A school in Catalonia, Spain, has withdrawn from its library 200 classic children’s books such as Sleeping Beauty and Little Red Riding Hood because of their depiction of sexist stereotypes. After analyzing the contents of its library for children up to the age of 6, the management of Taber School in Barcelona found that around […]
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Peru’s Ex-President Garcia Dies After Shooting Himself to Avoid Arrest…
Peru’s former president Alan Garcia died in a hospital in Lima on Wednesday, April 17, after shooting himself as police arrived at his house to arrest him in connection with a bribery probe, authorities said on Wednesday. Garcia, who had repeatedly denied wrongdoing, was 69. President Martin Vizcarra said on Twitter that he was “consternated” […]
Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un Summit in Vladivostok…
Yonhap reports that Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un will be meeting next week in Vladivostok, Russia. Putin will meet Kim before he attends an international forum in Beijing from April 26-29. The forum is about Beijing’s “One Belt One Road” initiative, a grand geopolitical strategy to connect China with Southeast Asia, Central Asia, Europe […]
Mercenaries, Spies, and Double Agents Gather En Masse in Bogotá…
Small families with bedrolls loiter quietly on the red-brick sidewalks outside the high-end eateries and upscale boutiques of Bogotá’s northern neighborhoods, taking handouts. Along the gritty, honking avenues farther south, young men push cartloads of candy for sale or shoulder food-delivery backpacks as employees of one of the Colombian capital’s fastest-growing startups. They are Venezuelan […]
Crime in Mexico: 8500 Homicides in First Quarter of 2019…
As President Trump declared a national emergency over the humanitarian and security crisis at the southern border, our southern neighbour Mexico is on track to record its most violent year on record, according to security experts. The first quarter of 2019 would also be the most violent first three-month period of any year since the […]
How Corruption, Voter Fraud and a Neoliberal Turn Led Ecuador’s Lenin to Give Up Assange…
Desperate to ingratiate his government with Washington and distract the public from his mounting scandals, Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno has sacrificed Julian Assange – and his country’s independence. The images of six Metropolitan police officers dragging Julian Assange out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London have provoked rage by citizens around the world. Many have […]
SO FAR DONATIONS FROM FRANCE’S RICHEST FAMILIES EXCEED €600M TO RESTORE NOTRE-DAME…
French President Emmanuel Macron vowed to rebuild Paris’s Notre-Dame Cathedral after it was ravaged by fire on Monday, saying that he would launch a national funding campaign as international fundraising gathered momentum.”I say to you very solemnly this evening: this cathedral will be rebuilt by us all together. … We will rebuild Notre Dame because […]
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Amid Trade War Fears, EU Overrules France and Green Lights Talks with U.S….
European Union countries on Monday overruled France and gave the green light for Brussels to open trade talks with Washington as soon as possible and defuse trans-Atlantic tensions. The EU’s 28 member states had struggled for months to agree on a mandate to open the talks, with some fearing the delay would restart a trade […]
Farage Plans Revolution as Brexit Party Targets EU Election…
One of the United Kingdom’s strongest Brexit proponents launched a new party this week; unveiling the official ‘Brexit Party’ after Theresa May’s government failed to fulfill its promise to leave the European Union. Nigel Farage -a staunch ally of President Trump- addressed supporters Friday and vowed to kick-off a new campaign ahead of next month’s […]
Israel’s Lunar Lander Crashes On Moon; Team Will Still Collect $1m Prize…
Israel’s Beresheet spacecraft failed to land on the moon today after suffering a catastrophic engine and communications failure. Launched along with a host of other satellites as a secondary payload on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the lander – a joint project between privately funded non-profit SpaceIL and government-owned Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) – lost […]
Millions of Chinese Youth ‘Volunteers’ to be Sent to Villages in Echo of Maoist Policy…
China is planning to send millions of youth “volunteers” back to villages, raising fears of a return to the methods of Chairman Mao’s brutal Cultural Revolution of 50 years ago. The Communist Youth League (CYL) has promised to despatch more than 10 million students to “rural zones” by 2022 in order to “increase their skills, […]
Venezuelan Ex-Spy Chief Turned Defector Arrested in Spain…
Hugo Carvajal, the former director of Venezuela’s military intelligence and a high-profile critic of the Nicolás Maduro regime, has been arrested in Spain and is awaiting extradition to the United States on drug charges, according to local reports. Carvajal has been in the U.S. cross-hairs since at least 2014 on allegations that he helped Colombian […]
Roger Scruton: An Apology for Thinking…
I recently gave an interview to the New Statesman, on the assumption that, as the magazine’s former wine critic I would be treated with respect, and that the journalist, George Eaton, was sincere in wanting to talk to me about my intellectual life. Not for the first time I am forced to acknowledge what a […]
It Doesn’t Matter if Ecuador Can Afford This Dam. China Still Gets Paid…
The dam sits under the glare of an active volcano, with columns of ash spewing toward the sky. Officials had warned against the dam for decades. Geologists said an earthquake could wipe it away. Now, only two years after opening, thousands of cracks are splintering the dam’s machinery. Its reservoir is clogged with silt, sand […]
Erdogan and Putin Pledge Closer Military Ties in Moscow; S-400 Purchase a “Done Deal”…
Meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan once again affirmed “everything is done” regarding Turkey’s moving forward with its purchase of the Russian S-400 air defense system, despite persistent condemnations and threats from Washington. Echoing similar statements of the past weeks in the face of US ultimatums […]
JULIAN ASSANGE ARRESTED…ASYLUM IN ECUADORIAN EMBASSY IN LONDON ENDS…
Update (7:20 am ET): Assange’s lawyer has just confirmed that he was arrested not solely on charges stemming from skipping bail in the UK…but in connection with an extradition request from the US – Just confirmed: #Assange has been arrested not just for breach of bail conditions but also in relation to a US extradition […]
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May Agrees to October Brexit After Franco-German Carve-Up…
Britain will remain as a member state of the EU until 31 October, with the option to leave earlier if Theresa May can secure Commons support for the Brexit deal, after a Franco-German carve-up of the UK’s future. A marathon six-hour debate among the EU leaders concluded with the prime minister being offered a longer […]
Yep, This Is a True Story: Doctors Discover Four Live Bees Feeding on Tears Inside Woman’s Eye…
When a young Taiwanese woman named He took herself to a hospital this week complaining of a swollen eye, she expected to be treated for a simple infection. Instead, the 29-year-old and her doctor were horrified to discover four bees living under her eyelids, feasting on her tears. Doctors at Fooyin University Hospital in Taiwan […]
Maduro Is Cut Off from $400 Million in Cash Held at the IMF…
As Nicolas Maduro steps up his search for cash overseas, another door is slamming shut. The International Monetary Fund suspended the Venezuelan leader’s access to almost $400 million of special drawing rights, citing political chaos since National Assembly President Juan Guaido claimed in January that he was the nation’s rightful leader, said two people familiar […]
Despite Legal Trouble, Netanyahu Set to Remain Israel’s Prime Minister…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu won Tuesday’s election. Although his Likud Party and Benny Gantz’s Blue and White Party each won 35 seats, Netanyahu is the one who will be able to form a governing coalition able to withstand a bribery indictment by Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit, according to the results after 98% of the votes have […]
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