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 […]
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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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Border Delays Costing Estimated U.S. $800M a Day…
Delays at the Mexico-United States border are costing Mexican exporters US $800 million a day, according to the president of the Confederation of Industrial Chambers (Concamin). Thousands of trucks have faced long wait times at several ports of entry to the United States since early last week following a decision by U.S. Customs and Border […]
EU Rejects Theresa May’s Bid for Short Delay to Brexit…
Theresa May’s request for a short Brexit delay has been torn up, putting the EU on track to instead extend Britain’s membership until 2020. Despite the prime minister’s desperate dash to Paris and Berlin, to convince leaders of her plan to break the Brexit impasse, the European council president, Donald Tusk, signalled EU politicians’ lack […]
How China Turned a City Into a Prison…
New York Times foreign correspondents Christopher Buckley, Paul Mozur and Austin Ramzy visited Kashgar, China, in October of 2018. They put together this report detailing the surveillance state put in place to monitor every movement, every activity, every transaction the Uighurs make. It’s a powerful illustration of the lengths in which communist China will go […]
Netanyahu and Gantz Both Declare Victory as Exit Polls Conflict…
Both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Blue and White under Benny Gantz and Yair Lapid rushed to declare victory in Tuesday’s election despite inconclusive results from the exit polls. “We have won. The people of Israel have spoken,” Blue and White said after the exit polls were published at 10 p.m. at the end […]
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Swiss Sign Agreement to Protect U.S. Interests in Venezuela…
Switzerland and the United States signed an agreement on Friday for the neutral country to represent U.S. interests in Venezuela, which broke off diplomatic relations with Washington after it recognised the opposition leader as president. The mandate, signed by Switzerland’s foreign minister and the U.S. ambassador to Switzerland in Berne, should help defuse tensions between […]
Hopes of Brexit Progress Fade as Labour Says May Has Failed to Compromise…
Theresa May’s prospects of cobbling together a cross-party majority to convince EU leaders to grant a short Brexit delay next week appear to be slipping away after Labour claimed she had failed to offer “real change or compromise” in talks. The prime minister made a dramatic pledge to open the door to talks with Labour […]
Russia Revamps Arctic Military Base to Stake Claim on Region…
Missile launchers ply icy roads and air defense systems point menacingly into the sky at this Arctic military outpost, a key vantage point for Russia to project its power over the resource-rich polar region. The base, dubbed Severny Klever (Northern Clover) for its trefoil shape, is painted in the white, blue and red colors of […]
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