August 19, 2020 | Astute News

The Strange Case of Beirut’s Missing Port

August 19, 2020

On the afternoon of August 4, 2020, two explosions occurred in Beirut’s port area. One was small, the other one left a crater 550 feet across and, according to most recent reports, over 100 feet deep,…

Fake News About Iran and the Taliban Aims to Achieve Three Strategic Objectives

August 19, 2020

Opinion

The CNN report earlier this week alleging that Iran paid bounties to the Taliban to kill US troops aims to reinforce the narrative that Tehran supports "terrorists", portray the country as an obstacle…

Whither the Arab and the Muslim World?

August 19, 2020

Opinion

An agreement to establish diplomatic relations between the United Arab Emirates and Israel and a Saudi-Pakistani spat over Kashmir coupled with feuds among Gulf states and between Turkey, the kingdom,…

Trump Doesn’t Even Need Israel-UAE Peace Deal to Actually Succeed

August 19, 2020

Opinion

Trump announced that the US, Israel and the UAE have agreed to a plan that would trade an Israeli pause to annex portions of the West Bank for a normalization of relations. But is this all just one mo…

IMF and WEF – From Great Lockdown to Great Transformation. The Covid Aftermath

August 19, 2020

Opinion

The World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Great Global Reset is being ‘paralleled’ – not challenged – by the IMF. Both are pulling in the same direction, shoveling more assets from the lower echelons to a…

Thailand Prime Minister Questions Protest Funding

August 19, 2020

Opinion

Only through repetitive propaganda across the Western media and their local partners in Thailand can current protests appear “student led,” “leaderless,” and “organic.” An article published by the Ban…

What Will Trump Do to the World to Win Re-Election?

August 19, 2020

Opinion

In 2016, Alan Lichtman departed from conventional wisdom to predict a Donald Trump victory in that year’s presidential election. The political scientist was following something he called the “13 keys …

More Reasons to Avoid BPA and BPS in Plastic

August 19, 2020

Miscellaneous

Despite known negative effects of BPA and BPS in plastic, these toxic chemicals are still prevalent in many home products and food items. BPA and BPS exposure is linked with reproductive disorders, lo…