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Will Coronavirus Crater Hopes Of A Global Recovery As World Trade Tumbles?
Will Coronavirus Crater Hopes Of A Global Recovery As World Trade Tumbles? The global economy is faced with a synchronized slowdown as central bank ammunition to fight the next global recession is limited. Monetary authorities across the world have slashed interest rates 80 times over the last 12 months and printed upwards of $1 trillion over four […]
Third US Coronavirus Case Confirmed In Orange County, 40 Reported In Shanghai
Third US Coronavirus Case Confirmed In Orange County, 40 Reported In Shanghai Hundreds of medical personnel are rushing to Wuhan following yesterday’s tragic death of Doctor Liang Wudong, of the ENT department of Hubei Xinhua Hospital, who died Saturday while fighting to suppress the virus. The South China Morning Post reports that 1,350 medics (presumably from the […]
UK Researcher Predicts Over 250,000 Chinese Will Have Coronavirus In Ten Days
UK Researcher Predicts Over 250,000 Chinese Will Have Coronavirus In Ten Days When it comes to estimating the human capital and potential fallout from a highly contagious epidemic, arguably the most important variable is the R0 (“R-naught”) value of the disease, which represents the average number of secondary cases arising from an average primary case in a […]
Green Myths Canada’s LNG Sales Force Tells the World
Green Myths Canada’s LNG Sales Force Tells the World No, methane’s no fix for global coal-fired energy. Here’s why. Representatives of the British Columbia, Alberta and federal governments are making the global rounds these days to sell the notion that liquefied natural gas exports can help the climate crisis. Dave Nikolejsin, deputy minister of the […]
‘Please, Help Us!’: Supply Shortages Rock Wuhan As Outbreak Overwhelms Chinese Healthcare System
‘Please, Help Us!’: Supply Shortages Rock Wuhan As Outbreak Overwhelms Chinese Healthcare System Summary: Here’s a glimpse of new virus-related developments that occurred overnight. Total number of confirmed cases now 900+, 26 dead. China restricts travel for 40+ million people as the death toll surges. Two deaths have been reported outside Wuhan. Some residents displaying symptoms […]
Blain’s Morning Porridge – 23rd Jan 2020; Plague, Famine, Trump
Blain’s Morning Porridge – 23rd Jan 2020; Plague, Famine, Trump “Being a bully on the internet is a sure sign of insecurity and weakness…” I glanced up at the screens y’day and caught a headline flashing across the screen: “No more boom bust cycle” said the talking head on the screen. Really? Go ask former Premier Gordon […]
Rabobank: “Imagine London In Full Lockdown”
Rabobank: “Imagine London In Full Lockdown” Imagine London in full lockdown. Hard? Well, Chinese authorities just decided to issue a Wuhan travel ban, locking down a city with more inhabitants than London. Stopping the spread of the new SARS-like corona virus is the aim, as more and more cases of contagion have been reported, for which […]
Snakes, Bats, Badgers & Rats: Scientists Suspect New Coronavirus Originated In Animals
Snakes, Bats, Badgers & Rats: Scientists Suspect New Coronavirus Originated In Animals As the total number of confirmed coronavirus cases nears 650, scientists inside and outside China have speculated that the Wuhan coronavirus was first passed to humans via snakes, badgers, bats or rats. Some preliminary research that has been picked up by the Western […]
China Quarantines Second City As Experts Warn It’s Already Too Late To Stop Virus
China Quarantines Second City As Experts Warn It’s Already Too Late To Stop Virus As cases of the new coronavirus popped up around the globe, Chinese health officials managed to assuage the worries of the public, and the market, by insisting that the new, deadly coronavirus that emerged late last month in Wuhan had been […]
Coronavirus Deaths Double Overnight To 17, Suspected Case Identified In St. Petersburg
Coronavirus Deaths Double Overnight To 17, Suspected Case Identified In St. Petersburg Update 2: Just as we suspected, Chinese authorities have revised the death toll for the Wuhan coronavirus outbreak to 17 on Wednesday, meaning that in under 24 hours, the death toll has practically doubled. Meanwhile, Russia media reports claim that a passenger from Shanghai […]
Trudeau and His North Van Climate Minister Are ‘Wrestling’ with a Massive Oilsands Decision
Trudeau and His North Van Climate Minister Are ‘Wrestling’ with a Massive Oilsands Decision Teck’s Frontier mine would kill emissions targets, say analysts. The Trudeau government is under intense scrutiny for a looming decision — one that will powerfully signal whether it favours oil patch growth over fighting the climate emergency. Will the Liberals approve […]
China Is Already Blaming A Slowdown In 2020 On The Coronavirus Epidemic
China Is Already Blaming A Slowdown In 2020 On The Coronavirus Epidemic So much can change in just 24 hours. It was just yesterday that China’s top twitter troll and Beijing propaganda voice to the west, Global Time Editor in Chief Hu Xijin was downplaying the risk from the coronavirus outbreak, comparing it to the […]
“No Chinese Allowed”: Hysteria Grips Asia As Millions Travel Amid Viral Outbreak
“No Chinese Allowed”: Hysteria Grips Asia As Millions Travel Amid Viral Outbreak On Wednesday, health officials in China once again announced a sharp increase in the number of reported cases of the mysterious new coronavirus that is now confirmed to have caused at least nine deaths, as we reported last night. As hundreds of millions of Chinese […]
Global Health Officials On High Alert As Wuhan Virus Makes US Landfall
Global Health Officials On High Alert As Wuhan Virus Makes US Landfall Update (1600ET): Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Zhejiang, Henan, Chongqing, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Seoul, Tokyo, Brisbane, Taipei – and now Washington State. The viral pneumonia-like lung illness first discovered late last year in Wuhan, a mid-sized Chinese city in the center of the country, has Beijing’s leadership […]
Clean Tech Versus a People’s Green New Deal
Clean Tech Versus a People’s Green New Deal Rich nations’ proposals for greening the economy need to acknowledge that their wealth rests on economic exploitation and ecological spoliation of poorer countries. The Green New Deal (GND), Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s draft legislation to reduce US carbon dioxide emissions, was literally 2019’s talk of the town. Climate […]
