Friday, August 29, 2025

#USA #Investment - Why a weaker dollar is key to U.S. plans to rebalance global trade: Bloomberg

28 August 2025

It's no secret a weaker currency is a key part of U.S. President Donald Trump's economic agenda. But he wouldn't be the first. From Richard Nixon in the 1970s to Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, past presidents have also deliberately looked to weaken the dollar to try and rebalance global trade. Kevin Hebner, Managing Director and Global Investment Strategist at TD Epoch, speaks with Kim Parlee about efforts to weaken the dollar and the implications for markets.

Saturday, July 26, 2025

Could Donald Trump be held accountable for aiding and abetting #genocide in #Gaza?

Amid warnings of "catastrophic" levels of starvation in Gaza - the UK, France and Germany have issued a joint statement calling for an end to the war and urging Israel to "immediately lift the restrictions on the flow of aid".

During a speech on the House floor on Monday (22 July 2025), Rep. Al Green (D-TX) accused President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with genocide in Gaza.

"Economy of Genocide": U.S. Sanctions U.N. Expert Francesca Albanese

Netanyahu | International Criminal Court

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Mr Benjamin Netanyahu, born on 21 October 1949, Prime Minister of Israel at the time of the relevant conduct. Arrest warrant issued on 21 November 2024.

War crimes

Crimes against humanity

Warrant of arrest

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Friday, April 4, 2025

#music #rihanna - 4 April 2025 - Happy birthday webmaster John Nichols

4 April 2025

It is with great regret at 89 today I must stop publishing but with the current political scene in the world today with 2 "wannabe" dictators #Trump #netanyahu & the dictator #putin and the atrocities (war crimes) happening in both the #ukraine #Israel / #Gaza and elsewhere in the world this will be my last post.

Just publishing this news is depressing but you can follow news here

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When I was in Korea in 1955 I was in the United Nation forces stationed opposite Gloucester Hill with the British Royal Signals (video of attack 4 years earlier)

Why are they not keeping the peace in Ukraine

I need to return to enjoying my music for which I am told I have a good ear for noticing music picking the Rolling Stones; Eric Clapton´s first records for being famous + many more and Rihanna´s first CD c2007/2008 when I was diagnosed with cancer. About that time a lady from UA dreams Donetsk (UA Dreams) wrote to me and we corresponded for about 18 months before she moved to Germany. I warned her then about the Russians when they invaded Georgia

Too much hot air throughout the world and not enough action

Future of Ukraine discussed at UN Security Council

International Court orders Russia to 'immediately suspend ...

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Russia must immediately suspend military operations in Ukraine, the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled on Wednesday, in The Hague.

https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2022/03/1114052

Israel kills at least 31 Palestinians waiting for food at US-backed Gaza aid sites 1 June 2025

#Palestine #Gaza #Israel #IsraelGazaWar #GazaWar #Hamas #IsraelStrikesGaza #IsraelAttacksGaza #GazaHumanitarianCrisis #GazaHunger #GHF #GazaHumanitarianFoundation

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Hope that history rights itself and that there will be love and peace in the world: those breaking it will meet their karma before they bring their tyranny to the peace lovers of this world

Passing out parade at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Summer 1958 John Nichols Dettingen Company

https://archive.org/details/dettingen-company-royal-military-academy-sandhurst-winter-term-1964.

United Nations Forces, comprised of United Kingdom, Belgium, Luxembourg, Philippines and South Korea troops in the vicinity of the Imjin River fell under direct attack when the Chinese Spring Offensive commenced on 22 April 1951.

The 29th British Independent Infantry Brigade Group, commanded by Brigadier Tom Brody, was under the most severe attack and was eventually surrounded by the enemy. An attempt to reinforce them failed due to harsh terrain and overwhelming enemy power.

The 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel James Carne, bravely held out for more than three days against more than 30,000 Chinese troops. Of the 700 Gloucesters, only 40 men reached safety, the rest were captured or killed by the Chinese. Lt. Col. Carne was held at a Chinese POW Camp in North Korea till after the armistice agreement was signed. He spent 19 months in solitary confinement, and many of his men died due to harsh treatment at the camp.

The British 29th Brigade's brave stand provided UN Forces enough time to re-group and block the Chinese advance onto Seoul, but not without sacrifice, they suffered 1,091 casualties, including 622 of Glosters. The US lost 1,500 men either killed or missing in action, the South Koreans 8,000 and the other UN forces approximately 1,000 men. Chinese casualties were estimated at 70,000.

Sunday, March 30, 2025

#Myanmar - earthquake death toll hits 1,700 as foreign rescue workers join survivor search | BBC News

30 March 2025

Rescue teams from around the world are in Myanmar after a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck on Friday, killing 1,700 people.

In neighbouring Thailand, the death toll in Bangkok has risen to 18, with 78 still missing. Search and rescue efforts are under way in both countries, as Thailand's deputy prime minister says rescuers have detected signs of life under the rubble at a collapsed building site. In Myanmar, which has been torn by conflict, the National Unity Government – currently in exile – has announced a "two-week pause in offensive military operations" in areas hit by the quake.

#Myanmar #BBCNews

#DonaldTrump #Russia - Ukraine talks at risk as Trump fails to strong-arm Putin: Times Radio

30 March 2025

Trump's unbalanced approach to Ukraine talks has failed to pressure Putin into peace talks as Russia adds more conditions to negotiations to "drag out" the war,

The Times's Michael Binyon tells Frontline on #timesradio