🇺🇸 🇨🇳 U.S. DOJ:
34 Chinese MPS officers also charged for spreading disinformation, attacking U.S. democracy and blaming U.S. for COVID-19.

Tucker Carlson: Civilization is unraveling.

Tucker Carlson voices his concerns after a weekend of violence in Chicago.

https://www.foxnews.com/video/6325349171112

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🗳 🇺🇸 🇷🇺 U.S. Citizens and Russian Intelligence Officers Charged with Conspiring to Use U.S. Citizens as Illegal Agents of the Russian Government

Defendants Sought to Sow Discord, Spread Pro-Russia Propaganda and Interfere in Elections Within the United States

A federal grand jury in Tampa, Florida, returned a superseding indictment charging four U.S. citizens and three Russian nationals with working on behalf of the Russian government and in conjunction with the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) to conduct a multi-year foreign malign influence campaign in the United States. Among other conduct, the superseding indictment alleges that the Russian defendants recruited, funded and directed U.S. political groups to act as unregistered illegal agents of the Russian government and sow discord and spread pro-Russian propaganda; the indicted intelligence officers, in particular, participated in covertly funding and directing candidates for local office within the United States.

“Efforts by the Russian government to secretly influence U.S. elections will not be tolerated,” said Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Polite, Jr. of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “As today’s announcement demonstrates, the Criminal Division is committed to eradicating foreign malign influence from the U.S. political system and helping ensure the integrity of our elections.”

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/us-citizens-and-russian-intelligence-officers-charged-conspiring-use-us-citizens-illegal

🇺🇸🇹🇼 Taiwan to buy 400 US anti-ship missiles to face China threat

Taiwan will buy as many as 400 US land-launched Harpoon missiles in the face of rising threat from China, Bloomberg News reported on Monday.

The Pentagon announced a $1.17 billion contract for 400 of the anti-ship missiles on April 7 without naming the buyer, saying production was expected to be completed by March 2029. Bloomberg said Taiwan was the buyer.

When asked about the news report, Taiwan Defense Ministry spokesperson Sun Li-fang told a regular media conference the ministry had previously disclosed information about the purchase, adding it was "confident" the deal would continue according to schedule.

#USA #Taiwan

@asianomics

🇨🇳🇰🇵 Xi calls for higher stage of China-North Korea ties

Chinese President Xi Jinping has told North Korean leader Kim Jong-un that the two countries should step up communication amid heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula.

“The international and regional situations are now changing seriously and in a complicated way,” Xi told Kim, according to the Korean Central News Agency.

“I am willing to strengthen strategic communication with Comrade General Secretary, jointly lead the direction of development of China-DPRK relations, and promote friendly cooperation between the two sides to a higher level,” the message said

#China #NorthKorea

@asianomics

🇰🇷🇺🇸 South Korean President says alliance with the US can recover from conflict of interest

President Yoon Suk-yeol said Tuesday the South Korea-US alliance is strong enough to bounce back from any conflict of interest or trouble.

Yoon made the remark during a Cabinet meeting held days before he travels to Washington for a state visit and a summit with US President Joe Biden on April 26.

"The president said the South Korea-US alliance is not a relationship that meets and parts according to one's interests, but an alliance rooted in the universal values of a liberal democracy and market economy," presidential spokesperson said.

When asked whether the president was referring to the recent controversy over allegations the US eavesdropped on South Korea's presidential office, a presidential official evaded a direct answer.

#SouthKorea #USA

@asianomics

🇧🇬❌🇺🇦— Bulgaria bans Ukrainian grain import.

🇺🇸🇪🇺❌🇧🇷🚩 — International community may turn away from Lula (PT), foreign ambassadors warn; two reasons were raised:

• Lula's inappropriate remarks about Ukraine's conflict with Russia, and the country's rapprochement with Russian diplomacy;

• The White House plans to announce "unprecedented" restrictions on US investments in China by the end of April. With this, the position of Brazil/China socio-political relations would be complicated if a future expansion of conflicts occurs in the coming months.

🇺🇸💥🇧🇷🚩— The White House accuses Brazil of repeating "Russian and Chinese propaganda like a parrot" on Ukraine

The White House National Security spokesman, John Kirby, criticized the President of Brazil, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, for his assertions that the US should stop fomenting the conflict in Ukraine.

"In this case, Brazil is parroting Russian and Chinese propaganda, without looking at the facts at all," Kirby said. And he added that Washington hoped that the Brazilian president would urge Moscow to end hostilities and "withdraw Russian forces from Ukraine."

#Sudan 🇸🇩: Rapid Support Forces (#RSF) relesed a video of destroyed vehicles belonging to Sudanese Forces; presumably in/near #Khartoum.

The vehicles seem to be a technical with a 'Khawad' (W85 derivative) heavy machine gun and a possible 'Al-Zubair I' (Safir-74/Type 72Z) tank.

https://twitter.com/war_noir/status/1648694327890026496

🇨🇳 🇺🇸 (🇵🇦 🇨🇴) Growing numbers of Chinese citizens set their sights on the US – via the deadly Darién Gap

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/09/growing-numbers-of-chinese-citizens-set-their-sights-on-the-us-via-the-deadly-darien-gap

🇵🇪💥🇪🇺 — The European Union (EU) repudiates the repressive acts of the Peruvian security forces during the anti-government protests, but does not intend to intervene, said the bloc's high representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell.

"We deplore these deaths, we condemn the acts of violence, but also the disproportionate use of force by those who have the monopoly on force and the mission of ensuring the safety of citizens," Borrell said.

🇺🇳⚡️- The United Nations has called for the decriminalization of sexual activity with all persons under the age of 18.

Chad Defense Minister: We do not care about the war in Sudan.