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Inspections Reveal Dozens of New Cracks in Belgian Nuclear Reactors
The latest ultrasonic inspections have detected a substantial number of new micro cracks in nuclear reactors at the Tihange and Doel power plants in Belgium since the last study conducted three years ago, Belgian and German media report. At least 70 additional cracks were uncovered at the Tihange 2 nuclear reactor during an ultrasonic inspection in April of this year, … Continue reading
Trump Effect? US Sees 16 Percent Drop in Foreign Visitors
The United States is experiencing a decline in tourism that started last year and just keeps going. The United States is receiving fewer foreign visitors, reports the International Business Times. The media outlet cites research done by Foursquare that finds that, “America’s ‘market share’ in international tourism” fell by 16 percent by March 2017, if compared year-over-year. According to IBT, … Continue reading
US Stock Market Risk Level At Highest Since 2008 Financial Crisis
American markets are facing their biggest danger of collapse since before the financial crisis, according to money manager Bill Gross. The portfolio manager at Janus Global warns investors are paying too high a price for the risks they are taking. “Instead of buying low and selling high, you’re buying high and crossing your fingers,” said Gross at the Bloomberg Invest … Continue reading
Amazon has Quietly Become a Big Bank for Small Businesses
The American e-commerce giant Amazon has announced that for the last 12 months the company has loaned $1 billion to small businesses. More than 20,000 small businesses in the US, UK, and Japan have received a loan from Amazon. The company says businesses can apply for loans ranging from $1,000 to $750,000. “We created Amazon Lending to make it simple … Continue reading
Putin to Oliver Stone on ‘Hot War’ Between Russia & US, ‘Nobody Would Survive’
No country on earth would survive should the world’s most powerful nuclear states unleash their atomic weapons, Vladimir Putin has said. His remarks form part of a series of interviews with American film director Oliver Stone. The question of whether the human race would survive a potential global nuclear war has tormented the minds of generations, and indeed Stone, who … Continue reading
US B-52 Bomber Intercepted By Russian Su-27 Over Baltic
A Russian Su-27 fighter jet was deployed to intercept a US B-52 strategic bomber over the Baltic Sea, and in a separate incident hours later, a MiG-31 intercepted a Norwegian warplane approaching Russian airspace near the Barents Sea. Russia’s air defense detected the aircraft on Tuesday morning at around 7:00 GMT, the statement said. The Su-27 of the Russian Baltic … Continue reading
Russian Hacking Effort Days Before 2016 Election Revealed by Top-Secret NSA Report
RUSSIAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE executed a cyberattack on at least one U.S. voting software supplier and sent spear-phishing emails to more than 100 local election officials just days before last November’s presidential election, according to a highly classified intelligence report obtained by The Intercept. The top-secret National Security Agency document, which was provided anonymously to The Intercept and independently authenticated, analyzes … Continue reading
Taped Interviews Reveal Israel Planned to Detonate Nuclear Bomb in 1967 War
A prominent US think tank is claiming that in 1967, Israel hastily made plans to set off an atomic bomb if it appeared they would not emerge victorious from the Six Day War. The plan, codenamed “Operation Shimshon (Sampson),” was to detonate a nuclear weapon on top of a mountain on the Sinai Peninsula, and though the operation never got … Continue reading
Why is America’s Drinking Water Crisis Being Ignored by the Media?
America has a looming water health crisis and no one seems interested in talking about it. Over the last year many Americans have likely heard of the lead poisoning affecting the drinking water of Flint, Michigan. We have heard the horror stories of children being sickened due to the failure of Flint’s bureaucracies and failing infrastructure. However, a new report … Continue reading
Trump Promotes Own Businesses on First Foreign Visit
During his first foreign visit as the US president, Donald Trump reportedly complained to global leaders and top diplomats about the regulatory difficulties encountered by his staff in building his branded golf courses. In remarks by the US president as to his opinion of the viability of the EU, particularly in the wake of the recent UK Brexit referendum, Trump … Continue reading
