Seaport is latest hit by Iran mystery fires
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Seven ships catch fire at Iran’s Bushehr port, agency says
No casualties have been reported, the agency said. Plumes of dense black smoke billowed into the air, in a photograph of the incident published by the official IRNA news agency. State broadcaster IRIB showed fighters tackling clouds of smoke at a shipyard at the southern port on the Gulf. There have been several explosions and…
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Trump to announce scaling back of environmental reviews for infrastructure projects
President Trump is traveling on Wednesday to Georgia where he is expected to announce a new federal rule to speed up the environmental review process for proposed highways, gas pipelines, and other major infrastructure. The rule, which he first teased in January, is expected to make it easier to meet some of the country’s infrastructure needs but…
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Barr spars with Dems on Trump ties, riots at fiery House hearing
Barr has defended his independence from President Trump, amid accusations from Democrats. Attorney General Bill Barr clashed with Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee Tuesday over accusations that he is carrying out President Trump‘s political wishes, as he appeared for a long-awaited hearing where tensions also flared over protests and riots following George Floyd’s death in police custody. The hearing,…
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Iran’s bizarre, giant fake US aircraft carrier towed to Straits of Hormuz
The fake carrier will be at sea as US Rear Admiral Jim Kirk’s USS Nimitz arrives at the 5th Fleet’s area of operations. Iran’s refurbished mockup aircraft carrier, used previously as a simulated U.S. target during a February 2015 Iranian naval war games exercise, is seen at its homeport of Bandar Abbas, Iran February 15,…
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Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 24 July 2020
Greetings from Tyler, It may not be news on the mainstream outlets, but we’re in the middle of an insurrection to overthrow everything to do with the United States. Months after the fact, “protesters” are still battling police in the streets at all hours of the night and early morning. They’ve spray-painted buildings, including federal…
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Track the Coronavirus with this interactive map
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have created a live map and dashboard to help you track the global spread of the Coronavirus. The map updates data daily in real-time from the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the U.S., China, Europe, and other countries. Click here to check it out. …
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Iran, Hezbollah are unable to fully respond to increase in Israeli attacks: Experts
An Israeli artillery gun fires into Lebanon, 2016. (File photo: 2016) Iran and its proxies in Syria and Lebanon do not have the maneuverability to respond to increasing Israeli attacks against them and are unlikely to carry out a large-scale retaliation, said experts, ahead of the border skirmish between Hezbollah and Israel on Monday. Israel has upped its attacks…
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EU’s Barnier believes deal with Britain after #Brexit is possible – sources
The European Union’s Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier (pictured) expressed confidence at a closed-door meeting with member state envoys to the bloc last Friday (24 July) that a new deal with Britain was possible, diplomatic sources have told Reuters, write Francesco Guarascio, Gabriela Baczynska. His comments after the latest round of EU-UK negotiations contrast with his downbeat public assessment that…
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More than 60 per cent of London firms plan to lay off staff, survey says
Many shops across London have permanently closed due to coronavirus (via Getty Images) More than 60 percent of London firms expect to lay off some of their furloughed employees, a survey has said, in a sign of the wave of unemployment that is to come. The Lloyds Bank business barometer found that just under one…
