TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSSWelcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (10/06/18). As I struggle through my own internal dilemmas, with loss and adaptation to Read More…
The revelation that Russia worked privately with the Saudis “on Trump’s order” to aid the U.S. effort to halt Iranian oil exports without causing a supply shock seems to contradict Russia’s public promise to defend Iran’s economy against aggressive U.S. sanctions. MOSCOW – On Wednesday, Reuters reported the details of a private and “secret” deal reached between Russia Read More…
Frustrated by the Saudi refusal to increase oil production by two million barrels per day, President Trump said at a rally yesterday that absent US military protection the Saudi government would not last two weeks. He said the Saudis should “pay up” if they want to remain in charge. Why are oil prices going up? Read More…
Residents of al-Mahra, Yemen are staging protests and sit-ins over Saudi Arabia’s military occupation of the province as well their construction of an oil pipeline without local approval. AL-MAHRA, YEMEN — Saudi Arabia has begun construction on a pipeline in the al-Mahra province in Yemen — which will allow the kingdom to transport oil directly to Read More…
How did the war in Afghanistan start? And how did NATO become involved in this conflict? These details are never discussed because they have for nearly two decades been hidden behind a shroud of secrecy. But now, after nearly two decades of lies, the remarkable truth about the secret documents that helped launch the Afghan war can Read More…
A Reuters headline early Monday sparked fears that Iran could be in control of the Strait of Hormuz, a key narrow waterway in the Persian Gulf through which about one-third of the global supply of oil passes. Reuters reported in its story headline, Iran says it has full control of Gulf and U.S. navy does not belong there, while citing the head of Read More…