🇺🇸📝 Zerohedge on X: Interview of Alan Belmont, Assistant FBI Director, from May 6, 1964. On page 27 he is questioned whether Ruby and Oswald worked together, and then a bunch of pages are missing - full pdf is only 52 pages but the interview goes on to page 473. Would be useful to have all pages

https://www.archives.gov/files/research/jfk/releases/2025/0318/104-10423-10337.pdf

🔗 zerohedge

🇺🇸🇷🇺🇺🇦 After Trump-Putin call, Russia agrees to limited Ukraine ceasefire

A call between President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin ended with a limited agreement for Russia and Ukraine to cease attacks on energy infrastructure but stopped short of a U.S. proposal for a temporary truce.

The United States said Russia had agreed to an energy and infrastructure ceasefire. After Moscow and Kyiv agree to stop hitting each other's power plants and electric grids, negotiators would move on to a potential halt in fighting on the Black Sea − and then to a full ceasefire and peace agreement in the 3-year-old Ukraine war, a White House statement said.

Trump said on social media the talk ended "with an understanding that we will be working quickly to have a Complete Ceasefire and, ultimately, an END to this very horrible War between Russia and Ukraine. ...

"That process is now in full force and effect, and we will, hopefully, for the sake of Humanity, get the job done!"

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2025/03/18/trump-putin-ukraine-ceasefire/82512876007/

🇭🇺🏳️‍🌈 New Hungarian law bans Pride marches

Hungarian lawmakers on Tuesday passed a bill that would ban Pride events and allow authorities to use facial recognition technology to identify those who participate in them.

The Associated Press reported thousands of protesters gathered outside the Hungarian parliament in Budapest, the country’s capital, after MPs approved the measure by a 136-27 vote margin. The protesters later blocked traffic on the nearby Margaret Bridge over the Danube River.

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and members of his government in recent weeks said they would ban public Pride marches in Budapest. The 30th Budapest Pride is scheduled to take place on June 28.

https://www.washingtonblade.com/2025/03/18/new-hungarian-law-bans-pride-marches/

📈🌏🇪🇺 Asian defence stocks soar to record highs as Europe prepares to re-arm

Japanese and South Korean defence stocks have surged to record highs on expectations that European countries will purchase more military equipment from Asia after Donald Trump threatened to withdraw the US’s security umbrella.

Shares in Hanwha Aerospace, South Korea’s leading artillery company, are up 134 per cent this year, while Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Japan’s largest defence contractor, has gained 26 per cent.

The stocks rose 6.8 per cent and 12.2 per cent, respectively, on Monday after German lawmakers agreed to increase infrastructure and defence spending last week.

https://archive.ph/Sd80A

https://www.ft.com/content/25226697-47ca-4701-a431-4b45cb85a635

🇨🇳🚘 Cheap Chinese Cars Are Taking Over Roads From Brazil to South Africa

Donald Trump wants to keep Chinese carmakers out of the US, but that won’t stop them from taking over the rest of the world. They already are.

From Bangkok to Johannesburg to Sao Paulo, the streets are increasingly jammed with inexpensive compacts, crossovers and SUVs made by companies like Great Wall Motor Co., BYD Co., Chery Automobile Co. and SAIC Motor Corp.

While the Trump administration is expected to shield the US’s Big Three from Chinese rivals at home, and Canada and the European Union have placed tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, buyers in emerging markets have welcomed Chinese cars and trucks with open arms — posing a new threat to growth-hungry global automakers.

China sends more vehicles abroad than any other country, and its passenger car exports surged nearly 20% to 4.9 million in 2024 alone, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers — from less than 1 million in 2020.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-03-17/chinese-carmakers-threaten-ford-gm-stellantis-in-global-markets

https://archive.ph/4yc6c

🇺🇸🇲🇽 Trump Administration Planning Military Buffer Zone Along Mexico Border To Hold Migrants, Report Says

The plans would establish a military-controlled, 60-foot-deep buffer zone along the southern border that could extend from west Texas near El Paso to the Pacific Ocean in Southern California north of Tijuana, Mexico, five U.S. officials familiar with the deliberations told the Post.

The Defense Department announced a joint task force earlier this month that would help “secure and seal the southern border,” with a headquarters at Fort Huachuca in Arizona, and the buffer zone would likely be designated as a temporary annex for nearby military installations like Huachuca, officials told the Post.

Trump ordered thousands of active-duty troops to the southern border shortly after his inauguration in January, and about 10,000 service members are involved in border security efforts as of this month.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerroush/2025/03/19/trump-administration-planning-military-buffer-zone-along-mexico-border-to-hold-migrants-report-says/

🇺🇸 Jury orders Greenpeace to pay pipeline company $660 million — This will put Greenpeace into bankruptcy.

https://cnn.com/2025/03/19/climate/greenpeace-found-liable-protests/index.html

🔗 Tony Seruga