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Global Events/News Monitor |
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SELECTED TOP NEWS |
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● BREAKING NEWS: 15-Feb-2019
-- Spain-China: "Chinese in Spain stage protest over blocked bank
accounts" [AP News] |
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BREAKING NEWS: 15-Feb-2019 -- USA: "NASA heading back to Moon soon, and
this time to stay" [Phys.org: AFP] |
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● BREAKING NEWS: 15-Feb-2019
-- New York, NY: "Amazon cancels plans to build New York
headquarters" [Seth Fiegerman, et al., CNN Business] |
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14-Feb-2019 -- South Africa: Protesters marched against "jobs
bloodbath" -- corruption, poverty, unemployment [Malcolm Webb, Al
Jazeera] |
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● 14-Feb-2019 -- Pulwama,
India-administered Kashmir: Suicide attack; 42+ Indian forces were killed;
Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) claimed responsibility [Rifat Fareed, Al Jazeera News] |
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14-Feb-2019 -- USA: "Introducing 'JPM Coin': JPMorgan will be the first
major US bank to launch its own cryptocurrency" [Rebecca Ungarino,
Business Insider] |
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● 13-Feb-2019 -- USA-Deep
State: "The Israeli Lobby Is the Deep State" [Jason Charles, Wake
the Church] |
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13-Feb-2019 -- Iran: Suicide attack; 27 members of Iran's Revolutionary Guard
were killed; Jaish al-Adl (Army of Justice) claimed responsibility [Al
Jazeera News] |
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● 13-Feb-2019 -- USA-Iran:
"U.S. Revives Secret Program to Sabotage Iranian Missiles and
Rockets" [David E. Sanger, et al., NYT] |
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13-Feb-2019 -- Berlin, Germany: Anti-Semitic offenses rose to 1,646 in 2018
(up ~10%); 62 attacks (up 60+%) were violent; attacks were "motivated by
hatred against Jews" [Ynet: AFP] |
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● 13-Feb-2019 -- Haiti:
Anti-government protests continue; issues include: rising living costs and
corruption; 5+ people were killed [Laura Burdon-Manley, Al Jazeera] |
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12-Feb-2019 -- USA: Quarterly Report on Household Debt and Credit: Total
household debt=$13.54 trillion in 2018Q4; overall household debt is 21.4%
above the post-financial-crisis trough during 2013Q2; outstanding student
loan debt=$1.46 trillion; credit card balances= $870 billion; "Serious
Delinquency" statistics (90+ days delinquent): mortgage debt=1.19%,
student loan debt=9.08%, auto loan debt=2.36%, credit card debt=4.99%, all
debt=2.36% [Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Center for Microeconomic
Data] |
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● 12-Feb-2019 -- USA:
"History made: US national debt tops $22 trillion" [RT,
13-Feb-2019] | US household debt and credit report (Q4 2018): the private
debt of Americans soared to a record $13.54 trillion at the end of 2018
[Federal Reserve Bank of New York] |
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12-Feb-2019 -- UN: Israeli and international companies operating in occupied
Palestinian territories risk being added to a UN blacklist; threatened
companies include: Bezeq, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Coca Cola, Yediot
Ahronoth [Al Jazeera-News Agencies] |
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● 12-Feb-2019 -- Warsaw,
Poland: US-led Middle East summit: the following will not participate: Chief
EU diplomat Federica Mogherini, Russia, Lebanon, Palestine and Iran | For Palestinians, the conference is a
US-Israeli "conspiracy aimed at eliminating the Palestinian cause"
[Jan Smolenski, et al., Al Jazeera News] |
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12-Feb-2019 -- Russia: "Vladimir II Freed Russia From Jewish Oppression
in 1113, Banned Usury Crippling the Nation, Founded a Christian Empire"
[Dr. Matthew Raphael Johnson, Russia Insider; Rusjournal] |
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● 12-Feb-2019 -- Turkey:
"Food prices slashed as Turkey readies for local elections | President
Erdogan told a campaign rally that rising food prices were a 'terrorist
attack' by unidentified powers" [Andrew Wilks, Al Jazeera News] |
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12-Feb-2019 -- Russia-World: "Russia plans to disconnect the entire
country from the internet to simulate an all-out cyberwar" [Alexandra
Ma, Business Insider] |
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● 11-Feb-2019 -- USA-Deep
State: "Pro-Israel Lobby Caught on Tape Boasting That Its Money
Influences Washington" [Ryan Grim, The Intercept] |
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11-Feb-2019 -- Al-Baghuz, Syria: US-led coalition air raid: 16+ civilians,
including 7 children, were killed [RT-SANA] |
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● 11-Feb-2019 -- Paris,
France: "Anti-Semitic graffiti sprayed on Paris bagel shop compared to
similar acts in Nazi Germany" [Travis Fedschun, Fox News-AP] |
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INFORMATION: 11-Feb-2019 -- World: "Worldwide decline of the
entomofauna: A review of its drivers" [FranciscoSánchez-Bayo, et al.,
ScienceDirect] |
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● 11-Feb-2019 -- World:
"Massive insect decline could have 'catastrophic' environmental impact,
study says" [Euan McKirdy, CNN Health] |
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10-Feb-2019 -- Madrid, Spain: Tens of thousands (~45,000 according to the
Spanish government, and ~200,000 according to right-wing organisers) of
Spaniards protested against the socialist government [Creede Newton, Al
Jazeera News] |
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● 10-Feb-2019 --
Russia-Venezuela: "Russia’s Gazprombank rejects Reuters report, denies
opening new accounts for Venezuelan oil giant " [RT] |
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9-Feb-2019 -- Venezuela-Russia: "Exclusive: Venezuela shifts oil
ventures' accounts to Russian bank - document, sources [Corina Pons, et al.,
Reuters] |
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● 9-Feb-2019 -- France:
"Yellow vest" protests [Act XIII]: ~51,400 people protested against
President Macron; the protests spread to Paris, Marseille, Toulouse, and
Bordeaux; police brutality was reported; a protester's hand was ripped off by
a police grenade [RT] |
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9-Feb-2019 -- DR Congo: "Ebola death toll in DR Congo passes 500: health
ministry" [Al Jazeera: News Agencies] |
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● 8-Feb-2019 -- Sangin,
Afghanistan: Air raids killed 21 civilians [Al Jazeera: News Agencies,
10-Feb-2019] |
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8-Feb-2019 -- World: "The World’s Most Valuable Bank Brands" [Jeff
Desjardins, Visual Capitalist] [London, UK: "Brand Finance Banking 500
2019", 4-Feb-2019,
http://brandfinance.com/knowledge-centre/reports/brand-finance-banking-500-2019/] |
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● 8-Feb-2019 -- USA:
"Bezos Selfie Controversy Triggers Alarm For Billionaires
Worldwide" [Devon Pendleton, et al., Bloomberg] |
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8-Feb-2019 -- World: "Deadly Takata airbag recall adds 1.7M more
vehicles | Subaru, Tesla, BMW, Volkswagen, Audi, Daimler Vans, Mercedes-Benz
and Ferrari models are among those impacted"; airbag inflators have been
blamed for 23+ deaths [Chris Paukert, CNET; AP] |
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● 8-Feb-2019 -- Gaza,
Palestine: 46th "March of Return" demonstration: Thousands of
Palestinians protested against Israeli occupation; 2 Palestinian teens were
killed on 8-Feb-2019 by Israeli forces; since 30-Mar-2018, 248+ Palestinians
were killed by Israeli forces and 23,000 Palestinians were injured [Al
Jazeera-News Agencies] |
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7-Feb-2019 -- Haiti: Thousands of Haitians protest corruption, rising living
costs"; 2+ people died [France 24: AFP, 8-Feb-2019] |
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● 7-Feb-2019 -- USA:
BB&T Corp. to buy SunTrust Banks Inc. for ~$28 billion in stock; the deal
presages a "long-awaited wave of consolidation in the sector"
[Aparajita Saxena, Reuters] |
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7-Feb-2019 -- USA: "Jill Abramson: Ex-New York Times editor accused of
plagiarism" [BBC News] |
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● 7-Feb-2019 -- Stockholm,
Sweden: "Bomb threat forces Norwegian passenger plane to make emergency
landing in Sweden"; the plane carried 169 passengers [RT] |
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7-Feb-2019 -- Germany: "Bundeskartellamt prohibits Facebook from
combining user data from different sources" [Bundeskartellamt] |
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● 6-Feb-2019 -- USA-Israel:
"US to buy Israeli Iron Dome missile defence system"; the system
has a claimed success rate of up to 90% [BBC News] |
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6-Feb-2019 -- Russia-Iran: "Russia & Iran ditching dollar for trade
in favor of national currencies – Moscow’s envoy to Tehran" [RT] |
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● 6-Feb-2019 -- USA:
"U.S. Banks Win $21 Billion Trump Tax Windfall Then Cut Staff, Loaned
Less" [Ben Foldy, Bloomberg] |
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5-Feb-2019 -- Russia: "Are Russians Genetically Evil? The New York Times
Thinks So"; "The Jewish New York Times has published an op-ed by
German security consultant Franz J. Sedelmayer which makes the uncomfortable
claim that Russians are genetically predisposed to evil" [Andrew Anglin,
Daily Stormer] |
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● 5-Feb-2019 -- France:
"« Près de 300 000 » manifestants dans deux cents villes, selon la CGT,
pour le premier « mardi de l’urgence sociale »"; ~300,000 protesters in
200 cities demanded an increase in salaries and fiscal justice [Le Monde-AFP] |
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5-Feb-2019 -- Russia: Bomb threats targeting 150+ buildings; ~40,000 people
were evacuated [RT; RIA-Novosti] |
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● 5-Feb-2019 -- Kunduz City,
Afghanistan: Taliban fighters attacked an army post; according to AP reports,
26+ people, including 23 soldiers and 3 police officers, were killed [Bill
Chappell, NPR; AP] |
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5-Feb-2019 -- Paris, France: "Paris fire: Ten dead and many injured at
apartment block"; arson suspected [BBC News] |
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● 5-Feb-2019 -- Venezuela:
"Maduro: Oil, gold & other riches behind Trump’s Venezuela
crusade"; "Venezuela has the world’s biggest proven crude oil
reserves" [RT] |
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4-Feb-2019 -- Puerto Rico: "Judge approves major debt restructuring plan
for Puerto Rico" [CBS News: AP] |
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● 4-Feb-2019 -- Mogadishu,
Somalia: Car bomb attack; 9 people killed; al-Shabab claimed responsibility
[News24: AFP] |
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3-Feb-2019 -- Vatican-UAE: Pope Francis' Apostolic Journey to the United Arab
Emirates, 3-5-Feb-2019 [Devin Watkins, Vatican News] |
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● 2-Feb-2019 -- Nik Shahr,
Iran: Basij paramilitary base was attacked; 1 member of Iran's Revolutionary
Guards was killed; 5 were injured [Al Jazeera: News Agencies] |
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2-Feb-2019 -- Iran: Iran celebrated
the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution; and unveiled the
Hoveizeh cruise missile with a range of 1,350+ km [Al Jazeera] |
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● 2-Feb-2019 -- Venezuela:
"There are massive pro-government protests taking place all across
Venezuela. The overwhelming majority of the Venezuelan population stand united against US intervention and aggression.
You won't be seeing or hearing about this on the BBC or Guardian anytime soon
#Venezuela" [CWU Harrow & District,
https://twitter.com/Harrowcwu/status/1091740790915772419] |
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2-Feb-2019 -- Spain: "Thousands of Spaniards protest for better pensions
in Madrid" [ABC News: AP] |
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● 2-Feb-2019 -- Kassala,
Sudan: Thousands of people continued to protest against
"autocratic" President Omar al-Bashir: cumulative death toll=53
[ABC News: Nour Youssef, AP] |
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2-Feb-2019 -- France: Thousands of "yellow vest" [Act XII]
protesters continue to demonstrate against President Emmanuel Macron and high
cost of living; cumulative death toll=10+ [BBC News] |
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● 2-Feb-2019 --
Venezuela-Russia: "Plan to pull nearly $1B in gold out of Venezuela
reportedly halted" [Louis Casiano, Fox News] |
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2-Feb-2019 -- Russia-USA: "Russia Pulls Out of Nuclear Treaty in
‘Symmetrical’ Response to U.S. Move" [Andrew E. Kramer, NYT] |
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● 1-Feb-2019 -- USA-Russia:
"The U.S. and Russia Are Sleepwalking Toward Nuclear Disaster" [Sam
Nun and Ernest J. Moniz, Politico] |
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1-Feb-2019 -- "Ford Stole Tech for Best-Selling Trucks From MIT,
Professors Say"; Ford's chief intellectual officer then asked the MIT
professors "whether they were 'greedy inventors'" [Christopher
Yasiejko, et al., Bloomberg] |
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● 1-Feb-2019 -- Gandarshe,
Somalia: US air raid; 13+ al-Shabab fighters were killed [Al Jazeera-News
Agencies, 2-Feb-2019] |
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1-Feb-2019 -- USA: "America is falling out of love with billionaires,
and it’s about time" [Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times] |
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● 1-Feb-2019 -- USA-China:
"US intelligence warns China is using student spies to steal
secrets" [Zachary Cohen, et al., CNN Politics] |
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1-Feb-2019 -- USA-Russia: The US to suspend the Intermediate-Range Nuclear
Forces Treaty with Russia [Nicole Gaouette, et al., CNN Politics] |
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● 31-Jan-2019 -- Saudi
Arabia: "Saudi Arabia: Corruption crackdown 'ends with $106bn
recovered'" [Al Jazeera: Reuters News Agency] |
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31-Jan-2019 -- USA: "Subprime disaster": "GE pays $1.5 billion
to finally resolve subprime loan allegations" [Matt Egan, CNN Business] |
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● 30-Jan-2019 -- Tel Aviv,
Israel: "'Murder an Ethiopian ["a mentally ill Israeli of Ethiopian
descent"], Get a Promotion:' Protest Against Police Brutality Brings Tel
Aviv to Standstill"; thousands protested against racism and police
brutality [Bar Peleg, Haaretz] |
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30-Jan-2019 -- Venezuela-Russia: "$840M in gold bars (~20 tons of gold)
prepared for loading onto Russian jet at Venezuelan airport: report"
[Edmund DeMarche, et al., Fox News-AP] |
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● 30-Jan-2019 -- USA: Deadly
cold polar vortex; 17+ people were killed [Steve Kiggins, et al., USA Today] |
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29-Jan-2019 -- Germany-UK: "Thousands of British Jews apply for German
nationality as Brexit looms"; Anita Lasker-Wallfisch: "Jewish
people never feel secure. I had German nationality — it did not buy me
security" [NBC News: AP] |
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● 29-Jan-2019 --
France-Britain-Germany-Iran: "France, Britain and Germany, defying U.S.
threats, are establishing a payments company intended to secure some trade
with Iran and blunt sanctions" [Laurence Norman, et al., WSJ,
https://twitter.com/WSJecon/status/1090406316915470337] |
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29-Jan-2019 -- Al-Maha, Yemen: Bomb attack; 6+ people were killed
[MEMO-Anadolu Agency] |
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● 29-Jan-2019 --
Balochistan, Pakistan: Attack on a police compound; 10+ people, including 9
police officers, were killed [Amir Latif, Anadolu Agency] |
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29-Jan-2019 -- Venezuela: "40 people killed, some 850 detained in
Venezuela amid ongoing anti-government protests, the UN says" [Lucia I.
Suarez, Fox News] |
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● INFORMATION: 29-Jan-2019
-- World-Venezuela: Supporters of the Maduro government include: China,
Russia, Turkey, Iran, Belarus and South Africa; supporters of opposition
leader Juan Guaido include: US, Israel, Canada, Australia and a number of South
American countries [RT] |
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29-Jan-2019 -- Venezuela-USA: The US imposed sanctions on Venezuela's
state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) -- "to
steal" it; President Nicolas Maduro to Donald Trump: “Donald Trump, do
not get involved with Venezuela! Hands off Venezuela! Donald Trump, hands off
Venezuela!” [RT] |
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● 28-Jan-2019 --
USA-Canada-China-Iran: "US unveils its criminal case against Huawei,
alleging China giant stole trade secrets and violated Iran sanctions"
[Julia Horowitz, et al., CNN Business, 29-Jan-2019] |
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28-Jan-2019 -- Malaysia-China: "Malaysia to Terminate $20 Billion
China-Backed Rail Project" [Natnicha Chuwiruch, et al., Bloomberg] |
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● 28-Jan-2019 -- World:
"The Cost of Dirty Money"; according to the United Nations Office
on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the cost of shady transactions is ~$2 trillion
per year (fined institutions include: Citigroup $237m; JPMorgan Chase $2.05b;
Wachovia $160m; Standard Chartered $967m; HSBC $1.9b; ING $900m; Deutsche
Bank $670m; Commerzbank $1.45b; Commonwealth Bank of Australia A$700m) [Alan
Katz, Bloomberg] |
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28-Jan-2019 -- Washington, DC: "U.S. Treasury Set to Borrow $1 Trillion
for a Second Year to Finance the Deficit" [Liz Mccormick, et al.,
Bloomberg] |
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● 28-Jan-2019 -- Washington,
DC: "Thanks to Trump, China's economy is rapidly decelerating ...";
"President Trump is exposing China’s economic vulnerability, showing
that the communist nation cannot maintain its rapid growth without it
patently unfair mercantilist trade policies" [Andy Puzder, Opinion, Fox
News] |
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28-Jan-2019 -- Honduras: Thousands of anti-government protesters clashed with
riot police [BBC News] |
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● 28-Jan-2019 -- Paris,
France: "Red scarves" demonstration: ~10,000 people protestagainst
violence and vandalism [NBC News: AP-Reuters] |
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27-Jan-2019 -- Australia: Australia Day: "'We were colonised': Clashes
with police as thousands protest Australia Day" [Newshub] |
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● 27-Jan-2019 -- Brussels,
Belgium: "70,000 March to Demand Belgium, EU Increase Efforts to Fight
Climate Change" [Time: Raf Casert, AP] |
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27-Jan-2019 -- Occupied West Bank, Palestine: A Palestinian was shot in the
back and killed in a confrontation with Israeli soldiers and illegal
settlers; Israel is accused of theft of Palestinian land [Al Jazeera News] |
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● 27-Jan-2019 -- Poland:
"Polish Nationalists March on Auschwitz to Protest 'Non-inclusive'
International Holocaust Day" [Haaretz: AP] |
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27-Jan-2019 -- Qatar-Gaza, Palestine: Financial aid donated by Qatar is
distributed to 94,000 Palestinian families [Charles Stratford, Al Jazeera] |
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● 27-Jan-2019 -- Jolo,
Philippines: 2-bomb attack at a Roman Catholic cathedral; 20+ people were
killed [Jim Gomez, Fox News: AP] |
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26-Jan-2019 -- France: "EN DIRECT - "Gilets jaunes" [Acte XI]
: 69.000 manifestants en France, 4.000 à Paris"; "Une 'nuit jaune'
a Paris" [Europe 1] |
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● 26-Jan-2019 -- Shiladze,
Iraq: Protesters attack a Turkish military base; 1+ person died [Al Jazeera
News] |
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26-Jan-2019 -- "Bank of England refused to return $1.2bn in gold to
Venezuela – reports" [RT] |
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● 25-Jan-2019 -- Brumadinho,
Brazil: A dam burst; 34+ people were killed; hundreds are missing [Dakin And
one, et al., CNN World, 26-Jan-2019] |
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INFORMATION: 24-Jan-2019 -- World: Advice on lending and borrowing: "The
LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure … and thou shalt lend unto many
nations, and thou shalt not borrow. And the LORD shall make thee the head,
and not the tail ... " [Deuteronomy 28:12-13] [Edward E. Ayoub,
"Nothing But a Tail,"Opinion, MindHat, 2001] |
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● 24-Jan-2019 -- Austria:
"Rothschilds Sell Last Piece of Austrian Empire After 200 Years";
Mayer Amschel Rothschild's "business with cash-strapped
governments" included "railway construction, revolutions and wars'
[Matthias Wabl, Bloomberg] |
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24-Jan-2019 -- Washington, DC: Congressional Budget Office: CBO’s Projections
of the Costs of U.S. Nuclear Forces Over the 2019–2028 Period: $494
billion [CBO] |
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● 24-Jan-2019 -- Davos,
Switzerland: "Inequality, injustice and the elite's annual 'show' in
Davos. The attendees of the WEF undoubtedly know inequality is a problem, but
they're not interested in finding solutions." [Larry Beinhart, Opinion,
Al Jazeera] |
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24-Jan-2019 -- Davos, Switzerland: Christine Lagarde, managing director of
the IMF: "It would be very nice if the economies at large didn't have to
rely on the central banks yet again in order to resist the next shock."
[Matt Clinch, CNBC] |
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● 24-Jan-2019 -- Davos,
Switzerland: "Davos Elites Fear They're on a Toboggan Ride to Hell. The
global winners here in Switzerland aren't so sure they're up to the task of
running the world anymore" [John F. Harris, Politico] |
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24-Jan-2019 -- Davos, Switzerland: George Soros on China's "Belt and
Road" investment scheme, at Davos 2019: "Its ambitious
infrastructure projects were mainly financed by loans, not by grants, and
foreign officials were often bribed to accept them" [Joe Miller, BBC
News] |
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● 24-Jan-2019 -- The
Doomsday Clock: "A new abnormal: It is still 2 minutes to
midnight"; major threats include "nuclear weapons and climate
change" [Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists] |
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24-Jan-2019 -- China: China's household debt as percent of GDP increased from
~40% in 2014 to ~60% in early 2019 [Linette Lopez, Business Insider] |
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● 23-Jan-2019 -- Al-Watah,
Saudi Arabia: According to experts at the Middlebury Institute, Saudi Arabia
has a ballistic missile factory [Al-Jazeera, 24-Jan-2019] |
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23-Jan-2019 -- Sebring, FL: Gunman killed 5+ people at a SunTrust Bank branch
[Eric Levenson, et al., CNN US] |
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● 23-Jan-2019 --
Russia-EU-USA: Russian sarcasm: "Unelected Brussels bureaucrats support
'democracy' in Venezuela 'on behalf of EU'" [RT] |
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23-Jan-2019 -- Venezuela: Tens of thousands rallied against President Nicolas
Maduro; key problems include hyperinflation and shortages of food; 4 people
were killed; the US supports the anti-Maduro organizers (Juan Guaido,
National Assembly) [BBC News] | US President Donald Trump recognized Juan
Guaido as interim president [RT] |
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● INFORMATION: 22-Jan-2019
-- Toronto, ON: Dr. Edward E. Ayoub's dissent against the doctrine/orthodoxy
of GLOBAL DEBT-based Capitalism": "World War III Against the Money
Trust?" (1998) and "Bank-Induced Risks" (1998), http://BrandNewLaw.com] |
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22-Jan-2019 -- Davos, Switzerland: Davos 2019: World Economic Forum Annual
Meeting, 22-25-Jan-2019: "Key areas of focus" include: Mastering
the 4th Indusdtrial Revolution; Solving the Problems of the Global Commons;
and Addressing Global Security Issues [WEF] |
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● 22-Jan-2019 -- Murmansk,
Russia: Tu-22M3 bomber crashed; 3 pilots died, 1 survived [TASS] |
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22-Jan-2019 -- France-Germany: "France and Germany Sign Deal that
'Contributes' to 'European Army' to Defend Against China, Russia and US"
[Tom O'Connor, Newsweek] |
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● 22-Jan-2019 -- Denmark:
Danske Bank "under criminal investigation"; much of ~$230 billion
"probably needs to be treated as illicit in origin" [Frances
Schwartzkopff, Bloomberg] |
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22-Jan-2019 -- USA: Dow Jones Indusrial Average tumbled: -301.87 points
(-1.22%) to 24,404.48 [Yahoo! Finance] |
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● 22-Jan-2019 -- Egypt:
Sinai military operation: 7+ Egyptian troops and 59+ suspected insurgents
were killed [Al Jazeera-News Agencies] |
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22-Jan-2019 -- Zimbabwe: Living costs soared in one week; Zimbabweans
protested; according to the Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO forum, 12+ people were
killed [BBC News] |
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● 21-Jan-2019 -- France:
Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL): "... the
CNIL’s restricted committee imposed a financial penalty of 50 Million euros
[~$56.9 million] against the company GOOGLE LLC, in accordance with the
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), for lack of transparency,
inadequate information and lack of valid consent regarding the ads
personalization" [CNIL] |
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21-Jan-2019 -- Damascus, Syria: Israeli forces attacked Iranian targets in
Syria; 4 Syrian soldiers were killed; Syrian air defenses destroyed 30+
"Israeli cruise missiles and guided bombs" [Al Jazeera-News
Agencies] |
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● 21-Jan-2019 -- Maidan
Shahr, Afghanistan: Taliban fighters attacked a military training facility;
100+ people were killed [Al Jazeera-News Agencies] |
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21-Jan-2019 -- Oxfam report: "Public Good or Private Wealth?":
"Billionaire fortunes increased by 12 percent last year – or $2.5
billion a day - while the 3.8 billion people who make up the poorest half of
humanity saw their wealth decline by 11 percent" [Oxfam International] |
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● 20-Jan-2019 -- Aguelhok,
Mali: Attack on a UN camp (UN's MINUSMA); 10 UN peacekeepers were killed
[Dakin Andone, et al., CNN World, 21-Jan-2019] |
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20-Jan-2019 -- Athens, Greece: Thousands of protesters (60,000 according to
police; 100,000 according to organizers) demonstrated against Macedonia name
change agreement; nationalists believe Macedonia belongs in Greece [Al
Jazeera-News Agencies] |
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● 20-Jan-2019 -- Logar,
Afghanistan: A Taliban car bombing targeted a convoy; 8+ Afghan security
forces were killed [Al Jazeera-News Agencies] |
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20-Jan-2019 -- Beirut, Lebanon: The Arab Economic and Social Development
Summit; issues include: Arab free trade zone, Syrian refugees, and
political/economic instability [Arwa Ibrahim, Al Jazeera News] |
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● 19-Jan-2019 -- Jilib,
Somalia: US air strikes killed 52 al-Shabab fighters [Time: Cara Anna, AP] |
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19-Jan-2019 -- World: Women World March: Tens of thousands protested against
violence and austerity [Nosheen Iqbal, The Guardian: The Observer] |
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● 19-Jan-2019 --
Mediterranean: "'About 170 migrants dead' in Mediterranean
shipwrecks" (2,200+ people died trying to cross the Mediterranean) [BBC
News] |
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19-Jan-2019 -- Kolkata, India: "Half a million attend opposition rally
to remove India's Modi"; causes of discontent include "unemployment
and economic inequality" [Al Jazeera: News Agencies] |
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● 19-Jan-2019 -- Paris,
France: 10th weekend of "Yellow Vest" protests against President
Macron's government [CNBC: Reuters] |
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●
18-Jan-2019 -- USA: "The biggest US banks made more than $120 billion
last year"; the biggest banks include: JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America,
Wells Fargo, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and Morgan Stanley [Julia Horowitz,
CNN Business] |
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● 18-Jan-2019 -- USA: Dow
Jones Indusrial Average soared: 336.25 points (1.38%) to 24,706.35 [Yahoo!
Finance] |
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●
18-Jan-2019 -- Russia: "Russia conducted another successful test of an
anti-satellite missile (PL-19 Nudol), according to a classified US
intelligence report" [Amanda Macias, CNBC] |
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● 18-Jan-2019 -- Mexico:
Gasoline pipeline explosion: 79+ people were killed; fuel theft reported
[Nicole Chavez, et al., CNN World, 19-Jan-2019] |
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●
INFORMATION: 18-Jan-2019 -- World: "Yellow Vests ‘the consequence of the
corporate world taking over’ – Kusturica to RT" [RT] |
|
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● 18-Jan-2019 -- Sri
Lanka-China: "Exclusive: Sri Lanka to receive $1 billion Bank of China
loan this quarter" [Al Jazeera: Shihar Aneez, et al., Reuters] |
|
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●
18-Jan-2019 -- USA: "Mother of All Breaches Exposes 773 Million Emails,
21 Million Passwords" ["Collection #I" breach first reported
by Troy Hunt] [Victoria Song, Gizmodo] |
|
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● 18-Jan-2019 -- USA: Tesla
to cut 3,000 jobs (~7% of its workforce) [Fox News: AP] |
|
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●
17-Jan-2019 -- Tunisia: IMF pressured the government to freeze public sector
wages; Tunisia General Labor Union responded with a nationwide protest
demanding the government increase the wages of 670,000 public servants [Al
Jazeera: Reuters News Agency] |
|
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● 17-Jan-2019 -- Bogota,
Colombia: Car bomb at the General Santander Police School killed 21+ people
[Al Jazeera-News Agencies] |
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●
17-Jan-2019 -- Brussels, Belgium: 10,000+ students protested for better
protection of climate [ABC News: AP] |
|
|
● 17-Jan-2019 -- USA:
"Wall Street Journal: Michael Cohen paid thousands to rig polls in
Trump's favor" [Devan Cole, et al., CNN Politics] |
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●
16-Jan-2019 -- USA: Forbes: "America's Best Banks 2019"; Top ranked
banks include: 1 Home BancShares; 2 First Merchants; 3 Community Bank System
[Forbes] |
|
|
● 16-Jan-2019 -- Democratic
Republic of Congo: Ethnic violence: According to the UN Human Rights Office,
890+ people were killed over 3 days (16-18 Dec-2018) [BBC News] |
|
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●
16-Jan-2019 -- New York, NY: "Mexico's former president Enrique Pena
Nieto 'took $100m bribe from El Chapo'"; Enrique Pena Nieto denied the
allegation [Harriet Alexander, The Telegraph] |
|
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● 16-Jan-2019 -- Manbij,
Syria: Suicide bomber killed 4 Americans; ISIS claimed responsibility; the US
has ~2,000 troops in Syria [Zachary Cohen, et al., CNN Politics] |
|
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●
15-Jan-2019 -- World: "Global Debt of $244 Trillion Nears Record Despite
Faster Growth" [Chibuike Oguh, etal., Bloomberg,
https://twitter.com/business/status/1087334380920557568] |
|
|
● 15-Jan-2019 -- Occupied
East Jerusalem, Palestine: "Israel evicting Palestinian family to
replace them with settlers" [Zena Tahhan, Al Jazeera] |
|
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●
15-Jan-2019 -- Geneva, Switzerland: CERN: "Physicists Lay Out Plans for
a New Supercollider" [Davide Castelvecchi,, Scientific American] |
|
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● 15-Jan-2019 -- Nairobi,
Kenya: Militants attacked a luxury hotel complex; 21+ people were killed; the
al-Shabab group claimed responsibility; the group's targets include
"Western and Zionist interests worldwide" [Faral Sevenzo, et al., CNN
World] |
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●
15-Jan-2019 -- London, UK: "Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit deal has
been rejected by 230 votes - the largest defeat for a sitting government in
history" [BBC News] |
|
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● 14-Jan-2019 -- Los
Angeles, USA: 34,000 teachers protested "for better pay, smaller
classes, fewer standardized tests …" [Lindsay Schnell, et al., USA
Today] |
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●
14-Jan-2019 -- Zimbabwe: Zimbabweans protested after a fuel price increase of
150% (from $1.34/litre to $3.31/litre); looting was reported; 4 people were
reportedly shot [Tendai Marima, Al Jazeera] |
|
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● 14-Jan-2019 -- Fath, Iran:
A Boeing 707 military cargo plane crashed; 15 people were killed [Al Jazeera:
News Agencies] |
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●
14-Jan-2019 -- Kabul, Afghanistan: Explosion outside "a high-security
compound": 4+ people were killed; ~90 people were injured [Al Jazeera] |
|
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● 13-Jan-2019 -- China-USA:
Bank of China to enable payment in yuan on U.S. e-commerce platforms:
Xinhua" [Reuters] |
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●
13-Jan-2019 -- James Watson, who co-discovered DNA with Francis Crick, was
stripped of honors by the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL); Watson had
suggested that "stupidity was a genetic disease that should be
treated" [Rob Picheta, CNN Health] |
|
|
● 12-Jan-2019 -- Herat
Afghanistan: Insurgents attacked a police station; 5 people were killed
[Ehsan Popalzai, et al., CNN World] |
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●
12-Jan-2019 -- Israel-Syria: Israel fired missiles at Damascus airport;
Syrian air defense intercepted most of the missiles; one missile hit a
warehouse [Al Jazeera-News Agencies] |
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● 12-Jan-2019 -- Paris,
France: Thousands joined "yellow vest" anti-government protests;
authorities deployed 80,000 security forces [Al Jazeera-News Agencies] |
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●
12-Jan-2019 -- USA: SpaceX to cut 10% of its workforce; SpaceX employs ~6,000
people [Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times] |
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● 11-Jan-2019 -- Gaza,
Palestine: "March of Return" demonstration: Thousands of
Palestinians (~13,000, according to an Israeli source) protested against
Israel's theft and expropriation of Palestinian land and bockades; Israeli
forces killed a Palestinian woman and injured 25; cumulative death toll since
March 2018=241+ Palestinians and 2 Israeli soldiers [Al Jazeera-News
Agencies] |
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●
11-Jan-2019 -- Haifa, Israel: Hundreds of Christians protested against the
Haifa Museum of Art for exhibiting "McJesus" -- "a crucified
Ronald McDonald" [Noa Shpigel, Haaretz] |
|
|
● 11-Jan-2019 -- Al-Hol
camp, Syria: "Six children die after fleeing Deir Az Zor amid heavy
clashes: UN" [Barbara Bibbo, Al Jazeera] |
|
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●
11-Jan-2019 -- UK: Jaguar Land Rover to cut 4,500 jobs [Neave Barker, Al
Jazeera] |
|
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● 11-Jan-2019 -- KZN
Midlands, South Africa: Violent protests; trucks were torched [Jeff Wicks, TimesLIVE] |
|
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●
11-Jan-2019 -- Canada: "Canada Plans to Welcome More Than 1 Million New
Immigrants Over Next Three Years, As U.S. Cracks Down" [Chantal Da
Silva, Newsweek] |
|
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● 11-Jan-2019 -- Germany:
"New far-right German party [Aufbruch der deutschen Patrioten (Awakening
of German Patriots)] adopts former secret Nazi symbol [the cornflower]"
[Josie Le Blond, The Guardian] |
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●
11-Jan-2019 -- Refugees hosted by country: Turkey, 3,480,000; Pakistan,
1,390,000; Uganda, 1,350,000; Lebanon, 998,000; Iran, 979,000; Germany,
970,000 … Canada, 104,000 [The Spectator Index @spectatorindex: UNHCR] |
|
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● 10-Jan-2019 -- Yemen:
Houthi drone attack at an army parade; 5+ Yemeni soldiers were killed;
several senior officers were wounded [Mohammed al-Kibsi, Al Jazeera] |
|
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●
10-Jan-2019 -- Miguel Aleman, , Mexico: 21 bodies were found; clash between
drug gangs [CBS News-AP] |
|
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● 10-Jan-2019 -- Greece:
Protesters demonstrate against German chancellor Merkel visit to Greece;
Yanis Varoufakis, former Greek Finance Minister: "Mrs Merkel is in
Greece to inspect the desert she made and to call it... Recovery" [RT] |
|
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●
10-Jan-2019 -- USA: Quantitative Easing: "The $4.5 trillion force that's
helping to fuel market swings" [Matt Egan, CNN Business] |
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● 10-Jan-2019 --
Afghanistan: The Taliban attacked several security checkpoints in 4
provinces; 32 people were killed [Abdul Qadir Sediqi, et al., Reuters] |
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●
INFORMATION: 9-Jan-2019 -- Israel-USA: "The Zionist fallacy of 'Jewish
supremacy'" [Yoav Litvin, Opinion, Al Jazeera] [Yoav Litvin is an
Israeli-American doctor of psychology/neuroscience] |
|
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● INFORMATION: 9-Jan-2019 --
See "A Clausewitzian Plan of War Against the Money Trust" in
"World War III Against the Money Trust?" [Edward E. Ayoub,
Macroknow, 1998] |
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●
9-Jan-2019 -- France: Yellow vests protests: "Yellow vest protesters
call for huge run on French banks" [ABC News: AP] |
|
|
● 9-Jan-2019 -- Athens,
Greece: The left militant Group of Popular Fighters claimed responsibility
for a bombing on 17-Dec-2018; the group targeted media offices to protest a
"Capitalist" agenda [Niki Kitsantonis, NYT] |
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●
8-Jan-2019 -- USA-EU: "Trump administration downgrades EU's status in
US, without informing Brussels" [Julian Borger, The Guardian] |
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● 8-Jan-2019 -- Hong Kong:
An oil tanker exploded; 1 crew member was killed; 3 others are missing [NBC
News: Reuters] |
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●
7-Jan-2019 -- Gaza Strip: Israeli air strikes against Hamas [Al Jazeera-News
Agencies] |
|
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● 7-Jan-2019 -- Gabon:
Attempted military coup was foiled; 2 people were killed [Lucia I. Suarez
Sang, Fox News-AP] |
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●
7-Jan-2019 -- UK: Brexit: Financial companies have transferred assets worth
~$1 trillion to the European Union [Ivana Kottasova, CNN Business] |
|
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● 6-Jan-2019 -- Ceara,
Brazil: Violent attacks by organized crime groups; vehicles were torched;
security forces killed 2 people [ABC News: AP] |
|
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●
6-Jan-2019 -- "Al Qaeda operative [Jamal al-Badawi] tied to USS Cole
bombing killed in US airstrike, Trump says" [Katherine Lam, et al., Fox
News] |
|
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● 5-Jan-2019 --
Ukraine-Russia: Big schism in Christianity: Ukrainian Orthodox Christians
split from the Russian Orthodox Church [Rob Matheson, Al Jazeera] |
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●
5-Jan-2019 -- China: China passed a law to "Sinicize" Islam --
making Islam "compatible with socialism" [Al Jazeera News] |
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● 5-Jan-2019 -- France:
"Yellow vest" protests: ~50,000 people protested against President
Macro; the protests spread from Paris to Rouen, Bordeaux, Toulouse, and Lyon;
the protests turned violent [Al Jazeera: AFP News Agency, 6-Jan-2019] |
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●
4-Jan-2019 -- Canada-Israel: CBC: The Jewish National Fund (JNF) of Canada, a
charity, used donations to fund an illegal settler outpost and infrastructure
projects on Israeli military bases [Al Jazeera-News Agencies] | "CBC:
JNF Canada has Supported Israeli Army, Settlements" [Independent Jewish
Voices (IJV) Canada,
https://ijvcanada.org/2019/cbc-jnf-canada-has-supported-israeli-army-settlements/ |
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● 4-Jan-2019 -- Buthidaung,
Myanmar: Buddhist Rakhine (Arakan Army) fighters attacked police posts; 13
policemen were killed [Al Jazeera: News Agencies] |
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●
4-Jan-2019 -- Former Credit Suisse bankers charged in $2 billion loan fraud
[Charles Riley, CNN Business] |
|
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● 4-Jan-2019 -- Germany:
"Hackers Dump Data on Merkel, Politicians in Giant German Leak"
[Stefan Nicola, et al., Bloomberg] |
|
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●
4-Jan-2019 -- USA: "Hacker group releases '9/11 Papers', says future
leaks will 'burn down' US deep state" [RT] |
|
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● 3-Jan-2019 -- USA:
"Apple stock plummets 8% on news of grim Q1 2019 outlook"
[Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica] |
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●
3-Jan-2019 -- China: "China's Chang'e-4 probe soft-lands on moon's far
side" [ZD (ed.), Xinhua] |
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● 2-Jan-2019 -- USA:
"Hacker group [The Dark Overlord] threatens to leak 9/11 ‘truth’ unless
paid in bitcoin" [RT] |
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●
2-Jan-2019 -- Niger: Niger government: Starting 28-Dec-2018, Niger troops and
air strikes killed 287+ Boko Haram fighters [Boureima Balima, et al.,
Reuters, 3-Jan-2019] |
|
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● 2-Jan-2019 -- Koologon,
Mali: Ethnic violence: Armed men killed 37 Fulani civilians, including
children [Tiemoko, et al., Reuters] |
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●
2-Jan-2019 -- Antananarivo, Madagascar: Thousands protested 'election fraud'
[Al Jazeera-News Agencies] |
|
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● 2-Jan-2019 -- Burkina
Faso: Ethnic violence: 13+ civilians were killed over 2 days [Al Jazeera-News
Agencies] |
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●
2-Jan-2019 -- USA: "Dow futures tumble after Apple warns about China
sales" [David Goldman, et al., CNN Business] |
|
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● 1-Jan-2019 -- Bottrop,
Germany: A German man rammed his car into a crowd with the intention of
killing foreigners [Al Jazeera: Reuters News Agency] |
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●
1-Jan-2019 -- India: Millions of women protest in support of gender equality,
including equal access to Hindu pilgrimage sites [CBS-AP, 2-Jan-2019] |
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● 1-Jan-2019 -- US-Israel:
US and Israel quit the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO) [Al Jazeera: News Agencies] |
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●
1-Jan-2019 -- Hong Kong: Thousands (~5,500 according to organizers; ~3,200
according to police) protested against China 'repression' [CNBC: Reuters] |
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