Malaysia will hold local elections in Malacca on Nov. 14 in what’s set to be a fresh test for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Pakatan Harapan coalition, following setbacks in two state polls earlier this year.

Exclusive: Thailand is reviving its $30 billion 'Land Bridge' as an alternative to the Strait of Malacca after Middle East disruptions renewed concerns over shipping chokepoints. But questions remain over investor interest, logistics and local opposition

Thailand's government is proposing an ambitious $30 billion 'Land Bridge' to ferry goods between ports, instead of using a sea route in the Strait of Malacca

Interesting stuff after latest Gruch interview... The existence of UFO bases submerged below the oceans of our planet has become widely recognized as UFO sighting reports tend to cluster around particular vortices. Paleo-Sanskrit temple cities that were once situated on the coastlines of the world’s oceans were gradually submerged by >120 m of sea level rise from approximately 16,000-11,000 bp. The very slow pace of sea level rise allowed time for many of the ancient underground cities to be sealed off from the surface by thick layers of artificial stone, blocking off the original entrances at each of these sunken city sites – converted long ago into underwater UFO bases. The enigmatic subject of underwater UFO bases has been investigated in prior works, including zones of high USO activity near Santa Catalina Island, off the coast of California; off coast of Stamford, Connecticut; off the south coast of Vieques Island, Puerto Rico; on the Amazon River at Lake Caballococha, Peru; in the Malacca Straight, Malaysia; in Canal Passage near Whittier, Alaska; and below Sitka Sound, Alaska. Submerged pyramid complexes have been previously identified in various oceans of the world, including the Atlant and Indra Pyramid Complexes, off Florida’s east coast; Azores Pyramid off the coast of Tenerife Island; Ampere Seamount temple; Savanasa Pyramid, Mu (destroyed) and Lake Fuxian pyramids, China. Andros Island, Bahamas hosts a US Navy facility called AUTEC–Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center (24.7057458°N, 77.7711216°W, above).1 Marine vehicle research and testing projects are carried out at this facility, in addition to monitoring submerged UFO bases in the region using microphone arrays. Submarine sonar is responsible for incalculable multitudes of animal deaths, espcially whale pods that wash up on shorelines every year. The general public remains largely unaware of the great proportion of highanimal deaths caused by -intensity sonar beams, and the fact that this tragic result can be avoided. Existing advances in sonar tech must be applied to refit submarines with newer, non-lethal equipment. From

BREAKING: Following "hellish" conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, the US is sending the aircraft carrier USS George Washington to the Middle East to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has now been deployed for more than 250 days, setting a record for consecutive days at sea, per WSJ. The catastrophic conditions include shortages of basic supplies, sailors running out of toothpaste and soap, water contamination, plumbing issues, deteriorating mental health, deck safety concerns, food shortages, and disruptions in the mail system with care packages lost in transit for months. Multiple sailors have tried jumping overboard and attempted suicide. The USS George Washington is being escorted by the USS Robert Smalls and USS Shoup moving westbound together toward the Strait of Malacca, with the expected arrival in the Middle East being roughly 8 days.

Food for thought. Yes, the New Great Game is unfolding. No nation stands to gain more from a closure of the Strait of Hormuz than the United States, across the short, medium, and long term. This logic is embedded in President Trump’s National Security Strategy, with the Trump Doctrine now visible in practice. Strategically, China loses on multiple fronts with Hormuz closed: seaborne Middle Eastern supplies are constrained just as Venezuelan crude is increasingly redirected toward the U.S. Gulf Coast on short, politically secure routes. At the same time, the Strait of Malacca, and with it, the broader Malacca Dilemma, moves to the center of gravity. In parallel, the Sunda, Lombok, Makassar, and Mindoro Straits remain critical arteries for Chinese trade and energy flows. Together, they constitute the geographic chokepoints of Beijing’s vulnerability, and Washington is acutely aware of this. Yes, the New Great Game is unfolding, and Wall Street has yet to comprehend the consequences.