articles 1 Jan.

 Global

Ten Most Significant Military Events of 2024: From the Fall of Damascus to China’s New Stealth Fighter Programs
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/ten-most-significant-military-events-of-2024-damascus-stealth-fighter

US-UK directing attacks on Russian military bases in Syria: SVR
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-uk-directing-attacks-on-russian-military-bases-in-syria

Happy New Year, Wherever You Are, Images From Around the World
https://mishtalk.com/economics/happy-new-year-wherever-you-are-images-from-around-the-world/

Trump Wants Greenland to Deploy Medium-Range Missiles Aimed at Russia
https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2025/01/trump-wants-greenland-to-deploy-medium-range-missiles-aimed-at-russia/

Russia must not emerge victorious in Ukraine, says Polish president
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/world/russia-must-not-emerge-victorious-in-ukraine-says-polish-president-3696582




Israel War

Israeli strikes kill 12 in Gaza as war grinds into the new year with no end in sight
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2584925/middle-east

At least 12 women and children killed during Israeli strike in Gaza as war grinds into the new year
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/at-least-12-women-and-children-killed-during-israeli-strike-in-gaza-as-war-grinds-into-the-new-year

10 killed as Israeli airstrike targets shelter for displaced families in Gaza, medics say
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2585009/middle-east

In Yemen US warplanes take out coastal radar, destroy 7 cruise missiles
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2025/01/01/us-warplanes-take-out-coastal-radar-destroy-7-cruise-missiles/

31 Dec 24 - Yemen's Houthis report 12 US-British air strikes on capital Sanaa
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241231-yemens-houthis-report-12-us-british-air-strikes-on-capital-sanaa/

Nearly 3,000 Israeli attacks reported against Palestinian Bedouin communities in 2024: Rights group
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250101-nearly-3000-israeli-attacks-reported-against-palestinian-bedouin-communities-in-2024-rights-group/

Israeli government considers ordering army to occupy Gaza City: Report
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250101-israeli-government-considers-ordering-army-to-occupy-gaza-city-report/

Nearly 1,100 Palestinian babies killed in Israeli war on Gaza, authorities say
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250101-nearly-1100-palestinian-babies-killed-in-israeli-war-on-gaza-authorities-say/

Israel's ex-defense chief Gallant says he’s leaving parliament
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/02/world/politics/israel-defense-gallant-parliament/

31 Dec 24 - YAF carried out two 'top-tier' operations, targeted USS Truman
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/yaf-say-carried-out-2--top-tier--operations--targeted-uss-tr

Lawsuit filed by UVM Students for Justice in Palestine dismissed
https://www.wcax.com/2025/01/02/lawsuit-filed-by-uvm-students-justice-palestine-dismissed/



Uraine War

Britain says Trump team should prevent Ukraine from joining NATO
https://en.topcor.ru/55168-v-britanii-zajavili-chto-komanda-trampa-ne-dolzhna-dopustit-vstuplenija-ukrainy-v-nato.html

Russian Iskanders Attack HIMARS MLRS Column in Kherson Oblast
https://en.topcor.ru/55177-rossijskie-iskandery-atakovali-kolonnu-rszo-himars-v-hersonskoj-oblasti.html

"Gerani" almost hit Zelensky's office in Kyiv - MP Bezugla
https://en.topcor.ru/55201-gerani-pochti-popali-po-ofisu-zelenskogo-v-kieve-nardep-bezuglaja.html

$1,164 trillion in losses: how much did Euromaidan cost Ukraine?
https://en.topcor.ru/55153-1164-trilliona-dollarov-poter-vo-chto-oboshelsja-ukraine-evromajdan.html

Ukrainian Armed Forces showcases French long-range AASM Hammer missiles fired from Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft.
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2025/01/01/su-25-drops-powerful-french-stand-off-hammer-bombs-in-ukraine/

Russian Su-57 fighters fire Kh-69 missiles, strike near Kyiv
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2024/12/31/russian-su-57-fighters-fire-kh-69-missiles-strike-near-kyiv/

Should U.S. worry about Russia capturing an M1A1 Abrams tank?
Abrams is considered one of the most advanced and powerful tanks in the world.
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2025/01/01/should-u-s-worry-about-russia-capturing-an-m1a1-abrams-tank/

The Russian Navy gets 38 new ships in 2024
https://eu.eot.su/2025/01/01/the-russian-navy-gets-38-new-ships-in-2024/

Russian army liberates Kurakhovo
https://eu.eot.su/2025/01/01/russian-army-liberates-kurakhovo/

TASS: More than 1,500 strikes were carried out on military targets in Ukraine in 2024
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/7420898?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Another 14 drones destroyed over five regions in two hours
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/7420865?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp



US News

New Orleans Mayor Calls Bourbon Street Massacre A “Terrorist Attack”
https://www.theburningplatform.com/2025/01/01/new-orleans-mayor-calls-bourbon-street-massacre-a-terrorist-attack/

Texas resident Shamsud Din Jabbar identified as New Orleans terrorist; ISIS flag discovered in explosive-rigged truck
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/01/texas-resident-shamsud-din-jabbar-identified-as-new-orleans-terrorist-isis-flag-discovered-in-explosive-rigged-truck/

Investigators obtain video of 3 men and woman placing explosives in New Orleans attack
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/01/investigators-obtain-video-of-3-men-and-woman-placing-explosives-in-new-orleans-attack/

The Dumbing Down of America—Woke Blue State Lowers the Bar for Teachers, Removes Basic Educational Requirements
https://defconnews.com/2025/01/01/the-dumbing-down-of-america-woke-blue-state-lowers-the-bar-for-teachers-removes-basic-educational-requirements/

Jonathan Cook: Is US Democracy a Sham? Biden Gave Us the Answer. Were You Listening?
https://scheerpost.com/2025/01/01/jonathan-cook-is-us-democracy-a-sham-biden-gave-us-the-answer-were-you-listening/

Pentagon Repatriates Guantánamo Detainee Held Without Charge for Over Two Decades
https://scheerpost.com/2025/01/01/pentagon-repatriates-guantanamo-detainee-held-without-charge-for-over-two-decades/

MIT Student Banned From Campus, Facing Suspension After Pro-Palestine Activism
https://scheerpost.com/2025/01/01/mit-student-banned-from-campus-facing-suspension-after-pro-palestine-activism/

Biological Male Will Compete As a Woman in the Boston Marathon
https://www.independentsentinel.com/biological-male-will-compete-as-a-woman-in-the-boston-marathon/

The FBI Spokesperson Is a “Moron?” (Yes, a DEI hire)
https://www.independentsentinel.com/the-fbi-spokesperson-is-a-moron/

Why Did Biden Open the Borders While Wray Warned Dangerous People Were Coming?
https://www.independentsentinel.com/why-did-biden-open-the-borders-while-wray-warned-dangerous-people-were-coming/

Tesla Replaced Laid Off Americans with Foreign Workers
https://www.independentsentinel.com/tesla-replaced-laid-off-americans-with-foreign-workers/

Trump backs skilled foreign workers, says US needs them
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/trump-backs-skilled-foreign-workers-says-us-needs-them-3696580

Newsom is Banning Gas Cars, Gas Stoves, Gas Furnaces, Gas Water Heaters
https://conservativefiringline.com/calif-gov-newsom-is-banning-gas-cars-gas-stoves-gas-furnaces-gas-water-heaters/



Covid  - Health

Recall on Walmart Produce Now Covers 20 States
... broccoli may be contaminated with listeria
https://www.westernjournal.com/recall-walmart-produce-now-covers-20-states/

‘Worrisome’ mutations discovered in H5N1 bird flu virus in Canadian teenager
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/01/worrisome-mutations-discovered-in-h5n1-bird-flu-virus-in-canadian-teenager/

PSYOP-SCAMDEMIC RISING: "Health Emergency" Declarations, Lockdowns, Masking & Never-Ending DEATHVAX™
https://www.2ndsmartestguyintheworld.com/p/psyop-scamdemic-rising-health-emergency

DISTANCE HEALING WHERE CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE FAILS
https://michaelwalshwriter.com/2025/01/01/distant-healing-where-conventional-medicine-fails/



AI - Big Tech - Internet

China’s farming drones take root as industry grows
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3292917/nowhere-go-chinas-farming-drones-take-root-industry-grows

China’s military warns that AI cannot replace human decision-making on battlefield
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3293052/chinas-military-warns-ai-cannot-replace-human-decision-making-battlefield

From AI to Minimum Wages: These Are the Laws Shaping 2025
https://discernreport.com/from-ai-to-minimum-wages-these-are-the-laws-shaping-2025/

We Will Not Survive AI (5:17)
https://rumble.com/v64qwud-we-will-not-survive-ai-by-jerry-day.html?mref=wrdkl&mc=7vj9z

Chris Hedges: Exposing Big Tech’s Complicity in Genocide | The Chris Hedges Report
https://scheerpost.com/2025/01/01/chris-hedges-exposing-big-techs-complicity-in-genocide-the-chris-hedges-report/

AI robot AI chefs replacing US jobs in restaurants and kitchens as humans are being pushed out of Workforce
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/01/ai-robot-ai-chefs-replacing-us-jobs-in-restaurants-and-kitchens-as-humans-are-being-pushed-out-of-workforce/



Environment - Science - Weather

Kickstart 2025 With Quadrantids Peak, One of The Best Meteor Showers All Year
https://www.sciencealert.com/kickstart-2025-with-quadrantids-peak-one-of-the-best-meteor-showers-all-year

Common ADHD Drug Could Make Some People Better Drivers
https://www.sciencealert.com/common-adhd-drug-could-make-some-people-better-drivers



Economy

‘Phase 2 China shock is coming’: historian Adam Tooze on Europe, America and manufacturing
Historian says he worries about escalation in tension between the great powers ‘to the point now of genuine war scares’
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3292636/phase-2-china-shock-coming-historian-adam-tooze-europe-america-and-manufacturing

Egg Prices in Commiefornia Soar to $9 per Dozen
https://discernreport.com/egg-prices-in-commiefornia-soar-to-9-per-dozen/

Unless Something Changes, 4 Years From Now We Will Be 51 Trillion Dollars In Debt
https://www.theburningplatform.com/2025/01/01/unless-something-changes-4-years-from-now-we-will-be-51-trillion-dollars-in-debt/

Trump’s Push To Shut Down the Axis of Upheaval Starts With LNG
    Trump's second term aims to counter the Axis of Upheaval.
    Plans include tightening sanctions on Russia’s LNG sector and transshipment methods, and extending similar sanctions to Iraq for aiding Iran’s oil exports.
    Broader sanctions and measures on Iraq, Iranian proxies, and Chinese financing networks indicate a U.S. strategy to curtail economic and logistical support for adversaries.
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Natural-Gas/Trumps-Push-To-Shut-Down-the-Axis-of-Upheaval-Starts-With-LNG.html

This "Indian American" Thing Is Not Going to Work. Neither Is the "Big Tech Overlord" Thing
https://www.unz.com/aanglin/this-indian-american-thing-is-not-going-to-work-neither-is-the-big-tech-overlord-thing/



EU - UK - Canada - Australia - NATO

EU faces energy dilemma over halt in Ukraine gas transit
https://en.topcor.ru/55197-es-stalkivaetsja-s-jenergeticheskoj-dilemmoj-iz-za-prekraschenija-gazovogo-tranzita-cherez-ukrainu.html

Moldova plunges into blackout after gas supply cutoff
https://en.topcor.ru/55200-moldavija-pogruzhaetsja-v-bljekaut-posle-ostanovki-postavok-gaza.html

At least 20 migrants missing as boat sinks off Italy, seven rescued
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250101-at-least-20-migrants-missing-as-boat-sinks-off-italy-seven-rescued/

UK doctor suspended over posts praising slain Hamas and Hezbollah leaders as ‘legends’
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250101-uk-doctor-suspended-over-posts-praising-slain-hamas-and-hezbollah-leaders-as-legends/

UK: Grooming Gangs Raped 1400 Children Over 16 Years
https://www.independentsentinel.com/uk-grooming-gangs-raped-1400-children-over-16-years/

Number of migrants arriving in UK via English Channel soars by 25% in 2024
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/number-of-migrants-arriving-in-uk-via-english-channel-soars-by-25-in-2024/3439529

EU Heads for Financial Collapse over Russian Gas Stop through Ukraine
https://www.vtforeignpolicy.com/2025/01/eu-heads-for-financial-collapse-over-russian-gas-stop-through-ukraine/



China - Asia

China’s Shandong carrier closes 2024 with ‘all-weather’ combat ability, sortie time cuts
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3293042/chinas-shandong-carrier-closes-2024-all-weather-combat-ability-sortie-time-cuts

South Korea police raid Muan airport over Jeju Air crash
Officers also searched the carrier’s office in Seoul as authorities ramped up a probe into the disaster
https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3293086/south-korea-police-raid-muan-airport-over-jeju-air-crash

Wife of Chinese dwarf doctor carries him to house calls, he treats over 2,000 patients
Childhood illness stunts growth of 90cm tall medic, diminutive doctor marries woman admired for her beauty who is 70cm (~3 ft.) taller than him
https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3292246/wife-china-dwarf-doctor-carries-him-house-calls-he-treats-over-2000-patients

China's Aircraft Carriers Will Become 'New Great Wall' at Sea to Deter US
https://en.topcor.ru/55173-otkaz-v-dostupe-knr-stroit-novuju-velikuju-stenu-na-more-dlja-sderzhivanija-ssha.html

Philippines grounded US Bell AH-1S Cobra attack helicopters
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2025/01/01/philippines-grounded-us-bell-ah-1s-cobra-attack-helicopters/

Chinese navy launches next-gen amphibious assault ship
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2025/01/chinese-navy-launches-next-gen-amphibious-assault-ship/

South Korea to send Jeju Air crash black box to U.S.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/02/asia-pacific/korea-jeju-air-black-box-us/



Middle East

US in talks with Taliban* to open US military base in Afghanistan
https://en.topcor.ru/55198-ssha-vedut-peregovory-s-talibanom-ob-otkrytii-amerikanskoj-voennoj-bazy-v-afganistane.html

Over two thirds of whom are children | Explosions of old ordnance in Syria in 2024 kill and injure nearly 550 civilians
https://www.syriahr.com/en/352643/

Including over 18,000 civilians | SOHR verifies the death of 21,402 people across Syria in 2024
https://www.syriahr.com/en/352642/

29 Dec 24 - ISIS resurgence in 2024 | ISIS kills over 750 civilians and combatants in nearly 500 operations in Syrian desert and SDF-controlled areas and loses 117 fighters and commanders in counter operations
https://www.syriahr.com/en/352568/

First time in 2025 | Drone attacks US base in Al-Hasakah countryside and anti-aircraft weapons shoot it down (northeastern Syria)
https://www.syriahr.com/en/352684/?doing_wp_cron=1735788002.2825260162353515625000

Military escalation | Turkish forces and their proxies fire artillery shells on villages in Al-Hasakah
https://www.syriahr.com/en/352686/

US-trained Syrian factions await their role post-regime: NPR
https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/us-trained-syrian-factions-await-their-role-post-regime--npr

Türkiye's technological leap in 2024: A year of space, defense
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/turkiyes-technological-leap-in-2024-a-year-of-space-defense-3696576



Mexico / Central America / South America

Mexico to Open Mass Deportation Intake Camps on Trump’s Inauguration Day
https://sharylattkisson.com/2025/01/mexico-to-open-mass-deportation-camps-on-trumps-inauguration-day/

The Panama Canal has a big problem, but It's not China or Trump (drought, water levels)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/trade/exports/insights/the-panama-canal-has-a-big-problem-but-its-not-china-or-trump/articleshow/116871697.cms



Africa

Nigeria investigates deadly airstrike, Chad tense ahead of election, Namibia probes Chinese lithium mining company
https://www.voaafrica.com/a/7899689.html