NATO will drastically boost the number of its rapid-response combat forces, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday. “We will transform the NATO response force and increase the number of our high readiness forces to well over 300,000,” Stoltenberg told reporters ahead of the bloc’s summit in Madrid, Spain later …
Read More »US central bank needs to increase interest rates more, chair says
The Federal Reserve will have to further accelerate increasing interest rates in order to rein in inflation, which is already at 40-year highs, Fed chairman Jerome Powell told the Senate Banking Committee on Wednesday. “I think that the most recent inflation indicators, [the] various kinds, suggest to us that we …
Read More »Pentagon warns of ‘dramatic’ increase in space challenges
Competition from rival nations Russia and China that the US and its allies face in the space domain has increased “dramatically,” the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) said on Tuesday. Moscow and Beijing are also cooperating in space exploration and may soon start exploiting the Moon’s natural resources, US military officials …
Read More »European gas prices to increase further in event of harsh weather, Wintershall CEO says
“Prices might go up if the winter is very tough,” Mehren said during a televised conference with investors. He stressed, however, that he was not unduly concerned about the current shortage of gas on the market. On Tuesday, prices in Europe hit $1,090 per 1,000 cubic meters on London’s Intercontinental …
Read More »How the CDC used the movie ‘Contagion’ to exploit the anthrax plot and increase their staff and budgets
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is one of the fastest-growing federal agencies of recent decades. In 1987, their budget was $590 million but by 2020 it had ballooned to over $8 billion, leading journalist Eric Boehm to observe, “If the agency had grown with inflation since …
Read More »US Homeland Security vows to increase ‘removal flights’ as 14,000+ migrants gather under Texas bridge
In a statement on Saturday, the DHS outlined six new strategies to deal with the huge increase of illegal immigrants in Texas under President Joe Biden’s administration. “DHS will secure additional transportation to accelerate the pace and increase the capacity of removal flights to Haiti and other destinations in the …
Read More »Russia’s parliament threatens to increase fines for American tech giants after Google fails to comply with country’s internet laws
According to Vasily Piskarev, chairman of the Duma Commission for Investigation of Foreign Interference in Russia’s Internal Affairs, the idea to strengthen the punishment was triggered primarily by the behavior of Google, which has repeatedly refused to pay fines handed down by the authorities. “The company’s management shamefacedly evades answering …
Read More »Russia’s foreign exchange reserves increase by $1.8 billion in one week
Forex reserves totaled $595.6 billion compared to $593.8 billion a week earlier. Russia’s international reserves are highly liquid foreign assets consisting of monetary gold, foreign currencies and Special Drawing Rights, which are at the disposal of the Central Bank of Russia and the government. The latest growth is reportedly attributed …
Read More »Biden orders INCREASE in US presence in Afghanistan as he threatens Taliban with ‘strong’ military response if interests attacked
In a statement released by the White House on Saturday afternoon, Biden revealed that he had ordered approximately 5,000 US troops into Afghanistan to ensure an “orderly and safe drawdown of US personnel.” Several days earlier his administration committed around 3,000 troops for this purpose, as the State Department cut back on …
Read More »OPEC expects increase in global oil demand in 2021 amid world’s post-pandemic recovery
According to Barkind, the group and its allies expect the world’s demand for crude to increase by six million barrels per day, as global GDP is projected to grow by 5.5% in 2021 due to recoveries in such countries as China, the US, India along with the Eurozone. “The projections …
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