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An energy crisis manufactured by the globalist agenda to rapidly transition from oil and natural gas to green energy will lead to famine and freezing across Europe, warns a veteran international journalist. Michael Yon, a U.S. Army Special Forces veteran, pointed out in an interview Monday that the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipeline has exacerbated shortages that already have spiked the costs of energy and of nitrogen-based fertilizers that together drive up the cost of food while threatening the ability of families to heat their homes and cook their meals. "We're actually beyond the precipice at this point," Yon...

What a difference a decade makes. There was a time when the United States would talk to Russia with at least the pretense of respect. Remember this exchange between then Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Barack Obama?That was then. Mr. Medvedev is singing quite a different tune now. He made this public statement yesterday:It is useless and unnecessary to appeal to the prudence of our enemies in the West, the enemies must be forced to ask for mercy in the lost economic battle and end it with their complete and unconditional surrenderI do not believe that Dimitry Medvedev was drunk...

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that NATO countries should launch preventive strikes against Russia to prevent Moscow from using nuclear weapons. “What should NATO do? Eliminate the possibility of Russia using nuclear weapons ... Preemptive strikes, so that they know what will happen to them if they use it. And not vice versa - wait for Russian nuclear strikes, ”he said, speaking via video link at the Lowy Institute (Australia). The Kremlin has repeatedly noted that Russia can use nuclear weapons only in accordance with the provisions of its nuclear doctrine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the...

The presidential press office of Ukraine accused global media outlets of “nuclear hysteria” on Thursday for sharing remarks made by President Volodymyr Zelensky in which he asked the world for “preemptive strikes” on Russia to avoid nuclear war. Zelensky made the remarks during a question and answer session with the Lowy Institute, an Australian think tank, on Thursday, asserting that NATO had a responsibility to “make it impossible for Russia to use nuclear weapons.

President Joe Biden said on Thursday evening that Vladimir Putin was not joking about using nuclear weapons in Ukraine - and said the risk of of Armageddon is the highest it has been since the Cuban missile crisis. He delivered his doomsday warning at a fundraising event for Democrats at the New York home of James Murdoch, son of media mogul Rupert. It comes amid growing fears that Putin is backed into a corner and could use tactical nuclear weapons to push back advancing Ukrainian forces.

The Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan released a preliminary calculation Monday saying that the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant had been releasing up to 10,000 terabecquerels of radioactive materials per hour at some point after a massive quake and tsunami hit northeastern Japan on March 11.The disclosure prompted the government to consider raising the accident's severity level to 7, the worst on an international scale, from the current 5, government sources said. The level 7 on the International Nuclear Event Scale has only been applied to the 1986 Chernobyl catastrophe. The current provisional evaluation of 5 is at the...

Conservative maverick Ann Coulter has poured scorn on growing fears over the fallout from Japan’s nuclear crisis by claiming that ‘radiation is good for you.’ With her bizarre outburst, Coulter became the latest celebrity to cause a stir over controversial remarks on the disaster in Japan. The right wing commentator was attempting to quell concern that a radiation plume was due to hit America’s West Coast today after travelling 5,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean from the damaged reactor at Fukishima. There is a growing body of evidence that radiation in excess of what the government says are the minimum...

For more than a week the world has watched the escalating crisis at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant slide from one catastrophic episode to a seemingly graver one, often upending assurances from the Japanese and adding to the fear and confusion about how it all might end. Are we on a slow-motion path to a six-reactor meltdown? Or will Fukushima stop short of being the worst nuclear power disaster ever, and squeeze somewhere behind Chernobyl and alongside Three Mile Island in infamy? While there can be no definitive answers amid a still-unfolding disaster, ProPublica spoke with seven top nuclear...

Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Awarding the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize to the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency sends a warning to Iran about its development of nuclear weapons, Israeli Vice Prime Minister Shimon Peres said on Friday. The International Atomic Energy Agency and its director Mohamed ElBaradei will share the prize "for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way," the committee said in a statement. ElBaradei said the prize underlined the "value and the relevance" of the IAEA's work. "It...

http://english.yna.co.kr/Engnews/20050617/610000000020050617142114E2.html(5th LD) Kim Jong-il meets visiting South Korean officialPYONGYANG, June 17 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il held a rare meeting with a South Korean official Friday but there was no indication that their discussions included the ongoing tension over the communist country's nuclear program. South Korean officials in Pyongyang, the North's capital, confirmed the luncheon meeting between their unification minister, Chung Dong-young and Kim but provided few other details. Also invited to the luncheon were several former South Korean officials whom the North Korean leader had met. They included Lim Dong-won and Park Jae-kyu who served as unification...

COMMENT: Beijing loses patience with Pyongyang Frank Ching May 19: CHINA'S attitude toward North Korea appears to be hardening. At a time when there is speculation that Pyongyang may conduct a nuclear test, a Chinese source said that if North Korea insists on pursuing nuclear weapons, "I don't think China will try to block the international community from expressing their views on this".It means Beijing will not block the United States and Japan from introducing a resolution in the United Nations Security Council critical of North Korea. Chinese and North Korean officials have discussed the possibility that the nuclear...

Koreas Can't Break Nuclear Impasse By PAUL ALEXANDER, Associated Press Writer 13 minutes ago SEOUL, South Korea - The two Koreas concluded their first face-to-face talks in 10 months Thursday without making any progress on the impasse over the North's nuclear program, although they did agree to hold Cabinet-level talks next month. The agreement came hours after word emerged of a secret meeting last week between U.S. and North Korean officials. The focus of both efforts was to get Pyongyang to rejoin six-nation talks on getting it to abandon its nuclear program, but the reclusive communist country -- which regularly uses...

U.S. says it held talks with North Korea50 minutes ago TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. officials met North Korean officials in New York last week in the first such bilateral contact this year, a spokesman for the U.S. embassy in Tokyo said on Thursday. The talks took place at a time of growing concern that North Korea may be preparing a nuclear test and as Washington faces increasing pressure from its own partners to open some form of dialogue with Pyongyang."We can confirm we had working-level contacts with North Korean officials on Friday, May 13, in New York," the embassy spokesman...

At Evening News, 9 PM (S. Korean time) off from live TV: .....4 ABC crews, headed by the Chief of International Division, went into N. Korea on May 10, 2005, ostensibly to report on N. Korean economic reform. However, S. Korean government source believes that the ultimate objective of ABC is to secure an exclusive interview with Kim Jong-il.....

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20050510-00000152-kyodo-int/begin my translationU.S. demanded China to resolve stalemate in 6 party talks by JulyKyodo News 05/10/05[Washington] It has been known today that U.S. recently asked China, the chair-nation of 6-party talks, to resolve the (current) situation by July, 2005, so that N. Korea can return to the negotiation table, according to sources on U.S.-China relations. It appears that they have put pressure through China in order to block the preparation for N. Korean nuclear test, which is the cherished goal of the International Community.In addition to the coincidence that coming late June is the  one year anniversary of 6 party talk,  the deep...

/begin my translation Bush & Hu Remaking the Global Order? Entering into 5 'consecutive summits,' N. Korean nuclear crisis may take a sudden turn [ 2005-05-03 18:16 ] President Bush and President Hu will have five summits this year. U.S. President George W. Bush and Chinese President Hu Jintao are scheduled to have five summits this year to discuss issues to concern both countries.  All attention are focused on whether they can reach an important agreement on N. Korean nuclear crisis at the summits. According to  May 2nd issue of 'Ming-bao,' a Hong Kong daily(note: a pro-Chinese daily,) starting with the May 8th Sino-American summit at the 60th...

Friday April 8, 5:26 PM N. Korea, China remained apart over Hu's visit: sources (Kyodo) _ North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kang Sok Ju and Chinese officials remained apart in their recent talks in Beijing over the question of when Chinese President Hu Jintao's first trip to the North should take place, diplomatic sources said Friday. While Kang asked Chinese officials that the visit be realized soon, they were reluctant to set a date, saying it is difficult to do so when no breakthrough has been reached on resuming the stalled six-way talks on the North's nuclear programs, according...

WASHINGTON/VIENNA (Reuters) - President Bush on Thursday edged toward backing Europe's offer of incentives to Iran to abandon nuclear weapons, but diplomats said Tehran was building a research reactor that could eventually produce enough plutonium for one bomb a year. A shift toward the European position would represent an important change in U.S. strategy toward Iran, an enemy Bush has been unwilling to reward for what he sees as its bad behavior over the nuclear issue. "We want to help make sure the process goes forward and we're looking at ways to help move the process forward. The guilty party...

Tear Down This Tyranny From the November 29, 2004 issue: A Korea strategy for Bush's second term. by Nicholas Eberstadt 11/29/2004, Volume 010, Issue 11 THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION is not famous for patience with its critics. But for the sake of national security, the new Bush team should listen to constructive criticism of its policies--in particular, its policy for the North Korean nuclear crisis. The current U.S. approach to the North Korea problem is demonstrably flawed; arguably, even dangerously flawed. Just what is wrong? After nearly four years in office, the curious fact remains that the Bush administration plainly lacks...

With the re-election of George W. Bush, the focus has returned to the six-party talks, which Bush has insisted are the only way he will negotiate with North Korea. The talks involve both Koreas, the United States, China, Japan and Russia, and have the objective of resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis. : "North Korea dealt with the Clinton administration by using its notorious tactic of brinksmanship," said one observer. "Since Bush had great antipathy for that tactic, and sometimes responded to it with extremely strong measures, Pyongyang now appears to refrain from using it." Because of that, experts from...