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🚨Breaking News🚨 🇺🇸 California Wildfire Spreads, Forcing Evacuations in San Joaquin County. Footage Captures Devastating Impact as Evacuation Orders Extend from West of CA Aqueduct to Alameda and Stanislaus Counties." Tags: #CaliforniaWildfire #Evacuation #SanJoaquinCounty… pic.twitter.com/8t8ltm8y4k — World War 3 (@Worldwar_3_) June 2, 2024
Southern Brazil devastated: hydroelectric dam collapse amid deadly flooding, 30+ lives lost 56 Dead so far Flooding will continue to get worse. Overpowering floods and mudslides caused by torrential rains are continuing to sweep southern Brazil, killing at least 56 people and forcing tens of thousands out of their homes, the government said. As well …
by Michael What would you do if the power grid where you live went down and there was no electricity for an extended period of time? You might want to think about that, because experts are warning that it is just a matter of time before cyberattacks successfully cripple our power grids. In fact, foreign …
Copenhagen’s skyline was marred by tragedy as a massive fire tore through the iconic 17th-century former stock exchange, reducing its historic spire to ashes in a scene reminiscent of the Notre-Dame catastrophe. Witnesses watched in horror as the 54-meter spire vanished into flames, leaving behind a smoldering reminder of the architectural heritage lost to the …
In the village of Ilion, New York, 80 miles west of the state capital in Albany, residents are mourning the departure of gunmaker Remington Arms Co. after two centuries of continuous operation. Without fanfare, the company announced last month that the manufacturing plant would be closing its doors on March 4, 2024. “I feel like …
In the last 120 years, when a country’s debt got really high, 98% of them ended up not being able to pay it back. Ken Griffin says the government can avoid this by printing more money, but it would mess up the economy really bad. A simple solution could be for Congress to spend less, …
GREENWICH, Connecticut, Oct 3 (Reuters) – Ray Dalio, founder of hedge fund Bridgewater Associates, said on Tuesday that the relationship between China and the United States is “on the brink of red lines,” although he does not see a war on the way. Speaking at the Greenwich Economic Forum, Dalio said that there are irreconcilable …
The group can bypass the dollar, chipping away at Washington’s economic dominance, Marjorie Taylor Greene has said As BRICS gains momentum, the US economy becomes weaker because the members of the grouping can circumvent American sanctions and trade in their own currencies, Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene said on Thursday. https://www.rt.com/news/582193-brics-devastating-us-taylor-greene/
This will be bigger than the Ukraine proxy war. via MSN: Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe James Stavridis warned on Sunday that the conflict in Niger amid a looming deadline for coup leaders to cede power could potentially lead to a “full-blown war in Africa.” The Sunday deadline established by a coalition of West …
RELAX everything’s going to be fine, if there was ANY chance of collapse all the “experts” on the main collapse subreddit would be all over this. /s via realclearmarkets: “In purely technical terms, all these together are betting heavily on lower interest rates all over the world in the not-too-distant future. As they’ve come to …