Beijing will take “countermeasures” and impose serious “consequences” on Washington for its fast-moving deal to sell 66 F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan after President Trump approved the $8 billion deal this weekend. “The US has to bear all the consequences triggered by the sale,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang Read more…
The consequence of which was 1) a fantastic education in neuroscience, bioimaging, and business and 2) a four-figure monthly payment to student loan servicers that, but for the grace of God, almost torpedoed my wife and me monthly. Is there no other way for a patient to receive a 30-minute Read more…
Why have more than 500,000,000 bees dropped dead in Brazil so far this year. pic.twitter.com/CKWMt4JABI – Bloomberg TicToc (@tictoc) August 19, 2019 Bloomberg noted that Anvisa's test didn't even include glyphosate, one of Brazil's best-selling pesticide, which is outlawed in at least a dozen countries around the world. “The death Read more…
In another example, Brexit has moved off the front pages temporarily, but it is still the same unresolved situation. It has a wealth of similarities and correlations to past economic behavior. Some are waiting to spot the primary driver that will define this recession (like the S&L crisis in the Read more…
“Prevent anything going in,” the official said. Instead, the concern voiced focused on the feasibility from a US perspective of taking on such as massive enterprise as blockading a coastline that stretches more than 1700 miles. Per Axios, an administration source argued it's unrealistic: “But Cuba is an island and Venezuela is a massive Read more…
Of course, the US has been conducting economic warfare on Iran ever since Trump stupidly pulled out of the nuclear agreement and began applying even more crippling sanctions on Iran. In June, armed hostilities were about to take place over the Iranians downing of a US drone over its air Read more…
The litany of orders last summer – both for Class 8 trucks and trailers – has weighed on the freight industry for the better part of 2019, with sales of both collapsing on a year over year basis. But now it looks as though things could be returning to some Read more…
Authored by Danielle DiMartino Booth via QuillIntelligence.com, As the Hong Kong protests enter their 11th week, Chinese authorities may be disappointed given nine out of ten students support a campaign to boycott classes after school resumes September 2nd Hong Kong enjoys the 11th highest per capita worldwide on a purchasing power parity Read more…
25. However, after a Gibraltar court twice rejected a formal US request to halt the vessel's movement, and with a US seizure warrant still active, the US has now put the government of Greece on notice, reportedly informing Athens of its “strong position” regarding foreign states providing assistance the Iranian Read more…
The asteroid is gargantuan, measuring 340 meters across, and will come within 19,000 miles of the earth's surface. The asteroid's size and its proximity to the earth have resulted in it being categorized as a “Potentially Hazardous Asteroid” (PHA). It's moving so fast that it will cross the width of the moon Read more…