According to a new report from Mexican newspaper Tabasco Hoy, the Mexican Navy intercepted 23,368 kilograms (51,517 pounds) of fentanyl at the Port of Lázaro Cárdenas, the largest Mexican seaport and one of the largest harbors in the Pacific Ocean. The Secretariat of the Navy said joint work between the Naval Unit of Port Protection […]
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Why Everything They Say About the Amazon, Including That It’s the ‘Lungs of the World,’ Is Wrong…
The increase in fires burning in Brazil set off a storm of international outrage last week. Celebrities, environmentalists, and political leaders blame Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, for destroying the world’s largest rainforest, the Amazon, which they say is the “lungs of the world.” Singers and actors including Madonna and Jaden Smith shared photos on social […]
Child Aged 12 Is Among Dozens Arrested in Latest Hong Kong Protests. Police Used Live Bullets. China ‘has to intervene’ if Violence Breaks Out…
A 12-year-old child is among dozens of people arrested following another violent weekend in Hong Kong which saw a police officer fire a live round for the first time. Officers arrested 29 men and seven women, aged 12 to 48, last night for unlawful assembly, possession of weapons and assaulting police. After the clashes last […]
Turkish Military Hit by Raft of Resignations Amid Idlib Predicament…
Five Turkish generals are reportedly seeking to retire from the military after being tasked with operations along the southern border and in Syria’s Idlib, handing the army another headache as it grapples with a tense situation in the Syrian province. Two Turkish officials confirmed to Middle East Eye that some generals have asked for retirement […]
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Israeli Teen Killed by Blast Near West Bank Settlement…
An Israeli teenage girl was killed while her father and brother were seriously wounded in an explosion in the occupied West Bank on Friday, according to the Israeli military. A military spokesman said the family was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) while visiting a water spring near Dolev, an illegal Israeli settlement northwest […]
Erdogan and Putin in Emergency Call as Assad Surrounds Turkish Troops…
Forces belonging to the Syrian government and Turkey came within a stone’s throw of one another on Friday, as Bashar al-Assad’s troops surrounded a Turkish observation point in Syria’s Idlib province. Far from friends, the forces’ proximity has heightened tensions even further amid a Syrian government offensive into territory held by rebels backed by Turkey. […]
CONFIRMED: U.S. Confirms Israeli Strike in Iraq…
Israel was responsible for the bombing of an Iranian weapons depot in Iraq last month, U.S. officials have confirmed, an attack that would mark a significant escalation in Israel’s years-long campaign against Iranian military entrenchment across the region. The confirmation comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is strongly hinting that his country is behind […]
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster and Its Tragic Aftermath…
The three meltdowns and at least four big core explosions at the Fukushima nuclear-power plant’s six American-designed Daiichi reactors in March 2011 still constitute the world’s worst nuclear nightmare so far, surpassing even the Chernobyl #4 reactor’s explosion and meltdown of April 1986. While Chernobyl’s disaster was very quickly contained albeit at the cost of […]
Russia Acknowledges Its Ground Troops Are Fighting in Idlib…
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has acknowledged for the first time the presence of Russian military fighting alongside Syrian regime forces in the Idlib assault, confirming numerous earlier reports. During a press conference he held following a meeting with Ghana’s Foreign Minister Shirley Botchway yesterday, Lavrov confirmed that “There are Russian soldiers on the ground […]
Danish Royal Family ‘Surprised,’ Lawmakers Fume as Trump Cancels Denmark Visit Over Greenland…
The Danish royal family was “surprised” after President Trump scrapped a planned visit to Denmark following comments by the country’s prime minister that the idea the U.S. might buy Greenland from them was “absurd.” Trump had been expected to visit Denmark on Sept. 2-3 as part of his trip to Europe, but until his tweets […]
Maybe???: Venezuelan Leader Nicolas Maduro Confirms Secret Talks With U.S. to Negotiate His Exit…
Beleaguered Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro confirmed late Tuesday that his top-level officials have been in secret talks with members of the Trump administration to try to negotiate his exit. Reuters reports the secret meetings first came to light after American media outlets reported that Diosdado Cabello, one of Venezuela’s most powerful and feared men, had […]
Swedish Child Climate Activist Reportedly a Tool of Al Gore-Linked Corporate Green Hucksters…
Kids are great tools for big money and major powers lurking in the shadows, attempting to enact a political agenda. The latest instance, and it’s a doozy, is young Greta Thunberg, the Swedish child climate activist who’s coming to the states (with a big carbon footprint, according to today’s piece by Thomas Lifson) to persuade […]
Death Toll from Alcohol Poisoned with Methanol in Costa Rica Rise to 25 with a Further 59 Hospitalized…
The death toll from alcohol poisoned with methanol in Costa Rica has risen to 25 with a further 59 hospitalized, health officials have confirmed. Authorities in the country said at least 10 bars have been shut with 55,000 containers of drink seized. The government said the victims include 19 men and six women aged between […]
Afghanistan Vows to ‘Eliminate’ Islamic State Safe Havens After Wedding Bombing Killed 63…
Afghanistan’s president this week vowed to take “revenge” and “eliminate” Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) safe havens in the country after the group killed 63 civilians at a wedding, including children. ISIS claimed responsibility for the horrific attack at a wedding hall in Kabul late Saturday night that left at least 63 people dead and nearly 200 […]
EU Rejects Boris Johnson’s Last-Ditch Appeal to Strike Brexit Deal…
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wrote a four-page letter to European leaders before a week of meetings with top EU officials and heads of state in what may be the last attempt to renegotiate Theresa May’s failed withdrawal agreement, only to see his proposals immediately rejected. With just ten weeks to go until the promised […]
President Trump and PM Boris Johnson Discuss Brexit and Trade Deal…
According to the White House: President Donald J. Trump spoke by telephone with Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom earlier today to discuss a wide range of trade and economic issues. Prime Minister Johnson also provided the President with an update on Brexit. The President expressed great enthusiasm for his upcoming meeting with […]
Russian Nuke Monitors Went Dark After Mysterious Missile Explosion…
Adding to the uneasy parallels with the infamous Chernobyl incident, doctors at a Russian hospital complained on Sunday they were not informed that casualties from the explosion had been exposed to radiation. CTBTO chief Lassina Zerbo told the Wall Street Journal on Sunday that two days after the missile explosion, nuclear monitoring stations in Kirov […]
More British Complicity Exposed in Latest ‘CIA Torture Unredacted’ Report…
The latest report about kidnappings, rendition, ‘black sites’ and torture is a remarkable piece of investigative work. It provides us with nothing less than a litany of shocking evidence and testimony and at 403 pages it makes for truly grim reading. This article is made up of a very brief set of extracts from the […]
Syria – Army Cuts Off Khan Shaykhun – Russia Bombs Turkish Reinforcement…
This is an update to last weeks post Syria – Frontline Breach Opens Door To A Deep Battle For Idlib. Today the Syrian army gained fire control over the M5 highway north of Khan Shaykhun. The jihadists in the soon closed cauldron south of that point are now cut off from road bound resupplies. Throughout […]
OPINION: How Stupid Do They Think We Are? by Patrick Armstrong…
“I daresay you haven’t had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” Consumers of the print or electronic output of the League of Copy Typists and their Instructors are expected to believe […]
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