Category Archives: International News
Turkey Demands Greece “Demilitarize” 16 Aegean Islands Amid Gas Drilling Dispute
At a moment tensions are soaring over Turkey’s expansive East Mediterranean claims, and after starting early last summer it began sending oil and gas exploration and drilling ships off Cyprus’ coast, Ankara is demanding that Greece “demilitarize” its islands in the Aegean Sea.
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Post-Brexit Britain Eyes New Forceful Role In Asia
UK seeks new trade and security deals in Indo-Pacific but much will hinge on how it handles China…
Read moreChina Quarantines 3rd City As Wuhan Virus Spreads To Singapore
Stopping the spread of the new SARS-like Wuhan Corona virus, China announced that they are quarantining a third city to stop the spread. Chinese authorities have reportedly suspended all outbound air and train travel from the city and ordered all public places, including movie theaters,to close until further notice.
Read moreChina Agrees To Buy More Cars, Airplanes, Energy From US In Phase 1 Trade Deal
Sources familiar with the Phase 1 trade deal told Reuters China has agreed to purchase $80 billion of additional manufactured goods from the U.S. over the next 24 months, as part of the “Phase 1” trade deal that’s expected to be signed on Wednesday.
Read more“Optically Quite Dramatic” But Officials Confirm No US Casualties From Iranian Missile Strike
“Iran’s missile strikes last night were calibrated to satisfy honour while avoiding damage that would trigger automatically the next round. The missiles appear to have been fitted out with very light warhead payloads indeed – their purpose was to look good in the dark going up into the night sky. There is every reason to believe the apparent lack of US casualties was deliberate.”
Read moreHere’s The Real Reason Why Hong Kong Authorities Are Desperate To Regain Control Of University
Many are wondering why the Hong Kong police focused on CUHK when almost all universities in Hong Kong are involved in anti-government protests. What’s more, the police seemed to be very determined to take control of the campus. The answer may be simpler (and more ominous) than many suspect.
Read moreMexico Prevents Caravan Of 2,000 Migrants From Reaching US Border [VIDEO]
Mexico is so far upholding its agreement with President Trump to limit the flow of migrants into the US. Over the weekend, Mexican authorities halted a caravan of more than 2,000 migrants headed to the Mexico–US border, reported AP News.
Read moreHong Kong’s Fight for Freedom Against China’s Authoritarianism [VIDEO]
The protests that have consumed Hong Kong for more than three months started because of a proposed bill that would’ve made it easier for mainland China to extradite citizens from the semi-autonomous city, raising fears that Beijing’s central government would target political dissidents. Reason Magazine took time to produce a video that summarizes how the protests started, and why they continue to today.
Read moreBahamas Death Toll Rises As 70,000 Residents Struggle For Food And Shelter [VIDEO]
Search and rescue teams in the Bahamas are scouring communities with cadaver dogs looking for both victims and survivors of Hurricane Dorian, which devastated Grand Bahama and the Abaco Islands in the strongest hurricane ever recorded to hit the archipelago nation.
Read moreHong Kong Police Use Water Cannons For The First Time, Fire Live Warning Shots After Protesters Hurl Bricks And Fire Bombs [VIDEO]
The violence between Hong Kong riot police and anti-government protesters escalated on Sunday – one of the most violent nights of pro-democracy demonstrations which began three months ago.
Read moreFormer Chinese Central Banker Warns Beijing May Dump Treasuries In Retaliation
Bloomberg reports that the trade war has shifted to a currency war, several former Chinese central bankers warned Saturday that there is no end in sight to the conflict between the world’s leading superpowers.
Read moreUS-China Trade Talks Collapse After Half A Day Of Negotiations
After roughly half-a-day of negotiations, the US trade delegation has broken off talks with its Chinese counterpart and is already on its way back to Washington, a sign that no new progress was made, and that trade talks between the US and China remain at an impasse.
Read moreVideo Shows Amusement Park Ride in India Break in Midair, Killing 2 [VIDEO]
A pendulum-style ride at an amusement park in India broke suddenly in midair on Sunday, killing two people and injuring dozens, officials said.
Read moreChinese Consumers Shun All American Products As Nationalism Soars
Since President Trump escalated the trade war last month by slapping a 25% tariff on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods, and is on the verge of taxing the remainder, Beijing has spawned nationalist sentiment across the country that has left many Chinese consumers shunning American products.
Read moreCrime-Ravaged Mexico City Deploys 140,000 National Guard Troops To Enforce Order
Mexico is deploying its new militarized National Guard police force within Mexico City in an effort to quell a recent surge in violent criminal activity, according to President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
Read more“Empty Shelves & Massive Job Cuts” Loom As Zimbabwe Abandons USDollar… Again
After a decade of dollarization to escape from the hyperinflationary hell of Mugabe’s money-printing, Zimbabwe has implicitly re-introduced the ZimDollar as the nation’s sole legal tender – banning the use of currencies such as the USDollar and South African Rand in favor of its so-called RTGS dollar.
Read more“We Are Extremely Angry”: Thousands Of Protesters Block Hong Kong Roads In Protest Against China Extradition Bill
Two days after over 1 million people protested in the streets of Hong Kong – unsuccessfully – against a proposed extradition bill that would allow Beijing to take people from Hong Kong to stand trial in mainland China on Wednesday morning in a fresh display of defiance against the contentious extradition bill, thousands of protesters started barricading roads and began stopping traffic from accessing the HK legislature on Wednesday morning, as the government’s proposal returns to a full council meeting.
Read moreChina’s Mass Surveillance App Hacked; Code Reveals Specific Criteria For Illegal Oppression [VIDEO]
Human Rights Watch got their hands on an app used by Chinese authorities in the western Xinjiang region to surveil, track and categorize the entire local population – particularly the 13 million or so Turkic Muslims subject to heightened scrutiny, of which around one million are thought to live in ‘reeducation’ camps. After reverse-engineering it, they found truly dystopian criteria.
Read moreStunning Images Show France’s Historic Notre Dame Cathedral Engulfed In Flames [VIDEO]
The situation is a terrible tragedy as one of the most revered monuments in all of Catholicism looks like it could be completely destroyed, a historical tragedy that would be practically unrivaled in modern times. The cathedral’s 15-foot lead spire has collapsed, and the roof has as well, during holy week on the Catholic calendar, which is a busy season for Paris’s most popular tourist attraction.
Read more‘Hostile And Aggressive’ Migrants Break Through Border Into Southern Mexico, Join US-Bound Caravan
A group of around 350 Central American migrants broke the locks on a gate at the Guatemala-Mexico border, forcing their way into Mexico to join a larger caravan of 2,000 or so migrants headed towards the United States, AP reports.
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