Emerging nations, including El Salvador, Ghana, Egypt, Tunisia and Pakistan, will be challenged with a historic cascade of defaults as a quarter-trillion-dollar pile of distressed debts keeps exerting downward pressure on economies, Bloomberg is reporting. “With the low-income countries, debt risks and debt crises are not hypothetical,” the World Bank’s …
Read More »North Korea developing nukes ‘through cyber means,’ has stolen cryptocurrency – secret UN report
North Korean hackers have stolen millions of dollars from international cryptocurrency exchanges, as well as obtaining intellectual property to be used for the development of nukes and missiles, according to a confidential UN report. Details of the alleged cyberattacks are contained in papers submitted to the UN Security Council on …
Read More »Djokovic has 80% share in biotech firm developing Covid treatment – report
Novak Djokovic and his wife hold a majority stake in a Danish biotech company which is aiming to develop a medical treatment to combat coronavirus, the firm’s chief executive has said. QuantBioRes CEO Ivan Loncarevic revealed the news to Reuters on Wednesday. The Serbian star and his wife, Jelena, have …
Read More »Pfizer admits to using aborted fetal tissue in developing its vaccines. So can Christians sign up for a jab exemption now?
For those who rely on the mainstream media to keep astride of current affairs, chances are slim you’ve heard the story of Melissa Strickler. That’s too bad because Miss Strickler, Pfizer’s quality auditor, just unloaded a batch of company emails that show company executives being less than honest at a …
Read More »Russia developing exoskeletons, wearable robotics & unmanned aerial vehicles as part of Armed Forces ‘future soldier’ program
Speaking to the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper, General Oleg Salyukov revealed that the program, known as Ratnik, also includes mini and micro UAVs. Salyukov is the current head of the Russian Ground Forces. “The process of upgrading the Ratnik combat outfit has not stopped for a minute,” he explained. “In regards …
Read More »EU anger over Hungary’s veto on migrants reveals how developing countries are being exploited in trade deals
Hungary has vetoed a proposed revision to a longstanding European Union trade and development agreement with African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) partnership countries, citing concerns over the draft’s implications for increasing ACP migration to the EU. Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, fresh off an earlier veto of an EU-wide call for …
Read More »‘Game-changer’: Pfizer developing pill to treat Covid-19, may hit market by end of 2021
Pfizer launched an early trial in March of the oral antiviral which tackles Sars-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, by limiting the availability of the enzyme protease which the virus needs to replicate. “If all goes well, and we implement the same speed that we are, and if regulators do …
Read More »Putin says Russia developing high-tech nuclear & laser weapons, warning ‘provocateurs’ will regret crossing country’s red lines
Speaking as part of his annual address to the Federal Assembly in Moscow on Wednesday, Putin said that his government “wants to have positive relationships with everyone on the international stage, including those with whom relations have broken down recently. We really don’t want to burn bridges.” At the same …
Read More »Russia developing financial battle plan in case of Western attack on economy or sanctions against sovereign debt, diplomat reveals
“There is clearly a deliberate calculation to create a toxic atmosphere around Russian securities in order to reduce their investment potential,” Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Pankin told RIA Novosti on Monday. “These possible new restrictions on government bonds are a double-edged sword, and they would clearly harm America’s financial institutions,” …
Read More »Iran firmly committed to developing missile capability, says defense minister, amid hostility in the region
Speaking on Thursday at a meeting with senior Iranian officials, Defense Minister Brigadier General Amir Hatami claimed that “significant” progress had been made in Iran’s defense industry despite the presence of crippling sanctions. He noted that the nation’s military had met its objectives for the year, which ends on March …
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