Year: 2017

Anti-Media – by James Holbrooks

East Asia — As journalists, analysts, and world leaders wait to see what transpires at the much-hyped summit between Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping this Friday, Asian media reported Monday that the U.S. and its allies in East Asia are conducting their first ever joint anti-submarine drills. They are aimed at coordinating an “effective response” to the purportedly belligerent North Korea.

“Japan, South Korea and the U.S. have conducted the first joint anti-submarine warfare (ASW) drills involving the three countries,” The Japan Times reports, “amid North Korea’s growing submarine-launched ballistic missile threat.”   Continue reading “U.S., Japan, and S. Korea Hold First Ever Anti-Submarine Drills Targeting North Korea”

Jerusalem Post

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his support for the US air strike in Syria, Friday morning.

In the strike five dozen American Tomahawk missiles were fired from the Mediterranean Sea at Syria’s al-Shayrat airfield.   Continue reading “Netanyahu: I support Trump’s decision to bomb Syria”

The Hill – by Alexander Bolton

The Senate on Friday confirmed Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, giving President Trump the biggest victory of his first 100 days in office.

The 54-45 vote caps a bitter political battle that began with the death of Justice Antonin Scalia more than a year ago and resulted in the Senate triggering the “nuclear option,” breaking Democrats’ blockade and ending filibusters for Supreme Court nominees.  Continue reading “Senate confirms Gorsuch to Supreme Court”

The Sun – by Emma Foster and Paul Harper

KIM Jong-un has placed his country on the “brink of war” as a high-profile defector urged US President Donald Trump to assassinate the despot North Korean leader before he fires his nuclear weapons at America and the UK.

Yesterday Trump pledged to ramp up defences against Pyongyang as he met China’s president Xi Jinping for crunch talks in Florida.   Continue reading “Kim Jong-un declares he’s on ‘the brink of a war’ with US as Donald Trump is urged to assassinate North Korean despot”

Fox News

A Russian warship entered the eastern Mediterranean Friday and was heading toward the area where two U.S. Navy destroyers launched missile strikes into Syria, Fox News has learned.

The Russian frigate, Admiral Grigorovich RFS-494, crossed through the Bosphorus Strait “a few hours ago” from the Black Sea, according to a U.S. defense official.    Continue reading “Russian warship steams toward US destroyers that launched Syria strikes”

RT

Turkey has called for no-fly and safe zones to be urgently established in Syria, according to the country’s presidential spokesman.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s spokesman, Ibrahim Kalin, supported the US missile strikes against the Shayrat airbase, saying they show that alleged chemical and conventional attacks targeting civilians won’t “go unpunished.”   Continue reading “Turkey calls for no-fly zone over Syria – president’s spokesman”

Bloomberg – by Lindsey Rupp , Lauren Coleman-Lochner , and Nick Turner

The battered American retail industry took a few more lumps this week, with stores at both ends of the price spectrum preparing to close their doors.

At the bottom, the seemingly ubiquitous Payless Inc. shoe chain filed for bankruptcy and announced plans to shutter hundreds of locations. Ralph Lauren Corp., meanwhile, said it will close its flagship Fifth Avenue Polo store — a symbol of old-fashioned luxury that no longer resonates with today’s shoppers.   Continue reading “America’s Retailers Are Closing Stores Faster Than Ever”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

March was a month of giving back: after a very strong, if downward revised start to the year, with both January and February payrolls revised lower by a total of 38,000 jobs, March saw the worst job gains since May 2016, with only 98,000 jobs added. While many have claimed it was the weather’s fault, the BLS reported that 164K people said they were unable to work in March due to poor weather conditions. This was just fractionally more than the 143K long-term average.   Continue reading “Where The March Jobs Were: Plunging Retail Workers Offset By Doormen Hiring Surge”

The Telegraph – by James Rothwell

At least three people have been killed after a truck crashed into a crowd of people on the streets of Stockholm.

Swedish police said several people were injured after the truck was driven into people on the street in central Stockholm.    Continue reading “Stockholm truck crash: ‘Several dead’ as vehicle crashes into crowd of people”