Germany Calls For Global Payment System Independent Of The US

posted in: Germany, News

In a stunning vote of “no confidence” in the US monopoly over global payment infrastructure, Germany’s foreign minister Heiko Maas called for the creation of a new payments system independent of the US that would allow Brussels to be independent in its … Read More

U.S. to step up pressure on Russia with more sanctions

posted in: News, Russia

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) — As U.S. threat of sanctions on Russia will take into effect around Aug. 22, U.S. Under Secretary of Treasury Sigal Mandelker said Tuesday that Washington will impose “much more economic pain” to Russia if it … Read More

Trump’s policies could enable America’s economy to outpace China’s

The great engine of American capitalism is once again firing on all cylinders, as shown by the 4.1 percent annualized growth of America’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter of this year. Most Americans (with the exception of … Read More

Iran says it will unveil new fighter jet, continue developing missiles

posted in: Middle East, News

Tehran’s defense minister claims aircraft, believed to be the Qaher F-313, will fly over Iranian skies as part of National Defense Industry Day celebrations next week Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, listens to an unidentified pilot during a ceremony … Read More

Bolton: China, Russia, Iran, And North Korea Are All Meddling In 2018 Election

posted in: Far East, News

This Week ✔@ThisWeekABC NEW: National security adviser John Bolton says in addition to Russia, there’s “sufficient national security concern” that China, Iran, and North Korea are meddling in the 2018 U.S. elections. “Those are the four countries that we’re most concerned … Read More

FLASHBACK: Schumer Called Illegal Immigration ‘Wrong,’ Said ‘Aliens’ Should Not Be Treated Same as Legal Immigrants

posted in: News, United States

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has been an outspoken critic of President Trump’s immigration policies. But in a speech in 2009, Schumer espoused views against illegal immigration that sound strikingly similar to what President Trump has said since 2015. … Read More

Pennsylvania report lists more than 300 ‘predator’ priests

Testimony from dozens of witnesses and half a million pages of internal church documents contained credible allegations against more than 300 predator priests  JEWEL SAMAD (AFP/File) A sweeping grand jury report uncovered credible allegations Tuesday against more than 300 predator priests … Read More

Democrats have a more positive view of socialism than capitalism, poll finds

WASHINGTON – Capitalism, Democrats just aren’t that into you. According to a Gallup poll published Monday, a majority of Democrats no longer hold a positive view of capitalism, while nearly 60 percent of them feel good about socialism. More than 70 percent … Read More

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