Wednesday, 8 July 2020

Global headlines - 7 July, 2020


News Links, July 8, 2020




## Intelligence/security/internet/cyberwar ##
The 55-year-old is known for a his record number of acquittals and led a push by European lawyers for French President Emmanuel Macron to grant asylum to Assange in February.
TikTok to leave Hong Kong as security law raises worries
U.S. is 'looking at' banning TikTok and Chinese social media apps, Pompeo says


## China ##

## US ##

News Links, July 7, 2020


## Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards/global cooling/deflationary collapse ##
One fifth of German firms fear for their survival amid pandemic: Ifo

## Migrants/refugees ##
Italy to take in 180 migrants rescued in Mediterranean

## Global unrest/mob rule/angry people/torches and pitchforks ##
Frederick Douglass statue vandalized in Rochester park
Oregon protesters clash with police, throw fireworks
Authorities say 21 people were arrested or detained early Sunday after throwing fireworks and mortars as they clashed with police during the latest rally decrying police brutality

## Got food? ##
Climate change impacts on agriculture

## Environment/health ##
Global warming looks like it will be a bigger problem for the world's fish species than scientists first thought: A new study shows that when fish are spawning or are embryos they are more vulnerable to hotter water.
Modern consumption harms environment, health and animal life
• Coronavirus

## Intelligence/security/internet/cyberwar ##
Memo Raises Fresh Doubts on Russian Bounty Intel

## Systemic breakdown/collapse/unsustainability ##
What Makes You Think the Stock Market Will Even Exist in 2024?

## US ##
If they're smart, they'll dig up their backyards and learn how to grow food. -- RF
Choices (America's one-party system) 

News Links, July 6, 2020


## Global Ponzi meltdown/House of Cards/global cooling/deflationary collapse ##
Crew Crisis To Trigger Ship Detentions And Diversions

## Airline death spiral ##
Canada PM disappointed by Air Canada move to suspend domestic flights

## Fault lines/flashpoints/powder kegs/military/war drums ##
Iran insists potential deal with China 'not secret'
Iran's foreign minister told parliament that they are 'negotiating a 25-year strategic accord with China'

## Global unrest/mob rule/angry people/torches and pitchforks ##
Predominantly Black armed protesters march through Confederate memorial park in Georgia
• Coronavirus
Very sensibly, food takes precedence over technological gewgaws. -- RF

## China ##
Time for China to decouple the yuan from US dollar, former diplomat urges
Government contracts obtained by consumer advocacy group Knowledge Ecology International show that the Trump administration is giving pharmaceutical companies a green light to charge exorbitant prices for potential coronavirus treatments developed with taxpayer money by refusing to exercise federal authority to constrain costs.

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