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Global debt soars to 356% of GDP

Posted on Thursday, February 18, 2021

The world's debt-to-GDP ratio rose to 356% in 2020, a new report from the Institute of International Finance finds, up 35 percentage points from where it stood in 2019, as countries saw their economies shrink and issued an…

Iran’s Khamenei demands ‘action’ from Biden to revive nuclear deal

Posted on Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei demanded "action, not words" from the United States if it wants to revive Tehran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, challenging new President Joe Biden to take the first step toward a…

$24 Trillion Leap In Global Debt Driven By COVID-19, Experts Say

Posted on Wednesday, February 17, 2021

The coronavirus pandemic has sent the global debt soaring to a new level, having added $24 trillion of debt in the past year, according to a study from The Institute of International Finance.

Iran and Russia begin joint naval drill in Indian Ocean

Posted on Tuesday, February 16, 2021

The Iranian and Russian militaries have kicked off a joint naval drill in the Indian Ocean aimed at boosting security of maritime trade in the region, Iran’s state TV reported on Tuesday.

Conservative group warns of UN effort to create list of ‘LGBT hate groups’

Posted on Tuesday, February 16, 2021

A conservative group is warning that the United Nations is preparing to compile a list of “LGBT hate groups” that could be used as a “blacklist” to punish groups and organizations that subscribe to traditional beliefs about gender…

China dethroned the US as Europe’s top trade partner in 2020

Posted on Tuesday, February 16, 2021

According to new economic data, China dethroned the US as Europe’s top trade partner in 2020, likely buoyed by strong demand in China for European goods, and Chinese medical products in Europe.

EU Condemns Silencing Independent Radio In Hungary

Posted on Tuesday, February 16, 2021

The European Union has urged Hungary to allow one of the nation's last independent radio stations to continue after it was forced off-air on Monday.

Biden debuts on world stage as president with G-7, Munich meetings

Posted on Monday, February 15, 2021

President Biden’s vow to expand U.S. engagement with allies will be put to the test later this week when he participates in a virtual meeting with leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies and then delivers remarks to the…

Rocket Attack in Iraq Kills 1, Wounds 5

Posted on Monday, February 15, 2021

A rocket attack late Monday near the Irbil airport and a nearby base housing U.S. troops killed one foreign civilian contractor and injured at least five other people, the U.S. coalition and officials in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region…

In major breach of nuclear deal, Iran announces end to snap inspections

Posted on Monday, February 15, 2021

Iran has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency, the world's nuclear watchdog, about its plan to end sweeping inspection powers given to the agency under the 2015 nuclear deal, its envoy to the agency wrote on Twitter on…

China Used Secret Microchip to Spy on US Computers

Posted on Monday, February 15, 2021

China’s exploitation of products made by Supermicro, as the U.S. company is known, has been under federal scrutiny for much of the past decade, according to 14 former law enforcement and intelligence officials familiar with the matter.

Kosovo’s Anti-Deal Party To Fuel Tensions After Elections

Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2021

Kosovo held parliamentary elections to form a new government amid concerns that the popularity of an anti-establishment party could undermine talks on normalizing relations with neighboring Serbia. Adding to problems is the coronavirus pandemic and an economic crisis…

WHO Wuhan mission finds possible signs of wider original outbreak in 2019

Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2021

Investigators from the World Health Organization (WHO) looking into the origins of coronavirus in China have discovered signs the outbreak was much wider in Wuhan in December 2019 than previously thought, and are urgently seeking access to hundreds…

China Refuses to Give WHO Raw Data on Early Covid-19 Cases

Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2021

Chinese authorities refused to provide World Health Organization investigators with raw, personalized data on early Covid-19 cases that could help them determine how and when the coronavirus first began to spread in China, according to WHO investigators who…

As WHO team downplays COVID lab-leak theory, director clarifies: ‘All hypotheses remain open’

Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2021

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is pushing back on suggestions that the group has "discarded" the hypothesis that SARS-Cov-2 leaked from a Chinese lab, following a WHO researching team wrapping its fact-finding mission this week in…

Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes near site of Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan

Posted on Sunday, February 14, 2021

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Saturday off the coast of Japan's Fukushima prefecture, which was home to one of the world's worst nuclear disasters almost a decade ago.

Mario Draghi Italy’s New Prime Minister

Posted on Saturday, February 13, 2021

The former head of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, has been sworn-in as Italy's prime minister after political turmoil over coronavirus policies.

China bans BBC World News from showing in the country in what appears to be an act of retaliation

Posted on Thursday, February 11, 2021

China has barred BBC World News from airing in the country, a move that comes not long after the British broadcasting license for a Chinese state-owned entity called CGTN was revoked.

China rapidly expanding military assets in South China Sea, admiral says

Posted on Thursday, February 11, 2021

China’s military increased both warship and warplane missions in the South China where two U.S. aircraft carriers recently conducted operations to bolster international rights to the seas there, the commander of a carrier strike group in the region…

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• Much of Kyiv Without Heat After Deadly Strikes In Freezing Temperatures (Worthy News Radio)
• Ukraine’s Zelenskyy Plans U.S. Trip For Talks With Trump Amid Continued Fighting (Worthy News Radio)
• Europe’s Monarchs Call For Unity And Compassion In Christmas Addresses
• Bangladesh Opposition Leader Returns Home After 17 Years, Draws Massive Crowds
• Liechtenstein In Shock Over Suspected Murders, Suicide
• Eritrean People-Smuggling Suspect Extradited To Netherlands For Trial Amid Concerns

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