China Levels Retaliatory Sanctions on US Officials Over Xinjiang Measures

posted in: Far East, News

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) reacts during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee in Washington, March 7, 2019. Beijing announced sanctions Monday on U.S. officials and a government agency in retaliation for ones leveled last week by the Trump … Read More

Germany’s Merkel says EU must prepare for no-deal Brexit

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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Germany will continue to push to seal a new partnership agreement with Britain by the end of the year, but the European Union should also prepare for an abrupt split from 2021, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on … Read More

U.S. sets record for new COVID cases third day in a row at over 69,000

(Reuters) – New cases of COVID-19 rose by over 69,000 across the United States on Friday, according to a Reuters tally, setting a record for the third consecutive day as Walt Disney Co stuck to its plans to reopen its … Read More

Merkel devastated as Germany threatened by bankruptcy wave – 5 million at risk

posted in: Germany, News

ANGELA MERKEL has been dealt a blow after an economic expert warned five million Germans are at risk of unemployment amid a bankruptcy wave due to the coronavirus crisis. The EU’s largest economy is preparing for an economic downturn as … Read More

Major Explosion Rocks Iran Again, the 3rd Blast in 3 Weeks

posted in: Middle East, News

The precise location of Friday’s explosion was unclear, but analysts said there are several military and training facilities in the area. A satellite photo shows damage to a building housing an advanced centrifuge assembly plant at the Natanz nuclear site … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 10 July 2020

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Greetings from Tyler, Despite every news report pumping viral fear, we’ve got a few other matters to discuss.  One is that Tehran has experienced its third major explosion in as many weeks.  The latest is said to have blown up … Read More

US Supreme Court rules much of Oklahoma is Native American land

The U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision Thursday in the case of McGirt v. Oklahoma, ruling in favour of Jimcy McGirt in a 5-4 decision. [Kjetil Ree/Wikimedia Commons] The US Supreme Court said this week that a large swath of … Read More

Trump commutes Roger Stone’s sentence, days before prison term set to begin

Roger Stone told Fox News he is ‘praying’ for Trump to intervene ahead of his prison sentence. The White House announced Friday that President Trump signed an Executive Grant of Clemency commuting the “unjust sentence” of Roger Stone, just days … Read More

Tariff-free Brexit deal ‘essential’ to avoid price rises, warns BRC

The British Retail Consortium has piled pressured on the UK government to agree a Brexit trade deal that does not lead to price increases in shops. In May, the government published the UK Global Tariff – the new tariff schedule that will apply … Read More

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