The Myth that the US is Transitioning Away from Oil

USA - The United States has been the world’s most dominant economic nation since World War 2, and the primary way they have maintained their empire has been by controlling the world’s oil and energy. But the world is quickly changing as more and more people wake up to the fact that the Ukraine war has been a proxy war between the US and Russia, and that the goal of the US has been to cut off Europe, which does not produce near enough oil to meet the needs of its population, from the cheap energy they were importing from Russia. But the rest of the world is striking back now, and quickly abandoning the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency, which has been called the “petrol dollar,” being the currency that the world has used to trade oil.

Germany Rethinks!

GERMANY - German authorities are reportedly rethinking a plan to sell a large stake in its largest port to a company owned by the Chinese government. A formerly government-approved plan to sell a large stake in the port of Hamburg to Chinese multinational COSCO Shipping is now reportedly in doubt after further investigation into the port has revealed — as if it wasn’t already obvious — the level of its strategic significance. The port of Hamburg is the largest in Germany, the second largest in Europe, and one of the most important in the world.

Abstinence makes the heart grow fonder!

UK - Sex before marriage is no longer taboo in America, but a new report suggests staying abstinent until after your wedding ensures a happily ever after. Researchers from Brigham Young University found that 45 percent of men and women who had only had sex with their spouse reported a 'very high' level of relationship stability in their marriage. The researchers suggest their findings might be due to the risk of comparing or previous sexual partners interfering with a marriage. "These findings challenge the notion that sexual experimentation in the dating years helps people 'settle down' and get ready for marriage," reads the study.

 
£3.2 BILLION Royal Navy aircraft carrier acting as a scrap yard

UK - Britain's £3.2 billion aircraft carrier HMS Prince of Wales has been reduced to acting as a scrap-yard. Essential pieces of equipment are being ripped out of the stricken warship, a move that raises questions over its long-term future. The UK's second carrier has been in dry dock since breaking down off Portsmouth in August 2022. Now Navy top brass have begun stripping the carrier – a process known as 'cannibalisation' – which will render HMS Prince of Wales inoperable for much longer. Lift chains, which allow fighter jets to be raised from below deck, electrical systems and sections of the ship's gas turbines have been taken out.

De-dollarisation: Bangladesh Dumps US Currency

BANGLADESH - The head of Sonali Bank Limited, Md Afzal Karim, stated that “Bilateral trade with India in taka and INR will reduce pressure on the US dollar.” As Bangladesh dumps US currency and becomes the 19th country to trade with India with rupees, both nations stand to gain from this. Bangladesh has become the 19th nation to settle bi-lateral trade with India in Indian rupees. Both the countries were in talks for months to give up dollar and use their local currencies for clearing transactions.

Hundreds of shallow earthquakes detected along California coast

USA - California is experiencing a record number of earthquakes. In Long Beach and Seal Beach areas, seismologists recorded a thousand tiny tremors over eight months. The majority were shallow quakes reaching depths less than two kilometers below the surface. Long Beach is no stranger to earthquakes. In 1933, a 6.4 magnitude earthquake gravely impacted the region and may have ruptured in part on the Newport-Inglewood fault (fractures between two blocks of rock). This past earthquake was six to 10 kilometers deep — far greater than the shallow ones seen today. However, constant shallow earthquakes could build up and create possibilities for an earthquake that reaches the surface.

 
India overtakes China

INDIA - Milestone marks the first time since 1950 that China has dropped to second place in global population ranks. According to the UN’s projections, which are calculated through a variety of factors including census data and birth and death rates, India now has a population of 1,425,775,850, surpassing China for the first time. It is also the first time since 1950, when the UN first began keeping global population records, that China has been knocked off the top spot.

 
Dubai plot of sand sets new record

DUBAI - This isn’t a spectacular mansion. It’s not a luxury penthouse or a designer apartment. It’s a bunch of sand on an artificial island in Dubai, and it just sold on April 19 for 125 million dirhams ($34 million), setting a record in a market that continues to benefit from an influx of foreign wealth.

Tucker Carlson leaving Fox News

USA - Fox News host Tucker Carlson is leaving the network, the cable TV network announced Monday. Carlson's last show on the network was Friday. Starting Monday, "Fox News Tonight" will air in place of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," which had been one of the network's top prime-time shows since its 2016 launch. "Fox News Tonight" will be led by rotating Fox contributors until a new host is named, the network said.

USA: STIs are at a shocking high.

USA - Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are skyrocketing in the United States, according to the latest data, as gonorrhea, syphilis, and congenital syphilis soared above pre-pandemic levels in 2021. All are preventable and curable if detected early. If that’s the case, why are the numbers increasing? It’s true COVID-19 scrambled and exhausted our healthcare system—-but the pandemic explains only part of how we ended up here. Generations-old stigmas, decreased funding of health programs, and limited sex education all contribute. These factors explain the shocking new STI numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The agency reported that there are at least 2.5 million cases of the four major STIs.

 
Why the conflict in Sudan is worrying its neighbours

SUDAN - A conflict raging in Sudan is rattling its neighbours and other countries for reasons ranging from concern about shared Nile waters and oil pipelines to the shape of a new government and a new humanitarian crisis in the making. Sudan, which relies heavily on foreign aid, is no stranger to conflict. But this time, fighting is tearing apart the capital instead of a remote area of the nation, which lies in an unstable region bordering the Red Sea, Sahel and Horn of Africa.

Sudan conflict: what is at stake in the region?

SUDAN - Clashes between Sudan’s military and the country’s main paramilitary force have left at least 56 dead, while control of the presidential palace and the international airport in Khartoum is in doubt after disputed claims from both sides, in fighting that threatens to destabilise Sudan and the wider region. The clashes erupted amid an apparent power struggle between the two main factions of Sudan’s military regime. The Sudanese armed forces are broadly loyal to General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the country’s de facto ruler, while the paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a collection of militia, follow the former warlord General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti.

Welcome To The Great Spiritual War Of Our Time

USA - If you’ve been paying even the slightest attention to the rapid decline of the United States in the last three years then you know that what you are witnessing is not just a political battle — not just a cultural conflict between conservatives and liberals if you prefer those terms — but a great spiritual war that now threatens the continued existence of western civilization itself.

Biological Man Pretending to Be a Woman, Issues Violent Threat

USA - A biological male who goes by ‘Tara’ warned his viewers that if he is challenged about using a female restroom, he will become a “dangerous animal.” He also called on trans people to “arm up.” In his message for “anyone who wants to protect their kids,” Tara said, “You back a wild animal into a corner, they’re gonna become a dangerous animal. So if you want to die on that hill of yours, of righteousness and moral majority, then you go right ahead.”

The euro’s biggest shakeup

EUROPE - Policymakers want to shift discussion about a digital euro away from academics and conspiracy theorists. Under a cloak of secrecy in the frozen hinterlands of Lapland, eurozone central bank governors will gather this week to thrash out how to sell a digital upgrade of the euro project to a skeptical public. Not since French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing floated the idea for a single currency in 1978 has European money faced such a radical shakeup.

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