USA - The WEF received $60 million in taxpayer funding over the last eight years. Davos - it’s a “playground” for the world’s billionaire business elite. Every year, the uberrich and powerful people descend upon a picturesque ski town in Switzerland to mix with world leaders. They discuss shaping our future into a utopian global society. For the first time since 2019, the 2022 Davos meeting will be in person beginning Sunday, May 22.The host organization, World Economic Forum (WEF), founded by German economist Klaus Schwab, says it provides a platform for high-powered leaders to “shape global, regional and industry agendas.” In other words, they want to socialize the world order and much of this runs contrary to American values. Attendees cough up $28,000 just for a ticket, with a coveted all-access badge fetching more like $50,000 – and that’s before attendees spend tens or hundreds of thousands on private air travel, ski chalets, and entertainment. You probably didn’t even realize it, but you – the American taxpayer – helped fund the sponsoring organization with tens of millions of dollars in federal grants. Why are American taxpayers funding this organization?

RUSSIA - By invading ukraine, Vladimir Putin will destroy the lives of people far from the battlefield — and on a scale even he may regret. The war is battering a global food system weakened by covid-19, climate change and an energy shock. Ukraine’s exports of grain and oilseeds have mostly stopped and Russia’s are threatened. Together, the two countries supply 12% of traded calories. Wheat prices, up 53% since the start of the year, jumped a further 6% on May 16th, after India said it would suspend exports because of an alarming heatwave.

ISRAEL - Israeli authorities on Wednesday said they have given the go-ahead for flag-waving Jewish nationalists to march through the heart of the main Palestinian thoroughfare in Jerusalem’s Old City later this month, in a decision that threatens to re-ignite violence in the holy city. The office of Internal Security Minister Omer Barlev said the march would take place on May 29 along its “customary route” through Damascus Gate. Each year, thousands of Israeli nationalists participate in the march, waving Israeli flags, singing songs and in some cases, chanting anti-Arab slogans, as they pass by Palestinian onlookers and businesses. The march is meant to celebrate Israel’s capture of east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war. Israel subsequently annexed the area in a step that is not internationally recognized. The Palestinians claim east Jerusalem as the capital of a future state. Last year’s Gaza war erupted as the march was just getting underway, even after authorities changed the route at the last moment to avoid Damascus Gate. The Old City has experienced weeks of violent confrontations between Israeli police and Palestinian demonstrators, and the march threatens triggering new unrest.

ISRAEL - The leader of an Israeli far-right group called for the demolition of the Dome of the Rock Mosque in occupied East Jerusalem on Wednesday. Bentzi Gopstein, the founder and leader of Lehava, published the controversial post online in which he called on Israeli settlers to unite on “Jerusalem Day” on 29 May to break into Al-Aqsa and start dismantling the revered Muslim landmark and pave the way for building a Jewish temple at Al-Aqsa Mosque. “Jerusalem Day, which falls on 29 May, is the day the demolition of the Dome of the Rock will begin,” Gopstein wrote.

SOUTH AFRICA - In less than a month, Nelson Mandela Bay will become the first South African metro to run out of water. In an appeal and warning that is almost unimaginable, the metro’s water chief has called for prayers as the disaster moves closer, confirming that water for drinking, washing, flushing toilets and fighting fires will be severely limited. He further cautioned that drinking water may be unsafe and called on people to pray for rain. “Pray for rain so that the heavens may open,” he said, begging residents to do all they can to save water “in the spirit of ubuntu”. “We are going to have to queue for water,” Martin said, addressing the only public meeting organised by the municipality to address the water crisis. He said they were not considering water shedding at the moment, but were planning to introduce water collection tanks and water collection stations. “We will need 50 to 100 trucks. We are concerned that water quality will be compromised. We will have to issue a boil-before-drinking notice as a matter of precaution.” He said they feared that water trucks could be hijacked and drivers attacked.

UK - The UK government admits that the COVID-19 Experimental mRNA "vaccine" has damaged the natural immune system of those who have been double-dosed. The government has confessed that double-vaxxed (or more) people, will never - ever - be able to acquire full natural immunity to COVID variants - or possibly any other virus. Keen observers of this COVID debacle are now saying "The real pandemic will now begin" because all the people whose immune systems are permanently damaged, may not be able to fight-off any future viral infection! In its Week 42 "COVID-19 Vaccine Surveillance Report," the UK Department of Health admits on page 23 that: "N antibody levels appear to be lower in people who become infected after two doses of [the vax]." It goes on to say that this drop in antibodies is essentially - get this – permanent. What does this mean? Well, we know that the vax does not prevent infection or transmission of the China virus (indeed, the report elsewhere shows that vaxxed adults are now much more likely to be infected than unvaxxed ones).

USA - The Dow is set for another week of declines. This Dow has now been down for 8 consecutive weeks. This has not happened since 1923. Things are about to get real. This has not happened in 90 years. The Dow ended the day up 8.7 points on Friday at 3 pm ET. But the Dow was down over 934 points for the week. It was brutal.

USA - Senator James Lankford, Republican for Oklahoma, announced during an address on the Senate floor how endangered species, like turtles and eagles, have greater federal legislative protection than the unborn. “It’s federal law right now that we protect turtle eggs,” Lankford noted throughout an address before a vote last week on a Democratic bill to guarantee abortion rights nationwide, which ultimately failed. Recounting how he engaged a pro-abortion person recently, Lankford explained he told him, “If you destroy a turtle egg, it’s a federal offense with a very big fine. If you destroy an eagle egg, it’s a very big offense with a federal fine.” “Do you find that odd that in federal law we protect an eagle egg, acknowledging that’s an eagle inside that egg, and we protect a turtle egg saying we acknowledge that’s a turtle inside that egg, but we allow the destruction of children?” Lankford recounted his conversation with the unnamed man. “To my shock, they responded, ‘Well, turtles and eagles are endangered,’ so they should be protected,” the senator continued.

UNITED NATIONS - UN joins World Economic Forum call to end oil, gas, and coal use. UN chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for an end to oil, gas, and coal use in favor of renewable sources as part of a self-described global climate Marshall Plan. The veteran Portuguese Socialist spoke ahead of the upcoming World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, which has already issued its own call for net-zero carbon emissions to be driven by a wider embrace of solar and wind power sources without delay.

SWITZERLAND - Famine, floods, pestilence, drought, plague, war, and rumors of war. These are the key issues facing the world today and the invitation-only World Economic Forum (WEF) next week in Davos, Switzerland, is just the place to find the answers provided by the select globalist elites, founder Klaus Schwab declared Wednesday. “The return of war, epidemics and the climate crisis, all those disruptive forces have derailed the global recovery,” Schwab, the forum’s executive chairman, told journalists in an almost biblical prognostication ahead of the convention’s start on Sunday.

EUROPE - Vincent-Immanuel Herr is fellow at the Charlemagne Prize Academy in Germany and partner at Herr & Speer, a political consulting firm. He has published numerous books and articles on European integration and democracy. Martin Speer is fellow at the Charlemagne Prize Academy in Germany and partner at Herr & Speer. He has advised European institutions and politicians on various questions regarding policy and communication. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has forced leaders of the European Union to confront an uncomfortable reality: Europeans have neglected their own security for far too long. Europe has for decades been content to be a soft-power superpower — focusing on peacekeeping, democracy and prosperity within the union. It has been all too comfortable delegating its security concerns to the United States, which provides military cover through its NATO commitment.

EUROPE - European companies are starting to move ahead to comply with Russian demands and keep the gas flowing. The European Union said companies can keep buying gas without breaching sanctions, as it softened its stance in a standoff with Moscow over energy supplies. Italian energy giant Eni SpA will move to open accounts in rubles and euros with Gazprombank by Wednesday so that it can make payments on time this month and avoid any risks to gas supplies, according to people familiar with the situation. German giant Uniper SE and Austria’s OMV AG have also said they expect gas purchases to continue. Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki criticized the EU for softening its stance on ruble payments. “I am disappointed to see that in the European Union there is consent to pay for gas in rubles,” he said on Sunday. “Poland will stick to the rules and will not yield to Putin’s blackmail.” Russia halted gas flows to neighboring Poland in late April.

ITALY - The war in Ukraine has caused an unholy convergence of the left and right in Italy. While there is nothing formal so far about this alliance of enemies, it nevertheless threatens to destroy the unity of Nato. The most high-profile participant is Matteo Salvini, leader of the Lega - the party with the second-highest number of MPs in Italy’s parliament– which is invariably defined as ‘far right’. Salvini, who has been one of Vladimir Putin’s strongest supporters outside Russia, condemned the invasion of Ukraine and has now come out as a pacifist.

USA - A vast swath of North America from the Great Lakes to the West Coast is at risk of blackouts this summer as heat, drought, shuttered power plants and supply-chain woes strain the electric grid. Power supplies in much of the US and part of Canada will be stretched, with demand growing again after two years of pandemic disruptions, according to an annual report. It’s among the most dire assessments yet from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, a regulatory body that oversees grid stability. “It’s a pretty sobering report, and it’s clear the risks are spreading,” John Moura, director of reliability assessment and performance analysis, said in a press briefing. “I certainly do think it's our most cautionary tale here.” A historic drought is covering the western US, limiting supplies of hydroelectric power, and forecasts call for a hotter-than-average summer. But the fight against global warming poses its own risks as older coal-fired plants close faster than wind farms, solar facilities and batteries can replace them. “We know that reliability is going to be difficult in this time of transition,” said Alice Reynolds, president of the California Public Utilities Commission, during a May 6 press conference.

USA - Senator Rand Paul (Republican for Kentucky) told Breitbart News Daily that America has to borrow the money to send $40 billion in aid to Ukraine. Breitbart News Daily host Alex Marlow spoke with Paul as the Senate remains poised to pass legislation that would send $40 billion in military and economic aid to Ukraine while Americans grapple with inflation and food shortages. Paul has “single handedly” worked to hold up the Ukraine package, contending that the package needs an inspector general to ensure that the billions of dollars are spent wisely. Paul said that America would have to continue borrowing from China to appropriate the proposed Ukraine aid package. “I think it’s important to know that we don’t have any money to send, we have to borrow money from China to send it to Ukraine. And I think most people kind of get that, and many Republicans will say that when it’s a new social program, but if it’s military aid to a country, they’re like we can borrow that, that’s a justified borrowing,” Paul explained to Marlow.