War:

In our lurch toward war in three places, who exactly will fight?^RS A piece essentially stating "Either reinstate the draft or reconsider our imperial strategy. The ‘Axis of Resistance’ pushing US to ramp up Middle East defences^FT US running low on air-defense systems – WSJ^RT

Palestine:

Genocide:

PFLP: Three Updates for November 10, 2023^RC Not Getting It^MoA

US Official Says Gaza Death Toll Likely Higher Than Being Reported^SP Israeli Attack on Hospitals in Gaza Continues^TS Biden admin justifies Israel’s assault on Gaza hospitals with recycled Israeli ‘intelligence’^GZ Macron appears to have backtracked on his comments about Israeli strikes killing scores of civilians in Gaza.^RT Aid supplies to Gaza halted again, UN says starvation imminent^Euractiv Palestinians believe they can’t coexist with Israel – poll^RT I mean, they literally cannot exist alongside Zionists, regardless of whether they believe they can or can't, the same way that the Jews could not co-exist with the Nazis. Palestinians sue Biden for failing to prevent 'unfolding genocide' in Gaza^MEE German Health Minister Lauterbach: Supporting the Gaza genocide and trivialising the Holocaust^WSWS

Politics:

Israel’s war debt soaring^RT Thousands rally in Israel demanding Netanyahu’s resignation as government seeks to crush dissent^WSWS ‘The fear is everywhere’: Israel’s internal crackdown^RNN US stance on Gaza ‘paralyzing’ UN Security Council - Russia^RT US will take massive hit in global standing over Israel^RS Why does the US support Israel? A geopolitical analysis with economist Michael Hudson^GPE Latin America Is Leading the Way in Standing Up to Israel^Jacobin Colombia to Collaborate with Algeria to Denounce Israel’s Crimes before the ICC^RM Africans see hypocrisy in US policy on Israel in Gaza^RS Calls for Gaza cease-fire divide Europe’s Socialists^P Indonesia calls for boycott of ‘pro-Israeli’ goods^RT Such as Coca-Cola and McDonalds. Iran says it hopes to work with China to de-escalate Israel-Gaza war^SCMP

Protests:

The largest pro-Palestinian protest in U.S. history was “a turning point.” Now it’s spreading^MR Palestinian and Israeli Communists tell U.S. audience: Fight for ceasefire now^PW The mass protest in London and the global fight against Israel’s genocide in Gaza^WSWS Largest Australian protests against Gaza genocide yet, blacked out by media^WSWS Thousands march in Cape Town in solidarity with Palestinians^AN People rally to support Palestinians in Jordan^PD Saudi Arabia detains worshippers praying for Gaza in holy sites^MEE

Left Critique:

The issue is not racism but the Pan European White Supremacist colonial/capitalist patriarchy*removed externally hosted image* The demand for a ceasefire is necessary but not sufficient: The demand must be for decolonization and Palestinian self-determination.^MR The Pogrom, Indians, and Genealogies of the Israeli Settler-Vigilante^MR Team B and the Jerusalem Conference: How Israel Helped Craft Modern-Day “Terrorism”^MPN

China:

Taiwan rules out invasion from Chinese mainland in near future.^RT

“If China needs to carry out amphibious landing operations to take Taiwan, I don’t think it will have such capabilities by 2027.”

My brother in christ, they possessed those means years ago.

ASEAN Defense Chiefs Expand Talks to China, U.S., India^CGS China, five Southeast Asian countries to hold joint military exercise^CGTN

Malaysia Leader Pushes ‘Active Neutrality’ Strategy Toward U.S and China^CGS China open to expert-level talks on seafood ban, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says after talks with Xi Jinping^SCMP

US, China need to engage more with developing Apec economies, trade chief of 2024 host nation Peru says^SCMP Apec 2023: China, Japan leaders pledge to ‘coexist peacefully’, manage differences in first meeting in a year^SCMP Apec summit: clashing protesters cheer for Beijing or call for justice in China as leaders gather in San Francisco^SCMP Xi meets Kishida, reaffirming strategic and mutually beneficial relations^GT IPEF: New Cold War weapon backfires^MR

San Francisco Meeting:

Biden and Xi meet in San Francisco^FT Xi meets Biden^MR Chinese FM Wang Yi says Xi-Biden meeting went well, based on mutual respect^CGTN No serious effort to reset US-China relations at San Francisco summit^IP Xi-Biden summit: leaders agree to revisit historic science and technology pact^SCMP Chinese President Xi Jinping trying to repair damage done by Biden^PW US-China relations: Beijing warns companies against selling equipment, precursors for fentanyl^SCMP ‘Envoys of friendship’: Xi Jinping hints that new pandas are on the way to the US^SCMP

Russia:

Russia has five million Ukrainian refugees – diplomat^RT

Nebenzia stated Russia has received 730,000 children from Ukraine and Donbass, which has been systematically targeted by Kiev’s artillery since 2014, while rebuffing Western and Ukrainian claims that Russia had been “abducting” minors. “The overwhelming majority of these children arrived with their parents or other relatives,” he said, adding that only 2,000 of them came from orphanages in Russia’s Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, accompanied by educators from their institutions.

Ukraine's Demographics Dictate To End The Fight^MoA Russo-Ukrainian War: The Reckoning^MR Originally at Big Serge. West sees Ukraine conflict lasting five more years.^RT I mean, at this fucking rate... EU has given Ukrainian military €27 billion – Borrell^RT Zelenskyy tells Ukrainians to prepare for Russian winter onslaught^Euractiv US Abrams tanks made no difference – Zelensky^RT France to end free weapons supplies to Ukraine^RT Don’t plan yet for Ukraine reconstruction^IP Ukraine’s Kyiv comes under attack for first time in months, mayor says^AJ EU will miss 1mn artillery shell March supply deadline as Ukraine's ammo crisis deepens^BNE Germany Set to Double Its Ukraine Military Aid Under Scholz Plan^BB Increasing it to $8 billion. US seeks to thwart Russia’s ambition to become a major LNG exporter^FT The shadowy network smuggling European microchips into Russia^FT The US-led price cap on Russian oil exports has failed and “almost no Russian oil is being sold for less than $60”^BNE Denmark could block Russian oil tankers from reaching markets^FT US charges three more tankers with busting oil price cap sanctions, warns 30 more companies^BNE The Media’s Nord Stream lies just keep coming^MR