articles 17 feb.

 Global

WHO chief urges pandemic accord action after US withdrawal from negotiations
‘Next pandemic is a matter of when, not if,’ said Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. US notified WHO on Friday of withdrawal from pandemic talks
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3299053/who-chief-urges-pandemic-accord-action-after-us-withdrawal-negotiations

Interview with Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò
https://joehoft.com/interview-with-archbishop-carlo-maria-vigano/

Hungarian Leader Orbán Reveals How Soros and US Taxpayers Are Funding Organizations Around the World to Promote Radical Liberal Ideology
https://basedunderground.com/2025/02/17/hungarian-leader-orban-reveals-how-soros-and-us-taxpayers-are-funding-organizations-around-the-world-to-promote-radical-liberal-ideology/

Zelensky Desperately Trying to Create World War III ASAP
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/ukraine/zelensky-desperately-trying-to-create-world-war-iii-asap/



Israel War

Israelis shoot schoolchildren in West Bank raid
https://www.newarab.com/video/israelis-shoot-schoolchildren-west-bank-raid

Israel minister says Hamas must leave Gaza, surrender arms
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2590605/middle-east

Israeli army shoots, injures Palestinian boy, storms mosque in West Bank
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250217-israeli-delegation-to-fly-to-cairo-to-discuss-gaza-deal-netanyahus-office-says/

Jordan's king reaffirms rejection of Palestinian displacement
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250217-jordans-king-reaffirms-rejection-of-palestinian-displacement/

Israeli soldier throws grenades over illegal West Bank wall
An Israeli occupation soldier filmed herself throwing grenades over the illegal Separation Wall in the occupied West Bank and onto Palestinian land.
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250217-israeli-soldier-throws-grenades-over-illegal-west-bank-wall/

Pro-Israel (Jewish) gunman in Florida shoots 2 Israelis, mistaking them for Palestinians
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250217-pro-israel-gunman-in-florida-shoots-2-israelis-mistaking-them-for-palestinians/

Jewish man in Miami arrested after shooting two Israelis he mistook for Palestinians
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2025/feb/17/jewish-man-miami-arrested-shooting-two-israelis-mi/

Shock Hamas Move Batters Ceasefire Busting Israel! (10:20) by KernowDamo
https://rumble.com/v6lrg01-shock-hamas-move-batters-ceasefire-busting-israel-by-kernowdamo.html?mref=wrdkl&mc=7vj9z

Netanyahu vows to ‘finish the job’ against Iran with support from Trump
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/02/netanyahu-vows-to-finish-the-job-against-iran-with-support-from-trump/

At least 25 Palestinians arrested in Israeli military raids in occupied West Bank
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/at-least-25-palestinians-arrested-in-israeli-military-raids-in-occupied-west-bank/3484548

Israel advancing plans for 1,000 new settler homes in Bethlehem
https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-advancing-plans-1000-new-settler-homes-bethlehem

Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya Has Been Tortured And Denied Care In Prison
https://popularresistance.org/dr-hussam-abu-safiya-has-been-tortured-and-denied-care-in-prison/

Trump Didn’t Invent the Gaza Ethnic Cleansing Plan. It’s Been US Policy Since 2007
https://original.antiwar.com/cook/2025/02/16/trump-didnt-invent-the-gaza-ethnic-cleansing-plan-its-been-us-policy-since-2007/

Heavy MK-84 US Bombs received by Israel to Unleash the HELL for Gaza ETHNIC CLEANSING
https://vtforeignpolicy.com/2025/02/heavy-mk-84-us-bombs-received-by-israel-to-unleash-the-hell-for-gaza-ethnic-cleansing/



Uraine War

US-Russia Talks to Begin As Trump Admin Done with Ukraine War, Ready for Iran Conflict
https://rachelblevins.substack.com/p/us-russia-talks-to-begin-as-trump

Russian Presidential Assistant Nikolay Patrushev: The Munich conference showed signs of a split in the West
https://eu.eot.su/2025/02/17/russian-presidential-assistant-nikolay-patrushev-the-munich-conference-showed-signs-of-a-split-in-the-west/

WP: European countries have allowed the dispatch of up to 30,000 peacekeepers to Ukraine
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/7514717?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

51 houses damaged after a drone attack In Krasnodar Krai
https://www-kommersant-ru.translate.goog/doc/7514895?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

SCOTT RITTER: Trump’s Munich Strategy - At the security conference in Germany we just saw Trump make a classic adaptation of John Boyd’s OODA-loop to destroy his NATO and EU enemies.
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/02/17/scott-ritter-trumps-munich-strategy/

Secret Terror Blueprints For US National Security Council Expose
https://popularresistance.org/secret-terror-blueprints-for-us-national-security-council-exposed/

Kellogg does not want to invite Europe to negotiations so as not to repeat “Minsk-2”
https://en.topcor.ru/56724-kellog-ne-hochet-zvat-evropu-na-peregovory-chtoby-ne-povtorit-minsk-2.html

Europe is considering sending up to 30 troops to the rear areas of Ukraine
https://en.topcor.ru/56779-evropa-rassmatrivaet-variant-otpravki-do-30-tysjach-voennyh-v-tylovye-rajony-ukrainy.html

Trump to Agree with Putin's Call to Withdraw US Troops from Baltics – FT
https://en.topcor.ru/56778-tramp-soglasitsja-s-prizyvom-putina-vyvesti-amerikanskie-vojska-iz-pribaltiki-ft.html

Mortality among Ukrainian Armed Forces fighters has sharply increased due to cold weather
https://ria-ru.translate.goog/20250217/pokholodanie-1999746037.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

How Zelensky is eliminating his opponents in anticipation of elections
https://anti--spiegel-ru.translate.goog/2025/wie-selensky-in-erwartung-von-wahlen-seine-gegner-ausschaltet/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp



US News

The Mafia State
First we got a mafia economy. Then we got a mafia state. We must rid ourselves of the ruling criminal class or become its victims.
Kiss the ring. Grovel before the Godfather. Give him tribute, a cut of the spoils. If he and his family get rich you get rich. Enter his inner circle, his “made” men and women, and you do not have to follow rules or obey the law. by Chris Hedges
https://chrishedges.substack.com/p/the-mafia-state

9 killed in major flood in Kentucky
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2025/02/video-pics-9-killed-in-major-flood-in-kentucky/

Conservative Women are Three Times More Likely to be Happy Than Liberal Women
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/02/17/conservative-women-are-three-times-happier-than-liberal-women/

“No Longer Justifies the Cost”: Migrant Shelters Close Down as Illegal Alien Numbers Plunge Under Trump
https://basedunderground.com/2025/02/17/no-longer-justifies-the-cost-migrant-shelters-close-down-as-illegal-alien-numbers-plunge-under-trump/

MTG Made Serious And Specific Allegations Against Ilhan Omar… Demands Censure And Removal
https://conservativefiringline.com/mtg-made-serious-and-specific-allegations-against-ilhan-omar-demands-censure-and-removal/

Migrant Crossings Down 90% Under Trump and Homan
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/politics/migrant-crossings-down-90-under-trump-and-homan/

NYU Students For A Democratic Society Scares CIA Away From Campus
https://popularresistance.org/nyu-students-for-a-democratic-society-scares-cia-away-from-campus/



Covid  - Health

Intense Flu Surge Gripping The US Is The Worst in Years, CDC Says
https://www.sciencealert.com/intense-flu-surge-gripping-the-us-is-the-worst-in-years-cdc-says

Woman Tourist loses both hands trying to take photo with shark in Turks and Caicos
https://nypost.com/2025/02/17/world-news/tourist-loses-both-hands-trying-to-take-photo-with-shark-in-turks-and-caicos/

Another Psychiatric Drug Murder in Wyoming?
https://joehoft.com/ablechild-another-psychiatric-drug-murder-in-wyoming/

CDC ‘disease detectors’ among hundreds of latest fired by Trump Administration
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/02/cdc-disease-detectors-among-hundreds-of-latest-fired-by-trump-administration/

Woman Faces Trial for Holding Sign Outside Abortion Clinic Saying, “Here to Talk if You Want”
https://www.lifenews.com/2025/02/17/woman-faces-trial-for-holding-sign-outside-abortion-clinic-saying-here-to-talk-if-you-want/

Soccer Star Tony Bedeau Dies Suddenly at 45
https://basedunderground.com/2025/02/17/soccer-star-tony-bedeau-dies-suddenly-at-45/

Fearmongering Is Here: Now They Are Killing Cats to Prevent the Spread of H5N1
https://basedunderground.com/2025/02/17/fearmongering-is-here-now-they-are-killing-cats-to-prevent-the-spread-of-h5n1/

Flu is out of control in the United States
Could a long-term immunosuppressive effect of repeated mRNA Covid shots be part of the reason? Don't expect the media to ask.
https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/flu-is-out-of-control-in-the-united

Survey: Woke Female Democrats are the Most Unhappy
https://conservativefiringline.com/survey-woke-female-democrats-are-the-most-unhappy/

Pharmaceutical Marketing – Billions Spent to Make You Sick
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/disease/pharmaceutical-marketing/



AI - Big Tech - Internet

Delta Air Lines plane flips on landing at Toronto airport, injuring 17
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3299060/8-injured-after-plane-flips-upside-down-crashes-toronto-airport

Tencent testing DeepSeek to add China’s hottest AI technology to its Weixin super app
https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3298883/tencent-testing-deepseek-add-chinas-hottest-ai-technology-its-weixin-super-app

You can once again download TikTok from Apple and Google app stores in the US
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2025/02/you-can-once-again-download-tiktok-from-apple-and-google-app-stores-in-the-us/

60 Minutes airs fake news so egregious, people are calling for their license to be yanked…
https://revolver.news/2025/02/60-minutes-airs-fake-news-so-egregious-people-are-calling-for-their-license-to-be-yanked/

Another plane has crashed! 2 killed in small plane crash at metro Atlanta airport
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/02/another-plane-has-crashed-2-killed-in-small-plane-crash-at-metro-atlanta-airport/

Chinese GPUs Surpass Nvidia Chips by Nearly Tenfold in Supercomputer Simulation: A Game-Changer in Tech Sovereignty
https://basedunderground.com/2025/02/17/chinese-gpus-surpass-nvidia-chips-by-nearly-tenfold-in-supercomputer-simulation-a-game-changer-in-tech-sovereignty/

CBS ‘News’ Hack Margaret Brennan Falsely Claims Nazi Germany Weaponized Free Speech To Conduct Genocide Against Jews (Video)
https://conservativefiringline.com/cbs-news-hack-margaret-brennan-falsely-claims-nazi-germany-weaponized-free-speech-to-conduct-genocide-against-jews-video/

Liberal Terrorists Threaten Northern California Tesla Owners With Vandalism (Video)
https://conservativefiringline.com/liberal-terrorists-threaten-northern-california-tesla-owners-with-vandalism-video/

The New York Times has greenlit AI tools for product and edit staff
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/17/the-new-york-times-has-greenlit-ai-tools-for-product-and-edit-staff/

Trump fires hundreds of air traffic support staff as SpaceX visits FAA command center
https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/17/trump-fires-hundreds-of-air-traffic-support-staff-as-spacex-visits-faa-command-center/



Environment - Science - Weather

Top geophysicist Niu Fenglin leaves US for prestigious China role
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3299027/niu-fenglin-influential-geophysicist-leaves-us-prestigious-china-role

Energy Secretary Chris Wright Implores Europeans to ‘Return to Sobriety’ on Climate, Energy
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/02/17/chris-wright-slams-european-climate-policy/

Study Reveals What Would Happen if You Were Struck by a Tiny Black Hole
https://www.sciencealert.com/study-reveals-what-would-happen-if-you-were-struck-by-a-tiny-black-hole

Earthquake Swarm Mystifies Scientists as Greek Island Tremors Continue
https://www.sciencealert.com/earthquake-swarm-mystifies-scientists-as-greek-island-tremors-continue

Experts warn that increased temps are throwing animal patterns into chaos
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/02/experts-warn-that-increased-temps-are-throwing-animal-patterns-into-chaos/

$50M for Climate Change in Palestine?
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/climate/50m-for-climate-change-in-palestine/



Economy

U.S. Fuel Prices Surge On Refinery Maintenance And Outages
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/US-Fuel-Prices-Surge-On-Refinery-Maintenance-And-Outages.html

Social Security Fraud: Nearly 1.5 Million Americans Listed as Over 150 Years Old, 1,041 Over 220 Years Old
https://www.westernjournal.com/social-security-fraud-nearly-1-5-million-americans-listed-150-years-old-1041-220-years-old/

Trump's EPA Chief: We Have Found the 'Gold Bars' Biden's Team Hid - $20 Billion Set Aside to Thwart Trump
https://www.westernjournal.com/trumps-epa-chief-found-gold-bars-bidens-team-hid-20-billion-set-aside-thwart-trump/

US restaurants are cracking under inflation
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/02/us-restaurants-are-cracking-under-inflation/

Poland: Customers lost nearly €120 million in unauthorized bank transactions last year
https://rmx.news/poland/poland-customers-lost-nearly-e120-million-in-unauthorized-bank-transactions-last-year/

The CPI Is Deeply Flawed and the Fed Feeds those Flaws
https://mishtalk.com/economics/the-cpi-is-deeply-flawed-and-the-fed-feeds-those-flaws/

Five Republican Senators Caution Trump about Pain from Tariffs
https://mishtalk.com/economics/five-republican-senators-caution-trump-about-pain-from-tariffs/

The gap between the Black and general unemployment rates is l(far) ess pronounced than in previous decades.
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/17/economic-state-of-black-america

Trump defiant as EU threatens US food ban: 'They're just hurting themselves!'
https://www.yenisafak.com/en/news/trump-defiant-as-eu-threatens-us-food-ban-theyre-just-hurting-themselves-3698570



EU - UK - Canada - Australia - NATO

Starmer to meet Trump in US next week as UK PM seeks to ‘deepen special relationship’
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3299054/starmer-meet-trump-us-next-week-uk-pm-seeks-deepen-special-relationship

Pope Francis’ condition ‘complex’, hospital stay extended, Vatican confirms
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/3299051/pope-francis-condition-complex-hospital-stay-extended-vatican-confirms

Remember How Pope Francis Is Pro-Illegal Immigrant? Turns Out Catholic Charities Have Taken Billions in Shelter Grants
https://defconnews.com/2025/02/17/remember-how-pope-francis-is-pro-illegal-immigrant-turns-out-catholic-charities-have-taken-billions-in-shelter-grants/

Starmer’s Ready to Send UK Troops to Ukraine, But The Army Is Not
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/starmer-uk-troops-to-ukraine-army-not-ready/

Europe talks up more defence spending as Ukraine peacekeeper plan divides
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/wrapup-5-europe-talks-up-more-defence-spending-as-ukraine-peacekeeper-plan-divides

German Voters Call for Change as Europe’s Largest Economy Faces Stagnation
https://www.arise.tv/german-voters-call-for-change-as-europes-largest-economy-faces-stagnation/

Germany’s Shocking War on Online Speech: Armed Police Raids for Online “Insults,” “Hate Speech,” and “Misinformation”
https://basedunderground.com/2025/02/17/germanys-shocking-war-on-online-speech-armed-police-raids-for-online-insults-hate-speech-and-misinformation/

Cook Islands signs agreement with China, Wellington feels snubbed
https://www.trtworld.com/australia/cook-islands-signs-agreement-with-china-wellington-feels-snubbed-18265256

The LEFT To Become Very Authoritarian
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/europes-current-economy/the-left-to-become-very-authoritarian/
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The Fate of Europe is Doomed
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/war/the-fate-of-europe-is-doomed/



China - Asia

Taiwan considering multibillion-dollar arms purchase from US, sources say
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3299056/taiwan-considering-multibillion-dollar-arms-purchase-us-sources-say

Why China is Winning the Nuclear Energy Race
https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Nuclear-Power/Why-China-is-Winning-the-Nuclear-Energy-Race.html

US Seizing Panama And Greenland Aimed At China
https://popularresistance.org/us-seizing-panama-and-greenland-aimed-at-china/



Middle East

Israeli troops to remain in 5 Lebanese positions after Tuesday deadline
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2590533/middle-east

Israel strikes southern Lebanon ahead of deadline for withdrawal
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250217-israel-strikes-southern-lebanon-ahead-of-deadline-for-withdrawal/

Iran to respond to Israeli aggression in due time
https://en.mehrnews.com/news/228489/Iran-to-respond-to-Israeli-aggression-in-due-time

Israel kills 'Hamas leader' in south Lebanon strike with occupation set to continue
https://www.newarab.com/news/israel-violates-truce-strike-hamas-leader-lebanon

Israeli drone strike hits city of Sidon in Lebanon amid ceasefire violations
https://www.newarab.com/video/israeli-drone-strike-hits-city-sidon-amid-ceasefire-violations

Turkish occupation bombards Medya defense areas with prohibited weapons
https://hawarnews.com/en/turkish-occupation-bombards-medya-defense-areas-with-prohibited-weapons

13 people, including woman, killed in Syria
https://hawarnews.com/en/13-people-including-woman-killed-in-syria

Turkish shelling cuts off electricity to 60 villages in ruler Girê Spî, Ain Issa
https://hawarnews.com/en/turkish-shelling-cuts-off-electricity-to-60-villages-in-ruler-gire-spi-ain-issa



Mexico / Central America / South America

Brazil’s Lula Defends Oil Exploration In The Amazon
https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Brazils-Lula-Defends-Oil-Exploration-In-The-Amazon.html



Africa

UN appeals for $6 billion for Sudan crisis aid in 2025
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2590539/middle-east

Tunisia debates possibility of 'hosting' exiled Hamas figures amid further Gaza ceasefire negotiations
https://www.newarab.com/news/tunisia-may-host-exiled-hamas-figures-next-gaza-deal

US War On Africa Rages On With Somalia In The Crosshairs
https://popularresistance.org/us-war-on-africa-rages-on-with-somalia-in-the-crosshairs/