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US President Donald Trump yesterday said he would be willing to impose a tax on foreign oil should Saudi Arabia and Russia fail to reach a settlement in their dispute in cutting oil production which has contributed to the global collapse in energy prices. Referring to the two countries, Trump told reporters at the daily White House coronavirus briefing “If they don’t get along, I would do […]
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Germany’s foreign minister has said that Hungary’s PM Viktor Orban may literally pay for what his opponents called “a power grab.” Orban, well used to criticism from Brussels, has brushed off the anger. Viktor Orban secured the power to rule by decree on Monday in a bid to stem the outbreak of the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. The Hungarian leader – whose party holds a two-thirds majority […]
Letter From President Maduro As US Threatens Venezuela With War By Nicolas Maduro, Popular Resistance. April 2, 2020 Letter From President Maduro As US Threatens Venezuela With War2020-04-022020-04-02https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/04/img-20190315-wa0002-e1585849599833.jpg200px200px Above photo: President Maduro meets with a peace delegation from the United States and Canada in March 2019 where he expressed a desire for peace between our countries but said that Venezuela was prepared to defend itself if […]
Half a dozen US lawmakers accused Saudi Arabia of waging “warfare” against US dominance over the global energy market. In a letter that was signed and sent to the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, the lawmakers wrote: “The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Russian Federation have embarked upon economic warfare against the United States.” They added: “During this time of pandemic and global economic […]
President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign is threatening to file lawsuits against local news outlets in several battleground states if they continue to air a political ad full of his attempts to downplay the coronavirus. Priorities USA, a liberal super PAC, crafted the ad entitled “Exponential Threat,” and it splices audio of Trump from recent weeks as he made dismissive comments about COVID-19’s severity. At the same […]
Authored by John Vibes via TheMindUnleashed.com, Italian mayors have started to become extremely hostile in their public addresses, as many citizens are refusing to comply with the social distancing orders that have been put into place. Vincenzo De Luca, mayor of the Italian town of Campania, gave an angry speech from his Facebook page where he threatened to send police “with flamethrowers” to illegal gatherings like […]
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders says he is willing to stall the already much-delayed coronavirus stimulus plan if more restrictions are not placed on the “$500 million corporate welfare fund.” Sanders says the “anti-worker objections” from several Republicans over proposed unemployment benefits in the bill have him ready to delay the whole process. “Unless these Republican Senators drop their objections, I am prepared to put a hold […]
Unemployment in the United States could hit unprecedented levels in the coming weeks and months, according to recent research by the developers of the US Private Sector Job Quality Index (JQI). They point to a forced halt of business activity in cities, municipalities and states in an attempt to lessen the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. Statistics showed that some 37 million domestic jobs are vulnerable […]
Heavy debt and the loss of business due to the coronavirus lockdown now threatens to cause a wave of widespread bankruptcies across the Asia-Pacific region, according to rating agency Moody’s. The volume of outstanding corporate debt issued by companies across the region has doubled since the 2008 financial crisis to $32 trillion as of last year, Moody’s says. “It’s a little bit crazy out there and […]
Authored by Ben Norton via TheGrayZone.com, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has threatened the family members of International Criminal Court staff, vowing that Washington will take punitive action against them if the court tries American soldiers for war crimes. Pompeo also announced an intensification of unilateral US sanctions on Iran and Syria, which are illegal under international law, and which are undermining the countries’ attempts to contain the […]
At 3:30 p.m. last Monday, Caroline Jones, managing editor of the alt-weekly Washington City Paper, received the final copy for their cover story: a feature on an environmental film festival coming to D.C. Fifteen minutes later, the festival was cancelled. Concern over the novel coronavirus had triggered widespread closures as the country prepared for unprecedented social distancing measures. Just 36 hours before print time, City Paper’s […]
A Neo-Nazi German group has sent a pigs head and insulting letters to a Turkish publication that recently began broadcasting in Berlin, according to TRT Deutsch‘s editor-in-chief. The letter was sent to the TRT Deutsch office and was signed by the Prinz Eugen Group, which is named after a special military brigade that was among soldiers during the Nazi era, Anadolu Agency reported. The editor-in-chief of […]
The Israeli occupation authorities have warned that they will fine Palestinians who pray at Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem if gatherings of more than 10 people are spotted there, the Palestinian Information Centre reported on Wednesday. Israeli police stationed at the gates of Al-Aqsa have collected the identity documents of Muslims in order to put pressure on them. Local sources report that the move is allegedly part […]
Borders shut, markets in nose-dive, restaurants and bars closed in some major American cities, super market shelves empty, professional sports canceled, and even the Las Vegas Strip shuttered — and yet many beaches and bars which typically serve as popular Spring Break destinations are still packed with oblivious college students determined to party till the end. While yes it’s true that Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale are closed, other water front areas across Florida […]
COVID-19 is rapidly changing people’s day to day lives across the globe. China has instituted large-scale lockdowns on travel, quarantining whole cities, while France has banned large gatherings, and the U.S. has taken moves to allow huge sections of the workforce to work from home, and is even exploring measures to pay hourly workers who are sick, or forced to self-quarantine. As the headline of a […]
Global stock markets hit bear territory this week, with oil prices experiencing their biggest plunge since the 1991 Gulf War. Boom Bust is joined by Professor Richard Wolff of the Economic Update to discuss the ongoing oil crisis. He explains that the US, which wanted “energy independence,” decided 10-20 years ago to go into the fracking business simply because it was profitable. “Fracking is very expensive… […]
Authored by Joseph Sorrentino via HumanEvents.com, We need to trust in the free enterprise system – now more than ever… According to Alexandra Ocasio Cortez, “No one ever makes a billion dollars. You take a billion dollars.” At least, that’s what the Representative from New York recently argued at a Martin Luther King, Jr. Day event in Harlem. Speaking hypothetically about billionaires making widgets, she added: “You didn’t […]
Though Russia thus far hasn’t been as hard hit as other large countries, with 17 now confirmed out of a population of 145 million — among those likely are some initially evacuated from the epicenter in Wuhan province, China — authorities are not taking any chances, enacting extreme measures to prevent the spread. The city government of Moscow has as of Sunday imposed a “high alert regime” of mandatory self-quarantine for those […]
As the coronavirus death toll in Iran soars, with western media organizations reporting a death toll north of 200, North Korea has remained a vexing cypher amid whispers about gruesome executions and a rash of cases along the country’s northern boundary. According to Scott Snyder writing in Forbes, the North Korean leadership declared preventing the spread of the coronavirus as a matter of “national survival” and […]
Democratic Rep. John Garamendi had some harsh words for Donald Trump Jr. after the president’s son said Dems “seemingly hope” the coronavirus comes to the US and “kills millions.” The coronavirus is not only a pandemic, it’s also now a political tool for Republicans and Democrats to lob across the aisle at each other. California Congressman Garamendi perhaps went further than any politician has so far […]
Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) lashed out at presidential scion Donald Trump Jr. for claiming Democrats seemingly want the coronavirus to kill “millions of people” so they can end President Donald Trump’s “streak of winning,” threatening a “serious altercation” on Friday morning if the first son got near him. With financial markets tanking amid growing fears over the coronavirus, Team Trump and right-wing media have trained their […]
Rep. John Garamendi (D-CA) threatened Donald Trump Jr. on MSNBC, Friday, after Trump Jr. insinuated Democrats want people to get sick from the coronavirus. As Garamendi spoke about the latest Californian to test positive for the coronavirus, MSNBC’s Hallie Jackson said, “I think it’s coming through the screen you’re angry, you’re obviously visibly emotional about this,” before asking the congressman about Trump Jr. saying Democrats are […]
The Palestinian Doctors Association has threatened to take “unprecedented measures” and step up protests against the government, after the Supreme Court ruled to end their strike. The Supreme Court in Ramallah issued a decision to stop the medical association’s strike for the second time, after a decision was issued last week at the government’s request. “There will be unprecedented measures, and I hope that the officials […]
With the coronavirus sweeping across Europe and the US preoccupied with the Democratic Primary and all of its attendant drama, we haven’t heard much from the UK and it’s ongoing struggle to forge an equitable post-Brexit relationship with the EU. But that changed on Thursday when Boris Johnson released what is, in effect, his strategy blueprint for the trade deal negotiations. In the document, entitled “the […]