Category Archives: International News
OPEC Keeps Focus on Shale Threat as Officials Meet in Vienna
OPEC officials gathering in Vienna on Friday to prepare for next week’s ministerial meeting kept their focus on rising U.S. shale oil production, which has been diluting the price impact of their production cuts. More… | Bloomberg News
The Under-reported Success of the Trump Presidency
“…there are a lot of positive moves coming from Washington, and it’s important that we highlight them, since the media won’t. We have a gifted group in power, they are doing what is necessary to allow us to hold. As … Continue reading
Swedish Workers Told To Have Sex On Their Own Time
The New York Times reports a 31-member town council on Monday voted down a local pol’s proposal to grant the municipality’s 550 workers “subsidized sex”—in other words, one hour of paid leave each workweek in which they could scurry home … Continue reading
U.S. Shale Is Immune To An Oil Price Crash In 2017
U.S. shale survived the oil price crash with cost cuts and lower breakeven prices, and emerged more resilient from the slump. According to a Rystad Energy analysis, since 2013, the average wellhead breakeven price (BEP) for key shale plays has … Continue reading
WannaCry Ransomware: What We Know Monday
A ransomware attack that began in Europe on Friday is lingering — and hitting new targets in Japan and China. The WannaCry software has locked thousands of computers in more than 150 countries. Users are confronted with a screen demanding … Continue reading
Pope dubious of visions of Mary in Bosnian village
Pope Francis has voiced serious doubt about the authenticity of alleged continuing apparitions of the Madonna in Medjugorje, a once-obscure village in Bosnia boosted by the pilgrim business. “These presumed apparitions don’t have a lot of value. This I say … Continue reading
New Ebola Outbreak Reported in Congo
The last time we reported on Ebola, Sierra Leone was experiencing one of the last remaining cases in the West African epidemic of 2013-2016. There are now reports that a new outbreak of the deadly, hemorrhagic virus is occurring in … Continue reading
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Fake News
| The Resurgent
Illegal immigration across southwest border down 70 percent under Trump
Illegal immigration across the southwest border dropped yet again in April, with the number of illegal immigrant children fallen below 1,000 for the first time in recent records, Homeland Security announced Tuesday. The numbers are part of a stunning drop … Continue reading
Turning ‘Extra’ Embryos Into Jewelry (This is an actual thing)
Thanks to a jewelry company called Baby Bee Hummingbirds, a couple in Australia has turned their seven “extra” embryos conceived through IVF into a necklace. Yes, you heard me. The mother is wearing her babies around her neck. More… | … Continue reading