Russia has learned to survive Western sanctions and managed to accumulate enough funds to keep its economy afloat for several years even if oil prices continue to decline. In a recent report, rating agency Moody’s said the Russian economy is less vulnerable to oil market shocks triggered by the coronavirus outbreak and the row between Moscow and Riyadh. “Russia is best-prepared of all the oil-producing countries, […]
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Authored by Seth Levine via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, These are truly remarkable times in the investment markets. The speed, intensity, and ubiquity of this selloff brings just one word to mind: violence. It would be remarkable if it wasn’t so destructive. Sadly, the reactions from our politicians and the public were predictable. The Federal Reserve (Fed) faithfully and forcefully responded. Despite its unprecedented actions, it seems like they’re “fighting the […]
Russian help is “very much needed” in Italy’s ongoing battle against the Covid-19 virus, the VP of the Lombardy region Fabrizio Sala has said, as the country recorded its worst yet single-day spike in fatalities. Sala said on Friday that the presence of Russia’s military in Italy proves that the pandemic has become “a problem for the whole world” and that its scale indicates that countries […]
For governments, fighting the coronavirus pandemic is like fighting a war. The leaders of Italy, Spain and Germany have used the analogy – along with the CEOs of Bank of America and the U.S. telecommunications giant AT&T – to describe the mass-scale efforts needed to combat the disease: mobilizations of the healthcare industry, a retooling by factories to produce masks and makeshift morgues to accommodate a […]
Journalist Ron Ben-Yishai, who has been covering Israel’s wars since the 1967 Six-Day War, has warned of an increase in violence among Israelis that could mount to civil war due in part to the public’s growing distrust in the government and its leaders. Ben-Yishai explained in an article published by Yedioth Ahronoth that Israelis currently face two major events; the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing political […]
War And Warming By Nathan Albright, VCNV.org. March 26, 2020 War And Warming2020-03-262020-03-26https://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2017/12/popres-shorter.pngPopularResistance.Orghttps://popularresistance-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/03/us-army-photos-59-e1585274305163.jpg200px200px Above photo: US Army Photos. On June 5, 2019, senior intelligence analyst Rod Schoonover spoke before a House Intelligence hearing on National Security and Climate Change. “The Earth’s climate is unequivocally undergoing a long-term warming trend as established by decades of scientific measurements from multiple independent lines of evidence,” said Schoonover. “We expect […]
Authored (satirically) by CJ Hopkins via The Unz Review, OK, I’ve got some good news and I’ve got some some bad news. The good news is mainly for authoritarians who missed all the fun during the War on Terror. The news is … welcome to the War on Death! Yes, that’s right, global capitalism (a/k/a “the world”) is now at war with Death … which is […]
Spain extended its coronavirus lockdown on Thursday to at least April 12. Europe’s second-worst hit country has fought “a real war” procuring medical supplies in an overheated Chinese market that officials said was rife with fraud and speculative deals. The death toll rose by 655 overnight to 4,089. That was down from 738 deaths the previous day when Spain overtook China by the total number of […]
A perfect storm is brewing in the energy market that could send oil prices crashing to $10 a barrel. A combination of faltering demand resulting from the coronavirus outbreak and a price war that has seen a rise in production had already raised fears that the industry was entering its worst crisis in hundred years. Now news of shrinking storage space is expected to add to […]
Saudi Arabia is said to be looking to find a way out of its devastating war in Yemen nearly five years after it led a coalition of Arab States against Houthi rebels backed by rival Iran. The Gulf kingdom is believed to have felt even more isolated after its main regional ally, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), reduced its military presence in Yemen in 2019, in […]
The global economic downturn due to coronavirus and the breakup of OPEC+ has sent the ruble tumbling, which could give Russia an unexpected advantage in the oil price war. While the ruble is now at its lowest level against the dollar in four years, the cheaper ruble has a silver lining for Russia’s oil producers in the oil price war for market share with Saudi Arabia. The […]
Via TruePublica, In its quest for global economic and geopolitical domination, America has made many enemies. To help fund 800 military bases all over the world, last year the American taxpayer spent $620 billion on defence, $69 billion for ‘war-funding’ and $10billion on cybersecurity. Military spending represents about 40 per cent of America’s entire global exports trade. However, corporate America describes as derisory the funding for cybersecurity […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has expressed concerns over instability in the global oil market in a call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman. The Saudis triggered a price war earlier this month by hiking oil output above 10 million despite global demand dropping as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. Oil price has since crashed prompting what analysts have described as the worst […]
In spite of the current lockdown in Italy amid the coronavirus pandemic, anti-war activists protesting the Saudi-led coalition’s war in Yemen have still managed to voice their opposition as the war enters its sixth year. Some activists raised banners from their windows in solidarity with Yemen. One Italian activist and journalist, Marinella Correggia, stated on Twitter: “In 2015, since the first days of the Saudi aggression, […]
Both the warring factions in Libya have imposed lockdowns to guard against the coronavirus but fighting is still going on, compounding difficulties the country faces in preparing to combat the disease. So far, testing has confirmed no cases there. But officials are worried about what will happen if and when it does. “This is a health system that was close to collapse before you get the […]
Both the warring factions in Libya have imposed lockdowns to guard against the coronavirus but fighting is still going on, compounding difficulties the country faces in preparing to combat the disease. So far, testing has confirmed no cases there. But officials are worried about what will happen if and when it does. “This is a health system that was close to collapse before you get the […]
Will the deadly coronavirus pandemic be the moment war is temporarily halted on a global scale? Not if the Pentagon has its way. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urged the leaders to declare a ‘global ceasefire’ and halt all armed conflicts in order to focus on combating the coronavirus. “It is time to put armed conflict on lockdown and focus together on the true fight of […]
A report from Save the Children has said that the five-year long war in Yemen has had a “devastating” impact on the mental health of the children in the country. Most of the children polled in a major survey told the charity that they suffer from sadness and depression. “Around one in five children said that they are always afraid and always grieving,” the report said. […]
Evan Vucci-Pool/Getty Images As people with memories longer than those of Trump-worshiping Fox News commentators easily recall, President Donald Trump’s first take on the coronavirus was that, here in the United States, it was totally contained and not a big deal. The threat of it was even, sort of, a “hoax.” Then, once that position became politically untenable, especially in an election year, Trump made the […]
Beirut, Lebanon (Mideast Discourse) — Amer Fakhoury escaped from Beirut, Lebanon on a US military helicopter on March 19. He had been arrested in September, betting his American passport would save him from justice, and it did. He had been charged and convicted of torture, kidnapping, and collaborating with the enemy in Lebanon, and had received a sentence in absentia of 15 years in prison. He never did the time, […]
A man in Louisiana was arrested and charged with one count of terrorism after posting false information about law enforcement’s response to the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Facebook. According to the Rapides Parish Sheriff’s Office (RPSO), 27-year-old Waylon Allen Bailey was “taken into custody without incident” after law enforcement was “notified of a social media post that promoted false information related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.” […]
Ever since the OPEC+ deal collapsed, removing the limits on crude production, global oil prices have plummeted to levels not seen since 2003. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which has crippled demand for crude, has only contributed to the falling price. Riyadh’s recent decision to go all-in when it comes to removing restraints on oil extraction and offering it at an exceptionally low price of $25 could […]
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 […]
Authored by Simon Watkins via OilPrice.com, One might reasonably posit that when Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) signalled that Saudi Arabia was once again going to produce oil to the maximum to crash oil prices in a full-scale oil price war, Russian President Vladimir Putin probably fell off the horse he was riding bare-chested somewhere in Siberia because he was laughing so much. There is […]