In the post-Cold War era, the United States has been the world’s foremost political, economic, and military power, retaining dozens of allies and client states, and the ability to project power across multiple continents. In recent years, however, a group of countries led by China and Russia have sought to challenge this state of affairs. The United States is more likely to face a British Empire-style... 

The price of gold has climbed one percent above $2,000 per ounce on Tuesday, as the US dollar weakened to a more than two-year low. Analysts expect the bullion run to continue. Spot gold rose 1.1 percent to $2,015 per ounce by 11:05 GMT, hitting a one-week high. US gold futures were up 0.5 percent at $2,007.60. “The fragile currency environment and the weak economic numbers in the United States... 

With the US economy reeling from the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee agreed to give Israel a minimum of $3.8 billion in military aid per year. A full vote on the gift is expected soon. The US unemployment rate now stands at 14.7 percent, the worst figure since records began. Nearly 39 million Americans have lost their jobs since the coronavirus reached US... 

New footage has emerged of emaciated lions living in horrific conditions at a zoo in Sudan where a lioness died this week. The video taken at the Al-Qureshi Park in Khartoum showed visitors looking at starving lions kept in rusty cages, while others roam around dirty enclosures. The bones of the big cats could be seen through their skin as they ambled around the nightmare animal park in an upstate... 

The international financial watchdog earlier estimated the recent trade rows had already cost the world economy about $700 billion or an 0.8 percent slump in global GDP, outlining the data in a soon-to-be-published annual report by the IMF. Chief of the International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva has described the fearsome possibility of a repetition of the Great Depression, in light of today’s... 

Russian President Vladimir Putin succinctly summarized the shifting tectonic plates of geopolitics. First he explained the status quo… “The Dollar enjoyed great trust around the world. But, for some reason, it is now being used as a political weapon to impose restrictions.” Then Putin explained the consequences… “Many countries are now turning away from the Dollar as a Reserve Currency.” And... 

The United Nations is running out of cash. With a deficit of $230 million, the organization may run out of money by the end of October, Secretary-General and former Portuguese Socialist prime-minister António Guterres warns. Once again Socialists prove they are not very good managing other people’s money. There have been already some warnings by the UN secretary-general and former prime minister... 

Poverty, unemployment, underemployment, hunger, food insecurity, and overall deprivation affect million of households in the world’s richest country USA. Why? It’s because both right wings of its war party devote most of the nation’s discretionary income for militarism, maintaining the Pentagon’s global empire of bases, and endless aggression in multiple theaters – along... 

A new report suggests that the real US debt level may be $400 trillion, or 20 times higher than the country’s gross domestic product. The calculation includes government, state, local, financial and so-called entitlement debt. AB Bernstein, a global asset management firm based on Wall Street, came up with these figures by including in its analysis not only traditional levels of public debt, such... 

Argentina’s embattled government has imposed currency controls intended to rein in a financial crisis that has damaged the country’s standing with investors, taken a bite out of its reserves and driven more people to an economic precipice. Companies now need to get permission from the Central Bank of Argentina to buy foreign currency or precious metals, and to transfer that money abroad.... 

Numerous Deutsche Bank employees around the globe were told to leave on Monday, with the German lender eliminating entire teams in Asia and Australia as part of its massive plan to “restart” some business operations. Cuts began on Monday morning in Sydney, Hong Kong and other locations in the Asia-Pacific region. In Asia alone, Deutsche Bank will close all operations, though the majority of the... 

Germany’s biggest lender, Deutsche Bank, has basically stolen 20 tons of gold belonging to Venezuela as collateral after Caracas defaulted on a gold swap agreement valued at US$750 million. The seizure comes as part of a deal clinched between the Bolivarian Republic and the lender as early as 2016, Bloomberg reports. Under the terms of the agreement, Venezuela received a cash loan from Deutsche... 

Share prices of Google parent company Alphabet have plunged after the tech giant reported slowing revenue growth, with brands pulling ads from YouTube amid concerns over the site’s ‘harmful content’. Google founders Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Eric Schmidt had about $9 billion wiped from their collective net worths as the stock plunged in early trading on Tuesday. Alphabet shares... 

Venezuela is America’s current target for mass destabilization in the hope of installing a puppet government. America has for years been waging an economic war against Venezuela, including debilitating sanctions which have dramatically affected the state’s ability to purchase medicines, and even mundane replacement parts needed in buses, ambulances, etc. Alongside the economic war there... 

China added to its official gold reserves for the third straight month in February as the country continues efforts to minimize its exposure to the US dollar. The People’s Bank of China added 10 tons of gold to its horde last month. It has accumulated an additional 32 tons of the yellow metal since the beginning of the year. According to the Financial Times, at this rate, China will surpass Russia...