(Natural News) Russia has taken control of the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project in the country’s far east. Moscow’s decision to do so could drive out the project’s three investors and raise the stakes in its economic war against the West. A five-page decree signed June 30 by Russian President Vladimir Putin establishes a new […]

(Natural News) The share of Japanese government bonds that are held by the Bank of Japan has now exceeded 50 percent. The record-setting high comes as the central bank doubles down on its government debt purchases with the aim of holding down long-term interest rates as part of its ultra-loose monetary policy. The Bank of […]

(Natural News) In the mid-1980s, a film called “Red Dawn” starring the late Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, Jennifer Gray and others sent shivers down the spines of millions of Americans for its authentic potential. The movie, released at the height of the Cold War, was a fictional account of an invasion of the United States […]

(Natural News) Fast food restaurant Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has begun to substitute cabbage for lettuce in Australia. The move comes amid shortages of crops in the Land Down Under due to extreme weather. Instead of pure lettuce, the American joint’s branches in Australia are now using a mix of lettuce and cabbage in its burgers […]

(Natural News) European buyers are expanding shipments of coal from across the world amidst talks of European Union ban on Russian imports and the struggle to ease stiff gas supplies. The European Commission on Tuesday, April 5, suggested new sanctions against Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine, along with a ban on buying Russian coal and on Russian ships entering EU ports. […]

(Natural News) Large portions of Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture remain abandoned ten years after the natural disaster that crippled the area. The prefecture bore the brunt of an earthquake and tsunami that hit it in 2011, damaging a nuclear power plant based in the town of Okuma. Truly, Fukushima still feels the effects of the Fukushima […]

(Natural News) Our modern technological age is driven by tiny little devices known as semiconductors, but thanks to the global economic shutdown due to the China virus, they have been in very short supply for months. As such, everything from home goods to new vehicles have been in short supply, which is driving up prices, increasing inflation […]

(Natural News) Benchmarks rose in early trading in Tokyo and Shanghai as global investors began eyeing talks aimed at ending the Russian assault on Ukraine. The surging oil prices and increasing financial pressure from the U.S. and its allies on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, are now adding to uncertainty about the global economic […]

(Natural News) Kowa Co. Ltd., a Japanese conglomerate with interests in trading, hospitality and electronics, has issued a press release indicating that science clearly shows that ivermectin is a “safe and effective” remedy for the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19). That release, which is available as a pdf, explains that the anti-parasitic drug works against the Omicron […]

(Natural News) Belgium has stopped the administration of Moderna’s Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine to Belgians 30 years old and below. The European nation cited cardiac inflammation risk as the reason for dropping the mRNA vaccine. According to a Brussels Times report, Belgium stopped using Moderna’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine as a primary shot for those younger than […]