momentum for dealing with the many other demanding problems and confrontations we face. Moreover, there is the basis for historic collaboration to build a bright future.</p>
<p>But there are evil efforts to spring a trap and destroy that momentum. One centers on provoking confrontation with Iran. Specifics of how this trap is sprung were put forward at today’s 95th straight weekly meeting of the International Peace Coalition (IPC). Schiller Institute leader Helga Zepp-LaRouche identified key aspects of that. Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is pushing that the U.S. should follow his “model” of decapitation of national leadership in Iran, in which national leaders are killed or replaced. He points to his success in rubbing out the leadership of Hezbollah in Lebanon; and to the ousting of Bashar al Assad in Syria.</p>
<p>There is a fearsome buildup of forces in the region. The <em>USS Carl Vinson</em> aircraft carrier strike group is on the way to the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden area, joining the <em>USS Harry S. Truman</em>; U.S. B2 stealth fighters are now deployed on the Indian Ocean base at Diego Garcia. Iran has deployed additional naval, as well as land-based forces. The danger is escalating for accidental, if not deliberate, triggering of direct confrontation.</p>
<p>However, the option yet remains to steer a course away from this short path to regional destruction and escalation to all-out nuclear obliteration. There is an exchange of communication by letter underway between the U.S. and Iran. After the U.S. sent its threatening letter to Iran recently, via the U.A.E., containing demands for Iran to end all nuclear activity—civilian included, with a two-month deadline, and accompanied by disrespectful U.S. remarks, it was made known yesterday that Iran, nevertheless, deigned to respond with a letter via Oman. Tehran took this diplomatic route, despite the threats from U.S. leaders, which Iranian leaders in turn have denounced. Iran has laid out its terms for indirect, not direct talks, and other conditions.</p>
<p>In today’s IPC discussion, the context and potentials of this situation were provided by Prof. Seyed Hossein Mousavian, former Iranian ambassador to Germany, and by Col. Alain Corvez (ret.), a French expert on the region.</p>
<p>Meantime, the situation in and around Ukraine is extremely dangerous. Following on yesterday’s meeting in France of the Starmer-Macron “Coalition of the Willing” to arm Ukraine in perpetuity, destroying Europe in the process, military delegations from those two nations are to visit Ukraine in person to determine their potential future deployments, delicately termed a “reassurance force” by French President Emmanuel Macron, yesterday’s host. He and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer held forth like mini-Napoleons, while even at the meeting, other nations quibbled and objected, for example, Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.</p>
<p>Then early this morning, only hours after the close of the gathering in France, HIMARS missiles were fired from Ukraine into Russia, with what is now denounced as French and British assistance in targeting, striking a gas metering station in Sudzha. This is exactly the kind of targeting of energy infrastructure under discussion to be avoided, during the rounds of Riyadh meetings earlier this month between the U.S. and Ukraine; and the U.S. and Russia, toward a ceasefire.</p>
<p>The gas metering facility was “de facto destroyed,” according to the Russian Defense Ministry today. <a href="https://www.mid.ru/en/foreign_policy/news/2006133/">Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakarova said</a>: “There is reason to believe that the targeting and guidance for these strikes were conducted via French satellite systems, while the input of coordinates and launch procedures were managed by British specialists.” It was part of the Ukrainian “terror” campaign, she said, stressing, “The command was issued from London.”</p>
<p>It is in this context—with the U.S.-Russia diplomacy at the forefront, in which to understand the danger of the concocted Signalgate ploy underway, intended to “decapitate” the Trump Administration, by forcing out of office key personae such as Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, FBI Director Kash Patel, and/or others. The controlled transatlantic media are screaming that heads must roll for the Signal meeting security breach. The latest twist on the narrative is that, “the cover-up is worse than the original infractions of protocol.”</p>
<p>View the IPC briefing today on these matters by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eboSp6sjAxA">video archive</a>, and mobilize with the IPC; April 4 is the <a href="https://schillerinstitute.nationbuilder.com/ipc_meeting">next weekly meeting</a>.</p>

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<p><strong>The vice president has defended the US commander-in-chief’s plan to bring the “extremely vulnerable” Arctic island under American “protection”</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p data-start="147" data-end="367">US Vice President J.D. Vance delivered a forceful address to American service members at Pituffik Space Base in northwest Greenland on Friday, emphasizing the Trump administration’s determination to expand its permanent foothold on the Arctic island.</p>
<p data-start="682" data-end="922">The vice president’s visit came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined <a href="https://www.rt.com/russia/614888-putin-arctic-forum-speech/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Moscow’s Arctic policy</a> and warned that <a href="https://www.rt.com/russia/614882-us-greenland-annexation-putin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">US annexation plans</a> – dating back to the 1860s – should be taken seriously and not dismissed as <em>“extravagant talk.”</em></p>
<p data-start="924" data-end="1166"><em>“I want to bring a message from President Trump,”</em> Vance told the assembled airmen and guardians. <em>“He’s grateful for your service, grateful for what you do up here... because the mission that you guys do is so important for the United States.”</em></p>

            
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<p data-start="1168" data-end="1485">While insisting that there are no <em>“immediate plans”</em> to expand the US military presence with new bases, Vance announced that Washington would <em>“absolutely”</em> increase investment – including <em>“investing in additional military icebreakers, investing in additional naval ships that will have a greater presence in Greenland.”</em></p>
<p data-start="1487" data-end="1671">The vice president stressed that the US supports Greenlandic <em>“self-determination,”</em> but made it clear that Washington envisions a future in which the island ultimately aligns with America.</p>
<p data-start="1673" data-end="1932"><em>“I think that you’d be a lot better coming under the United States security umbrella than you have been under Denmark’s,”</em> he said. Vance accused the Danish government of failing the people of Greenland, claiming the island is <em>“extremely vulnerable right now.”</em></p>
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<p data-start="2172" data-end="2395">Vance justified the administration’s increasingly assertive approach by pointing to rising Chinese and Russian activity in the region, describing Greenland as a geopolitical flashpoint in a new era of strategic competition.</p>

             
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<p data-start="2397" data-end="2746"><em>“We know that Russia and China and other nations are taking an extraordinary interest in Arctic passageways, in Arctic naval routes, and indeed in the minerals of the Arctic territories. We need to ensure that America is leading in the Arctic – because we know that if America doesn’t, other nations will fill the gap where we fall behind,”</em> he said.</p>
<p data-start="2748" data-end="2927">He also highlighted Greenland’s critical role in US missile early warning systems, describing the base’s function as a vital shield <em>“if a missile was fired from an enemy country.”</em></p>

             
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<p data-start="2929" data-end="3184">In his Thursday speech, President Vladimir Putin countered the US narrative, stressing that <em>“Russia has never threatened anyone in the Arctic,”</em> and emphasizing the region’s <em>“enormous potential”</em> for joint economic development, resource extraction, infrastructure projects and transport.</p>
<p data-start="3186" data-end="3499"><em>“But at the same time, of course, we are concerned about the fact that NATO countries are increasingly often designating the Far North as a springboard for possible conflicts,”</em> Putin added, noting that Moscow is <em>“closely monitoring developments in the region”</em> and <em>“modernizing military infrastructure facilities.”</em></p>

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<p>Ontario’s police watchdog agency has cleared Ottawa police in the fatal fall of an 18-year-old woman from a Lowertown apartment building balcony last November.</p>
<p>In a report posted online Friday, March 28, Special Investigations Unit director Joseph Martino wrote there were “no reasonable grounds to believe that an officer committed a criminal offence in connection with the death.”</p>
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<p>The report said that Ottawa Police service officers had initially assessed the woman on the afternoon of Nov. 27 as part of a wellbeing check resulting from a phone call from a friend of the teen and had concluded there were no grounds to apprehend her under the Mental Health Act.</p>
<p>The teen then agreed to further assessment at an area hospital, where staff subsequently released her.</p>
<p>Early the next day, just after 1 a.m., another friend of the teen contacted Ottawa police, saying they had received concerning text messages from her.</p>
<p>A police officer reportedly contacted the teen by telephone at 1:45 a.m., and less than 10 minutes later three officers knocked on her door in the apartment building in the area of St. Patrick and Cobourg streets.</p>
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<p>March 28, 2025 (EIRNS)—During his March 27 visit with the crew and naval commanders of the <em>Arkhangelsk</em> nuclear submarine in the city of <a href="http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/76557">Murmansk</a> President Vladimir Putin had a broad-ranging discussion on several crucial topics, including on the Navy’s impressive technological advancement, seen in the construction of its submarines, of which the nuclear-powered <em>Arkhangelsk</em> cruiser sub is the latest, armed with Zircon missiles. Noting the development of the Russian Navy historically, dating back to Peter the Great, he underscored that Russia is indeed a naval power, and the professionals who command and man the submarines are “one of a kind…. A cruiser of this generation is a source of pride,” he said, and has an important mission “when it comes to ensuring our national security.”</p>
<p>Asked to give an update on the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, Putin reviewed the history of the conflict, noting that Russian forces are “gradually moving towards achieving all the objectives we set for ourselves,” and are making steady progress. He referred to the events that led to the decision to move into Ukraine militarily, including the betrayal of Germany’s Angela Merkel and France’s François Hollande, who lied about the Minsk agreements and “tried to trick us,” and he referenced the eight years of “genocide” the Kiev regime committed against the people of Donbass, Lugansk and Donetsk.</p>
<p>The peace agreement that was concluded in Istanbul in March of 2022 settled all “outstanding issues,” including the demand for denazification, Putin said, until the “European curators” arrived, including then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, “who convinced the Ukrainian leadership to keep fighting until there are virtually no Ukrainians left, and to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia. He probably forgot that we have crews like the one you are in … or maybe they ignored altogether what the Russian people represent, what they stand for and what they have in their hearts and souls when it comes to defending their fatherland.”</p>
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<p><a href="https://jonfleetwood.substack.com/p/texas-gave-15000-more-mmr-shots-this"><em>Authored by Jon Fleetwood,</em></a></p>
<p>Texas administered 15,000 more measles vaccinations this year compared to 2024—and now there’s a growing measles outbreak that has surpassed the total number of cases reported across the entire United States last year.</p>
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<p>The news follows this website’s February <a href="https://jonfleetwood.substack.com/p/free-measles-vaccine-campaign-followed?utm_source=publication-search">report</a> that measles cases in Gaines County, Texas, had jumped 242% following a health district campaign to hand out free measles vaccines.</p>

<p>A measles outbreak after higher vaccination rates in Texas calls into question the shot’s claimed effectiveness and underlying design.</p>
<h2><strong>Timeline &amp; Numbers</strong></h2>
<p>Between January 1 and March 16 last year, 158,000 measles vaccines were administered in the state, according to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/texas-measles-outbreak-expected-to-last-months-vaccinations-up-from-last-year/">CBS News</a>.</p>
<p>During the same time this year, 173,000 measles doses were given.</p>
<p>There are now more measles cases in Texas than there were across the United States in all of 2024.</p>
<p>On Friday, the Texas Department of State Health Services <a href="https://www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/measles-outbreak-2025">reported</a> 309 cases have been identified in the state since late January.</p>

<p>That’s compared to only 285 cases nationwide last year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html">data</a>.</p>
<p>What’s worse, measles cases in West Texas are “still on the rise” and “local public health officials say they expect the virus to keep spreading for at least several more months and that the official case number is likely an undercount,” according to CBS.</p>
<p>The numbers don’t lie—Texas is witnessing a record-breaking measles outbreak in the wake of increased vaccination efforts.</p>
<h2><strong>Measles Vaccine Virus Is Product of Gain-of-Function &amp; Can Shed Onto Unvaccinated</strong></h2>
<p>U.S. military biodefense experts <a href="https://jonfleetwood.substack.com/p/measles-vaccine-and-gain-of-function?utm_source=publication-search">confirm</a> in a May 2016 publication in <em>The Journal of Infectious Diseases </em>that the live virus inside the measles (MMR) vaccine is engineered using “a technique that could be considered, by current definitions, GOF research.”</p>
<p>GOF (gain-of-function) experiments can cause viruses to become more infectious.</p>
<p>The wild-type measles virus (Montefiore 89 strain) purportedly found in nature mostly uses a receptor called CD150 to gain entry to and infect immune cells.</p>

<p>However, the vaccine strain (Edmonston strain) is manipulated in the laboratory to acquire the ability to bind another receptor called CD46, which is more abundant in the body and expressed on most human nucleated cells.</p>
<p>This means the measles virus injected into the MMR-vaccinated has the potential to enter many more cells compared to the wild-type virus, due to its acquired ability to use an additional cellular receptor.</p>
<p>The vaccine virus also sheds.</p>
<p>An August 2024 study in the peer-reviewed <em>Journal of Clinical Virology</em> <a href="https://jonfleetwood.substack.com/p/measles-vaccine-sheds-for-nearly?utm_source=publication-search">confirms</a> the measles vaccine virus sheds in recently vaccinated children for 29 days, meaning the vaccinated can spread the virus to the unvaccinated for about a month.</p>
<p>A 1995 CDC <a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC228449/pdf/332485.pdf">study</a> found that 83% of vaccinated children had measles virus shed in their urine.</p>
<p>With a genetically modified vaccine virus capable of shedding for nearly a month and entering a broader range of human cells than the wild-type strain, the question becomes harder to ignore: Is the vaccine itself playing a role in the surge?</p>
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<p>Following the deadly 7.7-magnitude earthquake in Myanmar on March 28, a 37-member Chinese medical rescue team from China's Yunnan province departed Kunming Changshui International Airport for Myanmar to aid in search and recovery efforts.</p>
<p>They brought with them emergency rescue supplies including full-functioning life detectors, earthquake early warning systems, portable satellites, and drones.</p>
<p>At least 144 people were killed and at least 732 were injured, according to government officials. At least 10 people died in nearby Bangkok, where a high-rise under construction collapsed.</p>
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<p>China's foreign ministry spokesperson said that China had expressed sincere condolences to Myanmar, it's friendly neighbor.</p>
<p>The Chinese embassy and consulate in Myanmar immediately activated its emergency mechanism and issued consular reminders to verify the safety of local Chinese institutions, enterprises and personnel. No deaths of Chinese citizens have been reported so far.</p>
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More than a dozen Democratic lawmakers asked the Office of Government Ethics on Thursday to open an investigation into Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s promotion of Tesla stock.  Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and 13 other Democrats urged Doug Collins, acting director of the ethics office, to investigate whether Lutnick had violated federal…

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<figure><img alt="" src="https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/max/1024/1*1_gFRfxRUz_ju-j5fM1gQw.png"></figure><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNbBLQ4lSKY"><em>Listen to a reading of this article (reading by Tim Foley)</em></a>:</p><iframe src="https://cdn.embedly.com/widgets/media.html?src=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fembed%2FJNbBLQ4lSKY%3Ffeature%3Doembed&amp;display_name=YouTube&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DJNbBLQ4lSKY&amp;image=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FJNbBLQ4lSKY%2Fhqdefault.jpg&amp;type=text%2Fhtml&amp;schema=youtube" width="854" height="480" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" allow="accelerometer; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin"><a href="https://medium.com/media/3b34b7a84ef44ca35a77b1733719d713/href">https://medium.com/media/3b34b7a84ef44ca35a77b1733719d713/href</a></iframe><p>The word “bombing” is interesting, because it becomes a different word depending on what part of the world it’s being used in reference to.</p><p>If I look at you with a shocked and serious expression and say “There’s been a bombing,” you’ll immediately assume I mean there was an explosion in a city near you, or perhaps in some other western city like New York or London. If you see me reading the paper and casually stating “Wow there were dozens of bombings last night,” you’ll probably assume I mean military explosives being dropped on people in the middle east.</p><p>If I was in the UK in the nineties and said “There’s been a bombing,” everyone would immediately assume I meant an IRA attack on British soil and respond with grief. If I made the exact same noises with my mouth in the UK today, people would assume I’m probably talking about Gaza, Lebanon or Yemen, and they’d shrug.</p><p>It’s two very different words. They’re spelled and pronounced the same. They have basically the same meaning. But they’re different words. At least in the parts of the world where English is the dominant language, they have a completely different weight, and they land completely differently. One is shocking and horrifying, while the other is normal and expected. One will be the leading story in your news media for days, while the other might not even get mentioned.</p><p>The words have two different meanings in our society because western society does not regard non-westerners as fully human. An explosion of deliberate human origin taking place in our own neighborhood is an unacceptable outrage that we’ll speak about for the rest of our lives, but the exact same thing happening in a neighborhood in the middle east is just the natural order of things — even if it was perpetrated by our own leaders.</p><p>Someone exploding a building full of pale-skinned English speakers is an earth-shaking tragedy, while someone exploding a building full of darker-skinned Arabic speakers is just Tuesday.</p><p>They’re viewed as two completely different things because the victims are viewed as two entirely different species. The victims of the bombing campaigns the western empire perpetrates and sponsors are seen as subhuman. They are seen as subhuman because we’ve been propagandized to see them that way, and we are propagandized to see them that way because if we saw them as fully human, nothing about our society would make sense.</p><p>If we saw the inhabitants of the global south as fully human, it would not make sense for us to be extracting their labor and resources at extortionate rates for our own benefit. It would not make sense for our leaders to be staging coups, interfering in elections, and launching all-out regime change invasions to ensure they have governments which serve our interests. It would not make sense for the US empire to be setting up military bases in and around their countries to ensure its planetary domination. It would not make sense for an entire industry of war profiteering to be built around manufacturing consent for needless military operations and military expansionism in impoverished nations. It would not make sense for western governments to be shipping their trash to developing nations whose populations are now drowning in garbage.</p><p>Our entire civilization is built around this division. The division between westerners whose lives matter and non-westerners whose lives do not. This split is the unacknowledged elephant in the room in most aspects of our day to day lives. It directly touches the products we use and discard, the energy we consume, the status quo political systems we talk about and vote on, the very device you’re reading these words on. It’s all made possible by the fact that our lives are built on the blood, sweat and tears of the majority of this planet’s population whose lives are not regarded as fully human.</p><p>We like to think of ourselves as having transcended the evils of slavery and genocidal colonialism which ravaged so much of humanity in previous centuries, but we haven’t. Not really. We’ve made it more sanitized. More photogenic. Now you can read about slavery and shake your head about how terrible it was while wearing and holding objects that were manufactured by the outsourced slavery of the 21st century. You can vote for a politician with brown skin or see someone of Asian ancestry play a character on a TV show and think nice thoughts about how far we’ve come as a society, even as your government drops military explosives on people on the other side of the world because they’re not seen as real human beings.</p><p>Our species won’t find health and harmony on this planet until we truly start seeing everyone as equal, and acting accordingly. This tyrannical, exploitative way of living is only driving us toward annihilation and dystopia, and poisoning the planet we all depend on for survival.</p><p>________________</p><p><em>My work is </em><a href="https://caitlinjohnstone.com/2021/05/24/my-experiments-with-hacking-capitalism/"><em>entirely reader-supported</em></a><em>, so if you enjoyed this piece </em><a href="https://www.caitlinjohnst.one/about"><em>here are some options</em></a><em> where you can toss some money into my tip jar if you want to. </em><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU8Yu4WZJ11Il3TZmNiMUFQ?sub_confirmation=1"><em>Go here</em></a><em> to find video versions of my articles. 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<p>It was a good run, <em>but they had to know it was going to end at some point.</em> Now that the federal government funding gravy train that began with COVID is finally starting to come to an end, suddenly Pennsylvania is crying poor. </p>
<p>PA Governor Josh Shapiro's administration has said it is bracing for some Pennsylvania towns to fall into financial distress as federal COVID stimulus money runs out, <a href="https://www.abc27.com/spotlight-pa/end-of-federal-relief-money-will-push-some-pennsylvania-municipalities-off-a-financial-cliff-shapiro-admin-fears/">according to ABC 27</a>.</p>
<p>During the pandemic, state and local governments leaned heavily on federal aid to stay afloat. But with that support ending, cracks are starting to show.</p>
<p>Now the Department of Community and Economic Development is asking for a $10 million boost to the state’s emergency fund for struggling municipalities in its 2025-26 budget—just 2.3% of Gov. Josh Shapiro’s $430 million request for the agency.</p>

<p>Some argue the funding is too little, while others say it would be smarter to help towns <em>before</em> they reach crisis levels. Under Act 47, distressed municipalities can access recovery support once they officially declare financial hardship.</p>
<p>As billions in federal COVID relief dollars run out, Pennsylvania is preparing for a wave of municipal financial distress. The Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) wants to add $10 million to the Act 47 fund, which supports struggling local governments. As of March 18, the fund held $17.4 million, and current participants include Harrisburg, Chester, and Newville.</p>
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<p>The ABC <a href="https://www.abc27.com/spotlight-pa/end-of-federal-relief-money-will-push-some-pennsylvania-municipalities-off-a-financial-cliff-shapiro-admin-fears/">report notes</a> that DCED Secretary Rick Siger called the proposal a proactive step to prepare for “any potential impact for the ARPA cliff,” referring to the end of American Rescue Plan Act funding. Passed in 2021, ARPA sent $350 billion to governments nationwide, including $7.29 billion for Pennsylvania, $4.95 billion for large counties and cities, and $1.21 billion for smaller municipalities.</p>
<p>Governments had until the end of 2024 to commit ARPA funds, and must spend them by Dec. 31, 2026. Most Pennsylvania municipalities used their share to replace lost revenue—an easy reporting route under Treasury rules. Nearly two-thirds of the state’s 2,140 smallest recipients (Tier 5 entities) did exactly that.</p>
<p>But the relief was temporary. <strong>“This money is not going to be replaced. It was designed for an emergency. The emergency is gone,”</strong> said William Glasgall of the Volcker Alliance. He warned that limiting expenses and raising taxes will soon be “very common” for local governments. Glasgall also dismissed DCED’s proposed boost: “I mean, [$10] million will last about three seconds.”</p>

<p>Some towns already feel the squeeze. State College avoided tax hikes for three of the last four years thanks to ARPA funds—but a property tax increase is coming in 2025.</p>
<p>Still, not all municipalities are panicking. David Sanko of the Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors said many local governments are “not stressed at all” because they planned ahead. His group urged members not to rely on ARPA for ongoing costs and is now pushing the state to cut expenses—like repealing prevailing wage mandates—rather than only expand aid.</p>
<p>Sen. Patty Kim (D-Dauphin), who represents Harrisburg, agrees prevention is better than rescue. “More needs to be done to prevent communities from becoming financially distressed instead of offering help afterward,” she said. As for the $10 million increase, she’s uncertain it will make it through the legislature. With possible federal funding cuts ahead, Kim warned, <strong>“I am bracing myself for a very, very different budget in the next couple of months.”</strong></p>
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Two federal judges temporarily blocked President Trump’s executive orders targeting two major law firms, Jenner &amp; Block and WilmerHale, on Friday.  The orders come as the Trump administration has sought to crack down on law firms with perceived ties to political enemies and critics, restricting access to the federal government. Judge John D. Bates, an…

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<p>A total of 1,002 people were killed, 2,376 injured and 30 missing in a deadly earthquake in Myanmar's Mandalay region as of Saturday morning, according to the Information Team of Myanmar's State Administration Council.</p>
<p>The magnitude-7.7 earthquake toppled buildings and caused widespread infrastructure damage, local authorities reported.</p>
<p>Much of the devastation occurred in Myanmar's second-largest city, Mandalay, which lies near the epicenter of the quake that struck at lunchtime, followed by a powerful aftershock and several more moderate ones.</p>
<p>The quake was also felt in Thailand, China, and Laos.</p>
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<p>A U.S. government analysis based on the strength and depth of the quake estimated that there could be thousands of deaths and severe economic losses, with the Sagaing and Meiktila regions being the worst hit.</p>
<p>State media reported that the quake caused the collapse of buildings in five cities and towns, as well as a railway bridge and a road bridge on the Yangon-Mandalay Expressway. Images showed the destroyed Ava Bridge over the Irrawaddy River, its arches leaning into the water.</p>
<p>"The impact of the earthquake in Myanmar is likely to be severe, with possibly thousands of displaced people in need of urgent shelter, food and medical aid," said Mohammed Riyas, regional director of the International Rescue Committee.</p>
<p>"We fear it may be weeks before we understand the full extent of destruction caused by this earthquake, as communication network lines are down and transport is disrupted," he said.</p>
<p>Wang Tun, director of the Natural Disaster Early Warning Research Center at Sichuan University, told CGTN that inevitable aftershocks would continue to affect the region. </p>
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<p>UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the United Nations is mobilizing in Southeast Asia to help those in need. A UN spokesperson stated that $5 million in emergency aid has been allocated while additional needs are being assessed and the response coordinated.</p>
<p>China has announced its readiness to deliver emergency humanitarian aid to the affected region. A spokesperson for the Chinese Foreign Ministry stated on Friday that, as a friendly neighbor of Myanmar, China is closely monitoring the situation and extends sincere sympathies to Myanmar.</p>
<p>On Saturday morning, China's 37-member medical rescue team arrived in Yangon, with two additional squads – China's professional earthquake rescue team, <a href="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-29/China-sends-82-person-rescue-team-to-Myanmar-after-deadly-quake-1C8fBSBb9K0/p.html">China Search and Rescue</a> (CSR), and the country's largest volunteer team, <a href="https://news.cgtn.com/news/2025-03-29/China-s-Blue-Sky-Rescue-Team-heads-to-Myanmar-for-quake-relief-1C8bzNONyQE/p.html">Blue Sky Rescue</a> – on their way.</p>
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<p>Later on Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump spoke at the White House, stating that he had communicated with officials in Myanmar and that his administration would provide assistance. "We're going to be helping," he told reporters.</p>
<p>Despite the administration's push to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and cut nearly all remaining jobs, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said USAID disaster experts are ready to assist with essentials such as food and potable water.</p>
<p>"USAID has maintained a team of disaster experts with the capacity to respond if disaster strikes," she said in a press briefing. "We are ready to move now. There has been no impact on our ability to perform those duties, those requests for aid, if and when they come in." </p>
<p>(With input from Reuters)</p>
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title: Want To Fix The Birth Dearth? Make Marriage Matter
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<p><em>Authored by Melanie Israel via <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/">The Daily Signal</a>, a publication of <a href="https://www.heritage.org/">The Heritage Foundation</a>,</em></p>
<p>A new <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr74/nvsr74-1.pdf">report</a> from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention about birth data for 2023 is out. <strong>For everyone concerned about the long-term decline in America’s birth rate, the report doesn’t show strong signs that much has changed.</strong></p>
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<p><strong>Why should we care about declining birth rates, and what’s driving the trend?</strong> As a recent Heritage Foundation report <a href="https://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/report/us-fertility-declining-due-delayed-marriage-and-childbearing">warns</a>, U.S. fertility is now below replacement. Fewer births and our <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/01/30/making-america-great-again-requires-more-babies/">historic low</a> fertility rate will affect the future economy. It will affect programs like Social Security. Don’t forget the military. What about caregiving as the elderly age? A declining population will affect our nation’s future in more ways than we can count.</p>

<p>If you ask 10 people why the number of births keeps going down, you’ll probably get 10 different answers, from housing and child care costs to economic anxiety to student loan debt. <strong>While there’s not one sole reason (and therefore not one single policy solution,) at the heart of the issue is marriage—fewer marriages, specifically.</strong></p>
<p>Fewer Americans are getting married, and those who do are getting married later, which in turn delays having kids (and how many they eventually have). My colleagues recently published a Special Report analyzing trends in marriage, childbearing, and other important factors of <a href="https://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/report/crossroads-american-family-life-the-intersection-tradition-and-modernity">American family life</a>. In it, they note:</p>
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<p><em>“<strong>Today, married couples make up less than half (47 percent) of U.S. households, 40 percent of children are born outside marriage, and the birth rate has reached its lowest recorded level. </strong></em></p>
<p><em>The age of first marriage has increased by about seven years for both sexes. </em></p>
<p><em>More adults ages 18 to 44 have cohabited (59 percent) than have been married (50 percent). </em></p>
<p><em>Marriage itself has been legally redefined nationwide with the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision in a way that rejects the fundamental link between marriage and childbearing.</em></p>
<p><em><strong>In fact, for a growing and influential segment of the country, even defining ‘man’ and ‘woman’ seems to be an impossible task.</strong>"</em></p>
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<p>Healthy marriages help establish stable families and a thriving civil society. (And no, cohabitation does not provide the same stability and benefits for adults and children as marriage.) Separating marriage + having children has changed the structure of family formation for the worse.</p>
<p><strong>For all the attention that solving the “birth dearth” gets, <a href="https://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/commentary/pro-natalism-not-enough">pronatalism is not enough</a>.</strong> It is not enough to look for policies and technology (some with <a href="https://www.heritage.org/marriage-and-family/commentary/the-pronatalism-silicon-valley">serious</a> ethical concerns) that encourages or assists people to reproduce. Addressing healthy marriages has to be front and center of policy proposals.</p>
<p>There’s no one-size policy to help people enter a healthy marriage and keep it that way. One way to help is using (and building on) <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/03/03/how-trump-administration-can-support-healthy-marriage/">existing funding and programing</a> at the state and federal level. But government programs can’t fix decades of cultural forces that have minimized or dismissed the importance of coupling sex, marriage, and childbearing together. The decline in marriage rates didn’t happen overnight just as the decline in births didn’t happen overnight.</p>

<p><strong>Put frankly, it took a long time to make the mess we’re in and it’ll take time to clean it up, too.</strong> We can debate the merits of things like student loan “forgiveness,” housing benefits, child care subsidies, and tax credits. But the most meaningful, effective way to address declining births is to reorient society to value family formation within stable, healthy marriages. Want to address the birth dearth? Let’s show our fellow Americans that <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2024/10/23/new-book-explores-cultural-entropy-eroding-traditional-marriage-family-norms/">marriage matters</a>.</p>
<p>Views expressed in this article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of ZeroHedge.</p>
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{beacon} Presented by Boeing — {beacon}   Defense &amp;National Security Defense &amp;National Security   The Big Story  Vance rules out military force for Greenland Vice President Vance in a speech from a U.S. base in Greenland said Friday the U.S. is not likely to use military force in President Trump’s pursuit of taking over the territory.…

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<p>Search and rescue efforts were ongoing on late Friday to trace over 100 missing people after 10 others were killed in Bangkok, Thailand, due to the strong earthquake epicentered in Myanmar, a local government official said.</p>
<p>An under-construction building collapsed in the Thai capital after a magnitude-7.7 quake struck near the city of Mandalay in Myanmar on Friday.</p>
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title: COL. Douglas Macgregor : Did Sec State Rubio Engage in Espionage?
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title: Another Soldier Confesses: IDF Used Palestinians As Human Shields, Committed Other War Crimes
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<p><strong>Another Israeli soldier and veteran of Israel's ongoing war in Gaza has admitted that he was a party to war crimes</strong> -- and says his commander ordered him and other soldiers to continue perpetrating those crimes even after they'd raised objections. This latest of many such accounts was given to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israeli-soldier-palestinians-human-shields-gaza/"><em>CBS News</em></a> by an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldier who agreed to speak on the condition that his identity wouldn't be revealed. The experience that troubled him the most was his unit's practice of <strong>forcing Palestinian civilians to probe buildings for improvised explosive devices</strong>.  </p>
<p>"They were Palestinian," he said. <strong>"We sent them in first to see if the building was clear and check for booby traps…They were trembling and shaking." </strong>So apparently common is the practice of using Palestinians in such a manner that it has a name of its own: the "Mosquito Protocol," where Palestinians civilians are equated with the hated insects.  </p>
<p>The soldier told CBS that he objected to that abusive treatment of civilians, to the point that he took his concern to the chain of command -- where it fell on deaf ears. <strong>"We talked to our commander, and we asked him to stop doing it,"</strong> he said, but said the unconscionable orders continued to be issued.  </p>
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<p>The whistleblowing soldier who spoke to <em>CBS</em> says he continues to be troubled by what he personally did in Gaza. <strong>"I'm morally wounded. It's fucked up, you know, to use citizens as your human shield like a dog."</strong> The term <a href="https://www.ptsd.va.gov/professional/treat/cooccurring/moral_injury.asp">"moral injury"</a> describes psychological problems that spring from having observed, perpetrated, or failed to prevent actions that violate one's sense of right and wrong. </p>
<p>Of course, <strong>the people on the other end of the depraved practice battle their own psychological demons</strong>. <em>CBS</em> spoke to a 14-year-old Palestinian in the West Bank, where the IDF is accused of the same form of abuse. He claims he and his nine-year-old cousin were forced at gunpoint to search a four-story apartment building. "I was so scared. Then they started beating us," he said. The IDF told <em>CBS</em> it prohibits this behavior.  </p>
<p>The soldier said he was witness to other IDF evils: <strong>"We've burned down buildings for no reasons, which is violating the international law, of course."</strong> That confession should come as little surprise to even the most casual observer of the war, given the IDF's astonishingly thorough and plainly visible destruction of neighborhoods, towns and cities throughout Gaza -- and IDF soldiers' enthusiastic use of personal social media accounts to share videos of themselves joyfully demolishing entire housing complexes. A January before-and-after analysis of Gaza using satellite imagery concluded that <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68006607">between 50% and 61% of buildings in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed</a>. </p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">The IDF loves to film themselves blowing up Palestinian homes. <a href="https://t.co/poiYVpf9C2">pic.twitter.com/poiYVpf9C2</a></p>
— White Rabbit (@Dark_RabbitHole) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dark_RabbitHole/status/1876705159146799401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 7, 2025</a></blockquote>
<p>A 2024 investigation by the Israeli newspaper <a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-08-13/ty-article-magazine/.premium/idf-uses-gazan-civilians-as-human-shields-to-inspect-potentially-booby-trapped-tunnels/00000191-4c84-d7fd-a7f5-7db6b99e0000"><em>Haaretz</em></a>, which interviewed soldiers, concluded <strong>the IDF has indeed used Palestinian civilians to probe Gaza tunnels</strong><strong> which were feared to have been booby-trapped</strong>, with soldiers told, "Our lives are more important than their lives." The soldiers ridiculed the Israel government's official denials of the practice:</p>
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<p><em>"I saw the IDF's response [to posted videos said to show human shields at work], which totally doesn't reflect reality. <strong>It's done with the knowledge of the brigade commander, at the least.</strong>.. [Soldiers] know it's not a one-time incident of a young and stupid company commander who decides on his own to take somebody."</em></p>
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<p>According to accounts from soldiers and those who claim to have been their victims, Palestinians are often detained, dressed in uniforms and flak jackets, mounted with cameras, and sent into buildings with their hands zip-tied behind them. Sometimes, they're said to be simply <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p3u7yHo4gg">stripped to their underwear and their hands tied</a> before being coerced into the potentially lethal situation.    </p>
<p>As ugly as the Mosquito Protocol allegations are, they're far from the worst claims about the IDF's conduct. As we covered last summer, a team of 20 humanitarian <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-doctors-stunned-number-gaza-children-headshot-wounds">US doctors who volunteered to work Gaza hospitals were stunned by the volume of civilian harm</a>, and particularly by <strong>how frequently they had to treat children with headshot wounds</strong>. A doctor who normally works in gunfire-heavy Chicago described the horrific conclusion he reached as the pattern emerged on the treatment tables in front of him: </p>
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<p><em>"I thought these kids were in the wrong place at the wrong time, like sadly, some of the kids we treat in Chicago. But <strong>after the third or fourth time, I realized it was intentional; bullets were being put in these kids on purpose."</strong></em></p>
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<p>On the other hand, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly said <strong>the IDF is "the most moral army in the world."</strong> We'll give Netanyahu the last word...while <a href="https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/us-back-turned-ukraine-rubio-expedites-delivery-4bn-military-aid-israel">President Trump gives the IDF another $4 billion in weapons and ammunition</a>.  </p>
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title: La Paix est le plus grand des biens
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<p>La situation internationale inquiète tous les Français. Deux pays d’Europe naguère unis, de même origine et de cultures très proches, au vrai deux rameaux d’un même peuple, se déchirent en un conflit aussi meurtrier que les guerres du XXe siècle. …</p>


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title: China Is Taking War To Earth Orbits: A &amp;#039;Space Pearl Harbor&amp;#039; Is On The Way
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<p><em>"With our commercial assets, we have observed five different objects in space maneuvering in and out and around each other in synchronicity and in control," the U.S. Space Force's Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. Michael Guetlein <a href="https://youtu.be/D-C53hIca_4?si=Wy--wr6Eu33aHuXV">told</a> the 16th annual McAleese Defense Programs conference in Arlington, Virginia on March 18. </em></p>
<p><strong><em>"That's what we call dogfighting in space. They are practicing tactics, techniques and procedures to do on-orbit space operations from one satellite to another."</em></strong></p>
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<p>Guetlein's stark comment about China signals a break with the past. "This marks the end of the Western-American-liberal dream of nations leaving wars on Earth so they can cooperate in space to advance humanity," Richard Fisher of the International Assessment and Strategy Center told Gatestone after the general's widely publicized remarks. "Communist China has now taken war to the heavens, to low earth orbit, and very likely, will take war to the moon, Mars, and beyond. The heavens are no longer safe for the democracies."</p>
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<p><strong>Space is now a highly contested domain, but it wasn't always this way.</strong> "We told ourselves we would be the dominant power forever," Brandon Weichert, author of <em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Winning-Space-America-Remains-Superpower/dp/164572011X">Winning Space: How America Remains a Superpower</a></em>, said to Gatestone. "We coasted on that notion for far too long. Rising powers, notably China and Russia, saw how reliant we were on space—and how poorly defended our systems were. Our access to the strategic high ground is now more threatened than ever before."</p>
<p>As Weichert points out, "bureaucratic inertia and a lack of visionary leadership from both political parties" allowed China and Russia to develop the capabilities to threaten America in space.</p>
<p>There was another party at fault: The U.S. military failed to protest when it could see there was an obvious threat. "There was a gentlemen's agreement until recent that we didn't mess with each other's space systems," Guetlein said. "We didn't jam them, we didn't spoof them, we didn't lase them, we just kept them safe."</p>
<p>Why was the U.S. so gentlemanly? Presidents believed that because the U.S. had more space assets than others, it was not in America's interest to trigger a race to build weapons to destroy those assets. Yet this view, appearing commonsense at first glance, was naïve: It was apparent even then that neither China nor Russia could be enticed into good behavior. Generals and admirals should have sounded the warning.</p>
<p><strong>There was a lot to warn about.</strong> On January 11, 2007, for instance, China demonstrated its intentions by <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2007/jan/24/20070124-121536-8225r/">launching</a> a modified ground-based DF-21 missile to destroy an old Chinese weather satellite.</p>
<p>In 2022, a Chinese satellite "<a href="https://www.twz.com/44054/a-chinese-satellite-just-grappled-another-and-pulled-it-out-of-orbit">grappled</a>" a defunct Chinese satellite and towed it to a "graveyard orbit."</p>

<p>Moreover, as Fisher notes, China had already configured its one large orbiting platform, the Tiangong Space Station, for military missions as well as civilian ones. One of its modules can launch either very small satellites that can perform interception missions or satellites carrying powerful laser and microwave weapons that can destroy satellites in multiple orbits.</p>
<p>What was the American response to the obvious Chinese advances in space-warfare capabilities? Vice President Kamala Harris in April 2022 <a href="https://time.com/6168148/space-weapons-ban-harris/">announced</a> a unilateral moratorium on ground-launched anti-satellite missile tests, in the hope<s>s</s> that other nations would follow suit.</p>
<p>With this posture, it is no wonder why America's lead in space warfare—if it exists—is narrowing.</p>
<p><strong>Now, China is making fast progress in building space weapons.</strong> "The Chinese ISR"—intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance—"capabilities are become very capable," said Guetlein. "They have gone from what we used to call a 'Kill Chain' to a 'Kill Mesh.'" A Kill Mesh combines ISR satellites with an array of weapons systems.</p>
<p>The Chinese array appears impressive. As Fisher points out, the People's Liberation Army has developed ground-based ASAT—anti-satellite—interceptors to destroy satellites in both low earth orbit and much higher medium earth orbits. At the same time, China, as Guetlein's comments make clear, is working on "co-orbital" interceptors, satellites that can follow, approach, dock with, or use robotic arms to grapple other satellites into useless orbits.</p>
<p>For the future, Fisher reports, China is developing large, unmanned space planes that can re-enter the atmosphere to maneuver toward a new orbit and then relaunch into space to deploy energy and missile weapons. The PLA also appears to be working on large combat platforms that can attack satellite targets in multiple orbits. Expect the Chinese military also to deploy clusters of combat satellites to attack the Lunar and Martian satellite networks of the future.</p>
<p><em><strong>"The recent demonstration of Chinese 'dogfighting' capabilities in space is an indicator that Beijing means to use force on earth,"</strong></em> says Weichert. "By targeting sensitive U.S. military satellites, the People's Liberation Army can render us deaf, dumb, and blind, long before it strikes."</p>

<p><strong>The Chinese are evidently planning to blind not only America's military but also America's civilian society, which is heavily dependent on space assets.</strong> Almost nothing modern in America will work when the Chinese are finished attacking in the heavens.</p>
<p>As Weichert said, <em><strong>"A space Pearl Harbor is at hand."</strong></em></p>
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title: Le dernier article de Hossam Shabat
author: ;Drop Site News
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<p>Hossam Shabat est mort. Je suis au-delà de la rage et du désespoir en écrivant ces mots. L’armée israélienne a bombardé sa voiture ce matin alors qu’il se rendait à Beit Lahia. Des vidéos envahissent mon écran montrant son corps …</p>


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&amp;#039;Indirect Negotiations&amp;#039; On Nuclear Issue Possible: Iran Finally Replies In Letter To Trump

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<p>Iran has finally issued a formal response to US President Donald Trump's letter unveiled early this month which was addressed to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. The Trump letter had urged fresh nuclear negotiations, but was coupled with statements from the White House threatening attack if Tehran pursues atomic weapons.</p>
<p>The Islamic Republic in a formal letter issued to the White House in response says it is <strong>willing to enter "indirect" negotiations with Washington</strong>.</p>
<p>"Iran’s formal response to the letter from US President Donald Trump has been duly sent via Oman," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told <a href="https://en.irna.ir/news/85788852/Exclusive-Iran-has-relayed-its-response-to-U-S-President-Trump-s">IRNA</a> on Thursday. "The official response comprises a letter wherein our viewpoints regarding the status quo and Mr. Trump’s letter have been fully laid out and relayed to the other side."</p>
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<p>The FM said that while no direct official talks can be held so long as Trump keeps his "maximum pressure" sanctions regimen in place, it remains that <strong>"Indirect negotiations, though, can continue, as they existed in the past." </strong></p>
<p>"In circumstances where there is ‘maximum pressure,’ no one in their sound mind would enter into direct talks. The format of negotiations is always relevant in diplomatic relations … For now, our tactic is to have indirect negotiations," Araghchi explained.</p>
<p>In early March, Trump had unveiled before reporters that he had written Iran a letter, saying "I hope you're going to negotiate because if we have to go in militarily, it's going to be a terrible thing for them. There are two ways in which Iran can be handled – militarily, or you make a deal."</p>
<p>According to Axios, the US has lately built up military assets in the Mideast region with an eye <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/03/27/iran-us-nuclear-talks-trump-letter">toward Iran</a>:</p>
<ul><li><em>In recent days, the U.S. military sent several B-2 stealth bombers to the Diego Garcia military base in the Indian Ocean in a deployment a U.S. official said was "not disconnected" from Trump's two-month deadline.</em></li>
<li><em>The B-2 bombers can carry huge bunker buster bombs that would be a key element in any possible military action against Iran's underground nuclear facilities.</em></li>
<li><em>A spokesperson for U.S. Strategic Command confirmed the deployment to Axios and said Stratcom "routinely conducts global operations in coordination with other combatant commands, services, and participating U.S. government agencies to deter, detect and, if necessary, defeat strategic attacks against the United States and its allies."</em></li>
</ul><p>Just last week Ayatollah Khamenei <a href="https://thecradle.co/articles/khamenei-warns-of-severe-crushing-blow-if-us-attacks-iran">warned</a> that the US would "a severe slap" and <strong>"crushing blow" if it dared carry out any attacks against the Iran</strong>.</p>

<p>Iran has long complained that it can't take US commitments seriously anymore, after the prior Trump White House unilaterally pulled the US out of the 2015 JCPOA nuclear deal.</p>
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<p><strong>All remaining staff have reportedly received notices of imminent elimination</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>The US State Department has formally notified Congress of its intent to <em>“undertake a reorganization”</em> that would effectively dissolve the US Agency for International Development (USAID), Washington’s primary funding channel for political projects abroad.</p>
<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio <a href="https://www.state.gov/on-delivering-an-america-first-foreign-assistance-program/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">announced</a> on Friday that while foreign assistance can serve national interests, the high costs and limited benefits associated with USAID-backed programs had prompted the decision to eliminate the majority of its initiatives.</p>
<p><em>“Unfortunately, USAID strayed from its original mission long ago… Thanks to President Trump, this misguided and fiscally irresponsible era is now over. We are reorienting our foreign assistance programs to align directly with what is best for the United States and our citizens,”</em> Rubio said.</p>

            
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<p>Rubio promised that truly <em>“essential lifesaving programs”</em> aligned with the administration’s America First priorities would be absorbed and carried on by the State Department, while the rest would be discontinued by July 1, 2025.</p>
<p>President Donald Trump launched the process of dismantling USAID shortly after taking office in January. Since then, thousands of employees have been fired or placed on leave, and billions of dollars in aid contracts have been frozen or canceled altogether, as part of Trump’s broader federal waste-cutting initiative led by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).</p>
<p>The remaining staff were reportedly <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/state-department-notified-congress-intent-reorganize-usaid-rubio-says-2025-03-28/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">notified</a> on Friday that <em>“all non-statutory positions at USAID will be eliminated,”</em> and that they would soon receive a termination date, either July 1 or September 2. A memo from Jeremy Lewin – the DOGE staffer-turned-deputy administrator of USAID – also warned personnel that they would not be automatically transferred to the State Department without <em>“a separate and independent hiring process.”</em></p>

            
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<p>The move to dismantle USAID and transfer its remnants to the State Department has faced legal challenges, including a temporary <a href="https://www.rt.com/news/614491-doge-usaid-preliminary-injunction/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">freeze</a> imposed by a federal judge last week. However, on Friday, the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled that DOGE had acted within its authority in reviewing and restructuring foreign aid programs. The court rejected arguments that the executive branch had overstepped its bounds by altering a congressionally authorized agency, stating that Congress had not explicitly barred such reorganization.</p>
<p>Trump had previously accused the organization of being run by <em>“radical lunatics”</em> and facilitating corruption <em>“at levels rarely seen before.”</em> His federal government efficiency tsar, Elon Musk, referred to USAID as a <em>“criminal organization”</em> and claimed that it had funded bioweapons research, among scores of other controversial programs.</p>

            
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<p>The revelations about USAID’s links to secretive initiatives and <em>“<a href="https://www.rt.com/russia/612484-usaid-support-radicals-russian-propaganda/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">financing radical elements</a> throughout the world”</em> validate concerns long expressed by Russia, Moscow’s ambassador to the UN, Vassily Nebenzia, said last month.</p>
<p>Other foreign leaders have also questioned USAID’s role in their domestic affairs. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico voiced concerns over what he described as potential <em>“<a href="https://www.rt.com/news/612544-slovakia-fico-usaid-musk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">gross interference</a>”</em> in his country’s political landscape. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban similarly emphasized the need to <em>“<a href="https://www.rt.com/news/612360-hungary-orban-ngo-crackdown/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">eliminate these foreign networks</a>”</em> that interfere in domestic politics.</p>

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title: Researchers Identify Diets In Mid-Life Linked To Healthy Aging
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<p><em><a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/health/researchers-identify-diets-in-mid-life-linked-to-healthy-aging-5830615?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=ZeroHedge&amp;src_src=partner&amp;src_cmp=ZeroHedge">Authored by George Citroner via The Epoch Times</a> (emphasis ours),</em></p>
<p>A 30-year study finds <strong>a primarily plant-based diet,</strong> with minimal ultra-processed food and low to moderate amounts of animal-based foods like fish and dairy, <strong>could raise our chances of reaching 70 without developing chronic disease</strong>, according to a new study from Harvard researchers.</p>
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<p>Healthy aging, as defined by the researchers, means reaching age 70 free of major chronic diseases, with good cognitive, physical, and mental health.</p>

<p>“Our findings suggest that <strong>dietary patterns rich in plant-based foods, with moderate inclusion of healthy animal-based foods, may promote overall healthy aging and help shape future dietary guidelines</strong>,” senior study author Marta Guasch-Ferré said in a <a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1077404">press release</a>.</p>
<h2>Two Diets Linked to Optimal Aging</h2>
<p>The <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-025-03570-5">study</a>, recently published in Nature Medicine, examined the midlife diets and health outcomes of more than 105,000 middle-aged women and men aged 39 to 69 over 30 years.</p>
<p>The team evaluated how effectively the participants adhered to eight different largely-plant-based diets: the Alternative Health Eating Index (AHEI), the Alternative Mediterranean Diet (aMED), the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension diet (DASH), the MIND diet, the Healthful Plant-Based Diet, the Planetary Health Diet Index, the Empirically Inflammatory Dietary Pattern, and the Empirical Dietary Index for Hyperinsulinemia.</p>
<p>Of the participants, 10 percent were identified as aging healthfully and followed the eight diets. Those who closely followed the AEHI and PHDI diets were linked with optimal healthy aging patterns.</p>
<p>The AHEI diet was found to be especially beneficial. <strong>It was developed to prevent chronic disease and emphasizes fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, legumes, and healthy fats while limiting red meat, refined grains, and sugar.</strong></p>

<p>Participants scoring highest on this diet were found to have an 86 percent greater likelihood of healthy aging by age 70 and a 2.2-fold higher likelihood by age 75 compared to those with the lowest scores. The PHDI diet also emphasizes plant-based foods and reduces animal-based food intake.</p>
<p>Other diets researchers looked at that were linked to healthy aging were the aMED which follows the Mediterranean model and the DASH diet. The aMED diet prioritizes olive oil, nuts, whole grains, and moderate fish intake. DASH is known for lowering blood pressure and focuses on fruits, vegetables, and low-fat dairy.</p>
<p>“<strong>Maintaining a healthy diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, unsaturated fats, nuts, and legumes during mid-life is linked to a higher likelihood of healthy aging along with better cognitive, physical, and mental health,</strong>” Guasch-Ferré told The Epoch Times.</p>
<p>Conversely, higher consumption of ultra-processed foods, particularly processed meats and sugary beverages, was linked to a decreased chance of aging healthfully.</p>
<h2>No ‘One Size Fits All’ Diet</h2>
<p>The findings also suggest that there isn’t a one-size-fits-all diet.</p>
<p>“Healthy diets can be adapted to fit individual needs and preferences,” lead author Anne-Julie Tessier, assistant professor at the University of Montreal, stated in the press release.</p>

<p>Shelley Balls, registered dietitian nutritionist for Flawless Bloom in Western Wyoming, told The Epoch Times that <strong>ultra-processed foods include many convenience snack foods such as potato chips, candy, cookies, and crackers, as well as sweetened beverages such as soda, sweetened tea, and sugar-laden coffees.</strong></p>
<p>“I’m not saying you should never have these types of foods and beverages, but I would highly recommend limiting their intake in order to promote overall health,” she said.</p>
<p>However, certain ultra-processed foods are healthier than others, she said. Potato chips are high on fats and sodium, making them good once-in-awhile, but sugar sweetened beverage quickly adds up when it comes to sugar and calorie intake.</p>
<p>“<strong>Even certain diet drinks, although they might not have the calories, could negatively affect digestive health, which is linked to obesity</strong>,” she said.</p>
<p>Healthy animal-based food also should not be avoided.</p>
<p>“Healthy animal-based foods such as Greek yogurt, kefir, salmon, eggs, and other lean cuts of meat provide an abundance of healthful nutrients your body needs to function optimally,” Balls said. “When it comes to promoting overall health, variety is key so excluding certain foods out entirely can make it harder.”</p>
<p>Adequate protein intake is also key to promoting healthy aging as “it’s essential in maintaining muscle mass, strength, and function as you age.”</p>

<p>The study had some limitations, including that the participants were exclusively health professionals. Researchers suggest that replicating the study among more diverse populations could provide deeper insights into the findings’ broader relevance.</p>
<p>However, Guasch-Ferré said that while there may be some differences in overall health, such as access to health care and other factors, “we believe that the biological mechanisms underlying the associations between dietary patterns and healthy aging would be similar in other populations.”</p>
<p><strong>According to Balls, “the earlier, the better” when it comes to disease prevention.</strong></p>
<p>“One piece of advice I give to even younger kids is what you’re eating today, can affect how you age,” she added. “So moderation and variety are key at all stages of life!”</p>
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A federal judge temporarily blocked President Trump’s administration from dismantling the government-funded news outlet Voice of America (VOA), preventing the termination of more than 1,200 reporters and other employees put on paid leave earlier this month for now. U.S. District Judge J. Paul Oetken issued a temporary restraining order on Friday, barring the U.S. Agency…

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<p>Sixteen members of the Blue Sky Rescue Team, a Chinese civil relief squad, departed from a land port in Ruili City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, on Saturday morning, heading for Muse City in northern Myanmar to assist with quake relief efforts.</p>
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<p><strong>A federal judge has upheld a California law that restricts young adults from buying guns, finding the statute fits within the nation’s historical tradition of gun regulations.</strong></p>
<p>California penal code Section 27510 bars federal gun dealers from selling or otherwise giving possession of guns to people younger than 21. The law does allow 18- to 20-year-olds to buy certain types of guns if they obtain a hunting license, are serving in the military, or were honorably discharged from the armed forces.</p>
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<p><strong>Some young adults and gun rights groups challenged the law, arguing it violated the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment.</strong></p>

<p><a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/judge-upholds-california-law-restricting-18-to-20-year-olds-access-to-guns-5832820?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=ZeroHedge">As Zachary Stieber reports for The Epoch Times,</a> the case has been proceeding through the court system for years. U.S. District Judge James Lorenz said in 2020 that the law did not violate the Constitution, then an appeals court panel said it did. The appeals court later <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/after-previously-striking-down-california-gun-law-9th-circuit-panel-vacates-its-decision-4723317">remanded</a> the case back to Lorenz for renewed consideration following the U.S. Supreme Court ordering lower courts to figure out if gun regulations were based on the nation’s history of gun restrictions when deciding whether they are constitutional.</p>
<p>Lorenz on March 26 sided with California Attorney General Rob Bonta, concluding that even though 18- to 20-year-olds are part of “the people” mentioned in the Second Amendment, the young adults have faced gun restrictions throughout much of American history.</p>
<p><strong>The law “is consistent with the Founding Era common law that curtailed commercial firearm purchases by individuals aged 18 to 20,”</strong> Lorenz <a href="https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/25872716-order-in-chavez-v-bonta/">wrote</a> in a 23-page decision.</p>
<p>He also said the law is constitutional because the young adults can buy guns that are not handguns or semiautomatic centerfire rifles if they receive a hunting license or are in the U.S. military. Tens of thousands of young adults have obtained guns under the exceptions in recent years, including 5,431 in 2022.</p>
<p>The young adults can also acquire guns as gifts from family members, the ruling noted.</p>
<p>“Defendants’ evidence supports a reasonable inference that Section 27510 is a commercial restriction that does not meaningfully impair 18-to-20-year-olds’ access to firearms and is therefore not covered by the Second Amendment’s plain text,” the judge said.</p>

<p><strong>The summary judgment ruling means the case is over, unless the plaintiffs appeal.</strong></p>
<p>The Second Amendment Foundation, one of the plaintiffs, <a href="https://x.com/2AFDN/status/1905064074205090281">said</a> on social media platform X that it is reviewing the opinion.</p>
<p>Bonta, a Democrat, said in a statement that the ruling represents a victory in the fight against gun violence.</p>
<p><strong>“This commonsense regulation will continue to protect our young and vulnerable communities from preventable gun violence,“</strong> he said. ”I am proud of the countless hours my team has put in to defend this law and we know the fight is not over. We will continue to lead efforts to defend commonsense gun-safety laws and protect our communities from senseless violence.”</p>
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<p>A total of 694 people have been killed, 1,670 injured and 68 missing in a deadly earthquake in the Mandalay region of Myanmar as of Saturday morning, the Information Team of Myanmar's State Administration Council reported.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/us-office-focused-on-shipbuilding-aims-to-counter-chinas-maritime-dominance-5830067?utm_source=partner&amp;utm_campaign=ZeroHedge"><em>Authored by Mike Fredenburg via The Epoch Times,</em></a></p>
<p><strong>Creating an <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-create-office-shipbuilding-offer-tax-incentives-2025-03-05/">office of U.S. shipbuilding</a> to facilitate America’s return to being a true maritime power is long overdue and is necessary to counter China’s growing maritime dominance.</strong></p>
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<p>At the end of World War II, the United States had over 100 shipyards, and its flagged fleet, the largest in the world, <a href="https://www.maritime.dot.gov/sites/marad.dot.gov/files/2024-07/FACT%2520SHEET%2520for%2520DOMESTIC%2520SHIPBUILDING%2520(JULY%25202024)_0.pdf">carried  57 percent</a> of U.S. trade, while the majority of world trade was carried in U.S.-built ships.</p>

<p><strong>Today, only about 0.2 percent of global commercial tonnage is being carried in ships built in the United States.</strong> Collectively, China, South Korea, and Japan build over 90 percent of the world’s large commercial ships. And with China building <a href="https://www.csis.org/analysis/threat-chinas-shipbuilding-empire">over 50 percent</a> of the world’s gross shipping tonnage, it is by far and away the world’s largest shipbuilder, with <a href="https://www.americanmanufacturing.org/blog/chinas-shipbuilding-capacity-is-232-times-greater-than-that-of-the-united-states/">232 times more shipbuilding capacity</a> than the United States.</p>
<p>While the lack of commercial shipbuilding capacity is not the only reason we have seen the U.S. Navy decline in size and capability, it has created an environment that makes correcting the issues plaguing the Navy very difficult. Indeed, the lack of commercial shipbuilding is arguably the root cause of our Navy’s decline in readiness, its exploding ship costs, and its inability to hold vendors accountable when they deliver underperforming ships overbudget and years behind schedule.</p>
<p>Examples of underperforming, overbudget ships include the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/warship-shows-why-u-s-navy-is-falling-behind-china-94cb9a87">Constellation-class frigate</a>, the <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/how-navy-spent-billions-littoral-combat-ship#:~:text=Littoral%2520combat%2520ships%2520were%2520supposed,is%2520getting%2520rid%2520of%2520them.">Littoral combat ship</a>, the <a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/opinion/will-overbudget-ford-ever-match-nimitz-class-carrier-performance-5523850">Ford-class carriers</a>, and the <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/2016/12/zumwalt-class-navy-stealth-destroyer-program-failure/">massive Zumwalt destroyer.</a> It is the failures in these key shipbuilding  programs that has led to the decline of the U.S. Navy’s size and readiness. Moreover, the vendors associated with these failed and or grossly underperforming programs have at worst received a slap on the wrist and are collectively lined up to receive many hundreds of billions more in U.S. Defense contracts over the coming decades.</p>
<p><strong>Shipbuilders have been able to underdeliver with near impunity, in part due to the fact that they are the only game in town, i.e., if you cancel major defense contracts then the government-dependent companies will go out of business and there will be no shipbuilding capacity.</strong> For example, there is currently only one shipbuilder that can build and execute the Refueling and Complex Overhaul work on U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carriers. While there are two firms that can build U.S. nuclear submarines, they are suffering from a lack of skilled labor. In the vast majority of cases, the prime contractors who build the Navy’s ships are almost wholly reliant on military contracts to survive. </p>
<p>All this means that when contracts are put in place, they are not just put in place to deliver the most powerful ships at the best price, they are put in place to ensure that the company executing the contract can keep its people employed from contract to contract. Thus, contracts are strung out for many years. This makes sense, as having enough people trained up in the skills to rapidly deliver a ship or a number of ships, only to have to let them go when the ships are completed, is not a sustainable business model. Obviously, the Pentagon needs to structure contracts in such a way that defense contractors can stay in business.</p>
<p>However, this leads to the previously mentioned situation where is it well-nigh impossible to hold the defense contractors accountable. This brings us back to the value of having a more robust shipbuilding industry in which major shipbuilders that do business with the Pentagon, also have a robust commercial shipbuilding business. This is the way things were prior to World War II, and for a number of years after the war. For example, while <a href="https://hii.com/what-we-do/divisions/newport-news-shipbuilding/">Newport News Shipbuilding</a> has long been the leading vendor when it comes to building U.S aircraft carriers, it also used to also build commercial ships.</p>

<p>But just as important, when the United States had a robust commercial shipbuilding industry, the pool of workers with the skills necessary to build both commercial and military vessels was much larger. This larger pool of skilled workers created a much more resilient shipbuilding environment that benefited the U.S. Navy when it came to negotiating contracts and holding shipbuilders/ship designers accountable. </p>
<p><strong>Currently, China is the world’s largest commercial and military ship shipbuilder. This means China has a whole bunch of shipyards that can build both military and commercial ships. Its massive shipbuilding industry also ensures China has a huge base of workers with the diverse sets of skills and trades necessary to build ships. The U.S. Navy used to be able to count on a large, robust shipbuilding industry that could <a href="https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/2025/february/high-costs-doing-shipbuilding-business">build both commercial and military ships</a>, but that has not been case since the 1970s.</strong></p>
<p>Today, according to a Congressional Research Service r<a href="https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/IF12534">eport</a>, three of the 10 commercial oil tankers selected to ship fuel for the Department of Defense (DOD) as part of the newly enacted <a href="https://www.maritime.dot.gov/national-security/strategic-sealift/tanker-security-program">Tanker Security Program</a> are Chinese-built. As for dry cargo supplies for the DOD, seven of the 12 most recently built ships in the Maritime Security Fleet are Chinese-built. So, the U.S. Navy, along with the U.S. economy, is now highly dependent on ships built in in other countries, including China. This means that not only is the United States no longer a commercial maritime power, but our military is dependent on Chinese-built ships for logistical support. This is not a good state of affairs.</p>
<p><strong>The <a href="https://www.defensenews.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/03/05/trump-to-launch-new-white-house-office-focused-on-shipbuilding/">new office of shipbuilding</a> announced by President Trump earlier this month aims to correct this national security concern, but how?  Well, that is a rather complex question, but it will require streamlining of existing regulations, beefing up our steel industry, and yes, it will require government subsidies to be able to compete with China, South Korea, and Japan who all heavily subsidize their own shipping industries.</strong></p>
<p>But if the United States wants to address a serious security concern, and regain its status as a true maritime superpower, taking such actions are not optional.</p>
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<p><em>Views expressed in this article are opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times or ZeroHedge.</em></p>
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<p>A Chinese rescue team, consisting of 82 personnel, departed from Beijing on Saturday to assist with quake rescue efforts at the request of the Myanmar government after a deadly earthquake struck the country on Friday.</p>
<p>As of Saturday morning, a total of 694 people were confirmed dead, according to the Information Team of Myanmar's State Administration Council.</p>
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<p><strong>Hungary’s FM has blamed Brussels for its “pro-war policy” aimed at avoiding accountability for the billions of euros sent to Kiev</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p data-start="239" data-end="412"><strong data-start="239" data-end="284"></strong>Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has accused Brussels bureaucrats of clinging to a <em>“failed pro-war policy”</em> in a desperate attempt to delay the moment when European taxpayers begin asking where the money spent on bankrolling Kiev has gone.</p>
<p data-start="239" data-end="412">The European Union recently advised its 450 million inhabitants to stockpile essential supplies for at least 72 hours, with EU Commissioner for Crisis Management Hadja Lahbib warning on Wednesday that the Ukraine conflict threatens the bloc’s overall security.</p>
<p data-start="936" data-end="1119">Szijjarto said he initially thought the warning was some kind of joke or <em>“trolling,”</em> after Lahbib posted a bizarre video showing Europeans what to pack in a <a href="https://www.rt.com/news/614824-eu-citizens-stockpile-food/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">72-hour survival kit</a>.</p>

             
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<p data-start="1121" data-end="1384"><em>“But why, in the 21st century, should EU citizens prepare a survival kit? There’s only one explanation: Brussels is preparing for war,“</em> Szijjarto <a href="https://x.com/FM_Szijjarto/status/1905602694372298759" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">wrote</a> in a post on X on Friday. <em>“At a time when there’s finally a real chance for a ceasefire and meaningful peace talks with [President Donald Trump’s] return to office, Brussels is going in the opposite direction, clinging to a failed pro-war policy.”</em></p>
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<p data-start="1386" data-end="1625"><strong data-start="1386" data-end="1625"><em>Why? Because as long as the war continues, pro-war European politicians can avoid taking responsibility for three years of failure, and avoid answering an extremely uncomfortable question: where is the money that was sent to Ukraine?</em></strong></p>
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<p data-start="1627" data-end="1878">EU institutions in Brussels and individual member states have spent over €132 billion over the past three years supporting Kiev, and have pledged an additional €115 billion that has yet to be allocated, according to data from Germany’s Kiel Institute.</p>

            
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<p data-start="1880" data-end="2306">Since taking office, US President Donald Trump has pushed for a diplomatic resolution and sought to recoup what he estimates to be over $300 billion in US taxpayer money that his predecessor <em>“gifted”</em> to Kiev. Washington recently brokered a limited ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia, placing a moratorium on attacks on energy infrastructure. Kiev, however, has repeatedly breached the ceasefire terms, according to Moscow.</p>
<p data-start="2308" data-end="2707">Despite the ongoing peace process, the EU has continued to push a hawkish agenda. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen recently unveiled an €800 billion plan to ramp up military spending through loans.</p>

            
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<p data-start="2709" data-end="3043">Meanwhile, France and the UK continue to advocate for the deployment of a military contingent to Ukraine. Speaking after a summit in Paris on Thursday, French President Emmanuel Macron announced that a so-called <em>“coalition of the willing”</em> will seek to deploy a <em>“reassurance force”</em> to Ukraine after a peace deal with Russia is reached.</p>
<p data-start="3045" data-end="3393">The proposal to send troops has already been rejected by several EU members. The <em>“coalition of the willing”</em> – a phrase originally coined by the US in 2003 to describe countries backing the invasion of Iraq – now mostly refers to states that have pledged to continue supporting Kiev militarily, without necessarily committing to troop deployments.</p>

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<p>The death toll from a <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/3/29/myanmar-thailand-earthquake-live-over-1000-killed-rescue-efforts-ongoing">huge earthquake that hit Myanmar and Thailand</a> has surpassed 1,600, Myanmar’s military government has said on state television, as rescuers dig through the rubble of collapsed buildings in a desperate search for survivors.</p>
<p>The statement from the military government confirmed 1,644 dead and more than 3,400 injured, with at least 139 people still missing after the magnitude 7.7 earthquake.</p>

<p>Mandalay was hit heavily; it is Myanmar’s second-largest city and close to the <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/3/28/magnitude-7-7-earthquake-in-myanmar-tremors-felt-in-thailand-all-we-know">epicentre of the quake.</a></p>
<p>“It was a pretty uncomfortable night for lots of people. They chose to sleep outside. We saw them in parks putting mattresses outside their homes,” Al Jazeera’s Tony Cheng reported from the capital, Naypyidaw.</p>
<p>“There were still aftershocks, several we felt this morning. They were not significantly large ones, but enough to make people feel uncomfortable returning into built-up structures,” he added.</p>
<p>Humanitarian operations in Myanmar have been badly hindered by damaged roads and infrastructure, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Saturday.</p>
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<p>The earthquake severely damaged critical infrastructure, including major bridges and roads, making it difficult for humanitarian operations to access areas in need, OCHA said.</p>
<p>“Damage to the Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw-Mandalay expressway led to service disruptions, with cracks and surface distortions forcing highway buses to halt operations”, the UN agency said in a statement.</p>
<p>“Infrastructure such as roads, bridges, and buildings were affected, leading to casualties and injuries among civilians. Search and rescue operations are currently being carried out in the affected areas,” Myanmar’s military also noted.</p>
<p>To facilitate earthquake relief efforts, the country’s shadow National Unity Government, which coordinates the popular struggle against the ruling military, announced a two-week unilateral partial ceasefire starting Sunday in earthquake-affected areas.</p>
<p>An announcement issued Saturday night said its armed wing, the People’s Defence Force (PDF), would “collaborate with the U.N. and non-governmental organizations to ensure security, transportation, and the establishment of temporary rescue and medical camps,” in the areas it controls.</p>

<p>In the Thai capital, Bangkok – located 1,000km (620 miles) from the epicentre in Myanmar, about 10 more deaths have been confirmed.</p>
<p>The shallow magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck northwest of the city of Sagaing in central Myanmar in the early afternoon on Friday, followed minutes later by a magnitude 6.7 aftershock.</p>
<p>The quake destroyed buildings, downed bridges, and buckled roads across swaths of Myanmar, and due to patchy communications in remote areas, many believe the true scale of the disaster has yet to emerge.</p>
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<p>Harry Roberts, a volunteer with the international disaster relief charity Shelterbox, said the situation in Myanmar was likely to be “very complex” and “really serious” considering the government’s rare appeal for international help.</p>
<p>“That request must trickle down to immigration and customs, so nongovernmental organisations like ourselves can get the immediate aid in there,” Roberts said.</p>
<p>“At this stage, it’s largely about gathering information and assessing the accessibility into the country.”</p>
<p>Rescuers in Bangkok laboured through the night on Friday, searching for workers trapped when a 30-storey skyscraper under construction collapsed, reduced in seconds to a pile of rubble and twisted metal by the force of the shaking.</p>
<figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3609475" data-sanitized-id="attachment_3609475" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" src="https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Interactive_Myanmar-Earthquake_Mar29_2025-02-1743234026.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C962" alt="Interactive_Myanmar Earthquake_Mar29_UPDATE" data-sanitized-class="size-arc-image-770 wp-image-3609475"><figcaption data-sanitized-id="caption-attachment-3609475" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption-text">[Al Jazeera]</figcaption></figure><p>Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said about 10 people had been confirmed killed across the city, most in the skyscraper collapse. But up to 100 workers were still unaccounted for at the building site, close to the Chatuchak weekend market that is a magnet for tourists.</p>
<p>“We are doing our best with the resources we have because every life matters,” Chadchart told reporters at the scene.</p>
<p>“Our priority is acting as quickly as possible to save them all,” the governor said.</p>
<p>Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan, reporting from the site of the skyscraper collapse, said people in Bangkok were not used to having earthquakes.</p>
<p>“There have been more than 70 aftershocks in the last 24 hours,” he said.</p>
<p>“While they haven’t really been felt here in Bangkok, each report gets people very, very nervous. People are incredibly nervous that this might happen again.”</p>
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<p>Bangkok city authorities said they would deploy more than 100 engineers to inspect buildings for safety across the city after receiving more than 2,000 reports of damage.</p>

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<p>Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolence to Myanmar's leader Min Aung Hlaing on Saturday over the deadly earthquake that struck Myanmar.</p>
<p>In his message, Xi expressed shock at the heavy casualties and property losses caused by the earthquake.</p>
<p>On behalf of the Chinese government and the Chinese people, he extended condolences to the families of the deceased and sincere sympathy to those injured and affected by the disaster.</p>
<p>Noting that China and Myanmar are a community with a shared future through thick and thin and the two peoples enjoy deep "pauk-phaw" friendship, Xi said China is ready to provide Myanmar with the assistance it needs to support the people in the affected areas to overcome the disaster and rebuild their homes as soon as possible.</p>
<p>On the same day, Chinese Premier Li Qiang also extended condolences to Min Aung Hlaing.</p>
<p>A magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck Myanmar on Friday afternoon, according to Myanmar's State Administration Council.</p>
<p>Official reports indicated that the earthquake caused power outages and disrupted mobile networks, with some areas of Yangon experiencing no mobile signal. Many buildings were damaged, and rescue operations are underway.</p>
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<p><strong>Islamabad, Pakistan –</strong> On a pleasant February afternoon in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, the sound of strumming guitars fills a small bedroom in a two-storey home that houses tenants from neighbouring Afghanistan.</p>
<p>A flight of slippery marble stairs leads to the room on the first floor, where the bright rays of the sun enter through the window and bounce off the musical instruments, which belong to four young guitarists.</p>

<p>These guitarists – 18-year-old Yasemin aka Jellybean, 16-year-old Zakia, 14-year-old Shukriya, and seven-year-old Uzra – are Afghan refugees who, with their families, fled the country after the Taliban returned to power in August 2021.</p>
<p>Yasemin and Uzra are sisters, as are Zakiya and Shukriya. This is where Yasemin and Uzra are now living with their family.</p>
<p>The bedroom is where the girls spend hours at a stretch practicing and jamming from Saturday to Thursday. Friday is their weekly day off.</p>
<p>On the day Al Jazeera visits, the girls are busy tuning their guitars. They tease one another as they strum squeaky, off-key chords in between.</p>
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<p>Dressed in a grey sweatshirt, her head covered with a black scarf, Yasemin is the group’s lead guitarist and a fan of Blues legend BB King and Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour. “I really want to see and produce music with him,” says Yasemin on her dream to meet Gilmour, before crooning a track by King.</p>
<p>As she tunes her sturdy wooden guitar with her dependable red pick, Yasemin turns towards her bandmates and guides them in adjusting theirs.</p>
<figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3606349" data-sanitized-id="attachment_3606349" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" src="https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2-Yasemin-aka-Jellybean-1743086761.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C578" alt="Afghan guitar girls" data-sanitized-class="size-arc-image-770 wp-image-3606349"><figcaption data-sanitized-id="caption-attachment-3606349" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption-text">Yasemin – aka Jellybean – sets the strings of her guitar before playing a tune at her home in Islamabad, Pakistan on February 14, 2025 [Rabia Mushtaq/Al Jazeera]</figcaption></figure><p>The girls learned to play the guitar at Miraculous Love Kids, a music school for children in Kabul set up in 2016 by Lanny Cordola, a rock musician from California. The girls, whose first language is Dari, also learned to speak basic English from Cordola in Kabul, where they attended regular school as well.</p>
<p>Their world was turned upside down when the Taliban re-took power on August 15, 2021, after 20 years. The girls were afraid to step outside their homes following a spate of restrictions imposed on women. Cordola, who left Kabul for Islamabad the day the Taliban returned to power, began hatching plans to pluck his students and their families out of Afghanistan so the girls could continue to pursue their music dreams.</p>
<p>After months of lobbying donors for funding and negotiating with agents who promised to help the families escape, Cordola finally managed to get seven of his students out, to Islamabad, in April 2022. Even as he continued to teach them there, Cordola worked towards eventually resettling them and their families in the United States, which had announced a programme to take in Afghan allies and refugees who wanted to flee Taliban rule.</p>
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<p>Three of the seven girls were relocated to the US over the past few months. Yasemin, Zakia, Shukriya and Uzra – and their families – were supposed to fly on February 5.</p>
<p>“It felt like we had everything in place. They [the US government] did all their medical tests, vetting, screening and interviews. We had the date,” says Cordola.</p>
<p>Then Donald Trump took office.</p>
<p>Almost immediately, Trump issued a series of executive orders, including one that suspended all refugee programmes for 90 days. “Now, it is all new again,” Cordola says, adding that the “devastating” move has postponed the relocation plans “indefinitely”.</p>
<p>But things would get even worse.</p>
<p>On March 7, the Pakistani government announced its own plans to deport all Afghan nationals, even those with proper documentation, back to their country by June 30.</p>
<p>For those Afghan refugees hoping to relocate to a Western country – like Yasemin, Zakia, Shukriya and Uzra – the deadline to leave Pakistan is even more imminent: Islamabad has said it will begin deporting them on April 1.</p>
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<p>To gather at Yasemin and Uzra’s house for practice, Cordola picks Zakia and Shukirya up in a van from their home a few blocks away.</p>
<p>“We practise for about three to four hours,” says Cordola.</p>
<p>In a floral lilac dress and a white headscarf, Zakia’s slender fingers hit the chords on her guitar, which bears her initial, Z. She taps her feet to match the rhythm – Chris Martin of Coldplay is her favourite musician.</p>
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<p>Her younger sister, Shukriya, sporting a double braid with two strands of hair resting on her rosy cheeks, is fond of American musician Dave Matthews, but also has a soft spot for South Korean band BTS and its singer, RM.</p>
<p>“RM is my favourite. I like his dancing and rapping… it’s beautiful,” says Shukriya, as her teacher, Cordola, shakes his head in disbelief – and gentle disapproval.</p>
<p>Uzra, Yasemin’s younger sister, wears a lime-coloured sport watch on her left wrist, a sequinned teddy bear sweatshirt and black, patterned trousers, as she grips her smaller guitar. She struggles to climb on to the chair, then breaks into soft, husky vocals. “She is a normal seven-year-old in a lot of ways. But when she is in the studio, she is very, very focused. I can’t joke with her when she is in there,” says Cordola about his youngest student.</p>
<p>Then Cordola joins them in the jam session, strumming his black guitar. The girls nod in tandem and break into “Girl with a Guitar”, their own original, instrumental song.</p>
<p>Practice ends at 1pm, and the girls go about the rest of their day – having lunch, praying, helping their mothers with chores and spending time with their families.</p>
<p>Uzra, Yasemin says, is friends with the neighbours’ child, and always finds ways to step out of the house to play with her. Almost on cue, the little guitarist dashes out of the room.</p>
<figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3606339" data-sanitized-id="attachment_3606339" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" src="https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/9-Guitar-pick-1743086585.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C1027" alt="Afghan guitar girls" data-sanitized-class="size-arc-image-770 wp-image-3606339"><figcaption data-sanitized-id="caption-attachment-3606339" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption-text">A custom guitar pick featuring the band’s original track, ‘Girl with a Guitar’ [Rabia Mushtaq/Al Jazeera]</figcaption></figure><h2 data-sanitized-id="turning-unstoppable">Turning ‘Unstoppable’</h2>
<p>On days when the girls manage to find some leisure time for themselves while the sun is still out, they and their siblings visit Islamabad’s parks and amusement spaces with their teacher.</p>
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<p>Cordola picks them up in his white Suzuki high roof, and they head out to the popular picnic spot Daman-e-Koh in the Margalla Hills or a tourist favourite, Pakistan Monument on the Shakarparian Hills.</p>
<p>The green F-9 Park is also a favourite. There, Zakia sits on its fresh, dewy grass while Uzra enjoys swaying to and fro on the swings. Shukriya is dreaming of visiting a nearby food street, where she’s hoping for a treat – pani puri, soup, ice cream and the classic samosa. Yasemin says she’s a fan of rice and loves eating daal chawal (lentils with rice). To Zakia, chicken biryani and pani puri are the best food that Pakistan has to offer.</p>
<p>But music is what makes the girls happiest – and is what made it possible for them to connect with multiple Grammy-nominated Australian singer and songwriter Sia.</p>
<p>After they recorded a rendition of her female empowerment anthem, Unstoppable, in 2024, the Aussie vocalist sent the girls a special message praising their talent.</p>
<p>“Thank you so much for singing ‘Unstoppable’ and for your support. I love you so much. I love you so much. I really feel for what you’re going through,” she said in a video message to the girls.</p>
<p>The video of Sia’s track is shot with the girls singing against the backdrop of lush green parks and atop the Shakarparian Hills. The music was recorded at the studio of Pakistani record producer Sarmad Ghafoor, a friend of Cordola’s. The song was released on March 18.</p>
<p>At the time they recorded the song, three girls from Cordola’s Kabul school who have now moved to the US were also with Yasemin, Zakia, Shukriya and Uzra in Islamabad.</p>
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<p>“We had to change our costumes in between the shoot and it was challenging to do it at the locations, but we managed to do it by covering up for each other and also having fun the whole time,” recalls Shukriya.</p>
<p>When Sia reacted to their performance in a video message for them, the girls couldn’t believe it.</p>
<p>“She is someone who didn’t need to make a video for us, but she did. She is a really kind and inspirational woman,” says Yasemin. “She spoke with her heart and gave us a lot of hope. Sometimes we lose hope and think that we won’t be able to do what we want to do in life. But her powerful words really inspired and motivated us.”</p>
<figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3606371" data-sanitized-id="attachment_3606371" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" src="https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/10-video-of-Guitar-Girls-singing-1743087115.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C578" alt="Afghan guitar girls" data-sanitized-class="size-arc-image-770 wp-image-3606371"><figcaption data-sanitized-id="caption-attachment-3606371" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption-text">Cordola shows on his laptop an unreleased music video of the girls singing a rendition of Sia’s track, Unstoppable, in Islamabad, Pakistan [Rabia Mushtaq/Al Jazeera]</figcaption></figure><h2 data-sanitized-id="selling-candy-to-strumming-a-guitar">Selling candy to strumming a guitar</h2>
<p>Nothing about Yasemin’s life today resembles what it did seven years ago, when she first met Cordola.</p>
<p>At his school, Cordola “wanted to focus on girls’ education and rights”, he says. “It’s education through the arts.” He convinced the parents of several children who worked on the streets, especially those of girls, to allow them at his music school.</p>
<p>He first met Yasemin at a park where she sold candy and chewing gum, while her father washed cars nearby.</p>
<p>“I was 11 years old when I first met Mr Lanny in 2017,” Yasemin recalls. “I first saw Mr Lanny in the park with a lot of children. At the time, I did not talk to him because I was very shy and also afraid of seeing people gathered in one place. The fear of an explosion in such a space was always in my mind.”</p>
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<p>Eventually, Cordola reached out to her through another girl, gave her 150 Afghanis ($2.11) and asked her to visit the music school with her father. “I was hesitant at first, but a friend named Yalda was already going to the school, so I went to Miraculous with her. When I held the guitar for the first time there, it felt zabardast (awesome),” she recalls.</p>
<p>Yasemin’s father initially didn’t want her to join the music school, worried about how it would be viewed in the conservative Afghan society. “But later when he got familiar with Mr Lanny, he agreed to it,” she says.</p>
<p>Cordola recalls that Yasemin’s father gave in when he learned that his daughter would not need to work in the park any more. “I gave a monthly stipend to the children who did well at the school,” he says.</p>
<figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3606380" data-sanitized-id="attachment_3606380" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" src="https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/5-Uzra-1743087319.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C660" alt="Afghan guitar girls" data-sanitized-class="size-arc-image-770 wp-image-3606380"><figcaption data-sanitized-id="caption-attachment-3606380" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption-text">Little Uzra holds her small guitar as she practises a tune at her home in Islamabad, Pakistan [Rabia Mushtaq/Al Jazeera]</figcaption></figure><p>Fauzia, Yasemin and Uzra’s mother, was happy when her daughter began studying music. “I felt good because [through the guitar] she [Yasemin] wanted to depend on herself for her future. Now, I feel proud that she is not only doing this for herself but also for those who need support.”</p>
<p>She was nicknamed Jellybean by Cordola after being confused with another girl with the same name at the Kabul school. “When Mr Lanny called our name ‘Yasemin’, both of us would respond to him. This caused a lot of confusion,” she chuckles.</p>
<p>In the same neighbourhood in which Yasemin and her father worked, Zakia and her father used to sell sunflower seeds. Cordola gave Zakia a visiting card and told her to visit the music school with her father, 52-year-old Muhammad Sabir.</p>
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<p>“The next day, I went there with my father to Miraculous. There, I saw the guitars and other girls playing it. I really liked it. Initially, my mother didn’t allow me because she was sceptical and scared about Mr Lanny. But I insisted on trying my luck. After I went there, I began practising the guitar and drawing, and never went back to the hill to work again,” says Zakia.</p>
<p>Shukriya, who first visited the school with her elder sibling out of curiosity, was so fascinated by the guitars that she too soon joined Cordola’s growing class.</p>
<p>Their father, Cordola recalls, was excited at the idea of sending his daughters to his music school. “Zakia’s father was smiling when I first met him. He asked, ‘Can we come now?’ But I told him to come the next day. He came the next day and said, ‘this is great.’”</p>
<p>A tall Sabir smiles as he recalls that time. Sitting at his residence in Islamabad, he says he was “happy for the children and supported them to play the guitar”.</p>
<p>“I liked music myself before I even met Mr Lanny,” says Sabir. “When the opportunity came, I didn’t want my daughters to lose it. It was for their better future.”</p>
<p>It all changed with the Taliban’s return.</p>
<figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3606385" data-sanitized-id="attachment_3606385" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" src="https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/3-Zakia-1743087444.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C1027" alt="Afghan Guitar girls" data-sanitized-class="size-arc-image-770 wp-image-3606385"><figcaption data-sanitized-id="caption-attachment-3606385" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption-text">Zakia, 16, from Kabul, plays her guitar while practising in Islamabad, Pakistan on February 14, 2025 [Rabia Mushtaq/Al Jazeera]</figcaption></figure><h2 data-sanitized-id="escaping-the-taliban-and-waiting-on-pakistan">Escaping the Taliban – and waiting on Pakistan</h2>
<p>Suddenly, the girls were afraid to leave their homes following a spate of restrictions imposed on women. “When the situation in Afghanistan worsened, I told the girls not to use it (the guitar). The Taliban don’t allow music and consider it haram (forbidden). I hid Shukriya’s small guitar and broke Zakia’s because it was bigger,” says Sabir.</p>
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<p>Yasemin recalls one time when she stepped out to go to the bazaar.</p>
<p>“I wasn’t wearing a mask and the Taliban pointed a gun at me asking me to wear it right there and then,” she says, referring to a face veil. “It was really hard, especially for women in Afghanistan.”</p>
<p>Cordola, meanwhile, worked with donors to raise money to get passports made for the families of his students, and to hire guides to bring them to the border – and then across into Pakistan.</p>
<p>After many false starts, the seven girls and their families finally made it to Pakistan in April 2022. Today, Cordola funds their rent, expenses – and the girls’ guitars – through donations.</p>
<p>But all of those efforts now appear at risk.</p>
<p>In recent years, Pakistan has stepped up its deportation of Afghan refugees – some of whom have spent most or all of their lives in Pakistan.</p>
<p>Pakistan deported 842,429 Afghan refugees, per the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), between September 2023 and February 2025.</p>
<p>According to Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about 40,000 Afghans in Pakistan await resettlement after “almost 80,000” were welcomed by different countries. At least 10,000 to 15,000 among the refugees still in Pakistan were cleared for resettlement in the US, according to #AfghanEvac, a coalition of US veterans and advocacy groups, before Trump blocked their move.</p>
<figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3606405" data-sanitized-id="attachment_3606405" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" src="https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/8-Jellybean-reads-poetry-from-diary-of-songs-1743087748.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C846" alt="Afghan guitar girls" data-sanitized-class="size-arc-image-770 wp-image-3606405"><figcaption data-sanitized-id="caption-attachment-3606405" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption-text">Yasemin reads from her diary of songs in the Dari language at her home in Islamabad, Pakistan [Rabia Mushtaq/Al Jazeera]</figcaption></figure><p>Philippa Candler, the country representative of the UNHCR, in a statement said: “Forced return to Afghanistan could place some people at increased risk. We urge Pakistan to continue to provide safety to Afghans at risk, irrespective of their documentation status.”</p>
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<p>Shawn VanDiver, who heads #AfghanEvac, stresses the need for the US government to fulfil its promises. “Our national commitments cannot be conditional and temporary. Countries around the world are never going to trust the word of the US if our presidents can’t be counted on to carry out the commitments they have made,” he says. “This is just outrageous.”</p>
<p>He also has an appeal to the government of Pakistan.</p>
<p>“The 90-day mark [when Trump’s pause on refugee resettlement ends] is around April, so we would like Pakistan to give them [Afghans] a little bit of extra time. We hope they will but we haven’t gotten any positive indications through action, only words. All the action we’re seeing is negative,” says VanDiver.</p>
<p>“If nothing changes these people [Afghans] are in real trouble.”</p>
<p>Asmat Ullah Shah, the Pakistan government’s chief commissioner for Afghan refugees in Islamabad, says Afghan nationals awaiting resettlement hold no legal status as per Pakistani law.</p>
<p>But, he insists, authorities have not taken any action against them because embassies and international organisations have committed to moving them to other countries.</p>
<p>“When problems began to increase, affecting Pakistan’s security, a timeframe was set for these embassies to fulfil their commitments and ensure resettlement. But, some have evaded their promises,” he says.</p>
<p>While a court has given relief until the end of June to some Afghan refugees in Pakistan, that doesn’t cover the four guitarist girls and their families, who don’t have the documentation needed for that temporary reprieve.</p>
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<p>Saeed Husain, a founding member of the Joint Action Committee for Refugees (JAC-R), an advocacy platform for Afghan refugees in Pakistan, blames the crisis on Western countries that had promised to take in Afghan refugees but haven’t processed applications of those still in limbo in countries like Pakistan.</p>
<p>“Their lives have been on pause for the last four years. They haven’t been able to get an education or find jobs,” he says, adding that Pakistan’s move to now send these refugees “back to Afghanistan is essentially giving them a death sentence”.</p>
<figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3606397" data-sanitized-id="attachment_3606397" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" src="https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/4-Shukriya-1743087652.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C1027" alt="Afghan guitar girls" data-sanitized-class="size-arc-image-770 wp-image-3606397"><figcaption data-sanitized-id="caption-attachment-3606397" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption-text">Shukriya strums her guitar during a practice session at Jellybean’s house in Islamabad, Pakistan on February 14, 2025 [Rabia Mushtaq/Al Jazeera]</figcaption></figure><h2 data-sanitized-id="a-letter-to-trump">A letter to Trump</h2>
<p>When they learned about Trump’s pause on refugee entries, and then Pakistan’s plans to deport Afghans, the girls say they couldn’t believe the news.</p>
<p>“We had been disappointed many times after getting hopes of going abroad. We’d be waiting to hear good news, but would then find out that it can’t happen,” Yasemin says. “But the recent news was still very shocking to us.”</p>
<p>The girls and their families know that going back to Afghanistan would likely mean giving up on music for good.</p>
<p>Zakia says she wants to become a professional guitarist. She’s still sad about her father breaking her earlier guitar out of fear it would be found by the Taliban. “That night was very hard for me. I cried a lot,” she says. But after arriving in Pakistan, all the girls received new guitars from their teacher.</p>
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<p>Meanwhile, Shukriya misses going to the music school back home. “I miss the time in Kabul when we played together, talked (to our friends) after practice and ate together,” she says, recalling what she knows she won’t be able to relive if she were to return to Kabul now.</p>
<p>But Cordola and the girls refuse to give up.</p>
<p>The teacher has been reaching out to musicians and people with contacts in the US government to make the relocation possible.</p>
<p>“I am sending out messages to people who can perhaps contact the upper echelons in the American government. The girls have collaborated with some of the most well-known musicians in the US and UK. We are not looking for extra favours, but to get them opportunities,” he says.</p>
<figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3606410" data-sanitized-id="attachment_3606410" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" src="https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/7-Jellybean-strums-guitars-1743087861.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C578" alt="Afghan guitar girls" data-sanitized-class="size-arc-image-770 wp-image-3606410"><figcaption data-sanitized-id="caption-attachment-3606410" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption-text">Yasemin plays the guitar at her home in Islamabad, Pakistan [Rabia Mushtaq/Al Jazeera]</figcaption></figure><p>Cordola says he has also written an open letter to Trump on behalf of the young musicians, urging the US president to allow them into the country.</p>
<p>In his letter, the musician wrote that if the girls are denied the chance to resettle to the US, they will be deported back to Afghanistan, where they will be at risk of being subjected to “imprisonment, and even punishment by death”.</p>
<p>“They are ready to assimilate and contribute. They are not there to take. They want to be a part of the American dream,” he says. “We are willing to go and play a little concert for President Trump if he would be interested.”</p>
<p>The girls, Cordola adds, could also be relocated to other countries that are “willing to welcome them and provide legal and safe residence”, adding that a leading advocate for female Afghan musicians is interested in relocating them to Northern Ireland’s Belfast, a UNESCO-recognised city for its music.</p>
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<p>Most of all, the girls just want to stay together – in whichever part of the world will have them.</p>
<p>“When I’m out of here, it is my dream for all the girls to come together and stand strong on our feet. I can’t do it alone. When all of us girls come together with Mr Lanny at the same place, we will do something,” says Yasemin.</p>
<p>Fauzia, Yasemin and Uzra’s mother, says she is grateful to Pakistan for hosting them. But she knows that the family’s future hinges on Western governments giving them sanctuary soon. “Our lives were at risk in Afghanistan and even in Pakistan there is no peace. Whether it is the US or any other government, we request help for those whose lives are in danger,” she says.</p>
<p>Until then, the girls have their guitars, their music and their dreams to live with.</p>
<p>“Whenever I’m sad, I hold my guitar and forget all of the sadness,” says Yasemin. “It has changed my life.”</p>

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<p><strong><em>Roma oggi collabora con i BRICS in modo selettivo e cauto, temendo le ire di Washington e Bruxelles, ma non può fare a meno di notare come il multipolarismo offra spazi d’azione politica, economica e commerciale</em></strong></p>
<p><strong><span><span><em>Segue nostro</em> </span><a href="https://t.me/SCF_Italiano" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Telegram</a><a href="https://t.me/SCF_Italiano" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img loading="lazy" src="https://strategic-culture.su/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/tlg.jpg" alt="" width="25" height="25" data-sanitized-class="alignnone wp-image-875659"></a><a href="https://t.me/SCF_Italiano" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>.</span></a></span></strong></p>
<p>L’Italia è una potenza mondiale dell’export che vale circa il 40% del PIL nazionale, il 6° esportatore a livello globale con 121.000 imprese esportatrici, di cui circa la metà sono PMI; si tratta di un traino decisivo per la sua economia e per l’equilibrio della bilancia dei pagamenti.</p>
<p>L’Italia si vanta anche di essere la seconda economia al mondo e la prima in Europa per diversificazione merceologica di beni esportati, in pratica in ogni settore.</p>
<p>Tuttavia, l’insistere del Paese verso la geopolitica atlantista sta mostrando le corde e l’Italia arriva da 24 mesi di calo consecutivo della produzione industriale, bassi salari e aumento dei prezzi quali conseguenze delle sanzioni alla Russia, dei dazi alla Cina e della inevitabile recessione della Germania di cui le regioni padane sono strategiche subfornitrici.</p>
<p>Con 623,5 miliardi di euro, l’export italiano nel 2024 ha registrato soltanto una lieve riduzione in valore (-0,4%), risultante da una moderata contrazione nell’area UE e grazie al record dell’export verso i Paesi extra UE, con 305,4 miliardi di euro (+1,2%). Si è registrato un sensibile aumento dell’avanzo commerciale a 54,9 miliardi (+61%) per effetto del calo delle importazioni e della riduzione del deficit energetico.</p>
<p>Nei giorni scorsi, perciò, il Ministero degli Esteri di Roma ha presentato ufficialmente il Piano d’azione per l’export italiano, che ha l’obiettivo di portare il valore delle esportazioni a 700 miliardi di euro entro la fine dell’attuale Legislatura, espandendo la presenza delle aziende tricolori in una serie di economie caratterizzate da alti tassi di crescita e da un forte potenziale di sviluppo per il Made in Italy.</p>
<p>Naturalmente, gli annunciati dazi doganali della Presidenza Trump sono alla base del rinnovato slancio governativo: il surplus commerciale italiano con gli U.S.A. vale 38,8 miliardi di euro, una fetta non indifferente del quale rischia di svanire a causa del protezionismo della Casa Bianca.</p>
<p>Il Piano d’azione si propone invece di accelerare la penetrazione delle esportazioni italiane in mercati ad alto potenziale, individuando quali Paesi emergenti più promettenti in tale chiave: India e Cina; Messico e Brasile (più in generale, Mercosur e America Latina); Turchia; EAU ed Arabia Saudita (più in generale i Paesi del Golfo); Paesi ASEAN (in particolare Thailandia, Vietnam, Indonesia e Filippine); taluni Paesi dell’Africa (in particolare Sudafrica e Algeria), Balcani Occidentali (in particolare Serbia) e Asia Centrale. In molti di questi Paesi sono in corso – o sono stati finalizzati a livello tecnico – negoziati per la conclusione o l’ammodernamento di accordi di libero scambio di ampia portata con l’Unione Europea ma nell’implementazione di questo processo l’Italia non può subordinarsi alle tempistiche della farraginosa diplomazia di Bruxelles.</p>
<p>Se analizziamo, infatti, i dati dell’export italiano nel 2024, constatiamo l’importanza di iniziare finalmente a diversificare i Paesi di destinazione (storicamente Germania e Stati Uniti): Turchia (17,6 mld €, + 23,9%), Emirati Arabi Uniti (7,9 mld €, +19,4%), Messico (6,6 mld €, +7,4%), Arabia Saudita (6,2 mld €, +27,9%), Brasile (5,8 mld €, +8,1%), India (5,2 mld €, +1%), Algeria (2,9 mld €, +2,7%), Sudafrica (2,2 mld €, -0,6%), Paesi ASEAN (10,7 mld €, +10,3%), Vietnam (1,5 mld €, +25,8%), Indonesia (1,2 mld €, -9,9%), Filippine (0,9 mld €, +10,4%), Balcani occidentali (6,5 mld €, +13,4%), Serbia (2,7 mld €, +17,4%) e Asia Centrale (2,16 mld €, +11,3%).</p>
<p>Seppure si tratti di una necessità dovuta a motivazioni meno “nobili” rispetto al passato, la rinnovata attenzione dell’Italia al Sud del Mondo può scoprire ed apprezzare le potenzialità insite in una sana cooperazione con il Gruppo dei BRICS plus.</p>
<p>Questa forte vocazione all’export in una prospettiva orientata sempre più al Sud globale, rende evidente la necessità per l’Italia di lavorare, come ha spesso fatto durante la Prima Repubblica, per una politica globale di pace, mediazione e stabilità, condizioni necessarie per fare affari con tutti e non subire le devastanti conseguenze economiche dei conflitti scatenati o indotti dalla NATO.</p>
<p>L’Italia può ritrovare il suo ruolo tradizionale di ponte tra Oriente ed Occidente, con una forte propensione all’Africa, naturale sbocco geopolitico di un Paese a vocazione mediterranea. Ma per farlo davvero occorrono diverse condizioni.</p>
<p>Innanzitutto bisogna prendere atto dell’esistenza di nuovi strumenti finanziari come il Brics Pay, progetto ambizioso che mira a creare una piattaforma di pagamento digitale multivalutaria che collegherà le infrastrutture finanziarie di Brasile, Russia, India, Cina e Sudafrica e dei nuovi Paesi membri. Quindi, un’alternativa ai sistemi finanziari occidentali come Swift, particolarmente apprezzata proprio dai Paesi africani che negli ultimi anni sono stati gravati dal debito denominato in dollari e dalle fluttuazioni dei tassi di cambio, con un aggravamento dell’inflazione e del peso del debito estero. L’adozione di valute locali o regionali per il commercio all’interno del continente – al contrario – potrebbe ridurre i costi e aumentare la stabilità economica. I Brics stanno investendo in infrastrutture digitali e tecnologie finanziarie che potrebbero portare vantaggi all’Africa se adottate in modo strategico, aiutandola ad evitare le trappole delle vecchie istituzioni finanziarie globali.</p>
<p>Già con il Piano Mattei, l’Italia aveva dimostrato la sua volontà di dedicare maggiore attenzione e un approccio più strutturato nei confronti del Continente africano e in particolare su 6 macrosettori: istruzione e formazione, salute, acqua, agricoltura, energia e infrastrutture, con la possibilità di allacciare collaborazioni congiunte con Pechino (economicamente molto presente in Africa) grazie alle clausole contenute nel Partenariato Strategico Globale Italia-Cina e a strumenti finanziari come i panda bonds (1).</p>
<p>Ciò implica anche un cambiamento di tipo culturale: la fine della logica eurocentrica e della mentalità colonialista occidentale che tanti danni ha arrecato non solo al Sud del mondo ma agli stessi Paesi a sovranità limitata come l’Italia del dopoguerra.</p>
<p>Roma oggi collabora con i BRICS in modo selettivo e cauto, temendo le ire di Washington e Bruxelles, ma non può fare a meno di notare come il multipolarismo offra spazi d’azione politica, economica e commerciale indispensabili nelle dinamiche odierne e non solo in prospettiva futura. Una strategia dell’oscillazione nei rapporti geopolitici le consentirebbe di ritrovare autorevolezza e autonomia nei confronti degli “alleati” tradizionali, i quali tradiscono ormai evidentemente la loro natura predatrice e puramente opportunistica nelle relazioni internazionali.</p>
<p>(1) “Sulla base del memorandum d’intesa sulla cooperazione nei mercati terzi sottoscritto nel 2018, le parti continueranno a offrire sostegno agli elenchi di progetti prioritari concordati e a supportare le rispettive aziende che intendono realizzare progetti di cooperazione in Paesi terzi”.</p>
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<p>Myanmar's powerful magnitude-7.7 earthquake has killed over 1,000 people, with the death toll continuing to rise amid ongoing rescue efforts.</p>
<p>The military government reported on Saturday that 1,002 people have been confirmed dead, 2,376 injured and 30 others are missing.</p>
<p>The earthquake struck midday on Friday, followed by several aftershocks, including one measuring a strong magnitude-6.4.</p>
<p>In Thailand, the quake rocked the greater Bangkok area, leaving six people dead, 26 injured and 47 still missing.</p>
<p>Several countries, including China, Malaysia and Russia, have dispatched rescuers and relief teams.</p>
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<p>Novak Djokovic of Serbia is one win away from a 100th career singles title, after breezing past Grigor Dimitrov of Bulgaria 6-2, 6-3 on Friday to reach the Miami Open men's singles final.</p>
<p>After having his serve broken to start the match, Djokovic quickly settled down, breaking back in the next game and later doing so again to grab a 4-2 advantage on a mis-hit forehand by the 14th-seeded Dimitrov.</p>
<p>The Serbian wrapped up the opener when his Bulgarian opponent's volley sailed long, and he maintained the momentum in the second set to jump out to a 3-0 lead.</p>
<p>Djokovic pounded an unreturnable serve on his second match point to improve to 13-1 in career meetings with Dimitrov.</p>
<p>The fourth seed's serving masterclass in South Florida showed no sign of letting up in the semifinals. He missed just six first serves while pounding five aces and only committing one double fault.</p>
<p>"After that first game, where I don't think I did anything wrong, he just played a phenomenal game to break my serve. I just felt I was in the flow," Djokovic said. "I was playing all the right shots, making him play an extra shot ... overall another great straight-set win to put myself in a fantastic position to fight for a trophy in two days."</p>
<p>The 37-year-old superstar has competed in 307 Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour-level tournaments in his storied career, triumphing in 99. And among the 76 Grand Slams he has entered, the Serbian has won a men's record 24.</p>
<p>American great Jimmy Connors won 109 singles titles during the Open Era while Swiss legend Roger Federer captured 103.</p>
<p>Djokovic will be heavily favored in Sunday's final (against the Czech Republic's Jakub Mensik) to win a seventh Miami Open crown, which would break a tie with Andre Agassi for most titles at the Masters 1000 event.</p>
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<p><strong>As New Delhi accelerates its nuclear program, a legacy of cooperation with Moscow should remain key to its strategy</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>In an era of shifting geopolitics and global climate imperatives, India and Russia stand at the forefront of a nuclear energy revolution. New Delhi has <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/power/india-to-build-five-bharat-nuclear-reactors-with-private-participation-soon-govt/articleshow/119609160.cms?from=mdr">announced</a> that it is planning to build five indigenously-manufactured small modular reactors (SMR) – named Bharat nuclear reactors – in the next few years with the help of private participation. The ambitious plan to generate 100 gigawatts (GW) by 2047 is functional with a 170% increase in the nuclear energy budget in the last decade. </p>
<p>The country’s<a href="https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/Budget_Speech.pdf"> federal budget</a> for the 2025 financial year has laid the groundwork for a nuclear renaissance. This includes a substantial 200 billion rupees ($2.3 billion) allocation for SMR development – India aims to operationalize at least <a href="https://www.indiabudget.gov.in/doc/Budget_Speech.pdf">five indigenous SMRs by 2033</a>, the document states. The budget also proposed reforms to attract private investments, signaling India’s decisive shift towards energy independence. </p>
<p>A crucial aspect of this vision is deepening ties with Russia, India’s most enduring nuclear partner. For Russia, India’s nuclear push presents an opportunity to further cement its position as a pivotal partner in India’s energy future, leveraging decades of successful collaboration.</p>
<h2>Technology partnership</h2>
<p>India and Russia’s nuclear partnership dates to the late 1980s, culminating in the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP), a testament to their shared commitment to peaceful nuclear energy. Rosatom built the 2,000 MW Kudankulam units, with four more reactors under construction, reinforcing Russia’s reputation as a reliable partner.</p>

            
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<p>Russia’s <a href="https://chemindigest.com/rosatom-proposes-smr-technology-transfer-to-india/">Rosatom</a>, already a key player in India’s nuclear landscape, has shown interest in developing SMRs for India’s diverse energy needs, particularly for powering remote regions and decarbonizing heavy industries. With Rosatom’s expertise in floating SMRs like the <a href="https://www.power-technology.com/projects/akademik-lomonosov-nuclear-co-generation-russia/">Akademik Lomonosov</a>, Russia can help India fast-track SMR deployment, bringing flexible and scalable nuclear power to underserved areas.</p>
<p>The Indian government’s push for SMRs aligns seamlessly with Russia’s technological leadership. Russia has pioneered lead-cooled fast reactors and floating nuclear plants, technologies that can address India’s geographic and industrial energy challenges.</p>
<p>India’s key nuclear research body, the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), based in Mumbai, is actively developing Bharat Small Reactors, and Russian design expertise could enhance these efforts. By partnering with Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), Rosatom can ensure safe, efficient reactor deployment while providing training and operational support.</p>
<h2>Sectorial reforms </h2>
<p>Development of India’s nuclear sector has been plagued with a host of regulatory barriers, liability concerns, and geopolitical pressures. The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Act (CLNDA) – enacted in 2010 with a view to provide prompt compensation to the victims for damage caused by a nuclear incident through a no-fault liability regime – deterred private investment. However, New Delhi is now revising liability norms to attract foreign investors. </p>
<p>The CLNDA’s impact on India-Russia collaboration has been limited so far due to the government-to-government (G2G) nature of the projects being implemented. For instance, the KNPP continued under a sovereign framework, with liability provisions addressed through bilateral agreements. This G2G structure shields Russian state entities like Rosatom from direct liability, enabling ongoing cooperation even under existing regulations. However, the reforms could unlock Russian private capital and expedite SMR rollouts.</p>

            
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<p>Furthermore, achieving 100 GW nuclear capacity will require nearly $450 billion investment over the next two decades. To address this, India is exploring public-private partnerships, foreign direct investment, and Sovereign Green Bonds. Russia, with its state-backed nuclear financing models, can help mitigate financial risks, offering concessional loans like those provided for KNPP.</p>
<p>Certainly, Russia is not the only global nuclear industry leader competing for the opportunities in the Indian marker. The US and France are both eager to offer India SMR solutions, with firms like <a href="https://www.nuclearbusiness-platform.com/media/insights/nuclear-power-a-force-multiplier-for-clean-hydrogen-generation-in-india">NuScale</a> and <a href="https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/india-and-france-aim-to-establish-smr-and-amr-partnership">EDF</a> actively promoting their technologies. Yet, concerns over the CLNDA have historically strained negotiations with Western firms, as they sought greater liability protection. Russia’s ability to bypass this hurdle through G2G frameworks gives it a comparative edge in securing long-term nuclear cooperation with India.</p>
<p>Additionally, given public skepticism over nuclear energy projects and potential resistance like in cases of the proposed <a href="https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/jaitapur-nuclear-protests-key-activists-switch-sides-42073">Jaitapur project</a>, Russia’s exemplary safety record and proactive public engagement strategies can serve as a model. By collaborating on transparency initiatives and public outreach programs, India and Russia can jointly build confidence in nuclear energy’s safety and sustainability.</p>
<p><a href="https://pulitzercenter.org/stories/russias-new-empire-nuclear-power">Russia’s approach</a> to post-Fukushima safety enhancements, including passive safety systems and next-generation reactor designs, can inform India’s nuclear policy, ensuring public concerns are addressed with cutting-edge safety protocols.</p>
<h2>Scope for innovation</h2>
<p>India’s leadership in <a href="https://pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1575801">thorium-based reactors</a> and Russia’s advancements in <a href="https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/pilot-fuel-produced-for-mbir-fast-neutron-research">fast neutron reactors</a> create immense potential for joint R&amp;D. The 2025 budget’s <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/india/india-budget-india-proposes-open-up-guarded-nuclear-sector-private-firms-2025-02-01">$2.31 billion nuclear sector R&amp;D pledge</a> could be amplified through deeper Indo-Russian collaboration, accelerating the development of <a href="https://www.barc.gov.in/randd/artnp.html'">molten salt reactors</a> and <a href="https://www.barc.gov.in/randd/artnp.html'">high-temperature gas-cooled reactors</a>.</p>

             
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<p>Additionally, Russia’s expertise in <a href="https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Rosatom-announces-novel-used-fuel-processing-techn">spent fuel reprocessing</a> can help India manage nuclear waste more efficiently, closing the fuel cycle and enhancing long-term sustainability.</p>
<p>Beyond technology and financing, nuclear cooperation strengthens India-Russia geopolitical ties. As BRICS+ nations navigate a multipolar world, energy security becomes a strategic pillar of their partnership. By jointly developing advanced nuclear technologies, India and Russia can lead the Global South’s transition to clean energy, reducing reliance on Western-dominated energy systems.</p>

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<p>China advanced to both the men's and women's quarterfinals at the FIBA 3×3 Basketball Asia Cup in Singapore after wrapping up pool play on Friday.</p>
<p>All four Chinese team members taking part in the men's event – Guo Hanyu, Yan Peng, Zhang Dianliang and Xiang Zhichao – compete in the country's 3×3 Super League. They were drawn into Pool B with Chinese Taipei and India.</p>
<p>China breezed past Chinese Taipei 21-10 in their first game in the afternoon. The second contest in the evening against India was much closer, and the two sides were tied at 17-17 going into the final minute. In the end, Guo scored the game-winner with a two-point jumper for his side. They will face No. 2 seeds Qatar from Pool D in the quarterfinals on Saturday.</p>
<p>On the women's side, China were slotted into the same pool as last year's runners-up New Zealand and South Korea. The team's young roster – Hu Duoling, Li Wenxia, Li Yuyan and Zhou Mengyun – averages less than 23 years of age. They lost to New Zealand by one point, 18-17, in the first game.</p>
<p>In their second contest against South Korea, the Chinese players showed dominance with their size advantage and solid defense under the rim, en route to a 19-12 win. They will meet Vietnam in the quarterfinals.</p>
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<p>After missing out on the automatic spots for the 2026 FIFA World Cup with two brutal losses in qualifying, China now face another tough question: Is this the end of the road or the spark for a historic comeback? This week on Sideline Story, we decode the Chinese team's prospects for 2026. Join us for our unfiltered analysis and fiery debates about Chinese football's win-or-go-home moments.</p>
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<p>The Chengdu stop of 2025 World Games Tour got underway on Friday at Chengdu Sport University's Sancha Lake Campus in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province.</p>
<p>The event serves as a precursor to this year's Chengdu World Games, scheduled for August 7-17, integrating cultural tourism and culinary experiences to engage the public.</p>
<p>On Saturday and Sunday, the Chengdu stop will host competitions across three disciplines and four sub-disciplines: underwater sports (finswimming and freediving), lifesaving (pool) and boules sports (petanque). A total of 122 athletes from 28 countries and regions will vie for 30 gold medals.</p>
<p>The Opening Ceremony at World Expo Park featured breakdancing and martial arts performances blending tradition and modernity. The athletes entered the venue to drumbeats, greeted by cheers from the crowd.</p>
<p>Adhering to World Games standards, the event will also act as a trial run for venue operations ahead of this year's competition. Organizers renovated swimming pools and boules courts, reusing 80 percent of materials through leasing and recycling to align with eco-friendly practices.</p>
<p>This stop of the World Games Tour also highlights Chengdu's cultural offerings, including World Expo Park visits, local cuisine tastings, and sports culture exhibits. The initiative aims to boost tourism spending while also fostering synergy between the city's cultural, athletic and travel sectors.</p>
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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Victor Gao says Pete Hegseth is trying to stir up a confrontation between China and the US, using the Philippines.

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<p>The Chinese government has decided to provide emergency humanitarian assistance of 100 million yuan (about $13.78 million) for earthquake-ravaged Myanmar and sent two rescue teams, along with urgently needed relief supplies like tents, blankets, first aid kits, food, drinking water, etc., said Li Ming, spokesperson for China International Development Cooperation Agency, on Saturday.</p>
<p>The first team arrived in Yangon on Saturday, Li said, adding that China will provide more assistance to Myanmar as per its needs.</p>
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<p><strong>The Cabinet Committee on Security has greenlit a $7.3bn order for 156 light combat helicopters for the army and air force</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>India has greenlit the procurement of 156 Light Combat Helicopters (LCH) along with training and other associated equipment worth over 620 billion rupees ($7.3 billion). The country’s biggest-ever defense deal was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Security on Friday and later signed by the Ministry of Defence, according to an official statement. </p>
<p>The helicopters will be supplied by the state-run defense manufacturer Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The Indian Army will receive 90 helicopters, while 66 will be delivered to the country’s air force (IAF).</p>
<p>The LCH Prachand is reportedly the only attack helicopter in the world capable of taking off and landing at an altitude of 5,000 meters (16,400 ft). This feature makes it well-suited for operations in the sensitive areas bordering Pakistan and China, including regions such as the Siachen glacier and mountainous Eastern Ladakh.</p>
<p>Additionally, the Prachand can fire various air-to-ground and air-to-air missiles, enabling it to effectively neutralize enemy air defense systems. The helicopters are equipped to carry out both air-to-air and air-to-ground operations. They can also support network-centric warfare with advanced communications and data-sharing systems.</p>

            <blockquote data-sanitized-class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Ministry of Defence has signed a contract with Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for supply of 156 Light Combat Helicopters (LCH), Prachand, along with training and other associated equipment worth Rs. 62,700 crore. The first contract is for supply of 66 LCHs to the Indian Air… <a href="https://t.co/XZhDWNAFkX">pic.twitter.com/XZhDWNAFkX</a></p>— रक्षा मंत्री कार्यालय/ RMO India (@DefenceMinIndia) <a href="https://twitter.com/DefenceMinIndia/status/1905638657496879341?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2025</a></blockquote> 
    

<p>The formal induction of the light combat helicopter into the air force took place in October 2022. Before this new deal, the government had approved the production of 15 LCHs. Of those, 10 were for the IAF and 5 were for the army.</p>
<p>The LCH project was started after the Kargil conflict in 1999, which exposed the need for a combat helicopter capable of operating at extreme altitudes. HAL developed the helicopter to meet this requirement, and the latest deal would be the biggest order for the company far. The warbirds would be built at their plants in Bengaluru and Tumkur in Karnataka.</p>
<p>The new order is seen as a major boost for domestic defense manufacturing under the <em>“Make in India”</em> initiative promoted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. </p>

             
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<p>India’s Defense Acquisition Council has earlier this month granted initial approval for arms and<a href="https://www.rt.com/india/614591-india-greenlights-major-weapons-purchase/"> equipment purchases exceeding 540 billion rupees </a>($6.26 billion), aimed at strengthening the country’s military capabilities. The proposed acquisitions include upgraded engines for the Indian Army’s Russian-made T-90 battle tanks, additional anti-submarine torpedoes for the Navy, and airborne early warning and control systems for the Air Force. India’s Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) has also recently approved a $823 million deal to buy over 300 domestically-developed 155mm howitzers, or Advanced Towed Artillery Gun Systems (ATAGS).</p>

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<p>Scattered across the southern Chinese countryside stand over 500 remarkable watchtowers, forming the most concentrated cluster of these historic fortresses in China. Built a century ago to defend against bandits and floods, they once stood as symbols of resilience and protection.</p>
<p>Today, a new generation is reimagining their legacy, finding innovative ways to preserve and revitalize these architectural treasures. What inspires them to dedicate themselves to rural heritage conservation? And how are they breathing new life into ancient architecture? Join us as we uncover the stories behind China's hidden fortresses.</p>
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<p>At least four police officers and two suspected rebels have been killed during a gun battle in the India-administered territory of Jammu and Kashmir.</p>
<p>The Indian army’s Rising Star Corps said on social media on Saturday morning that “relentless operations” had led to the “elimination of two terrorists” – a term usually referring to rebels opposed to Indian rule in Kashmir.</p>

<p data-sanitized-class="p1">“We have recovered bodies of three policemen and have also spotted the body of another cop and two militants lying in the forest,” the official, who did not want to be named because he was not authorised to speak to the media, told the Reuters news agency.</p>
<p data-sanitized-class="p1">Arms and ammunition, including two grenades, a bulletproof jacket, empty shells and some magazines of assault rifles were also recovered from the area, the official said.</p>
<p>For decades, rebel groups have fought security officials in the region, resulting in a death toll in the thousands. But in recent years, violence has tapered off.</p>
<p>Still, according to government data, at least 14 security personnel were killed in such fighting in the first half of 2024, and at least 30 were killed in 2023.</p>
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<p>The latest bout of fighting in the region began on Thursday in the forested area near the city of Kathua in the southern region of Jammu, near India’s border with Pakistan, after a police foot patrol was ambushed while searching for fighters, police chief Nalin Prabhat told reporters on Friday night.</p>
<p>The police chief accused the rebels, who were believed to have escaped a cordon by security forces four days earlier, of being from Pakistan, without elaborating.</p>
<p>“We will not sleep till we stop such activities of our neighbour,” Prabhat said, referring to Pakistan.</p>
<figure aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3609414" data-sanitized-id="attachment_3609414" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img data-recalc-dims="1" loading="lazy" src="https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/2025-03-28T164834Z_1291745540_RC2FMDAY0IN9_RTRMADP_3_INDIA-KASHMIR-1743229152.jpg?w=770&amp;resize=770%2C513" alt="Police officers place wreaths on the coffins containing the bodies of their colleagues" data-sanitized-class="size-arc-image-770 wp-image-3609414"><figcaption data-sanitized-id="caption-attachment-3609414" data-sanitized-class="wp-caption-text">Police officers place wreaths on coffins containing the bodies of their colleagues during a wreath-laying ceremony in the Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir, on March 28, 2025 [Reuters]</figcaption></figure><p>The Muslim-majority Kashmir has been at the core of more than 70 years of hostility between India and Pakistan, with both countries claiming complete control over the region.</p>
<p>But India regularly accuses Pakistan of pushing fighters across the heavily militarised unofficial border in Kashmir to attack Indian security forces.</p>
<p>However, Pakistan denies the allegations, saying it only supports Kashmir’s fight for self-determination.</p>
<p>Rebel groups have also been fighting for decades to demand either independence for Kashmir or to merge with Pakistan.</p>
<p>But since 2019, the region has bubbled in anger after New Delhi ended Kashmir’s semi-autonomy and <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025/2/19/police-in-disputed-kashmir-raid-bookstores-seizing-books">curbed dissent</a>, civil liberties and media freedoms while at the same time increasing counterinsurgency operations.</p>
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<p>In November last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi backed the decision to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s partial autonomy after the territory’s newly elected lawmakers sought restoration.</p>
<p>“Only the constitution of Babasaheb Ambedkar will operate in Kashmir … No power in the world can restore <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/12/11/whats-article-370-what-to-know-about-india-top-court-verdict-on-kashmir">Article 370 (</a>partial autonomy) in Kashmir,” Modi said, referring to one of the founding fathers of the Indian constitution.</p>
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<p>In Zhanjiang, a lion dance-themed cafe has captured the eyes and taste buds of visitors. Located in the tourist-favored Chikan District, the cafe cleverly combines lion dance elements with its decorations and menu. With retro interior designs that celebrate folk culture, the place has many picturesque corners. Grab a cup and step onto the cafe's second floor, and you can enjoy the views of ancient streets. It's a relaxing place to enjoy a drink and soak up local culture.</p>
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<p><strong>The push for peace is yielding progress but “there’s a lot of ill will between the parties,” according to the US president</strong></p>
            
                        
            <p>US President Donald Trump has said that diplomatic efforts to end the Ukraine conflict are gaining ground but warned that the opposing sides view each other with deep resentment.</p>
<p>Speaking to reporters on Friday, the US leader stressed the desire to put an end to hostilities, claiming that Ukraine and Russia are <em>“losing 2,500… young men… every single week.”</em><br><em></em></p>
<p><em>“I think we're making progress, but there's a lot of ill will between the parties,”</em> he said.</p>
<p>US Vice President JD Vance echoed the remarks during his visit to Greenland, stating, <em>“we’ve obviously got this energy infrastructure ceasefire [between Russia and Ukraine]; we’ve got a Black Sea commercial ceasefire that I think is almost done, and once we get there, we’ll work on the next stage of the ceasefire.”</em></p>

            
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<p>His comments come as Russia and the US have engaged in active talks aimed at restoring bilateral ties and halting hostilities between Moscow and Kiev. On March 18, Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed a potential ceasefire and agreed to a 30-day pause in strikes targeting energy infrastructure.</p>
<p>However, Russia has accused Ukraine of violating the deal on numerous occasions. Moscow has signaled that it plans to adhere to the moratorium but warned of a potential symmetrical response to Kiev if it continues to breach the agreement.</p>
<p>Additional negotiations between Russian and US delegations took place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia this week. The meetings focused on restoring the 2022 grain deal, which secured Ukrainian food exports via the Black Sea.</p>
<p>While Moscow has agreed to this in principle, it will only accept a maritime ceasefire if the West lifts its sanctions on Russian Agricultural Bank and other financial institutions involved in the sale of food and fertilizers, which would entail reconnecting them to the SWIFT payment system.</p>
<p>The EU, however, has rejected the demand, maintaining that sanctions will remain in place until Russia withdraws its troops from all territories claimed by Ukraine. In this vein, European Commission Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Anitta Hipper stressed that <em>“the EU’s main focus remains to maximize pressure on Russia, using all tools available.”</em></p>

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<p>Across history, architectural styles in China and Cambodia have developed notable similarities, particularly in traditional dwellings. From Khmer villages in Cambodia to ethnic groups like the Dong and Dai in China, stilt houses – elevated wooden structures – stand as a testament to human ingenuity in adapting to the environment.</p>
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<p>In Cambodia, where the climate is hot and humid with extended rainy seasons and frequent flooding, locals have long built their homes on stilts. This design helps mitigate flood damage while promoting airflow, making living conditions more comfortable despite the heat and humidity.</p>
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<p>Similarly, on China's Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, stilt dwellings – known as ganlan houses – address the region's heavy rainfall and damp conditions. The elevated structures not only prevent moisture from seeping into living spaces but also provide room underneath for livestock and storage. The practicality of both architectural styles highlights a shared wisdom in responding to nature's challenges.</p>
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<p>Stilt houses are seen along the Siem Reap River in Cambodia. /VCG</p>
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<p>The resemblance between Cambodia's stilt houses and China's ganlan homes may also be linked to historical trade routes, such as the Maritime Silk Road. Trade and cultural exchanges helped to spread not only goods but also architectural techniques and ways of life.</p>
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<p>From the farm to the table, a single head of cabbage connects the dining traditions of two countries. For over 20 years, South Korean chef "Youlai Mama" has been running a Korean restaurant in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, using food as a bridge to connect people and foster friendship between China and South Korea.</p>
<p><em>The video and article have been contributed by HiQingdao.</em></p>
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<p>From the farm to the table, a single head of cabbage connects the dining traditions of two countries. For over 20 years, South Korean chef "Youlai Mama" has been running a Korean restaurant in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, using food as a bridge to connect people and foster friendship between China and South Korea.</p>
<p><em>The video and article have been contributed by HiQingdao.</em></p>
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<p>A small pond reflects the Chinese-style buildings and vegetation in Liang's Garden on March 24, 2025. /CGTN</p>
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<p data-sanitized-class="title">A small pond reflects the Chinese-style buildings and vegetation in Liang's Garden on March 24, 2025. /CGTN</p>
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<p data-sanitized-class="title">The artistically designed landscape of Liang's Garden is seen in Foshan, Guangdong Province on March 24, 2025. /CGTN</p>
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<p data-sanitized-class="title">The artistically designed landscape of Liang's Garden is seen in Foshan, Guangdong Province on March 24, 2025. /CGTN</p>
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<p data-sanitized-class="title">Plaster carvings are seen at Liang's Garden in Foshan, Guangdong Province on March 24, 2025. /CGTN</p>
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<p data-sanitized-class="title">An elegant pavilion, a bridge and rockeries are seen at Liang's Garden in Foshan, Guangdong Province on March 24, 2025. /CGTN</p>
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<p>Liang's Garden, nestled in Foshan, Guangdong Province, showcases typical Lingnan architectural styles. Built two centuries ago during the Qing Dynasty, it once served as the former residence of the prominent Liang family in Foshan.</p>
<p>Renowned for its elegant pavilions, winding corridors, and exquisite rockeries, the garden underwent reconstruction in 1994 by local authorities. Since then, it has emerged as a well-known cultural tourist destination.</p>
<p>The layout of Liang's Garden is meticulously planned with a harmonious blend of structures and landscape, perfectly encapsulating the essence of southern Chinese architecture.</p>
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<p>Here is the situation on Saturday, March 29, 2025:</p>
<p><strong>Fighting</strong></p>

<ul><li>Four people were killed in a Russian drone attack on Friday in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro. The regional governor said 19 people were injured and a large fire broke out in a hotel and restaurant complex that consumed a high-rise apartment building and 10 homes.</li>
<li>Ukraine’s military said its air force had struck a border post in Russia’s Bryansk region, destroying infrastructure it said was used for drone launches. The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said in a statement that the attack was in response to “dozens of daily strikes by attack drones”.</li>
<li>Ukrainian troops have staged an incursion into Russia’s Belgorod region, according to Russian military bloggers. Kyiv and Moscow have not confirmed it but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told reporters on Friday that his military had taken “certain steps” in Russia outside the Kursk region in an effort to ease pressure on Ukrainian troops.</li>
<li>The Russian Ministry of Defence said on Friday its forces had recaptured the village of Hoholivka, one of a handful of villages still held by Ukraine of about 100 seized last August. Ukraine’s General Staff said it had stopped 18 Russian assaults in Kursk over the past day.</li>
<li>Ukraine’s military said it shot down 89 of 163 Russian drones launched overnight with 51 failing to reach their targets due to technical issues.</li>
<li>The Russian Defence Ministry claimed to have shot down 19 Ukrainian drones that tried to strike an oil refinery in Saratov.</li>
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<p data-sanitized-class="p1">Volodymyr Kohut, governor of Ukraine’s Poltava region, has accused Russia of damaging warehouses owned by Ukraine’s state gas producer, Naftogaz, in the central region in violation of a United States-brokered ceasefire on energy infrastructure. The Russian Defence Ministry hit back with its own claims, accusing the Ukrainian military of striking a gas measuring station in the Kursk region’s Sudzha city with US-made HIMARS rockets and a second strike in Bryansk that caused a power outage.</p>
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<li>United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk called for an end to the “horrific suffering” caused by attacks on civilians in Ukraine and said that a ceasefire in Ukraine “would be very welcome”. Turk said “limited ceasefires that protect shipping lanes and infrastructure are a welcome step forward” but a proper end to the war was needed.</li>
<li>In a televised address on Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that Ukraine should be temporarily placed under external governance to allow for democratic elections to take place. Putin suggested that Zelenskyy did not have legitimacy as the Ukrainian president and suggested Ukraine could change any negotiated peace at any time.</li>
<li>Responding to Putin’s statements during a briefing with journalists on Friday, Zelenskyy said the comments offer a “reason not to end the war”, adding that Putin is “afraid of negotiations with Ukraine” and that he is “afraid of negotiations with me personally”.</li>
<li>UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres immediately rejected Putin’s suggestion that Ukraine be placed into a form of administration, saying Ukraine’s government is legitimate and must be respected.</li>
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<ul><li>Putin’s comments on Ukraine follow the conclusion of a summit hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron that considered plans to deploy troops to Ukraine. Macron said “several” other nations are willing to join a peacekeeping force alongside France and Britain.</li>
<li>Speaking to reporters on Friday, Zelenskyy confirmed Ukraine had received the draft of a new minerals deal from the US, saying it was an “entirely different” document than what had been proposed previously. Neither he nor his vice president would discuss the draft, saying it would first need to be reviewed and discussed.</li>
<li>The Ukrainian president confirmed Ukraine was formalising agreements on European military aid and intelligence sharing before the next summit at the US’s Ramstein airbase in Germany.</li>
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<p>The Nanfeng Ancient Kiln, nestled in Shiwan, Foshan, Guangdong, is a must-visit destination for many tourists. Dating back to the Ming Dynasty, it boasts a history spanning over 500 years.</p>
<p>Famed for its ancient and well-preserved dragon kilns, this site holds a remarkable surprise: The fire in the 500-year-old kiln has remained unextinguished, and the kiln still functions after centuries. If fortune smiles on you, you may witness the firing process, which occurs only twice a month.</p>
<p>Here, in addition to the historical kiln, visitors can admire modern ceramic artworks, learn about the making process and even get their hands dirty with pottery mud under the guidance of professionals. It's not merely a kiln site but a place that combines cultural exploration with hands-on, enjoyable experiences.</p>
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<p>Elaine Thomlinson is just now clearing out her husband’s clothes — more than six years after he was killed in the Westboro bus crash. She still yearns for justice.</p>
<p>Thomlinson’s husband, Bruce, a Canada Borders Services employee, was on his way home from work on Jan. 11, 2019 when OC Transpo Bus 8155 slammed into Westboro Station on what was a cold, clear afternoon.</p>
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<p>A father of two boys, a Scout leader and a volunteer with Big Brothers, Thomlinson sat passenger side, front row, on the second floor of the double-decker bus.</p>
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<p>Thomlinson’s family then waited two years for the driver of Bus 8155, Aissatou Diallo, to go on trial. A rookie bus driver and a single mother, Diallo was charged with three counts of dangerous driving causing death and 35 counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm.</p>
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<p>It left Elaine Thomlinson with a profound sense of disquiet. She believes the driver was ultimately responsible for keeping passengers safe — and failed in that job.</p>
<p>“In my opinion, we didn’t get any justice at the criminal trial,” Thomlinson says. “Is nobody responsible? I just don’t believe it.”</p>
<p>The question of responsibility hangs in the air more than six years after the crash. It promises to colour the month-long coroner’s inquest scheduled to begin April 2.</p>
<p>The inquest jury will investigate the circumstances that led to the deaths of three passengers — Bruce Thomlinson, 56, Judy Booth, 57, and Anja Van Beek, 65 — and make recommendations to prevent similar deaths. It will hear from 15 witnesses.</p>
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<p>Which means it’s unlikely that Thomlinson or the families of the other victims will walk away from the inquest with a sense that justice has been done.</p>
<p>Jac Van Beek, the older brother of Anja Van Beek, says he sought a public inquiry because he wants someone to accept responsibility for his sister’s death.</p>
<p>“We see the whole thing obviously through a different lens because it’s so personal,” he says. “But you keep looking at what my sister went through, and it makes you mad, it makes you upset. You want it to be somehow put in its right place instead of on the shelf and out of the way. That’s what we want.”</p>
<p>Van Beek is convinced the crash was the result of a bad driver and a poorly designed station — factors ultimately under the control of OC Transpo. He hopes the inquest finds as much.</p>
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<p>“I want someone to accept blame,” he says. “Go through all the articles you want, and you won’t find anybody saying, ‘We made a mistake,’ or, ‘This could have been done way better than it was.’ ”</p>
<p>Says Thomlinson: “I really don’t know what to expect. But I really hope that it changes things for the better.”</p>
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<p data-async>Westboro Station and its steel awning — the principal instrument of death and injury in the crash — <a data-evt-val='{"control_fields": {"mparticle": {"keys": {"click_source_type": "click_source_type", "anchor_text": "anchor_text", "target_url": "target_url", "layout_section": "layout_section"}, "mp_event_type": "Navigation", "extra_keys": ["click_vertical_position_percentage", "click_vertical_position_pixels"]}}, "click_source_type": "in-page link", "anchor_text": "have been demolished to make way for the LRT", "target_url": "https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/westboro-bus-shelters-scene-of-tragic-2019-bus-crash-demolished", "layout_section": "in-page-link"}' data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/westboro-bus-shelters-scene-of-tragic-2019-bus-crash-demolished">have been demolished to make way for the LRT</a>.  The station was torn down in October 2022, one year after the city made cosmetic changes to improve its safety.</p>
<p>OC Transpo has also made changes to the way it trains bus drivers. An investigation by the city’s auditor general in late 2019 resulted in 20 recommendations that OC Transpo agreed to act upon.</p>
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<p>The auditor also found no correlation between a driver’s experience and the kind of bus they operate, or the routes to which they are assigned. Such decisions, governed by the collective agreement, are based on seniority.</p>
<p>“In our view,” the auditor’s report concluded, “by not aligning the work that is booked by new operators to the experience level of the bus operator, the risk of preventable collisions by bus operators is increased.”</p>
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<p>The auditors also found problems with OC Transpo’s approach to winter driver training. Many drivers who graduated in the spring, summer and fall did not get winter driver training during their first winter on the road.</p>
<p>OC Transpo rolled out improvements to its training program in early 2020. The new measures included mandatory hours on double-decker and articulated buses, and winter training for all first-year drivers.</p>
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<p>The transit authority has also announced the phase out of double-decker buses as part of its move towards a zero-emissions fleet. OC Transpo’s 78 double-decker buses are expected to be retired within the next 10 years.</p>
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<p>The six years since the Westboro bus crash have also revealed many of its significant details. Aissatou Diallo’s 2021 criminal trial examined the mechanics of the crash in minute detail.</p>
<p data-async><a data-evt-val='{"control_fields": {"mparticle": {"keys": {"click_source_type": "click_source_type", "anchor_text": "anchor_text", "target_url": "target_url", "layout_section": "layout_section"}, "mp_event_type": "Navigation", "extra_keys": ["click_vertical_position_percentage", "click_vertical_position_pixels"]}}, "click_source_type": "in-page link", "anchor_text": "Court heard that Bus 8155 was travelling westbound at 59 km/h", "target_url": "https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/accident-expert-says-2019-westboro-bus-crash-involved-four-collisions", "layout_section": "in-page-link"}' data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/accident-expert-says-2019-westboro-bus-crash-involved-four-collisions">Court heard that Bus 8155 was travelling westbound at 59 km/h</a> — over the posted limit of 50 km/h — when it left the bare, dry road and drifted north onto the ice and snow-filled shoulder of the Transitway as it approached Westboro Station.</p>
<p>Diallo did not testify at trial, so why she left the roadway was the subject of conjecture. The Crown blamed inattention; the defence pointed to an unhappy constellation of circumstances.</p>
<p>Engineer Richard Lamoureux, a collision reconstruction expert, said he believed the glare of the setting sun, combined with faded road lines painted during an earlier construction phase, disoriented Diallo, and led her to steer the bus off the roadway and onto the shoulder. (Lamoureux was the only collision reconstruction expert to testify at the trial. Unusually, the lead Ottawa police investigator was not called as a witness.)</p>
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<p>A defence witness, Lamoureux told court the weight of the double-decker bus, combined with the snow and ice, put it into a skid that made it unresponsive to Diallo’s attempt to steer it back to safety. Video evidence showed the bus hit a snowbank one second after leaving the road and then smashed into the rock wall that lines the Transitway, shattering the glass of its front door.</p>
<p>“At this point, the bus is out of control,” Lamoureux told court.</p>
<p>The bus then hit a second snowbank before it slammed into Westboro Station at 3:50:17 p.m., five seconds after first leaving the road.</p>
<p>During those five seconds, court heard, Diallo did not apply the brakes.</p>
<p>Lamoureux suggested Diallo faced a cascading series of events that made it impossible for her to react to any one of them. He estimated that Bus 8155 was moving at 39 km/h when it hit the rigid, steel canopy of Westboro Station — a robust structure compared to the lightweight components of the double-decker’s upper floor.</p>
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<p>“The shelter canopy was much stiffer and much stronger than the bus,” Lamoureux said.</p>
<p>In finding Diallo not guilty of all charges, Ontario Court Justice Matthew Webber largely endorsed Lamoureux’s reconstructed version of the collision.</p>
<p>Outside court, defence lawyer Solomon Friedman said Diallo had been thrust into an awful situation by circumstances beyond her control. “She did her very best, and tragically, unfortunately, her very best was not good enough,” he said.</p>
<p data-async>In <a data-evt-val='{"control_fields": {"mparticle": {"keys": {"click_source_type": "click_source_type", "anchor_text": "anchor_text", "target_url": "target_url", "layout_section": "layout_section"}, "mp_event_type": "Navigation", "extra_keys": ["click_vertical_position_percentage", "click_vertical_position_pixels"]}}, "click_source_type": "in-page link", "anchor_text": "an interview with the Citizen\u2019s Gary Dimmock", "target_url": "https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/they-are-in-my-heart-westboro-bus-crash-driver-speaks-following-acquittal", "layout_section": "in-page-link"}' data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/they-are-in-my-heart-westboro-bus-crash-driver-speaks-following-acquittal">an interview with the Citizen’s Gary Dimmock</a>, Diallo said she was traumatized by the collision and its aftermath, and suffers from severe PTSD. She said she thinks every day about the people who died on her watch.</p>
<p>“I have to live with this,” she said.</p>
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<p><strong>Why was a rookie driver, on the road for only six months, assigned to a double-decker bus on a busy commuter route one month after she was involved in a collision?</strong></p>
<p>Diallo had been at the wheel of an articulated bus that collided with another bus at St. Laurent Station on Dec. 10, 2018 — one month before the Westboro crash. Paramedics treated several passengers at the scene. Diallo subsequently completed a retraining program with an in-service driving assessment.</p>
<p>In a Jan. 4, 2019 email to an OC Transpo manager, Diallo said she refreshed her defensive driving skills during the session, “which helped me gain more confidence in myself after my accident.”</p>
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<p>The city refused access to information requests from the Citizen to view the accident report of the incident at St. Laurent Station. In the crash’s aftermath, OC Transpo also repeatedly refused to answer questions about Diallo’s training, driving record or assignments, citing her court case.</p>
<p>The inquest could finally force OC Transpo to explain why Diallo, a rookie driver struggling with her confidence after a collision, was assigned to a double-decker bus with more than 80 people on board.</p>
<p><strong>What can be done to ensure other OC Transpo drivers perform better in crisis situations?   </strong></p>
<p>According to Justice Webber’s ruling, Diallo’s driving did not amount to a criminal offence. But there’s no doubt she made some critical errors, which contributed to the deadly chain of events.</p>
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<p>Diallo was in the right-hand lane as she approached Westboro Station even though Route 269 Bridlewood express buses (the route has since been renamed) normally used the left-hand lane to bypass the station. Why Diallo was in the right-hand lane has never been fully explained.</p>
<p>OC Transpo logs, entered at trial, revealed Diallo had travelled through Westboro Station on 25 different shifts in the three months before the crash so she was familiar with its layout.</p>
<p>Diallo exceeded the speed limit on the Transitway despite driving towards a setting sun. Then, after losing control of the bus on the icy shoulder, Diallo did not apply the brakes and did not manage to steer the bus away from the principal hazard in front of her: the bus shelter.</p>
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<p>In fact, according to Lamoureux’s testimony, Diallo activated the left-turn signal on the bus floor with one foot and stamped on the accelerator with the other foot two seconds before the final impact. (The bus did not have time to accelerate, he said, in response to what was likely the driver bracing for impact.)</p>
<p>At all events, Diallo’s response to the crisis did not safeguard her passengers.</p>
<p data-async>Airplane pilots regularly have their crisis response tested on flight simulators. <a data-evt-val='{"control_fields": {"mparticle": {"keys": {"click_source_type": "click_source_type", "anchor_text": "anchor_text", "target_url": "target_url", "layout_section": "layout_section"}, "mp_event_type": "Navigation", "extra_keys": ["click_vertical_position_percentage", "click_vertical_position_pixels"]}}, "click_source_type": "in-page link", "anchor_text": "The same kind of simulation-based training", "target_url": "https://www.l3harris.com/all-capabilities/transitsim-bus-driving-simulator#:~:text=TransitSim%E2%84%A2%20Bus%20Driving%20Simulator%20Benefits&amp;text=Transit%20simulation%20training%20allows%20practice,realistic%2C%20risk%2Dfree%20environment.", "layout_section": "in-page-link"}' href="https://www.l3harris.com/all-capabilities/transitsim-bus-driving-simulator#:~:text=TransitSim%E2%84%A2%20Bus%20Driving%20Simulator%20Benefits&amp;text=Transit%20simulation%20training%20allows%20practice,realistic%2C%20risk-free%20environment." data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click">The same kind of simulation-based training</a> is now available for bus drivers.</p>
<p><strong>Why was the danger posed by Westboro Station never recognized by OC Transpo?</strong></p>
<p>For all of her failings on Jan. 11, 2019, Diallo might still be driving an OC Transpo bus today were it not for the design of Westboro Station.</p>
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<p data-async>In his 94-page report on the Westboro crash, <a data-evt-val='{"control_fields": {"mparticle": {"keys": {"click_source_type": "click_source_type", "anchor_text": "anchor_text", "target_url": "target_url", "layout_section": "layout_section"}, "mp_event_type": "Navigation", "extra_keys": ["click_vertical_position_percentage", "click_vertical_position_pixels"]}}, "click_source_type": "in-page link", "anchor_text": "Richard Lamoureux said the tragedy was \u201centirely foreseeable\u201d", "target_url": "https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/defence-witness-calls-fatal-westboro-bus-crash-entirely-foreseeable", "layout_section": "in-page-link"}' data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/defence-witness-calls-fatal-westboro-bus-crash-entirely-foreseeable">Richard Lamoureux said the tragedy was “entirely foreseeable”</a> given the design of the Transitway and the danger posed to double-decker buses by the rigid steel awnings of its shelters.</p>
<p>“In our opinion, a safety audit ought to have identified the potential risks posed by the Transitway shelters to double-decker buses,” Lamoureux concluded in his April 2021 report.</p>
<p>The Transitway was designed and built before OC Transpo introduced a fleet of double-decker buses in 2013.</p>
<p>It appears some OC Transpo stations were modified to accommodate the tall, new buses. Using cached versions of online maps, Lamoureux demonstrated that the metal canopies at Queensway Station were removed sometime between August 2012 and May 2014. The modifications, he said, were likely made as part of an OC Transpo safety audit.</p>
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<p>For some reason, however, the danger posed by Westboro Station was not identified even though OC Transpo already had evidence of the damage that could be wrought by the awnings.</p>
<p data-async>In <a data-evt-val='{"control_fields": {"mparticle": {"keys": {"click_source_type": "click_source_type", "anchor_text": "anchor_text", "target_url": "target_url", "layout_section": "layout_section"}, "mp_event_type": "Navigation", "extra_keys": ["click_vertical_position_percentage", "click_vertical_position_pixels"]}}, "click_source_type": "in-page link", "anchor_text": "July 2003, a single-deck Route 86 bus\u00a0slammed\u00a0into the steel awning at Lees Station", "target_url": "https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/a-history-of-oc-transpo-bus-crashes", "layout_section": "in-page-link"}' data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/a-history-of-oc-transpo-bus-crashes">July 2003, a single-deck Route 86 bus slammed into the steel awning at Lees Station</a> and tore open the roof. Six passengers were taken to hospital with minor cuts and bruises. (Pictures of the incident are eerily similar to those from the Westboro crash.)</p>
<p>Lamoureux’s report recommended that double-decker buses be removed from the Transitway until the stations could be equipped with raised curbs or some other kind of barrier protection.</p>
<p>Again, for some reason, the city did not act on that recommendation, nor on the demand of Clint Crabtree, president of the bus drivers’ union, ATU Local 279, to tear down the awnings.</p>
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<p>Are double-deckers involved in more collisions per kilometre than other OC Transpo buses? Does their weight and size make them harder to stop and steer in winter conditions? Are they equipped with the right winter tires?</p>
<p>Transit riders in Ottawa have reason to mistrust the vehicles.</p>
<p>Double-decker buses have been involved in OC Transpo’s two deadliest crashes. In addition to the three people killed in Westboro, six passengers were killed on Sept. 18, 2013, when a double-decker OC Transpo bus collided with a Via Rail train on Woodroffe Avenue.</p>
<p>The federal Transportation Safety Board investigated that OC Transpo-Via Rail crash because it involved a train. In its final report, the TSB recommended that Transport Canada “develop and implement crashworthiness standards for commercial passenger buses.”</p>
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<p>Double-deckers are built with lightweight materials — the upper deck is made from steel tubing and thin metal panels — in order to accommodate passengers and meet road weight requirements.</p>
<p>Transport Canada has done considerable work developing crashworthiness standards, but it says more extensive crash tests must be done before new regulations can be designed. It’s also working on crash avoidance systems for transit buses.</p>
<p>Transport Canada notes that public transit remains one of the safest means of travel, accounting for 0.04 per cent of road fatalities and 0.10 per cent of serious injuries.</p>
<p><strong>Should the Transportation Safety Board investigate serious bus crashes?</strong></p>
<p>The federal standing committee on transport has recommended that TSB’s mandate be expanded to include serious highway collisions and all bus collisions.</p>
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<p>The TSB’s counterpart in the United States, the National Transportation Safety Board, already has the mandate to investigate significant motor vehicle collisions.</p>
<p>The TSB now investigates select accidents involving airplanes, ships, trains and pipelines. An independent agency, the TSB publicly reports on the causes and contributing factors of those accidents even in cases where legal liability is an issue.</p>
<p>Critics say the current crash investigation system for serious motor vehicle collisions wrongly prioritizes the legal process over public safety. It’s why the inquest into the Westboro crash is being held more than six years after the fact.</p>
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<p>Her parents emigrated from the Netherlands when she was an infant, and she grew up with three brothers in a close-knit family. Married for 33 years to David Throop, Van Beek was devoted to their two children.</p>
<p>Jac Van Beek says his sister’s death has been hard to come to terms with because of its absolute senselessness.</p>
<p>“This one didn’t have to happen — and that always leaves of an open sore, doesn’t it?”</p>
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