Wednesday 22 July 2020

Global headlines - 22 July, 2020

News Links, July 22, 2020


## Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards/global cooling/deflationary collapse ##
Pakistan among borrowers eligible for debt service suspension
Over 90% of the world's economies are contracting. The present global recession has no precedent in terms of synchronization. 

## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##
It's official: US Air Force to buy Turkish F-35s
COVID-19: The Pentagon Confronts the Pandemic
Naval robotic warfare is beginning to move out of dystopian futuristic fantasies and into official battlefield visions.

CDC: U.S. COVID-19 case count 6 to 24 times higher than reported
Virus antibodies fade fast but not necessarily protection
New research suggests that antibodies the immune system makes to fight the new coronavirus may only last a few months in people with mild illness.

## Intelligence/security/internet/cyberwar ##
Russian tech exec sues Steele Dossier author in UK court
Influential DC-based Ukrainian think tank hosts neo-Nazi activist convicted for racist violence
The US-Ukraine Foundation hosted notorious neo-Nazi militant Diana Vynohradova in a webinar this month. While legitimizing Ukrainian white supremacists, the think tank has forged close ties with foreign policy elites in Washington.
U.S. accuses Chinese nationals of hacking spree for COVID-19 data, defense secrets
Why Is The US Trying To Punish Hackers For Accessing Vaccine Research We Should Be Sharing With The World?

## Propaganda/censorship/fake news/alternative facts ##
With US support, Taiwan planted deception about warning World Health Org of Covid
Taiwan's claim that it provided early warning to the WHO about Covid and "human-to human-transmission" has been exploited by the Trump administration to attack the multi-lateral body and turn up the heat on China. There's just one problem: it's totally false.
The Only Obstacle To A Healthy World Is Government Secrecy And Propaganda

## Japan ##

## China ##

Monday, July 20, 2020


News Links, July 21, 2020


## Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards/global cooling/deflationary collapse ##
Recovery of Collapsed Air Passenger Traffic in the US Backtracks
Confirming early warnings by United and Delta of re-declining ticket sales. V-Recovery has to wait in line. Airline shares down 3.7% intraday.

## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##
Number of American troops in Afghanistan drops to 8,600 as Taliban make big changes ahead of expected talks
## Global unrest/mob rule/angry people/torches and pitchforks ##
Protesters hit with gas as locals demand feds leave Portland

## Energy/resources ##
U.S. Fracking Services Pioneer Files For Bankruptcy

## Got food? ##
Failing Africa's Farmers
New report shows Africa's Green Revolution is "failing on its own terms."
Nigeria, 24 countries to face hunger in coming months – UN report

## Environment/health ##
Red kites thriving in England 30 years after reintroduction
• Coronavirus
Recently released documents from 2018 show US officials were concerned about shortages of trained staff, but not the research being carried out at the facility

## Intelligence/security/internet/cyberwar ##
US Officials Speak at Iran Regime Change Conference
Industrial Accidents In Iran Are Just That

## Propaganda/censorship/fake news/alternative facts ##
Cold Wars and Profit

## Japan ##
Japan's exports slump 26.2% in June
UK Govt Loaning Troops to Oman to Prop up Dictatorship
91 British operatives, paid for by the Sultan of Oman, wearing Omani uniforms, but still remaining part of the British military, hold key positions, training and leading local forces to help the monarchy stay in power.
If Trump loses, will he refuse to hand over the White House? Will the two rivals duke it out on the South Portico to see who gets to occupy the Oval Office? -- RF

Sunday, July 19, 2020


News Links, July 20, 2020


US Navy scuppers flawed Littoral Combat Ship fleet
Italian-French designed FREMM frigate with possible DART missile system will replace the much maligned LCS

## Global unrest/mob rule/angry people/torches and pitchforks ##
Internet disrupted in Iran province as police disperse rally
Chicago police, protesters clash during bid to topple statue
Protesters trying to topple a Christopher Columbus statue in downtown Chicago's Grant Park clashed with police who responded violently with batons after they say officers were struck by fireworks and thrown cans

## Energy/resources ##
Pakistan braces for another fuel crisis as oil transporters go slow
Bankers and Investors Finding Fracking Industry's Underlying Models Prove Overly Optimistic
Iraq's minister of water resources says his country will face severe water shortages if agreements are not forged with neighbouring Turkey over Ankara's irrigation and dam projects that have decreased river inflows to Iraq's parched plains.
Don't get excited. Recall that nuclear fusion power was sold to us as an amazing energy source that would be "too cheap to meter," but look at the mess. Every technology comes with drawbacks, pitfalls, dangers, and costs. There's no mention of them at all in this cheerleading article. -- RF
• Coronavirus
Covid-19 risk linked to poor ventilation: study
Researchers confirm that particles can infect people several meters away in rooms with poor air circulation

## Intelligence/security/internet/cyberwar ##
Russia Issues Travel Ban to Kremlin Critic Navalny in Slander Probe
Powell & Iraq—Regime Change, Not Disarmament: The Fundamental Lie
Regime change, not disarmament, was always the driving factor behind U.S. policy towards Saddam Hussein. Powell knew this because he helped craft the original policy.
A 36-year-old plastic hamburger bag was found on the seabed more than 5,000 meters deep off the Boso Peninsula, underscoring the durability of the waste that is plaguing the world's oceans.

## UK ##
Pressure from Trump led to 5G ban, Britain tells Huawei
'Geopolitical' factors were behind the move, the company was told, with hints that the decision could be reversed in future

## US ##
Warnings Grow: "We Are in a Massive Economic Downturn"

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