Chrystia Freeland has presented the initial procedural process for the Canadian Parliament to take up a bill to pass the USMCA. However, the Canadian window is short, if they don’t ratify the trade pact by the end of June, the Canadian parliament will go into legislative recess until after the general elections October 21st, 2019…
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Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party Is ‘Clear Winner’ in UK Elections…
Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party snagged 29 of the United Kingdom’s European Parliament seats in Sunday’s election just days after Prime Minister Theresa May announced her resignation. The Brexit Party was the “clear winner” of the UK’s European elections according to BBC, especially when compared with May’s Tories, which earned only four seats. “With a big, […]
Wakey, Wakey – U.K. Votes to “Change Politics For Good”…
The British voted yesterday for members to the European Parliament. The official announcement of results will not come out until Sunday because the EU vote window is 5/23 through 5/26 (and heaven-forbid the pesky Brits would influence the continent). That said, initial media “surveys” and “exit polling” reflect the Brexit Party crushed traditional party-lines and […]
‘It’s been a journey’: Theresa May Resigns…
Theresa May repeatedly broke down in tears today as she admitted her Brexit-wracked premiership is coming to an end – first on live TV and then behind closed doors. Watched by husband Philip, the Prime Minister was overcome by emotion on the steps of Downing Street as she conceded that her desperate struggle to get […]
Modi Earns Global Praise for Landslide Win in Indian Election…
Hindu nationalist Prime Minister Narendra Modi vowed to build an inclusive India on Thursday after scoring a landslide election win that he hailed as the “biggest event in world democracy.” “Together we grow. Together we prosper. Together we will build a strong and inclusive India. India wins yet again!,” Modi declared amid nationwide celebrations by […]
Chinese Economist: U.S. Government Will “Pay the Price” For its Protectionist Behavior…
China’s recent moves against US pressure regarding bilateral trade friction are aimed at safeguarding its justified legal rights and interests, the norms of international relations and the free trade system, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Wednesday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in […]
Andrea Leadsom, Leader of the House of Commons, Resigns from Over PM May’s Brexit Plans…
Andrea Leadsom has resigned as leader of the House of Commons in protest over Theresa May’s Brexit plans. On Wednesday evening, the Conservative MP wrote to the Prime Minister to announce she was leaving the government over May’s plans, which would entail a second referendum on leaving the European Union. “I have always maintained that […]
Salvini: ‘Extremists’ Merkel, Macron and Junker Betrayed Europe in the Name of Finance, Mulitnationalism and Mass Migration…
The national populist parties from eleven European countries that gathered in Milan, promised to reshape continent via this week’s critically important European election. Headlining the event was Itay’s Deputy Prime Minister and de-facto leader Matteo Salvini and Marine Le Pen of France’s National Rally (RN). The Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF) voting bloc, led […]
Former Philippine Supreme Court Official Who Accused President Xi Jinping of Crimes Against Humanity at International Criminal Court ‘Held’ by Hong Kong Immigration Officers…
A former Philippine official who accused Chinese President Xi Jinping of crimes against humanity was questioned by immigration officers in Hong Kong on Tuesday, sparking a furore. Conchita Carpio-Morales, 78, was detained by officials when she arrived at Hong Kong International Airport. After questioning, the former ombudsman chief and retired Supreme Court associate justice chose […]
Australia’s Morrison Leads Conservatives to Shock Election Win…
Prime Minister Scott Morrison led his conservative government to a surprise victory in Australia’s election, seeing off a challenge from the left-leaning Labor opposition with his pledge to safeguard the slowing economy. “I have always believed in miracles,” Morrison, 51, told cheering supporters in Sydney, flanked by his wife and two daughters. “Tonight we’ve been […]
Facebook Busts Israeli Campaign to Disrupt Elections in African, Asian and Latin American Nations…
Facebook said Thursday it banned an Israeli company that ran an influence campaign aimed at disrupting elections in various countries and has canceled dozens of accounts engaged in spreading disinformation. Nathaniel Gleicher, Facebook’s head of cybersecurity policy, told reporters that the tech giant had purged 65 Israeli accounts, 161 pages, dozens of groups and four […]
Russian Air Force Unleashes Heavy Attack in Northwestern Syria…
The Russian Air Force let loose a large-scale attack across northwestern Syria recently, targeting several areas under the control of the militant forces. According to a military report from the Hama Governorate, the Russian Air Force heavily targeted the western countryside of the Idlib Governorate, hitting Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham’s positions inside the towns of Khan […]
France Takes Unprecedented Action Against Reporters Who Published Secret Government Document…
Journalists in France are facing potential jail sentences in an unprecedented case over their handling of secret documents detailing the country’s involvement in the Yemen conflict. Earlier this week, a reporter from Radio France and the co-founders of Paris-based investigative news organization Disclose were called in for questioning at the offices of the General Directorate […]
EU Leaders: We Won’t Follow Trump’s Huawei Ban…
The leaders of Germany, France and the Netherlands said Thursday that their governments do not plan to follow the lead of the US and ban Chinese telecommunications company Huawei from building up their national 5G high-speed mobile networks. President Donald Trump declared a national emergency for the telecommunications sector on Wednesday, citing “unacceptable risks” from […]
Syria – OPCW Engineering Assessment: The Douma ‘Chemical Weapon Attack’ Was Staged…
On April 7 2018 Syrian ‘rebels’ claimed that the Syrian government used chlorine gas and Sarin in an attack on the besieged Douma suburb near the Syrian capital Damascus. They published a series of videos which showed dead bodies of mainly women and children. The claim of the ‘chemical attack’ was made shortly after U.S. […]
Security Cameras and Barbed Wire: Living Amid Fear and Oppression in Xinjiang…
The small bedroom is frozen in time. The two little girls who used to sleep here left two years ago with their mother and now can’t come home. Their backpacks and school notebooks sit waiting for their return. A toy bear lies on the bed. Their clothes hang neatly in the closet. The girls’ grandmother […]
Passau Crossbow Deaths May Be Suicides…
Investigators say they need more time to find out how and why three people died in Passau from crossbow wounds and two women died 600 kilometers away. How the deaths are linked is a question posing challenges. The investigation into the deaths of three people with crossbow wounds in a Passau hotel, and two women […]
Iran’s Leader Khamenei States “Neither we nor the #US are after a #war. They know that war is not in their interest. There will not be a war.”…
#Iran’s leader (in meeting with government officials): The definitive option of Iran is resistance against #US, & in this confrontation the US will be forced to retreat. This confrontation is not a military one, because a war is not expected to happen. #Iran’s leader: Neither we nor the #US are after a #war. They know […]
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North Korea Demands Release of Cargo Ship Seized by U.S….
North Korea demanded on Tuesday that the United States release a cargo ship seized on suspicions of violating U.N. sanctions, denouncing the seizure as an “outright denial” of the spirit of last year’s first summit between leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump. “The latest U.S. act constitutes an extension of the American method […]
Syria – Russian and Syrian Airforce Prepare the Ground for an Attack on Idlib Province…
Throughout the last months the military situation in west Syria was more or less stable. That is about to change. While this map is from August 2018 it is still mostly accurate. Idleb province, and parts of north Hama, are under control of ‘rebel’ forces led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an Al-Qaeda aligned terrorist […]
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