There are increasing indications El Nino is likely to form and strengthen into potentially a significant event during the next several months, throwing weather patterns worldwide out of whack. read more
Oil prices have risen - reaching $100 a barrel at one point - as three more cargo ships are attacked in the Gulf. The price rise comes despite 32 countries agreeing on Wednesday to release 400m barrels of oil reserves, in an effort to calm markets In the latest attacks on shipping, two tankers were hit by an "unknown projectile" near Iraq, while a container ship was struck by an "unknown projectile" near the UAE
President Donald Trump has authorized the United States to release 172 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve beginning next week, the Energy Department said in a statement Wednesday. The move to release resources from the SPR represents a reversal from the first days of the war, when officials dismissed the prospect of tapping the reserve as unlikely and largely unnecessary.
China's exports surged in the first two months of this year despite trade tensions with the US. read more
For decades the Chinese government has been accused of implementing repressive policies designed to subjugate ethnic minorities, forcing them to assimilate into the dominant Han culture. Now a new law set to be rubber-stamped through the country's annual parliamentary session later this week will solidify, expand and even speed up this process, further threatening the rights of minority groups and their way of life, academics and human rights activists say. read more
You're a phony.
He's a master at derailing threads with bible studies though.