End Times Headline News. March 28 2024

Baltimore bridge collapse may cost billions. US didn’t share full intelligence on Moscow terror attack. Haiti situation is now ‘Cataclysmic’. Netanyahu to send delegation to DC

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Baltimore bridge collapse may cost billions, dramatically disrupt supply chains

Port of Baltimore handled over $80 billion worth of cargo in 2023

The collapse of Maryland’s Francis Scott Key Bridge Tuesday after it was struck by a cargo ship continues to block access to the Port of Baltimore and could disrupt shipping flows across the U.S. The Singapore-flagged MV Dali container ship collided with the bridge around 1:35 a.m. on Tuesday. At least six people remain unaccounted for, CNN reports. With rescue and recovery operations ongoing, it’s unclear how long debris from the bridge will block the Patapsco River, which leads to the Port of Baltimore.

Leave The World Behind? Two Birds Seem to Disappear Into Thin Air During LIVE Coverage Of The Bridge Collapse

Maryland authorities on Wednesday said divers recovered two bodies during a search for the workers who plunged into the water after a cargo ship slammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday.

Divers found a red pickup truck submerged under approximately 25 feet of water in the middle span of the bridge and found the two bodies trapped inside.

Maryland State Police Maryland State Police Superintendent Col. Roland Butler identified the victims as Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes, 35, of Baltimore, and Dorlian Castillo Cabrera, 26, of Dundalk.

Baltimore Coal Exports Blocked After Bridge Collapse

Baltimore Port’s coal exports are likely to be blocked for weeks after the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on Tuesday, according to a Pennsylvania coal trading firm.  

The bridge collapsed early on Tuesday after a cargo ship lost power and slammed into the construction, which crumbled within seconds and will disrupt navigation near the Baltimore port, which is one of the biggest coal export terminals in America. Baltimore is the nation’s second-largest coal exporting port after Norfolk, Virginia, according to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). In 2022, about one-fifth of U.S. coal exports left through Baltimore.

Investigators establish link between Moscow terrorist attack suspects and Ukraine

Large sums of money were transferred to the Crocus City Hall attackers from Ukraine, the Russian Investigative Committee has said

The suspects in last week’s Moscow terrorist attack were linked to Ukrainian nationalists, the Russian Investigative Committee stated on Thursday, citing preliminary findings. The perpetrators had received “significant sums of money” from Ukraine, the law enforcement agency said. The investigators have obtained “substantiated evidence” that the suspected assailants received funding from Ukraine in the form of cryptocurrency, which was then used to prepare the terrorist attack, the statement read.

US didn’t share full intelligence on Moscow terror attack – NYT

Washington’s “adversarial relationship” with Russia prevented full disclosure of what it knew, sources told the newspaper

The lack of trust between the US and Russia prevented Washington from sharing all the intelligence it possessed about a looming terrorist attack in Moscow, the New York Times has claimed. Four gunmen staged one of the bloodiest massacres in Russian history last Friday, when they went on a gun rampage at a large concert venue just outside of the capital before setting the building on fire. Over 140 people were killed in the attack.

Leak: As predicted, the FSB is going after Crocus City Hall owner Aras Agalarov criminally

Member of the Russian parliament Andrei Lugovoy called for a humanitarian disaster in Kharkiv to force the local population to escape to the West and to make Kharkiv uninhabitable

Kremlin urges Telegram to work harder to prevent terrorism

A chat on the popular app was allegedly used by organizers of the concert hall massacre in Russia to recruit the perpetrators

Telegram should work harder to deny terrorists the use of its platform, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said in the wake of the Crocus City Hall attack. The alleged perpetrators of the massacre last Friday were reportedly engaged by the organizers though a Telegram group, which was operating in the name of the Afghanistan-based splinter organization of Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS).

Russian warships enter the Red Sea, navy says

The Houthis have vowed to continue their attacks in the Red Sea as long as Israel continues to commit "crimes against Palestinians."

Several Russian warships have passed the Bab al-Mandab Strait into the Red Sea, the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet said on Thursday, amid attacks by Yemen's Houthis on merchant shipping. The Zvezda TV channel, owned by the defense ministry, quoted the fleet as saying the Russian cruiser Varyag and the frigate Marshal Shaposhnikov were taking part in the voyage. Houthi terrorists in Yemen have repeatedly attacked ships passing through the Bab al-Mandab Strait in the Red Sea since November in support of Palestinians, the terror organization claims.

US, Japan To Initiate Huge Defense Treaty Upgrade With Eye On China

The United States and Japan are poised to unveil their largest defense treaty revision in decades.

The FT has reported that President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are soon to "announce plans to reorganize the U.S. armed forces in Japan to strengthen the development of operational plans and training of the U.S.-Japan at the summit in Washington D.C. on the 10th of next month." Crucially the new agreement is expected to invest the three-star commander of the US Forces in Japan with more operational authority. As it currently stands, and following the development of the US-Japan Security Treaty first signed in 1960, the US commander is required to coordinate approval for operations with US Indo-Pacific Command based out of Hawaii. 

UN warns that Haiti situation is now ‘Cataclysmic’, Death toll skyrockets to over 1500 killed

The situation in chaos-wracked Haiti is “cataclysmic”, with more than 1,500 people killed by gang violence so far this year and more weapons pouring into the country, the UN said Thursday.

In a fresh report, the United Nations Rights Office detailed how “corruption, impunity and poor governance, compounded by increasing levels of gang violence (had) eroded the rule of law and brought state institutions… close to collapse”. This, it said, had left Haiti in “a cataclysmic situation”.

Report: Netanyahu to send delegation to DC despite UN vote

US official says delegation led by Ron Dermer to visit Washington next week to discuss Rafah operation despite PM's cancelation of delegation. PM's office denies report.

An official in the American government claims that the Prime Minister's Office informed the White House that it would send a delegation led by Minister Ron Dermer and the head of the National Security Council to Washington to discuss the upcoming Rafah operation. Netanyahu had previously canceled the delegation following the American administration's decision to allow the UN Security Council to pass a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. The Prime Minister's Office denied the report. "Contrary to publications, the Prime Minister did not approve the departure of the delegation to Washington."

White House: 'too soon' to make broad judgements on new Palestinian Authority government

White House National Security coordinator John Kirby commented on the new Palestinian Authority government announced Thursday, saying the US will reserve judgments until there's a better sense of what their intentions are moving forward. 

"We've long talked about a revitalized Palestinian Authority and how important that it's going to be to eventually deliver results for the Palestinian people, and to help establish the conditions for stability both in the West Bank and in Gaza," Kirby said. "This is about meeting the aspirations of the Palestinian people."

US, Israel seem to believe hostage negotiations can be revived even after Hamas rejection

War cabinet convened to discuss next steps after determining that terror group’s rejection of deal was likely a negotiation tactic; US: ‘We think it’s possible to bridge differences’

Israel and the United States appear to believe that there is still a chance to revive hostage deal negotiations with the Hamas terror organization after indirect talks in Qatar broke down earlier in the week. Speaking to reporters at a news briefing in Washington on Wednesday, US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said Washington believes it is possible to continue to pursue the release of hostages.

'Devil took over me': IDF reveals Islamic Jihad terrorist's October 7 rape confession

Pressed how long the rape lasted, Islamic Jihad terrorist Manar Mahmoud Muhammad Qasem said around 60-90 seconds.

The IDF on Thursday put out a video of a Unit 504 interrogation of an Islamic Jihad terrorist named Manar Mahmoud Muhammad Qasem in which he explicitly confesses to and describes his rape of an Israeli woman on October 7. From the interrogation video, Qasem did not seem to know much about the invasion of Israel in advance, but he was told by one of his fellow Islamic Jihad counterparts that they were going to attack Israel when he arrived at their regular base.

Battle for Istanbul: Mayor Imamoglu seeks to upend Erdogan's hold in pivotal local vote

Turkey's nationwide local elections are on Sunday. The top prize, Istanbul, is seen as a bellwether for the opposition’s chances of taking power away from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in four years.

Turkey's nationwide local elections are on Sunday. The top prize, Istanbul, is seen as a bellwether for the opposition’s chances of taking power away from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in four years. Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu’s surprise victory against Erdogan’s ally in 2019 made him one of the country's most popular politicians. He served the Turkish president his greatest defeat since coming into power.

Digital ID Bill passes Senate

Should be up and running by mid-year.

Australia is close to having a legislated national digital identity scheme with the federal government winning support for its bill in the Senate after approving 43 amendments. The Digital ID Bill 2023 passed the Senate on Wednesday night by 33 votes to 26 with the support of the Greens and the crossbench. It will now be returned to the lower house to be ticked off before passing into law. The bill was passed with 27 government amendments and 16 Greens amendments, focused on ensuring the digital ID scheme is fully voluntary, has enhanced privacy protections, and speeds up the expansion of the scheme to the private sector.

BOMBSHELL: U.S. Government Report Confirms China Used COVID-19 to Exert Power and Acquire Millions of Americans' DNA

Bombshell US government and intelligence agency reports confirm that China used COVID-19 PCR tests to legally collect DNA from Americans and millions of adults and children across 180 countries.

BOMBSHELL: U.S. Government Report Confirms China Used COVID-19 to Exert Power and Acquire Millions of Americans' DNA

HUGE: The WEF agenda could be BANNED from this U.S state

The senate in the state of Louisiana just voted to ban all rules and mandates from the WHO, WEF and the UN from being enforced.

HUGE: The WEF agenda could be BANNED from this U.S state

Cattle Tracking Provision That May Limit Beef Supply Passed in Omnibus Bill

‘The left wants to ban cattle and before you can ban anything you need a registry, you need to know where it’s at and who owns it.’

A controversial measure to include $15 million for the electronic tracking of livestock has made it through Congress via the recently passed omnibus bill, raising fears among critics that the new system could be weaponized by the government to limit beef consumption. American cattle rancher Shad Sullivan told The Epoch Times that he fears that the electronic tags will be the end of the small rancher. “They are going to use it as a taxing mechanism to eventually control the livestock,” Mr. Sullivan said. “In the European Union, they used these measures under the guise of climate change lies to limit the cattle supply, and if they do that here, it will destroy our industry.

Federal Reserve Refuses to Provide Records of Foreign Gold Holdings

Weeks after Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell evaded a sitting congressman’s questions about the central bank’s foreign gold holdings, the Fed has also declined to comply with a Freedom of Information Act request for records about such holdings.

The Federal Reserve’s lack of transparency comes amidst reports that countries are removing their gold and other assets from the U.S. in the wake of the unprecedented Western sanctions imposed on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. According to a 2023 Invesco survey, a “substantial percentage” of central banks expressed concern about how the U.S. and its allies froze nearly half of Russia’s $650 billion gold and forex reserves. Rep. Alex Mooney, R-W.Va., asked Powell about the matter in a December letter, only to have the Fed chair respond last month with evasive non-answers, telling him that the Federal Reserve does not own gold but holds it as a custodian for other entities—a fact that the congressman presumably already knew.

RAND Corporation: “Internet Of Bodies May Lead To Internet Of Brains” By 2050

The Internet of Bodies ecosystem may lead to the Internet of Brains sometime between 2035 and 2050, according to a UK Defence-commissioned RAND report.

Commissioned by the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and conducted by RAND Europe and Frazer Nash Consulting, the study “Cultural and technological change in the future information environment” looks at six technologies and information environments and their implications for British defense.

US Intel Agency wants to ban the terms ‘Radical Islamists’ and ‘Jihadist’

The United States’ top intelligence agency wants to ban its spies from using “biased language,” including the terms “radical Islamists” and “jihadist,” saying these words “are hurtful to Muslim-Americans and detrimentally impact our efforts as they bolster extremist rhetoric,” according to a language guide published internally.

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), which is responsible for handling the country’s spy apparatus, seeks to ban a range of common terms because it says they offend Muslims and foment racism against employees. In addition to terms describing Islamic terrorists, ODNI instructs employees to avoid phrases such as “blacklisted,” “cakewalk,” “brown bag,” “grandfathered,” and “sanity check.”

Tennessee lawmakers pushing bill to keep govt from spraying sky

Republican state lawmakers are going after a new threat they say could cause harm to the environment — and playing into a baseless claim at the same time.

In a Tennessee bill passed by the state Senate last week, lawmakers targeted geoengineering, an experimental — and controversial — practice not yet in use that could help cool the planet amid climate change. But the text of the bill can also be seen as referring to “chemtrails,” plumes of toxic chemicals that believers of the unfounded claim say are being spewed into the sky by governments and corporations.

Moderna CEO on vaccines pipeline: Investing aggressively to bring important medicine to patients

Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the company's annual vaccines day, the announcement of multiple vaccine programs advancing to late-stage clinical trials, Moderna's vaccines pipeline outlook, and more.