Nervous traders watch Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, as yet another hedge fund threatens to unleash huge losses, due to a bet gone bad. The unravelling of speculative positions held by Archegos, triggered over $6 billion in losses, hitting major banks which were lenders to the firm. Will the Fed keep interest rates low, to […]
Roman Catholic Cardinal Mario Zenari, the representative of the Vatican in Syria since the beginning of the Syria war, issued an appeal for international support to reconstruct the country, as time is running out. “Peace, I repeat, will not come to Syria without reconstruction and without economic recovery,” Zenari said March 23. “But how long […]
Wang Yi Proposes Five Point Initiative for Security in Southwest Asia March 28 (EIRNS)- In a March 24 interview with Arabiya newspaper in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi presented a wide-ranging, coordinated Five-Point Initiative on Achieving Security and Stability in the Middle East, better known as Southwest Asia. The […]
NASA, Perseverance Rover Prepare for First Powered Flight of an Aircraft on Another Planet March 28 (EIRNS)—NASA, and its Perseverance rover, are making preparations for the first attempt at the powered, controlled flight of an aircraft on another planet. This would be the 4 pound (1.8-kilogram) Ingenuity rotor craft, which is presently attached to the […]
Brazil COVID Crisis Careens Out of Control March 28 (EIRNS) – Numerous Brazilian medical and other authorities are sounding the alarm that the COVID pandemic in Brazil is careening out of the control, threatening not only the country but the entire planet. At present, one in every four COVID deaths worldwide is occurring in Brazil. […]
Joe Biden and Boris Johnson must believe their populations are so brainwashed that they would accept a multi-trillion dollar bailout of financial speculators as a “program to rebuild infrastructure”. But that is precisely what the upcoming “Climate” conferences are about, creating momentum behind the Great Reset — which would establish a global central banker dictatorship […]
Beethoven: Sparks of Joy – Opus 9, no. 3, string trio: Foreshadows Later Great Works The third of the Opus 9 string trios is a masterwork in C-minor, the tonality associated with some of Beethoven’s most dramatic works (think of the “Pathétique” and Opus 111 piano sonatas, for example).This is Beethoven’s farewell to the string […]
Beijing Welcomes Helga Zepp-LaRouche’s ‘Declaration of China Experts from All Over the World’ March 26 (EIRNS)—The Spokesperson’s Office of China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs released the statement following today: The French Schiller Institute statement condemned the recent anti-China movement. Chinese Spokesperson Hua Chunying stated: “It reflects the rational and just voice of insightful people in the international […]
“Brazil Now Represents a Threat to Global Public Health”: Brazilian Epidemiologist March 25 (EIRNS) — Dr. Pedro Hallal, an epidemiologist and Dean at the Federal University of Pelotas in southern Brazil, stated that “Brazil now represents a threat to global public health” that must be urgently addressed by international action. Hallal is the coordinator of […]
Putin’s Conference on Defeating COVID-19 by Outflanking the New Strains Mar. 25 (EIRNS)–Russian President Vladimir Putin held a videoconference earlier this week on the scientific and industrial mobilization needed to expand COVID-19 vaccine production, and to attack the virus. By way of introduction, he said that their Sputnik V vaccine, now approved in 55 countries […]