It looks like he’s held on after last week’s deadlocked election, prior rumors of his political death notwithstanding. Longtime Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been tapped by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday to form a new government. The longest serving prime minister in Israel’s history has now been given 42 days to form the […]
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The Disturbing Cult of Greta Thunberg…
The Cult of Greta Thunberg is an extremely disturbing one, and one which marks a new low in the drain-circling that Western civilisation seems bent on. Even if I happened to believe that the naturally occurring gas that each of us breathes out many thousands of times per day, and which plants use for photosynthesis, […]
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Journalists in Chinese State Media to Be Tested on Loyalty to President Xi Jinping…
About 10,000 reporters and editors in Beijing are expected to take ‘pilot tests’ next month using Xuexi Qiangguo mobile app. Nationwide exams – with sections on Xi’s political thinking and Marxism – will be held later and press cards will only be issued to those who pass…
UK’s Thomas Cook Collapses After Rescue Talks Fail; 650,000 Travelers Stranded…
Becoming the latest European travel company to fail and leave its customers stranded (who can forget about the collapse of Iceland’s Wow Air back in March?), 178-year-old Thomas Cook collapsed after failing to secure a deal with its creditors, leaving the British government to step in and rescue the as many as 600,000 customers who […]
Dramatic Footage Captures Major Russia-China War Games Involving over 120K Soldiers…
Footage emerging late this week from an annual military exercise hosted by Russia and involving China, India, and Pakistan has drawn the attention of western military experts who say it’s definitely “upped the ante this year” given the number of foreign forces and the sheer size of the drills, and especially given it’s the first […]
Gantz and Netanyahu Dig Heels in After Agreeing to Unity Negotiations…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu assured his religious right-wing political partners Monday night that he would stick to his pact to negotiate as a bloc with them, after agreeing to launch unity talks with chief rival Benny Gantz of the Blue and White party. At the same time, Gantz told his party members that he would […]
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Iran Says Stena Impero Is Free to Leave…
The detained British-flagged tanker Stena Impero is “free to leave,” Iran’s ambassador to the United Kingdom, Hamid Baeidinejad, said on Twitter on Monday. “The British-flagged tanker ‘Stena Impero’, pursuant to the completion of the judicial and legal process, is now free to leave,” he wrote. The seizure on July 19 of the ship, two weeks […]
The Crisis Over the Attack on Saudi Oil Infrastructure Is Over – We Now Wait for the Next One…
The crisis about the Yemeni drone and cruise missile attack on two Saudi oil installations is for now over. The Saudis and the U.S. accuse Iran of being behind the “act of war” as Secretary of State Pompeo called it. The Saudis bomb Yemen with U.S. made bombs since 2015. One wonders how Pompeo is […]
Compromised Probe Linked to Alleged RCMP Mole Was ‘Elite, Huge Intelligence File’…
The investigation that uncovered an alleged mole in RCMP headquarters initially targeted a broad number of officers before settling on the head of the national intelligence co-ordination centre. Sources told Global News that many RCMP members came under suspicion after highly sensitive operational police documents were found during an investigation of a Vancouver-based company. The […]
Third Image Surfaces of Canada’s PM Justin Trudear Wearing ‘Blackface’…
Following last night’ revelation that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau wore ‘brownface’ during a yearbook photo from a school he taught at until 2001, several other photos and video purporting to show the PM in ‘black/brownface’ have been unearthed by the press. The most recent to hit is a video showing what appears to be […]
With 95% of Vote Counted, Israel’s Blue and White Party Leads Likud 33-32, Deadlock Persists…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main challenger Benny Gantz each gained a Knesset seat, according to the latest ballot count Wednesday night, but the political deadlock persisted, as their respective blocs still fell short of a Knesset majority. With 95 percent of the vote counted, Gantz’s Blue and White party was projected to win […]
Explosion at Russian Research Lab That Stores Smallpox Virus…
A virus research center in Russia — one of two places in the world that houses the smallpox virus — exploded on Monday, officials said. The blast at the State Research Center of Virology and Biotechnology, or “Vector,” left one employee injured and the building, located in Koltsovo, near the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, survived […]
Canada’s RCMP Intelligence Director Accused of Trying to Sell Secrets…
The arrest of a senior RCMP official was the fruit of a 2018 international police operation that targeted the encrypted communications service Phantom Secure, sources have told Global News. An outfit that sold untraceable smartphones to criminals so they could evade police, Phantom Secure was dismantled last year by authorities in the U.S., Canada, Australia, […]
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Canadian Exec Admits Sharing U.S. Navy Data with China…
The president of a Canadian subsea systems manufacturer has pled guilty to sharing details of a U.S. Navy submarine rescue system with a Chinese firm, the Beijing Company, in a bid to build a comparable system for China’s navy. Oceanworks held a contract from the U.S. Navy to develop a submarine rescue diving recompression system, […]
Iran Says There Will Be No Talks with U.S., While Saudi Arabia Aims to Restore Full Oil Production Within the Month…
Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said Tuesday that more than half of its daily crude oil production that was knocked out by a weekend attack had been restored and that full production is expected by the end of the month. “Where would you find a company in this whole world that went through such a devastating […]
How Russian and Iran Beat Their Opponents’ Defense Strategies…
Over the last decades Russia and Iran both needed to develop means to protect themselves against an ever growing threat from the United States and its allies. Both found unique ways to build deterrence that fit their situation. Neither the U.S. nor its allies reacted to those developments by adopting their strategies or military means. […]
Damage at Saudi Oil Plant Points to Well Targeted Swarm Attack…
Saturday’s attack on the Saudi oil and gas processing station in Abqaiq hit its stabilization facility: The stabilization process is a form of partial distillation which sweetens “sour” crude oil (removes the hydrogen sulfide) and reduces vapor pressure, thereby making the crude oil safe for shipment in tankers. Stabilizers maximize production of valuable hydrocarbon liquids, […]
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Bahamians Look for Loved Ones with 1,300 Missing After Hurricane Dorian…
They scan social media, peer under rubble and even try to follow the smell of death in an attempt to find family and friends. They search amid alarming reports that 1,300 people remain listed as missing nearly two weeks after Hurricane Dorian hit the northern Bahamas. The government, which has put the official death toll […]
Netanyahu Tells Voters: If you don’t vote Likud, Arabs Will ‘Annihilate Us All’…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is coming under fire again for anti-Arab comments made by his campaign, this time for a message on his official Facebook page telling voters “Arabs want to annihilate us all – women, children and men.” Israeli media reported that upon accessing Netanyahu’s official page, viewers are greeted with an automated […]
In Election Pitch, Netanyahu Vows to Annex the West Bank’s Jordan Valley…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised Tuesday to quickly apply Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley if he is able to scrap together a new government after national elections next week. In a campaign speech billed by his Likud party as a “dramatic announcement,” Netanyahu also repeated his vow from before elections in April to extend […]