Thousands of Cubans were filing through a memorial in Havana’s Plaza of the Revolution on Monday as the nation plunged into a week of services bidding farewell to the man who ruled the country for nearly half a century…
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Aspartame and Metabolic Syndrome…
However, the blood sugar level was higher than normal in all of the mice that received sweetener solution. This is usually an indicator of glucose intolerance…
Thomas Mair Found Guilty of Murdering Jo Cox…
Thomas Mair has been found guilty of murdering British politician Jo Cox a week before the UK voted to leave the European Union. Mair has been sentenced to life in prison without parole…
Russia Deploys Nuclear Missiles In Retaliation To NATO “Threats”…
The Kremlin appears to be accelerating its head-on collision course with NATO, and as a highly placed defense official said on Monday, Moscow will deploy S-400 surface-to-air missiles and nuclear-capable Iskander systems in the exclave of Kaliningrad in retaliation for NATO deployments…
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Fukushima Reactor Cooling System Stops Following Quake & Tsunami…
The cooling system of the third reactor at the Fukushima nuclear power plant has stopped circulating water following a powerful 7.3 offshore earthquake. TEPCO said it managed to restart the system some 90 minutes after the failure…
Over 300 Iraqi Former Policemen Slaughtered South of Mosul…
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Daesh terrorists have executed more than 300 former Iraqi policemen south of Mosul following heavy losses in the ongoing battle with Iraqi forces. The executions were carried out near the recently-liberated Hammam al-Alil town three weeks ago and the victims were buried in a mass grave…
Number of Migrant Arrivals to Italy Surged to Almost 27,500 in October…
Nearly 27 500 migrants reached the Italian shores in October, the highest monthly number ever recorded in the Central Mediterranean and more than twice as many as in the previous month…
Why Would Swiss Fighter Jets Shadow Civilian Russian Aircraft?…
Moscow has asked the Swiss government for an explanation for the deployment of fighter jets to meet a civilian Russian plane carrying journalists to a summit in Peru, saying it is particularly concerned by how perilously close the warplanes shadowed it…
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NATO Officers Among Thousands of Turks Seeking Asylum in Germany…
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said he expects Turkey to live up to the alliance’s ‘core values’ despite post-coup crackdown…
Saudi’s Utter Disregard for Ceasefire. Launches 70 Airstrikes Across Yemen…
The Saudi Royal Air Force disregarded the ceasefire they agreed to earlier this week, launching more than 70 airstrikes across Yemen on Friday…
Putin Withdraws Russia from International Criminal Court…
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Wednesday to withdraw Russia from the International Criminal Court, which rules on such grave charges as genocide and crimes against humanity…
Kim Jong-un aka “Kim Fatty III’ Begs China to Stop Calling Him Fat…
Is UKIP’s Brash, Outspoken Nigel Farage About to Become ‘Lord Nigel’…
Prime Minister Theresa May has apparently refused to confirm or deny whether she could give UKIP’s Nigel Farage a peerage, which would allow him to serve in the Cabinet and potentially become a go-between with US President-elect Donald Trump…
Syria Starts Blitzkrieg in Eastern Aleppo…
Tens of warplanes started massive air assaults on enemy targets in the Eastern parts of Aleppo on Tuesday after three weeks of lull and as Russia’s Admiral Kuznetsov aircraft carrier launched combat operations in Syria…
Greek Police Use Tear Gas on Demonstrators Protesting Obama’s Visit to Athens…
Leftist demonstrators protesting against US President Barack Obama’s visit to Athens have clashed with police, who used tear gas to disperse the crowd as people tried to break through cordons…
Islamic State Crumbling Inside Mosul: Baghdadi Orders a Decentralised Command for the Defence of Mosul…
Iraq Counter Terrorism units and Iraqi Army broke into Mosul via the northern gate liberating hay al-Sada, and from the eastern front pushed its forces 2.5 km inside the city for the first time in 28 months when the “Islamic State” group, ISIS, occupied Mosul and…
Bummer: Moscow Thieves on the Run After Stealing $400k of Caviar Through Hole in Fence…
Hundreds of thousands of dollars of red caviar stolen from premises of Moscow Dept of Internal Affairs…
Poland’s Claim that Egypt Sold Mistral Warships to Russia for €1 Outrages France…
Polish Minister of National Defense Antoni Macierewicz has claimed that the two Mistral ships that France sold to Egypt after it broke a deal with Russia under pressure from its NATO allies were secretly resold to Russia for a token price of €1…
UK/Brexit: High Court Rules Government Needs Parliament’s Approval to Trigger Article 50…
Parliament must vote on whether the UK can start the process of leaving the EU, the High Court has ruled. This means the government cannot trigger Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty – beginning formal exit negotiations with the EU – on its own…
Phony ‘Corruption’ Excuse for Ukraine Coup by Robert Parry…
The U.S.-backed “regime change” in Ukraine — launching the New Cold War with Russia in 2014 — was rationalized by the need to rid Ukraine of corruption, but post-coup officials are busy lining their pockets…