Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 28 February 2020
Greetings from Tyler, Maybe the coronavirus will do what the Deep State couldn’t? Amid all the contradictory reporting on the new strain of sickness is a perverse excitement. They’ve already called it “Trump’s Katrina.” There is the deranged hope that … Read More
WHO raises coronavirus threat assessment to its highest level
KEY POINTS WHO officials said they are increasing the risk assessment of the coronavirus to “very high” across the world. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said health officials are seeing “linked epidemics of COVID-19 in several countries, but most cases can … Read More
Dangerous criminals from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras are hiding in migrant caravans, official says
Gang members from El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have been hiding amongst the migrant caravans heading to the United States – and have been committing crimes in Mexico along the way, intelligence officials are warning. Gissell Pérez Artiga, an El Salvador-based representative … Read More
The border crisis continues, only now migrants wait 2,000 miles south
Mexico is now holding the immigrant caravan in a town near its own southern border. The border crisis hasn’t ended; it just moved 2,000 miles south. During a visit to Tapachula, in southern Mexico, we found the small city coping … Read More
A disaster in Syria as Russia and Turkey clash
Want smart analysis of the most important news in your inbox every weekday, along with other global reads, interesting ideas and opinions? Sign up for the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Syrian internally displaced persons in a camp north of Syria’s Idlib … Read More
EU reports significant increase in asylum applications
Figures have increased for the first time since the refugee influx in 2015. However, not all countries of origin have the same acceptance rates. Asylum applications in the EU increased from 2018 to 2019 by 13%, according to figures released … Read More
Growing Calls for US Intelligence to Clear Up Russian Meddling Allegations
FILE – President Donald Trump listens to a question from a reporter, in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, February 12, 2020 WASHINGTON – Pressure appears to be building on the White House and U.S. intelligence agencies … Read More