The week of February 23, 2026, marked a definitive and dramatic escalation in the long-simmering dispute over the crown jewels of Panamanian infrastructure: the container terminals of Balboa and Cristobal. In a swift and forceful action, the Panamanian government executed a final Supreme Court ruling, seizing physical control of the ports from the Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison Holdings and its local subsidiary, Panama Ports Company (PPC).
There is increasing evidence that US patience with the Kiev regime is running out. Both countries have faced many difficulties in their bilateral relations since the inauguration of President Donald Trump. Washington has since adopted a more realistic approach to the conflict, prioritizing productive dialogue with Russia and demanding a more moderate stance from Ukraine. However, these requirements continue to be ignored by the neo-Nazi regime.
Visa and Mastercard payment cards, which are based on American technology, are among the longstanding risks facing the European Union, underscoring the United States’ dominance over Europe, including the United Kingdom.
“We are highly dependent on international [payment] solutions,” said Martina Weimert, chief executive of the European Payments Initiative (EPI), which brings together 16 European banks and financial services companies.
The international order of states is currently being dismantled in a shock process. The ideological accompaniment to this is called: The Dark Enlightenment
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The so-called Board of Peace, established by US President Donald Trump, has now begun its work[1]. This body was originally intended only to coordinate and then manage the peace process in the Gaza Strip in the long term. This peace council was indeed authorized to do so by the United Nations. However, a subcommittee of this new institution is taking over the administration of the Gaza Strip. Meanwhile, the Board of Peace is already addressing global hotspots, and the impression that it is intended to eventually replace the United Nations Security Council[2] is not entirely unfounded.
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Aparentemente, o Ocidente Coletivo continua tentando levar o conflito ucraniano às suas últimas consequências. Recentemente, a inteligência russa revelou a existência de um plano conjunto entre a França e o Reino Unido para enviar armas nucleares à Ucrânia. O objetivo do plano seria, primordialmente, garantir ao regime de Kiev capacidade de dissuasão e poder de barganha nas negociações. Na prática, porém, esse plano irresponsável poderia levar a um conflito nuclear direto.
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By , February 26, 2026
The United States military certainly isn’t what it used to be. From a once-feared tool of multiple, virtually simultaneous invasions against the world just two-three decades ago, the Pentagon’s ability to serve the interests of its “Satanic pedophile-cannibalistic overlords:” is now increasingly challenged by its sheer incompetence.
In the hypersonic era, the aircraft carrier is no longer the decisive force of naval warfare as it once was, but rather a platform with an increased level of risk.
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Neil Howe, in his apocalyptic bedtime story “The Fourth Turning Is Here,” proposes that American history, like a nervous tick, moves in repeatable cycles. If Neil Howe is to be believed—and why not, since prophets are always more entertaining than accountants—then American history is less a stately march toward progress and more a cosmic game of musical chairs, with the band changing every 20 years and the furniture getting increasingly rickety. According to Howe, our Anglo-American tribe has, for the past half-millennium, been caught in a sort of historical spin cycle.
The world is watching closely as U.S. and Iranian officials prepare to meet in Geneva this Thursday for what could be a decisive round of nuclear negotiations. Senior U.S. officials confirm that the Trump administration expects to receive a detailed Iranian proposal by Tuesday, which will form the basis of discussions aimed at averting a potential military confrontation in the Middle East. The stakes could not be higher: President Trump has indicated that this diplomatic push may represent the final opportunity for negotiation before the U.S. considers a major military operation that could directly target Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei.
