Semafor • Dec 19, 2025
Beijing ups global trade push by designating new duty-free island
Beijing designated Hainan, an island with an economy comparable to a small European nation, as a distinct customs zone.
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Semafor • Dec 19, 2025
US threatens ‘severe consequences’ for S. Africa as rift escalates
The comments came after Pretoria reportedly expelled several Kenyan nationals sent to help members of the country’s white minority relocate.
Semafor • Dec 19, 2025
Japan opens first Central Asia summit, taking aim at China’s influence
Central Asia has rich supplies of fossil fuels and critical minerals, as well as historic links to Beijing and Moscow.
Semafor • Dec 19, 2025
EU leaders agree to loan $105B to Ukraine
The agreement comes after separate efforts to leverage frozen Russian assets in order to help Kyiv stumbled.
Drop Site News • Dec 19, 2025
Epstein, Israel, and the CIA: How the Iran-Contra Planes Landed at Les Wexner's Base
Jeffrey Epstein helped Leslie Wexner repurpose the CIA’s Iran-Contra planes from arms smuggling to shipping lingerie.
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The Majority Report • Dec 19, 2025
Trump Admits Venezuela Attacks Are All About Their Oil
Scheer Post • Dec 18, 2025
From Caracas to Congress: Trump’s Blockade Draws Condemnation and Resistance
By Joshua Scheer This post was originally intended as a year-in-review from BreakThrough News, covering major developments in Venezuela and Latin America—from the freeing of certain drug lords to U.S. interventions in countries Trump targets. In late November, Trump took to social media, warning airlines, pilots, and others to avoid Venezuelan airspace, declaring it “closed […]
Semafor • Dec 18, 2025
US approves $11 billion Taiwan arms sale
The weapons include missiles, drones, and artillery systems.
Zeteo • Dec 18, 2025
You Know Smotrich and Ben-Gvir. Now Meet the Dangerous Israeli Minister You've Never Heard Of
Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu is helping lead one aspect of Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign: the stealing of Palestinian land for “archeological” reasons.
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The new era of Israeli expansionism and the war economy that fuels it
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NASA’s Artemis II plans to send a crew around the Moon to test equipment and lay the groundwork for a future landing
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How Human Rights Watch Shattered Yugoslavia
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Kidnapping a President: Leonardo Flores on Trump’s War Against Venezuela
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The Grammys Actually Acknowledged What’s Going on in the World
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Europe in Panic: Trump’s Power Play Shakes the World Order
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Ignoring China’s Poverty Alleviation Success Is Costing Us All
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