How Every Asset Class, Currency, and Sector Performed in 2019
Another year is in the books, and for investors 2019 was quite the turnaround story. Despite an early backdrop of heightened volatility, escalating trade tensions, Brexit uncertainty, and calls for a recession, the year progressed in an unexpectedly pleasant fashion. The Fed used its limited arsenal to provide additional stimulus, and global markets soaked it up to extend the decade-long bull run. By the end of ...
UN Flies ‘First’ EU-funded Planeloads of Somalis, Syrians to Germany, Romania
The UN Migration Agency/International Organization for Migration (IOM) has hailed the arrival of its “first” planeload of 154 Somali migrants to Germany, along with dozens of Syrians transported to Romania using European Union funds. The IOM, which promotes mass migration as “inevitable, desirable, [and] necessary”, announced the arrival of “its first international charter flight” of 154 Somalis from Ethiopia to Germany — with “An additional 220 ...
New South Wales Transport (Australia) Reveals Rolling Out of Special Cameras Designed to Catch Drivers using Mobile Phones
Sending text messages or talking on the mobile phone while driving can increase risks for potentially fatal accidents. Distracted Driving The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has long warned of the dangers of distracted driving that involves the use of cellphones. "When you send or read a text message, you take your eyes off the road for about 5 seconds, long enough to cover ...
Australian Ambassador Offers Assistance to AG Barr in RussiaGate Origins
Australian Ambassador Joe Hockey acknowledged that President Trump announced that Bill Barr would be conducting an investigation into the origins of Spygate and offered Barr assistance. Mr. Hockey, in a May 28 letter to Bill Barr said: “The Australian government will use its best endeavors to support your efforts in this matter. While Australia’s former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, The Hon. Alexander Downer, is ...
Findings Published in Science Journal Indicate Moon Rock from Apollo 14 trip Likely Originated on Earth
In findings published overnight in science journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters, a sample collected during the 1971 Apollo 14 lunar mission was found to contain traces of minerals with a chemical composition common to Earth and very unusual for the moon. The sample was on loan from NASA to Curtin University, where it was investigated in cooperation with researchers from the Swedish Museum of Natural ...
Vatican No. 3 Cardinal George Pell Convicted on Charges He Sexually Abused Choir Boys
The Vatican’s third most powerful official has been convicted in Australia on all charges he sexually abused two choir boys there in the late '90s, according to two sources with knowledge of the case. A unanimous jury returned its verdict for Cardinal George Pell on Tuesday (Australian time) after more than three days of deliberations, the sources said, in a trial conducted under a gag order by the ...
Huawei Technologies CFO, Ms. Meng Wanzhou, Arrested by Canadian Police at U.S. Request for Violating US-Iran Sanctions
Huawei Technologies chief financial officer (CFO) Ms. Meng Wanzhou was arrested by Canadian police on Saturday, while changing planes in Vancouver. Meng is the daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, who was previously an officer and engineer in China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA). ( “7-Dec-18 World View – Canada arrests the chief financial officer of China powerhouse Huawei”) Meng appeared in a Vancouver court on Friday, where ...
Report: China Secretly Placing Military Scientists in Western Universities
China is reportedly enrolling military scientists into western universities to gain intel on areas like “hypersonic missiles and navigation technology.” The nation’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) came up with the moniker “Five Eyes countries” to denote the preferred targets for infiltration (America, U.K., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand), according to a new report released by a think tank tied to Australia’s defense ministry. “Dozens of PLA ...
Australia Begins Issuing Fines to Citizens Who Refuse Vaccines for Their Kids
(Support Free Thought) - Australia’s Minister for Social Service, Dan Tehan, announced July 1st, the Australian Government will monetarily penalize any citizen whose children are not up to date on their vaccinations. The penalty, in the form of a reduction of government payments, amounts to $56 (AUD) monthly. Called the “No Jab No Pay” program, Australia aims to increase compliance with government mandated vaccination programs by taking ...
Children abused in almost every Australia institution, inquiry finds
Australian institutions "seriously failed" children in their care over decades with tens of thousands sexually abused, the final report from a five-year inquiry said Friday, calling it a "national tragedy." The government ordered the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in 2012 after a decade of pressure to investigate widespread allegations across the country. The commission was contacted by more than 15,000 survivors ...
