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Due to another surge of lockdowns, China is recording less growth than originally expected, and is seeing their economy shrink.
As much of Europe is in the middle of a sweltering 100+ degree heat wave, much of the continent is also facing drought conditions.
If these troops will be discharged, or have a disciplinary action is unknown. This number comprises over 13% of the total troop level, at a time as we reported a few days ago, the military is having the hardest time recruiting since the ending of the draft.
The bill will put most of them out of business, with little effort other than a ban to encourage better practices.
Found in nearly every meat sample tested, in every blood sample tested and also in the animal feed; potentially giving way to how it's entering the animals.
According to NASA administrator Bill Nelson, China is looking to setup a base and takeover the moon, leading to a military strategic advantage in space.
With less than three months left in the fiscal year, the US army is only recruiting 40% of it's targeted goal, with all but the Space Force equally struggling.
Apparently getting not much movement on peace, the Indonesian president did get guarantees for the free flowing of Ukrainian and Russian grain and fertilizer exports.
A flotilla of war ships went around an archipelago in Okinawa Japan, some 277 miles east of Taiwan.
Looking to join the international economic organization with Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, further throwing a larger international divide between the West, and the increasing counterweight of China and Russia.
The hardest hit are those households making under $50k a year, who have seen the littlest amount of increase in wages, and are at most inflicted from rising costs.
According to a new report, China and India are most at risk for once in a 100 years flooding, categorized as 6 or more inches of water.
An F.C.C. commissioner is pushing for harsher regulations or outright banning TikToc, while recent leaked audio shows that TikToc in spite of insisting otherwise, has their data available to China.
Flooding has intensified in Southern China, hammering cities, displacing many and punishing agriculture across the country with both extreme rain and heat.
3d printing companies in the space and rocket field, are sanctioned over sales to China as US government warns of thin divide between private and military parts of the Chinese economy.
After following the government shifting to remote work, and mere days left in their fuel supply, only essentials will stay open.
The FDA stating that Juul products don't match the health standards, they'll be forced to be taken off the shelf.
The chair of the African Union is claiming that banning Russian financial institutions from the international SWIFT payment system, is furthering the food crisis in Africa.
Research is now pointing to China embedding software in it's coffee machines to collect data on the users of both commercial and residential machines.
For the nation of islands, flooding, massive tropical cyclones and rising sea, stoke more fear for a prosperous future, then war and conflict.
In the Henan province, members of the four banks being protested for a billion dollar scandal, suddenly saw their health codes turn to red, forcing them into quarantine camps. Quickly after public outlash, the codes were flipped back green, supposedly because of a "database glitch."
In order to better serve their customers, Raytheon, is moving to Arlington Virginia, highlighting the role arms makers have in the current conflict in Ukraine and how the West chooses to send arms over diplomacy.
President AMLO of Mexico snubbed the Biden Administration by not joining the Summit of the America's in protest of those countries not invited to join. Now he's planning on visiting the US in July, to push for a North & South American superstate, akin to the E.U.
The PGA tour has suspended 17 players, including superstar Phil Mickelson, for participating in a Saui Arabian backed golf event.
The summit between countries in North and South America hosted in L.A. last week, is being slammed internationally by the Mexican President and Chinese propaganda.
The suspect in the attack was found with a self-inflicted gun shot wound upon police entering the Judge's home, and the suspect had apparently more targets in line. Could this be a troubling sign of things to come?
Beloved condiment Sriracha is going to be out of stock until at least September of this year, due to many conflating factors chief of which, is crop failure.
China is now saying, in our previously reported story about Canadian spy planes getting shaken by Chinese fighter jets in North Korea, that Canada best stand down or face consequences.
While at the same time, an Australian plane was forced to land after an encounter with a Chinese fighter in the South China Sea.
Today defense chiefs from China and America meet in Singapore at China's request.
Blackrock CEO says inflation likely to last years, as White House signal high inflation numbers ahead.
China launched their space station in April 2021, which marks an important point in their space development.
A Canadian plane flying in North Korea in order to impose U.N. sanctions on the country, is getting numerous close enough calls with Chinese fighter jets, for their pilots to be able to exchange glances.
With the majority of the growth unseen in the market since the early '90's, comes from vape products.
The costs that farmers are paying overall is up year over year, while certain production like poultry, are up 94%, as recent Department of Agriculture report for April paints a stark picture.
A new Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll, says that 58% of American's surveyed would rather support a moderate 3rd party candidate than either of the main party candidates.
By presidential decree, citing their appeal to youth and detrimental health effects, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, bans vape sales by October 2021.
Ethiopia, while in the middle of a civil war, is also in a water dispute with neighbors Sudan and Egypt, over the building and use of a water reservoir.
Countries throughout the region are pointing fingers for their water use, which underlines that if Iraqi experts are correct, the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are expected to dry up by the year 2040
In order to increase trust in the Department of Homeland Security's Disinformation Board, a bi-partisan review will be conducted by former head of D.H.S., Michael Chertoff.
A married couple who worked as scientists plead guilty to stealing confidential vaccine research and smuggling hazardous materials.
Last week in Berlin, the G7 announces an increase in funding and a new data center in Berlin to manage future pandemics.
Last week Canada joined several other western nations on banning the Chinese telecom giant over security concerns, while Huawei has seen a 14% decline in their sales as they cited U.S. sanctions as the cause, as well as an increased spend on R&D.
In a sign of the often forgotten about war in Yemen ongoing since 2015, a British ship had an attempted boarding off of the country's coast.
Former CEO of Wynn Resorts, Steven Wynn, is being charged for not registering as a foreign agent for alleged lobbying he did on behalf of members of the Chinese CCP, in an attempt to get a Chinese citizen extradited for corruption charges.
The European Union has an embargo on all arms sales for its member states that come from China, this is in response to the Tienanmen square protest in 1989. Testing the resolve of this embargo, Serbia an E.U. candidate state, receives it's first shipment of missile right after the war in Ukraine breaks out.
Shanghai, entering it's 7th week of lockdowns, sold no cars last month, and China as a whole was down almost 50% in car sales.
Many countries in the Horn of Africa ( Eastern Africa ), are reliant on wheat and fertilizer exports from Ukraine and Russia in response to a climate crisis in the region. But with the war, they're likely not to receive anywhere near their need.
In another sign of the worldwide energy tensions, Russia cuts off Finland from energy ( accounting for only 10% of Finland's power ), for refusing to pay for the energy in Russian Rubles.
This is going to mean water scarcity for California's central valley, one of the largest agricultural areas in the U.S.
In spite of claimed "crippling" sanctions on Russia by western countries, the Ruble gains 11% on the year against the dollar.
With the hand picked candidate to win the elections in Hong Kong, John Lee, the last symbol outside of CCP control in the city dies with it.
According to an A.P. analysis, well over 2,200 dams in the US are in dire repair after decades of deferred maintenance.
In a study done by the Silent Spring Institute, harmful PFAS chemicals were found in over 60% of children's stain resistant, or even "eco" clothing.
Algeria supplies 40% of Spain's natural gas, and threatens to pull the plug if Spain sells Algerian gas to Morocco.
In a sign of the increased passage of people to and from space, Canada passes a law to prosecute any crimes to Canadian citizens on the moon in their courts.
After being held in a Russian jail for two months from an allegation of having a THC vape in Moscow's airport, the US government is now claiming she's being wrongfully detained. Opening up a new channel and some thin hope they can negotiate her release.
Valentin Broksmit, was found dead on the grounds of Woodrow Wilson High School in LA recently, after going missing for over a year. Valentin has been tied to investigations of misconduct by Deutsche Bank, the employer of his late father.
a poll from NPR / PBS news hour, found that President Biden had lost over 16 points in his approval rating with Gen Z and millennials, at a very low 37%.
Rep Adam Kinzinger, announced last week a bill that would authorize using the military in the current war in Ukraine, should it turn into what the bill calls a quote, "unjust war against our democratic allies."
According to a report by a fellow at the Wilson Center, the CCP run Chinese government has been targeting more than 5,500 Uyghurs worldwide. the troubling thing, is the cooperation they're getting from governments, like Saudi Arabia, Egypt and the United Arab Emirates. Including a woman and her 13 year old daughter who were extradited from Saudi Arabia to a Chinese re-education camp
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet has been working on a report on this situation in China, reportedly it's been done for a few months now, however, they've been awaiting a visit to the area to see the situation first hand.
The deal has now been not only confirmed by all parties involved, and a coalition of countries has emerged in response.
The largest shareholder and all around personal force at the company, Mark Zuckerberg said that, "the best way to understand virtual reality, is to experience it."
Another country adopts bitcoin as lender with gusto, as real experiments of Bitcoin's initial use case is unfolding.
Payments using the stripe platform will allow their merchants to pay their users in cryptocurrency by way of the US dollar stablecoin USDC.
Inflation has been coming in hard, and further redefining what it means to be middle-class in america, where according to LendingClub corporation, 50% of Americans who make more than $100,000 a year now live paycheck to paycheck. While those making less than 50k a year has risen to 80%.
For the un-initiated, there's another blockchain that's built on top of bitcoin, as a hope for making up for the cost and time to transact on bitcoin's original blockchain go significantly down. Something that the network has done.
Spinning it by calling it a "virtuous citizen" program, the idea is to create a system that reward good behavior.
Shanghai has been put for multiple weeks now in a very strict lockdown. No leaving your domicile for anything, including food, and forced regardless of age, to go into COVID quarantine camps if found positive.
A trial that started in 2020 with Turkey vowing to shed light on the murder, is now ending in a whimper with the trail being transferred on a road to nowhere back in Saudi Arabia.
India and Russia look to be nearing a deal that would give India 15 million barrels of oil at a discount, while purchasing the oil in Rubles, not the long standard of global oil purchases happening in U.S. Dollar.
For more background, check out our story from December, where India and Russia signed a historic defense pact.
The people of Sri Lanka have been taking to the streets to demand their president resign, amid fuel shortages, power outages and an economic crisis unseen in generations.
In what is a major player entering the cannibus market, hipster beer company Pabst Blue Ribbon announces a non-alcoholic seltzer and a manufacturing facility that will, "raise beverage quality and opportunity across the industry.”
In yet another business that Elon Musk has started to prove it's viability, Amazon secures launches over the next 5 years to send satellite constellations into space that will provide high-speed internet to those on the ground.
The oil and gas industry is not adding many more drilling rigs, but instead giving money back to shareholders. In spite of that, oil and gas rigs have reached it's all time peak of March 2020.
Tigrays of Ethiopia are declared by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch as being victims of an ethnic cleansing.
12.20.21 ~ Back story on Ethiopian Civil War
A Native Tribe in Virginia, was able to get 465 acres of sacred land gifted back to them after a purchase by the family of William Dodge Angle, who then gifted it back to the tribe, who plan to use it for education.
The U.S. Attorney General said that the U.S. has removed malware from numerous computers throughout the world, claiming to remove Russian malware, but doesn't speak to the premise that they are monitoring computers, let alone manipulating what's on them.
The number of patients hospitalized with covid-19 has fallen more than 90% in more than two months, to it's lowest levels since the summer of 2020.
After a spike in covid cases, the CCP is stepping up enforsement in Shangahi, sending in medical teams and the military to test all 26 million residents of the city for covid
In a 54% to 34% victory, the PM who's called for state control of the government, strong ties to Russia and openly supports religious nationalism, will get a new extension to his reign.
hungary #world
Up from 90% four years ago, the WHO now qualifies nearly everyone as living with harmful air pollution. This is after they changed their standards in September 2021, causing nearly all of the world to qualify.
In a surprise escalation in the ongoing Ukraine war, and subsequent sanctions, Germany moves to take over subsidiary to quote, "run Gazprom Germania in the interests of Germany and Europe"
Microplastics, or tiny plastic particles, were found when scientists tested the blood for them in 22 random and anonymous healthy adults. They found evidence of microplastics, in 17 of those 22 people.
plastic #environment
The Russian Ruble has reached it's trading price on the international foreign exchange markets that it was at before the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and sanctions put in place by the US and EU states.
war #russia #west
The war in Yemen by Saudi Arabia continues, this time knocking out a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, water desalination plant, oil facility and power station. Leading to the Saudi government saying it will not be responsible for a downturn in oil production during a global high market.
oil #economy #war #usa
What's actually quite small in comparison, the Conger ice shelf is a great example of the type of rapid change we're starting to experience.
Climate #ocean
Exxon is piloting the use of gas from its North Dakota oil wells that would normally be burned off or dumped, to power bitcoin mining on site.
energy #economics #bitcoin
Genitically modifying male mosquitos ( only the females bite ) so that any resulting offspring of the male will only be male mosquitos, hopefully decimating the species in the area in short order. Opponents of this, say that this type of science isn't well known, and should be highly cautioned before releasing at scale ( 2.4 billion modified mosquitors are slated for this upcoming release ).
environment #biology
Recently there was an investigation from two separate teams into who could possibly be the infamous "Q" from the cult movement known as "Qanon". From analyzing massive amounts of text and other posts from those surrounding the controversial cult movement, the teams were able to track down two possible individuals. Something that bodes well for a calming down of the Q movement, but bad for keeping anonymous online.
tech #algo #NLP
It really pains me to say this so definitively, but inflation is likely going to be around for a while, and it will build.
economy #inflation
President Biden's approval rating has been going down since August of 2021, with a high 78% of Democrats approving, 10% of Republicans and 27% of independents, while only 40% of overall Americans approve.
politics #usa
As home prices skyrocket, saving for a new home and a down payment become harder and harder for US homebuyers.
economics #usa
In a striking show of bi-partisanship, a group of senators is attempting to pressure the Treasury department to lock down $132 billion in gold reserves Russia has in the US, in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
economics #usa #russia
An agreement will likely be signed between the New Democratic Party and Trudeau's Liberal party that would mean a long runway in the Prime Minister seat and being able to pass his budget.
politics #canada
Ukraine and Russia account for 30% of all global wheat, but for some Middle Eastern countries it's as high as 75%. And with the war continuing up until planting season fast approaching, concerns loom high.
agriculture #war #russia #ukraine
According to a security report Bridgestone Americas has had to temporarily shutdown some of it's manufacturing sites in north and south america, after it was the victim of a cyber attack. Such attacks have been incredibly on the rise recently with discord and spotify both going down globally, as well as just yesterday 3.18.22 ), Google Maps went down globally.
hacking #tech
Putting the mass execution in perspective, Saudi Arabia executed 67 total people in 2021, and 27 total people in 2020.
Saudi #War
To keep up with such a demand, juxtaposed with a significantly lower amount of their own fish stock, Chinese vessels are now transversing the globe to fish in other country's waters. Which comes up to more than 90 countries, and fishing a larger area than any other fleet. Chinese fleet for distant-water fishing is a massive 17,000 boats, for comparison the US only has 300.
china #economics #climate
Yoon Suk-Yeol, a former prosecutor has been elected as the next president of South Korea. Yoon has been very steadfast in his rhetoric against China, saying that his country needs to take a harder stance on the regional power, as it also creates closer ties to the US to create a regional relations to counterbalance china in Asia.
Asia #SouthKorea #USA #china
China, who wants to beef up its military to become a world class super-power not to be trifled with, is simultaneously no participating in negotiations to limit it's nuclear arsenal or type of developed weapons, such as agreements that the US and Russia had up until the Trump Admin revoked some of the nuclear agreements, and the Biden Admin only expanded nuclear weapon manufacturing.
nuclear #china #usa
In the first time an emergency declaration was made since the massive wildfires wrecked australia in 2020, PM Scott Morrison implements it again for flooding that's been occurring.
climate #emergency
Amid concerns in the rising prices internationally for grain, Hungary is stopping all exporting of grain from the country. The rise in prices is being blamed on the war in the Ukraine, and a neighbor of Hungary. However, prices for grain have been steadily on the rise since late 2020.
agriculture #economics #war
This is after the beginning of February, when the country banned the exporting of ammonium nitrate until April 1st, which after these latest round of sanctions, seems to be an inevitable ban now. 25% of the European supply of key crop ingredients, such as nitrogen, potash, phosphate and natural gas come from Russia.
Banning exports, will limit supply, and in turn, raise food prices.
economy #russia #farming
Many weapons are now being made by US prisoners by companies looking to increase profits, this coming to light thanks to a new MintPress News study of the 100 largest private defense department contractors; where it found that a shocking 37% of them are using prison labor from prisons, jails, or immigration and customs enforcement camp.
prison #defense #usa
Black mothers were particularly affected by this new trend, that reversed decades of progress moving pregnancy related deaths in the downward direction.
health #usa
What has, at this point, started to become a propaganda and political move from the Chinese Communist Party and the government it controls, China attempted to use evacuating it's citizens in a crisis, as a means to push the one china narrative with the country of Taiwan.
china #taiwan
Ireland's Data Protection Commission is soon going to make a decision on the legality of contract clauses that transfer user data to the US for what they call processing. Meta has even announced that if the proposed measures take place, they will be no longer able to offer Facebook or Instagram to the EU member states.
tech #economy #data
Investor Carl Icahn is nominating two new candidates for the board of directors at McDonald's. His aim with this change, is in part, to force McDonald's to source their pork from hogs that were raised in better conditions.
food #usa #economy
On feburary 23rd the WHO signed a contract with Deutsche Telekom a subsidiarity of t-systems, what in america operates as t-mobile, to build a global software solution for vaccine passports.
tech #covid
There were 500 million free covid tests that the president's administration made available via the post office, though the demand for them is far less than expected.
usa #covid
There was a four month investigation into the DOJ's program to review it's progress and goals. the director of national counterterrisom center Matthew Olsen said the program is going to be re-calibrated to be more wide ranging to include Russian and Iran as well as other countries efforts.
usa #china #russia
a shockingly 17% of Americans are satisfied with the direction of the country, and inversely 85% are satisfied with their personal lives, just 5% off of it's peak in 2020.
usa
In a new rule, the federal reserve has put in a rule stopping senior officials from several investment types, individual stocks, bonds, cryptocurrencies and commodities.
economy #usa
Most of the state is in drought conditions, a no joke 99.5%. Lack of rainfall isn't only in California, with the US Drought monitor, calls for 57% of the US in drought status, much of the west, plains, upper Midwest and southern Mississippi valley.
climate #usa
In an all cash offer, at almost 40% higher than the stock at the close a day before the purchase was announced for $25 a share, which is a sign of the hot US rental market; where rent jumped 12% year over year in December.
economy #housing #usa
What caused the outage is unknown, but the timing is curious following the Canadian Prime Minister announcing an Emergency state threatening to freeze bank accounts of protesters outside of Parliament.
finance #economics #canada
Steven Donziger, a lawyer who represented an indigenous group in Equator vs. Chevron, over an oil spill in a river, goes back into monitored custody in a halfway home. This is after being jailed for 6 months, and years of what 29 Nobel laureates describe as "judicial harassment."
pollution #oil #LawAndOrder
In a 50 to 46 vote, the senate has confirmed Dr. Robert Califf, a cardiologist and medical researcher and former head of the FDA 6 years ago. What's lost in the spin of Dr. Califf as a pick, is a whole lot of connections he has to Tech, and the Pharmaceutical industry.
tech #pharma #usa
The Parana river, the second largest in South America in terms of size and total length (almost 5,000 kilometres), has shrunk to little more than a trickle in some areas over the course of the year 2021.
climate #drought
Recently it was announced that Hong Kong will be working more closely with mainland china to coordinate the latest peak in covid cases, which is signaling an ever tighter relationship, and likely stricter measures on behalf of responding to the virus. As a result spirits maker, Perod Richard, is asking staff to temporarily relocate outside of Hong Kong
China #HongKong #covid
As a part of a DARPA, Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program, a blackhawk helicopter was able to fly completely on it's own through a simulated downtown Manhattan. Spelling much concern for the future of warfare.
USA #war #tech
Over the past 30 years, the cchildhood obesity rate more than doubled in kids ages 2 to 5 years, tripled in youth ages 6 to 11, and more than tripled among adolescents ages 12 to 19. During the pandemic however, kids aged 6-11 saw an uptick in obesity, particularly with those already struggling with weight.
usa #covid #health
A governmental agreement between the two countries is set to be signed before the end of 2022, to work together on a so called, international lunar research station.
china #russia
In the five years from 2015 to 2020, there were a relitively steady number of coups, with only a few being successful. The past 12 months however, there have been eight successful attempts, most recently in Burkina Faso the last week of January.
africa #war
Privacy groups and lawmakers have successfully stopped the IRS from requiring facial recognition to log into it's website. Instead, they said they're gong to use another technology that protects taxpayer data and ensures broad access to it's online tools...without saying what that is.
taxes #usa
The amount of trade that pours into the US, compared to what flows out, otherwise known as a trade deficit if the amount imported exceeds what's exported, increased 27% in 2021, to an all time high of $859 billion, compared to $676 in 2020.
usa #economy
An incident reportedly between members of the MS-13 street gang took place at a federal prison in Beaumont, Texas, and as a result 120 other federal prisons are in lock-down for fear of other incidents.
prison #crime #usa
The Indian finance minister announced recently a few new regulations coming to the crypto industry. the first is a 30% tax on all earnings that come from digital transfers, a rather stark tax that's higher than most asset transfers, as well as a digital Rupee coming
india #crypto #DeFi
Natural gas prices and supply in europe at the time of recording, seem to be easing a a bit. Russia has momentarily increased it's flow of natural gas through ukraine, after slowing it down and threatening to cut off the supply should they be hit with sanctions.
russia #ukraine #energy
This is starting to become a trend in the oil industry, as a fuel pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline had to shut off it's entire network in 2021, which is nearly half of all of the East Coast's fuel supply, after a ransomware attack, where the company ended up paying $5 million in order stop it.
hacking #tech #oil
In spite of a downturn in reporting on the topic, as well as a diminishing trend on social media impressions, Kazakhstan is still very much in turmoil.
economics #russia
World gold holding has reached a 31 year high in 2021. Roughly at 36 tons of gold in Sepbetmber 2021, the largest amount since 1990, and up 15% since 2011, but over the last decade, USD value vs gold has sharply dropped, especially since 2008 financial collapse.
gold #economics #usa
At 20% of the world's population, china, now has over half the world's stockpile of corn and other grains, leading to increased prices and causing steep price increases.
china #economics #agriculture
Small towns in the midwest and south are being hit the hardest with inflation. Which some are reasoning is in part because of the higher proportion of car use and car purchasing in the midwest, as well as the larger share of manufacturing.
economics #usa #inflation
Lithuania opened up a new office for Taiwan in their capital of Vilnius, and having the office named Taiwan, not Chinese Taipei, the name used to avoid conflict with Beijing. Sparking heavy retaliation from China, with mixed support on both sides.
China #economy
Many fingers are getting pointed for an alarming rise in car jackings and crime across US cities. Accusations are from poor economic policies, shutting down of the economy and lax punishment for offenders, as well as a major shift in car use from the pandemic.
crime #covid
For several days in a row, US stock markets are taking a beating. From fears of a hot war breaking out in Ukraine, the Federal Reserve hinting towards rate hikes and no longer pumping money into the market, are swirling with fears that the economy has hit the peak bounce after COVID lockdowns.
economy #usa #crypto
Truckers opposing vaccine mandates to cross the boarder in a semi into Canada from the USA are joining together in protest, driving together from Vancouver to Ottawa in protest.
economy #canada #usa
Yemen's Houthi rebels killed three in a bombing in the U.A.E., followed by a Saudi bombing of Yemen. All the while the US supports a medical and food blockade on the country since 2016, where millions face famine.
MiddleEast #War
In a survey by the AP, the majority of US states are looking to expand nuclear power to reduce greenhouse emissions.
Energy #USA
After concerns from the property company China Everglade defaulting on its debt, the Chinese government is planning more loose monetary policy to keep economy elevated.
China #Economy
On Christmas eve, the global telecom giant said that it expects its yearly forecast to be lower in 2021 than 2020, but come the new year, it's making a big push into automotive tech, including it's first electric car slated for delivery in February
china #tech
Globally, another half a billion people were put into extreme poverty in 2021 as the cost of health care pushed them over the edge.
healthcare #economics
Covering around 10.3 billion in insurance claims, over 100 insurance companies are suing several power companies in Texas over the epic 2021 winter storm, claiming gross negligance
energy #climate
the world first quantum satellite in space, launched by China, is now using a quantum network to protect China's energy grid from attack, coming after national security concerns over grid reliability.
china #tech #physics
While the future hasn't quite started to hit most American's, believe it or not, it's about to hit the used car market in coming years because according to Bloomberg, there may be an impending crash in the used car market.
evs #economy
The number of refugees seeking aslymn in Mexico jumps from 69,000 in 2019, to 131,000 in 2021. Many of which are moving north from South America by way of their home in Haiti, which then create caravans to escape drastic situations in the overwhelmed Mexican immigration system.
migrants #economy
The value, and number of companies entering the US stock market jumped in the past two years, from around 200 a year, to nearly 500 in 2020, and over 1k in 2021.
business #economy
Canada's public health agency admits it tracked 33 million mobile devices during lockdown, for a country of 38 million people. They did so without the expressed legal authority, and despite this, are planning to cointinue for the next 5 years in an expanded capacity.
canada #government
After cracking into the world market, Hyundai is making a bold move by switching all engineering to electric vehicles. This is happening among bold predictions for the value of gas cars in the future.
energy #oil
Various ministers of the the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan have been promoting a large 100k standing army, including an elite suicide squad.
Afghanistan #world
Just in the last week of December, nearly every climate-region in the US experienced extreme conditions; from high winds, and tornadoes in the Midwest and South. Which was a fitting end to a very turbulent climatic year.
climatechange #usa
With record seizures for meth and fentanyl, cartels in Mexico have turned to the highly lucrative drug production. Many getting their supplies more and more shipped in from China.
drugs #usa #mexico #china
With a modest 2.7% increase to troop pay in the latest massive defense spending bill, which also ends the cost of living adjustment for U.S. based troops, comes up agains a 6.8% rising inflation.
usa #economics
With a warming planet the spread of hurricanes is going more north, putting Connecticut in line for more of the storms. In addition to them already facing a rising ocean.
usa #climatechange
US district Judge ordered that the state of Alabama has until 2025 to increase staff levels in its prisons, extending a previous ruling but stating that the conditions violate the US constitution's 8th Amendment, which prohibits crule and unusual punishment.
usa #prisons
The Fed committee announced in December 2021 that they're looking to March to end their bond purchases, and expects multiple interest rate increases in 2022.
economy #usa #thefed
Local elections in popular destinations have lead to an uptick in cartel violence, as demand for the drugs in resorts lead to a turf war.
mexico #drugs
Sperm counts are falling drastically, with chemicals in plastics largely thought to be the culprit. If left alone, by 2045 it could mean half of all men are infertile.
health #oil
Inflation starts to effect more Americans, as spending incresases on essentials, savings goes down and Americans buy early amid supply chain fears.
usa #economy
Millions of Americans from their homes, schools or elsewhere are still getting water from lead pipes. The Biden admin is campaigning they got the funds to do so, inspite of falling tens of billions short of the proposed cost to do so.
usa #politics #infrastructure
After a brief rally, the Turkish Lira is losing it's value fast, as Turkish people look to crypto currency to purchase U.S. Dollars.
international #crypto #finance
a polluted lake in south eastern california is the hotbed of a new industry, lithium mining. With it brings promise and hope from companies aiming to reduce the impact of lithium mining.
climate #tech #usa
American intelligence officials are tense after announcing Chinese military intentions of opening and operating a base in the small African country of Equatorial Guinea
china #usa #africa
China who has suspended all mining and use of bitcoin, is embracing the fundamental tech powering the crypto currency, blockchain, to manage a prison system.
china #tech #blockchain #crypto
Kids are spending near 8 hours a day on social media, which is a double from before the pandemic, while a study with data from 2019 shows 1 in 3 teens have persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness.
usa #health
Several states are reporting high numbers of inmates dying from overdose, as well as record siezures of drug entering the prisons.
usa #drugs
California, Arizona and Nevada agreed to cut Colorado River usage and pay residents to use less water, as resirvoirs in the Western half of the US are low.
climate #usa
In the Valles Marineris canyons of Mars, large deposits of water are found. Likely will be the spot for a Russian-European rover to explore in 2022.
space #mars
As more and more Americans gain criminal records, it now matches college graduates
news #podcasts #usa
Serbia has massive protests over the green-light for a lithium mine, which has sparked a suspension on the mining in a huge win for environmentalists and will of the people
news #podcasts #international
The U.A.E. switches it's calendar to have Saturday / Sunday as their weekend and adopts a 4.5 day work week...for white collar workers
news #podcasts #international
Chinese central economic planning, who's in charge of running China's economy, shows signs of turmoil before Olympics and 20th Party Conference
news #podcasts #china
Everglade, China's largest property company officially goes into default as CCP takes over company. Could the missed debt payments be a sign China no longer cares about connections to global economy?
news #podcasts #china
End of combat mission for US forces in Iraq, but in effect about 2,500 US troops and 1,000 other coalition soldiers will stay in Iraq on a training mission to fight radicals on the boarder of Syria.
news #podcasts #usa
Workers defy many attempts by corporate interests and vote to unionize two Starbucks locations in Buffalo New York, with a third store potentially on the way.
News #podcasts #business
President Biden, in spite of a few climate wins and larger than life rhetoric, has been approving more oil and natural gas permits than previous administration and has lied about the most recent sale.
News #podcasts #climate
80% of Afghanistan is experiencing a drought, where more than half of the population experiencing high levels of food shortages as the country deals with increasing instability under Taliban.
news #podcasts #climate
This past July, Hatian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated and according to a new report by the new york times, before being killed he was working on collecting names and encriminating information on all of the illicit drug trafficking, trading and bribing he was involved in.
podcasts #news #drugs
India & Russia sign defense pacts and tighten relations on Dec 6th as a part of 28 different agreements meant to tighten ties between the countries in space, energy and defense.
new #podcasts #russia #india
Gov. Ron DeSantis has proposed creating the Flordia State Guard for 200 volunteer civilians that are quote, 'trained in the best emergency response techniques'
news #podcast #usa
Ethiopia is in the midst of civil war with attrocities occuring we typically hear from ancient times. Nobel Peace Prize winner Abiy Ahmed, the country's president, is waging a total war against a rebelling region.
news #podcast #war
FCC revoked the license for China Telecom Corp, China's largest telecom operator and a state owned company, because they're 'subject to exploitation, influence, and control by the Chinese government'
news #podcast #china
Pegasus attacks state department phones in Uganda. At least 9 individuals were affected by invisible iMessages to the phones allowing for the Israeli software Pegasus to control the device's mic and camera
news #podcast #tech
Overdose deaths of despair soar 28% during COVID, opioids account for greater than 75% of the overdose deaths, of which 64% were for fentanyl.
Opium #podcast #NEWS
Honduras gets first female president when ruling party concedes election after 12 years in control of the office. Xiomara Castro Last has a tall hill to climb to stabalize the country.
podcast #news #Honduras
Since Jan 2018, Chinese exports to the US rose by 31%, now putting the US in a dependency to China that is unseen outside of former colonies dependence on their former colonizers.
news #podcast #economy #china
The climate seesaw boils and freezes Europe, as temperature extremes the last week of November were drastic, with a 67 degree celsus difference between southern Greece and northern Sweden
podcast #news #climatechange
Executive Order intended to stop the use of private prisons by the federal government, is proving to only be a bump in the road to companies doing some sneaky paperwork to circumvent it.
POTUS #podcast #news
El Salvador notches another first in the world of bitcoin and crypto, by launching a bitcoin backed bond to finance infrastructure and the building of a volcano powered 'bit city' #bitcoin #podcast #news
The @USPS is no longer going to deliver vapes in the mail, thanks to a rule signed into law December 2020 that is now going into effect with the @ATFHQ now regulating the vape industry.