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Globalist-linked think tank simulated monkey pox outbreak – in 2021

  • As early as March 2021, the Washington-based Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) conducted a simulated exercise in which a modified monkeypox virus spreads worldwide, killing hundreds of millions of people.
  • One of NTI's main profiles is CNN founder and multi-billionaire Ted Turner, who is active in a small closed circle called "The Good Club" alongside notorious ultra-globalists Bill Gates, David Rockefeller and George Soros, among others.
  • Many are now drawing parallels to the infamous Event 201 exercise, when the World Economic Forum and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation held a coronavirus pandemic exercise in New York in October 2019, months before the reported outbreak of covid-19 in Wuhan, China.
Published 17 August 2024
– By Editorial Staff
News report during the simulation from the fictitious channel "GNN" - with the same logo as CNN. Inset picture of a boy with monkey pox.
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On May 6, 2022, the UK announced that a British citizen visiting the Nigerian capital of Lagos had been infected with the viral disease monkeypox. In the following weeks, cases were reported in several countries around the world. On May 19, Sweden reported its first confirmed case.

A large proportion of those infected are believed to be homosexual men. The virus, which was discovered in 1958, is spread through saliva, feces and wound fluids. Most of the outbreaks documented to date have started in the rainforests of Africa, where local people have come into contact with infected animals in various ways.

In recent days, policymakers in several countries have indicated that measures similar to those introduced during the covid-19 epidemic may be reinstated. Belgium has already imposed a three-week mandatory quarantine on infected persons and believes that the virus is already circulating in the population. Belgian authorities expect many new cases in the coming weeks. The World Health Organization has also expressed concern about the virus outbreak.

Media outlets have been reporting extensively on the monkey pox. Photo: facsimile/CNBC

The simulation: Hundreds of millions dead

The influential Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) seems to have had a good idea of what was going on. In March 2021, during a security conference in Munich, a pandemic exercise was conducted in which a monkeypox outbreak was simulated to spread rapidly around the world and cause hundreds of millions of deaths.

The virus outbreak in the simulation took place in May 2022, with 1421 confirmed cases and four deaths in the first 20 days. In the scenario, the virus continued to spread rapidly around the world, and after six months, 83 countries were affected, 70 million cases were reported, and 1.3 million people died from the virus. One year later, 480 million people had been infected and 27 million had died, and after 1.5 years, 3.2 billion people had been infected and 271 million had died.

Notably, the origin of the virus in the simulation was not natural, but a modified virus, a terrorist attack designed to achieve maximum transmission and resistance to vaccines.

Description of the scenario played out in the exercise

The organization: “Completely by chance”

The fact that the NTI organized a pandemic exercise with a fictitious outbreak of monkeypox, which in the scenario takes place almost at the same time as the actual outbreak, has raised some eyebrows. However, the organization itself states that the risks of the monkeypox virus “have been well documented by numerous health authorities for years. They note that outbreaks were recorded in Nigeria in 2017, and the United States has previously assessed that monkeypox could pose a “serious threat” to both animals and humans in the country.

According to NTI, an outbreak of monkeypox was simulated because “expert advisers” felt that this virus was well suited to a scenario focused on coordinated international action and developing “improvements in global capabilities to prevent and respond to pandemics”.

“The fact that several countries are currently experiencing an outbreak of monkeypox is purely a coincidence”, it says.

Parallels drawn with the infamous Covid exercise

This is not the first time such coincidences have occurred. In one of the newspaper’s most high-profile articles ever, Nya Dagbladet reported how American billionaire and globalist activist Bill Gates, through his foundation, organized a pandemic exercise with the Johns Hopkins Center and the World Economic Forum, simulating the global spread of a coronavirus, just months before the outbreak of the Covid epidemic.

The Nuclear Threat Initiative officially describes itself as a non-profit organization that works to prevent “current and future threats”, such as attacks and accidents involving various forms of weapons of mass destruction – including chemical and biological ones.

 


The article was originally published on Nya Dagbladet on May 27, 2022


 

The Nuclear Threat Initiative

NTI was founded in 2001 by Goldman Sachs-backed US Senator Sam Nunn and multi-billionaire media mogul Ted Turner, founder of CNN. Turner is also known for spending billions of dollars of his personal fortune to reduce global population growth.

Founders Sam Nunn and Ted Turner. Photo: NTI/John Mathew Smith/CC BY-SA 4.0

The organization's board of directors includes a number of other prominent figures, including former US Ambassador Jon M. Huntsman, Admiral Mike Mullen, former military advisor to Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, and Michael A. Peterson, son and heir of Peter G. Peterson, former US Secretary of Commerce and co-founder of the powerful Blackstone Group.

NTI is also affiliated with the globalist think tank, the World Economic Forum, and includes epidemiologist John Brownstein, who was widely used by the media as a medical expert during the covid era and won an Emmy for his participation in ABC's vaccine lobbying documentary, "The Shot: Race for the Vaccine".

One of NTI's top advisors is businessman and multi-billionaire Warren Buffett, one of the richest men in the world. In addition to Mr. Buffett, NTI's board includes many other influential figures in international politics and business.

Rolf Ekéus. Photo: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly/CC BY-SA 2.0

There is also Swedish representation on the NTI board in the form of Rolf Ekéus - a diplomat and ambassador who also chaired the UN Special Commission that monitored Iraq's disarmament of weapons of mass destruction. He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of War Sciences in 2000 and has also chaired the Swedish Pugwash and SIPRI, which work for global disarmament and international peace.

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Trump and Putin shake hands – first summit in four years begins

The war in Ukraine

Published today 23:20
– By Editorial Staff
The two presidents took a firm grip during their greeting at the US air base before later beginning the tense negotiations concerning, among other things, the war in Ukraine.
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US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are holding a summit today at the US military base Joint Base Elmendorf–Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska. This is the first time Putin has visited the United States in approximately ten years, and the Ukraine conflict is expected to dominate the talks.

President Trump personally received his Russian counterpart on the airfield’s runway when Putin arrived shortly after Air Force One. A red carpet had been rolled out with a large sign marked ‘Alaska 2025’ at its end, while four American fighter jets were positioned on both sides of the carpet.

The initial talks will only include the presidents and their closest advisors, before the full delegations join later. After the negotiations, Trump and Putin plan to hold a joint press conference.

The meeting could last up to seven hours

The summit could last between six and seven hours, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. While the Ukraine conflict is widely expected to be the meeting’s central theme, the agenda will encompass significantly more than that, according to Moscow.

– Other topics the two presidents are slated to discuss include bilateral Russia-US relations, possible joint economic projects, and other regional and international issues, says Peskov.

High-level delegations from both sides

The Russian delegation includes, in addition to Putin, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Defense Minister Andrey Belousov, Finance Minister Anton Siluanov, Kremlin aide Yury Ushakov and the president’s economic envoy Kirill Dmitriev, who has been a key figure in the Ukraine negotiation process.

From the American side, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, CIA Director John Ratcliffe, Special Envoy to Ukraine and the Middle East Steve Witkoff, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick are participating, according to White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will also participate in an expanded bilateral meeting and lunch, the White House announced.

This is Putin’s eighth visit to the United States and the first in approximately a decade. The last time the Russian president was in America was in 2015, when he participated in the UN General Assembly in New York and held talks with then-President Barack Obama.

Vatican back in hot water after new money laundering allegations

Published today 10:07
– By Editorial Staff
St. Peter's Square in Vatican City with Catholicism's main church, St. Peter's Basilica - located in Rome, the capital of Italy.
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The Vatican finds itself once again in the spotlight for criticism following allegations that internal systems have enabled money laundering. A former high-ranking financial police officer within the Vatican claims that documented transactions may have been manipulated after the fact. The Vatican denies the allegations but says it takes them very seriously.

The Vatican’s economy has been shaken by new revelations about alleged irregularities in systems handling bank transfers, reports Politico.

The city-state’s former top financial police officer has claimed that its payroll office could change names and account numbers on transactions after they were made, which masked the identity of recipients and senders.

This meant that names and account numbers could be changed several days after a transfer was completed. The system is described as a “master key” that can be used to hide money moved to private accounts, which in turn provided ample scope for money laundering and regulatory violations.

Decades of controversies

The Vatican has condemned the allegations as technically impossible, but has simultaneously confirmed the importance of investigating the matter thoroughly.

The economics department under Pope Leo XIV is trying to strengthen the church’s reputation after decades of financial controversies, where the Vatican Bank (Istituto per le Opere di Religione, IOR) has been at the center of recurring scandals involving money laundering, embezzlement and corruption.

Despite the allegations, the Vatican’s latest annual report shows a decrease of approximately one-third in suspected financial transactions compared to the previous year.

During 2024, the Vatican’s own reports state that authorities have frozen several bank accounts totaling over €2 million and stopped three suspected transfers worth just over €1 million.

Pope Leo XIV
Pope Leo XIV. Photo: Vatican News/X

Impenetrable structure

Cooperation with international authorities, including the US tax service (IRS), has intensified to strengthen control and transparency. Recent years’ reforms have however met resistance, and the Vatican’s complex structures and certain automatic control mechanisms have been criticized for lacking efficiency.

A comprehensive legal process involving several high-ranking individuals within the Vatican’s financial administration, charged with money laundering, embezzlement and fraud among other things, is currently ongoing.

Historically, the Vatican’s economy has been impenetrable and lacked modern transparency, something Pope Leo XIV has worked to change since taking office.

Corruption scandal shakes Poland: EU billions to swingers club and vodka bars

Published yesterday 11:22
– By Editorial Staff
Polish Prime Minister who promised to unlock EU billions now faces harsh criticism for their use.
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Poland’s government is being shaken by a growing scandal after it was revealed that parts of Poland’s EU recovery funds for post-covid recovery ended up with businesses that can hardly be described as socially critical – including a swingers club, a pizzeria with a solarium, and a chain of vodka bars.

The revelation came when the government published an interactive map of grant recipients to show how the money was distributed. Instead of confirming responsible use, it exposed how support from a program worth 1.2 billion złoty (approximately 282 million euros) went to yachts, entertainment establishments, and other projects that raise questions about the authorities’ judgment and control over how EU citizens’ tax money is actually used.

One of the most notable cases involves a business in southern Poland registered at the same address as a swingers club.

The national-conservative Law and Justice party (PiS) describes the affair as a textbook example of cronyism and waste of taxpayer money.

— One of the biggest scandals since 1989, declared PiS parliamentarian Tobiasz Bocheński.

He staged a protest on Saturday outside the prime minister’s office with a fake sign for the made-up “Ministry of Herring and Vodka” – a reference to one of the businesses that received funding.

PiS is now demanding parliamentary hearings and that prosecutors examine “the link, dependency and decision-making chain”.

Grants for luxury and entertainment

The HoReCa program is part of the 254 billion złoty (approximately 59.8 billion euros) that Poland was allocated from the EU’s recovery plan. The money was frozen by the EU for a long time due to alleged rule of law deficiencies under the PiS government, and releasing the funds was one of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s main campaign promises in 2023.

The program was created to save hotels, restaurants and cultural activities and make them more resilient to crises. Instead, parts of the support have been used to buy luxury goods and finance activities far from the program’s core purpose.

A restaurant owner in Łódź, whose grant was used to buy two yachts, defended himself, claiming that they “didn’t get this money for vacations”. Instead, he argued that the EU-financed luxury boats could be rented out to tourists when the restaurants were closed.

The owner of the business registered at the same address as the swingers club claims in turn that the grant went to metalworking machines – not to adult entertainment.

Officials emphasize that many of the criticized purchases, despite their questionable utility, actually followed the program’s rules – rules that were formulated by the previous government and allowed investments in, for example, tourist rentals or “environmentally friendly attractions”.

“A shame”

To quell criticism from outraged citizens who have grown tired of widespread corruption, Prime Minister Donald Tusk assures that improper use of the funds will not be tolerated.

“We put too much effort into unlocking these billions to allow anyone to waste them”, he wrote on X on Saturday, also promising that “anyone who made mistakes will face consequences, regardless of their position or party affiliation”.

A well-known Polish entrepreneur, Rafał Brzoska – owner of logistics company InPost – directs sharp criticism at how the recovery funds have been handled. He describes the scandal as the end for KPO, the Polish part of the EU’s recovery plan, and believes the causes are “stupidity, haste, human greed, the lack of proper procedures, and the absence of qualified personnel to competently assess applications and separate the wheat from the chaff?”.

“It’s a shame that such an important program for Poland, its economy and investments ends this way, because no one has any doubts anymore that this is THE END”, he added.

“Obliged to take action”

Prosecutors have begun investigating, and the finance ministry says the first results from the review will come at the end of September.

The European Commission has so far been more restrained in its response, but has requested an explanation from Warsaw.

— Poland is obliged to take explanatory action, said EU Commission spokesperson Maciej Berestecki in an interview with radio channel RMF FM.

Brussels emphasizes that if the Polish authorities’ response to any irregularities is deemed insufficient, the European Commission can take further action. In cases where suspected fraud occurs, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office and OLAF (the EU’s anti-fraud office) can also intervene.

Israel wants to expel Palestinians to Africa

The genocide in Gaza

Published 13 August 2025
– By Editorial Staff
South Sudan's leader Salva Kiir Mayardit is reportedly willing to accept Palestinians in order to strengthen ties with Israel and the United States.
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Israel has initiated discussions with South Sudan about expelling Palestinians from the Gaza Strip to the war-torn East African country.

The plans are described as an attempt at mass expulsion and ethnic cleansing following Israel’s 22-month-long invasion and have drawn strong criticism for violating international law and humanitarian principles.

Six sources with insight confirm to Associated Press that talks are ongoing, but it remains unclear how far they have actually progressed. The proposal involves moving Palestinians from one starvation zone to another, which according to analysts risks worsening the already very difficult humanitarian situation for Gaza’s population.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing for what he himself claims is “voluntary migration”, and has previously proposed similar arrangements with other African countries.

— I think that the right thing to do, even according to the laws of war as I know them, is to allow the population to leave, and then you go in with all your might against the enemy who remains there, Netanyahu said in an interview with Israeli TV channel i24 on Tuesday.

“Needs allies”

Palestinians and human rights organizations reject the plans, however, stating that it practically amounts to ethnic cleansing, where Israel could annex all of Gaza and reestablish Jewish settlements – a demand from far-right ministers in the government. Many Palestinians also fear they would never be allowed to return to their homeland.

For South Sudan, which has struggled with civil war, corruption and famine since independence in 2011, the agreement is seen as a way to strengthen ties with Israel and Trump. The country’s leadership hopes for eased sanctions and improved relations with the US.

— Cash-strapped South Sudan needs any ally, financial gain and diplomatic security it can get, says journalist Peter Martell, author of the book First Raise a Flag, which is about the African nation.

An Israeli delegation plans to visit the African country to investigate whether it is possible to establish camps for Palestinians, according to Joe Szlavik, founder of a lobbying company that works with the country.

Analysts point out that Israel is likely prepared to finance temporary camps in the country, but Edmund Yakani, leader of a South Sudanese civil society organization, warns of the consequences.

— South Sudan should not become a dumping ground for people. And it should not accept to take people as negotiating chips to improve relations, says Yakani.

Discussions with more African countries

Egypt opposes the plans to forcibly relocate Palestinians from Gaza. They are concerned that this would lead to increased refugee flows from Gaza, which would negatively affect their own country.

Israel and the US have previously held talks with Sudan, Somalia and the self-declared region of Somaliland, all of which are struggling with war and famine. However, it is unclear how far these discussions have progressed.

Critics argue that the proposal to expel Palestinians from Gaza not only violates international law, but also ignores their right to their land.

Even though many Palestinians would likely consider leaving Gaza temporarily due to war and famine, South Sudan is also considered a particularly poor alternative – not only because the country is poor, chaotic and dysfunctional – but also because bloody ethnic and religious conflicts have long been ongoing in the region.

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