Today in "the fall of western and eastern civilization"
Poland summons Belarus diplomat over shots fired at border (abcnews) 🤡 Poland stokes fears of leaving EU in 'Polexit' (BBC) 🤡 Czech election: Milos Zeman in intensive care after vote (BBC) 🤡 Sebastian Kurz: Austrian leader resigns amid corruption inquiry (BBC) 🤡 Interesting book in this context: "Rogue Agent - The Cercle and the 6I in the Private Cold War 1951 - 1991" 🤡
Assessment of Damaged Attack Boat USS Connecticut Begins in Guam (USNI) 🤡 Australia to buy $1.3 billion fleet of US-made choppers as navy dumps troubled European-made MRH-90 Taipans (abc.au) 🤡 Trillion-dollar platinum coin could be minted at the last minute (Axios) 🤡 Senior Chinese diplomat meets U.S. national security advisor (Xinhau) 🤡 Why the U.S. debt ceiling fiasco epitomizes the country's political dysfunction (Xinhau) 🤡 Gazprom Plant Connected To Russia-China Gas Pipeline Shuttered Due To Fire (zerohedge) 🤡 Global Food Prices Hit Fresh Decade High (zerohedge) 🤡 1MDB and beyond: How US' biggest law firm drives global wealth into tax havens (malaysiakini) 🤡 China proposes bans on private capital participation in media (straitstimes)