Winter Watch original articles and aggregated world news.
By Tyler Durden | 26 November 2018 ZERO HEDGE — A new “secret” police study has found that Chinese crime networks could have laundered over $1B through Vancouver homes in 2016 alone, and that a surge in the city’s […]
4 February 2020 BBC — Seven alleged fraudsters are going on trial in Paris accused of impersonating a French minister to trick wealthy victims out of more than €50m (£42m). Investigators say the scam involved a […]
By Tyler Durden | 7 February 2020 ZERO HEDGE — Russia’s Defense Ministry has issued a rare scathing public condemnation of the latest round of Israeli airstrikes which occurred Wednesday night into the early hours of Thursday morning […]
As top officials reassure their Palestinian counterparts annexation is coming no time soon, everyone is banking on Israel’s March elections By Yossi Melman | 29 January 2020 MIDDLE EAST EYE — From a strict security point […]
This post is a sequel to yesterday’s topic: “Coronavirus (nCOv) as a Black Swan Event.” The downside of kakistocratic rule is that shit happens, and usually it is because of their expediency and abject failure […]
3 February 2020 SOUTH FRONT — The Houthis’ media wing continues showcasing devastating losses of Saudi-backed forces in the Yemeni conflict.
Black Swan Event: An unpredictable event that has potentially severe consequences. Characterized by its extreme rarity and its severe impact. Can cause catastrophic damage to an economy and, because they cannot be predicted, can only […]
By Ryan Gallagher | 12 October 2018 THE INTERCEPT — Google CEO Sundar Pichai has refused to answer a list of questions from U.S. lawmakers about the company’s secretive plan for a censored search engine […]
Russ on Friday participated in another monthly podcast with intrepid stalwart Eric Gajewski of TradCatKnight. If you haven’t tuned in to these podcasts, you’re missing something. These are all short in length (approx. 40 minutes […]
Prime Minister Imran Khan declared the emergency to protect crops and help farmers. The Pakistani government said it was the worst locust infestation in more than two decades. DEUTSCHE WELLE — Pakistan’s government declared a national […]
Australia is suffering from the same type of Saul Alinskyite neo-Marxist infestation as Sweden. Fifth columnists infiltrated the judiciary, media, police and government. This is NOT organic, and it has manifested itself in the form of rampaging […]
PM rescinds immunity ahead of Knesset vote By Yonah Jeremy Bob and Gil Hoffman | 28 January 2020 JERUSALEM POST — On Tuesday, Benjamin Netanyahu became the first sitting prime minister in Israel’s history to be […]
Also Read: Winter Watch post- The Case of James Forrestal and the Take Downs of Real America Firsters By Laurent Guyenot | 27 January 2020 THE UNZ REPORT — In the 1990s, a couple of bestsellers […]
‘In the previous epidemics, which turned out to be duds — West Nile, SARS, bird flu, Swine Flu, MERS, Zika, Ebola — there were people claiming the virus had been diabolically weaponized, it was spreading […]
Some of the Islamic State “Arabs” sure could use some sunblock. Where exactly are they based? Where do they sleep? Where do they do their banking? How did they pay for their fleet of brand […]
By Eric Striker | 23 January 2020 NATIONAL JUSTICE — Nationalists are on the rise in Slovakia. The People’s Party – Our Slovakia, led by charismatic rebel Marian Kotleba, is polling at 14% ahead of parliamentary elections next […]
Regularly updated. Wuhan is a city of 11 million in Central China and is said to be the origin of a new strain of coronavirus that is spreading globally. The mayor of Wuhan on Tuesday […]
18 January 2020 PAUL CRAIG ROBERTS — The first thing to understand is that it is not a trade deal. It is Trump backing off his tariffs when he discovered that the tarrifs fall on US […]
By A.J. Naddaff | 22 January 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS — Before picking up cash from a downtown bank in Lebanon’s capital, Mey Al Sayegh mentally braces herself for what would have been a routine trip before […]
22 January 2020 YAHOO! NEWS (AFP) — Thousands of residents on Greek islands hosting large migrant camps on Wednesday kicked off a day of protests, demanding the immediate removal of asylum-seekers. The islands of Lesbos, Samos […]
LGBT community viewed Sgt. Byun’s fate as a test case for the role of gay and transgender people in the conservative country By Dasl Yoon | 22 January 2019 THE WALL STREET JOURNAL — A transgender soldier […]
By David Chazan | 18 January 2020 YAHOO (THE TELEGRAPH) — Emmanuel Macron’s Friday night theatre outing came to a disagreeable end when police had to rescue the president and his wife from dozens of protesters […]
By Sophia Narwitz | 16 January 2020 RUSSIA TODAY — The normalization of Orwellian practices at higher education establishments continues apace, with the UK’s University of Sheffield hiring a team of student eavesdroppers who will catch […]
As new video shows 2nd missile striking plane, Iran blames ‘enemy sabotage’ By Steve Watson | 16 January 2019 SUMMIT NEWS — The Iranian military is now blaming the US (again) for the downing of Ukrainian […]
On a personal level, the complete looting of Spanish pensions by the Crime Syndicate bothers and saddens me a lot. Of all the people I have known in Europe, Spaniards are among the nicest and […]
Presenter Gellare Jabbari apologised to Iranians ‘for the 13 years I told you lies’ By Patrick Wintour | 13 January 2020 THE GUARDIAN — At least two presenters working for the Iranian state broadcaster IRIB have […]
By Catherine Garcia | 14 January 2020 THE WEEK — Text messages made public on Tuesday between Lev Parnas, the indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani, and Robert Hyde, a donor to President Trump now running for […]
Through its main investors, SoftBank and Lockheed Martin, Cybereason not only has ties to the Trump administration but has its software running on some of the U.S. government’s most classified and secretive networks. By Whitney […]
By Gary Nunn | 12 January 2020 BBC — For thousands of years, the Indigenous people of Australia set fire to the land. Long before Australia was invaded and colonised by Europeans, fire management techniques – […]