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Abbas says Israel igniting ‘religious war’ – Middle East – Al Jazeera English
Abbas says Israel igniting ‘religious war’ – Middle East – Al Jazeera English. Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has accused Israel of igniting a “religious war” by allowing Jewish worshippers to visit an Islamic holy site in occupied Jerusalem. Speaking at a ceremony on Tuesday in the West Bank city of Ramallah marking the 10th […]
oftwominds-Charles Hugh Smith: What Have We Learned From 24 Years of War?
oftwominds-Charles Hugh Smith: What Have We Learned From 24 Years of War?. The responsibility for starting and ending wars, the way wars are fought and the losses we suffer all rest with our elected civilian leadership. What have we learned from 24 years of war? Since the First Gulf War in early 1991, the U.S. has […]
Massive Explosion Reported Off Ukraine Coast Near Contested Mariupol | Zero Hedge
Massive Explosion Reported Off Ukraine Coast Near Contested Mariupol | Zero Hedge. Moments ago, according to local press, the simmering east Ukraine conflict just escalated substantially following what are reports of a massive explosion off the Ukraine coast near heavily contested Mariupol – the key city which stands in Russia’s way to make a land […]
Ukraine Currency Crashes After Senior EU Official Says “The Ukrainians Are Manipulating Us” | Zero Hedge
Ukraine Currency Crashes After Senior EU Official Says “The Ukrainians Are Manipulating Us” | Zero Hedge. The much discussed tumble in the Russian ruble (or as Japan would call it “mission accomplished” if its was the Yen instead of the Ruble) may have stabilized somewhat, and judging by the Russian central bank’s response to no […]
Russia Signs Deal With Iran To Build 8 Nuclear Power Units | Zero Hedge
Russia Signs Deal With Iran To Build 8 Nuclear Power Units | Zero Hedge. With this year’s APEC meeting in China having just barely concluded, where the biggest news was not the inability of the US to make any material headway in trans-Pacific trade (who needs trade when you have a printer?) or that China is “willing” […]
China Turns Up the Rhetoric Against the West – NYTimes.com
China Turns Up the Rhetoric Against the West – NYTimes.com. BEIJING — Even as his government was making red-carpet plans to host President Obama this week, the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, praised a young blogger whose writing is best known here for its anti-American vitriol. In one widely circulated essay published by state news outlets titled “Nine Knockout Blows in […]
Yuan Strength Seen as Message to Obama as Talks Loom: Currencies – Bloomberg
Yuan Strength Seen as Message to Obama as Talks Loom: Currencies – Bloomberg. China is using the yuan to make the case that it’s a responsible economic powerhouse before President Xi Jinping meets Barack Obama in Beijing tomorrow. The People’s Bank of China yesterday raised its yuan reference rate by the most since 2010. In doing so, strategists say it’s distancing itself […]
‘China to avoid dangerous maritime route thanks to gas deal with Russia’ — RT Op-Edge
‘China to avoid dangerous maritime route thanks to gas deal with Russia’ — RT Op-Edge. Most of China’s energy resources are imported via the Pacific, and is threatened by the US military presence. The gas deal with Russia allows China to minimize the risks, China-based journalist Brendan O’Reilly told RT. Russia and China have agreed […]
Petrodollar Panic? China Signs Currency Swap Deal With Qatar & Canada | Zero Hedge
Petrodollar Panic? China Signs Currency Swap Deal With Qatar & Canada | Zero Hedge. The march of global de-dollarization continues. In the last few days, China has signed direct currency agreements with Canada becoming North America’s first offshore RMB hub, which CBC reports analysts suggest “could double maybe even triple the level of Canadian trade between Canada and China,” […]
Saxobank CIO Warns We’re About To See A Full-Scale Currency War | Zero Hedge
Saxobank CIO Warns We’re About To See A Full-Scale Currency War | Zero Hedge. There’s increasing risk we’ll soon see a “significant paradigm shift” from China in its attitude to the strength of its currency, warns Saxobank CIO and Chief Economist Steen Jakobsen. He says we’re about to see a full-scale currency war, notably between […]
Iran Unleashes Reverse-Engineered US Drone In First Test Flight | Zero Hedge
Iran Unleashes Reverse-Engineered US Drone In First Test Flight | Zero Hedge. Almost three years ago, Iran reportedly downed a US drone. The RQ-170 Sentinel recon drone that was reportedly captured has apparently been reverse-engineered, and now, asReuters reports, Iran state news agency IRNA reports the drone-clone has taken its first flight. Iran’s Supreme Leader noted, […]
Obama urges China to be partner in ensuring world order | Reuters
Obama urges China to be partner in ensuring world order | Reuters. (Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama said on Monday a successful China was in the interests of the United States and the world but Beijing had to be a partner in underwriting international order, and not undermine it. Speaking to growing concerns among U.S. and other companies […]
Egypt armed group pledges allegiance to ISIL – Middle East – Al Jazeera English
Egypt armed group pledges allegiance to ISIL – Middle East – Al Jazeera English. Egypt’s Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, the country’s most active armed group, pledged its allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group, in a recording posted on its Twitter account. If genuine, the declaration of allegiance would be a […]
5 nuclear scientists assassinated near Damascus – report — RT News
5 nuclear scientists assassinated near Damascus – report — RT News. Five Syrian nuclear scientists have reportedly been killed by unknown assailants while riding a bus north of Damascus, near the research center where they worked, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reports. “Unidentified attackers murdered five nuclear energy engineers who worked in the […]
