Tap water from 48,000 public water utilities was found to contain multiple cancer-causing agents from arsenic, dioxane, chromium 6 to nitrates, according to researcher with the Environmental Working Group. more »
Colombia's leftist FARC rebels announced Monday they will launch as a political party on September 1, a major step as the group transitions into civilian life as part of a historic peace agreement. The disarmament last month by the roughly 7,000 members… more »
President Maduro: the only US goal was to destroy Venezuela and seize its natural resources. "[The US aim is] to try to destroy our country to establish control over the Venezuelan rich resources. We never forget that Venezuela has the largest certified… more »
Under the protocol, the Russian Air Force are allowed to stay on Syrian territory for 49 years with an option of automatically extending that arrangement for 25-year periods after this term expires. more »
The House has passed a $788 billion spending bill that combines a $1.6 billion down payment for President Donald Trump’s controversial border wall with Mexico with a budget increase for the Pentagon. more »
Nearly a week after a Minneapolis police officer shot and killed an unarmed Australian woman who called 911 to report a possible sexual assault, the city's chief of police announced her resignation. more »
Chinese authorities in the province of Xinjiang are forcing locals of the Uyghur Muslim minority to install an app on their phones that will allow the government to scan their device for "terrorist propaganda," local media reports.The app is called… more »
Western states should not expect Turkey to blindly follow their instructions anymore, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said ahead of talks between Turkish and EU officials. He also supported the deal on S-400 missile defense systems with Russia.… more »
Rep. Robert Cushing (D-Hampton) introduced House Bill 640 (HB640) to end criminal penalties for simple marijuana possession by “allowing offenders to pay fines by mail will result in less time and resources spent on such cases, allowing police and… more »
Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff:”“Many people have talked about military options with words like ‘unimaginable. I would probably shift that slightly and say it would be horrific, and it would be a loss of life… more »
United States senators from both the Republican and Democratic parties are pushing to implement a bill that would make it a felony to support boycotting Israel, punishable by up to twenty years in prison. The ACLU issued a letter to the Senate opposing… more »
Two former Baltimore police officers pleaded guilty Friday to federal racketeering charges, admitting that they committed armed robberies, made fraudulent overtime claims and filed false affidavits. Detectives Maurice Ward and Evodio Hendrix were among… more »
Bolivia's President Evo Morales: Bolivia's past dependence on the agencies was so great that the International Monetary Fund had an office in government headquarters and participated in their meetings. Bolivia is now in the process of becoming a member… more »
Pedestrians in Boulder who neglect to activate the crosswalk signal could find themselves slapped with a relatively offensive $50 fine — even when crossing in a manner otherwise in compliance with the law — as authorities crack down on the problem… more »
Two Jordanians have been killed and one Israeli injured in a shooting incident at the Israeli embassy complex in Amman, Jordan, police announced. more »
Following a lengthy legal process, any Uruguayan citizen over the age of 18 can now purchase the drug, provided they register with the government. People are limited to 40 grams per month with the process being tracked via fingerprint technology.… more »
Scientists have identified the creature that will survive on Earth the longest. It's able to withstand all the astrophysical catastrophes that would wipe out humans and the rest of Earth's animals. The creature is the "tardigrade," an eight-legged… more »
U.S. Justice Department announced on Wednesday that the federal government will reinstate a program that helps local and state law enforcement seize cash and other assets they suspect have been earned from crimes. Local police will now be able to seize… more »
The former chairman of one of Spain’s largest banks has been found dead with a shotgun blast to the chest in a private hunting estate in southern Spain, the country’s Civil Guard said Wednesday. According to AP, Miguel Blesa, the former head of the now… more »
According to a recent test conducted in a lab in Belgium, if you’re eating the powdered cheese that comes in the box, you’re probably also eating a group of chemicals called phthalates that are used to soften plastics. The Coalition for Safer Food… more »
Ukrainian lawmakers are also pushing for the use of US weapons in cross-border strikes, the New York Times said | Kiev has urged Washington to provide intelligence on targets on Russian soil, as the Ukrainian Armed Forces lose ground on the battlefield,…
The operator of Japan's Fukushima nuclear power plant, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), started the sixth discharge of treated [radioactive] water into the ocean, a day after China and Russia raised safety concerns over the water's possible nuclear…
Health officials are raising the alarm over a mysterious deadly heart syndrome that has suddenly emerged and is estimated to affect 90 percent of the population. | New research is shaking up the medical establishment with data showing that an astounding…
NIH official finally admits taxpayers funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan — after years of denials | At long last, National Institutes of Health (NIH) principal deputy director Lawrence Tabak admitted to Congress Thursday that US taxpayers funded…
Cubans are reporting via Social Media all their money is gone from their accounts, and all Automated Teller Machines (ATM's) have been emptied. This news is being heavily suppressed but it is getting out slowly. | At banks all over the country, angry…
Richard Hall, Bel Trew & Andrew Feinberg | An investigation by The Independent uncovers the missteps, missed opportunities and political choices made by the Biden administration that allowed a famine to take hold in northern Gaza. With access to leaked…
The US State Department's spokesperson says Blinken will highlight ongoing US support to Kyiv and discuss battlefield developments with Ukraine's top officials. | US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Ukraine on Tuesday and…
Georgia might be punished for passing the “foreign agents” law | Members of the Georgian government could face sanctions for “undermining democracy,” [i.e. the U.S.] a senior US diplomat said on Tuesday, after the parliament in Tbilisi approved a…
In a race to see which Western government can become the most totalitarian in the shortest amount of time, Canada has taken the lead. The Trudeau regime has introduced a new “hate speech” bill that is so draconian that you could end up imprisoned—for…
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