Link: https://www.rt.com/news/422255-us-china-garbage-recyclables-import/

In an effort to battle the "illegal foreign garbage" influx into China, last July China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) that it plans to ban imports of 24 types of solid waste materials, such as soda bottles, mixed paper, recycled steel and newsprint. Concerned over the massive impact the ban could have on the US economy, the US trade representative urged China to re-examine its decision. President Donald Trump ordered the US Trade Representative (USTR) to levy tariffs on at least $50 billion of Chinese imports.

Link: https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Solar-Energy/Building-The-Worlds-Largest-Solar-Project.html

Saudi Arabia wants to pour $200 billion into solar to build the world’s largest solar project.

The Saudi sovereign wealth fund and SoftBank Group Corp. of Japan jointly announced plans to build a solar project that is staggering in size – 200 gigawatts (GW) by 2030. That would be about 100 times larger than some of the largest projects in the world right now. The country burns oil for about a third of its electricity, a costly way of generating power both environmentally and in terms of lost oil exports. SoftBank’s Son said the 200 GW of solar would cut electricity costs by $40 billion while creating 100,000 jobs.

Link: http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2018/04/02/557226/Israel-African-migrants-UNHRC-Benjamin-Netanyahu

Israel says it has cancelled plans to deport African migrants to Africa, adding that it has instead reached a deal with the United Nations refugee agency to send more than 16,000 to Western countries. Netanyahu identified Canada, Germany, and Italy as some of the countries set to host the migrants. There are currently 42,000 African migrants in Israel, 1,400 asylum seekers being held in two detention centers.

Link: http://strangesounds.org/2018/03/after-150-whales-in-australia-now-50-dolphins-dead-in-argentina-something-bizarre-is-killing-our-marine-mammals.html

March 22, 2018, 143 whales died after a mass-stranding at Hamelin Bay, 10km north of Augusta, Australia. 2 days after, 61 short-beaked dolphins were found washed ashore on a beach resort in Argentina. This mass die-off is unprecedented, as it represents the first case of marine mammals being stranded in this region of Argentina. The cause of this mass stranding and die-off remains unexplained.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/422746-ghouta-mistura-suicide-belts-provocation/

The Russian military has thwarted dozens of suicide bomb attacks targeting buses of civilians fleeing Syria's eastern Ghouta, Russia's Defense Minister said. Forty-eight explosive belts have been seized within three days.

The buses packed with civilians that are leaving Syria's besieged enclave in their hundreds have been increasingly targeted by terrorists, who seek to blend in with the crowds to sneak explosives on board. The Russian military received tip-offs about the terrorist plots every day, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said during a meeting with UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura on Thursday.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/latam/201804021063128074-nicaragua-holy-week-death-toll/

According to the police, nine people were murdered, 15 were killed in road accidents and 22 more people drowned while resting on the country's beaches. Another huge death toll reported in Venezuela. Last week deadly blaze at the police station in the city of Valencia claimed lives of 66 prisoners and two women, who came to visit their husbands in jail.

Link: https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/64915/horror-on-streets-of-germany-state-of-emergency-declared-as-80-men-brawl-with.html

Police were called to the Altmarkt area of the city over reports of the mass bawl. Officers used CS gas to control the brawling men.

The scores of men were also using telescopic batons in the fight in Druisburg, which is on the west of Germany.

Around 50 people were arrested

Link: https://www.rt.com/politics/422884-magomedov-arrest-billionaire-embezzlement/

Russian billionaire businessman Ziyavudin Magomedov, a co-owner of the Summa investment group, was arrested on Saturday on charges of misappropriating millions in state funds designed for infrastructure and energy projects.

Magomedov was arrested in Moscow together with his brother and Summa co-owner, Magomed Magomedov, and the head of one of the companies involved in Summa, Artur Maksidov.

The businessmen brothers are suspected of theft by fraud and embezzlement while acting as part of an organized crime group. The prosecution believes the stolen money, some 2.5 billion rubles ($44 million), have been transferred from Russia to be deposited in offshore accounts controlled by Magomedov. The exact whereabouts of the money is unknown, the prosecutor's office admitted on Saturday.

Link: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/02/trump-rips-amazon-for-forcing-closure-stores-all-over-country.html

Trump: Only fools, or worse, are saying that our money losing Post Office makes money with Amazon. THEY LOSE A FORTUNE, and this will be changed. Also, our fully tax paying retailers are closing stores all over the country...not a level playing field! The tweet also called Washington Post “fake.” The paper, which is owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, continues to be critical of Trump’s presidential campaign and administration.

Link: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/02/trumps-slams-mexico-and-dems-as-caravan-immigrants-heads-to-us-southern-border.html

Trump:“Mexico has the absolute power not to let these large ‘Caravans’ of people enter their country,” Trump tweeted. “They must stop them at their Northern Border, which they can do because their border laws work, not allow them to pass through into our country, which has no effective border laws.”

Link: http://www.thedailysheeple.com/scientists-create-a-cheap-paper-water-filter-that-removes-lead-arsenic-and-bacteria-while-being-portable-and-disposable_032018

Liangjie Dong from the University of Hawaii has come up with a revolutionary new technology; Mesopaper, looks like a grey-colored coffee filter you place over the top of a water bottle or jar before pouring water through it. Mesopaper is capable of filtering out heavy metal toxins like lead, arsenic, and mercury, all while preserving important nutrients like calcium and magnesium that benefit health.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/2018/03/woman-sentenced-to-five-years-in-prison-for-voting-while-on-probation/

A woman in Tarrant County, Texas has been sentenced to five years in prison for illegally voting in the 2016 presidential election.

Crystal Mason, who was already a convicted felon for tax fraud, voted while on supervised release, the Dallas Morning News reported. According to Texas law, convicted felons cannot vote until they serve the entirety of their sentence, including supervised release.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/2018/04/houseplants-that-clean-the-air-and-are-basically-impossible-to-kill/

Areca Palmremoves CO2 and converts it into oxygen. Snake or Mother-in-law’s Tongue converts CO2 into oxygen during the night; filters formaldehyde, trichloroethylene, xylene, toluene and benzene from the air . The Gerbera Daisy is effective at removing benzene and trichloroethylene from the air releasing oxygen.

Link: https://www.rt.com/politics/422916-volokolamsk-protest-waste-deposit/

Thousands took to the streets of the Moscow region town of Volokolamsk on Sunday as locals continued protesting against a leaking waste depot nearby, blaming authorities for not doing enough to solve the crisis.

Around 6,000 people took part in the rally in the center of Volokolamsk, Mayor Petr Lazarev said. The turnout was considered large given that the town, located some 130km northwest of Moscow, has a population of just 23,000.

Protesters of all ages chanted "Shut it down!" demanding the closure of the local Yadrovo waste-deposit site, which has been leaking landfill gas in recent months and was linked to illness among nearly 60 children in March.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/422915-china-us-import-tariffs-response/

Beijing is hiking up tariffs on more than 128 US imports, including fruit and pork, as part of a tit-for-tat response to US President Donald Trump’s $60 billion package of tariffs imposed against China.

The additional fares, which range from 15 to 25 percent, are taking effect on Monday, the Chinese Finance Ministry said on their website. It added that the measure, aimed at “safeguarding China’s interests,” was in response to Washington’s package of tariffs targeting more than 100 types of Chinese goods, from clothing to electronics.

Link: https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/64760/fire-in-siberian-shopping-mall-leaves-at-least-64-people.html

A fire at a shopping centre in the Siberian city of Kemerovo has left at least 64 people dead, many of them children.

Russia’s emergency ministry said that six people are still trapped in the rubble of the smouldering Winter Cherry shopping centre in Kemerovo.

The fire broke out at the shopping centre on a busy Sunday afternoon and quickly engulfed the top floor of the building, spreading through a children’s ice-skating rink, play centre and a two-screen cinema.

It is still unclear what sparked the fire, which was put out on Sunday evening. Authorities on Monday said four arrests had been made in connection with the fire.

Link: https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/64758/14-eu-states-announce-mass-coordinated-expulsion-of-russian-diplomats-over-skripal.html

Fourteen members of the EU have decided to expel Russian diplomats over the Sergei Skripal case, European Council president Donald Tusk has confirmed. It comes despite zero evidence proving that Moscow was responsible.

Donald Tusk stated that further action could be taken.

Germany, France and Poland have expelled four diplomats each, respective foreign ministries confirmed on Monday. The Netherlands and Denmark will expel two diplomats each.

Italy is expelling two Russian diplomats, while Lithuania has expelled three, according to that country’s foreign minister. The Czech Republic will expel the same number.

Latvia is expelling one diplomat and an Aeroflot employee, and Estonia’s foreign minister has confirmed the country is expelling a military attaché at the Russian embassy. Finland is expelling one diplomat.

Ukraine announced it is expelling as many as 13 diplomats.

Donald Trump has ordered the expulsion of 60 Russian diplomats from the United States, as well as the closure of the Russian consulate in Seattle.

Western countries have been pointing the finger at Russia over the poisoning of Skripal, a former double-agent, and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury,

Link: https://www.blacklistednews.com/article/64757/aeromobil-reveals-flying-taxi-that-transforms-from-car-to-electric.html

Designed for both the skies and the streets, the AeroMobil 5.0 is the latest futuristic creation from the Slovakia-based flying car company. Rather than taking off as a traditional airplane does, the AeroMobil 5.0 is able to gain altitude through vertical thrust from powerful rotors embedded in retractable wings that deploy when you are ready to hit the skies. A rear propeller provides the vehicle with midair thrust. Billed as the “first and only electric VTOL (Vertical Takeoff and Landing vehicle) to also drive on the road,” the AeroMobil 5.0 could potentially someday be your taxi, offering convenient flights right at your doorstep.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/2018/03/china-bans-george-orwells-animal-farm/

President Xi Jinping China parliament approved the removal of the two-term limit on the presidency. President Xi Jinping ordering the banning of any online posts that referred to George Orwell’s dystopian novel Animal Farm China banned the use of a number of social media platforms years ago. Facebook, Yahoo!, Twitter, Snapchat, Reddit, YouTube, Google, and Instagram, are inaccessible as well as some news websites

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/422314-petro-yuan-futures-dollar-death/

The highly anticipated yuan-backed crude oil futures have been launched in Shanghai. China is the world’s biggest oil consumer, with eyes on rival benchmarks Brent and WTI as well as the US currency; first time foreign investors can access a Chinese commodity market. The launch ends years of setbacks and delays since the country’s first attempt at listing the securities in 1993.