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Cold War

Oil prices crash as the Saudi-Russia alliance collapses

Editor’s note (March 9th 2020): This article has been updated to include market reactionsNO ONE KNEW exactly what deal would emerge from Vienna, but an accord seemed certain. Saudi Arabia and Russia, two of the world’s oil superpowers, had worked together since 2016 to control output and support prices. With…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Bolsonaro

Brazilian cinema in crisis

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bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Kim Jong Un

North Korea fires three projectiles into sea, South Korea says

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea launched multiple projectiles into the sea on Monday as part of firing drills, according to South Korea’s military, drawing U.S. and Chinese appeals for Pyongyang to return to talks on ending its nuclear and missile programs. Launched a week after North Korea resumed missile tests…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

BUK-Missile

MH17 relatives protest against Russia with 298 empty chairs

The protest came on the eve of a Dutch trial for three Russians and a Ukrainian charged with murders for their alleged roles in the missile strike.Russia denies involvement and has dismissed the international investigation that led to the four suspects being charged, saying it is prejudiced against Moscow.Relatives accuse…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Refugees

â€˜Stuckâ€™: Hope fades for refugees in Malaysia as US closes door

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - In December, Saw Kaw Lar received an unexpected call. "Your case for going to America was withdrawn," the refugee from Myanmar’s Karen minority recalled hearing. "If there are other countries for you, we will tell you." In an instant, his 10-year journey towards resettlement in the…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Auschwitz-Birkenau

March of the Living postponed as COVID-19 spreads across globe

Organizers of the March of the Living on Sunday said the annual Holocaust commemoration in Poland has been postponed from its April date due to the coronavirus outbreak. “After consulting with the relevant health bodies and officials, it is with a heavy heart that we are forced to announce the…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Pandemic

Burn the EARN IT Act

I want to talk about malignant incompetence on the part of our elected officials, and this isn’t even about the pandemic. Rather, it’s about the spectacularly misguided, counterproductive, expensive, and overbearing approach to end-to-end encryption by the USA along with Australia, Canada, the UK, and New Zealand — the so-called…

bubmagMarch 9, 2020

Syria

Qatar bans travelers from 14 coronavirus-hit countries, including Philippines -CBN News

Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) wearing protective masks walk towards the departure entrance of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City, Feb. 18, 2020. Eloisa Lopez, Reuters CAIRO (UPDATE) - Qatar has temporarily barred travelers from 14 countries from March 9 as a precaution against the rapidly spreading coronavirus, the…

bubmagMarch 8, 2020

U-2 Dragon Lady

US spy planes using Russian, Chinese navigation satellites during missions

A US Air Force general has revealed that pilots of the service's U-2 spy planes carry navigational watches capable of finding their way by using Chinese and Russian satellite networks if access to the US GPS network is interrupted. When the Air Force's U-2 "Dragon Lady" spy plane pilots fly…

bubmagMarch 8, 2020

Korean Peace Talks

US walks tightrope as coronavirus hits adversaries

The spread of coronavirus around the globe is raising questions about how the United States should help its adversaries mitigate the disease.The Trump administration has sent a message to Iran, via the Swiss, offering to help with the disease, while also criticizing Tehran for suppressing information about its spread.Then there’s…

bubmagMarch 8, 2020

Oil prices crash as the Saudi-Russia alliance collapses

Brazilian cinema in crisis

North Korea fires three projectiles into sea, South Korea says

MH17 relatives protest against Russia with 298 empty chairs

â€˜Stuckâ€™: Hope fades for refugees in Malaysia as US closes door

March of the Living postponed as COVID-19 spreads across globe

Burn the EARN IT Act

Qatar bans travelers from 14 coronavirus-hit countries, including Philippines -CBN News

US spy planes using Russian, Chinese navigation satellites during missions

US walks tightrope as coronavirus hits adversaries

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