Posted on 21 January, 2013 by admin
A
strange report prepared by Admiral Maksimov for Prime Minister Putin of
the Russian Northern Fleet indicates that a ‘mysterious magnetic
vortex’ currently centered in the Gulf of Aden has “defied” all the
combined efforts of Russia, U.S. and China to stop it, without being
able to determine its exact origin or reason for being. ”
Gulf
of Aden is one of the busiest waterways in the world located in the Sea
Oman between Yemen, on the south coast of the Arabian Peninsula, and
Somalia in the Horn of Africa, it sees over 21,000 ships sailing in its
waters every year.
GEOPOLITICAL
THE (UN)INEVITABILITY OF WAR BETWEEN CHINA AND AMERICA
APRIL 13, 2015 JC COLLINS
And the Destabilization of North Korea By JC Collins
As the world continues the shift from a unipolar American dominated world to a multilateral world based on the fair political and economic representation of all countries, there remains flashpoints of tension and possible conflict in regions of the world which have acted as hinges, or gateways, for American hegemony.
The war and political back and forth taking place in Ukraine is one of these regions. The area acts as a natural divide between the Russian geopolitical sphere and the American hegemonic European sphere, a sphere which is now slowly moving away from US dominance and into the multilateral framework.
The war taking place in Yemen and quickly spreading into Saudi Arabia is another one of these regions which is seeking realignment as the global governance structure is shuffled.
Russia to sign BRICS pact on science and innovation
March 22, 2015, 7:57 am
The BRICS Bank launched last year will fund infrastructure projects in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, and challenge the dominance of the Western-led World Bank and the IMF [GCIS]
Russia is ready to ratify a science, innovation and technology cooperation pact prepared by the five BRICS nations, said a Russian government statement on Sunday.
“Russia jointly with its BRICS partners has prepared a draft Memorandum on Cooperation in Science, Technology and Innovations Between the Governments of the Federal Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation, the Republic of India, the People’s Republic of China and the South African Republic,” said the statement. The next BRICS Summit will be held in the Russian city of Ufa on July 9-10 this year.
How do you know a dollar collapse is coming? Because the rest of the world is preparing for it.
Western allies are flocking to join the new China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), while the United States and World Bank sit on the sidelines and lecture them about "appropriate" financial governance.
Reuters reports:
The United States has urged countries to think twice before signing up to a new China-led Asian development bank that Washington sees as a rival to the World Bank, after Germany, France and Italy followed Britain in saying they would join.
The concerted move by U.S. allies to participate in Beijing's flagship economic outreach project is a diplomatic blow to the United States and its efforts to counter the fast-growing economic and diplomatic influence of China.
BEIJING (AP) — The air quality in 66 of China's 74 major cities, including the capital Beijing, failed to meet basic standards last year, China's Environment Ministry said, underlining the struggles the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter has in reining in threats to public health and quality of life.
The worst-performing cities were in the country's north adjacent to Beijing, with the Hebei province industrial center of Baoding just to the southwest coming in dead last, according to a report published on the ministry website Tuesday.
Haikou, capital of the southern island province of Hainan, had the best air among major cities, with the Tibetan capital Lhasa coming third, the report said. Ratings were conducted based on samples of major pollutants including PM2.5, PM10, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide and ozone.
On a positive note, the number of cities meeting standards was up from three in 2013 and average PM2.5 levels were down slightly in the Beijing region from 106 micrograms to 93.
After decades of rising pollution levels, China has begun acknowledging the threat by regularly publishing updates on levels of dangerous PM2.5, tiny particles in the air that at sufficient quantities reduce visibility and increase health risks.
In November, China pledged to stop the growth in its carbon emissions by 2030 and last year recorded its first drop in coal production since 2000 as it switches to cleaner energy sources. China depends on coal for 80 percent of its electricity supply and about two-thirds of total energy.
Beijing has limited the number of new cars on its roads and plans to cut coal usage by 75 percent by 2022.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/02/03/chinese-pollution-air-quality_n_6600934.html?utm_hp_ref=green
