Category Archives: International News
Russia Warns US Warships To Stay Far Away From Crimea “For Their Own Good”
At a moment the United States appears poised to send its warships near Ukraine as a strong ‘deterrent message’ against Russian forces built up near the east Ukrainian border, Russia on Tuesday warned that US vessels better stay away from Crimea “for their own good”.
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Scientists Call BS On WHO’s Wuhan ‘Investigation’ – Demand Legitimate Probe With Or Without China
After a joint investigation between China and the World Health Organization (WHO) failed to produce a legitimate explanation for the origins of COVID-19, a group of international scientists has cried foul – and is demanding “more rigorous investigations” – with or without Beijing’s participation, according to Reuters.
Read moreHikers Evacuated As Iceland Volcano Unleashes New Lava Stream
Lava poured out of a new fissure at an Icelandic volcano earlier this week near the capital Reykjavik, according to AFP. This is the third fissure to open in the nearly three-week-old volcanic eruption.
Read more“Don’t Lecture Us”: Alaska Summit Opens With Dueling Barbs & Epic Anti-US Tirade
As predicted things are icier than ever by the end of day one of the Alaska summit in which for the first time in the Biden administration high-level in-person talks were held between China and the U.S.
Read moreFrance Heads Back Into Lockdown As COVID “Third Wave” Hammers Europe
As a third wave of COVID infections believed to be driven by mutant strains of the virus explodes in Europe, France has just become the latest country to start reimposing lockdown measures, following in the footsteps of Italy, Germany and others.
Read more“We Are Hungry” – Violent Protests Erupt As Lebanon ‘Hyperinflation’ Accelerates
Despite the government’s attempt to crack down on illicit trading, Lebanon’s currency collapse has accelerated and with it the economy and people’s living standards.
Read moreIran To Block Nuclear Inspections Starting Next Week If US Doesn’t Drop Sanctions
Iran’s government will have no choice but to limit nuclear inspections starting next week if the other parties to a 2015 nuclear deal do not cooperate with it, according to its foreign ministry.
Read moreChina “Refuses” To Hand Over Raw Data On Early COVID Cases To WHO Team
A Wall Street Journal report strongly suggests this first ever and much-hyped WHO trip to ‘get to the bottom’ of the virus’ origins likely didn’t even scratch the surface in terms of a real investigation. When access to the raw underlying data was made, the WHO investigators were rebuffed, essentially being left with only the Chinese scientists’ version of what the data shows. One WHO researcher emphasized in a statement to the WSJ that access to the hard data is standard, but was not followed in this case.
Read moreReligious Books Seized And Burned In Communist China, ‘Believers’ Given Jail Terms
In communist China, practicing a certain faith, printing, or even reading religious books could result in prison terms and abuse. Spiritual believers in China – be it Christians, Buddhists, Uyghur Muslims, or Falun Gong practitioners – are faced not only with brutal suppression or forced-labor terms but also have their religious books burned or trashed at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Read moreNetherlands: Police Clash With Protesters as Thousands Rally Against COVID Lockdown in Amsterdam [VIDEO]
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Police clashed with anti-lockdown and anti-government protesters on Amsterdam’s Museumplein square on Sunday as around 2,000 people rallied against coronavirus restrictions in the country.
Read moreBrexit Trade Deal Easily Passes House Of Commons
After the Brexit deal easily passed its third reading vote, finally clearing the House of Commons, PM Boris Johnson sat down for an interview with BBC Brexit scribe and editor Laura Kuenssberg, where he proclaimed that the deal will allow Britain to “have its cake and eat it.”
Read moreSaudi Arabia Hires Army Of New Lobbyists In Preparation For Biden
“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is on a hiring spree for lobbyists” according to a new detailed report, in attempts to ensure things don’t drastically change after Biden takes office on January 20.
Read moreChina Is Now The World’s Largest Economy
This week, the IMF presented its 2020 World Economic Outlook providing an overview of the global economy and the challenges ahead. The most inconvenient fact in the Report is one Americans don’t want to hear; China has now displaced the U.S. to become the largest economy in the world.
Read moreMexico’s Slow Response to Coronavirus Has Implications for Texas, U.S.
Mexico’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has implications for both the United States and Texas, which shares 1,200 of the 2,000-mile U.S. border with Mexico. In normal years, millions of people and $600 billion of goods flow across the U.S. border, with Texas accounting for about one-third of that commerce.
Read moreJapan Cancels Sport And Cultural Events Amid Concerns Olympics Could Be Canceled
With the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics scheduled to begin on July 24, Japan has already started canceling sport and cultural events amid the broadening of the Covid-19 outbreak.
Read moreHere Are The 425 Billion Reasons Why WHO Refuses To Call The Covid-19 Outbreak A “Pandemic”
The World Bank launched a $425 million 2017 catastrophe bond issue supporting its Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility (PEF). There are two tranches of PEF bonds outstanding, expected to mature in July, and this means investors of the bonds will collect massive profits if the bonds aren’t triggered or will lose everything if the Covid-19 outbreak continues to escalate.
Read more“Biggest Humanitarian Horror Story Of The 21st Century”: Up To A Million Refugees Trying To Flee Idlib [VIDEO]
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The ongoing final battle for Idlib could unleash the biggest refugee exodus the nine-year war has seen, United Nations officials are warning.
Read moreChina Is Disintegrating: Steel Demand, Property Sales, Traffic All Approaching Zero
The Coronavirus epidemic is having a devastating effect on China’s economy which appears to have ground to a halt according to recent data.
Read moreChina To Slash Tariffs On Some U.S. Imports By 50%
China’s economy is expected to print sub-5% GDP in Q1 after dealing with the Coronavirus. This has forced an increasingly desperate Beijing to unexpectedly announce on Thursday that it will slash tariff levied on 1,717 U.S. goods by up to 50%.
Read moreTurkey 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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