Articles from ‘Independent News Roundup’

Andrew Korybko · The US launched a half-hour-long “special military operation” in Venezuela on Saturday morning that culminated in Delta Force’s capture of President Nicolas Maduro. Several military sites were bombed, US helicopters flew freely over Caracas in a surreal display of the US’ aerial supremacy, and there were reportedly no US casualties. The US’ “special military operation” was therefore an astounding success regardless…

Rudeness, advertising, and pedophilia. That is the short list of reasons why children should not be on social media. The longer list barely fits into one column. · The wisest people on Earth, I have concluded, live where kangaroos, koalas, and wombats roam. Australia has banned children under 16 from registering on social media. Platforms are now required to delete children’s accounts, even those pretending to be adults, and to pay fines for…

Thieves executed a meticulously planned heist, making off with an estimated $35 million (approximately €30 million) in cash and personal valuables from a bank vault in Gelsenkirchen over the Christmas holidays, according to police. A hole in a wall of the savings bank branch in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, December 29, 2025 © Police Gelsenkirchen via AP · The break-in at a Sparkasse savings bank occurred sometime between Saturday…

Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the Caucasus occupy special places in the Russian psyche and security planning, but all former Soviet Republics are important to both in their own way, and Putin truly wants them to succeed. Andrew Korybko · The US Government recently declassified three of Putin’s conversations with Bush, the first of which took place in June 2001 in Slovenia and saw him lament the loss of only some former Soviet Republics. In his…

Often containing names, numbers, or coded phrases. These voice messages are rare, irregular, and often nonsensical, making the transmission of Swan Lake highly abnormal. X users are reporting that a mysterious Russian shortwave radio signal, nicknamed "The Buzzer" and informally known as the "doomsday radio station," that has been continuously broadcasting since the late 1970s, has just transmitted the classical piece Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich…

One hundred—or one thousand—years from now, what will human society say of us and our time? Will we be unrecognizable to them? In a sense, one can only hope that today’s societies that are gripped by the inhuman ideology of geopolitics will seem strange and primitive, a relic of an underdeveloped mode of civilization. What meaning do you hope those future people ascribe to the present time? by Megan Dobrodt (EIRNS) — Xi Jinping's New Year's…

I’ve been analyzing this for the last 6 hours and this is VERY BAD. World silver production: ~800M ounces, BofA & Citi shorts: 4.4 BILLION. I’ve spent two decades in macro, and I thought I had seen it all. I WAS WRONG! By No Limits · Here’s what I uncovered: · What you’re looking at isn't just a large short position. · It’s a solvency event for the entire commodities complex. · Let’s break down the technicals of why BofA being short 1B…

Alex Krainer · In a hopeful sign that certain ominous tides in Europe could be shifting, over the last two or three weeks, a number of prominent European war hawks appear to have changed their tune on Russia. This happened in the immediate aftermath of NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte saying that Europe should prepare for a big war, “on the scale experienced by our grandfathers and great-grandfathers.” · Britain’s Air Chief Marshal,…

The court order relates to a lawsuit filed in 2023 by seven people injured by COVID-19 vaccines. One of the victims has since died. According to Dutch newspaper De Andere Krant, the lawsuit centers around the question “of whether the COVID-19 injections are a bioweapon.” by Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D. | Picture - albert bourla, covid vaccine and bill gates · Bill Gates and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla will have to appear in person in the Netherlands…

Michelle Makori, President & Editor-in-Chief, Miles Franklin Media, sits down with Vince Lanci, Publisher of GoldFix and Professor of Finance, to break down a major shift underway in the global monetary system. BRICS nations have launched a pilot for a new gold-backed settlement instrument known as “the Unit” – a wholesale mechanism designed to settle cross-border trade outside the U.S. dollar and the SWIFT system. While still early, the move…