China’s Debt-Ridden Evergrande Resumes Work on More Than 10 Property Projects

BEIJING—China Evergrande Group said on Sunday it had resumed work on more than 10 projects in six cities including Shenzhen—a statement that comes after it appeared to avert default with a last-minute bond coupon payment last week.

Evergrande, deep in crisis with more than $300 billion in liabilities, has not disclosed how many of its 1,300 real estate projects across China it has had to halt work on.

The company said on Aug. 31 that some projects were suspended because of delays in payment to suppliers and contractors and it was negotiating to resume building.

On Sunday, it said in a post on its Wechat account that some of the projects it had resumed work on had entered the interior decoration stage while other buildings had recently finished construction.

Evergrande added that its efforts to guarantee construction would shore up market confidence and included several photos of construction workers on different projects, stamped with the time and date.

China’s second-largest property developer last month also promised potential buyers it will complete the building of their homes and said that work on one of the world’s biggest soccer stadiums in the southern city of Guangzhou was proceeding as planned.

Last week’s move to pay $83.5 million in interest on a U.S. dollar bond has bought Evergrande another week to wrestle with a debt crisis looming over the world’s second-biggest economy.

Highlighting the stresses on its core business, Evergrande also announced on Friday plans to give future priority to its electric vehicles business over real estate.

Evergrande’s woes have reverberated across the $5 trillion Chinese property sector, which accounts for a quarter of the economy by some metrics, with a string of default announcements, rating downgrades, and slumping corporate bonds.

Its debt crisis is also being widely watched by global financial markets concerned about broader contagion.

https://www.ntd.com/chinas-debt-ridden-evergrande-resumes-work-on-more-than-10-property-projects_692917.html

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Lira Tumbles To New Record Low As Critics Blast Erdogan's Ambassador Expulsion Scandal

Following Erdogan's Friday tirade, lashing out at Western countries for issuing a joint letter demanding the immediate release of jailed Turkish billionaire philanthropist businessman and opposition politician Osman Kavala, which was followed by the president's threat that he had ordered ten ambassadors - including the US - to be deemed 'persona non grata' by Turkey's government, the Turkish lira weakened to another record low against the dollar after electronic trading reopened early in the Asian session.

Around 4pm ET Sunday afternoon, the lira tumbled 1.6% to a new record low against the dollar of 9.73 at the opening of Asian trading; this following the bigger-than-expected rate cut on Thursday despite rising inflation which sparked a furious selloff in the country's currency as the move was widely derided as a dramatic and reckless and followed's Erdogan's erratic firing of three central bankers the week prior.

The non grata designation targeted the ambassadors of US, Germany, France, Canada, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, and New Zealand. Meanwhile, Turkish opposition leaders slammed Erdogan's lashing out against the United States embassy and other allied Western countries as nothing but a major effort at distraction from Turkey's economic tailspin and disaster in the making:

Kemal Kilicdaroglu, leader of the main opposition CHP, said Erdogan was "rapidly dragging the country to a precipice."

"I worry … for Turkish financial markets on Monday. The lira will inevitably come under extreme selling pressure," said veteran emerging market watcher Tim Ash at BlueBay.

"And we all know that (Central Bank Governor Sahap) Kavcioglu has no mandate to hike rates, so the only defense will be spending foreign exchange reserves the CBRT does not have."

Typically such a designation of foreign ambassadors results in their prompt expulsion from the country, but as of Sunday night that doesn't appear to have happened yet, suggesting this may be yet more jawboning from Erdogan. It wouldn't be the first time the president has failed to follow up on his threats: in 2018, he said Turkey would boycott U.S. electronic goods in a dispute with Washington. Sales were unaffected. Last year, he called on Turks to boycott French goods over what he said was President Emmanuel Macron's "anti-Islam" agenda, but did not follow through.

As Reuters adds, citing a diplomatic source, a decision could be taken at Monday's cabinet meeting and that de-escalation was still possible. Erdogan has said he will meet U.S. President Joe Biden at next weekend's G20 summit in Rome. Erdogan has dominated Turkish politics for two decades but support for his ruling alliance has eroded ahead of elections scheduled for 2023, partly because of high inflation.

Emre Peker, from the London-based consultancy Eurasia Group, said the threat of expulsions at a time of economic difficulties was "at best ill-considered, and at worst a foolish gambit to bolster Erdogan's plummeting popularity".

"Erdogan has to project power for domestic political reasons," he said.

Erdogan's anger erupted after the ambassadors of Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, New Zealand and the United States issued a joint statement on Oct. 18, calling for a just and speedy resolution to Kavala's case, and for his "urgent release".

Soner Cagaptay from the Washington Institute for Near East Policy tweeted: "Erdogan believes he can win the next Turkish elections by blaming the West for attacking Turkey – notwithstanding the sorry state of the country's economy."

https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/turkish-lira-hits-plunges-new-all-time-low-critics-blast-erdogans-distraction-over

St. Louis County Executive and Tyrant Sam Page Caught Maskless Out in Public Again After Just Recently Reinstating Mask Mandate

St. Louis County Executive Sam Page told the local media this week that those St. Louis County residents who are caught out without a mask are “seeking confrontation.”

Page reinsstated his mask mandate that took effect this week for all county residents regardless of vaccination status.

Then on Saturday, this unpopular leftist elite was caught out in public at the Blues hockey game on Saturday night without a mask.

What a dirtbag.

This guy is the worst.

Of course, it wasn’t the first time Page was caught breaking his own rules.

Page was caught out having drinks with friends last year sans mask after his last mask mandate.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/10/dirtbag-st-louis-county-executive-tyrant-sam-page-caught-maskless-public-just-recently-reinstating-mask-mandate/

Queenslanders could be banned from overseas travel for up to a YEAR thanks to state's lagging Covid vaccine rollout

Queensland's vaccination drive on Saturday administered only 11,574 first doses

State must deliver 30,284 first jabs a day this week to stay on track for targets

Queensland is likely not to hit the 90 per cent double-dose mark until January

Flight Centre boss said it may even be 12 months before Qantas commits to state

Queenslanders could be banned from travelling overseas for another year because of the state's lagging Covid vaccination rate, a top travel boss has warned.

The state needs to deliver 30,284 first doses each day from October 25 to October 29 to stay on track for its roadmap vaccination targets - which includes opening quarantine-free travel to international travellers at the 90 per cent double dose mark.

But only 11,574 Queensland residents rolled up their sleeves for a first jab during a state-wide 'Super Saturday' vaccination drive this weekend, and on that pace the state will fall behind its roadmap targets and the start date for quarantine-free return from travel will be pushed back.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10126069/Covid-19-Queensland-State-not-open-overseas-travel-YEAR-glacial-vaccine-rollout.html

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Colombia Getting Ready to Extradite Most Wanted Drug Dealer Otoniel to US - Minister

The Colombian government is planning to extradite the captured drug lord Dairo Antonio Usuga, also known as Otoniel, who is the head of the "Gulf Clan" (Clan del Golfo), to the United States, Defense Minister Diego Molano says.

Molano told the El Tiempo newspaper that the next step following the capture of the most-wanted drug trafficker in Colombia is to comply with the request for extradition by the US authorities.

Otoniel has more than 100 lawsuits filed against him in Colombia and he was also on the Interpol red list and on the US Drug Enforcement Agency's most wanted list. The United States had reportedly placed a $5 million bounty on his head.

Colombian President Ivan Duque said in a public address broadcast on Twitter on Saturday that the capture of Otoniel was a major blow to drug trafficking and was comparable to the fall of drug lord Pablo Escobar in the 1990s.

Otoniel was captured in Necocli, Antioquia Department, as part of special operation Osiris conducted jointly by the police and the military with the support of agencies in the US and the United Kingdom, according to Duque. The drug lord was then transferred by plane to Colombia’s capital, Bogota.

The president called on the remaining members of the Gulf Clan to turn themselves in or face the same fate as that of Otoniel.

According to Molano, the capture of the Gulf Clan’s leader means that the government has achieved victory over drug trafficking in the country, since the clan had been responsible for most of Colombia's exports and distribution of cocaine.

Last year, Colombia had 143,000 hectares of illegal coca plantations and the country remains the world’s top producer of coca, according to the United Nations.

https://sputniknews.com/20211024/colombia-getting-ready-to-extradite-most-wanted-drug-dealer-otoniel-to-us—minister-1090180064.html

When the people fear the government, there’s tyranny. When the government fears the people, there’s liberty.— Thomas Jefferson

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New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern Happily Admits She Created Two Classes of People: The Vaccinated and the Unvaccinated

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern happily admitted she created two classes of people: The vaccinated and the unvaccinated.

“So you’ve basically said, you probably don’t see it like this – but two different classes of people, if you’re vaccinated or unvaccinated,” the reporter said. “You have all these rights if you are vaccinated -“

“That is what it is, so, yep!” Jacinda Ardern smugly said with a smile on her face.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/10/new-zealand-pm-jacinda-ardern-happily-admits-created-two-classes-people-vaccinated-unvaccinated-video/

Facebook employees tried to suppress conservative news outlets, report shows

Facebook’s bias is showing — again.

The tech giant’s employees have consistently pushed to suppress or de-platform right-wing outlets such as Breitbart, despite objections from managers trying to avoid political blowback, a scathing report by the Wall Street Journal revealed.

The internal debates — captured in message-board conversations reviewed by the publication — fuel new concerns that the platform is treating news outlets differently based on political slant.

Of special focus in the report was Breitbart, which employees have targeted to remove from the News Tab function, especially amid protests following George Floyd’s death by Minneapolis police last year.

After a staffer asked about removing Breitbart, a senior researcher responded, “I can also tell you that we saw drops in trust in CNN 2 years ago: would we take the same approach for them too?” he wrote.

By 2020, Facebook had begun keeping track of “strikes” for content deemed false by third-party fact-checkers. Repeat offenders could be suspended from posting. Escalations came more frequently against conservative outlets, according to the report.

​The report is the latest in a series of bombshell revelations from whistleblowers about the social media colossus’ craving for profits over the needs of its users.

Employees were told in recent days to brace for more disclosures.

Nick Clegg, the vice president of global affairs for Facebook, told workers that “we need to steel ourselves for more bad headlines in the coming days, I’m afraid,” in a Saturday memo obtained by Axios.

The new scoops were expected to come Monday from a number of news outlets that were given leaked material by Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen but an embargo on the information​ collapsed Friday and more devastating reporting on the company’s internal workings could be released any time.

The story that broke the embargo on Friday involved a new whistleblower who told the Securities and Exchange Commission that Facebook routinely dismissed concerns about hate speech and the spread of misinformation over fears it would hinder the company’s growth.

The whistleblower, who testified under oath and whose name has not been released, told the SEC in 2017 that Facebook execs discouraged attempts to fight misinformation and hate speech during the Trump administration because it would hold back the company’s growth — and because they were afraid of the consequences from the president and his allies.

The whistleblower, like Haugen, a member of the social network’s “integrity team,” said Tucker Bounds, a Facebook communications official, dismissed hate speech as a “flash in the pan” and said even though “some legislators will get pissy,” the company is “printing money in the basement.”

A person who worked at Facebook at the time told The Post that the comments from Bounds sound accurate.

https://nypost.com/2021/10/24/facebook-employees-told-to-brace-for-more-disclosures/

NIH Funds ‘Toxic Brain Injection’ Monkey Experiments, Holes Drilled Into Skulls, Devices Implanted Into Brains – REPORT

Millions in taxpayer dollars are allegedly used for disturbing monkey experiments funded by the NIH

The National Institutes of Health is allegedly spending $16 million in taxpayer money on horrifying experiments where doctors “cripple monkeys with toxic brain injections.”

A disturbing report from the White Coat Waste Project has exposed cruel and inhumane monkey experiments funded by the National Institutes of Health.

According to the report, “WCW has filed a complaint with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) after uncovering cost disclosure violations by all seven National Primate Research Centers (NPRCs), the nation’s largest taxpayer-funded monkey labs imprisoning a combined 22,000 primates and receiving more than $100 million annually.”

Some of the experiments done by the NIH-funded NPRC’s involve:

Turning monkeys into “binge-drinker” alcoholics (Oregon NPRC);

Surgically-inducing heart attacks in monkeys (Washington NPRC);

Exposing monkeys to biological weapons (Tulane NPRC);

Intentionally threatening monkeys to cause fear and anxiety (California NPRC);

Psychologically tormenting baboons (Southwest NPRC);

Drilling into monkeys’ skulls and injecting them with the ADHD-drug Ritalin (Wisconsin NPRC); and

Drilling to monkeys’ skulls and injected toxins to destroy their brains and cripple their limbs (Yerkes NPRC)

The organization unearthed a video from Emory University’s Yerkes National Primate Research Center, detailing how monkeys are locked alone in small cages where they have holes drilled into their skulls. After the holes are drilled, doctors reportedly screw in metal head restraining devices, implant electrodes and inject toxins into the monkey’s brains.

The toxic brain injections reportedly “destroy monkey’s brains and cause them to lose control of their limbs, mouths, and other body parts.”

https://nationalfile.com/nih-funds-toxic-brain-injection-monkey-experiments-holes-drilled-into-skulls-devices-implanted-into-brains-report/

https://nationalfile.com/nih-funds-toxic-brain-injection-monkey-experiments-holes-drilled-into-skulls-devices-implanted-into-brains-report/

Police investigating alleged escape attempt by Queensland COVID-19 patient

Police are investigating an alleged escape attempt by Queensland COVID-19 patient Duran Raman.

9News understands officers are looking into whether Mr Raman, 36, allegedly tried to leave the COVID-19 ward at Gold Coast University Hospital.

Mr Raman, who tested positive to COVID-19 last week, is accused of breaching border restrictions and travelling to Sydney and Melbourne before returning to Queensland.

The unvaccinated man was infectious in the Queensland community for up to 10 days, and health authorities said he was initially too sick to properly communicate.

It was reported on the weekend that he was in a serious but stable condition.

Queensland recorded no new COVID-19 cases on Saturday or yesterday, but police are also looking into the movements of seven NSW men who allegedly crossed the Queensland border illegally for a fishing trip.

Six of the men have been returned to NSW, with two of them since testing positive to COVID-19.

One of them was infectious while in Queensland.

https://www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-coronavirus-updates-alleged-escape-attempt-of-covid-19-uber-driver-patient-being-investigated/24681e96-82d2-42be-b836-54616afab183

Small plane ends up in shrubs near Long Island airport

EAST QUOGUE, N.Y. – Oops.

On Saturday, around 1:00PM the Southampton Town Police Communications Division received an emergency call for a down plane in the area of County Road 104, town of Southampton, Suffolk County. The pilot, 75 year-old male from New York, NY, departed East Hampton Airport and was traveling to Mac Arthur when the plane, 2006 Cessna Skyhawk, experienced engine troubles.

The pilot attempted to land at Gabreski Airport and landed in the shrubs off County Road 104 south of Sunrise Highway.

The pilot was the only occupant of the plane and was uninjured.

The crash is still under investigation by NYSP, NTSB and FAA.

https://breaking911.com/small-plane-ends-up-in-shrubs-near-long-island-airport/

Major anti-terrorist joint drills staged by Russia & post-Soviet allies conclude on Afghan border in Tajikistan

A large-scale military exercise carried out by member countries of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) has concluded in Tajikistan. The drills involved repelling a cross-border attack from a mock terrorist group.

The exercise, which took place close to the Afghan border, concluded in southern Tajikistan on Saturday. Six CSTO nations, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, and Tajikistan, took part in the drills.

https://www.rt.com/russia/538334-tajikistan-russia-joint-drills/

NATO is not happy

NATO not ready for equal dialogue, Russian defense minister says as German counterpart warns bloc ready to deter Moscow with nukes

Security in Europe can only be collective, but NATO is not ready for equal dialogue, Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has said. NATO earlier agreed on a master plan to deter Moscow, including with nuclear weapons.

German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer has been one of the most active backers of NATO's new master plan to counter Russia in case a military conflict breaks out between the sides. The strategy, which was agreed on Thursday, envisages the military alliance’s troops fighting Russian forces in the Baltic region and across the Black Sea, while also calling for non-conventional warfare, including nuclear weapons, cyber-attacks, and space military technology, to be employed.

“This is the way of deterrence,” Kramp-Karrenbauer told German radio Deutschlandfunk earlier this week, commenting on the idea of deploying nuclear weapons in the air above Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia to protect them from what NATO calls the “Russian threat.”

“We must make it very clear to Russia that we are ready to use such measures as well, so that it would have an early deterrent effect… This is being adapted to the current behavior of Russia,” she insisted.

On Saturday, Shoigu told his German counterpart that “security in Europe can only be collective without infringement of Russia's interest. But currently NATO is the party that’s not ready for equal dialogue on this issue.”

“Amid calls to deter Russia militarily, NATO is consistently building up its forces near our borders. The German foreign minister must know quite well how such actions have ended for Germany and Europe previously,” he added.

https://www.rt.com/russia/538282-shoigu-nato-russia-germany/