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The Tariff Issue
By Paul Craig Roberts |
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The Trump
regime is now blaming
this catastrophe on
China. War could
result.
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MIDDLE EAST
Clashes in
north-west Syria kill more than 40
fighters: monitor:
Clashes in north-western
Syria have killed at least 42
fighters on both sides in 24 hours
Syria: Six civilians killed
in terrorist attacks with rocket
shells on al-Nayrab camp in Aleppo
Syria: OPCW Report: Alleged
Poison Gas Attack In Douma Was
Staged
Leaked
Document Pokes More Holes In
Establishment Syria Narrative:
“The war-machine has now
been caught red-handed in a staged
chemical weapons attack for the
purposes of deceiving our
democracies into what could have
turned into a full-scale war amongst
the great-powers.”
Iraqi troops kill three
Islamic State suicide bombers in
Mosul
Islamic State militants kill
two civilians in Iraq’s Diyala
6 killed in Houthi shelling
in southern Yemen
Motorbike-riding gunman
kills 2 Yemeni soldiers in Taiz
Saudi-led coalition launches
airstrikes in Yemen, says many
Houthis killed and wounded
Yemeni Armed Drones Attack
Saudi Oil Pipeline
Manufacturing
consent for war on Iran:
US Official -
Iran or Iranian Proxies Damaged
Ships in UAE Waters - Report
A Persian
Gulf of Tonkin?:
Saudi tankers conveniently
get hit just as Trump admin ratchets
up Iran war scare
Iran suggests oil attacks
orchestrated to spark conflict
Trump Administration
Prepares Multiple Military Options
for Iran, Including Airstrikes and
Setting Up Ground Invasion
Noam Chomsky: "What exactly
is the threat of Iran?" When Rest of
World Agrees It's the U.S.?
U.S. suspects Iran in tanker
attack but cannot prove it now
Arundhati Roy: A U.S. Attack
on Iran Would Be “Biggest Mistake It
Has Ever Made”
White House
reviews military plans against Iran:
New York Times"
The top U.S. envisions
sending up to 120,000 troops to the
Middle East
‘Fake news’: Trump says not
considering 120,000 troops for ‘Iran
threat’
Europeans warn US over
escalating tension with Iran
Spain pulls
ship from Lincoln Strike Group over
Iran mission:
With tension escalating
between Iran and the U.S., Spain is
looking to not be caught in the
middle
Oil prices jump as Saudi
energy minister reports drone
‘terrorism’ against pipeline
infrastructure
Israel spyware firm linked
to Khashoggi case used to hack
WhatsApp
Israel approves 940 illegal
housing unit in occupied East
Jerusalem
Trump election a boon to
illegal Israeli settlements, data
shows
Senior
Palestinian official says she was
refused US visa;
Hanan Ashrawi, who has in
the past met US leaders, describes
denial as 'pettiness.'
AFRICA
Six killed in Sudan after
deal reached on power transition
Tunisia on edge as Libya's
Hifter advances
ASIA
Afghanistan: Four Killed In
Face Off With Police In
Pul-e-Charkhi Prison
3 killed, 20 wounded in
blasts in Afghanistan
Four policemen killed in
Taliban attack in Pakistan’s Quetta
Beijing calls for a
'people's war' against the US as
Trump threatens tariffs on another
$300 billion of Chinese goods
Duterte allies beat
opposition in key Philippines
midterm vote
Arundhati Roy on the Indian
Election and Narendra Modi’s
“Far-Right, Hindu Nationalist”
Agenda
EUROPE
It's time to
restore US-Russia ties, Putin tells
Pompeo
:
UK May Increase Military
Spending 'To Please US'
Theresa May faces ultimatum:
set your exit date or quit now
Australasia
Here's
everything you need to know about
Australia's election:
The opposition Labor Party
is expected to win Saturday's
election, with climate change
emerging as a key issue.
GLOBE
John Pilger: Ex head of the
Swedish Bar Association condemns
Assange's treatment as "deplorable".
Carbon
dioxide hits a level not seen for 3
million years.
Here's what that means for
climate change — and humanity.
WhatsApp was breached:
Here's what users need to do
How Israeli
spyware firm NSO operates in shadowy
cyber world:
An Israeli spyware company
named in a Financial Times report on
a WhatsApp security flaw
AMERICAS
Seizure of $1.7B in Portugal
Affects All Venezuelans: Arreaza
Chinese ‘humanitarian aid’
cargo plane spotted landing in
Venezuela – reports
Let them eat
sanctions:
Desperate
Guaido Asks EU To Impose More
Sanctions On Venezuela
Guaido asks
US military for meeting to plan
‘restoring democracy’ in Venezuela
: Guaido has
requested a meeting with US Southern
Command to begin planning a military
intervention in Venezuela
Activists refuse to budge as
US government tries to illegally
seize Venezuelan embassy
National Mobilization! -
Saturday, May 18, 12:00 p.m.
- Venezuelan Embassy in
Washington, D.C. - 1099 30th St. NW
Photos reveal children
sleeping on the ground at U.S.
Border Patrol station;
"Nobody, no matter who you are,
where you are from should spend an
hour like this. This is the United
States of America. Not in our
country,"
Barr appoints
prosecutor to examine Russia probe
origins:
Barr told members of
Congress he believed “spying did
occur” on the Trump campaign in
2016.
Trump's Trade War With China
Could Cost the Average Family Up to
$2,300 a Year, Report Estimates
Trump's failed US-China
trade talks have American soybean
farmers drowning in tariffs
Trump Seeks New $15 Billion
Subsidy To Protect Farmers From His
Own Trade War
AT&T promised 7,000 new jobs
to get tax break—it cut 23,000 jobs
instead
Officer shoots, kills woman
heard on video claiming she's
pregnant
San Francisco is first US
city to ban facial recognition
