S&P Downgrades China's Credit Rating
Written by Bob Adelmann
Thanks to “diminished financial stability,” S&P Global Ratings downgraded China’s credit rating for the first time since 1999.
North Korea tested its sixth and largest nuclear bomb on September 3 — a device it said was a hydrogen bomb — and world leaders expressed strong condemnation.
China Says It Will Remain Neutral if U.S. Retaliates Against North Korean First Strike
Written by Warren Mass
Communist China said that if North Korea launches missiles that threaten U.S. soil first and the United States retaliates, China will stay neutral.
As the Saudi regime and its allies continue laying waste to the impoverished nation of Yemen using mostly American weapons, U.S. boots are now reportedly on the ground to assist in the destruction as part of the global terror war. Millions of Yemeni civilians have been displaced and are suffering amid what analysts are describing as among the greatest humanitarian crises currently afflicting the planet — disease, starvation, and violence are running rampant. With the U.S. government now getting sucked even deeper into the conflict, there appears to be no end in sight to the civil war. And unsurprisingly, globalists are, as usual, exploiting the tragedy they helped create to advance the cause of globalism via regional governance.
The UN Security Council — by a unanimous vote — imposed new sanctions on North Korea as a punitive measure in response to Pyonyang’s two ballistic missile tests in July.
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South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) has disputed North Korean claims that the long-range missile it tested on July 4 has re-entry capabilities.
Under the guise of fighting alleged man-made global warming, California Governor Jerry Brown is defying the elected government of the United States and forming an unconstitutional alliance with the mass-murdering communist regime enslaving mainland China.
North Korea claims to have successfully tested an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). The missile — which was tested Tuesday morning — reportedly reached an altitude of over 1700 miles and a distance of almost 580 miles before splashing down in the Sea of Japan.
American Special Forces have “boots on the ground” and are helping Philippine troops and police fight Islamist rebels in the Southern town of Marawi, according to U.S. and local officials cited in news reports around the world. The news comes after firebrand Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte, accused of extra-judicial killings as part of his war on drugs, repeatedly threatened to evict all U.S. troops from the Philippines. A number of legal concerns have been raised surrounding the operations for both governments. However, with officials and media outlets arguing that the fighting is aimed at stopping Islamists supposedly “loyal” to the Islamic State (ISIS), the legal issues have been mostly swept under the rug so far.
U.S. Satellites Detect Activity at N. Korean Nuclear Test Site; U.S. Seeks China's Help
Written by Warren Mass
Two unnamed U.S. officials told CNN that U.S. satellites have detected new activity at North Korea’s underground nuclear test site for the first time in several weeks.
U.S. Aircraft Carriers Gather Off N. Korea; Pyongyang Tests Missile Able to Hit Ships
Written by Warren Mass
North Korea has test-launched a new type of cruise missile capable of striking U.S. and South Korean warships that recently engaged in exercises off the Korean peninsula.