China’s Economic Crisis Accelerates In Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises, a character named Mike Campell is asked how he lost his fortune. “How did you go bankrupt?” the hard-drinking war veteran Bill Gorton asks. “Two ways,” Campell replies. “Gradually and then suddenly.” This week investors began to worry that China had entered the second stage of Campell’s financial stress. Evergrande, once the largest property developer in China and is now thought to rank second, declared bankruptcy under U.S. law on Thursday. It is estimated to have around $28.1 billion of bonds outstanding, most of which come due in 2025.…

Don’t Cry For Me Argentina(Ne Pleure Pas Pour Moi Argentine) It won’t be easy, you’ll think it strangeCe ne sera pas facile, tu penseras que c’est étrangeWhen I try to explain how I feelQuand j’essaierai de t’expliquer comment je me sensThat I still need your love after all that I’ve doneQue j’ai toujours besoin de ton amour après tout ce que j’ai fait You won’t believe meTu ne me croiras…

It has been nearly 70 years since Israel first asked the U.S. to sign a bilateral defense treaty. Ever since then, the idea of a formal security agreement, which requires congressional approval, has resurfaced from time to time, usually around major political or diplomatic events. It has been struck down repeatedly by one side or the other (and, at times, by both), due to an understanding that it does not serve their actual needs. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is currently floating the idea once again, this time in the context of a possible Israeli-American-Saudi mega-deal to normalize relations between the two Middle Eastern states,…

We are afraid that life will perish while we imagine, we want to live a real day, to get what we wish. At this moment, I recall my past life, and I realize that memory is a river, a river that always runs backwards. There is no doubt that our time today has corrupted the old values     of yesterday, and it is now imperative for people who abound in blame to adhere to the spasm; No matter how coherent one looks, the river of the past returns to wash it away. Memory follows the law of attraction that works on…

Assis en face du président du Brics, le chef du parti républicain Américain un sioniste pur et dur discutait avec lui de la paix en Palestine : -Quelle paix ? Fit l'Américain. -Il faut un état Palestinien et les accords d'Oslo l'ont énoncés. James Delghout sourit : -Les accords d'Oslo ont été annulés par le défunt Ariel Sharon et les Palestiniens ne respectent pas l'accords d'Abraham. -Quand bien même les…