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China Offers Belt and Road Membership to Taliban Regime

China has been salivating over exploiting Afghanistan’s mineral wealth ever since the brutal Taliban regime seized power in 2021, and on Wednesday Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi made an effort to seal the deal by offering the Taliban membership in China’s massive Belt and Road Initiative (BRI).

Taliban security personnel ride past in front of the former US Embassy as they celebrate t

Pope Leo Prays for Success in Peace Efforts

Pope Leo XIV offered a prayer on Sunday for the success of peacemaking efforts. The pope did not reference any conflict in particular, but the peace effort drawing the most attention over the weekend was President Donald Trump’s effort to negotiate an end to the Russia-Ukraine war.

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost addresses the crowd from the main central loggi

China Is the Source of over 90% of Foreign Investment in Far-East Russia

Speaking at the SPROUTS business forum in Kazan, Russia on Monday, analyst Natalia Khobrakova of the B1 consulting firm said that China has become the top investor in the Far East, with over 90% of foreign investment in the region coming from Chinese sources. That includes Russia’s Tatarstan region, where the forum was held.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping and other participants in t

Woke Fatigue: Socialist Party’s Pro-Hamas Protest in San Antonio Fails to Draw Crowd

In another sign of woke-fatigue, a weekend Pro-Hamas protest organized by the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) only managed to draw about a dozen supporters in Texas’ second-largest city. The Saturday afternoon protest above the city’s famous riverwalk garnered little attention from the hundreds of tourists visiting the Alamo city’s famous nearby attractions.

Woke Fatigue: Socialist Party’s Pro-Hamas Protest in San Antonio Fails to Draw Crowd (Ra