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Aug 26
Today’s News 26th August 2018
Yet Another US-Saudi Massacre In Yemen: UN Condemns Airstrike Killing 22 Children Just two weeks after a US-Saudi coalition airstrike on a school bus in Yemen killed some 40 children in an event which finally caught international media attention, there’s a new report that coalition jets have struck a camp for internally displaced people in the …
Aug 25
Today’s News 25th August 2018
Model-Turned-Escort Auctioning Off Virginity To "Buy House For Mum" A 23-year-old, 5’9″ 110 lb. model from Azerbaijan is selling her virginity online in the hopes of buying a house for her mother and traveling the world. Mahbuba “Maria” Mammadzada – one of Azerbaijan’s most successful models currently living in Turkey, wants to make her mother “proud” by …
Aug 24
Today’s News 24th August 2018
The "Doom Loop" Exodus: Foreigners Liquidate Record Amounts Of Italian Bonds One month ago, we reported that in the aftermath of Italy’s political fireworks in May, which saw a record spike in Italian government bond yields, ECB data showed record buying of BTPs by Italian banks in May amounting to €28.4bn (chart below), a higher …
Aug 23
Today’s News 23rd August 2018
72% Of Spaniards Support Government Interference With Business Countries are divided by the role government plays in regulating businesses. As Statista’s Sarah Feldman notes, Western Europe, as a region, falls more in favor of governments regulating businesses for the good of society, while the American public is divided on whether government regulation is beneficial for society …
Aug 22
Today’s News 22nd August 2018
Russia Prepares For New Batch Of Stealth Fighter Jets In a series of reports from the Russian News Agency TASS, Russia’s fifth-generation Su-57 stealth fighter jet could be entering service sometime in 2019. The aircraft has huge potential to modernize the Russian military for at least “fifty years,” exclaimeda senior Russian lawmaker, as it has proven its …
Aug 21
Today’s News 21st August 2018
As Lira Collapses, Turks Are Piling Into Cryptocurrency The hype is dead, long live the hype. 2017 was a breakthrough year for cryptocurrency. Its combined market cap soared to unprecedented heights, leading to lots of media attention and celebrity endorsements, such as Paris Hilton and Floyd Mayweather, for Bitcoin and other similar currencies. In 2018, …
Aug 20
Today’s News 20th August 2018
Iran Defends Eurasia Integration By Unveiling New Fighter Jet Iran served as a critical bridge in the ancient Silk Road, connecting the East and the West. It also has enormous potential to play a significant role in the new Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). With the threat of hot war almost a monthly occurrence, the …
Aug 19
Today’s News 19th August 2018
Sanctions, Sanctions, Sanctions – The Final Demise Of The Dollar Hegemony? Authored by Peter Koenig via The Saker Blog, Sanctions left and sanctions right. Financial mostly, taxes, tariffs, visas, travel bans – confiscation of foreign assets, import and export prohibitions and limitations; and also punishing those who do not respect sanctions dished out by Trump, …
Aug 18
Today’s News 18th August 2018
5 Articles Show How TPTB "Fix" You Like Staked Goats Authored by Jeremiah Johnson (Nom de plume of a retired Green Beret of the United States Army Special Forces ) via SHTFplan.,com, Five recent articles exemplify the ever-increasing surveillance by TPTB (The Powers That Be) to “fix” you and I… in the manner of goats …
Aug 17
Today’s News 17th August 2018
Switzerland Refuses To Sign Nuclear-Bomb-Ban Treaty The Swiss Federal Council has decided against signing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) adopted at the United Nations last year. A working group had advised that the arguments against outweighed potential opportunities of joining. A total of 122 states, including Switzerland, adopted the treaty at …