The Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF), the group organizing protests against a proposed extradition law in Hong Kong, announced that nearly 2 million people attended protests on Sunday, the largest recorded assembly in the history of Hong Kong, according to the Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP). The figure is even more impressive given that the […]
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Trump Offered to Suspend Sanctions While Negotiating with Iran, Khamenei Rejected the Offer; More Attacks Expected…
Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo conveyed a message from US President Donald Trump to the Iranian leadership, asking the release of 5 US prisoners and inviting Iran to sit around a negotiation table, adding “he [Donald Trump] would be ready to suspend all sanctions only during the negotiations”. No guarantee was offered to freeze or […]
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Greenwald Discusses the Political Earthquake Rattling Brazil…
Last Sund, The Intercept and The Intercept Brasil published a series of exposés that has created a major political earthquake in Brazil that has only grown and intensified throughout the week. In less than a week, the once-revered justice minister of President Jair Bolsonaro’s government, Sérgio Moro, now faces widespread calls to resign from the […]
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Iran to Exceed Some Nuclear Deal Limits – EU Under Pressure to Fulfill Its Commitments…
The conflict U.S. President Donald Trump ignited by leaving the nuclear deal with Iran is escalating at multiple fronts. U.S. sanctions on Iranian im- and exports are devastating its economy. A new tanker war is brewing. Iran will soon exceed limits set under the nuclear agreement. While this is not a legal reach of deal, […]
Food Security: Largest Animal Epidemic in History Is Due to Industrial Farming…
What some are calling the largest animal disease outbreak in history is currently ravaging pig farms in China and in other Asian countries. The disease is known as African Swine Fever and has a similar effect on pigs as Ebola has on humans, causing massive internal hemorrhaging and very high death rate. So far, over […]
Putin Sets the Table to Leave the Dollar Behind…
This is twice that Russian President Putin has said on the global stage the Federal Reserve Note no longer deserves the status and privilege of “world reserve currency” that allows unlimited printing of the currency. The first time he made mention he actually said that it was a threat to Russia’s national security. In a […]
Not the Onion: UK Labour Party Supports 10-Hr Work-Week (With Pay Cuts) to Halt Global Warming…
UK Labour party Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, wants to slash the work week and pay by 75% to save the planet. A number of sources confirm this Onion-like story. Sun: Labour Aides Discuss Plans to Combat Climate Change by Cutting Work to Ten Hours. Metro: Plan for 10-hour working week with 75% paycut under Labour. […]
UK Signs DOJ Request to Extradite Assange; Lengthy Legal Battle to Ensue…
Early on Thursday UK home secretary Sajid Javid revealed that he has signed a US extradition request for Julian Assange, putting the WikiLeaks founder a step closer to facing prosecution for espionage and hacking on American soil, where he’s almost assured life in prison or worse after the US justice department filed 17 new charges […]
Not from the Onion: English County to ‘Replace Kitchen Knives’ with ‘Blunt Utensils’ to ‘Save Lives’…
A British county is introducing new guidelines aimed at “replacing kitchen knives” with blunt-edged utensils to help “save lives” across the region after a massive spike in stabbing deaths. “Blunt utensils will replace kitchen knives in the homes of victims of domestic violence. It’s hoped it will help save lives – what do you think?” […]
The New York Times Tries to Get Itself Out of the Duckgate Hole Using a Spade…
A number of people, including myself, wrote to the New York Times journalist, Julian Barnes, to point out that the piece he and his colleague, Adam Goldman, published on 16th April 2019 about the CIA Director, Gina Haspel, contained a part which unwittingly showed that she had misled President Trump into expelling 60 Russian diplomats […]
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Hong Kong’s New Protests Come at a Dangerous Time…
For the second time in less than five years, tear gas is wafting through the streets of Hong Kong. Violence flared in the financial centre on Wednesday as police used gas and rubber bullets to disperse protesters opposing an extradition bill. Pro-democracy demonstrations in 2014 fizzled out. This movement will prove harder to defuse. The […]
Victims of London’s Grenfell Fire Blame U.S. Building Materials in Lawsuit…
Joined by families of the victims, nearly 250 survivors of the 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London brought a lawsuit Tuesday blaming faulty building materials made in the U.S. for the blaze. Seventy-two people were killed after a Whirlpool refrigerator on the fourth floor of the 24-story apartment building in west London began leaking and […]
Beijing Bans Washington Post, Guardian Websites Amid Political Crackdown…
China has banned the websites of The Washington Post and The Guardian amid a government crackdown on information surrounding the politically sensitive 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre on June 4th, according to the Post – which notes that the two websites were among “the last few major English-language outlets that were still regularly […]
More Than 4 Million Venezuelans Have Now Fled the Country…
Ah, the joys of socialism. Amidst a growing political and economic crisis, 4 million citizens have now fled Venezuela. According to a new report by the UN Refugee Agency and the International Organization for Migration, the pace at which citizens are leaving the country has been “staggering”, rising from 695,000 people in 2015 to over […]
End of May, Britain’s PM Steps Down as Conservative Leader…
British Prime Minister Theresa May steps down as leader of the governing Conservatives on June 7, officially triggering a contest to replace her that could see her party embrace a tougher stance on Brexit – Today @theresa_may resigns as leader of the @Conservatives. For more information on how her successor will be chosen, this @commonslibrary‘s […]
Sudan: Ethiopia Tries to Mediate After Deadly Assault on Protesters…
Ethiopia’s prime minister is attempting to mediate between Sudanese opposition and military leaders, days after a bloody assault on protesters in the capital Khartoum left scores dead. Abiy Ahmed flew to Khartoum on Friday and held separate talks with members of Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the opposition Alliance for Freedom and Change. He […]
Australian Federal Police Raid ABC Headquarters at Sydney’s Ultimo…
Australian Federal Police are carrying out a raid on the ABC headquarters in the inner-Sydney suburb of Ultimo. Three officers entered the Harris Street building just before 11.30am. The plain-clothes officers were met by ABC security and staff in the lobby area of the ABC Ultimo Centre before meeting lawyers for the broadcaster. The raids […]
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Towing an Iceberg: One Captain’s Plan to Bring Drinking Water to 4 Million People…
Nicholas Sloane doesn’t mind discomfort. The 56-year-old South African marine-salvage master has survived two helicopter crashes and spent thousands of hours aboard ships that are burning, sinking, breaking apart, or leaking oil, chemicals, or cargo into the ocean. Often, he gets calls in the middle of the night asking him to pack his bags and […]
Cuba Says Its Support for Venezuela’s Maduro Is ‘Not Negotiable’ and Rejects U.S. Travel Restrictions…
A day after the last US cruise liner left its shores, in the face of stepped-up sanctions, Cuba publicly rejected the new restrictions on travel to the island. The Latin American nation also stressed its support for Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro is ‘not negotiable’ and accused Washington of ‘new pretexts’ for its attacks. President Donald […]
The Mystery of the Leaked Ramos-Maduro Interview…
After Univisión’s news anchor Jorge Ramos and his staff were expelled from Venezuela, following hours of detention at Miraflores Palace (including a confiscation of their equipment) back in February, it was expected that the interview that provoked the incident would remain forever unseen, and the only details about what happened back then would be the […]
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