Download The Last Chronicles of Planet Earth November 1 2017 Edition written by Frank DiMora
Nov 01
November 1, 2017
Download The Last Chronicles of Planet Earth November 1 2017 Edition written by Frank DiMora
On the 29th at this post I told you I was going to begin my next prophecy seminar on Nov. 1, 2017 and, that I would not be posting for 3 weeks unless something major happened. I wrapped that post up by saying don’t be surprised to see a major earthquake with in the 3 weeks. If you take Jesus at His word you would also expect to see what I expect to see. When He warned us these many earthquakes would come He said it for a reason. Don’t you think Christ knew that there would be many people who would see this specific sign and begin to believe what He said? I truly believe that there have already been many people who have been watching the earthquakes around the world who read Christ’s warning and, this one sign lead them to the other signs Jesus warned about. I am sure there are millions of people who were lead to Christ’s salvation message as one sign lead them to another until they surrendered their life to Christ. Since my last post on the 29th there have already been 5 major earthquakes!
Let us review the words of Christ concerning the earthquakes in the last days. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of birthpains (Matthew 24:7-8). Luke 21:: 11There will be great earthquakes, famines and pestilences in various places, and fearful events and great signs from heaven.
Did Jesus come right out and say in the last days there would be an increase in earthquakes? No He did not. However, notice as Christ is talking about the last days earthquakes He tells us that they will occur as birthpains. What happens with birthpains? The womens pains speed up and get much worse before the baby is delivered. So, in like manner Christ really is showing us we should expect that the last days earthquakes will get much worse and happen faster and faster just like those birthpains of a women. This is one reason why on the 29th I told you to expect a great earthquake! Below you will see sample of these birthpains concerning the many earthquakes.
On what date will the next major earthquake strike? If I knew that I would be Christ which I am not but, what I can tell you is expect more of the same because there is no question this is the generation Jesus warned about when He said, “Very I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done.” (Mark 13:30)
By now I am sure most of you saw the news concerning another major attack against Americans here in the USA. The evil which sprang up from the Middle East will never go away until Jesus Christ returns to Earth. The best thing Americans can do is learn how to protect yourself and your family from such attacks because it has been proven over and over again we just don’t know when these attack will come or where they will strike next. For example, when your out of the house and walking around on the streets it would be a good idea not to bury your head in your cell phone. When your head is constantly looking down at your phone you will never see someone coming at you as the sole suspect, identified as 29-year-old Sayfullo Saipov did. In the second photo below you will see the path Saipov took to mow down his victims. I wonder how many of the victims were on their cell phones when the attack happened?
Above is the path the attacker took to kill as many Americans as he could.
Maybe it is time for the government of the United States to check out what Sean Hannity reported on back in 2009. I will tell you this, if I were the President of the United States I would send in under cover agents to each one of these camps. If what Hannity reported is true. As President I would send in U.S. troops surround the camps and take everyone of them down before they have a chance to harm any American citizen! I ask everyone of you who have come to my site to write your government officials demanding these camps be shut down! We are living in evil days and, just like the earthquakes which we do not know where they will hit next we know these terrorists will in like manner strike again. Unlike the earthquakes we can do something about these terrorists before they hit us again.
Up-date on these camps done on Dec. 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eKzgeTwQt-o
Oct 29
Oct 29, 2017
The Last Chronicles of Planet Earth October 26, 2017 Edition written by Frank DiMora
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Hi everyone, this is Frank DiMora. I wanted to thank everyone who has been coming to my site over the years. You have made it possible for me to spread the Good News about Jesus Christ and His Salvation and, to help keep you alert to these last day events. For the next 3 weeks I will be giving a prophecy seminar at Trinity Church in Lompoc. As a result of the time it takes to get ready for this seminar I won’t be able to post until after Thanksgiving. However, if something major takes places during the time I am giving this seminar I will be reporting on what ever it is that has happened. Don’t be surprised that with in those 3 weeks you hear of another major earthquake.
Oct 27
Oct. 27, 2017- Plague warning has spread to NINE countries
The Last Chronicles of Planet Earth October 26, 2017 Edition written by Frank DiMora
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Headline: Hamas leader blames Israel for assassination attempt on security commander
While Gaza sources say ISIS attempted to assasinate Hamas’s internal security forces commander, Tawfiq Abu Naim, as revenge for arresting ISIS militants and supporters, it didn’t stop Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh from accusing Israel of the botched hit, claiming it did so in an attempt to sabotage their reconciliation with Fatah. “Through these crimes, Israel is trying to dissuade Hamas from its ways and its adherence to the rights and struggle of the Palestinian people,” Haniyeh said while visiting Abu Naim at the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza. Meanwhile, sources in the Gaza Strip contradicted Haniyeh, saying the main assesment in the strip is that the Islamic State is responsible for the attack. According to sources in Gaza, ISIS wanted revenge on Hamas, and on Abu Naim in particular, over a wave of arrests of ISIS affiliated militants directed by the Gaza terror group and led by the internal security commander. However, at least on the declarative level, other Hamas officials also said that they view Israel as responsible for the assasination attempt, claiming that it sought to derail the reconciliation agreement reached between Hamas and Fatah.
Oct. 27, 2017
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5034836,00.html
Saudi Arabia
Headline: Yemen army advance towards Saada after clashes with Houthi militias
“All roads lead to Saada” was the slogan the Yemeni army raised as they continue to make advances at the border governorate of al-Jawf, a Houthi stronghold. Military sources confirmed that the recent advances made by the Yemeni army against the Houthi militias will enable them to join the front in Saada. This will further tighten the grip on the Houthis who left the province towards Sanaa to control the capital with their ally, ousted President Ali Abdullah Saleh. Since taking control of the capital, the Houthis and their allies lost large areas that were under their control in Yemen.
Oct. 27, 2017
Egypt
“In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians.” (Isaiah 19:23)
***Reading the above definition of Assyria on the Psalm 83 photo and viewing the map below….going through Saudi Arabia maybe a possible way this prophecy will come to pass
Headline: Planned bridge to connect Saudi Arabia with Egypt
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman announced Tuesday his intention to create a new high-tech mega city in western Saudi Arabia, called NEOM, for a cost of $500 billion. According to the plans, the Saudi kingdom intends to erect a bridge passing over the Red Sea and linking NEOM to Egypt, reported American news site Bloomberg, a project Israel may have to assent to for it to go forward. The creation of the bridge, set to span 10 kilometers and allow passage for both cars and a train, was made possible after Egypt transferred ownership of the Sanafir and Tiran islands of the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia. The bridge, much ballyhooed in the past, now returned to world headlines following Prince bin Salman’s announcement f the impending construction of NEOM. “This is a project administered by Mohammad bin Salman, the strongest man in Saudi Arabia. He’s spearheading a plan that’s looking many, many years ahead into the future. It contains economic development that goes beyond merely oil. It’s a 500 billion dollar investment, and only a country like Saudi Arabia can afford it,” explained Meital.
Oct. 26, 2017
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5034345,00.html
Iraq
Headline: Iraq launches new offensives against Kurds
Headline: Iraq sets deadline for Kurds to quit Turkey border post
At 6 a.m. on Thursday, Iraqi armored vehicles and artillery, backed by infantry and Iranian- backed Shi’ite militias, launched an attack on Kurdish Peshmerga in northern Iraq near the border with Syria and Turkey. The attack is aimed at capturing this strategic area from the Kurdistan Regional Government. There have also been reports of clashes and shelling on the road from Erbil to Kirkuk where Iraqi forces face off against Kurdish Peshmerga 45 km. south of the KRG’s capital. The battles come after a momentous 10 days in Iraq that saw Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) take over large swaths of territory as Peshmerga withdrew from Kirkuk and Sinjar. Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has been on a marathon series of meetings in Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Turkey and Iran, beginning on October 22.On Wednesday, the Kurdistan Regional Government offered to freeze the results of the September 25 independence referendum, which had angered Baghdad and Western allies. The KRG called for dialogue with Baghdad. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert welcomed the statement, noting “calm and dialogue are steps forward.” However less than 24 hours later, the Kurdistan Region Security Council said it was “alarmed by intelligence signaling an imminent attack by Iraqi forces and Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Forces in Northwest of Mosul.” The council pointed at Iranian forces leaders Hadi al-Ameri and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis as the instigators of planned “unprovoked attacks.”
Oct. 27, 2017
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Iraq-launches-new-offensives-against-Kurds-508480
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1184046/middle-east
Headline: 10 Dead in Ethiopia After Security Forces Fire on Protesters
At least 10 people have been killed and 20 others wounded during violent protests Thursday in the town of Ambo, in Ethiopia’s Oromia region, after federal security forces fired on the demonstrators. The latest protest — which follows on more than a year of deadly protests in the region between November 2015 and December 2016 — was triggered by recent shortages of sugar. The local head of communications, Gadisa Desalenge, told VOA that the federal and special elite “Agazi” forces, who were deployed to the area early Thursday, were responsible for the deaths. Desalenge also told VOA that some of the protesters, “infuriated by the killings,” set several trucks on fire. VOA Horn of Africa service contacted the Ethiopian government for comment, but so far has not received a reply.
Oct. 26, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/ten-dead-in-ethiopia-after-security-forces-fire-on-protesters/4088437.html
Headline: Bomb attack kills one Bahraini policeman, wounds eight
Militants attacked a Bahraini police bus near the Jidhafs area outside the capital Manama, killing one policeman and wounding eight others, the interior ministry said on Friday. The attack targeted the bus on the Khalifa bin Salman highway, the ministry said, adding that the militant group used a handmade bomb. “Investigations are underway to determine the circumstances of this premeditated terrorist attack and arrest the group involved,” the ministry said in a statement on its website. The incident was the latest in a series of attacks targeting policemen in the country where the US Fifth Fleet is based. The government blames the attacks on Shi‘ite militants it says are backed by Iran to destabilize the country, a charge Tehran denies.
Oct. 27, 2017
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5034788,00.html
Headline: Catalans declare independence as Madrid imposes direct rule
Headline: Spain’s Prime Minister Fires the Whole Catalan Government
The Catalan regional parliament has voted to declare independence from Spain, while the Spanish parliament has approved direct rule over the region. Catalan MPs easily approved the move amid an opposition boycott. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy had told senators direct rule was needed to return “law, democracy and stability” to Catalonia. The crisis began earlier this month when Catalonia held a controversial referendum on independence.The Catalan regional parliament has voted to declare independence from Spain, while the Spanish parliament has approved direct rule over the region. Catalan MPs easily approved the move amid an opposition boycott. Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy had told senators direct rule was needed to return “law, democracy and stability” to Catalonia. The crisis began earlier this month when Catalonia held a controversial referendum on independence.
Oct. 27, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41780116
Headline: Plague warning in NINE countries amid fears BLACK DEATH could spread on flights from Madagascar
PLAGUE warnings have been issued for NINE countries surrounding Madagascar amid fears the disease could spread via sea trade and flight routes. The outbreak is considered a much bigger threat to the region than in previous years because it has taken on its pneumonic form – meaning it is airborne and spread by sneezing and coughing.And experts say the epidemic could still worsen as the death tolls hits 124 and more than 1,300 are left infected. The medieval disease famously wiped out ONE THIRD of Europe’s population in the 13th and 14th centuries in one of the most devastating pandemics in human history known as the Black Death.Dr Ashok Chopra, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Texas, told The Sun Online the crisis in Madagascar had yet to peak. He warned it was possible for the deadly plague to move further into the region given the regular flights going in and out of the country.
Oct. 27, 2017
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4765804/plague-black-death-madagascar-warning-nine-british/
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Oct 26
Oct. 26, 2017 Newest Edition of The Last Chronicles of Planet Earth (Next prophecy seminar)
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Oct 23
Oct. 23, 2017- US Preparing to Put Nuclear Bombers Back on 24-Hour Alert
The Last Chronicles of Planet Earth October 5, 2017 Edition written by Frank DiMora
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Headline: Israel launches retaliatory strikes on Syrian artillery positions
The IDF hit three Syrian regime artillery positions Saturday following five projectiles that were launched towards Israel earlier in the morning. Three of the five projectiles landed in open territory in Israel’s northern Golan Heights, causing no damage or injuries. “Even if this is spillover, this is an exceptional event and the continuation of such events will only exacerbate Israel’s response,” the army said in a statement, adding that “the IDF will not tolerate any attempt to harm the sovereignty Of the state of Israel and her citizens. The Syrian regime is responsible for all that is happening on its territory.” Syria’s SANA state news agency reported that the Israeli shelling came after rebels launched mortar shells “upon the instructions of the Israeli entity” which gave the IDF a “pretext to carry out its aggression.” The Syrian army added the shelling caused material damage and warned of “dangerous repercussions of such hostile acts” adding it holds Israel “fully responsible for the outcomes of that aggression, regardless of the flimsy pretexts.”
Oct. 21, 2017
http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Israel-attacks-Syrian-army-positions-508000
Headline: Lieberman: Golan shelling was not erratic, but ordered by Nasrallah
The five shells that exploded on the Israeli Golan Friday – far from spilling over from Syrian warfare – were fired deliberately on the direct orders of Hizballah chief Hassan Nasrallah, unbeknownst to Bashar Assad. This charge was leveled by Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman at a meeting of his Yisrael Beteinu faction Monday in Jerusalem. The shells were fired by a local cell orchestrated by Hizballah, he said. Nasrallah ordered the action to take place without notifying Assad and his government. “Straight up, this was no stray fire, but a deliberate HIzballah attack on Israel, aimed at dragging us into the quagmire.” Assad and the Russian forces operating in Syria had better rein Hizballah in – or better still, “throw [Hizballah] out of Syria as quickly as possible.”
Oct. 23, 2017
https://www.debka.com/mivzak/lieberman-golan-shelling-not-erratic-ordered-nasrallah/
Headline: Hamas leader’s visit to Iran defies Israeli condition on Palestinian unity
A top Hamas official defiantly rejected Israel’s conditions for recognizing Hamas-Palestinian Authority unity, noting that the very act he was committing — an official visit to Iran — went against the conditions. “Our presence in Iran is the practical denial of the third precondition — cutting ties with Iran,” said Saleh al-Arouri, the deputy chief of the terrorist organization controlling the Gaza Strip, according to Reuters, which quoted Iranian news wires. The Trump administration has encouraged the unity talks — while also embracing Israel’s conditions — seeing the Palestinian Authority’s return to control in Gaza as key to advancing peace talks. US President Donald Trump’s top negotiator, Jason Greenblatt, decried Arouri’s defiance in posts Monday on Twitter. “Hamas, which has only brought ruin and misery to Palestinians, now begs Iran for help and again vows to destroy Israel,” Greenblatt said. “Palestinians deserve so much better than this. We must find a better path forward toward peace and prosperity.”
Oct. 23, 2017
Saudi Arabia
Headline: 8 killed in south Yemen attack on military base
Three Yemeni soldiers and five assailants were killed in an attack on a military base in the southern province of Abyan on Monday, a security source said. A car rigged with explosives carrying five men pulled up to a military base in the district of Mudiya in Abyan, the source told AFP on condition of anonymity. Four men wearing explosive belts ran out of the car and toward the base, and were all shot dead. The vehicle then exploded outside of the base, killing the driver and three soldiers from a UAE-backed contingent in the Yemeni army.
Oct. 23, 2017
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1182021/middle-east
Egypt
Headline: Militants kill Egyptian security forces in desert shoot-out
More than 50 Egyptian security personnel have died during a clash with suspected Islamist militants. The militants opened fire on the group during a raid on their hideout near the Bahariya oasis in the Western Desert, the interior ministry said. Security forces are understood to have gone into the desert following a tip-off about a possible hideout. Fifteen militants also died in the attack.A security source quoted by local news outlets said their convoy came under attack by militants using rocket-propelled grenades and explosive devices. The situation was reportedly made worse for the security forces by the attackers’ familiarity with the area, while the commanding officer was unable to call for land and air reinforcements due to poor telecommunications in the desert. In total, 53 members of the security service died, sources told the BBC.
Oct. 21, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41703303
Syria
Headline: US-Backed Forces Take Syria’s Largest Oil Field From IS
Headline: Kurds win Syrian oil under secret US-Russian deal – prize for Raqqa
The U.S.-led coalition said allied fighters captured Syria’s largest oil field from the Islamic State group on Sunday, marking a major advance against the extremists in an area coveted by pro-government forces. With IS in retreat, the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces and the Syrian government have been in a race to secure parts of the oil-rich Deir el-Zour province along the border with Iraq. The SDF, with air support from the U.S.-led coalition, said Sunday it captured the Al-Omar field in a “swift and wide military operation.” It said some militants have taken cover in oil company houses nearby, where clashes are underway. The U.S.-led coalition confirmed the SDF had retaken the oil field. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said pro-government forces retreated from the area around Al-Omar field after coming under heavy fire from IS. The SDF said government forces are three kilometers (two miles) away from the fields.
Oct. 23, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/us-backed-forces-capture-syria-largest-oil-field/4081066.html
https://www.debka.com/kurds-win-syrian-oil-secret-us-russian-deal-prize-raqqa/
Iraq
Headline: Iraq builds up forces near Kurdish oil export pipeline
Iraqi forces are deploying tanks and artillery near a Kurdish-held area of northern Iraq where a section of a Kurdish oil export pipeline is located, as well as land crossings to Turkey and Syria, security sources said on Monday. The buildup is taking place northwest of Mosul, an official from the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) security council said. A Iraqi government security advisor said taking control of the land crossings was part of measures planned by Baghdad.
Oct. 23, 2017
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5032719,00.html
Headline: ‘Interference’: Iraq PM’s office rejects Tillerson’s call for Iran-backed militias to ‘go home’
In a tight-lipped statement, Baghdad rejected a call by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for Iran-backed Shia militias to “go home” after the demise of Islamic State in Iraq. Earlier on Sunday, Rex Tillerson said at a rare meeting with top Iraqi and Saudi Arabian officials that Iraq’s Shiite militias – also known as Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) – and their Iranian advisers need to leave Iraq as the struggle against Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) is nearing an end. But Baghdad seems reluctant to go along with Washington’s request, judging by a polite but robust remark made on Monday by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s office. “No party has the right to interfere in Iraqi matters,” the statement posted on Facebook reads. It added that many PMU members were native Iraqis who made “enormous sacrifices to defend their country and the Iraqi people.”
Oct. 23, 2017
https://www.rt.com/news/407542-iraq-rejects-tillerson-iran-comment/
Turkey
Headline: Iraq PM to visit Turkey on Wednesday, discuss Northern Iraq referendum: Turkish sources
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi will visit Turkey on Wednesday to discuss potential joint steps against northern Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government following last month’s independence referendum, Turkish prime ministry sources said. Abadi and Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim would also discuss issues of regional security, stability and peace, the sources said on Monday. Last week, Turkey said it would close its air space to Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region and work to hand control of the main border crossing into the region to the central Iraqi government.
Oct. 23, 2017
Afghanistan
Headline: Afghan suicide mosque attacks kill scores of worshippers
Some 60 people have been killed in two separate attacks on mosques in Afghanistan, officials say. A gunman entered a Shia Muslim mosque in Kabul before opening fire and detonating an explosive, killing at least 39 worshippers. An attack on a Sunni Muslim mosque in Ghor province killed 20 people. So-called Islamic State (IS) said it carried out the attack on Kabul’s Imam Zaman mosque, but provided no evidence for the claim. The group has previously targeted Shia mosques across Afghanistan. The new attacks bring to at least 176 the number of people killed in bomb attacks across the country this week.
Oct. 21, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41699320
Libya
Headline: Report suggests Qatar transferring ISIS militants from Iraq and Syria to Libya
ISIS militants have allegedly begun to regroup in south Libya with Qatar’s help after the Gulf state was accused of transferring hundreds of fighters from Syria and Iraq to Libya, a UAE-based newspaper reported on Saturday. Military sources told Alittihad newspaper that the move is an effort to turn the south into a hotbed for extremists after ISIS took severe blows in Syria and Iraq. According to Libyan military officials speaking to the newspaper, ISIS fighters began to leave fighting areas through Turkey and are headed to Libya. The newspaper added that Doha, which is accused by the anti-terror quartet of supporting terrorist groups including groups in Libya that suffer from political divisions, is behind this activity.
Oct. 23, 2017
Headline: 13 Killed in Nigeria Suicide Bombing
A suicide bomber has killed 13 other people in the restive northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Sunday. The Sunday evening attack also injured five people. Two subsequent suicide bombings injured more than a dozen others. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, but officials suspect Boko Haram the militant group is behind the violence. Boko Haram has killed more than 20,000 people during in its eight-year insurgency against the Nigerian government in a bid to create a strict Islamic state in the majority Muslim north. Maiduguri, the capital of the state of Borno, is the birthplace of Boko Haram.
Oct. 22, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/nigeria-suicide-attacks/4081901.html
Headline: Catalonia warns of civil disobedience as Madrid readies direct rule
Headline: Amid Catalonia standoff, 2 Italy regions vote for more independence
Catalonia said on Monday it was confident all officials including police would defy attempts by Madrid to enforce direct rule on the region, in an escalating dispute that has raised fears of unrest among Spain’s European allies. The Spanish government has invoked special constitutional powers to fire the regional government and force a new election to counter an independence drive that has rattled the economy. A vote in the Senate to implement direct rule is due on Friday. But the leaders of the secessionist campaign said a disputed referendum on Oct. 1 gave them the mandate to claim independence from the rest of Spain. “It’s not that we will refuse (orders). It is not a personal decision. It is a seven million-person decision,” Catalonia’s foreign affairs chief Raul Romeva told BBC radio.
Oct. 23, 2017
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1182071/world
Headline: US Preparing to Put Nuclear Bombers Back on 24-Hour Alert
The U.S. Air Force is preparing to put nuclear-armed bombers back on 24-hour ready alert, a status not seen since the Cold War ended in 1991. That means the long-dormant concrete pads at the ends of this base’s 11,000-foot runway — dubbed the “Christmas tree” for their angular markings — could once again find several B-52s parked on them, laden with nuclear weapons and set to take off at a moment’s notice. “This is yet one more step in ensuring that we’re prepared,” Gen. David Goldfein, Air Force chief of staff, said in an interview during his six-day tour of Barksdale and other U.S. Air Force bases that support the nuclear mission. “I look at it more as not planning for any specific event, but more for the reality of the global situation we find ourselves in and how we ensure we’re prepared going forward.”
Oct. 22, 2017
Headline: Keepers warn of ‘bee-mageddon’ after France authorises controversial insecticide
French bee keepers are up in arms over the authorisation of an insecticide they warn could sound the death knell of their already decimated bee population. Bee hives have been hit in Europe, North America and elsewhere by a mysterious phenomenon called “colony collapse disorder”. The blight has been blamed on mites, a virus or fungus, pesticides, or a combination of factors. With the honey harvest in France down to just 10,000 tons this year – three times less than in the 1990s – the country’s national apiculture union, UNAF, slammed what it called the “scandalous” authorisation of sulfaoxaflor, which attacks the central nervous system of insects.
Oct. 20, 2017
Headline: 5 dead after Typhoon Lan hits Japan
Typhoon Lan traveled out to sea early Monday after hitting Japan’s east coast, killing at least five people. The powerful storm brought 100 mph winds as it struck Shizuoka Prefecture and dumped more than 30 inches of rain in 48 hours, beginning Sunday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. A gust of 164.5 mph was recorded in Okayama province.More than 200,000 people were ordered to evacuate by the country’s Fire and Disaster Management Agency, with 2.2 million more homes under advisory to evacuate. The typhoon, which struck Taiwan before turning north toward Japan, was the equivalent of a Category 2 hurricane, according to the Saffir-Simpson Wind Scale.
Oct. 23, 2017
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Oct 21
Oct. 22, 2017 A Time We Thought We Would Never See
If I asked you to read the first two articles and tell me is there any importance to these articles what would you say? If you are one of the Lord’s children and are really walking with Christ then more than likely you would be on the watch! If that is the case these two articles no doubt would show you prophecy for the last days is under way. Satan is no longer working in the shadows like he did 30 or 40 years ago but, is exposing his deeds right in front of everyone. For example, 30 or 40 years ago who would have thought we would see Satanic Churches in America. 30 or 40 years ago you would be hard pressed to even find anyone who would talk about a Satanic Church. Who would have thought America would see the day come when Christmas trees, Jesus picture, crosses, even Christmas nativity scenes were ordered removed. If someone 30 or 40 years ago would have said we would see the day when the Ten Commandments would be forced out hardly anyone would have believed that would happen, they would just laugh it off like that would be impossible in America. Well here we are those 30 or 40 years have passed and all the things we thought would never happen are taking place in this generation. Jesus warned us that Satan was going to attack as many as possible. Look at what 1 Peter 5:8 says. Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
The generation Jesus warned would be the last generation is already here! Faith in Christ has been on the decline for a long time now in many nations and now it is happening in America as well but for anyone who really knows Christ and is in His word we have been inspecting this to take place. Look at what Jesus stated about this? Luke 18:8 8I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth? This scripture by itself shows the sign of the times! Below I posted a few of the examples of what I have been talking about.
What you see below are only a few of the many reports showing us how Christ and the Christian faith is slowing being removed from the American society. The removal of Christ isn’t the only sign of the times. In the second title below you see, Israel has attacked a Syrian position. One of the prophecies that has not been completely fulfilled yet is the Isaiah 17:1 prophecy were we see Damascus would be left in a ruinous help. Israel and Syria are getting closer to fulfilling this warning from Isa. 17:1. This will be a major deal in the news when it happens so I don’t think you will miss it. However, many who don’t know Christ or this warning will see that news and not even be aware a major prophecy for the last days has been completed.
If faith is vanishing away why are people like myself spending so much time posting news that shows Bible prophecy is being fulfilled? Because we are running out of time and we are trying to reach as many people as possible with the Good News as we can. What is the Good News? You don’t have to be afraid, you have no reason to fear or, for that matter even be alarmed when Jesus Christ is in you. When Jesus Christ enters into you at your request He will make His home in you forever. Expect changes to happen in your life. Whatever you do if you do ask Christ into your life keep as close to Christ as you can because these last days will get much harder but the Lord will never leave us. He will always make a way for you. Soon you will see things that we have been waiting for in prophecy that will no doubt shake the world but for those who already know what is coming it will not be a surprise! If you want to understand what is coming you can download my book The Last Chronicles of Planet Earth today for free. You will read about the events leading up to the prophecies that have not yet been completely fulfilled but are advancing very quickly. My book will give you the facts and evidence showing you that what Christ warned us is coming to pass and there are only a few major prophecies left to be fulfilled.
Court Rules WWI Memorial Cross Must Be Torn D
Israel launches retaliatory strikes on Syrian artillery positions
Here are the examples I talked about in my post today.
https://www.christianpost.com/news/state-removes-3-crosses-from-calif-towns-inspiration-point-54491/
https://www.toddstarnes.com/column/school-orders-staffer-to-remove-charlie-brown-christmas-poster
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/03/ohio-school-jesus-portrait/2049689/
http://triblive.com/local/valleynewsdispatch/11974919-74/valley-monument-schaub
http://www.wgal.com/article/pa-school-district-agrees-to-remove-ten-commandments-monument/8963694
the satanic church locations
Many people want to know about Bitcoin? Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency which is a digital asset designed to work as a medium of exchange using cryptography to secure the transactions and to control the creation of additional units of the currency. Cryptocurrencies are a subset of alternative currencies, or specifically of digital currencies. At the current time one Bitcoin have just passed the $4,000 mark. Today the price of Gold is $1,280.70. So you can see Bitcoin is coming very popular in the market place. Bitcoin is not controlled or issued by any bank or government, instead it is an open network which is managed by its users. Millions of people are now hooked into Bitcoin because they are tired of being controlled by a bank or government who controls their money. In January 2009, the bitcoin network came into existence with the release of the first open source bitcoin client and the issuance of the first bitcoins,[12][15][16][17] with Satoshi Nakamoto mining the first block of bitcoins ever (known as the genesis block), which had a reward of 50 bitcoins. When Bitcoin opened people began to talk about how this is a scam and it would never last. When Bitcoin didn’t fall people began to say the price would never reach 50 cents. Eight years have passed and as you already saw the coin has surpassed the $4,000 mark. Now there are projections that this coin will reach $500,000 a coin! Now the question is, what does this have to do with Bible prophecy? Look at what Jesus said in Revelation chapter 13 16 And he causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name. What we know is that there will be some type of financial system that will be controlled by the Antichrist in the last days. It will be some time of high tech currency that will be embedded in your skin. Some are asking if a Bitcoin currency can be placed in your skin? Did you know that you can now get a Bitcoin Visa card? You can read albout it at this link: https://news.bitcoin.com/bitpay-visa-bitcoin-debit-card-review/
Right now in many places around the world people today are able to put a chip in their skin which allows them to do banking transactions just by waving their hand in front of a screen. It wouldn’t be that hard to add the crypto currency to a chip to use for your banking. If the Bitcoin keeps growing and does reach the 500,000 dollar what can stop it and show us the Bitcoin will not be the system used by the Antichrist? What would happen if there was a EMP strike? No electrics would work. That means no one would be able to access their accounts because the Net would be down. A EMP strike would kill all crypto currencies in one day! No one knows for sure exactly what system will end up in the hands of the Antichrist but one thing is for sure, this is the only generation with the technology that can put such a system in place. 30 or 40 years ago no one could see such a system however, today it is not only possible but is already being used. What I am trying to tell you is now is the time to give your life over to Christ!
Oct 19
Oct. 19, 2017- Prophecy News
The Last Chronicles of Planet Earth October 5, 2017 Edition written by Frank DiMora
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Headline: Russia agrees to keep Iran, Hezbollah forces away from Israeli border
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu told Israel that Moscow has agreed to expand a buffer zone along the Israeli-Syrian border, where Iranian and Hezbollah forces will not be allowed to enter, Arab media reported Wednesday. The statement attributed to an Israeli diplomatic official by London-based Asharq Al-Awsat said that Russia had refused the Israeli request for a 40 kilometers (25 miles) buffer zone, but expressed willingness to extend a 10-15 kilometer off-limits zone. Russia, which views Iran as a key player in resolving the crisis in Syria, has repeatedly emphasized the importance of the role that the Islamic Republic plays in the war-torn country. As the war in Syria seems to be winding down in Assad’s favor due to Moscow’s intervention, Israel fears that Iran will help Hezbollah produce accurate precision-guided missiles and aid Hezbollah and other Shi’ite militias to strengthen their foothold in the Golan Heights. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has publicly criticized a US-Russian cease-fire deal in Syria, saying that it does not include any provisions to stop Iranian expansion in the area. Russia is reported to have rejected a request from Jerusalem for a 40-kilometer buffer zone between the Golan Heights and any Iranian-backed militias in Syria, only agreeing to make sure that no Shi’ite fighter would come closer than 5 kilometers from Israel.
Oct. 18, 2017
Headline: Israel Strikes Target in Syria in Response to Spillover Fire
The Israeli military struck targets in Syria after errant fire from the war raging there hit the Israeli Golan Heights, a military spokesperson said on Thursday, a day after Iran’s military chief warned against Israeli incursions in Syria. Local reports said that Israel struck a Syrian artillery position near border town of Quneitra. Earlier, a projectile fell in an open area in the northern Israeli Golan Heights as a result of the Syrian civil war. The incident caused neither casualties nor damage. On Wednesday, two rocket-alert sirens were sounded in the Golan Heights in response to internal fighting in Syria. Iran’s military chief Mohammad Baqeri on Wednesday pledged to fight Israel and Sunni insurgents during a visit to Damascus, and discussed ways to deepen cooperation with the Syrian military. “It is not acceptable for the Zionist regime to violate Syria anytime it wants,” Baqeri said.
Oct. 19, 2017
https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.818207
Iraq
Headline: Court in Iraq orders arrest of Kurdistan VP Kosrat Rasul
Headline: Putin and Netanyahu focus on Kurdistan crisis
An Iraqi court has ordered the arrest of the vice-president of the Kurdistan Region for calling troops sent to Kirkuk this week “occupying forces”. A Supreme Judicial Council spokesman said the court believed Kosrat Rasul’s remarks were an incitement to violence. He made them in a statement condemning the withdrawal of Peshmerga fighters from Kirkuk and other disputed areas. Baghdad launched an operation to retake them on Monday, three weeks after the Kurds held an independence referendum. People living in areas under Kurdish control overwhelmingly backed secession but Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared the vote illegal.
Oct. 19, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-41681598
https://www.debka.com/putin-netanyahu-focus-kurdistan-crisis-irans-successful-maneuver-kirkuk/
***The Kurds in Prophecy?
http://endtimesresearchministry.com/the-kurds-in-prophecy-special-post-september-6-2014/
Turkey
Headline: Turkey’s Erdogan says may shut Iraqi border any moment
President Tayyip Erdogan said Turkey may shut its border with northern Iraq “at any moment” after closing its air space to the region, Hurriyet newspaper reported on Thursday, reviving a threat first made after Kurds there voted for independence. “We have completely closed our air space to the regional government in northern Iraq,” the paper cited Erdogan as telling reporters on his plane returning from a trip to Poland. “Talks are continuing on what will be done regarding the land (border) … We have not shut the border gates yet but this could happen too at any moment,” he added. Turkey announced on Monday it was closing its air space to the semi-autonomous Kurdish region and said it would work to hand control of the main border crossing into the region to the central Iraqi government.
Oct. 19, 2017
Afghanistan
Headline: Wave of Taliban suicide attacks on Afghan forces kills at least 74
At least 74 people have been killed in a wave of Taliban suicide attacks targeting police compounds and government facilities in the south, east and west of Afghanistan. Among those killed was a provincial police chief. Scores of people, including police officers and civilians, were also wounded. The deputy interior minister, Murad Ali Murad, said the attacks on Tuesday had been the biggest this year. He told a press conference in Kabul that 71 people had been killed by insurgents in Ghazni and Paktia provinces. In southern Paktia province, 21 police officers and 20 civilians were killed when suicide car bombers targeted a police compound in the provincial capital of Gardez. Among the wounded were 48 police officers and 110 civilians. The provincial police chief, Toryalai Abdyani, was killed in the Paktia attack, Murad confirmed. The interior ministry said that after the two cars had exploded in Gardez, five assailants with suicide belts had tried to storm the compound but had been killed by Afghan security forces. Gardez city hospital reported receiving at least 130 people wounded in the attack, a health ministry spokesman, Waheed Majroo, said.
Oct. 18, 2017
Headline: Jihadist Ambush on US Forces Shows New Danger in Sahel
The Islamic militants came on motorcycles toting rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns, killing four American service members after shattering the windows of the unarmored U.S. trucks. In this remote corner of Niger where the Americans and their local counterparts had been meeting with community leaders, residents say the men who came to kill that day had never been seen there before. “The attackers spoke Arabic and Tamashek, and were light-skinned,” Baringay Aghali, told The Associated Press by phone from the remote village of Tongo-Tongo. Who were these men and how did they know the Americans would be there that day?The Niger attack appears to be the work of the Islamic State of the Sahel, a splinter group of extremists loyal to the Islamic State group who are based just across the border in Mali, according to interviews with U.S. officials and authorities here in the vast Sahel region bordering the Sahara Desert. It is led by Adnan Abu Walid who built ties with various extremists before forming his own group.
Oct. 19, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/jihadist-ambush-on-us-forces-shows-new-dnager-in-sahel/4077666.html
Headline: At Least Four Dead in Anti-Government Protests in Togo
At least four people have been killed across the small West African nation of Togo in clashes between security forces and protesters demanding an end to the rule of President Faure Gnassingbe. Security Minister Colonel Damehame Yark said Wednesday that one person was shot dead in the capital, Lome, while three others were killed in Togo’s second-largest city of Sokode, more than 300 kilometers north of Lome. Yark says 60 demonstrators were arrested in Wednesday’s clashes. Opposition leaders have planned two days of demonstrations against Gnassingbe, who has been in power since 2005, succeeding his late father President Gnassingbé Eyadema. Protests have broken out across Togo since August over the current president’s proposal to amend the constitution by removing presidential term limits, which could potentially allow him to stay in office until at least 2030.
Oct. 19, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/multiple-deaths-in-togo-anti-government-protests/4077178.html
Headline: Catalonia crisis: Spain moves to suspend autonomy
Spain is to start suspending Catalonia’s autonomy from Saturday, as the region’s leader threatens to declare independence. The government said ministers would meet to activate Article 155 of the constitution, allowing it to take over running of the region. Catalonia’s leader said the region’s parliament would vote on independence if Spain continued “repression”. Catalans voted to secede in a referendum outlawed by Spain. Some fear the latest moves could spark further unrest after mass demonstrations before and since the ballot on 1 October. Spain’s supreme court declared the vote illegal and said it violated the constitution, which describes the country as indivisible.
Oct. 19, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-41678086
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Oct. 17, 2017- Is a Kurdish War about to start?
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Headline: Israeli air force destroys Syrian anti-aircraft battery in retaliatory strike
The Israeli Air Force attacked and destroyed a Syrian SA-5 anti-aircraft battery east of Damascus Monday morning after it fired a surface-to-air missile at Israeli jets. The SA-5 missile battery, which was stationed some 50 kilometers east of the Syrian capital, fired at Israeli jets that were on a routine aerial reconnaissance flight in Lebanese airspace, IDF Spokesman Brig.Gen. Ronen Manelis stated. “We see the Syrian regime as responsible and see these missiles as a clear Syrian provocation, and it will not be accepted,” Manelis stated, adding that while Israel has no intention to enter into the civil war in Syria, Israel will react to all provocations. Manelis told journalists that Russia was updated about the incident, in which no Israeli jets were harmed, in real time, and that it will be brought up during the visit of the Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu who is set to land in Israel in the coming hours.
Oct. 16, 2017
Headline: Report: Israel launched strike in Sinai hours after rocket attack
Israeli sorties bombed targets in the Sinai Peninsula Sunday evening in retaliation for two rockets launched at Israel from the Egyptian territory hours earlier, according to Tuesday report in the London-based newspaper Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. One of the rockets exploded in open space in the Eshkol Regional Council near Gaza and was located following the IDF’s searches of the area. No casualties were reported in the attack for which ISIS took responsibility. According to the report, Israeli jets appeared only once the Egyptian air force completed its own strikes in the areas of Rafah and Sheikh Zuweid in northern Sinai, as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s military seeks to expunge terrorists from the peninsula. Despite taking responsibility for the rocket launches, ISIS made no mention on its official news agency, Amaq of an Israeli retaliatory assault.
Oct. 17, 2017
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5029657,00.html
Lebanon
Headline: Lebanese Prime Minister joins coalition government with Hezbollah
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri will join a coalition government with Hezbollah, conceding defeat and handing the terrorist organization more political power than it ever had before. Hariri, in an interview with the Italian newspaper La Repubblica while on a visit to Rome to meet with his Italian counterpart, Paolo Gentiloni, said that he and the Shi’ite jihadist group have “put aside” their differences to serve the country. “The prime minister only thinks of the good of Lebanon, of finding the formulas and making the agreements that allow us to handle the problems of the country,” he was quoted as saying. Thousands of Lebanese Shia rely on Hezbollah – deeply embedded into politics and society – for social, medical and financial support. According to the Italian newspaper, Hariri said that as premier, he seeks to find a national formula that preserves Lebanese unity.
Oct. 17, 2017
http://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Lebanese-Prime-Minister-joins-coalition-government-with-Hezbollah-507691
Saudi Arabia
Headline: Trump Targets ISIS in Yemen for First Time With Strikes on Training Camps
The U.S. military said Monday that it had conducted its first-ever raids against the Islamic State militant group (ISIS) in Yemen, a country ravaged by more than two years of war. U.S. Central Command, the body that oversees U.S. forces in the Middle East, said in a statement that its strikes had killed dozens of members of ISIS at training camps.“U.S. forces killed dozens of ISIS members in a strike on two ISIS training camps…in Al-Bayda governorate, Yemen, disrupting the organization’s attempts to train new fighters,” U.S. Central Command said in a statement. “ISIS used the camps to train militants to conduct terror attacks using AK-47s, machine guns, rocket-propelled grenade launchers and endurance training.”Before Monday’s strikes, the U.S. military had exclusively conducted drone strikes and commando raids against the other prominent jihadi group in Yemen: Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP.
Oct. 17, 2017
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-targets-isis-yemen-first-time-strikes-training-camps-686455
Egypt
Headline: Militants Rob Bank, Attack Church in Egypt’s Sinai; 7 Dead
In a brazen daytime attack, about a dozen Islamic militants robbed a local bank, lobbed grenades and traded gunfire with security forces guarding an unused church in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Monday, killing seven people, including three civilians, officials said. The militants drove into the city center of el-Arish in the morning, then split into two groups. One group fired rocket-propelled grenades and traded gunfire with the guards outside the Church of Saint George, security and military officials said. Services at the church were suspended months ago, following a wave of attacks on Christians in Sinai. The church attack was meant as a distraction from the bank, where the second group of militants first shot and killed the bank guards, then stormed in and emptied its safe. The heavy security and military forces deployed in the city put up little resistance. The attacks left three civilians, including a child, three guards and one soldier dead and wounded another 15 people, including women and children, the officials said. The two groups of attackers were caught on camera while fleeing the site of the clashes in a stolen pickup and three motorcycles.“They looted the entire bank and left explosive devices inside,” a senior security official said. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because th y were not authorized to talk to reporters.
Oct. 16, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/militants-rob-bank-attack-church-in-egypt-sinai/4072115.html
Syria
Headline: Islamic State defeated in its Syrian capital Raqqa
U.S.-backed militias in Syria declared victory over Islamic State in its capital Raqqa on Tuesday, raising flags over the last jihadist footholds after a four-month battle. The fighting was over and the alliance of Kurdish and Arab militias was clearing the city’s stadium of mines and any remaining militants, said Rojda Felat, commander of the Raqqa campaign for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). A formal declaration of victory in Raqqa will soon be made, once the city has been cleared of mines and any possible Islamic State sleeper cells, said SDF spokesman Talal Selo. The fall of Raqqa, where Islamic State staged euphoric parades after its string of lightning victories in 2014, is a potent symbol of the jihadist movement’s collapsing fortunes.
Oct. 17, 2017
Iraq
Headline: Iraqi forces launch operation to take parts of Kirkuk from Kurds
Headline: New Day, New Government: The Rapid Takeover of Kirkuk
Headline: US threatens to shoot down any Iraqi warplane targeting Kurds
Just after two o’clock on Sunday morning in Baghdad the Prime Minister of Iraq ordered the Iraq Security Forces to “secure bases and federal institutions in Kirkuk province.” Overnight confusion along the frontline between the Iraqis and Peshmerga of the Kurdistan Regional Government led to clashes which destroyed several vehicles and a chaotic situation that is ongoing south of Kirkuk. The Iraqi government has been threatening the Kurdish region since a September 25th Kurdistan independence referendum. Baghdad has also sought to have the borders of the Kurdish region closed and has closed the airports in preparation for an attack to secure oil fields and strategic facilities around Kirkuk. Before the official announcement of the operation numerous Iraqi media showed armored columns of vehicles from various Iraqi units, including the Federal Police, the emergency response ERD, Counter-Terrorism forces (ISOF) and the Hashd al-Shaabi or Iranian-backed Shia militias. The 9th armored division and other regular Iraqi army units, many of which participated in the recent Hawija operation, were also on the move. Although Iraqi media claimed major advances against the Kurds, the situation on the ground was more unclear.
Oct. 17, 2017
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Kurds-block-Iraqi-forces-access-to-Kirkuk-oil-fields-507512
https://www.voanews.com/a/new-day-new-government-the-rapid-takeover-of-kirkuk/4074269.html
https://www.debka.com/mivzak/us-threatens-shoot-iraqi-warplane-targeting-kurds/
Turkey
Headline: Turkey’s leader: Does EU want us in the bloc, or not?
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan urged European Union leaders Tuesday to simply say whether or not they want to admit Turkey as an EU member. “I would like to hear a clear declaration,” Erdogan said on a visit to Poland. “If you want to accept Turkey, just do it. If you don’t want to, just tell that.” Turkey’s decades of efforts to join the 28-member European club appear to be stalled by the government’s harsh reaction to a coup attempt last year. Tens of thousands of people have been arrested or dismissed from their jobs in Turkey since the July 15, 2016, coup attempt. Polish President Andrzej Duda said Poland backs Turkey’s effort to join the EU. “Poland has supported and supports today Turkey’s efforts to join the European Union,” Duda said as she stood alongside Erdogan. “Turkey is an especially important EU partner in the area of security.”
Oct. 17, 2017
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/turkey-leader-poland-talks-security-policies-50528849
Iran
Headline: EU vows to save Iran deal
Headline: Iran is livid as President Trump designates Islamic Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist group
The European Union vowed on Monday to defend a 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers and urged US lawmakers not to reimpose sanctions after President Donald Trump chose not to certify Tehran’s compliance with the accord. Germany and France led a chorus of warnings to the United States, normally the EU’s closest foreign policy ally, that any weakening of the agreement to prevent Iran obtaining nuclear weapons could have serious consequences for peace. “As Europeans together, we are very worried that the decision of the US president could lead us back into military confrontation with Iran,” German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel told reporters at a meeting with his EU counterparts.
Oct. 16, 2017
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5029241,00.html
Afghanistan
Headline: Afghanistan Taliban twin attacks kill dozens
Suicide bombers and gunmen have stormed a police training centre in the eastern Afghan city of Gardez, killing at least 41 people. Some 110 civilians and 48 police were injured. The interior ministry said the local police chief was among the dead. The violence at the Gardez police headquarters in Paktia province began when a suicide bomber detonated a car filled with explosives, before a number of gunmen launched an assault on the building. Security forces battled the militants for several hours. At least five of the assailants were killed, the interior ministry said in a statement. The compound contains the headquarters of the national police, border police and Afghan National Army. The victims included “women, students and police”, Gardez public health director Hedayatullah Hamidi told AFP news agency.
Oct. 17, 2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41649682
Libya
Headline: Fighting in Libyan capital delays flights
Civilian flights were suspended for several hours at the Libyan capital’s Mitiga airport on Monday evening and Tuesday morning as rival armed groups clashed nearby, a spokesman said. Sporadic shooting could be heard early on Tuesday near Mitiga, a military air base near the center of Tripoli that has also hosted civilian flights since the international airport was largely destroyed by fighting in 2014. The airport had reopened by midday. “The flights were suspended but the airport is working normally now,” said Mitiga spokesman Khaled Abukhrais. The clashes began when the Special Deterrence Force (Rada), a group that controls Mitiga and operates as an anti-crime unit aligned with the UN-backed government, conducted raids in the nearby neighborhood of Ghrarat.
Oct. 17, 2017
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1179016/middle-east
Headline: 276 killed in deadliest single attack in Somalia’s history
The most powerful bomb blast ever witnessed in Somalia’s capital killed 276 people with around 300 others injured, the country’s information minister said early Monday, making it the deadliest single attack in this Horn of Africa nation. The toll was expected to rise. In a tweet, Abdirahman Osman called the attack “barbaric” and said countries including Turkey and Kenya had already offered to send medical aid. Hospitals were overwhelmed a day after a truck bomb targeted a crowded street near key government ministries, including foreign affairs. As angry protesters gathered near the scene of the attack, Somalia’s government blamed the al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group for what it called a “national disaster.” However, Africa’s deadliest Islamic extremist group, which often targets high-profile areas of the capital, had yet to comment. Al-Shabab earlier this year vowed to step up attacks after both the Trump administration and Somalia’s recently elected president announced new military efforts against the group. The Mogadishu bombing is one of the deadliest attacks in sub-Saharan Africa, larger than the Garissa University attack in Kenya in 2015 and the U.S. Embassy bombings in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.
Oct. 15, 2017
https://www.yahoo.com/news/death-toll-blast-somalias-capital-074423706.html
Headline: Violent clashes in northern Togo after imam arrested
Violence broke out in Togo’s second city, Sokode, after the arrest of an imam close to the country’s main opposition, fueling tensions after weeks of anti-government protests. “Electricity was cut off at about 7:00 p.m. (2100 GMT on Monday) after evening prayers,” said Ouro Akpo Tchagnaou, from the main opposition National Alliance for Change (ANC). “Five police vehicles arrived to arrest Alpha Alassane, a very well-known imam in the city,” he added. “The population felt targeted and took to the streets.” Clashes lasted throughout the night until calm was restored but the authorities have been warned of renewed protests if Alassane is not freed on Tuesday morning. “The situation was hard to put up with last night. The security forces and youths clashed in several parts of the city, with teargas and stone-throwing,” one local told AFP. “There were burning tires, barricades erected and buildings were looted,” added ANC spokesman Eric Dupuy. “Homes were set on fire as well as a bank and premises belonging to (telephone company) TogoCell.” “We know there were deaths and injuries but I can’t give you a toll at this time. We are still gathering details.”
Oct. 17, 2017
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1178896/world
Oct. 6, 2017– Millions of fish die ‘due to pollution’ in Telangana Lake, India
http://www.news18.com/news/india/23-lakh-fish-die-due-to-pharma-pollutants-in-telangana-lake-1538277.html
Oct. 6, 2017– Hundreds of seagulls dying on the coast of Galicia, Spain
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lavozdegalicia.es%2Fnoticia%2Fsociedad%2F2017%2F10%2F06%2Fbiologos-apuntan-botulismo-causa-muerte-gaviotas-litoral%2F0003_201710G6P28991.htm&edit-text=&act=url
Oct. 9, 2017– Over 100 Hippos dead from outbreak of disease in a national park in Namibia
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-41558385
Oct. 10, 2017– Hundreds of dead fish found along the shores of the river Simeto, Italy
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fcatania.meridionews.it%2Farticolo%2F59511%2Foasi-simeto-centinaia-di-pesci-morti-in-riva-al-fiume-legambiente-e-inquietante-si-attendono-analisi%2F&edit-text=
Oct. 10, 2017– Dead dolphins and whales found washed ashore in New Jersey
http://www.app.com/story/news/local/animals/2017/10/10/3-dolphins-2-whales-wash-up-jersey-shore-beaches/750249001/
Oct. 11, 2017– Thousands of dead fish found in the Lakhish River, Israel
http://www.jerusalemonline.com/news/in-israel/health-and-environment/lakhish-river-thousands-of-dead-fish-due-to-pollution-31652
Oct. 12, 2017– Over 800,000 birds killed due to avian flu in Central and Northern Italy
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-birdflu-italy/italy-culls-birds-after-five-h5n8-avian-flu-outbreaks-in-october-idUSKBN1CG1QU
Oct. 12, 2017– Dead dolphins have washed up along the coast of Provence, France D
https://www.thelocal.fr/20171012/dozens-of-dolphins-wash-up-on-french-beaches
Oct. 13, 2017– Thousands of dead fish found in the river Tagus, Portugal
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rtp.pt%2Fnoticias%2Fpais%2Fmilhares-de-peixes-mortos-no-tejo_v1033459&edit-text=&act=url
Oct. 13, 2017– Thousands of dead fish found in a dam in Palmar, Uruguay
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lr21.com.uy%2Fecologia%2F1347975-peces-muertos-rio-negro-represa-palmar&edit-text=&act=url
Oct. 14, 2017– Tens of thousands of jellyfish wash up in Southern New Zealand
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/10/14/thousands-jelly-creatures-wash-new-zealand-beaches/
Oct. 14, 2017– Large die off of fish in the mangroves of Darwin City, Australia
http://www.ntnews.com.au/news/northern-territory/darwin-city-council-investigating-cause-of-fish-kill-at-mangroves-near-vesteys-lake/news-story/814238a67d63460c90cc5d4cb74ed453
Oct. 14, 2017– Pilot whales dead after stranding on Hawaii
http://mauinow.com/2017/10/14/5-pilot-whales-dead-after-beaching-event-on-kauai/
Oct. 15, 2017– Why have so many whales died this year in Brazil?
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.correio24horas.com.br%2Fnoticia%2Fnid%2Fpor-que-tantas-baleias-encalharam-no-brasil-em-2017%2F&edit-text=&act=url
Oct. 16, 2017–Hundreds of cattle dead due to wild fires in Portugal
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Oct. 17, 2017– 80 tons of fish have died ‘due to flooding’ in Thai Binh, Vietnam
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Oct. 17, 2017– Thousands of dead fish found in a river in Paraguay
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Oct. 17, 2017– 41,000 birds killed due to avian flu in Zeeland, Netherlands
http://www.thepoultrysite.com/poultrynews/39328/dutch-poultry-farm-exposed-to-h5n2-bird-flu/
Oct. 17, 2017– 5,000 dead fish found in a lake in Mahbubsagar, India
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/171017/5000-fish-found-dead-in-mahbubsagar.html
Oct. 17, 2017– 30,000 birds killed due to avian flu in Anhui, China
https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-birdflu-china-factbox/factbox-china-confirms-bird-flu-outbreak-at-chicken-farms-in-central-anhui-province-idUKKBN1CM1DN
Oct. 17, 2017– Dead fish wash up on a beach in Hua Hin, Thailand
https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1344140/tonnes-of-dead-fish-wash-up-on-hua-hin-beach
Oct. 17, 2017– Thousands of Penguin chicks die of starvation, ‘scientists alarmed’ in East Antarctica
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/researchers-sound-alarm-antarctic-penguin-chick-deaths-50495736
Headline: US Supreme Court backs push to remove Ten Commandments monument
The US Supreme Court on Monday sided with a lower court that ordered a New Mexico city to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the lawn outside City Hall. Civil liberties advocates behind the case called the decision involving the city of Bloomfield a victory for the separation of church and state. ACLU of New Mexico Executive Director Peter Simonson said it sends a “strong message that the government should not be in the business of picking and choosing which sets of religious beliefs enjoy special favor in the community.” However, David Cortman, a senior counsel and vice president of US litigation with Alliance Defending Freedom, said the outcome did nothing to resolve confusion in lower courts involving such monuments. “Americans shouldn’t be forced to censor religion’s role in history simply to appease someone who is offended by it or who has a political agenda to remove all traces of religion from the public square,” said Cortman, whose group represented the city of Bloomfield.
Oct. 17, 2017
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5029723,00.html
Headline: Ophelia: Ireland recovers from worst storm on record that killed three
Headline: Storm Brian forms in Atlantic: UK superstorm alert as huge WEATHER BOMB to hit on FRIDAY
Three people are dead and hundreds of thousands still without power following Storm Ophelia; the worst storm in recorded history on the island of Ireland. The storm force winds cleared Ireland’s coast by midnight, but people were warned to remain cautious in the aftermath of the extreme weather. A second day of disruption was expected in Scotland and North East England due to fallen trees blocking rail lines. Fallen trees blocking roads and downed power lines are some of the likely hazards on Tuesday as the country begins to return to normal following a day when the island of Ireland went into lockdown. Violent winds of more than 96mph (156kph) in places caused widespread damage to electricity networks, uprooting trees and damaging properties. Two men and a woman were killed in separate incidents in the Republic of Ireland.
Oct. 17, 2017
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Oct. 9, 2017- Sanhedrin Revives Ancient Temple Water Ritual for Sukkot
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Headline: Israel strikes Hamas target in retaliation for rocket fire from Gaza
The IDF struck a Hamas target in the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening after a rocket was fired at Israel from the Hamas-controlled enclave. According to the army, the rocket fired from Gaza was aimed at Israel but exploded within the Gaza Strip. Siren alerts sounded in some communities bordering the Gaza Strip. In response, an IDF tank destroyed a Hamas watch tower in the south of the Gaza Strip. According to an IDF statement, the rocket fire constituted a threat to Israeli citizens and an attack on the State of Israel’s sovereignty. Hamas is held responsible for all terrorist activity within the Gaza Strip, the statement said.
Oct. 8, 2017
Headline: Sanhedrin Revives Ancient Temple Water Libation Ritual in Shiloah Valley
Headline: 50,000 Jews, Nations Gather for Priestly Blessing on Sukkot
On Monday afternoon, a group of approximately 500 set out from the Dung Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem, singing and dancing as they descended into the valley below Jerusalem with one goal in mind: to draw one small jug of water from the Shiloah Pool in order to reenact the Temple water ceremony. Three Kohanim (Jewish men of the priestly caste) wearing priestly garments led the group past the archaeological remains of the City of David. After dancing down winding alleyways, the festive crowd arrived at the Shiloah Pool. Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, founder of the Temple Institute, presided over the event. “Sukkot was a holiday for all the nations and the nisuch hamayim (water libation) was an essential part of that,” Rabbi Ariel said when the procession arrived at the ancient pool. “The rain for the entire world was judged on Sukkot.” In Temple times, a libation of water was made together with the pouring out of wine at the morning service on the last six days of the week-long Sukkot holiday. Though not explicitly mandated in the Torah, the water libation is part of the oral tradition passed down from Moses. Sukkot is a joyous holiday and the water libation was the focal point of this joy. In the Temple, the ceremony would take fifteen hours with accompanying celebrations lasting all night until the Temple service began again the next morning.
Oct. 9, 2017
Saudi Arabia
Headline: Saudis could seek Russian bailout in Yemen
Saudi King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud’s Oct. 4-5 visit to Moscow ignited new speculation over Russia’s growing role in the Middle East: this time, in Yemen. Moscow has been involved on multiple levels in the Syrian conflict, has been active in the Libyan settlement and has taken what looks like a pragmatic stance regarding regional spats, including the latest between Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Yemen, however — though it does register on Moscow’s diplomatic radar — has not so far warranted proactive Russian efforts. Salman’s visit to Moscow could kick-start Russian mediation efforts to reconcile Yemeni differences, potentially in a way that benefits Saudi Arabia over Iran — the Saudis’ bitter enemy and rival proxy in Yemen’s civil war.
Oct. 9, 2017
Egypt
Headline: Palestinian rivals head to Cairo for reconciliation talks
Headline: Israel asks US to plumb real motive behind Sisi-sponsored Palestinian talks
Palestinian rivals Fatah and Hamas dispatched teams to Egypt on Monday for talks in a renewed push to end their decade-long split after a key breakthrough last week. Senior figures in the Hamas terrorist movement and the secular Fatah party will meet in the Egyptian capital on Tuesday as they seek to end a division that has crippled Palestinian politics. Hamas, which runs the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank-based Fatah of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas have been at odds since they fought a near civil war in 2007. Senior Fatah figures attending the Cairo talks include intelligence chief Majed Faraj and Fayez Abu Eita, a party leader in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian official news agency Wafa said. Newly appointed Hamas deputy leader Salah al-Aruri and the movement’s Gaza chief, Yahya Sinwar, will lead the Hamas delegation, a spokesman said in a statement.
Oct. 9, 2017
https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinian-rivals-head-to-cairo-for-reconciliation-talks/
https://www.debka.com/israel-asks-us-plumb-real-motive-behind-sisi-sponsored-palestinian-talks/
Syria
Headline: Nusra Front, Islamic State clash in Syria’s Hama province
Islamic State took control of some Syrian villages in a rebel-controlled area east of Hama on Monday, opening a new frontline days after the Syrian military said it had cleared Islamic State from a nearby area. Islamic State said in a statement it had taken control of 12 villages and carried out a big attack on the jihadist alliance Tahrir al-Sham. Tahrir al-Sham, spearheaded by al Qaeda’s former affiliate the Nusra Front, said in its own statement that Islamic State had stormed several villages and accused the Syrian army of allowing it to cross government territory. A war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said Islamic State had taken 15 villages from Tahrir al-Sham, but that the jihadist alliance then took five of them back.
Oct. 9, 2017
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5026564,00.html
Headline: Turkey troops, Syria extremists clash ahead of expected incursion
Turkish troops on Sunday exchanged fire with Syria-based extremists as Ankara massed military vehicles on the frontier ahead of an expected incursion to oust Al Qaeda’s former Syrian affiliate from Idlib province. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the operation by pro-Ankara Syrian rebel forces backed by the Turkish army, whose launch he announced the day before, was “having no problem” and continuing “in a calm way”. Most of the northwestern region is controlled by Hayat Tahrir Al Sham (HTS), a group led by Al Qaeda’s former Syria affiliate, which ousted more moderate rebels in recent months. Turkey has massed special forces and military hardware including tanks on the border, but the operation has yet to begin in earnest, monitors and sources on the ground said. But Turkish forces fired seven mortars over the border with the aim of easing the passage of the pro-Ankara Syrian forces, the Dogan news agency reported. Turkish forces have also been seen removing parts of the security wall Ankara has built on the border so that military vehicles can pass through into Syria.
Oct. 9, 2017
http://jordantimes.com/news/region/turkey-troops-syria-extremists-clash-ahead-expected-incursion
Turkey
Headline: Turkey, US block travel between countries as tensions rise
Tensions between Washington and Ankara spiraled downhill as Turkey and the US both blocked tourist and business travel between the two NATO-allied countries. Turkish Airlines announced Monday it would refund passengers’ airfares or make reservation changes for free because of the diplomatic battle. Passengers holding Turkish passports traveling to the USA and passengers holding American passports flying to Turkey between through Oct. 31 can seek relief. Passengers transferring to a connecting flight in Istanbul shouldn’t be affected. The shutoff of non-immigrant visas started last week when Turkish authorities arrested an employee – identified by Turkish state-run media as Metin Topuz — at the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul. Turkish authorities accuse the US employee of having links to Fethullah Gulen, a Turkish preacher exiled in the US and blamed by Ankara for the 2016 failed coup to overthrow the government.
Oct. 9, 2017
http://nypost.com/2017/10/09/turkey-us-block-travel-between-countries-as-tensions-rise/
Iran
Headline: IRGC threatens missile strike on U.S. forces in Mideast as Iran nuclear deal decision nears
The head of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has suggested that U.S. military forces in the Middle East could be in danger of an Iranian missile attack if Washington imposes new sanctions against Teheran. Jafari’s comments on October 8 follow several media reports saying that U.S. President Donald Trump intends to announce plans to decertify the 2015 nuclear deal that global powers forged with Iran in 2015 — declaring it not in U.S. interests. The move would give the Republican-controlled Congress 60 days to decide whether to reinstate sanctions on Tehran that were suspended under the agreement. Iran’s official IRNA news agency quoted IRGC commander Mohammad Ali Jafari as saying that “if new sanctions go into effect,” the United States should “move its regional bases to a 2,000-kilometer radius” from Iran, adding that 2,000 kilometers is “the range of Iranian missiles.” The U.S. military currently has bases less than 800 kilometers from Iran’s borders in countries neighboring Iran. Jafari also said that if the United States designates the IRGC as a terrorist group, the IRGC would consider the U.S. Army a terrorist group.
Oct. 9, 2017
Morocco
Headline: Hundreds Protest to Free Morocco’s Northern Activists
Hundreds of people from around Morocco protested on Sunday in the nation’s economic capital, Casablanca, to demand freedom for activists jailed for their roles in a protest movement that took off a year ago in a neglected northern city. The demonstration was the latest of numerous protests demanding the liberation of activists from the city of Al Hoceima, in the northern Rif region where hundreds of protesters have been arrested. Leading figures in the opposition movement known as Hirak will go on trial Oct. 17 in Casablanca. No trial date has been set for the movement’s leader, Nasser Zefzafi — arrested in June after a dramatic manhunt. An appeals court will decide this month whether a charge of attacking state security, which carries a risk of capital punishment, is maintained. The death sentence hasn’t been carried out in Morocco in decades. Up to 1,000 protesters, led by organizers perched on a pickup truck with megaphones, gathered at a main Casablanca intersection Sunday, chanting “freedom, dignity, social justice.”
Oct. 8, 2017
https://www.voanews.com/a/hundreds-protest-to-free-morocco-northern-activists-/4061700.html
Headline: Seven killed as militants attack checkpoint in Somalia’s Puntland
Al-Shabab militants attacked a checkpoint in Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region, killing at least seven people in the early hours of Monday, police said. The fighters then ambushed officers rushing in to help colleagues on the outskirts of the city of Bosaso, an officer at the scene said. Al-Shabab said it took the checkpoint then left, though the police said they fought off the assault. “At about 1 a.m., many well-armed Al-Shabab fighters attacked us from all directions in an attempt to capture the checkpoint,” police captain Abdifatah Mohamed said. Three police and four civilians died and at least 13 others were wounded in the clashes, he said over the phone from the checkpoint. Abdiasis Abu Musab, Al-Shabab’s military operation spokesman, said its fighters killed seven soldiers and wounded 11 others. “We captured the Bosaso checkpoint and left this morning. We also ambushed a police reinforcement,” he said.
Oct. 9, 2017
http://www.arabnews.com/node/1174996/middle-east
Headline: UN says 1 peacekeeper killed, 12 injured in eastern Congo
The United Nations says one Tanzanian peacekeeper has been killed and 12 others injured after an attack in eastern Congo by Ugandan rebels belonging to the group known as ADF. U.N. Congo mission spokeswoman Florence Marchal said suspected rebels attacked early Monday near a U.N. base in Mamundioma, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) from Beni and have seized weapons. She said forces have been deployed to the area in the North Kivu province as fighting continues. ADF rebels in September killed a Tanzanian peacekeeper there. The assault comes after local administrator Amisi Kalonda said fighting in the region overnight Saturday killed 10 people. However, David Muhaze, the president of a civil society organization, said at least 22 people are missing. The total of missing and dead could not be confirmed.
Oct. 9, 2017
https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5026527,00.html
Headline: US defense chief: Military must ‘be ready’ to confront North Korea
US Defense Secretary James Mattis said the US military must “be ready” to confront North Korea amid threats by Pyongyang and continued missile testing. Speaking on Monday at the Association of the US Army’s annual meeting, Mattis said the US strategy for North Korea at the moment was a “diplomatically led, economic sanctioned, buttressed effort to try to turn North Korea off its path.” And while “neither you nor I can say” what the future holds, Mattis said, “there’s one thing the US Army can do, and that is you have got to be ready to ensure that we have military options that our president can employ if needed.” “But that means the US Army must stand ready, and so, if you’re ready, that’s your duty at this point in time. And I know the Army will always do its duty,” he added.US President Donald Trump said last week that years of talking to the North and providing aid haven’t worked and that there was “only one thing [that] will work” to rein in North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs. Mattis’s comments came as Russia was warning against escalating tensions with Pyongyang.
Oct. 9, 2017
https://www.timesofisrael.com/us-defense-chief-military-must-be-ready-to-confront-north-korea/
Headline: California Hepatitis A Outbreak on Verge of Statewide Epidemic
The California hepatitis A outbreak is on the verge of reaching statewide epidemic status, as cases have spread through homeless tent cities from San Diego north to Sacramento. California health officials have reported that at least 569 people have been infected with the hepatitis A liver disease and 17 have died since a San Diego County outbreak was first identified in November. Cases have migrated north to homeless populations in Los Angeles, Santa Cruz, San Francisco and Sacramento over the last 11 months. Although local and state authorities have tried to underplay the risks and severity of the outbreak, the most recent annual totals for cases of hepatitis A in the United States was 1,390 in 2015, according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC). California only reported 179 cases during the same year.
Oct. 8, 2017
Headline: ‘Antibiotic apocalypse’: Drug-resistant gene spread across globe within 2 years
The life-saving antibiotic of “last resort” is in danger of becoming powerless after a drug-resistant gene was found to have spread across the globe in the last two years. Scientists believe it’s one of the greatest dangers now facing humanity. A bacteria containing a gene which carries resistance to the antibiotic colistin has spread around the world at an alarming rate. The gene is mcr-1 and was first discovered in China in 2015, and has since been found in more than 30 other countries. Colistin is known as the antibiotic of “last resort,” because it is used when patients no longer respond to other antibiotics. It has toxic side effects but doctors are increasingly using it as a result of antibiotic resistance. “The world is facing an antibiotic apocalypse,” England’s chief medical officer Sally Davies said, the Guardian reports.
Oct. 9, 2017
https://www.rt.com/news/406159-antibiotic-apocalypse-drug-resistant-gene/
Headline: Baltimore Doubles Chicago’s Homicide Rate In 2017
According to The Daily Caller, Baltimore‘s homicide rate is now doubled Chicago’s in 2017. Essentially, residents in Baltimore are twice as likely to be shot than Chicagoans. As the battlefield continues to expand, President Trump has yet to mention the chaos in Baltimore just 38 miles North of the White House. As The Daily Caller points out, the soaring violence in Baltimore is occurring in a much smaller city of 621,000, when compared to Chicago of 2,700,000. Chicago has suffered 503 gun homicides so far in 2017. With a population of over 2.7 million, the gun homicide rate is at just over 18 people per 100,000 residents. Baltimore, however, has suffered 275 gun homicides with a population of just over 621,000, putting the homicide rate at more than 44 per 100,000. The city is on track to break its all-time murder record originally set in 1992, when Baltimore had 100,000 more residents. The author made a very interesting point, both cities are “long-standing Democratic strongholds”. Not surprising, Baltimore hasn’t had a republican mayor since 1947 and or voted Republican in a presidential election since 1956. On top of failed liberal policies, de-industrialization has stripped the cities of productivity and forced an alarming inequality gap in education, jobs, health, and wealth of residents. For example, Baltimore has a population of 621,000 and out of that 63% are African American. In highlights below, 1/3 of the African American population has a net worth of zero, which equates to 130,000 residents. Opportunity for most citizens in the city are limited giving way to violent crime and an explosion in homicides.
Oct. 8, 2017
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