Venezuela has defaulted on a gold swap agreement valued at $750 million with Deutsche Bank AG, prompting the lender to take control of the precious metal which was used as collateral and close out the contract, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter. As part of a financing agreement signed in 2016, […]
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When China Massacred Its Own People by Nicholas Kristof…
Thirty years ago in the spring of 1989, as the world’s most populous country teetered on the edge of freedom, I received a late-night phone call in my apartment in Beijing: The Chinese Army was invading its own capital. Students and workers had made roads impassable by setting up barricades to block the army, so […]
Here’s What We Know About Cardinal McCarrick, Pope Francis and the Figueiredo Report…
In the wake of the Figueiredo report’s information on former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s alleged sexual misconduct, accusations that higher-ups in the Vatican have known about the allegations for years are raising concerns about accountability within the clergy. Pope Francis said he knew nothing about McCarrick’s alleged sexual misconduct, and that before an investigation revealed the […]
Wrong Yet Again: Amid Purge Reports, Kim Yong Chol Comes Back to Life Appearing Alongside Kim Jong Un…
Top North Korean official Kim Yong Chol appeared in public alongside DPRK leader Kim Jong Un at a musical performance on Sunday, the country’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported, potentially defying reports last week that he had been the victim of a high-profile purge earlier in the year. In a report on an art […]
“Scene From a Disaster Movie”: Video Shows Out of Control Cruise Ship Slamming Into Dock in Venice…
A massive cruise ship in Venice crashed into a dock on Sunday, plowing into a tourist boat and sending those on land running for safety, according to CNN. One onlooker called it a “scene from a disaster movie”. The cruise ship, the MSC Opera, ran into the San Basilio terminal and a smaller tourist boat […]
Trash Wars Part Deux: Philippines Now Shipping Barge of Illegal Trash Back to Canada…
While the world has been focused on the ongoing U.S./China (and now U.S./Mexico) trade war, the final chapter in an ongoing, yet little covered garbage war between the Philippines and Canada looks to have begun. A shipment of trash that has been causing strain between the two countries is finally heading back to Canada, 6 […]
“The Coalition Has Come to an End”: Merkel’s Government on Verge of Collapse After SPD Chief Resigns…
Merkel’s shocking announcement last week that she was “unretiring” after the CDU’s abysmal showing in last week’s EU Parliamentary election – the party’s worst result ever in a national election which cost the CDU/CSU’s position as the largest party in the bloc’s largest legislative body – and as a result the Chancellor would withdraw her […]
Jared Kushner, Google’s Eric Schmidt, Georgia’s Stacey Abrams and Henry Kissinger to Attend Annual Bilderberg Meeting in Switzerland…
Jared Kushner, senior advisor to President Donald Trump, is set to attend this year’s Bilderberg Meeting in the Swiss town of Montreux this week. Founded in 1954, the Bilderberg Meeting was designed to foster warmer relations between the United States and Europe. The annual talk fest is considered secretive because guests are not allowed to […]
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Death and Resurrection in North Korea…
Huffington Post – August 30 2013 – Hyon Song Wol, Kim Jong Un’s Ex-Girlfriend, Reportedly Executed For Making Sex Tape – Unconfirmed reports claim the ex-girlfriend of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was executed by firing squad along with 11 others, after the group allegedly made and sold a sex tape. Hyon Song Wol, […]
HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ Indicts Soviet Socialism. Establishment Reviews Downplay It…
HBO’s “Chernobyl” mini-series, depicting the world’s worst man-made nuclear disaster, concludes Monday night. The drama, co-produced by the British network Sky, is currently the all-time top rated TV show on IMDb. But the reviews suggest many in the establishment media have not learned the show’s obvious lesson about the dangers of Soviet-style socialism. To be […]
Anti-Pyongyang Group Allegedly Behind North Korea Embassy Raid in Spain Calls for Members Release…
A mysterious anti-Pyongyang group allegedly responsible for February’s raid on North Korea’s embassy in Spain called for the release of one of its members accused of involvement in the incident. In a statement posted on its website Wednesday evening (UTC), Free Joseon demanded that Christopher Ahn, a U.S. citizen who is now on trial at […]
OPINION: Theresa May’s Great Brexit Mistake by Kelly Sloan…
British Prime Minister Theresa May has set her resignation date, a long-overdue result of her failure to deliver on Brexit. She leaves quite a mess for whoever fills the spot of Conservative Party leader in her wake. The party is facing potential political obliteration if it cannot patch itself back together and offer a united […]
UK Ever More Polarized as Brexit Party Storms to EU Vote Win…
Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party stormed to victory in a European election, riding a wave of anger at the failure of Prime Minister Theresa May to take the United Kingdom out of the European Union. A European Parliament election that the United Kingdom only took part in because May delayed Brexit showed a country even more […]
Jerusalem to Host Rare Security Summit Between U.S., Israel, Russia…
Minutes before the Knesset voted to dissolve itself and send Israel to new elections, the White House announced a security summit to be held next month in Jerusalem between Israel, Russia and the US. “In June, United States National Security Adviser Ambassador John Bolton, Israeli National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat, and Russian Secretary of the […]
Russia Rejected Iran S-400 Missile Request Amid Gulf Tension…
Russia has rejected an Iranian request to buy S-400 missile defense systems, concerned that the sale would stoke more tension in the Middle East, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, including a senior Russian official. The request was rebuffed by President Vladimir Putin, the people said on condition of anonymity because they’re […]
Hitchens: My Urgent Questions to the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on Staged Chemical Attack in Syria…
I have studied your recent response https://www.opcw.org/sites/default/files/documents/2019/05/s-1755-2019.pdf to this Russian Federation Request https://www.opcw.org/sites/default/files/documents/2019/05/ec90nat41%28e%29.pdf In your response, you say on page 19: ‘Answer 14.1: The FFM report does not refer in any part to “the argument that they were dropped from an aircraft.” Also, the FFM [Fact Finding Mission] report does not elaborate in any part […]
Surviving on the Underground Railroad to Colombia…
We wake up on the streets of La Laguna after a frigid night. Our group has been walking and hitchhiking from the Venezuelan border for six days. Moisés, 18, is hungry and wants to buy some food for the long road ahead. “I have 500 pesos (about 20 cents USD),” he says and looks at […]
Hospitals Are Turning Into ‘Cemeteries for Migrants’ on Colombia-Venezuela Border…
When 19-year-old Emily Semplu was about to give birth to her first child, she knew it was time to leave Venezuela. The day before she went into labor, she fled to neighboring Colombia by night through trochas, illegal dirt pathways along the border run by dangerous armed groups. The next morning, she was alone, writhing […]
Malaysia to Return Tons of Garbage to ‘Irresponsible’ Canada After Philippines Threatened War…
Yeo expressed particular frustration with Canada, as well, which she said had been “irresponsible” in dumping the garbage in Southeast Asia. “We are going to send this back to Canada. We really hope the people of Canada will demand better tracking and monitoring of your waste recycling,” Yeo told Canada’s CBC News. “I hope this […]
Netanyahu Fails to Form Coalition; MKs Vote for New Elections on September 17…
Arab parties, Yisrael Beytenu join Likud to help dissolve Knesset after prospective coalition partners balk at PM’s last ditch compromise deal over conscription bill. Israel’s parliament votes to dissolve itself after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fails to meet the midnight deadline to form a new government, triggering an unprecedented second national election this year. After […]
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