Links For Today Posted on December 23, 2019 by The Editor China flight systems jammed by pig farm’s African swine fever defences “40 percent of FDI globally comes from just seven countries, which collectively account for 3 percent of the world economy.” The US and China have a trade deal, but only Washington has what it wants “Despite tighter gun regulations than the U.S., in the poorer neighborhoods of many Brazilian cities, armed gangs and police trade fire with high-caliber assault rifles, machine guns, pistols, and sometimes even grenades and rocket launchers. Rio averages 24 shootouts per day. Large hours-long gun battles often don’t even make the headlines. Yet the shootouts leave a mark: piles of dead bodies.”
