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The Statement It may not be the lost city of Atlantis, but a social media post questions whether another island – Australia – is also the product of fiction. The Facebook post from June 3, shared to a group in which users debate flat Earth theories, features an aerial image of Australia with a red “FAKE” stamped over the picture. The text underneath reads: “Australia isn’t real. The people are either paid actors or robots.” It goes on to claim, “It’s a hoax, made for us to bel...

Seven years after being launched by President Xi Jinping, first in Astana and then in Jakarta, the New Silk Roads, or Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) increasingly drive the American plutocratic oligarchy completely nuts. The relentless paranoia about the Chinese “threat” has much to do with the exit ramp offered by Beijing to a Global South permanently indebted to IMF/World Bank exploitation. In the old order, politico-mi...

Belt And Road Paranoia Will rumble on Under Biden By Pepe Escobar Seven years after being launched by President Xi Jinping, first in Astana and then in Jakarta, the New Silk Roads, or Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) increasingly drive the American plutocratic oligarchy completely nuts. The relentless paranoia about the Chinese “threat” has much to do with the exit ramp offered by Beijing to a Global South permanently indebted to IMF/World Bank exploitation. In the old order, politico-milita...

To Deepen Relations With India, Australia Should ‘Step Up’ in South Asia Canberra can help deepen relations with New Delhi by putting more effort into its relations with other South Asia states. By December 12, 2020 Ships from the Royal Australian Navy, Indian Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, and the United States Navy participate in Malabar 2020. Credit: U.S. Navy Advertisement As noted by Australia’s High Commissioner to India Barry O’Farrell, Austra...

News by Jane Hansen Premium Content   At Coledale beach on the 27th of February 1966, 14-year-old Bob Myatt witnessed a terrifying yet incredible site. A boy around the same age as him was pulled from the water by surf lifesavers with a 2.5m great white sharks jaws still clamped onto his right leg. The boy, Raymond Short, had been swimming when the shark grabbed his left thigh then let go. As Ray started swimming to shore, the shark swallowed his leg up t...