UK - The world is shrinking! How wars, volcanic eruptions, floods, attacks on cargo ships and political unrest are putting so many countries off-limits. From the treasures of the Holy Land in Israel to the shores of the Black Sea, the wilds of Iceland and the coastline of Ecuador, more of the world is no-go now for tourism than at any time since the pandemic. MSC Cruises announced this week that it is cancelling any voyages that were due to pass through the Suez Canal and Red Sea, instead sending its ships back to Europe without passengers around the west coast of Africa. Passengers are being offered refunds or alternative sailings.

UK - The Third World War is coming, and Britain is likely to be fighting a many-sided conflict against Russia, Iran, China and North Korea within five years. That is not scaremongering. It's the warning this week from Grant Shapps who, in his first major speech as Defence Minister, announced that we are 'moving from a post-war to a pre-war world'. We are already embroiled in this New World Disorder. We face a 'multi-crisis' that includes the rise of China; Russian imperialism; the mullahs in Iran trying to kick the Americans and their influence out of the Middle East; mass slaughter in Israel and the Gaza Strip; and latent terrorist threats — as well as huge shifts in the global economy through mass migration. It is a combination that creates the most dangerous situation for Britain since 1945.

PAKISTAN - Pakistan's air force has launched retaliatory airstrikes on two alleged militant positions in Iran, days after an Iranian airstrike killed two children in the country. The air attacks in Sistan and Baluchestan province Thursday killed at least seven - and threatens to further enflame tensions between the two nations. The strikes also imperil already dodgy diplomatic relations between the neighbors, as Iran and nuclear-armed Pakistan have long regarded each other with suspicion. They also raise the threat of a full-blown war breaking out in a Middle East already plagued by Israel's now months-long conflict with Hamas. Further stirring the figurative Middle East pot is the fact that Iran already staged multiple airstrikes in Iraq and Syria late Monday - after an Islamic State-claimed suicide bombing that killed over 90 people earlier in the month.

SWITZERLAND - Holy Hell! Another Elitist Freak Show… Demonic witch mumbles incantations, hexes stage, blows air at attendees… Welcome to Davos! So a demonic witch kicked off the day at The World Economic Forum in Davos this morning. The witch mumbled incantations, blew air on attendees, and hexed the stage to kick things off. She touched the speakers on the stage and blew into the crowd! Obviously, the elites are no longer pretending to be worried about COVID. So they hide the Christians – and push this demonic s**t instead.

ISRAEL - Failing to achieve its primary objectives of crushing Hamas and recapturing its detainees by force, the Israeli military recently announced that it is moving into what it calls “phase 3” of its war in Gaza. Despite claims to the contrary by the Israeli leadership, around a dozen armed groups based in the besieged Palestinian territory continue to wage daily battles from north to south. Having inflicted what UN aid chief Martin Griffiths called “the worst ever” humanitarian crisis, killing roughly 30,000 Palestinians in the process, the invading Israeli army has very little to show for it militarily.

USA - How does it feel to have the largest government that the planet has ever seen? When I was growing up, I was taught that we had a capitalist system and that we had a limited federal government. Of course neither of those things has been true for a very long time. Today, the United States has the biggest government in the history of the world, and it gets even bigger with each passing year. Running that gigantic government requires more money than we actually have, and so we are going into staggering amounts of debt. But there is no way that our politicians will ever agree to reduce the size of the federal government to an appropriate size. So we are stuck with this system until the day when it finally collapses.

UNITED NATIONS - Antonio Guterres claims a reformed global body could repair the loss of faith in public institutions. People no longer trust their governments to tackle climate change, war, and inequality, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said. While Guterres views a reformed UN as the solution, polling shows that most Westerners want their leaders to simply focus on different issues. Addressing the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos on Wednesday, Guterres opened by declaring climate change and the development of artificial intelligence to be the most serious threats to public trust in government worldwide.

USA - A surge of stranded electric vehicles, predominantly Tesla cars, has overtaken the Oak Brook Supercharger station in Chicago, as a severe cold snap renders many EVs powerless and immobile. Fox 32 reports that the recent wave of freezing temperatures in Chicago has taken a significant toll on EVs, causing an unusual scene at the Oak Brook Tesla Supercharging station. This station, along with many others around the Chicago area, has been crowded with dead Teslas, as owners face difficulties in charging their vehicles. From angry Tesla owners sharing videos of their cars failing to start to owners having to charge their vehicles six times in one day due to massively reduced battery performance, Tesla cars simply can’t handle the winter in a major portion of North America. A local car expert, Mark Bilek of the Chicago Auto Trade Association, commented: “Like any new technology, there’s a learning curve for people. It’s not plug and go. You have to precondition the battery, meaning that you have to get the battery up to the optimal temperature to accept a fast charge.”

SWITZERLAND - Should all of this talk about “Disease X” alarm us? According to the WHO, “Disease X” is an “unknown” hypothetical disease that could potentially kill millions upon millions of people. It is supposed to be a purely theoretical disease, but by giving it a name they are basically inviting people to come up with all sorts of theories about it. And that is especially true now that experts have speculated that it could cause 20 times more deaths than COVID did… Without a doubt, more global pandemics are coming. To give an “unknown” disease a specific name and to throw out numbers for potential death rates is only going to fuel unhealthy speculation. Of course it isn’t just the WHO and the WEF that are doing this.

USA - Well, no one saw that coming... The New York Fed's Empire State Manufacturing Survey for January crashed from -14.5 to -43.7 - the worst print in the survey's history outside of the COVID lockdowns... The -43.7 print was a stunning 10 standard deviations below expectations of a bounce to -5.0... Under the hood, it was a bloodbath. New orders slumped more than 38 points to minus 49.4, the weakest since April 2020, while shipments dropped by the most since August. Worse still, the index of prices paid for materials increased to a three-month high... the spread between current reality and a hopeful future is at near record highs (record Ex-COVID-lockdowns)...

USA - Only around one-quarter of US adults believe that the ‘American dream’ of being able to succeed through hard work still holds true, down by nearly half from when the same question was asked in 2010, a new poll has revealed. The ABC News/Ipsos survey released on Monday found that just 27% of Americans still believe in the American dream, defined as: “If you work hard, you’ll get ahead.” This compares with 50% when the same poll was conducted 13 years ago, in the aftermath of the global financial crisis. The bleak results come at a time when Americans are growing increasingly pessimistic about the outlook for their country. A poll released in November showed that 76% of US adults believe the nation is heading in the “wrong direction.” Respondents cited the economy and inflation as their top concerns.

GERMANY - Berlin once again ground to a halt on Monday as thousands of farmers, truck drivers and others shut down the German capital, calling for the end of the globalist government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Culminating a week of nationwide demonstrations in which thousands of farmers took to their tractors to shut down typically busy highways and the thoroughfares of major cities, an estimated 5,000 tractors, trucks and over 10,000 people crowded into the centre of Berlin on Monday. The protests were sparked by the left-wing coalition government’s decision to solve a budget crisis with cuts to agricultural subsidies and eliminating tax exemptions for farmers on diesel, a measure that has been in place for over 70 years.

SWITZERLAND - The combined fortunes of the world's five richest men have more than doubled to $869 billion since 2020 while five billion people have been made poorer, anti-poverty group Oxfam said. An Oxfam report, which comes as business elites gather this week for the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, found that a billionaire is now either running, or is the main shareholder of, 7 out of 10 of the world's biggest companies. Oxfam called on Monday for governments to rein in corporate power by breaking up monopolies; instituting taxes on excess profit and wealth; and promoting alternatives to shareholder control such as forms of employee ownership. It estimated that 148 top corporations made $1.8 trillion in profits, 52 percent up on 3-year average, allowing hefty pay-outs to shareholders even as millions of workers faced a cost of living crisis as inflation led to wage cuts in real terms.

SWITZERLAND - The 54th annual gathering of the World Economic Forum begins today in the small Alpine resort town of Davos. The invitation-only meeting brings nearly 2,800 leaders from 120 countries together to discuss the world's most pressing topics, such as climate change, artificial intelligence, and virus pandemics. After world leaders, politicians, business leaders, academics, NGOs, and religious leaders debate global problems and attempt to find 'solutions' to issues plaguing the world, there is an after-hours scene that is very dark, as we've explained previously: What's on the menu this year? Well, The New York Post described: "Caviar, magic mushrooms, gold-leaf desserts, A-list selfies, $2,500-per-night hookers and secret dinners." But anyone who wants to book an escort via matching platform "Titt4Tat" in the Davos region, or even in eastern Switzerland, will be disappointed. "All local service providers are completely booked during the WEF week," confirms owner B Konrad.

FRANCE - On the 9th of January, 2024, Gabriel Attal, who is often viewed as a protégé of President Emmanuel Macron, made a historic stride at 34 years old, as the youngest prime minister of France under the Fifth Republic. Attal has earned himself the moniker “Baby Macron” due to his youth and centrist political ideology which he shares with Macron. That is not all he shares with Macron as they are both alumni of Klaus Schwab’s Global Young Leaders. Attal was an early supporter of Macron’s En Marche movement in 2016, and following his departure from the Socialist Party already holds an impressive political portfolio for one so young and in just a few years.