(2023-05-11). Ukraine Claims Gains Near Bakhmut. news.antiwar.com Ukrainian military officials on Wednesday claimed that their forces made some gains near the eastern Donbas city of Bakhmut, where Russian forces have been steadily advancing for months. According to Oleksandr Syrskyi, commander of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, Ukrainian troops were able to push the Russians back by 2 kilometers (1.2 miles). "In some areas …
(2023-05-11). Jake Sullivan Meets With China's Top Diplomat in Vienna. news.antiwar.com National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met with China's top diplomat for two days in Vienna this week, marking the highest level of in-person engagement between the two nations since President Biden and President Xi Jinping held talks in Bali last November. According to a White House readout, Sullivan and Wang Yi, director of China's Central …
(2023-05-11). UK Confirms It's Supplying Ukraine With Long-Range Missiles. news.antiwar.com British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace confirmed on Thursday that London is providing Ukraine with longer-range missiles, marking another escalation of NATO support for Kyiv. The UK is sending Storm Shadow missiles, which are air-launched and can be fired by Ukraine's Soviet fighter jets. According to CNN, the Storm Shadows London is sending Kyiv have a range …
(2023-05-11). US Ambassador Accuses South Africa of Supplying Russia With Weapons. news.antiwar.com The US ambassador to South Africa has accused the nation of secretly supplying Russia with weapons, a claim that drew a rebuke from Pretoria. US Ambassador Reuben Brigety said he knew that a Russian ship that docked in South Africa in December was loaded with weapons but did not provide evidence for the claim. "We …
(2023-05-11). Bd elections are coming to KPFA this summer & it matters-At stake is KPFA's anti-war stanc. indybay.org Elections are coming at KPFA and Pacifica and one issue is the future of KPFA and Pacifica's historic anti-war stance. The management and news department of KPFA have been pushing for more militarization in the Ukraine and around the world. It is time that KPFA stand against militarism and war and members of KPFA will have a choice this coming election. The management has also unilaterally closed down the First Apprenticeship Program which allowed oppressed communities to get training that they can't get any place else.
(2023-05-11). LIVE: Prayer Action at Paiute's Peehee Mu'huh /Thacker Pass Lithium Mine. indybay.org For the second time in a month, Paiute elders are blocking the construction of a lithium mine on the Paiute Massacre Site with prayer in northern Nevada. Elders are calling for people to "Come help us in a good way, stand up and be strong." "We are where an important ceremony is happening today. We are in peaceful prayer," a Paiute elder said as the teepee went up this morning at 6 a.m., at Peehee Mu'juh, Thacker Pass. The teepee is symbolic to the Paiute people and Lakota people. "We are connected through the very sacred ceremony, the Ghost Dance."
(2023-05-11). Golden Rule Peace Boat visits Baltimore, bringing message of nuclear disarmament. peoplesworld.org 
BALTIMORE—Do you know about the back story behind the U.S., U.K., and USSR signing the "Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapon Tests in the Atmosphere, in Outer Space, and Under Water" in 1963? It is a very dramatic tale, involving illegal arrests in international waters, switching missions from one ship to another, children tasting nuclear fallout as it came …
(2023-05-11). U.S. Remains Largest Military Spender by Far. strategic-culture.org 
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute's data shows that Washington spends three times as much on its military than China, the second-largest spender, Ashik Siddique reports. | By Ashik SIDDIQUE | World military spending reached a new record high of $2.24 trillion in 2022, according to new data published by the That's up 3.7 percent since the previous year, including the steepest increase am…
(2023-05-11). UN Must Investigate U.S. Role in MoàØse Assassination. dissidentvoice.org The Haiti/Americas Team of the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) and BAP member organization, MOLEGHAF, request the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) launch a serious and in-depth investigation into the assassination of former Haitian de facto President Jovenel MoàØse. We demand to know the truth concerning U.S. and other foreign countries' complicity in plotting to …
(2023-05-11). US Democrats Urge Biden to Lift 'Failed' Sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela. venezuelanalysis.com US representatives said there are "strong moral grounds" for eliminating sanctions against both countries for causing "widespread suffering" and driving migration.
(2023-05-11). House Democrats urge Biden to lift sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela. peoplesdispatch.org A group of congressional Democrats in the United States have penned a letter to President Biden, urging him to lift sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela. As the letter argues, "Experts widely agree that broad-based US sanctions—expanded to an unprecedented level by your predecessor—are a leading contributing factor in the current surge in migration." The representatives write to Biden, "We urge you to act swiftly to lift the failed and indiscriminate economic sanctions that were imposed by the prior administration." | The letter was signed by Democrats in the House of Representatives, led by Representative…
(2023-05-11). Venezuela y Colombia acuerdan reforzar seguridad fronteriza. telesurtv.net Revisan agenda bilateral. Acuerdan retomar la comunicación bilateral en materia de defensa a todos los niveles.
(2023-05-11). Presidente venezolano recibe al ministro de Defensa de Colombia. telesurtv.net La reunión fue propicia para repasar la agenda de cooperación estratégica entre ambas naciones.
(2023-05-11). Desde el Partido Demócrata exigen a Biden ponerle fin a las políticas de Trump contra Venezuela y Cuba. cubadebate.cu Demócratas liderados por legisladores de la Cámara de Representantes de estados fronterizos instan a Biden a poner fin a las "sanciones" de la era Trump aplicadas contra Cuba y Venezuela, dado que estas "sanciones" han golpeado las economías de esos países y ello ha contribuido a una oleada de migrantes en la frontera sur de Estados Unidos, informa The Washington Post.
(2023-05-11). Democrat Lawmakers Urge Biden to End US Sanctions Against Venezuela and Cuba (+Title 42). orinocotribune.com 
Caracas, May 10, 2023 ( This initiative is promoted by members of the Democratic party, and comes as the Biden admini…
(2023-05-11). Venezuela y Burkina Faso afianzan relaciones de cooperación. telesurtv.net El primer ministro se reunirá con la ministra del Poder Popular para la Educación Universitaria, el ministro del Poder Popular para el Petróleo y otros.
(2023-05-11). Group of Friends in Defense of the UN Charter meet in Geneva. plenglish.com Geneva, Switzerland, May 10 (Prensa Latina) Representatives of the member states of the Group of Friends in Defense of the United Nations Charter, Geneva chapter, met today for the second time at the headquarters of the Venezuelan Permanent Mission here .
(2023-05-11). Venezuela: Humanitarian Prisoner Exchange a Valid Mechanism for Release of Alex Saab. orinocotribune.com
(2023-05-11). Presidente venezolano recibe al ministro de Defensa de Colombia. telesurtv.net La reunión fue propicia para repasar la agenda de cooperación estratégica entre ambas naciones.
(2023-05-11). Desde el Partido Demócrata exigen a Biden ponerle fin a las políticas de Trump contra Venezuela y Cuba. cubadebate.cu Demócratas liderados por legisladores de la Cámara de Representantes de estados fronterizos instan a Biden a poner fin a las "sanciones" de la era Trump aplicadas contra Cuba y Venezuela, dado que estas "sanciones" han golpeado las economías de esos países y ello ha contribuido a una oleada de migrantes en la frontera sur de Estados Unidos, informa The Washington Post.
(2023-05-11). Democrat Lawmakers Urge Biden to End US Sanctions Against Venezuela and Cuba (+Title 42). orinocotribune.com Caracas, May 10, 2023 ( This initiative is promoted by members of the Democratic party, and comes as the Biden admini…
(2023-05-11). Venezuela y Burkina Faso afianzan relaciones de cooperación. telesurtv.net El primer ministro se reunirá con la ministra del Poder Popular para la Educación Universitaria, el ministro del Poder Popular para el Petróleo y otros.
(2023-05-11). Group of Friends in Defense of the UN Charter meet in Geneva. plenglish.com Geneva, Switzerland, May 10 (Prensa Latina) Representatives of the member states of the Group of Friends in Defense of the United Nations Charter, Geneva chapter, met today for the second time at the headquarters of the Venezuelan Permanent Mission here .
(2023-05-11). Venezuela: Humanitarian Prisoner Exchange a Valid Mechanism for Release of Alex Saab. orinocotribune.com
(2023-05-11). Prime Minister of Burkina Faso Visits Venezuela. orinocotribune.com 