Watching this short clip is surreal, but seeing the sheer might of a 50′ wave of water building then hitting the town of Palu, Indonesia is frightful. Bearing witness to ordinary one minute to devastation the next does something to one’s soul. Unimaginable…
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Feeding the Gods: Hundreds of Skulls Reveal Massive Scale of Human Sacrifice in Aztec Capital…
The priest quickly sliced into the captive’s torso and removed his still-beating heart. That sacrifice, one among thousands performed in the sacred city of Tenochtitlan, would feed the gods and ensure the continued existence of the world. Death, however, was just the start of the victim’s role in the sacrificial ritual, key to the spiritual […]
Missing Interpol President Meng Hongwei ‘Under Investigation’ in China…
The first Chinese head of Interpol, the international law enforcement agency, is under investigation in China, a source has told the Post, amid mystery surrounding his disappearance after his wife reported to French police he had gone missing. Meng Hongwei, 64, who is also a vice-minister at China’s Ministry of Public Security, was “taken away” […]
Brazil’s Bolsonaro-Led Far Right Wins a Victory Far More Sweeping and Dangerous Than Anyone Predicted. Its Lessons Are Global…
For the past thirty years, Congressman Jair Bolsonaro was a fringe extremist in Brazilian politics, known mostly for outlandish, deliberately inflammatory quotes in which he paid homage to the most notorious torturers of the 1964-1985 military regime, constantly heralded the 1964 coup as a “defense of democracy,” told a female socialist colleague in Congress that […]
Cardinal Ouellet to Abp. Viganò: Your testimony was ‘political’ and ‘extremely reprehensible’…
Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops, today issued an open letter to Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò, in response to his explosive 11-page testimony, alleging that Pope Francis and several high-level prelates were complicit in covering up ex-U.S. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick’s homosexual abuse of seminarians. In his letter, released in French (official text), […]
Banksy Painting Self-Destructs Seconds After Being Sold for $1.4 Million at Auction…
For an artist that’s known for his stunts, this could be Banksy’s most perfect art world prank. After the gavel fell Friday at Sotheby’s auction house in London, Banksy’s Girl with Balloon was reduced to shreds — another apparent act in the disruptive career of the anonymous British graffiti artist. The iconic image of a […]
Three Decades After Nuclear Disaster, Chernobyl Goes Solar…
Ukraine unveiled a solar plant in Chernobyl on Friday, just across from where a power station, now encased in a giant sarcophagus, caused the world’s worst nuclear disaster three decades ago. Built in a contaminated area, which remains largely uninhabitable and where visitors are accompanied by guides carrying radiation meters, 3,800 panels produce energy to […]
MI5 Provides Immunity for Agents Criminal Acts…
MI5 grants its informants legal cover to participate in crimes that may extend to murder, torture and sexual assaults, a tribunal has heard. The policy, in existence since the early 1990s, is likely to have enabled the Security Service to conceal wide ranging illegal activity, Ben Jaffey QC, representing an alliance of human rights group, […]
MI6 Regrets Helping Vladimir Putin to Win Power, Says Ex-Spy Chief…
MI6’s assistance to Vladimir Putin during his rise to power, whereby it ensured that Tony Blair attended a social event with him, is now regretted, its former head has admitted. Sir Richard Dearlove, who was chief of the Secret Intelligence Service from 1999 to 2004, said that in the run-up to the Russian presidential election […]
Putin Calls Sergei Skripal a Traitor and a ‘Scumbag’…
Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a stern attack against former spy Sergei Skripal on Wednesday, describing him as a “scumbag” who betrayed Russia. “He is just a scumbag,” Putin told an energy forum in Moscow. “He is just a spy, a traitor to the homeland.” It was the first time the Russian president directly condemned […]
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German Tourist Detained in Turkey for Comments Made About Erdogan on Social Media in 2014 and 2015…
Another German national was reportedly arrested in Turkey in August, according to an article published by Der Spiegel on Monday. Hüseyin M., who lives in Brunswick, was reportedly on holiday near the western Turkish city of Izmir when he was detained in an overnight raid. He allegedly faces charges for defaming Turkish President Recep Tayyip […]
Brazil’s Corruption Fallout…
Corruption probes that began in 2014 have reached the highest levels of the Brazilian government and corporate elite, implicating President Michel Temer, former presidents, and dozens of cabinet officials and senators. Operacao Lava Jato (Operation Car Wash) and overlapping investigations have led to prison sentences for top executives and politicians, mass layoffs, and billions of […]
Russia Finds International Space Station Hole Was Made Deliberately…
Russian investigators looking into the origin of a hole that caused an oxygen leak on the International Space Station say it was caused deliberately. Speaking on Monday, Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russian space agency Roskosmos, said that an official investigative report had confirmed their theory. ‘It concluded that a manufacturing defect had been ruled […]
Indonesia Quake, Tsunami Death Toll Could Reach ‘Thousands’…
The death toll from a powerful earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia rose to 832 on Sunday, as stunned people on the stricken island of Sulawesi struggled to find food and water, looting spread and fears grew that whole towns may have been swept away. Squads of orange-clad rescue workers clambered over the tangled remains of […]
Iraq Will Have a President and Prime Minister Who Takes Account of Both Iranian and U.S. Interests…
Iraqi politicians have agreed on a new prime minister, Adel Abdel Mahdi, to replace Haidar al-Abadi, after over four months of difficult work. Adel Abdel Mahdi is an experienced politician who almost became prime minister in the 2000s when Moqtada al-Sadr suddenly turned against him and, overnight, promoted Nuri al-Maliki for his first term in […]
Iran Launches Ballistic Missiles into Syria Against Terror Camps East of Euphrates…
It’s a huge development in an extremely volatile environment: overnight Sunday Iran launched multiple ballistic missiles toward Syria against targets east of the Euphrates river. Footage released through official state channels show missiles launched by Iran from its Kermanshah region in western Iran towards Syria, targeting ISIS positions east of the Euphrates in revenge for […]
Strike Empties Streets: Palestinians Unite Against Israel’s Nation-State Law…
In a rare show of unity since 1948, Palestinians across the occupied territories staged a large-scale strike on Monday denouncing Israel’s nation-state law, but also expressed widespread grievances against the ‘deal of the century’ and the imminent demolition of Khan al-Amar. From factories to small village shops, schools to offices, Palestinians in Israel, East Jerusalem, […]
Swedish PM Stefan Lofven Loses Vote of Confidence…
Swedish PM Stefan Lofven lost a mandatory confidence vote on Tuesday. The confidence vote is mandatory after a general election. Lofven’s ouster was expected and now it is up to the speaker, Andreas Norlen of the opposition Alliance bloc, to task Moderate Party leader Ulf Kristersson with forming a new government. Former Swedish Prime Minister […]
EU to Create Special Payment Channels with Iran Despite U.S. Sanctions…
European Union foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini says the EU signatories remain committed to the nuclear deal with Iran that the US has quit. The group is working to create special payment channels to do business with Iran. Mogherini read from a statement following a ministerial meeting of the remaining signatories of the Joint Comprehensive […]
Russia Beefs Up Syria’s Air Defenses – Tells “Hotheads” to Cool Down…
The Russian Minister of Defense today announced some of the measures to be taken in Syria in response to last weeks destruction of its electronic warfare plane with 15 airmen on board. Yesterday the Russian MoD held Israel responsible for the incident. Shortly after the event happened we noted: On Netanyahoo’s personal request Russia had […]
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