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 […]
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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 […]
Maduro Regime Strips Opposition Leader Guaido of Immunity…
President Nicolas Maduro’s Constituent Assembly, stacked with socialist-party loyalists, stripped opposition leader Juan Guaido of his immunity from prosecution Tuesday, as the government ratchets up pressure against the congressman seeking to oust the country’s ruling autocrat. The Constituent Assembly, an all-powerful political body set up in 2017 to bypass the National Assembly, voted unanimously to […]
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China’s Han Superstate: The New Third Reich by Gordan G. Chang…
More than a million people, for no reason other than their ethnicity or religion, are held in concentration camps in what Beijing calls the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region and what traditional inhabitants of the area, the Uighurs, say is East Turkestan. In addition to Uighurs, ethnic Kazakhs are also held in these facilities. Families in […]
All Options on the Table for Liberating Golan from Israel, Syria Foreign Minister Warns…
Damascus warns Tel Aviv not to go too far in its occupation of Syria’s Golan Heights, saying all options remain on the table for liberating the strategic region, which has been under Israeli occupation for more than five decades. The stern warning was delivered by Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem on Thursday during a joint […]
Talk About in Your Face Messaging: Prince Charles Shows His True Allegiance in Cuba…Snubs President Trump…
Well, what could be more fitting than British royals snubbing the upstart leader of an upstart former British colony—and one who was elected by “deplorables” to boot? On the other hand, Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla, not only rank as the first British Royals to grace Bolshevik Cuba with a visit—but this week (mirroring president […]
Judge Identifies CIA Related Man Who Led the Raid on North Korea’s Embassy in Spain…
A Spanish judge released new information about a raid on the embassy of North Korea in Spain. The leader of the raid was a shady U.S. ‘activist’ who earlier reports from Spain associated with the CIA. On March 13 the Spanish newspaper El Pais Spain reported that Spanish authorities identified two CIA related persons who […]
Bye-Bye Boutef: Algerians Rejoice on Social Media After President’s Resignation…
For the first time in two decades, Algerians woke up on Wednesday to a new political reality after 82-year-old Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned from his post as president late Tuesday night after weeks of protests swept the country. The country took to social media overnight to express their elation and disbelief at the news. Bouteflika officially […]