Copper inventories measured in tons are currently standing at levels seen 15 years ago, able to cover just three weeks of demand, Michael Widmer, a commodity strategist at the US’ second biggest bank, said in a note seen by CNBC. “Linked to that, we forecast copper market deficits, and further …
Read More »‘Global reset’ needed to fight future pandemics, as creation of WHO research hub announced
Spahn highlighted the findings of a review into the global response to the Covid-19 pandemic, which will be officially announced at the WHO’s World Health Assembly later this month. The authors of the report will call for “nothing less than a global reset in pandemic preparedness” and say that the …
Read More »Coronavirus pandemic sinks global investment to 15-year low – report
The coronavirus pandemic “accelerated a steady decline and contributed to sinking global FDI flows to their lowest levels since 2005,” said the report. In 2020, global FDI flows represented only 1% of world GDP – their lowest level since 1999. The FDI inflows nosedived in most countries last year, according to …
Read More »More anti-Russia psy-ops? BBC gets government funding for global crusade against ‘fake news’
Broadcast in more than 40 languages to 350 million listeners per week, the BBC World Service brings news and debate from London to the furthest reaches of the globe. Funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the British taxpayer, and some limited advertising, the service gives the British …
Read More »‘Recklessly upping global tensions’, ‘failing on unity’, ‘good for leftist totalitarians’: The verdicts on Biden’s first 100 days
Michael McCaffrey 100 days of business-as-usual Biden: Meet the new boss… same as the old boss. Whether it’s a hillbilly lothario, a silver-spooned faux cowboy, a community-organizing con man, a pompous pompadoured reality TV buffoon, or a dead-eyed, hair-sniffing establishment towel boy from Delaware on the throne, the American empire …
Read More »Pandemic crisis, anyone? 2020’s global military spending reached ‘HIGHEST LEVEL’ in decades despite economic woes, report finds
Back in 2020, nations all over the world have been struggling to support their economies through the times of hardships and lockdowns caused by the onslaught of Covid-19. Those efforts apparently did not prevent them from spending more money on the military than ever before in more than three decades, …
Read More »India smashes global daily coronavirus case record with 300,000+ new infections as total nears 16 million
Indian health officials reported 314,835 new cases on Thursday, bringing its total infection count over 15.9 million. Another 2,104 deaths were announced in the same period, with fatalities reaching a cumulative 184,657 since the beginning of India’s epidemic. The new figure blew past the previous global one-day high of 297,430 …
Read More »Continued lockdowns are a ticking time bomb that will cause a global health crisis in the near future
It is shocking that in 2021, surgeries for cancer and other critical ailments are being delayed. But thanks to the hysteria over overcrowded ICUs, staggering numbers of patients are being denied life-saving treatments for up to one year. UK media recently reported a drop of around 350,000 urgent cancer referrals …
Read More »Prince Philip’s death has been the perfect excuse for the global elite to remind the rest of us of our place in the world
If we take the death of an elderly man, husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather out of the equation, it is clear that the latest royal circus tent to pitch up in town – the death of the Queen’s consort – has become probably the largest, and most perfectly organised, …
Read More »Investing in bricks: How Lego has become a lucrative target for global crime syndicates
The global pandemic has seen all sorts of unusual happenings, but French police’s recent announcement that they were pursuing a gang of sophisticated international Lego thieves was particularly bizarre. Most of us think of Lego as little more than plastic building blocks for kids, but there’s an entire subculture that’s …
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