Saturday, June 1, 2019
USA slaps Mexico with 5% tariffs on everything
USA slaps Mexico with 5% tariffs on everything: A five percent tariff on all goods coming from Mexico will go into effect on June 10, and will gradually increase up to 25 percent until the illegal immigration problem is resolved, US President Donald Trump has announced.This appears to be the “big league” announcement on the border Trump had teased earlier in the day, prior to delivering a commencement speech to the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
US Dept of Defence bans use of Russian space launches and satellites
US Dept of Defence bans use of Russian space launches and satellites: The Pentagon is trying to artificially limit the use of Russian launch vehicles on the international market, Roscosmos said, adding that the ban will negatively affect the whole industry of commercial space launches.Russia’s space agency said it “condemns” the decision by the Department of Defense to forbid US companies from relying on Russian space rocket launches and satellite services starting from 2023.
Houthi leader: Yemen will always remain pro-Palestine
Houthi leader: Yemen will always remain pro-Palestine: The leader of Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah movement has reiterated his country's support for Palestine in the face of Israeli occupation, calling on Yemeni people to express their solidarity with Palestinians by partaking in International Quds Day rallies.'The Yemeni people will always be against the United States and Israel.
Enter the jaguar: psychedelics in ancient Peru
Enter the jaguar: psychedelics in ancient Peru: The monumental ruins of Chavín de Huantar, ten thousand feet up in the Cordillera Blanca of the Peruvian Andes, are, officially, a mystery. The vast, ruined granite and sandstone structures – cyclopean walls, huge sunken plazas and step pyramids – date from around 1000 BC but, although they were refashioned and augmented for close to a thousand years, the evidence for the material culture associated with them is fragmentary at best.
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