articles 20 may

 
Global

Pandemic preparedness: WHO adopts landmark agreement
It’s only the second time the World Health Assembly has adopted a health treaty, but key details of this Pandemic Agreement remain unclear. An analysis.
https://www.dw.com/en/pandemic-preparedness-first-pandemic-treaty-adopted/a-72609575

W.H.O. adopts “Pandemic Treaty”, Expanding its power over disease management Worldwide
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/05/w-h-o-adopts-pandemic-treaty-expanding-its-power-over-disease-management-worldwide/

WHO approves PANDEMIC AGREEMENT but 11 Countries (including Italy, Slovakia and Russia) Reject it
Slovakian PM: “Illegitimate role of the EU without authority over health”
https://vtforeignpolicy.com/2025/05/who-approves-pandemic-agreement-but-11-countries-including-italy-slovakia-and-russia-reject-it/

Hungary Is Right: The ICC Should Be Dismantled
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/hungary-is-right-the-icc-should-be-dismantled/

Trump’s Far-Fetched Attempt To Divide Russia and China Is Clearly Failing
https://scheerpost.com/2025/05/20/trumps-far-fetched-attempt-to-divide-russia-and-china-is-clearly-failing/

Report: Israel preparing strike on Iranian nuclear facilities, US intelligence says
https://trt.global/world/article/037fc783db8e

US intel suggests Israel preparing strike on Iran's nuclear sites: CNN
https://www.newarab.com/news/us-intel-says-israel-preparing-strike-iran-nuclear-sites-cnn



Israel War

Aid being allowed into Gaza, but none distributed yet: UN
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250520-aid-being-allowed-into-gaza-but-none-distributed-yet-un/

Israel’s aid distribution plan aims to turn northern Gaza into ‘depopulated area’: Israeli media
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israel-s-aid-distribution-plan-aims-to-turn-northern-gaza-into-depopulated-area-israeli-media/3573940

Former Israeli MK: ‘Every Child, Every Baby in Gaza Is an Enemy’
https://news.antiwar.com/2025/05/20/former-israeli-mk-every-child-every-baby-in-gaza-is-an-enemy/

What is Israel’s new major ground offensive, Operation Gideon’s Chariots?
“We are destroying more and more homes. They have nowhere to return..."
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2025/5/19/what-is-israels-new-major-ground-offensive-operation-gideons-chariots

Israeli blockade has killed 326 people in Gaza; 14,000 babies at risk
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2025/5/21/live-israel-blocking-food-medicine-has-led-to-326-deaths-in-gaza

Airstrikes Kill Dozens in Gaza as Criticism of Israel Grows
https://english.aawsat.com/arab-world/5145079-airstrikes-kill-dozens-gaza-criticism-israel-grows

Sweden Seeks EU Sanctions Targeting 'Individual Israeli Ministers'
https://english.aawsat.com/world/5145363-sweden-seeks-eu-sanctions-targeting-individual-israeli-ministers

UK Suspends Free Trade Talks with Israel and Announces Sanctions over West Bank Settlers
https://english.aawsat.com/world/5145329-uk-suspends-free-trade-talks-israel-and-announces-sanctions-over-west-bank-settlers

Israeli politician slammed for saying country should not ‘kill babies for a hobby’
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2601502/middle-east

Israel is killing Palestinian babies in Gaza 'for a hobby': ex-military general
Yair Golan says a sane country doesn't target civilians, murder infants for sport, or aim to expel Indigenous populations.
https://trt.global/world/article/f86668f41c30

Israel Just Launched Its Offensive to Permanently ‘Conquer’ Gaza As Trump’s Arab Gulf Tour Wraps Up
https://scheerpost.com/2025/05/20/israel-just-launched-its-offensive-to-permanently-conquer-gaza-as-trumps-arab-gulf-tour-wraps-up/

Gaza reports 326 malnutrition deaths, over 300 miscarriages due to Israel's carnage
https://trt.global/world/live/682d0cd9272976ac4c84461d

Israeli soldiers dressed as Palestinian women to assassinate Gaza commander
https://www.newarab.com/news/israeli-forces-dressed-palestinian-women-kill-gaza-commander



Uraine War

Looks like Trump has abandoned his push to mediate Ukraine peace
https://asiatimes.com/2025/05/looks-like-trump-has-abandoned-his-push-to-mediate-ukraine-peace/

Ukraine’s tiny thermobaric robot tank can burn enemies with 4,532°F flames
https://interestingengineering.com/military/ukraine-thermobaric-touting-ground-robot

EU adopts new Russia sanctions amid Ukraine ceasefire push
https://www.dw.com/en/eu-adopts-new-russia-sanctions-amid-ukraine-ceasefire-push/live-72604871

EU plans new sanctions to deflate Putin's war chest
https://www.dw.com/en/eu-plans-new-sanctions-on-russia-to-deflate-putins-war-chest/video-72604181

Trump Now Says Biden Was ‘Not for Open Borders,’ Blames ‘Thugs’ in His Administration
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/20/trump-now-says-biden-was-not-open-borders-blames-thugs-his-administration/

EU Approves 17th Round of Russia Sanctions in TEMPER TANTRUM Over Trump-Putin Call
https://rachelblevins.substack.com/p/eu-approves-17th-round-of-russia

Russian Defense Chief Issues New Orders to Troops in Special Operation Zone
https://english.pravda.ru/news/russia/162340-special-operation-zone/

T-90M Down: Ukrainian Forces Destroy Russia’s Most Capable Tank Class in the Donbas
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/t90m-ukrainian-forces-destroy-tank-donbas

Russian T-80BV tank retains combat capability after 25 hits from Ukrainian FPV drones
https://en.topcor.ru/60041-rossijskij-tank-t-80bv-sohranil-boesposobnost-posle-25-popadanij-fpv-dronov-vsu.html

Officers' revolt is getting closer: the Ukrainian Armed Forces command continues attempts to break through to the territory of the Kursk region
https://en.topcor.ru/60064-oficerskij-bunt-vse-blizhe-komandovanie-vsu-prodolzhaet-popytki-proryva-na-territoriju-kurskoj-oblasti.html

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are leaving their positions on the right bank of the Dnieper near Kherson
https://en.topcor.ru/60065-vsu-pokidajut-pozicii-na-pravom-beregu-dnepra-pod-hersonom.html

Iskander flew straight into the Ukrainian Armed Forces training camp
https://en.topcor.ru/60084-iskander-priletel-prjamo-po-lagerju-podgotovki-vsu.html

A Portuguese company under the command of a female officer has been formed in the Ukrainian Armed Forces
https://en.topcor.ru/60043-v-vsu-sformirovana-portugalskaja-rota-pod-komandovaniem-oficera-zhenschiny.html

The front is beginning to crumble. What is happening in the NVO zone
https://ria-ru.translate.goog/20250520/obstanovka-2017894727.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp

Ukrainian TV Calls Putin President of Ukraine
https://ria-ru.translate.goog/20250519/putin-2017823107.html?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp



US News

Rubio defends Trump's foreign policy as Democrats press him on Gaza aid and white South Africans
https://www.startribune.com/rubio-at-senate-hearing-defends-trump-foreign-policy-as-democratic-senators-ask-pointed-questions/601358058

America is having its Ming Dynasty moment
When powerful nations start fearing and denying the future – as America does today – history shows they stagnate and die
https://asiatimes.com/2025/05/america-is-having-its-ming-dynasty-moment/

Columbia-Dreadnought US-UK Nuclear Armed Subs Can Use “Passive” Sonar for Stealth
https://warriormaven.com/sea/columbia-dreadnought-us-uk-nuclear-armed-subs-can-use-passive-sonar-for-stealth

Most powerful US nuclear bomb with 360-kilo ton warhead ready to equip badass bomber
https://interestingengineering.com/military/us-nuclear-bomb-360-kiloton-warhead

Democrat Cuts Off Lee Zeldin as He Mentions Evidence of Self-Dealing at Biden EPA
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/20/fingers-their-ears-epa-head-slams-media-democrats-insisting-there-no-evidence-waste-abuse/

Justice Jackson’s Hypocrisy
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/20/justice-jacksons-hypocrisy/

The Timing of Biden’s Cancer Announcement Is Suspicious
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/20/prostate-cancer-doesnt-develop-immediately-what-bidens-team-isnt-saying/

Rep. Comer: STAFFERS Behind Biden’s Autopen Scandal Have Been IDENTIFIED—Subpoenas Are Coming (VIDEO)
https://defconnews.com/2025/05/20/rep-comer-staffers-behind-bidens-autopen-scandal-have-been-identified-subpoenas-are-coming-video/

U.S. Air Force’s YFQ-42A stealth fighter breaks cover at last
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2025/05/20/u-s-air-forces-yfq-42a-stealth-fighter-breaks-cover-at-last/

Navy bolsters USS Pittsburgh with RTX’s 250th RAM launcher
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2025/05/20/navy-bolsters-uss-pittsburgh-with-rtxs-250th-ram-launcher/

Military academy admissions to be merit-based, SECDEF Hegseth says  
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2025/05/pic-military-academy-admissions-to-be-merit-based-secdef-hegseth-says/

Democrat congresswoman charged for breaching ICE facility
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2025/05/video-democrat-congresswoman-charged-for-breaching-ice-facility/

Blck Jail Employee Arrested in Connection with Escape of 10 Dangerous Inmates
https://www.westernjournal.com/jail-employee-arrested-connection-escape-10-dangerous-inmates/

Senior DOJ Official Suggests Criminal Charges for Jill Biden After Latest Revelations
https://www.westernjournal.com/senior-doj-official-suggests-criminal-charges-jill-biden-latest-revelations/

CHARGES FILED: Left Outraged That ‘No One Is Above The Law’ Includes Elected Dems (even Blacks, even Women)
https://conservativefiringline.com/charges-filed-left-outraged-that-no-one-is-above-the-law-includes-elected-dems/

Sex, drugs, guns and blackmail take center stage at Diddy trial
https://www.courthousenews.com/sex-drugs-guns-and-blackmail-take-center-stage-at-diddy-trial/

The Deep State – Silencing Free Speech Here Too
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/world-news/propaganda/the-deep-state-silencing-free-speech-here-too/

‘Real Champ!’: Defiant Female Track Star Poses on First-Place Podium After Finishing Second to Trans Athlete
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2025/05/20/defiant-female-track-star-poses-first-place-podium-after-finishing-second-trans-athlete/

Tim Walz’s Minnesota: DHS Arrests Illegal Alien Murderer, Gang Member, Sex Offenders, Drug Dealers
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/20/tim-walzs-minnesota-dhs-arrests-illegal-alien-murderer-gang-member-sex-offenders-drug-dealers/




Covid  - Health

FDA to Set Higher Bar for Clinical Trials for New COVID-19 Booster Shots
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/20/fda-strengthen-safeguards-new-covid-vaccines-young-people/

4 Takeaways From RFK’s Health and Human Services Budget Testimony
https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/20/4-takeaways-rfks-health-human-services-budget-testimony/

3M will pay New Jersey $450M over PFAS contamination
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2025/05/3m-will-pay-new-jersey-450m-over-pfas-contamination/

FDA to Limit Approvals of New COVID Vaccines to Elderly, High-Risk Groups — But Hundreds of Millions Still Eligible for the Shots
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/fda-limits-approvals-new-covid-vaccines-elderly-high-risk-groups/

URGENT: The FDA will reject future Covid jabs for healthy people under 65 without big new clinical trials proving they work
This move does not go far enough - a long list of chronic conditions means most adults will still be eligible for boosters - but it is the first real step to rein in American mRNA fanatics
https://alexberenson.substack.com/p/urgent-the-fda-will-reject-future

‘Dilbert’ Creator Scott Adams: "I Have The Exact Same Cancer As Biden, And It Has Spread To My Bones. I Expect To Die This Summer.
https://www.2ndsmartestguyintheworld.com/p/important-update-dilbert-creator

update – Fatal Nemesis: TURBO-CANCER for BIDEN after COVID VACCINES
Pfizer-Sponsored President Funded Fauci's SARS Risky Tests, Hid Lab Origins and Forced US People to Get Vaccinated
https://vtforeignpolicy.com/2025/05/turbo-cancer-for-biden-after-covid-vaccines/



AI - Big Tech - Internet

American AI chipmakers’ eyes are on Saudi Arabia now, not China
https://asiatimes.com/2025/05/american-ai-chipmakers-eyes-are-on-saudi-arabia-now-not-china/

‘Total Reimagining’: Google makes search smarter with AI mode rollout for US users
https://interestingengineering.com/culture/google-rolls-out-ai-mode

UK firm unveils monster drone ship that can sail 8,500 miles without support
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/uk-firm-unveils-monster-drone-ship-oceanus12

Humanoid robots can now roll, reach and react with Korean company’s bold redesign
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/korean-firm-to-debut-new-humanoid-controls

Golf ball-like dimples to propel drones, submarines 30% farther, faster without fins
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/golf-ball-inspired-smart-skin-helps-drones

US robot dog navigates like humans in tough terrain with AI-powered instincts
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/duke-researchers-teach-robots-to-sense

Armstrong on USA WatchDog
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/armstrong-in-the-media/armstrong-on-usa-waterdog/



Environment - Science - Weathers/

30-foot monster sea lizard fossil from 66 million years ago unearthed in US
https://interestingengineering.com/culture/66-million-year-old-30-foot-sea-monster-mosasaur

China hits solid-state battery milestone with Gotion’s 0.2 GWh pilot line for safer EVs
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/china-hits-solid-state-battery-milestone-with-gotions-0-2-gwh-pilot-line-for-safer-evs

Game-changing lithium–CO₂ battery stores 2.5x energy, captures carbon while at it
https://interestingengineering.com/energy/new-carbon-capturing-battery-stores-more-energy

Wild spinach may prevent total wipeout of US seed crops by deadly soil fungus
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/wild-spinach-prevents-crop-wipeout

Residents of California town baffled by mysterious exploding birds
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2025/05/residents-of-california-town-baffled-by-mysterious-exploding-birds/

Senate UNANIMOUSLY Passes No Tax on Tips Act by Unanimous Consent
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/just-senate-unanimously-passes-no-tax-tips-act/

“Nuclear Waste Becomes Power Goldmine”: European Firm to Generate 100 MW for 40 Years Using Radioactive Leftovers
https://www.sustainability-times.com/energy/nuclear-waste-becomes-power-goldmine-european-firm-to-generate-100-mw-for-40-years-using-radioactive-leftovers/



Economy

Insurers seek to surcharge California homeowners for LA County fire costs
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2025/05/insurers-seek-to-surcharge-california-homeowners-for-la-county-fire-costs/

State Farm Not Satisfied with 17% Rate Hike in California; Asks for Nearly 30%
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/05/20/state-farm-not-satisfied-with-17-rate-hike-california-asks-for-nearly-30/

Wage Stagnation Has Made ‘Minimal Quality of Life’ Out of Reach for Most in US
https://scheerpost.com/2025/05/20/wage-stagnation-has-made-minimal-quality-of-life-out-of-reach-for-most-in-us/

Deutsche Bank warns that U.S. economy is experiencing ‘death by a thousand cuts’
https://endtimeheadlines.org/2025/05/deutsche-bank-warns-that-u-s-economy-is-experiencing-death-by-a-thousand-cuts/

Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” Would Increase the Deficit by $4.8 Trillion
https://mishtalk.com/economics/trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill-would-increase-the-deficit-by-4-8-trillion/

Hoot of the Day: Trump Threatens a Return to Reciprocal Tariffs
https://mishtalk.com/economics/hoot-of-the-day-trump-threatens-a-return-to-reciprocal-tariffs/

Musk says he'll do "a lot less" political spending moving forward
https://www.axios.com/2025/05/20/musk-campaign-donations-gop

Strong ruble is a consequence of the rubleization of Russia's foreign trade
https://en.topcor.ru/60085-silnyj-rubl-posledstvie-rublevizacii-vneshnej-torgovli-rf.html



EU - UK - Canada - Australia - NATO

Australia’s Hidden Arms Trade With Israel
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/19/nothing-to-see-here-australias-hidden-arms-trade-with-israel/

Telegram: France Tried To Gag Conservatives Before Romanian Election
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/analysis/telegram-france-tried-to-gag-conservatives-before-romanian-election/

Venus Statue Deemed Sexist Removed from Berlin Federal Office
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/venus-statue-deemed-sexist-removed-from-berlin-federal-office/

Manufacturing Misinformation: How the EU Spends Millions To Smother Free Speech
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/mcc-brussels-report-manufacturing-misinformation-eu-millions-to-squash-free-speech/

Canada's Alberta Threatens Secession Over Resource and Federal Policy Disputes
https://english.pravda.ru/world/162235-canada-alberta/

‘We have imported knife violence’ – Wave of knife attacks shakes Germany once again
https://rmx.news/article/we-have-imported-knife-violence-wave-of-knife-attacks-shakes-germany-once-again/

Germany: Two Suspected Migrant Stabbings Leave Eight Injured, Including 11-Year-Old Girl
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2025/05/20/germany-two-suspected-migrant-stabbings-leave-eight-injured-including-11-year-old-girl/

FRENCH ARMY MAY POLICE MIGRANT GHETTOES ~ VIDEO
https://michaelwalshwriter.com/2025/05/20/french-army-may-police-migrant-ghettoes-video/

2025 Iberian Peninsula blackout: a cyber Israeli retaliation against those who boycott Israel?
https://vtforeignpolicy.com/2025/05/2025-iberian-peninsula-blackout-a-cyber-israeli-retaliation-against-those-who-boycott-israel/



Russia

Russian nuclear arsenal in 2025
https://en.topwar.ru/264817-rossijskij-jadernyj-arsenal-v-2025-godu.html



China - Asia

Taiwan’s William Lai enters second year in office with troubles mounting on all sides
https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/taiwan-s-william-lai-enters-second-year-in-office-with-troubles-mounting-on-all-sides/ar-AA1F9L4U

Drones to patrol Border District, Kln West in trial
https://gbcode.rthk.hk/TuniS/news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1805494-20250521.htm

US brain drain handing the global talent war to China
https://asiatimes.com/2025/05/us-brain-drain-handing-the-global-talent-war-to-china/

New US nuke won’t fix its China deterrence problem
https://asiatimes.com/2025/05/new-us-nuke-wont-fix-its-china-deterrence-problem/

Taiwan wants own satellite internet, distrusts Starlink
https://www.dw.com/en/taiwan-wants-own-satellite-internet-distrusts-starlink/video-72606155

World’s First Flying Aircraft Carrier: China’s Jiu Tian ‘Mothership’ to Begin Flight Testing
https://militarywatchmagazine.com/article/world-first-flying-aircraft-carrier-jiu-tian-mothership

“Silent Death from the Sky”: China’s Bird-Like Drones Now Strike Targets Without Warning or Detection Anywhere
https://www.sustainability-times.com/research/silent-death-from-the-sky-chinas-bird-like-drones-now-strike-targets-without-warning-or-detection-anywhere/

EU will move ahead with new sanctions on Russia without US
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/05/20/eu-will-move-ahead-with-new-sanctions-on-russia-without-us

Indian Airstrikes Damage Six Pakistani Airfields, Visual Analysis Shows
https://vtforeignpolicy.com/2025/05/indian-airstrikes-damage-six-pakistani-airfields-visual-analysis-shows/



Middle East

Syrian Militants Open Fire on Russian Servicemen Near Khmeimim Airbase
https://english.pravda.ru/news/hotspots/162339-syria-militants-russian-khmeimim/

Why the US pulled back in Yemen: Houthis 'nearly shot down' advanced US F-35 jet
https://www.newarab.com/news/yemens-houthis-nearly-shot-down-advanced-us-f-35-jet-report

Sudan accuses UAE of launching drone attacks on Port Sudan
https://www.newarab.com/news/sudan-accuses-uae-launching-drone-attacks-port-sudan

Iran faces US without Plan B as nuclear red lines collide
https://www.newarab.com/news/iran-faces-us-without-plan-b-nuclear-red-lines-collide

Iran’s Khamenei Says US Demands About Nuclear Enrichment Are ‘Nonsense’
https://news.antiwar.com/2025/05/20/irans-khamenei-says-us-demands-about-nuclear-enrichment-are-nonsense/

Qatar and Saudi Arabia Pay Off Syria’s Debt – Long Road to Rebuild
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/international-news/middle_east/qatar-and-saudi-arabia-pay-off-syrias-debt-long-road-to-rebuild/

Rubio Warns Syria Could Descend Into ‘Full-Scale Civil War’ Within Weeks
https://news.antiwar.com/2025/05/20/rubio-warns-syria-could-descend-into-full-scale-civil-war-within-weeks/



Mexico / Central America / South America

Mayor’s personal secretary and advisor murdered in Mexico City
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mayor-personal-secretary-advisor-murdered-mexico-city/

Is Mexico leading the way in biodegradable plastics?
https://mexiconewsdaily.com/lifestyle/is-mexico-leading-the-way-in-biodegradable-plastics/



Africa / Haiti / DR

Sudan’s military says it took full control of Greater Khartoum region that includes the capital
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2601418/middle-east