Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, The coronavirus outbreak that is raging all over China right now has been making headlines on a daily basis all over the globe, and rightly so. At this point we don’t know if it will ultimately become a horrifying global pandemic that will affect tens of millions […]
Old African proverb: “If you watch a man, he’ll show you who he is.” What is it about traveling abroad that seems to encourage President Obama to unload all manner of grievances on the United States? For whatever reason, traveling abroad appears to help crystallize everything wrong he sees in America. During his recent trip to Cuba […]
Why is the crust of the Earth shaking so violently all of a sudden? Over the past 48 hours, there have been five major earthquakes globally, and one prominent seismologist has declared that “catastrophic mega earthquakes” could be on the way. In fact, seismologist Roger Bilham of the University of Colorado has made headlines all […]
By Mike Whitney There’s been a virtual blackout of news from this year’s seventh annual BRICS summit in Ufa, Russia. None of the mainstream media organizations are covering the meetings or making any attempt to explain what’s going on. As a result, the American people remain largely in the dark about a powerful coalition of […]
Congress should not grant President Obama authority to conclude another free trade agreement in Asia, because it would lower American wages and exacerbate income inequality. The Trans-Pacific Partnership would eliminate tariffs and lower other regulatory barriers to trade and investment among the United States, South Korea, Japan, and nine other Pacific Rim nations. If successful, […]
At Ngoc Sinh Seafoods Trading & Processing Export Enterprise, a seafood exporter on Vietnam’s southern coast, workers stand on a dirty floor sorting shrimp one hot September day. There’s trash on the floor, and flies crawl over baskets of processed shrimp stacked in an unchilled room in Ca Mau. Elsewhere in Ca Mau, Nguyen Van […]
A passenger plane with 58 on board crashed into a river outside Taiwan’s capital Taipei on Wednesday. So far, 10 people have been rescued and dozens are believed trapped inside, said television reports. The TransAsia jetliner crashed into river after hitting a bridge soon after take off in Taiwan. A TransAsia Airways plane crash landed […]
Indonesia air traffic control lost contact with AirAsia flight QZ8501 bound for Singapore from the Indonesian city of Surabaya on Sunday morning. Search and rescue operations have begun, AirAsia Indonesia said in its Facebook page. Passengers on board the Airbus A380-200 include 130 adults, 24 children and one infant, according to Indonesia media reports. “At […]
The world is unprepared for a massive virus outbreak, the deputy chief of the World Health Organisation warned on May 21, amid fears that H7N9 bird flu striking China could morph into a form that spreads easily among people. Keiji Fukuda told delegates at a WHO meeting that despite efforts since an outbreak of another […]
North Korea has stunned the world by announcing nuclear missile tests targeting its “arch-enemy” America. The secretive hermit-like state released the news of the “high-level nuclear test” late last night. The controversial move comes just two days after the UN Security Council condemned North Korea for recent rocket launches. North Korea’s National Defence Commission said […]
