Marine Corps Commandant: 'Less Than 30% of Young Men and Women' Qualified to Join Military
United States Marine Corps Commandant told Congress on Wednesday that recruitment is "hard work," because so few people are qualified to fill the ranks. " General Robert B. Neller told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense: "So, I think we're… more »
Costco is selling a $6,000 doomsday meal kit
Costco wholesale superstore has rolled out a $6,000 food kit featuring 36,000 servings of food that can feed a family of four for a year, according to its online listing. Offering roughly 2,000 calories a day per person and a shelf life up to 25 years… more »
A Dire Warning From The "Doomsday Vault"
“Sudden Stratospheric Warming” (SSW) event, which occurred above the Arctic in mid-February, evidence the world’s unpredictable and sometimes chaotic weather is jeopardizing humanity’s food security; shifted the Arctic airmass to most of Europe as well… more »
Trump: N. Korea agrees to halt missile tests until meeting
US President Donald Trump has said that North Korea has promised not to conduct any missile tests up to and during the planned meetings between the two adversaries. Trump took to his favorite medium - Twitter - to make the announcement on Saturday.… more »
Preventing Armageddon: NASA Prepares to Nuke Dangerous Asteroids - Reports
With the chances of a huge asteroid hitting Earth and wiping out the human race looking unnervingly real, NASA and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) have put their heads together to develop a new spacecraft to deflect a potentially… more »
Beijing: Trade War With US 'to Bring Disaster to the Whole World'
Responding to US President Donald Trump's push to increase tariffs on imported steel and aluminum expected to affect China the world's largest steel producer and a leading aluminum exporter; Chinese Commerce Minister Zhong Shan warned that there would… more »
Maduro Announces Pensions Fund Increase, Additional Food Cards - Reports
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has announced an expansion of pension fund and a delivery of additional food shopping cards to the population, the TeleSur broadcaster reported Wednesday. The EU foreign ministers approved sanctions and arms embargo… more »
The Hungarian Government has repeatedly criticized the European Union’s migrant policy, and defied the union by not adhering to the migrant quota it set out for each individual member state.
Hungary built a border wall with Serbia and Croatia in 2015, at the peak of the migrant crisis, and has called on the EU to provide reimbursement for the wall's construction. Another border barrier with Serbia, spanning 155 kilometers, was completed… more »
Russian-made cars now hold lion's share of domestic market
Russians are buying a record number of domestically-made cars, according to a recent study by PwC. Sales have grown for the first time since the economic crisis. The share has grown to a record 83 percent from the 65 percent seen in 2012. 1.475 million… more »
Exterminator finds babies preserved in jars beneath Tokyo home
The bodies of up to four babies immersed in bottles filled with liquid have been found under the floor of a house in Tokyo, Japan. The ages of the babies and how long they’ve been in the house remain unknown. The house is about 80 years old and has been… more »
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