China Eastern Plane Goes Down with Reportedly 132 People on Board in Mountainous Region in Southern China

A China Eastern flight in the southern part of China crashed today in a mountainous region of the country. There were reportedly 132 people on board.

CBS News reports this morning:

A China Eastern passenger jet carrying 132 people crashed in southern China on Monday, aviation authorities said. China’s state-run media said the crash led to a fire on a mountain and an unknown number of casualties.

China Eastern said the cause of the crash was “still under investigation” and it did not provide any detail, but in an official filing with the Shanghai Stock Exchange it expressed “its deep condolences for the passengers and crew members who died in the plane crash.”

The Boeing 737-800 from Kunming city to the southern hub of Guangzhou “lost airborne contact over Wuzhou” city in the Guangxi region, the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said earlier.

Below is a video of the crash site.

The crash site is not far from the Pearl River Delta Region which is reportedly the most populated place on earth. Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong are located in this area with an estimated population of 50 million or more.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/03/china-eastern-plane-goes-reportedly-132-people-board-mountainous-region-southern-china/

Kamala Harris’ National Security Advisor Resigns

Another Kamala Harris staffer has left the VP’s office.

Kamala Harris’ National Security Advisor Nancy McEldowney has stepped down from her post, according to Fox News.

Harris has appointed Philip Gordon as her new NatSec Advisor.

McEldowney, who is the 10th high profile Harris staffer to step down, resigned for ‘personal reasons’ Fox News said.

Over the weekend it was reported that Kamala Harris’ Deputy Press Secretary Sabrina Singh, is leaving the VP’s office for a position at the Pentagon.

Kamala Harris is a ‘bully’ according to former staffers who had to endure her abuse.

“It’s clear that you’re not working with somebody who is willing to do the prep and the work,” one former staffer told the Washington Post. “With Kamala you have to put up with a constant amount of soul-destroying criticism and also her own lack of confidence. So you’re constantly sort of propping up a bully and it’s not really clear why.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/03/another-one-kamala-harris-national-security-advisor-resigns/

Update: Rafael Nadal After Complaining of Breathing Problems Following Tennis Match – “It Feels like Needles – When I Try to Breathe It’s Painful”

As reported earlier tennis champion Rafael Nadal was “left concerned” after suffering breathing problems during his defeat to Taylor Fritz in Indian Wells.

Nadal had battled through several close matches to reach the final and needed treatment at the end of his semi-final against Carlos Alcaraz on Saturday.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/03/update-rafael-nadal-complaining-breathing-problems-following-tennis-match-feels-like-needles-try-breathe-painful-video/

Ukrainian Officials Keep Getting Caught Fleeing Country with Suitcases Full of Cash and Euros

The US Senate passed a bipartisan $1.5 trillion bill on March 10th that included $13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine.

Chuck Schumer touted the aid to Ukraine and pointed to it as a pressing reason for the Senate to quickly pass the massive $1.5 trillion spending bill. This was the same week that inflation hit 7.9% in the US — the highest inflation rate in 40 years.

So where is the money going? Does anyone know? Does anyone care?

Here’s one answer.

The wife of former Ukrainian MP Ihor Kotvitskyi declared 28 million dollars and 1.3 million euros when entering Hungary.

And she’s not the only one.

Another Ukrainian diplomat tried to flee Ukraine with 68,000€, $140,000, 12kg gold, 13.8kg gold jewelry and a large number of cigarettes.

Your tax dollars at work — making corrupt Ukrainian politicians rich.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/03/tax-dollars-work-ukrainian-officials-keep-getting-caught-fleeing-country-suitcases-full-cash-euros/

US Sending Soviet Anti-Air Defense Systems To Ukraine That Were "Secretly Acquired"

Update(12:15ET): Greater escalation is in the air as two nuclear-armed superpowers continue stumbling toward a hugely alarming WWIII scenario as the Russian invasion of Ukraine reaches almost a full month. The Wall Street Journal on Monday has cited US defense officials who say Washington is covertly sending Soviet-made air defense equipment to Ukraine to help repel Russian air power. It seems this is the Biden administration's 'alternative' to directly imposing a no-fly zone, yet it's still a step in that direction.

"The U.S. is sending some of the Soviet-made air defense equipment it secretly acquired decades ago to bolster the Ukrainian military as it seeks to fend off Russian air and missile attacks, U.S. officials said," WSJ writes. "The systems, which one U.S. official said include the SA-8, are decades old and were obtained by the U.S. so it could examine the technology used by the Russian military and which Moscow has exported around the world."

The Pentagon has not yet officially confirmed the breaking story, but it comes as the administration is facing immense bipartisan pressure from Congress to "do something" more than merely sending smaller arms. It must be remembered that Moscow has clearly warned it will attack as "legitimate targets" any inbound weapons shipments to Ukraine from Western backers.

The WSJ report says that S-300 systems are not part of what's being considered for the shipment, and details further:

The secretive efforts received public attention in 1994 when a massive Soviet-made transport plane was observed at the Huntsville airport within sight of a major highway…

Some of the Soviet-style weapons have been kept at the Redstone Arsenal in Alabama, which its website notes serves as “the Army’s center for missile and rocket programs.” At least some of what the U.S. sent was from that base, said officials, who added that C-17s recently flew to a nearby airfield at Huntsville, Alabama.

The Russians will surely seen this as a massive escalation, likely resulting in threats that such shipments of any anti-air defenses will be directly targeted.

https://www.zerohedge.com/military/here-are-all-latest-news-and-developments-ukraine-war-march-21

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele Breaks the Silence and Points Out the Obvious on Biden Regime: The USA “Can’t Be Destroyed So Quickly Unless the Enemy Is From Within”

America under Joe Biden:

** Wide open borders — 2 million illegal immigrants flooding the country in one year — more this year

** Surrender in Afghanistan, abandoning essential base, arming Taliban with $80 billion in US weaponry, dead soldiers in retreat

** Shutting down energy sector

** Record spending, record inflation nearing 10% annually

** Highest gas prices in history

** Destruction of First Amendment led by Big Tech

** Corrupt media gaslighting public

** Total destruction of working class

** Politicized and Broken Justice Department

On Sunday the President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele posted a stunning remark on Twitter.

Bukele pointed out the elephant in the room — Joe Biden and his handlers are destroying America and it is likely on purpose

As President Bukele says, “Something so big and powerful can’t be destroyed so quickly, unless the enemy comes from within.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/03/salvadoran-president-nayib-bukele-breaks-silence-points-obvious-usa-cant-destroyed-quickly-unless-enemy-within/

Australia Slaps Russia With Alumina Export Ban, Catapults Aluminum Prices Higher

Fragile supply chains are crumbling worldwide after Russia invaded Ukraine. The latest disruption comes from Australia, as the world's top alumina exporter has shunned shipments to Russia, sending aluminum spot prices higher.

Bloomberg reports Australia's top alumina refineries choked off flows of alumina to Russia's United Co. Rusal International PJSC, the world's second-largest aluminum company by production output. Rusal has a 20% stake in Rio Tinto Group's Queensland Alumina Ltd refinery. Rio is working out options regarding its partnership with Rusal.

Australia accounts for 20% of Russia's alumina supply, also called aluminum oxide, which is derived from bauxite ore and sent to refiners and turned into alumina. Bulk carriers then ship the alumina to smelters in Russia, where it's then transformed into aluminum.

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/australia-slaps-russia-alumina-export-ban

When American people see these things, won't matter what #DOJ or anyone else has to say. Note wants mom to get #HIV test while still trying to see daughter. This is the darkness we have been suffering. #hunterbidenlaptop #benotafraid #sickpeople Also now you know why I have been reluctant to share some things. TAKE IT ALL BACK PEOPLE, none of them deserve power.

Imagine how pathetic we must be to both our allies and adversaries.

https://gab.com/JackMaxey1/posts/107995513089193406

Just Like They Did After 9/11 with Muslims, Many Americans Now Blindly Hate People for Being Russian

Recently, my mom dropped off a plastic bin full of things I had left in her house thirteen years ago when I left for college. I found trinkets, pictures, and a lot of old school things. On top, was a pile of journals – the type we had to keep in elementary school to answer a daily question or prompt.

The first date I intentionally looked up was September 11, 2001. I was eleven years old and in fifth grade. I remember the day well. But I didn’t remember everything. I wanted to know if we mentioned anything about the terrorist attacks in our journals. We hadn’t. The prompt that day was boring — “what magical power would you choose if you could choose any?” I chose flying. Boring.

But a few pages later, eleven-year-old me did address 9/11. On Oct 5, 2001, less than a month after the attack, we were asked:

“If you had to give a ten-minute speech to your school on any subject you chose, what would it be about and why?”

My answer to the prompt surprised me:

“My speech would be about the terrerists (sic) who attacked the World Trade Centers. I would tell them that not all Afganies (sic) are bad. In some places people are hurting Afganies (sic) that they see on the street. If kids started doing that it would be horrible.”

Nevermind my poor framing and referencing Afghans as Afghanies (which is what the money is called in Afghanistan, not the people), those few short sentences made something abundantly clear. I knew, even as an eleven-year-old child, that Muslims and people of Middle Eastern descent were being treated unfairly in the U.S. after 9/11. And if I could tell my entire school anything, it would be a defense of those people.

So why, over twenty years later, are adults unable to see how treating Russians in the U.S. unfairly is also wrong, and in hindsight, will be a mark of shame on the U.S. just like the hatred and mistreatment of Muslims and Middle Easterners after 9/11 were?

Russiaphobia Reveals Unfair Double Standard In U.S.

Imagine for a moment you are working in another country and your employer suddenly demands you publicly reject the country of your birth or face being fired. Imagine the country of your birth is run by a despot who imprisons political enemies, represses speech critical of the state, and your entire extended family still lives there.

What kind of choice is that?

Forcing an individual to publicly denounce their home country — while military tensions are at an all-time high, and protesters there are being arrested en masse — is an affront to empathy and compassion. The choice, to create an ethical dilemma that forces a worker to decide to keep their job or keep their family safe, is reprehensible.

Consider Anna Netrebko, the Met opera singer who recently withdrew from future engagements rather than publicly denounce Vladimir Putin.

“Anna is one of the greatest singers in Met history, but with Putin killing innocent victims in Ukraine, there was no way forward,” Met General Manager Peter Gelb said.

https://thefreethoughtproject.com/just-like-they-did-after-9-11-with-muslims-many-americans-now-blindly-hate-people-for-being-russian/

Madeleine McCann case to be closed by London police after 11 years

The 11-year investigation into the disappearance of British tot Madeleine McCann is set to end later this year, according to reports.

Operation Grange, the British taxpayer-funded probe launched four years after Madeleine’s 2007 disappearance from her family’s vacation rental in Portugal, will be shut down by London’s Metropolitan Police when funding runs out this fall, the Sun reported Saturday.

“There are currently no plans to take the inquiry further,” a source close to the matter told the outlet. “The end of the road for Operation Grange is now in sight. The team’s work is expected to be completed by autumn.”

The decision means there’s insufficient evidence to charge the prime suspect in Madeleine’s disappearance — convicted pedophile and rapist Christian Brueckner.

https://nypost.com/2022/03/21/madeleine-mccann-case-to-be-closed-by-london-police-after-11-years/

Kremlin Reveals Why Russia Won’t Observe Ceasefire Amid Talks With Ukraine

Russia will not implement a pause in its invasion of Ukraine while peace negotiations with the Kyiv government are underway, said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Monday.

“You see, a pause in the operation, any pause, is used by the nationalist units to regroup, used to continue attacks against the Russian military,” Peskov told state-run media, alleging that Russian troops have faced attacks from such groups in Ukraine “on multiple occasions.”

Ukrainian and Western officials have previously accused Russia of using the peace talks to regroup and resupply its invasion. UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss earlier this month said that Russia was “lying, lying, and lying” by agreeing to the talks, describing them as a “smokescreen” and a “distraction.”

The Kremlin on Monday said that talks between Russia and Ukraine haven’t yielded significant progress despite multiple rounds of negotiations.

Moscow has accused Kyiv of stalling peace talks by making proposals unacceptable for Russia. Ukraine has said it is willing to negotiate but will not surrender or accept Russian ultimatums. More than a week ago, Russian and Ukrainian negotiators said that there was progress made during the talks, although no details were provided.

“For us to speak of a meeting between the two presidents, homework has to be done. Talks have to be held and their results agreed upon,” Peskov remarked Monday. “There has been no significant progress so far.”

Peskov also reiterated claims that Russia was showing more willingness than Ukrainian negotiators to work toward an agreement at the talks.

Top Ukrainian officials rejected a Russian demand to give up the city of Mariupol, which has come under heavy Russian bombardment since the start of the Feb. 24 conflict, with Ukraine accusing Moscow of committing war crimes in the area.

https://www.ntd.com/kremlin-reveals-why-russia-wont-observe-ceasefire-amid-talks-with-ukraine_754934.html

Fourth ‘Spring’ Jab Offered to Britons, Health Secretary Hints at FIFTH Jab

Around 5 million people are to become eligible for an additional COVID jab in England, with fifth jabs hinted at as Britain rolls out its ‘Spring Booster’ campaign.

A large number of people in England are to now receive a fourth COVID shot as the United Kingdom begins its ‘Spring Booster’ vaccination campaign.

Britain will join the likes of Israel in making a fourth jab widely available, with around 600,000 expected to be offered an additional shot this week, with around five million in total ultimately expected to be invited to partake in an additional booster by the end of the campaign.

According to a report by Britain’s state-owned broadcaster the BBC, those over the age of 75 will be eligible for the initial jab drive, along with care home residents and immunocompromised people over the age of 12.

Individuals fitting into these categories in England, as Wales and Scotland, will either be offered a Moderna or Pfizer/BioNTech jab in the hopes of boosting their resistance to the virus.

“Our phenomenal vaccination programme has saved countless lives and built a wall of defence which has allowed us to learn to live with COVID,” said Boris Johnson’s Health Secretary, Sajid Javid.

“Following the massive success of the rollout so far, we are now offering over-75s and the most vulnerable a spring booster dose to top up their protection against this virus,” he continued.

While this is not the first time fourth doses have been administered in the United Kingdom — with some severely immunocompromised people having already received extra jabs — it does represent a significant expansion of the number of British citizens receiving an additional booster.

However, the mass administration of even more shots may yet be on the table, with Javid hinting at the possibility of pushing some people to receive their fifth COVID jab this Autumn.

“The [Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation] have said that it’s li– it’s possible there will be an autumn booster campaign, probably for those who are 50 and over,” Javid said, stuttering slightly when asked about whether additional boosters will be offered. “But they haven’t yet made a final recommendation on that.”

Javid is not the first government official to hint at the possibility of a fifth vaccination, however.

During an interview with American broadcaster NBC, the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director, Dr Anthony Fauci, noted that it was “entirely conceivable” that additional boosters will be needed to fight off COVID.

“We may need to boost again. That’s entirely conceivable,” Dr Fauci told the interviewer. “But before we make that decision about yet again another boost, we want to determine clearly what the durability of protection is of that regular boost, that third shot that we’re talking about.”

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/03/21/fourth-spring-jab-offered-to-britons-health-secretary-hints-at-fifth-jab/

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/03/21/fourth-spring-jab-offered-to-britons-health-secretary-hints-at-fifth-jab/