Here’s how much it costs both Saudi Arabia and the US to produce oil
By Matthew DiLallo, The Motley Fool From Business Insider When crude oil prices crashed into the $20 range early last year, it had most oil-producing nations quaking in their boots. That’s because few countries can make much — if any…
The world’s deepest oil well is over 40,000 feet deep
By Jeff Desjardins, Visual Capitalist In the world’s deepest gold mine, workers will venture 2.5 miles (4 km) below the Earth’s surface to extract from a 30-inch (0.8m) wide vein of gold-rich ore. While these depths are impressive, mining is…
Opponents of press freedom use fake news as a censorship tool
PARIS, France (RSF) — Opponents of press freedom have seized on the notion of “fake news” to muzzle the media on the pretext of fighting false information. Nonetheless, many of them have taken recent statements by President Donald Trump as…
New drone footage shows ISIS’ destruction of treasured monuments in Syrian city Palmyra
AFP From Business Insider Moscow (AFP) – Russia’s military on Monday released drone footage showing more destruction of treasured monuments by the Islamic State in Syria’s Palmyra since jihadists recaptured the UNESCO World Heritage Site late last year. The black-and-white…
Trump names Gen. H.R. McMaster as US National Security Adviser
From Newsmax President Donald Trump on Monday named Lieutenant General Herbert Raymond McMaster as his new national security adviser, choosing a military officer known for speaking his mind and challenging his superiors. McMaster is a highly regarded military tactician and…
Donald Trump’s immigration orders and those Caribbean citizenship programs
By Melanius Alphonse From NAN News Americas, CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Mon. Feb. 20, 2017: On Friday, January 27, 2017, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order “Protecting the nation from foreign terrorist entry into the United States” instituting restrictions…
How Russia sold its oil jewel: without saying who bought it [Cayman Islands’ company mentioned]
By Katya Golubkova, Dmitry Zhdannikov and Stephen Jewkes | MOSCOW/LONDON/MILAN From Reuters More than a month after Russia announced one of its biggest privatizations since the 1990s, selling a 19.5 percent stake in its giant oil company Rosneft, it still…
Russia signs deal for Syria bases, Turkey appears to accept Assad
By Rod Nordland / The New York Times From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette BEIRUT — Russia signed a long-term agreement Friday to greatly enlarge its military presence in Syria, more than doubling the space for warships in Russia’s only Mediterranean port and…
DNI Clapper expresses ‘Profound Dismay’ over Trump Russia leaks
By Todd Beamon From Newsmax Director of National Intelligence James Clapper late Wednesday expressed “profound dismay” to Donald Trump over the leak of a dossier of unsubstantiated negative information on the president-elect’s ties to Russia. Clapper said he assured Trump…
Ex-British spy who authored Trump dossier flees home
By Greg Richter From Newsmax Christopher Steele, the former British intelligence officer who was revealed to be the author of a controversial dossier on President-elect Donald Trump, has fled his home amid the backlash of his report being made public,…
