Tuesday 14 July 2020

Global headlines -0 14 July, 2020

News Links, July 14, 2020


## Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards/global cooling/deflationary collapse ##
U.S. Budget Deficit Explodes in June: 100 Times Greater Than Last June

## War on cash/cashless society/cryptocurrencies ##
Bank of England Considering Creating a Digital Currency

## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##
China is stepping into global leadership vacuum as U.S. struggles with coronavirus, says Kevin Rudd

• Coronavirus

How Do We Change the Leadership of our Quasi-Sovereign Big Tech Neofeudal Nobility?
You better bow low and pay up, peasant, or your voice in the digital world will disappear just as quickly as your democracy's control over Big Tech.

## Propaganda/censorship/fake news/alternative facts ##
U.N. expert accuses White House of 'onslaught' against media
The U.N. special rapporteur on freedom of expression on Monday accused the White House of mounting an "onslaught" against the media and referred to a negative "Trump effect" on global press freedom.

## Systemic breakdown/collapse/unsustainability ##
The Ten Best Long-Term Predictions in History

## Japan ##
Japan may still build Aegis Ashore despite reports of cancellation
Japanese government considering Tokyo area business suspension requests

News Links, July 13, 2020


## Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards/global cooling/deflationary collapse ##
"Wild Ride to Nowhere": APPL, MSFT, AMZN, GOOG, FB Soar to New High. Rest of Stock Market is a Dud, Has Been for Years

## War on cash/cashless society/cryptocurrencies ##
Bank of Japan to Conduct Proof of Concept for Its Digital Yen

## Airline death spiral ##
Emirates set to cut 9,000 jobs, citing pandemic
Qantas is creating an army of zombie pilots
New Delhi still hesitates to take side in China-US rivalry despite deadly border clash
Fears of becoming a subordinate ally to the United States have so far kept India from fully embracing the US' Indo-Pacific strategy
Russian Defense Ministry reports interception of U.S. spy plane
That such power sources are even considered is a sign of desperation. -- RF

## Environment/health ##
Only 400 right whales are left in existence, and fewer than 250 of them are mature, leading the IUCN to drop its "endangered" classification for the whale and add it to its "critically endangered" Red List.
• Coronavirus
Professor Gabriel Leung, dean of HKU medical school, says a strain of the virus has increased its infection rate by 30 per cent due to a DNA mutation

## Intelligence/security/internet/cyberwar ##
A Timeline of Russia's Crackdown Since the Constitutional Reform Vote
Private Prison Simulation Game Goes Viral on Apple App Store
With over two million people locked up across a sprawling network of private and public prisons, the US has by far the highest incarceration rate in the world, significantly worse than brutal dictatorships in Africa, Latin America or Central Asia.
Small ISPs Being Forced To Eat The Costs Of FCC's Huawei Ban
"I Could Live With That": How the CIA Made Afghanistan Safe for the Opium Trade
Mexico State Oil Company Files $22 Billion Debt Swap amid IMF Threats and White House Visit
Mexico's economy is put in the crosshairs by the IMF as the "new NAFTA" takes effect and AMLO is forced to make concessions to avoid an even deeper recession.

## Propaganda/censorship/fake news/alternative facts ##
Decode China: US backs Chinese-language news site in Australia as battle of the narratives heats up

## Systemic breakdown/collapse/unsustainability ##
The Sinking Titanic's Great Pumps Finally Fail
A Serious Message From Chris Martenson

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