Duma committee recommends scrapping latest bill banning ‘baby boxes’ in Russia
The Lower House Committee for Women, Family and Children has recommended that lawmakers reject a bill banning ‘baby boxes’ – devices which allow mothers to leave their unwanted newborns at medical institutions without disclosing themselves. more »
Trump says ‘it’s time to move forward in working constructively with Russia’
US President Donald Trump has tweeted that “it is time to move forward in working constructively with Russia,” citing a ceasefire negotiated for southwest Syria as proof that this is possible. Donald Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin for… more »
Why Eating Meat in America Is Like Going on a Trip to the Drug Store
Most of the meat Americans eat is banned in other industrialized countries. European Union boycotts U.S.' hormone-grown beef, routinely used synthetic hormones zeranol, trenbolone acetate and melengestrol acetate pose "increased risks of breast cancer… more »
Evacuation Underway From Venezuela’s Besieged National Assembly
Venezuelan authorities have started evacuating people from the National Assembly after a mob blocked them inside for over six hours, media reported Wednesday. more »
Venezuelan Prosecutor Says Government Tries to Switch to Inquisition-Like System
Venezuela's authorities are trying to create the system similar to the inquisitional one in the country with judges both submitting evidence and taking decisions, Venezuelan Chief Prosecutor Luisa Ortega Diaz said Friday. more »
'Millions of Africans' will flood Europe unless it acts now warns European chief as Paris evacuates huge migrant camp
Antonio Tajani, president of the European Parliament: Europe is "underestimating" the scale and severity of the migration crisis and "millions of Africans" will flood the continent in the next five years unless urgent action is taken, there would be an… more »
France Makes Vaccines Mandatory In 2018
New French law will force all parents to vaccinate their children in 2018., all vaccines that are universally recommended by health authorities will be compulsory by law. These vaccines are 11 in total. more »
Chicago’s Terrible New Plan to Force High School Kids Into the Military
A plan approved in May is set to take effect soon, forcing high school seniors to either be enlisted in the military, have a job, be enrolled in a gap-year program, or have a college acceptance letter before the Chicago public schooling system will give… more »
Manhunt for inmate who used drone to escape South Carolina max-security prison ends
A convicted kidnapper is back behind bars after escaping a maximum security prison using wire-cutters flown to him via drone, authorities in South Carolina have confirmed. more »
23 Egyptian soldiers killed fending off major coordinated assault claimed by ISIS
ISIS terrorists have claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on Egyptian forces on the Sinai Peninsula in which at least 23 soldiers lost their lives. Despite the heavy casualties, the military claims it foiled the major assault, killing dozens of… more »
Burnt-out barricades, smashed-up buildings: Hamburg awakes to carnage after night of G20 riots - Video
Share to Tumblr Piles of wreckage, burned-out barricades and broken glass all around – Hamburg now looks like a battle field rather than the host city of a G20 summit. A lot of places are closed, total collapse of transportation. more »
Half of world’s olive oil threatened by deadly bacteria
Spanish officials have confirmed the arrival of Xylella fastidiosa, a pathogen deadly to olive trees, on the country's mainland. About half the world's olive oil comes from Spain's estimated 340 million olive trees, and experts fear the bacteria could… more »
France to ban sales of petrol and diesel cars by 2040
France will end sales of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 as part of an ambitious plan to meet its targets under the Paris climate accord, Emmanuel Macron’s government has announced. The announcement comes a day after Volvo said it would only make… more »
The global economy is grinding to a halt as Sears Canada is forced to close 60 stores and lay off thousands of workers
20 full-line Sears stores, 15 Sears Home stores, 10 Sears Outlet stores, and 14 Sears Hometown stores will all be closing their doors. Thousands of employees at these stores will lose their jobs, as will many employees who work at the company’s Canadian… more »
Tax Collectors In Florida Openly Carry Guns, While Public Is Banned From Doing So
A Central Florida tax collector says a new policy will allow his employees to openly carry firearms while they work,” The Associated Press reports. “Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg told the Orlando Sentinel that according to Florida law, he… more »
New Jersey Officer Under Investigation After Struggle with Jaywalker - Video
An officer from the Millville Police Department (New Jersey) is under official review for an arrest carried out on Tuesday, June 27, wherein a man suspected of jay walking was struck several times in the head during an altercation with police. more »
POLICE UNLEASH WATER-CANNONS AS VIOLENT CLASHES ERUPT AT "WELCOME TO HELL" G20 PROTEST - LIVE FEED
The “Welcome to Hell” demonstration against the G20 summit in Hamburg has led to a violent confrontation between police and protesters on the streets of the German city. more »
Abolish govts, let large cities run the world’ – ex-London Mayor Livingstone to RT
Speaking to RT, former London Mayor Ken Livingstone has suggested that the world would be a better place if it were run not by governments, which are detached from their citizens, but by city authorities who know the real needs of their people. more »
Putin arrives in Hamburg for G20 summit & 1st face-to-face with Trump (VIDEO)
Russian President Vladimir Putin landed in Hamburg late Thursday night for the G20 summit and the highly anticipated first in person contact with his US counterpart Donald Trump, scheduled on the sidelines of the top world leaders’ meeting. more »
China Issues Dire Warning On North Korea: “It Will Get Out Of Control… Consequences Would Be Disastrous”
Chinese Ambassador Liu Jieyi’s recent remarks on the matter suggest that we are nearing a dangerous breaking point: “Currently tensions are high and we certainly would like to see a de-escalation,” Liu told a news conference at UN headquarters as China… more »
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