Jack Roberts

Oil Price Decline: What the Future Holds

A price war led by Saudi Arabia has crashed global oil prices. With prices hovering around US$20-$25 per barrel, this is the lowest level in about 18 years. Combined with the lower demand for oil due to the outbreak of the CCP coronavirus, the near-term outlook for oil and the global economy does not look positive. Plunging ...

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An oil well.

Did the CCP Coronavirus Turn More Dangerous With a Recent Mutation?

There has apparently been a mutation of the CCP coronavirus into two strains, according to researchers from the Institut Pasteur of Shanghai and Peking University’s School of Life Science. The first strain, the “S-type,” is milder and less infectious when compared to the “L-type,” which spreads more quickly and is present in almost 70 percent ...

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The CCP coronavirus.

Now, Americans Are Scrambling to Buy Toilet Paper

The Wuhan coronavirus outbreak has triggered panic buying of toilet paper among Americans. Many supermarket chains have run out of toilet paper. Some have put restrictions on how many rolls a customer can buy. The trend has caught the attention of many people who are wondering what the obsession with hoarding toilet paper means. The ...

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Rolls of toilet paper.

Will Wuhan Coronavirus Trigger China’s End as a Global Manufacturing Hub?

China has been the undisputed king as a global manufacturing hub for many decades. Its cheap labor costs coupled with excellent infrastructure and logistics made companies from the U.S. and Europe shift their manufacturing to the Asian country. In recent years, the Trump administration has been actively seeking to bring back manufacturing jobs to America ...

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A Chinese factory.

Wuhan Coronavirus Update: Global Restrictions Rise as New Infections Increase

What we know about the coronavirus impact: More than 169,387 global cases with at least 6,513 deaths Germany closes the border it shares with five other countries U.S. authorities advise against gatherings of more than 50 people (update: 10 people) Stock markets slump despite action from central banks Countries closed borders, cities from New York ...

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A Chinese patient with coronavirus.

Global Community Urged to Examine Evidence of Organ Harvesting in China

Since the year 2000, the organ transplantation system in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) has rapidly expanded. The executive summary from a new report published by the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation about organ harvesting in China offers an insight into how rapid that growth actually has been. “Over the four-year period from 2000 to ...

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A team od doctors performing transplant surgery.

An African Painter Who Criticizes Beijing Through Artwork

Michael Soi is a painter from Kenya who is not happy with China’s involvement in Africa. He feels that the relationship is akin to neo-colonization. As an artist, Soi brings attention to this problem in the best way he can — through paintings. He has created about 100 such paintings on the theme as part ...

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Michael Soi.

Pompeo Blasts Chinese Censorship as Coronavirus Continues to Spread

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has hit out at the Chinese government for the Chinese censorship policies that he believes are playing a key role in the spread of the coronavirus. The virus has so far infected over 109,000 people globally and killed at least 3,816. China alone accounts for 80,735 infected and over ...

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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.

China Fired a Laser at an American Aircraft

A Chinese destroyer reportedly fired a weapons-grade laser at a U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft that was flying above the Pacific. The incident occurred about 380 miles from Guam in the Philippine Sea, where America has a significant military presence. The aircraft, a P-8A Poseidon, was operating from the Kadena airbase located in Okinawa, Japan. Attacking ...

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A P-8A Poseidon aircraft.

COVID-19 Update: Outbreak Continues Its Spread Across the Globe

More than 108,000 people had been infected with COVID-19 as of Sunday, March 8. There have been more than 3,700 deaths. More than 80,700 of those cases have been in mainland China, where 3,100 have died. But the number of new infections there is decreasing by the day, according to Chinese authorities. China reported 99 ...

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Workers wearing face masks against COVID-19.