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A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine on Tuesday arrived at the southern port of Busan, South Korea, amid tensions on the Korean Peninsula, YTN television reported. The USS Michigan guided-missile submarine has already arrived at Busan, the South Korean military was quoted as saying. The broadcaster did not elaborate on the exact time of its arrival. Although the nuclear submarine is not supposed to participate in any drills or military operations, its call would send a meaningful message to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), said the YTN. At a national meeting held Monday, the DPRK again warned the United States that it would stage preemptive nuclear strikes against American forces. The USS Michigan is one of four Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines loaded with nuclear missiles. The 170-meter-long, 18,000-ton submarine can carry as many as 150 Tomahawk cruise missiles with a range of some 1,600 km. The Michigan's call ...

Part of the elements of the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system has been deployed in southeastern South Korea, Seoul's defense ministry said Wednesday. Without elaborating, the ministry said in a statement that part of the THAAD battery was installed in the site in a bid to secure an initial operational capability without any separate construction of facilities. Seoul and Washington agreed in July last year to deploy one THAAD battery by the end of this year. The site was changed in September last year into a golf course, which Lotte Group had owned, at Soseong-ri village in Seongju county, South Gyeongsang province. On March 6, two mobile launchers and part of the elements were delivered by a U.S. transport airplane to a U.S. military base in South Korea. Since then, other THAAD elements had been secretly transported to the U.S. bases in South Korea's port city of Busan, Osan city near Seoul and Camp Carro...

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday demanded the Russian navy to prioritize the development of strategic nuclear forces and modernize its weaponry. " As of the end of 2016, the share of modern weapons and equipment in the navy was about 47 percent ... The rate should be raised to 70 percent by 2020, " Putin said at a meeting of the Military Industry Commission, according to a Kremlin statement. According to him, the Russian navy should prioritize the development of strategic nuclear forces, modern weaponry and supporting infrastructure. " Russia should ensure the presence of its naval forces in all strategically important areas of the world oceans, " said Putin. Source: http://china.org.cn/world/2017-04/25/content_40693909.htm

In a shocking revelation, former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (Likud), who served from 2013 until mid-2016, revealed that the November gunbattle between Israeli troops and ISIS forces along the Golan frontier, materially the only significant fight between the two sides, was followed up with an ISIS “apology.” Being ISIS generally speaking means never having to say you’re sorry, and the group has no real allies so it generally doesn’t come up. That ISIS felt the need to apologize to Israel for the brief clash, which had no Israeli casualties, speaks volumes about the group’s position. Ya’alon revealed this apology in the context of comments about Israel’s policy in Syria, and its repeated airstrikes against Syrian military targets whenever any cross-border fire is reported has led Syria to repeatedly complain that Israel is a de facto ally of the rebels. It appears ISIS may see things this way too, at least for now. Despite ISIS making public sta...

The recent triggering of Article 50 of the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty by the United Kingdom has formally set into motion the process of Britain’s departure from the EU, an action that is in line with the result of last June’s referendum, where 52 percent of British voters chose to leave the union. Europe is now faced with the prospect of a turbulent period ahead, with the upcoming French presidential elections and the possibility of a victory for populist candidate Marine Le Pen, as well as snap parliamentary elections declared in the UK, German elections in September, a rising tide of Euroscepticism across the continent and the process of Brexit now formally put into motion. Economist Roger Bootle, chairman of Capital Economics in London and specialist adviser to the British House of Commons Treasury Committee, is the lead author of the report “Leaving the euro: a practical guide,” which was awarded the prestigious Wolfson Prize in Economics in 2012. The r...

globinfo freexchange After the results in the first round of the French presidential election, the Greek PM, Alexis Tsipras, was among those who rushed to congratulate Emmanuel Macron. We don't know if Tsipras truly believes that Macron will help Greece in case he wins the election in the final round against Marine Le Pen. If he does, that means he still lives with the complete illusion that something could change in favor of Greece. We have to remind Mr. Tsipras that Macron, as member of the Socialist Party from 2006 to 2009, was appointed deputy secretary-general under François Hollande's first government in 2012, and Minister of Economy, Industry and Digital Affairs in 2014 under the Second Valls Government. So, we have to remind Mr. Tsipras what François Hollande did to help Greece escape from the path of the neoliberal catastrophe imposed by the Troika (IMF, ECB, European Commission) creditors: absolutely nothing. All he did was to run beh...

The “truth has suddenly become useless” in Venezuela because it fails to support Western media narratives that smear the Maduro government. by Rachael Boothroyd Rojas Venezuela is in flames. Or at least parts of it is. Since April 4, opposition militants have been carrying out targeted acts of violence, vandalism and arson, as well as deliberately clashing with security forces in an attempt to plunge the country into total chaos and forcefully remove the elected socialist government. It is the continuation of an 18 year effort to topple the Bolivarian revolution by any means necessary — although you may have seen it miraculously recast in the mainstream media as “promoting a return to democracy” in the country. A catalogue of the violence over the last 18 days is shocking – schools have been ransacked, a Supreme Court building has been torched, an air force base attacked, while public transport, health and veterinary facilities have been destroyed....

του system failure Είδαμε το ίδιο έργο να παίζεται στις Αμερικανικές εκλογές. Τα κυρίαρχα μίντια προωθούσαν σιωπηλά τον Ντόναλντ Τραμπ ως τον 'αντι-καθεστωτικό υποψήφιο'. Προσθέστε σε αυτό και την ακραία ρητορική του Ντόναλντ, σε πλήρη αντίθεση με τον 'politically correct' λόγο του πολιτικού κατεστημένου και ιδού: έχετε αμέσως μια τέλεια παγίδα για τους ψηφοφόρους. Φαινόταν σαν να μη μπορούσε κανείς να σκεφτεί με μια πραγματικά κοινή λογική: πως είναι δυνατόν ένας δισεκατομμυριούχος που έκανε την περιουσία του μέσα στην οικονομία της φούσκας του νεοφιλελεύθερου καθεστώτος να είναι 'αντι-καθεστωτικός'; Και η μεγαλειώδης φάρσα αποκαλύφθηκε αμέσως μετά τις εκλογές. Έτσι, ο 'αντι-καθεστωτικός' Ντόναλντ ουσιαστικά διόρισε την Goldman Sachs, χωρίς κανένα πρόσχημα και κανένα ενδοιασμό, να διοικήσει τις ΗΠΑ. Ο 'αντι-καθεστωτικός' Ντόναλντ υπέγραψε νόμο που απορρυθμίζει και πάλι την Γουόλ Στριτ, προκειμένου τα παράσιτα της χρηματοπιστωτ...

Ramirez, from President Nicolas Maduro's PSUV party, died this weekend as the country continues to suffer a string of violent right-wing attacks. Venezuela trade union leader, Esmin Ramirez, was killed Sunday in the state of Bolivar after being kidnapped in an act that people close to him claim was driven by political motives. Ramirez, who was a member of the Movement 21 labor syndicate in the state-run iron ore producer Ferrominera and part of the PSUV political party in Cachamay, was killed in El Rinconcito sector in Guayana City, a city along the bank of the Orinoco River in Bolivar state. The leader was killed by several gunshots in the head. He had been previously kidnapped on Saturday night in San Felix. His body was retrieved by officials Sunday. Ferrominera expressed condolences through a statement on social media, saying the company hoped that authorities would investigate and clarify the details surrounding the Ramirez' death. R...

Διαστάσεις αποκτά στο γαλλόφωνο ιντερνετ και κυρίως στο Twitter η εκστρατεία #SansMoiLe7Mai – #ΧωρίςΕμέναΣτις7Μαίου με την οποία οι πολίτες καλούνται να μην ψηφίσουν ούτε την αρχηγό του νεοφασιστικού Εθνικού Μετώπου ούτε τον νεοφιλελεύθερο πρώην Τραπεζίτη Εμανουέλ Μακρόν. Οι αυτοαποκαλουμενοι «Ni Ni» (ούτε Λεπέν, ούτε Μακρόν) καλούν τους πολίτες να μην αφήσουν τον φόβο για την Λεπέν να καθορίσει τις κινήσεις τους και να ψηφίσουν λευκό. Μετά την ψηφοφορία καλούνται να κατέβουν στις πλατείες όλων των μεγάλων πόλεων διεκδικώντας την κυβέρνηση που τους αξίζει. Περισσότερα: http://info-war.gr/sansmoile7mai-choris-emena-stis-7-maiou/