While much of the rest of the world is focused on making greener fuels for cars, a new venture in Europe has backed up a step and is piloting a process to make green steel for tomorrow’s zero-emission vehicles. Building vehicles use 17 percent of the world’s 1.8-billion-ton steel production each year, according to the...
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CUOMO GETS STRIPPED, BUT NOT IN THE WAY HE WANTED
On Friday, New York State’s Senate voted on legislation that prevents Governor Andrew Cuomo from issuing new coronavirus-related emergency orders, which was seen as a stinging rebuke from the Democrat-controlled body. Cuomo finds himself at the nadir of his governorship and faces two scandals that pose a threat to his administration. He is accused of...
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ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER CHARGE OF CUOMO HARASSMENT
A former aide of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said in a damning interview last week that she believed Cuomo was angling to sleep with her and claimed he asked her questions about her sex life. Charlotte Bennett, who worked as a health policy adviser in Cuomo’s administration until this past November, was the second...
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HOUSE CANCELS SESSION OVER POSSIBLE MILITIA PLOT
Congressman Steny Hoyer announced last week that all legislative issues would wrap up before Thursday due to a Capitol Police warning that a militia group was planning to storm the Capitol on 4 March. The chatter centered on the fear that so-called QAnon supporters marked the date as the day former President Trump would be...
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U.N. WARNS LATIN AMERICAN ECONOMIC DISASTER LOOMING
The U.N.’s Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean warned last week that the COVID-19 outbreak threatens another “lost decade” for what the commission called the world’s worst-affected developing region in the world. The Financial Times reported the commission said extreme poverty in the region is at its worst level in 20 years and impacts 78...
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LEBANON FACES FINANCIAL MELTDOWN
The Lebanese pound collapsed last week to 10,000 to the U.S. dollar, which has added more fuel to rising poverty rates, declining living standards, and political instability… which had intensified before the COVID War began last year. Indeed, back in October 2019, we reported in the Trends Journal that in Lebanon, an estimated one million...
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THAI PROTESTERS TAKE TO THE STREETS, DEFYING ORDERS
Protests broke out in Bangkok last week demanding the release of fellow demonstrators who were arrested last year during violent rallies calling for the resignation of the country’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha. As noted in the Trends Journal’s 10 November 2020 article, “PRO-DEMOCRACY PROTESTS CONTINUE TO RAGE IN THAILAND,” many of the disenfranchised youth in Thailand...
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PROTESTS RAGE IN MYANMAR DESPITE MILITARY CRACKDOWN
As we reported in our 9 February article, “MYANMAR PROTESTS SURGE, JUNTA CLAMPS DOWN,” protests in Myanmar have raged across the country since the 1 February coup, and demonstrators risk jail and a growing assertiveness by the military-backed police in the country. The protesters are demanding the release of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi,...
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ISRAEL: TARGET IRAN
Benny Gantz, the Israeli defense minister, said in an interview last week that his country stands ready to act alone if Iran continues to accelerate its nuclear program, and the country is updating its plans to strike Tehran’s nuclear facilities. The remarks come as President Biden’s team is considering rejoining the 2015 nuclear deal, called...
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BIDEN ADMINISTRATION: DON’T PROBE ISRAELI WAR CRIMES
In the Trends Journal’s 9 February article, “ICC TO PROBE ISRAELI WAR CRIMES,” we reported on the International Criminal Court’s decision to investigate allegations of war crimes against Israel for its role in the 2014 Gaza War, otherwise known as “Operation Protective Edge.” Israel quickly called the move politically motivated with no legal standing, and the...