Venezuela seems to have found a solution for its crumbling hospitals: Silence the critics. In recent days, several outspoken doctors have been fired, hounded or threatened for trying to raise alarms about the failing healthcare system. The crackdown comes as the country’s healthcare crisis has become a principal battleground in the fight to oust leader […]
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Bus Full of Children in Italy Set Alight ‘in Retaliation’ for Migrant Drownings in Mediterranean…
An Italian bus driver of Senegalese descent was arrested on Wednesday after hijacking his own vehicle and setting it on fire, allegedly threatening to kill more than 50 children on board whose hands he had bound. The 47-year-old man said he was acting in revenge for the thousands of migrants, many of them African, who […]
Beware: The Journalist Literally Being Investigated by Police for ‘using the wrong pronouns’…
Here we go again. Another woman is facing a police investigation – and potentially, a jail sentence — because she wrote things online about sex, gender and a person who changed gender. So far, so familiar, but this tale has a significant feature. The woman is a journalist. A British police force is investigating a […]
Christchurch: NZSAS, Other Special Forces Teams and Armed Police Exercises Underway During Mosque Attacks…
Some of the world’s most deadly sharpshooters were in Christchurch when New Zealand’s worst ever terror attack unfolded on Friday, with NZSAS taking to the streets to help hunt the rampaging mosque shooter. Snipers from the New Zealand military, as well as professional snipers from Australia and Asian countries, had been at the Defence Force […]
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Brexit: End of the Road…
Even by the standards of Brexit, things are such a mess that it’s hard to know where to begin. Nevertheless… As the Brexit clock runs down, the Government lost a day by getting caught up in yet another internal row. May had planned to send a letter to the EU saying what she wanted in […]
Christopher Steele’s Former MI6 Boss Slams Trump Dossier As ‘Overrated’…
The former boss of the ex-British spy who produced the uncorroborated, salacious dossier on President Donald Trump’s alleged Russian collusion says the document is “overrated,” and wouldn’t comment on the character of the man who wrote it. Sir John Scarlett, who was the chief of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 2004 to 2009, […]
Haiti’s Latest Government Falls After Six Months as Lawmakers Fire Prime Minister…
Another Haiti government has been ousted. Haiti’s Lower Chamber of Deputies fired Prime Minister Jean Henry Céant and his government on Monday, deepening uncertainty amid a political and economic crisis that led to violent protests last month and the U.S. and Canada warning citizens not to travel to the country. The swift no-confidence vote came […]
Italy Probes Mysterious ‘Radioactive Poisoning’ Death of Berlusconi Sex-Trial Witness…
Moroccan-born Imane Fidal, who was caught up in the scandal of Silvio Berlusconi’s notorious “bunga bunga” parties, has mysteriously died, with a newspaper suggesting on Saturday she may have been poisoned with a radioactive substance. And now, France24 reports that Milan prosecutor Francesco Greco said an investigation had been opened following the death – The […]
The Day After: Paris Burns as Macron Returns from Mountain Vacation…
Paris awoke on Sunday to smouldering fires, broken windows and looted stores following the 18th consecutive Saturday of Yellow Vest protests. Around 200 people were arrested according to BFM TV, while about 80 shops near the iconic Champs Elysees had been damaged and/or looted according to AFP, citing Champs Elysees committee president Jean-Noel Reinhardt…
India, Pakistan Threatened to Unleash Missiles at Each Other…
The sparring between India and Pakistan last month threatened to spiral out of control and only interventions by U.S. officials, including National Security Advisor John Bolton, headed off a bigger conflict, five sources familiar with the events said. At one stage, India threatened to fire at least six missiles at Pakistan, and Islamabad said it […]
Justin Trudeau Lawyers Up…
The Globe & Mail is reporting that Justin Trudeau and top PMO officials have hired private lawyers, as they face the possibility of an RCMP probe – “Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and senior officials in his office have retained outside legal counsel in case of an RCMP investigation into allegations of political interference in the […]
World War 3 Coming? Israel Is on the Brink of War with Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria and Iran All at the Same Time…
On Thursday, rockets were fired at Tel Aviv for the first time since 2014, and Israel responded by hammering Hamas with airstrikes. This latest exchange has brought Israel closer to another war with Hamas than ever. But as you will see below, Israel is also on the brink of war with Hezbollah, Syria and Iran. […]
Italians Outraged After Court Rules Woman ‘Too Ugly’ to Be Raped…
The Italian Justice Ministry has ordered a preliminary investigation into an appeals court ruling by all-female judges which overturned a rape verdict by arguing in part that the woman who was attacked was too ugly to be a credible rape victim, according to The Star. The ruling has sparked outrage in Italy, prompting a flash […]
Two Mosques Attacked in Christchurch New Zealand. Multiple Deaths and Injuries…
A white Australian right-wing terrorist who livestreamed his sickening shooting spree on Facebook is one of four people arrested over dual mosque attacks which left 49 dead and 48 injured on New Zealand’s ‘darkest day’. The gunman, who identified himself as Brenton Tarrant from Grafton, NSW, Australia, stormed the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch on […]
Tory MPs Warn May She Will Have to Quit to Win Their Support for Her Deal Next Week…
Theresa May will have to set out a timetable for her resignation in order to get her Brexit deal through, Tory MPs warned last night. The PM is set to ask the Commons to vote on her much-maligned withdrawal agreement for a third time next week, insisting it is the only way to avoid a […]
Parliament Again Votes on Future of Brexit, No-Deal, and Compromise Arrangements…
The UK Parliament is again voting on the Brexit process Wednesday evening, part of a series of votes on whether the government will respect the democratically expressed will of the British people or not which follows a heavy defeat for the British government Tuesday night. Two of the votes Tuesday night expected around 1900 are […]
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Judge Sentences Cardinal Pell to Six Years in Prison…
Cardinal George Pell was sentenced yesterday in a Melbourne court to six years in jail on five convictions of the sexual abuse of minors. The Cardinal has steadfastly maintained his innocence. Judge Peter Kidd also ruled Pell could not be paroled for three years and eight months, telling the 77-year-old prelate he may die in jail, and […]
May Raises Prospect of Second Brexit Referendum After Another Crushing Defeat for Her Agreement…
Ministers will today reveal the tariffs and Irish border plans which would come into force in a no-deal Brexit, as MPs prepare to vote on the prospect tonight after once again rejecting Theresa May’s withdrawal deal. The plans, due to be revealed at 7am, will set out how the Government would manage the border between Northern […]
Maduro Arrests Journalist for the Nationwide Blackout…
It all started with a lie. A lie organized by the State and broadcasted on prime time TV, using precisely the weapons Luis Carlos Díaz has been warned about for years. As the lie would have it, Luis Carlos and Nelson Bocaranda knew about the looming nationwide blackout. Nelson, a TV, radio, press and now […]
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Flight Recorders Found in Tragic Ethiopian Jet Crash…
Authorities in Ethiopia, China, and Indonesia grounded all Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft Monday, March 11, following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines jetliner that killed 157 people, and investigators found the flight recorders from the field where the plane went down. The new plane crashed shortly after takeoff in clear weather outside Addis Ababa […]
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