Saturday, 11 March 2023 — Indian Punchline
Under Chinese mediation, Saudi Arabia and Iran have reached an agreement to resume diplomatic relations, Beijing, March 10, 2023
The agreement announced on Friday in Beijing regarding the normalisation of diplomatic relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran and the reopening of their embassies is a historic event. It goes way beyond an issue of Saudi-Iranian relations. China’s mediation signifies that we are witnessing a profound shift of the tectonic plates in the geopolitics of the 21st century.
Israel’s restrictions on marriage are reminiscent of laws against race mixing that existed in the United States and apartheid South Africa John T. Bledsoe Library of Congress

Has hot air been adding fuel to the fire as rumors regarding the Ukraine are used to aid Washington as it changes tack in global affairs?

Boris Mikhailov (Ukraine SSR), Red, 1968–1975.
New York Times reported Tuesday that a ‘pro-Ukrainian group’ sabotaged Nord Stream pipeline in the Baltic on Sept. 27, 2023
Credit: Carlos Latuff
Are we supposed to believe that the modern Russian soldier is still wearing the same uniform as his grandfather did at Stalingrad?
🇷🇺 Yevgeny Prigozhin and employees of the PMC “Wagner” against the backdrop of the already famous monument to the T-34 tank in Bakhmut.