A new International Monetary Fund (IMF) study shows that USD$5.2 trillion was spent globally on fossil fuel subsidies in 2017. The equivalent of over 6.5% of global GDP of that year, it also represented a half-trillion dollar increase since 2015 when China ($1.4 trillion), the United States ($649 billion) and Russia ($551 billion) were the largest subsidizers.
A new government study shows how Trump’s tariffs have backfired https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/12/29/21041238/trump-tariffs-trade-war-federal-reserve-manufacturing-consumer-prices Trump promised to revive manufacturing with tariffs. A Federal Reserve study finds he did the opposite.
Armed parishioners saved 'untold number of lives.' This law made it legal to have guns in church https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/12/30/us/guns-legal-texas-church/index.html CNN居然也指出了容许教堂持枪新法律的重要性,实在令左左们尴尬
JUST IN: Tump lashed out at Iran, accusing the country of "orchestrating an attack" on the U.S. Embassy in Iraq after hundreds of protestors, chanting "Death to America," stormed the compound in a demonstration protesting airstrikes that killed more than 20 members of an Iranian-backed militia: "They will be held fully responsible." tRump's stupidity
Kim Jung Un played @realDonaldTrump for a fool, declaring New Year's Day that NK is free to resume testing nukes & ICBMs thanks to Donald. Fact is Kim, who summoned Trump & got him to even set foot in NK, won time to advance defensive weapons. https://t.co/sqjJPbwltn
Australia is in the grip of a devastating fire season, with months of summer still to go, as record-breaking temperatures, strong winds and prolonged drought have ignited huge blazes across the country. https://nyti.ms/37qGZhh Photo by Matthew Abbott for The New York Times