The last remnants of the gold standard were abandoned in August 1971, when President of the United States Richard Nixon decided to close the gold window (foreigners couldn’t redeem dollars for gold at the Treasury anymore). From 1945 until 1971, the U.S. dollar was backed by gold, and served as the world reserve currency under a system called Bretton Woods. The “Nixon Shock”—as the unilateral suspension […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107978/08/1079780868_374:-1:1915:867_1200x675_80_0_0_47e76126dcfa55d8fe5ddc8103ee67d7.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/society/202007021079780898-video-cnn-journo-threatened-with-knife-mugged-during-live-report-in-brazil/ The incident took place during a CNN live report covering heavy rainfall that resulted in a rapid rise of the water level of the Teté River in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The journalist, Bruna Macedo, was reportedly uninjured. A CNN reporter in Brazil, Bruna Macedo, was mugged at knifepoint while reporting live in Sao Paulo. The attacker was reported to […]
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s op-ed for YNet news reflects all that is wrong with speaking out against annexation “as Israel’s friend”. Israel has diplomatic allegiances and acquaintances; “friendship” is the euphemism used to make colonialism and collaboration endearing to the undiscerning. It is no surprise that Johnson’s op-ed drew upon privileged personal experiences as opposed to British colonial involvement in Palestine. The Balfour Declaration of […]
Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) will spend the next few weeks mapping out their parties’ demands for the next round of coronavirus relief — a package initially expected to focus more on the flatlining economy. But new hotspots in Texas, Florida, California and Arizona could force lawmakers to rethink how to control the pandemic, going back to negotiations from this spring. “The dangerous […]
Thursday on Washington Post Live’s “Cape Up Podcast,” Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) called President Donald Trump a national security threat “in many ways,” during her interview with columnist Jonathan Capehart. Partial transcript as follows: CAPEHART: So, before we get to police reform, we have to get to intelligence and the Russia story of paying bounties on the lives of American soldiers. You are a member of the Senate […]
The skies are clear for General Atomics to test fly a new military-grade drone over San Diego, reported Voice of San Diego. The Federal Aviation Administration is currently evaluating General Atomics’ proposal to fly the Predator, better known as the MQ-9B Reaper, but for domestic affairs purposes has been renamed as the SkyGuardian. The drone is massive, has a wingspan of 79 feet, and weighs 12,500 pounds. The pilot run above the city, located on the Pacific coast of […]
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Two employees of the United Nations mission in Israel have been suspended without pay after a viral video showed a sex act in their official vehicle, as it drove down a major street in Tel Aviv. The two men were identified as staff members of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO), a military observer mission in Israel, and were placed on unpaid leave on Thursday. […]
(Natural News) After they received significant public backlash online, retail giant Walmart announced on June 30 that they will no longer sell any products that sport the phrase “All Lives Matter.” Walmart is the largest retailer in the United States. It caused controversy online after some people found that a third-party business, Old Glory, was selling a variety of $20 T-shirts through Walmart’s website that featured […]
De-Militarizing The United States By Melvin Goodman, Counterpunch. July 2, 2020 De-Militarizing The United States2020-07-022020-07-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/img_1242-e1593715533340.jpg200px200px Above photo: By Nathaniel St. Clair. More than a half-century ago, exactly one year before he was assassinated, Martin Luther King Jr. brilliantly identified the keys to the American political, economic, and social crisis that has worsened over the years. At the Riverside Church in New York City, King linked the […]
In the wake of a US Marine being reprimanded for violating social distancing rules on Okinawa, the family member of another Marine has been recorded as the service’s first COVID-19 infection on the island. A Thursday statement from Marine Forces Japan detailed that the family member case of the novel coronavirus was the first on the island prefecture since April 30. The release went on to […]
You pay to kill our troops—we won’t invite you to our meeting of world leaders. That’s the scenario being mulled by senior officials in the upper echelons of the Trump administration, who are scrambling for a way to respond to Russia after news broke that Moscow paid bounties to the Taliban to kill U.S. forces. One idea these officials have raised with President Donald Trump in […]
Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in May. She wants an Army officer who testified at Trump impeachment hearings to get his promotion. Greg Nash/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Greg Nash/Getty Images Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in May. She wants an Army officer who testified at Trump impeachment hearings to get his promotion. […]
Bitcoin miners suffered a 23% drop in revenue during June, resulting from lower network fees and a reduced block subsidy after the halving in May. Down from $366 million in May, bitcoin miners generated an estimated $281 million in revenue in June, a three-month low according to Coin Metrics data analyzed by CoinDesk. Estimates assume miners sell bitcoins immediately. Mining is the process of adding confirmed […]
The President of the Czech Republic, Milos Zeman, told an audience this week that “Black Lives Matter” is racist. Zeman added, “The slogan Black Lives Matter is racist because all lives count.”Of course, he has a point. #Czech President Milos Zeman while visiting the US Ambassador’s residence in #Prague, said the slogan #BlackLivesMattters is racisthttps://t.co/16vppaL5HO pic.twitter.com/vuP3A550e9 — Prague Morning (@PragueMorning) July 1, 2020 TRENDING: BREAKING: Epstein […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has issued a stark warning about the spread of the coronavirus in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. “We are at a critical threshold in our region,” the WHO’s Middle East head Ahmed Al-Mandhari told an online press conference yesterday. Al Mandhari’s remarks came as 22 countries from Morocco to Pakistan passed the one million mark, recording a total […]
Repealing the language also risked flaring tensions within the Democratic caucus, with vulnerable moderates anxious about an abortion battle on the House floor just months before voters go to the polls. Pelosi held a conference call Wednesday with several leaders of the Pro-Choice Caucus, including Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Diana DeGette (D-Colo.), to discuss the decision, according to several Democratic aides. A draft of the […]
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA)’s aides first learned in February of allegations that a Russian military intelligence unit offered bounties for American troops in Afghanistan, according to a report. Top Intelligence Committee staff for Schiff were briefed during a congressional trip to Afghanistan on intelligence that Russia offered the Taliban bounties in Afghanistan, but Schiff took no action in response to the briefing, sources […]
Hong Kong pro-democracy, anti-Beijing activists are on edge since this week’s formal passage of the sweeping national security law in response to the mass protests and unrest which gripped the city for much of last year. As we and many others detailed of the law which went into effect Wednesday, it harshly cracks down on dissent with possible maximum life jail sentences for some crimes, largely […]
A UN resolution adopted in January envisaged a reduction of border crossings under a program of cross-border humanitarian aid to Syria, from four to two, as the Assad government regained control over the country’s territory and made possible aid delivery from inside Syria. The US ambassador to the United Nations, Kelly Craft, asserted that a failure to extend a cross-border aid program in Syria will result […]
An Algerian quote yesterday sentenced two former prime ministers to 12 years in prison and fined them around $10,000 each on corruption charges in a case tied to the illegal financing of the election campaign of deposed President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The Sidi M’Hamed court sentenced former Prime Ministers Ahmed Ouyahia and Abdelmalek Sellal on charges that included wasting public funds, abusing their power as senior officials and conflict of […]
Now as lawmakers of both parties demand a similar level of detail from Trump, the GOP Benghazi report presents a roadmap of sorts. It’s also a potent talking point for Congress if the White House blocks oversight efforts. Capitol Hill Democrats, in particular, are demanding to know whether Trump received intelligence indicating Russia paid Taliban-linked militants to assassinate American servicemembers. Trump has denied ever being briefed […]
The staff for radio personality and 2012 Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain announced Tuesday that he is in the hospital, having tested positive for the deadly coronavirus that has plagued the world. The announcement was made from Cain’s Twitter account, saying the 74-year-old businessman was informed of the news last night and admitted to an Atlanta hospital on Wednesday. According to Cain’s staff, they are unsure […]
Use marijuana while pregnant, and your child is more likely to suffer sleep problems as much as a decade later, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder study of nearly 12,000 youth. Published in Sleep Health: The Journal of The National Sleep Foundation, the paper is the latest to link prenatal cannabis use to developmental problems in children and the first to suggest it may […]
Daily Briefing – July 2, 2020 Tyler Durden Thu, 07/02/2020 – 18:10 Senior editor Ash Bennington joins managing editor Ed Harrison to discuss the latest developments in markets, macro, and coronavirus. Bennington and Harrison dive into the June jobs report and talk about how it fits into the overall picture of the US’s economic recovery. They also explore the implications and future trajectory of the coronavirus’s […]
__________Morning StarOfficials stunned after UN denies knowledge of Turkish air strike on Maxmur refugee camp THE UNITED NATIONS’ refugee agency has finally broken its silence with what has been branded a bizarre string of denials regarding Turkey’s bombing of the Maxmur refugee camp in Iraqi Kurdistan more than two weeks ago. Responding to questions posed by the Morning Star, the UNHCR insisted that it was not […]
Couriers from two of Russia’s major food delivery companies, sporting their branded uniforms, were filmed engaging in a fight in Moscow… apparently to the disappointment of hungry customers waiting for their orders. The ‘battle’ took place in a McDonald’s parking lot and involved the employees of Delivery Club in green and Yandex.Eda in yellow. В Москве сегодня произошла разудалая битва между курьерами двух домов: дома Яндекса […]
(Natural News) The United States’ daily count of new coronavirus cases surpassed 50,000 for the first time ever on Wednesday. The surge was driven by record increases in some of the most populous states, such as California and Texas. Data from the COVID Tracking Project shows that a further 52,982 people tested positive for the coronavirus over the past 24 hours. This tops the previous record increase from June 26 […]
Bolivia: Añez Wants To Jail The Favored Candidate In The Coming Elections By Ernesto Reyes, Resumen English. July 2, 2020 Bolivia: Añez Wants To Jail The Favored Candidate In The Coming Elections2020-07-022020-07-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/07/luis-arce-catacora.-e1593716386904.jpg200px200px Above photo: Luis Arce Catacora. Bolivia’s de facto president, Jeanine Añez, is losing more and more of her mask obscuring democracy that, with the complicity of the United States and the European Union, she had to […]
Germany’s defense minister revealed on Wednesday that a unit of the Kommando Spezialkraefte (KSK), the country’s elite commando force, would be disbanded. The dissolution follows a report published in January revealing that hundreds of soldiers may embody far-right extremist ideologies. On Wednesday, Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer told the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper that the KSK, an anti-terrorism and hostage rescue unit with roughly 1,300 soldiers, had created […]
BRADFORD, N.H.—The hideaway where Jeffrey Epstein’s alleged madam, Ghislaine Maxwell, took refuge while authorities were building a case against her was a massive, $1 million estate in this sleepy New England town, The Daily Beast has confirmed. Maxwell was arrested without incident in Bradford around 8:30 Thursday morning and charged with six counts, including enticing and transporting a minor for the purposes of illegal sexual acts. […]
A sign marking the entrance to ESPN’s Wide World of Sports at Walt Disney World in Florida. The NBA is planning to restart the season at the complex with 22 teams later this month. John Raoux/AP hide caption toggle caption John Raoux/AP A sign marking the entrance to ESPN’s Wide World of Sports at Walt Disney World in Florida. The NBA is planning to restart the […]