Category: Economy

Germany Backpedals On NATO Spending Promise As France Goes Full Throttle Germany is poised to renege on its promise to boost NATO spending, backtracking on a public commitment last year by Chancellor Angela Merkel to increase German military expenditure to 1.5% of gross domestic product by 2024 – bringing it closer to the 2% level set …

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"A Massive War On Autopilot" – US Airstrikes Surge In Secret War In Somalia With so many little wars to keep track of, you probably haven’t noticed that the US has quietly been increasing its airstrikes against targets in Somalia. <!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–><!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–> And, as RT’s Polly Boiko points out,  it seems few …

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Trump's Coup In Venezuela: What You're Not Being Told Authored by Jorge Martin via Venezuelanalysis.com, Washington is growing increasingly desperate as its coup efforts go further south in Venezuela… <!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–><!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–> The failure of the February 23 “humanitarian aid” provocation on the Venezuelan border was a serious blow for Trump’s ongoing coup attempt. There …

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Pity The Nation: War Spending Is Bankrupting America Authored by John Whitehead via The Rutherford Institute, “Pity the nation whose people are sheep And whose shepherds mislead them Pity the nation whose leaders are liars Whose sages are silenced And whose bigots haunt the airwaves Pity the nation that raises not its voice Except to …

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Italians Outraged After Court Rules Woman 'Too Ugly' To Be Raped The Italian Justice Ministry has ordered a preliminary investigation into an appeals court ruling by all-female judges which overturned a rape verdict by arguing in part that the woman who was attacked was too ugly to be a credible rape victim, according to The Star. The …

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Watch Norwegian F-35 Stealth Jet Test Fire First Air-to-Air Missile A Norwegian fifth-generation F-35 stealth fighter jet assigned to 332 Squadron of the Royal Norwegian Air Force conducted the first air launch of an AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) in Norway, according to the Defence Blog. <!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–><!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–> Norway joined the F-35 …

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Where Are The Landmines? Due to their indiscriminate and devastating effects, the long-lasting threat posed by their presence and the painstaking efforts required to remove them, anti-personnel landmines have rightfully been prohibited by the United Nations since 1997 – a treaty joined by over 150 countries. Nevertheless, as Statista’s Martin Armstrong notes, there is still an alarmingly …

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Where Cash Is King In Europe How much cash do you have with you at the moment? <!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–><!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–> As Statista’s Martin Armstrong explains,  the answer to this question will probably depend, not only on your bank balance, but also on the country in which you live. As figures from the Access …

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Russian Warship Packing 'Vomit Weapon' Sparks Fear After Sailing Down English Channel A Russian warship carrying a “hallucination” weapon that “makes enemies vomit” successfully navigated the English channel over the weekend after conducting “air defense and countersabotage exercises” near Scotland’s only air force base, according to the UK’s Sunday Times.  <!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–><!–[if IE 9]><![endif]–> Royal Navy …

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Intelligence Contractors Make Second Attempt In One Week To Provoke Tensions With North Korea Authored by William Craddick via Disobedient Media, It’s the second, but no less ludicrous, attempt in one week to sway the opinion of the public and President Donald Trump against the concept of denuclearization and peaceful dialogue with North Korea. <!–[if …

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