The foundation of global finance is cracking, and a seismic shift is underway. This video uncovers how BRICS nations are leveraging gold to challenge Western financial dominance and redefine the world economy. Dive into the strategic moves by countries like Brazil, Russia, India, and China as they amass gold reserves to counter Western sanctions and the weaponization of traditional financial systems.

Unpack the fallout from the seizure of $300 billion in Russian assets, a move that shattered trust in the US dollar and sparked a rush toward gold for financial independence. See why China is stockpiling gold at an unprecedented pace, how Russia’s robust gold production and India’s vast private gold reserves fuel this strategy, and what it all means for the rise of a potential gold-backed currency in a multipolar world.

Russia’s Yug Battlegroup liberated the settlement and caused Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) losses of up to 170 personnel, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.

"As a result of the active and decisive actions by the units of the Yug Battlegroup, the settlement of Zarya in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) has been liberated. Strikes were delivered against personnel and equipment belonging to six mechanized brigades, a mountain assault brigade, an assault brigade, and an airmobile brigade of the UAF in the areas of Svyato-Pokrovskoye, Zvanovka, Chasov Yar, Seversk, Pazeno, Minkovka, Kramatorsk, Privolye, Plescheevka, and Konstantinovka, all within the DPR," the ministry’s summary stated.

Russians do not consider the US “the most unfriendly country” anymore, and the title now goes to Germany, according to a survey by the Levada Center, a Western-funded organization which has been designated as a “foreign agent” in Russia.

The US has lost the top spot for the first time in 13 years, dropping to fourth place in the poll, which was published on Thursday.

Only 40% of those surveyed mentioned the US among Russia’s primary enemies, with the number dropping by 36% compared to last year, it said.

Attitudes towards America shifted with the return of US President Donald Trump. Since his inauguration, the White House has been making efforts to broker a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine conflict, the pollster noted.

More than 600 Jewish Australians have signed a statement calling on Jewish community and religious leaders to speak out against the atrocities of the Netanyahu Government in Gaza.

The statement, Australian Jews Cannot Remain Silent About the War in Gaza, has gathered the signatures through Oz Jews Say NO, an initiative of Jewish Women 4 Peace Action Ready.

The Niger authorities have named the main forces pursuing their attempts to destabilize the Sahel region.

Burkina Faso village survives surprise attack by 1,000 terrorists
'Lord's intervention' that prevented a massacre

The row between Donald Trump and Elon Musk over a major spending bill has exacerbated uncertainty over the future of Nasa's budget, which is facing deep cuts. 

The space agency has published its budget request to Congress, which would see funding for science projects cut by nearly a half.

Forty science missions, which are in development or in space already, are in line to be stood down.

The president has threatened to withdraw federal contracts with Musk's company, Space X. Nasa relies on the firm's Falcon 9 rocket fleet to resupply the International Space Station with crew and supplies. The space agency also expects to use its Starship rocket to send astronauts to the Moon and eventually to Mars once it has been developed.

The passage of a new US sanctions package on Russia could disrupt America’s relationships with its biggest trade partners and isolate it from the world’s leading economies, Politico reported on Saturday. The proposed bill includes a steep 500% tariff on imports from any country that continues to buy oil, gas, uranium, or other key commodities from Moscow. 

Among those most affected would be India and China, which together account for approximately 70% of Russian energy exports. Several other nations that import Russian energy and uranium could also be subject to the bill’s penalties.

Imposing 500% tariffs on Chinese-made imports would likely trigger a surge in consumer prices, severely disrupt supply chains, and potentially push US unemployment to levels associated with a recession, Politico noted. 

Pope Leo XIV welcomed Javier Milei and reportedly agreed to visit Argentina. Leo's predecessor Francis was an Argentine who often clashed with Milei and never visited his home country during his 12-year papacy.

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday welcomed Argentina's President Javier Milei to the Vatican, which released an official statement calling the meeting "cordial."

After his exchange with Leo, Milei held talks with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin and a diplomatic team.

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Dr. Seb Gorka walks us through the possibility of ending the war in Ukraine after the drone strike on Russian planes.

YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT.

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Ally or not, no one with a decent sense of self-preservation can afford to take a security guarantee by the United States at face value nowadays.

People often make a situation worse because they are unhappy with the status quo. The United States is doing exactly that over Taiwan. In doing so, it is, as PLA Major-General Hu Gangfeng said, destabilising the whole region.

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US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth made headline news at the Shangri-La Dialogue for regional security in Singapore last week by warning of “devastating consequences” if China tried to “conquer” Taiwan.

NATO is going to keep discussions of Ukraine “short” at its upcoming annual summit in the Netherlands in order to avoid provoking US President Donald Trump, Reuters has reported, citing the organizers of the event.

The summit is scheduled to take place in The Hague on June 24 and 25. Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky, who had once been a regular guest of honor at NATO events following the escalation of the conflict between Moscow and Kiev in February 2022, has not been officially invited to attend yet.

The European NATO members are “desperate to avoid upsetting a volatile Trump” during the summit, Reuters said in an article on Friday.

I won't give you the names of the Zionists in our intelligentsia who maintain that the IDF is the most moral army in the world, that it spares Palestinian civilians as much as possible.

There are too many of these Hitlerites without foreskin. They have their own place in our media.

I won't give you the names of the Zionists in our intelligentsia who maintain that there is no such thing as an innocent Palestinian, that they elected Hamas and use children as shields.

There are too many of these Hitlerites without foreskin. They have their own place in our media.

I won't give you the names of the Zionists in our intelligentsia who claimed that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict began on October 7, 2023.

There are too many of these Hitlerites without foreskin. They have their own place in our media.

For all the alarming seriousness of two South Asian nuclear powers coming to the razor’s edge of a lethal exchange, the 2025 India–Pakistan war could not but contain elements of a Bollywood extravaganza. 

Frantic dancing indeed, which risked getting out of control pretty fast. Forget dodgy, plodding UN mediation or any serious investigation of the suspicious attack out of the blue on tourists in India-held Kashmir. 

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Right off the bat, on 7 May, India's Modi government dramatically launched ‘Operation Sindoor’ against Pakistan, a missile offensive billed as “counter-terrorism.” Pakistan immediately launched a counterpunch codenamed ‘Operation Bunyan al-Marsus’ against the “Indian invasion.”

Biden’s autopen Investigation points to top aides profiting off taxpayer-funded programs. As Senate investigators close in, new whistleblower claims expose Biden’s daily actions—and Karine Jean-Pierre leaves the democratic party as she cashes in on years of spin in her new book.

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YOURDEMOCRACY.NET RECORDS HISTORY AS IT SHOULD BE — NOT AS THE WESTERN MEDIA WRONGLY REPORTS IT.

         Gus Leonisky

         POLITICAL CARTOONIST SINCE 1951.

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday, a day after meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House, that he encountered a U.S. administration open to discussion and returned confident that Washington remains committed to NATO.

Merz described his Oval Office meeting and extended lunch with Trump as constructive but also candid, noting that the two leaders expressed different views on Ukraine.