May 2020 archive

WTO's Goods Trade Barometer Hits Record Low Amid COVID Disruptions  WTO’s Goods Trade Barometer Hits Record Low Amid COVID Disruptions  Tyler Durden Thu, 05/21/2020 – 02:35 The World Trade Organization (WTO) published its Goods Trade Barometer on Wednesday morning, showing a steep decline in 1H20 as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the global economy. “The index currently stands at 87.6, …

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Africa's COVID-19 Cases Soar Past 88,000 As 'Coronavirus Apocalypse' Fears Loom Africa’s COVID-19 Cases Soar Past 88,000 As ‘Coronavirus Apocalypse’ Fears Loom Tyler Durden Wed, 05/20/2020 – 02:45 By the first week of April, coronavirus cases in African topped 10,000. Now over a month later that number stands at 88,172 according to the CDC Africa dashboard. This after a past 24-hour rise in …

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Many Volkswagen EVs Are Already Sold Out For The Second Half Of 2020 Many Volkswagen EVs Are Already Sold Out For The Second Half Of 2020 Tyler Durden Tue, 05/19/2020 – 02:45 While the auto market has been falling apart, Volkswagen has been crushing it in the EV market. The automaker’s CEO said on a …

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Why The COVID-19 Model That Inspired UK's Lockdown May Be "The Most Devastating Software Mistake Of All Time" Why The COVID-19 Model That Inspired UK’s Lockdown May Be “The Most Devastating Software Mistake Of All Time” Tyler Durden Mon, 05/18/2020 – 02:45 While Democrats in the US and progressives in the UK continue to push …

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How Huxley's X-Club Created Nature Magazine & Sabotaged Science For 150 Years How Huxley’s X-Club Created Nature Magazine & Sabotaged Science For 150 Years Tyler Durden Sat, 05/16/2020 – 23:30 Authored by Matthew Ehret via The Strategic Culture Foundation, Amidst the storm of controversy raised by the lab-origin theory of COVID-19 extolled by such figures …

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It Wasn't The "Virus" That Crashed The Economy, It Was The People Who Obeyed It Wasn’t The “Virus” That Crashed The Economy, It Was The People Who Obeyed Tyler Durden Sat, 05/16/2020 – 00:10 Authored by Mac Slavo via SHTFplan.com, Most atrocities in human history have all been committed by individuals and agents of government …

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The History Of Vaccinations The History Of Vaccinations Tyler Durden Fri, 05/15/2020 – 02:45 More than two centuries ago, on May 14, 1796, the English doctor Edward Jenner carried out what was later proven to have been the first modern-day vaccination, when he injected a young boy with pus from cow pox (or vaccinia virus) …

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World's Largest Shipper Warns Of Collapsing Volumes, Dashes Hope For V-Shaped Recovery World’s Largest Shipper Warns Of Collapsing Volumes, Dashes Hope For V-Shaped Recovery Tyler Durden Thu, 05/14/2020 – 02:45 A.P. Moller-Maersk A/S, the world’s largest container line, warned Wednesday that global trade will continue to falter with volumes declining by at least a quarter …

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EU Threatens To Sue After Germany Questions Legality Of ECB Bond Buying Program EU Threatens To Sue After Germany Questions Legality Of ECB Bond Buying Program Germany and the EU are in the midst of an escalating legal struggle that could wreak havoc for the Eurozone.  The struggle came to a head on Sunday when …

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London's Trains Packed With Commuters As PM Johnson Lifts 'Stay Home' Order London’s Trains Packed With Commuters As PM Johnson Lifts ‘Stay Home’ Order Last night, UK PM Boris Johnson laid out the broad strokes of the first phase of Britain’s reopening even as the outbreak inside the country continues to rage. He accompanied the …

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