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Xi Sends Trump A Message: Rare-Earth Export Ban Is Coming
Xi Sends Trump A Message: Rare-Earth Export Ban Is Coming Back in April of 2018, when the trade war with China was still in its early stages, we explained that among the five “nuclear” options Beijing has to retaliate against the US, one was the block of rare-earth exports to the US, potentially crippling countless US supply […]
UK Cops Fine Pedestrian $115 For Avoiding Facial Recognition Camera
UK Cops Fine Pedestrian $115 For Avoiding Facial Recognition Camera A UK pedestrian was arrested and fined £90 ($115 US) after attempting to cover his face while passing a controversial facial recognition camera van on a East London street. The notorious London police vans scan the faces of passers-by and compare them to a database of wanted criminals. One man wasn’t […]
Two More US Warships Travel To Persian Gulf As Tensions With Iran Escalate
Two More US Warships Travel To Persian Gulf As Tensions With Iran Escalate In the latest provocation against Tehran by the US, two Navy destroyers have entered the Persian Gulf as the American military continues to add to its assets in the region to head off any planned ‘aggression’, USNI reports. The USS McFaul and USS Gonzalez […]
China Calls For “People’s War” Against The US, Vows To “Fight For A New World”
China Calls For “People’s War” Against The US, Vows To “Fight For A New World” While market mood has shifted diametrically from yesterday, with stocks sharply higher on Tuesday following what has widely been interpreted as conciliatory comments from both president Trump and various members of China’s ruling elite, one would be hard pressed to […]
Guaido Begs US Military To Help With Maduro Regime Change
Guaido Begs US Military To Help With Maduro Regime Change Venezuela’s self-declared President Juan Guaido said on Saturday that he has instructed his political envoy in Washington to immediately open relations with the US military. Guaido asked his ambassador, Carlos Vecchio, to sit down with Pentagon officials for “direct communications” to discuss “coordination” of efforts to remove Venezuelan President […]
“Cashless” Sweden Suddenly Warns Citizens: Hoard Banknotes & Coins In Case Of Cyber-Attack Or War
“Cashless” Sweden Suddenly Warns Citizens: Hoard Banknotes & Coins In Case Of Cyber-Attack Or War For years, we have commented on the Swedish government and the Riksbank pushing for a “cashless society.” The Riksbank has over 1,000 articles posted on its website on the “cashless society“. The emphasis worked: between 2013 and 2017, the amount of cash in circulation dropped […]
Iran Retaliates To US Provocations: Threatens To Accelerate Uranium Enrichment
Iran Retaliates To US Provocations: Threatens To Accelerate Uranium Enrichment Iran celebrated the one-year anniversary of President Trump officially withdrawing the US from the JCPOA – or the Iran deal, as it’s better known – by suspending its commitments under the 2015 treaty, an unprecedented escalation from Tehran that will almost certainly alienate the other […]
From Nukes To ‘Gravity Tractors’ – How Well Prepared Is Earth For An Impending Asteroid Strike?
From Nukes To ‘Gravity Tractors’ – How Well Prepared Is Earth For An Impending Asteroid Strike? NASA launches an asteroid strike simulation this week, but what would happen if a devastating asteroid was coming our way today? RT asks an expert about the tools available, and how long it will be until we’re fully prepared. While hundreds of […]
Iran Expected To “Go Nuclear” By Breaching Parts Of JCPOA, Europe Warns
Iran Expected To “Go Nuclear” By Breaching Parts Of JCPOA, Europe Warns Iran is expected to go nuclear, by backing out of some of the terms of the 2015 nuclear deal (JCPOA), at a sensitive time when Washington appears to be ramping up military readiness in response to what the White House says are credible threats against US […]
Beijing Puts Army On “Heightened Alert” Over US Warships In South China Sea As Tensions Soar
Beijing Puts Army On “Heightened Alert” Over US Warships In South China Sea As Tensions Soar While investors from around the globe are desperately looking for clues if the simmering trade war between the US and China is about to get rather hot at midnight on Friday, when as the US Trade Rep warned after the close, […]
One Bank Asks “Is The Fed Losing Control Of The Interest Rate System”
One Bank Asks “Is The Fed Losing Control Of The Interest Rate System” Last Wednesday, before the Fed “unexpectedly” cut its IOER rate by 5bps o 2.35%, we warned that the “Fed Loses Control Of Rates” when pointing out the ongoing divergence of the effective fed funds rate from the Overnight Repo – IOER rate […]
Joint Russia-China Naval Drills Kick Off After 2 US Warships Enter Taiwan Strait
Joint Russia-China Naval Drills Kick Off After 2 US Warships Enter Taiwan Strait Early this week Chinese media confirmed that Russian warships arrived in Qingdao, a port city in East China’s Shandong Province, at the start this week’s join China-Russia naval exercises. The Russian fleet included the Varyag guided missile cruiser, a submarine, two anti-submarine ships, a […]
Washington Warns Beijing: ‘Paramilitary’ Fishing Boats Will Now Be Treated Like Combatants
Washington Warns Beijing: ‘Paramilitary’ Fishing Boats Will Now Be Treated Like Combatants As the US continues its increasingly daring and extremely provocative “freedom of navigation” operations in the Strait of Taiwan and South China Sea, it’s also growing more vocal about challenging China’s increasingly expansionary military presence in the Pacific. Over the weekend, the US has warned […]
US Troops In Syria For “Long Haul” Atop “A Lot Of Oil Resources”: Pentagon Official
US Troops In Syria For “Long Haul” Atop “A Lot Of Oil Resources”: Pentagon Official A high level Pentagon official has admitted that US forces will be in Syria for “the long haul” and coupled his statement by declaring the territory contains “a lot of the oil resources and arable land.” The unusually frank remarks were made this week by Michael […]
Venezuela Leaders Confirm Active Coup Attempt In The Country
Venezuela Leaders Confirm Active Coup Attempt In The Country Multiple reports say a military coup attempt is ongoing Tuesday morning in Venezuela as an anti-Guaido militia loyal to opposition leader and US-backed Juan Guaidó tries to establish military control of key points across the capital of Caracas and other major cities. Information Minister Jorge Rodriguez confirmed via social media […]
