The U.S. Department of Defense has contracted Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. for Global Hawk development, modernization, retrofit and sustainment activities for all Air Force Global Hawk variants. Deal worth more than $4,8 billion provides for management, including program, business and technical areas; engineering efforts, including configuration management, data management, reliability, availability and maintainability, and related areas of concern. “Additional, and more specific, guidance will be included […]
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Ecosocialism: An Alternative To Global Capitalism By Hans Baer, Green Left. November 4, 2020 Ecosocialism: An Alternative To Global Capitalism2020-11-042020-11-04https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/eco-e1604523189738.jpg200px200px Above photo: Climate justice rally, Sydney, February. Peter Boyle. Over the past four decades or so, various leftists have become more sensitive to the environmental degradation in developed and developing capitalist societies and post-revolutionary societies, particularly in the former Soviet Union and, in recent times, China. […]
New Global Campaign – Nestle’s Troubled Waters By Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation, Popular Resistance. October 20, 2020 New Global Campaign – Nestle’s Troubled Waters2020-10-202020-10-20https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/water2-e1603224280157.jpg200px200px Evart’s White Pine Springs Takes Center Stage in North America’s Water Wars. As Nestlé prepares to sell off its bottled water brands, Michiganders join communities across North America demanding the return of their local water sources. Evart is taking center stage […]
As the world undergoes its incredible transition to lower carbon energy alternatives, Big Banks are turning their backs on the oil industry. JP Morgan pledged to help clients align their business with Paris Agreement emission targets. HSBC announced up to a $1 trillion in green energy funding. An investor group worth $20 trillion in assets urged heavy emitters to clean up their act. Another group, worth […]
A Puerto Rico-based bank founded by gold bug and long-time bitcoin skeptic Peter Schiff is under investigation over suspicions it facilitated tax evasion for “high-risk” clients. According to reports on Saturday by several large media organizations in Australia and the U.S., Schiff’s Euro Pacific Bank has become the focus of a major global tax evasion investigation dubbed “Operation Atlantis.” Hundreds of account holders at the bank, […]
On this “Speaking of Bitcoin” episode, join hosts Adam B. Levine, Andreas M. Antonopoulos, Stephanie Murphy, and Jonathan Mohan for a look at the past, present and future of global reserve currencies In the beginning there was the global reserve currency (U.S. dollars,) national currencies like the Japanese Yen, alternative currencies like Ithaca hours and just one cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. But what a difference a decade can make, today […]
The Global Standards Mapping Initiative is the most “comprehensive” attempt so far to survey blockchain technical standards, the WEF said. Source link
According to the Finnish telecom giant, in the future, entire cities, hospitals and factories will fully depend on 5G and the capacity it offers to move, process and store vast volumes of data. A fresh study by Nokia has forecasted that industries that have embraced 5G will have the potential to add $8 trillion to the global GDP by 2030. Despite the economic challenges presented by […]
A new PwC report claims blockchain technology can add $1.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030, with the Asian continent standing to benefit the most. Source link
Chris Larsen, Ripple co-founder and chairman of the payments technology company’s board of directors, said China’s “itching” to be the one that designs the next financial system and that the U.S. is “woefully behind.” See also: SEC Will Be Forced to Give Crypto Guidance Despite Bureaucracy, Risk-Avoidance: Peirce Source link
Up until 2014, no meth lab had ever been found in the Netherlands. Today, they are sprawling across the Dutch countryside. This year alone, 19 labs were found and dismantled as the Dutch police brace themselves for a veritable crystal meth tidal wave. “Mexico is traditionally specialized in the production of meth and we, as the Netherlands, have the dubious honor of being one of the […]
Ripple, the payments startup with an IPO in the cards and a complex relationship with the XRP cryptocurrency, is branching out into lending. Source link
Flint-Linked Veolia Merger Brings Water Privatization Closer To ‘Global Reality’ By Alan Macleod, Mintpress News. October 8, 2020 Flint-Linked Veolia Merger Brings Water Privatization Closer To ‘Global Reality’2020-10-082020-10-08https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/school.jpg200px200px Above photo: A student gets water from a cooler in the hallway at Gardner Elementary School in Detroit, Sept. 4, 2018, due to elevated lead levels in public water. Paul Sancya | AP. “This lack of competition will […]
Washington has announced a new sanctions package against Iran, hitting the country’s financial sector and targeting 18 major banks. Tehran has branded the move a “crime against humanity” and an attempt to starve the country out. The new sanctions were announced by the US Treasury Department on Thursday. The move was made to further “isolate the Iranian economy from the global financial system,” which the Treasury […]
New data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) show that the process of the shift away from the dollar standard resumed in the second quarter of the year, with the share of the US currency in global reserves falling sharply. According to the IMF, while the greenback’s share increased in the first quarter of 2020 due to safe-haven buying during the early stages of coronavirus, it […]
Bitcoin is unlikely to replace the greenback as a global reserve currency any time soon, according to one of the most highly regarded analysts in foreign exchange. “Backing the dollar is the world’s biggest, deepest and the most transparent government bond market,” Marc Chandler, chief market strategist at Bannockburn Global Forex and author of the book “Making Sense of the Dollar,” told CoinDesk in a video […]
By Kevin Barrett, Veterans Today Editor Lucy Morgan Edwards (watch her on FFWN above, click HERE for links to stories) is a former Kabul-based EU advisor. Red-pilled by the endless torrent of Afghan war lies, as explained in her book The Afghan Solution, Lucy has been sounding the alarm about incipient COVID-triggered global tyranny in general…and, in particular, the role of a sinister outfit called ISD […]
The global business community has warned that G20 countries need urgent reforms to alleviate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the global economy, which is suffering from the worst crisis in a century. The Business Twenty (B20), which represents businesses across all G20 countries and various economic sectors, issued its 25-point list of policy recommendations for the coming G20 summit on Monday. The virtual summit, hosted by […]
UC Global Employee Thwarted Plan To Spy On Assange By Kevin Gosztola, Shadowproof. October 1, 2020 UC Global Employee Thwarted Plan To Spy On Assange2020-10-012020-10-01https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/10/spyingassange-e1601579821693.jpg200px200px Above photo: Footage secretly recorded by UC Global of Julian Assange meeting with Lowell Bergman. From The Grayzone. An IT expert who worked for UC Global, the Spanish security company which engaged in an espionage operation against Julian Assange while he […]
India’s benchmark stock index, the Sensex shed almost 16,000 points within weeks after a COVID-19-induced nationwide lockdown was imposed in March. Even though it recovered almost 50 percent, doubts about US recovery and fresh lockdowns in Europe triggered a massive sell-off last week. Indian bourses were up in opening trading on Thursday on the back of strong global cues as well as further relaxations to COVID-related […]
A token for rewarding content on a specific Reddit forum now has the unusual honor of being thousands of times bigger than the entire global economy… kind of. MOON, a community token for the r/Cryptocurrency subreddit, technically has a market cap of over $2.88 septillion (that’s 24 zeroes) at press time. That dwarves the global economy which, as per data from the World Bank, came to […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US administration is considering sanctioning Iran’s entire financial system to cut it off from the outside world, Bloomberg news agency reported. The sanctions will specifically target around 14 Iranian banks that have so far escaped US restrictions, the report said on Monday, citing three people familiar with the matter. The initiative, if approved, will designate the financial sector, including money-changers and informal […]
China’s sovereign debt is set to be added in another benchmark bond index, World Government Bond Index (WGBI), possibly bringing from $100 to $150 billion worth of foreign investment to the world’s second largest bond market. In a landmark decision announced on Thursday, British index provider FTSE Russell said Chinese government bonds will be added to the key index that includes mostly developed economies from October […]
With grain production in Russia expected at record highs this year, the country has continued boosting exports and extending the list of its potential buyers. Algeria’s state grains agency said last week it would start accepting wheat imports from all countries, including Russia, in its next tender. Until now, Russia has only been able to export small amounts to the world’s third-biggest buyer of wheat. The […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107756/51/1077565193_0:67:2854:1673_1200x675_80_0_0_d4cb63c2bd4f48ead7ee16196920ded8.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Ashutosh Kumar. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/india/202009241080556131-indian-markets-crash-sensex-plunges-555-points-on-global-cues/ Even though the Indian equity markets have recovered almost 50 percent from their lockdown lows, concerns remain on the meteoric rise at a time when economic growth has turned negative. Indian Stocks crashed in opening trading on Thursday on the back of weak global cues. The Bombay Stock Exchange’s benchmark 30-share index, Sensex, fell 554.90 points to […]
…by Zaheerul Hassan for VT Two nuclear neighbours’ reinforced their forces after developing tension on 3379.6224 Km (2100 Miles) long Actual Line of Control (ALC) where killing of 20 Indian and some Chinese soldiers took placed in June 2020. The tension multiplied further when both the countries refused to step back on their actual position. Starting from 1962 to till 2020, four deadliest conflicts had been […]
Speaking at the 75th United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the UN Security Council “should be more inclusive of the interests of all countries as well as of the diversity of their positions”. Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated that scrapping sanctions and restrictions may add to boosting the world economy and reducing unemployment rates amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/09/15/1080531178_0:0:3039:1711_1200x675_80_0_0_b86aaa77a3f8b6fef398fb23651cf3cb.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009211080531208-merkel-says-unsc-needs-reform-amid-global-challenges-germany-ready-to-take-responsibility/ BERLIN (Sputnik) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel is calling for a reform of the UN Security Council (UNSC) in view of the current global challenges. Speaking at the 75th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA), at the high-level meeting to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, Merkel said that the UN “must develop further in order […]
US stocks fell sharply on Monday, extending last week’s declines, as concerns about coronavirus cases in the United States and other countries sparked fears of a second wave of the pandemic and more business re-closures. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank around 600 points, or over two percent at the opening bell. S&P 500 dropped 1.8 percent, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 fell 1.3 percent. It’s […]
September 21: ‘We Are Many’ Global Virtual Premiere By Popular Resistance. September 18, 2020 September 21: ‘We Are Many’ Global Virtual Premiere2020-09-182020-09-18https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/09/wearemany.jpg200px200px On February 15th, 2003, up to 30 million people, many of whom had never demonstrated before in their lives, came out in nearly 800 cities around the world to protest against the impending Iraq War. We Are Many is the never-before-told story of the […]
In recently-published new photos from registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s private Caribbean island, the late tycoon was shown surrounded by nubile young women, including Eastern European model Nadia Marcinkova, who has been suggested as a possible participant of his sex trafficking ring. A stunning blonde pilot is now believed to be in the crosshairs of an ongoing investigation into possible accomplices of convicted sex predator Jeffrey […]
Rising temperatures continue to thaw out the planet’s northern polar cap, but Russia, which takes over chairmanship of the Arctic Council from Iceland in 2021, does not view the future as entirely negative. On Monday, 14 September, a huge chunk of glacier in the north east of Greenland broke off in a development which scientists say is evidence of climate change. The National Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) said […]
US President Donald Trump has postured as a peacemaker and ender of “endless wars,” but one peace activist told Sputnik that Trump had greatly increased the risk of a major war around the globe by expanding US wars and undoing vital peace agreements – and his alternative on the November ballot isn’t much better. On Tuesday, Trump hosted the leaders of Israel, the United Arab Emirates, […]