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US Congress Spending Bill Doubles H-2B Visa Intake, Despite High US Unemployment
H2-B Laborers from Guam are briefed before departing to the US.
The new spending bill approved by the US Congress which covers the remainder of the fiscal year includes a provision to again allow the Department of Homeland Security to double the annual cap on admissions of unskilled non-agricultural workers, despite high rates of un- and under-employment for U.S. workers who could do these jobs.
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US to send thousands of troops to Asia to counter China
The Pentagon reportedly plans a “major muscle movement” from the Middle East to East China, with thousands of extra Marines to be deployed. The goal is to “persuade Pacific nations to stand with the US” and not China.
According to a Wall Street Journal report, the US plans to boost its military presence in the East Pacific with rotating deployment of Marine Expeditionary Units, or MEUs. An...
North Korea Backs Down from Guam Attack Plan
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced he would not move forward with plans Tuesday to launch missiles near the Pacific Island of Guam.
Kim, who threatened last week to potentially send four Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missiles into waters off the U.S. territory’s coast, said plans to do so were on hold unless “the Yankees persist in their extremely dangerous reckless actions.”
“If...
Donald Trump Breaks Bush Record With Most Votes Ever for Republican Primary
With his win tonight in the State of Oregon along with previous victories throughout the country, Donald J. Trump broke George W. Bush’s record with the most votes won by any Republican Primary Candidate in party history and the nomination isn’t even over yet, we still have Washington, Montana, New Mexico, South Dakota and the two high stake states New Jersey & California which will bring...
US irked by Chinese, Russian military drills
Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning
A top US air force commander has expressed alarm at the growing number of dangerous midair encounters between American warplanes and those of China and Russia.
Head of US Pacific Air Forces General Herbert Carlisle particularly complained about China’s naval and air forces for “very much continuing to push” toward becoming increasingly active in international...
US moving 'more sophisticated weapons' to Okinawa
The US will move “more sophisticated weapons” into Okinawa as a Japanese governor has approved a measure that would allow the relocation of a controversial US military base on the island, an analyst says.
“The American military base in Okinawa has gotten into the news recently because the US has announced that it will reduce its troop strength there by nearly half, from 18,000 Marines to 10,000,”...
US worried about China’s nuke bomber drones hitting military bases
The United States is gravely concerned about China’s new long-range nuclear bombers that can target previously unreachable US military bases in the Pacific, according to a new report.
The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission warns in its annual report that China is “rapidly expanding and diversifying” its ability to strike US bases, ships and aircraft throughout the Pacific,...
North Korea likely to test-launch missile
A North Korean vehicle carrying a new missile passes by during a mass military parade in Pyongyang to celebrate the centenary of the birth of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung, April 15, 2013.
The South Korean government says North Korea is likely to test-launch a missile this week.
Kim Jang-Soo, director of national security for South Korean President Park Geun-Hye, said on Sunday that Pyongyang...
Japan warns North Korea over provocations
The United States has deployed chemical weapons and a battalion equipped to deal with nuclear and chemical attacks in South Korea.
Japan has warned North Korea against its ‘provocative statements’ after Pyongyang stepped up its war rhetoric against the US threats.
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said on Thursday, “Our government does not believe we should be pushed around and...
North Korea ratifies nuclear strike against US
North Korean army says it has final approval for nuclear attack on the US, the official KCNA news agency says. This comes shortly after the Pentagon said the US military prepares to deploy an advanced missile-defense system to Guam.
“Merciless operation of its revolutionary armed forces in this regard has been finally examined and ratified,” said a spokesman for the General Staff of the...
North Korea orders rockets on standby to hit US bases
Pyongyang has ordered rocket units be put on standby to fire on US bases in the South Pacific. “The time has come to settle accounts with the US imperialists in view of the prevailing situation,” North Korean leader declared, according to state media.
It follows a US B-2 flyover of South Korea that saw dummy ammunition dropped as part of a joint military drill Thursday.
The North Korean leader...
US says it takes North Korea's threats seriously
SA-3 ground-to-air missiles are displayed during a military parade in Pyongyang
The United States Department of Defense has said it takes North Korea’s latest threats to strike targets on the US mainland, Hawaii, and Guam very seriously.
“We are concerned by any threat raised by the North Koreans,” Pentagon spokesman George Little said on Tuesday. “We take everything they say and everything...
Russia Puts Nuclear Bombers On High Alert Over American UFO Attack
A truly unsettling Space Forces Command (VKS) report circulating in the Kremlin today states that President Putin had ordered a fleet of Tupolev Tu-95 strategic bombers equipped with Kh-55 nuclear armed cruise missiles to “prepare for strikes” against US targets in the Pacific should Russia be attacked by the United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), whom military analysts in Moscow had detected...
Most mysterious seas on the planet
From times immemorial, deep blue sea appeared to be a hostile and hazardous environment to man. Like on land, there are anomalous area in oceans and seas. In addition to the well-known Bermuda Triangle and the Mariana Trench, there are many other places in all the oceans of the world, where strange and mysterious phenomena occur.
The Sea of the Devil is a part of the Pacific Ocean, located to the...