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Resource Insights: Nuclear war: A forgotten threat to human sustainability
Resource Insights: Nuclear war: A forgotten threat to human sustainability. The possibility of a new Cold War between Russia and the United States and its NATO allies brings with it the spectre of nuclear war, an all-but-forgotten threat since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991. Even as the number of nuclear weapons has declined through […]
The Breakdown Of International Cooperation | Zero Hedge
The Breakdown Of International Cooperation | Zero Hedge. The Breakdown Of International Cooperation Some of the major problems that humanity faces today transcend borders, and as such international cooperation is of vital importance. But recent events make such cooperation increasingly more challenging. Without going into the wisdom of the decision, sanctions imposed on Russia over […]
Is Saudi Arabia Waging Economic Warfare?
Is Saudi Arabia Waging Economic Warfare?. The G20 is a conference of the world’s top 20 economies as measured by Gross Domestic Product. Some observers have slammed it as an unelected and arbitrary body that is doing some of the work the United Nations was intended to do– only in a much less egalitarian way. […]
David Cameron warns of looming second global crash | World news | The Guardian
David Cameron warns of looming second global crash | World news | The Guardian. David Cameron has issued a stark message that “red warning lights are flashing on the dashboard of the global economy” in the same way as when the financial crash brought the world to its knees six years ago. Writing in the […]
State Department Hacked, Shuts Down Worldwide Email System | Zero Hedge
State Department Hacked, Shuts Down Worldwide Email System | Zero Hedge. As the G-20 meeting comes to a ‘successful’ end with back-patting congratulations having agreed to create $2 trillion more GDP out of thin air (or maybe hookers and blow), it appears that someone – or more than one – among these nations was less […]
Canada’s PM To Putin: “I Guess I’ll Shake Your Hand…” Putin’s Response “It Was Not Positive” | Zero Hedge
Canada’s PM To Putin: “I Guess I’ll Shake Your Hand…” Putin’s Response “It Was Not Positive” | Zero Hedge. Following last week’s (humiliating for the US) APEC meeting in Beijing, in which the BRIC nations clearly distanced themselves from the “developed world” and the topic of the “Russian invasion of Ukraine” was largely missing as it […]
Western leaders confront Putin at G20 with threat of more sanctions | Reuters
Western leaders confront Putin at G20 with threat of more sanctions | Reuters. (Reuters) – Western leaders warned Vladimir Putin at a G20summit on Saturday that he risked more economic sanctions if he failed to end Russian backing for separatist rebels in Ukraine. Russia denied any involvement in an escalation of the separatist war in eastern Ukraine, where more […]
G20: Australian police get set for protests – Features – Al Jazeera English
G20: Australian police get set for protests – Features – Al Jazeera English. Adelaide, Australia – The eyes of the world will be on Brisbane this weekend as the city hosts the 2014 G20 summit. Leaders from the world’s richest countries will soon touch down in Australia’s third-largest city to discuss everything from Ebola and Islamic […]
BBC News – G20 summit: Russia sanctions ‘undermine trade’ – Putin
BBC News – G20 summit: Russia sanctions ‘undermine trade’ – Putin. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that US and EU sanctions will harm not just Russia but the global economy. He said the sanctions were a mistake, going against trade accords and only the UN had the right to impose them. The sanctions were introduced […]
Coal versus climate in Australia – Features – Al Jazeera English
Coal versus climate in Australia – Features – Al Jazeera English. Australia continues to frustrate efforts by fellow G20 members to include climate change on the agenda at the upcoming leaders’ summit in the eastern city of Brisbane this weekend. As the host nation sets the G20 meeting’s agenda, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott – an avowed […]
G20 to follow the long tradition of climate inaction – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
G20 to follow the long tradition of climate inaction – The Drum (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Discussing future economic growth and not mentioning climate change is like staging Hamlet and forgetting to mention that his father recently died. Greg Jericho previews the G20. The G20 this week in Brisbane will discuss a number of topics. But […]
Russell Napier Declares November 16, 2014 The Day Money Dies | Zero Hedge
Russell Napier Declares November 16, 2014 The Day Money Dies | Zero Hedge. It is with regret and sadness we announce the death of money on November 16th 2014 in Brisbane, Australia ‘A mark, a yen, a buck, or a poundA buck or a poundA buck or a poundIs all that makes the […]
And Then There’s The Things You Couldn’t Even Make Up – The Automatic Earth
And Then There’s The Things You Couldn’t Even Make Up – The Automatic Earth. There are things in this world which simply look plain stupid, and then there are those that at closer examination prove to be way beyond stupid. How about this one: 1) G20 taxpayers (you, me) subsidize the fossil fuel industry. That […]
Brisbane G20: Man arrested, excluded after argument, struggle with police over photos – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Brisbane G20: Man arrested, excluded after argument, struggle with police over photos – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). Queensland Police have excluded a man from all G20 security areas following an incident outside the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre (BCEC) at South Brisbane last night. The Queensland Police Service said about 11:35pm (AEST) on Friday […]
17 things that are banned in central Brisbane during the G20 Summit – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
17 things that are banned in central Brisbane during the G20 Summit – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). For a few days in November next year, it will be illegal for people to carry certain household objects such as eggs and glass jars in central Brisbane or Cairns – unless they have a “lawful excuse”. This […]
