OT: World Politics

[Cal Gal]

Hong Kong suspends postal service to the US after Trump’s tariff hikes​

Hong Kong suspends postal service to the US after Trump’s tariff hikes

Hong Kong’s postal service will stop handling packages coming from or going to the United States amid an escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies.

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[axlsalinger]

View: https://x.com/YourAnonTV/status/1912224091555197228

 

[Leafyblue]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thwpvsnzTj8

 

[Cal Gal]

Wishing on a star for USA. . .

Peru’s former first lady flees to Brazil for asylum after she and ex-President Humala sentenced to prison​

Peru’s former first lady flees to Brazil for asylum after she and ex-President Humala sentenced to prison

Peru’s former First Lady Nadine Heredia arrived in Brazil on Wednesday after obtaining diplomatic asylum following a 15-year prison sentence for both her and her husband, former President Ollanta Humala, on money laundering charges.

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[Cal Gal]

Czechs hail end of Russian oil dependence with first increased deliveries from west​

Czechs hail end of Russian oil dependence with first increased deliveries from west

The Czech Republic has become fully independent of Russian oil supplies for the first time in its history, government officials said on Thursday, following the completion of capacity upgrades on the TAL pipeline coming from the west. The first increased supplies along the pipeline have reached...

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[Cal Gal]

Yo, Danes! ???

A NATO country will send troops to Ukraine to learn from the war. Russia said they will be legitimate targets.​

A NATO country will send troops to Ukraine to learn from the war. Russia said they will be legitimate targets.

Denmark said it will send unarmed soldiers to Ukraine to learn drone warfare, but Russia said their location would be a "legitimate target."

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[Cal Gal]

Kind of a long read, but talk about cloak and dagger. . . Boatload of reporters on this one, too.

Operation Assad: the air mission to smuggle the Syrian despot's valuables​

Operation Assad: the air mission to smuggle the Syrian despot's valuables

DAMASCUS/LONDON/DUBAI (Reuters) -As his enemies closed in on Damascus, Bashar al-Assad, who ruled over Syria with an iron fist for 24 years, used a private jet to spirit away cash, valuables and confidential documents mapping the corporate web behind his wealth. Yasar Ibrahim, the president's...

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[Cal Gal]

Russia’s largest military call-up whips up fear among young men​

Russia’s largest military call-up whips up fear among young men

With at least 100,000 soldiers killed in the war against Ukraine, Moscow is making life harder for draft dodgers.

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[axlsalinger]

I guess Russians have a lot of experience with this shit


View: https://x.com/dom_lucre/status/1912932284425978173

 

[thehabhater]

I guess Russians have a lot of experience with this shit


View: https://x.com/dom_lucre/status/1912932284425978173

That is one lady with an enormous attention to detail. Imagine cleaning the out side of the balcony railing?

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

Yo, Danes! ???

A NATO country will send troops to Ukraine to learn from the war. Russia said they will be legitimate targets.​

A NATO country will send troops to Ukraine to learn from the war. Russia said they will be legitimate targets.

Denmark said it will send unarmed soldiers to Ukraine to learn drone warfare, but Russia said their location would be a "legitimate target."

www.yahoo.com

Article 5 should come into effect the second that the first Danish soldier gets shot.

 

[Cal Gal]

Portrait of Palestinian boy who lost both arms is World Press Photo of the year for 2025​

Portrait of Palestinian boy who lost both arms is World Press Photo of the year for 2025

A portrait of a young Palestinian boy who lost both arms as a result of an Israeli attack in Gaza was honored Thursday as World Press Photo of the year. The photo, taken by Qatar-based Palestinian photographer Samar Abu Elouf for The New York Times shows 9-year-old Mahmoud Ajjour with his arms...

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[axlsalinger]

View: https://x.com/Bricktop_NAFO/status/1913628455364706535

 

[axlsalinger]

This should make everything right for those involved.


View: https://x.com/SkyNews/status/1913958068569706967

 

[UWHabs]

So looks like JD Vance killed the Pope.

 

[LeafGm]

So looks like JD Vance killed the Pope.

It’s Easter, though. Doesn’t that mean he’ll rise again as the zombie Pope later today?

 

[thehabhater]

If they think the tournament will be financially successful in the US, someone in the US will simply bribe FIFA to make the issue disappear.

Now, if countries boycott the US.....

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

View: https://x.com/defense_civil25/status/1914297471024476668

 

[lecoqsportif]

Looks likes Hesgeth was drunk texting again.

 

[MindzEye]

If they think the tournament will be financially successful in the US, someone in the US will simply bribe FIFA to make the issue disappear.

Now, if countries boycott the US.....

Yeah, seeing half full world cup games would be jarring