US Supreme Court: Israelis cannot sue Arab Bank in America
America’s Supreme Court ruled Israelis cannot prosecute the Arab Bank in the US as foreign corporations cannot be sued in American courts for human rights abuses carried out overseas, Reuters reported. Some 6,000 Israeli plaintiffs filed a lawsuit… more »
China Prepares To Mass Produce Hypersonic Vehicles
According to the South China Morning Post, Beijing is in the development phase of constructing a state of the art hypersonic engine facility to mass-produce, low-cost planes capable of traveling five times faster than the speed of sound. more »
Cash "Vanishes" From Bank Accounts
- Emergency cash offered by Ulster Bank as cash vanishes from accounts - Bank makes €500 available to customers whose deposits vanish - Bank investigates after hundreds of complaints on social media more »
The Pentagon Is Making a Ray Gun to Stop Truck Attacks
The Defense Department’s Joint Non-Lethal Weapons Program, or JNLWD, is pushing ahead with a new direct energy weapon that uses high-powered microwaves to stop cars in their tracks without damaging the vehicle, its driver, or anyone else. The jammer… more »
Penn State says wilderness is too risky for outdoors clubs
A near-century-old outdoor recreation club will now refrain from going outside because it is too dangerous out in the wilderness, according to officials at Penn State University. The Penn State Outing Club, originally founded in 1920, announced last… more »
World’s First Bank Entirely Run By Robots Opens Up In China
China’s second-largest lenderChina Construction Bank (CCB), opened a Shanghai branch run entirely by robots that greet customers and manage accounts,with new technology including virtual reality, artificial intelligence and facial recognition. South… more »
‘Incitement to crime’: Russian senator blasts Saudi advice to send Qatari troops to Syria
A member of the Russian upper house security committee has described a recent Saudi statement urging Qatar to send troops to Syria as blackmail, and warned that any such step would bring only chaos and casualties to the region. “The statement made by… more »
Second Palestinian journalist dies after being shot by IDF
A second Palestinian journalist has died after being shot by an Israeli sniper while covering the ‘March of Return.’ Ahmed Abou Hussein succumbed to his injuries Wednesday after being shot on April 13. The photojournalist, 25, was reportedly hit in the… more »
Gunmen Assassinate Mayor in Central Mexico
The mayor of Mexico's Tlanepantla in the central Pueblo state died Thursday after gunmen opened fire at his car, the state prosecutor general’s office said. The car carrying Jose Efrain Garcia was shot at after it was blocked by several vehicles on the… more »
UN admits ‘refugees’ are ‘replacement migration’ for Europe and other low-fertility countries
In 2000, the United Nations’ Department of Economic and Social Affairs issued a report, Replacement Migration: Is It a Solution to Declining and Ageing Populations?, which proposes “replacement migration” for countries with an aging and declining… more »
Iran dumps dollar for euro in foreign trade transactions
As part of its years-long effort to reduce reliance on US currency amid a deepening standoff with Washington, Tehran has announced it will start reporting foreign currency amounts in euros rather than dollars. The governor of Iran’s central bank (CBI)… more »
10 dead, 15 injured after van plows into pedestrians in Toronto (PHOTOS, VIDEOS)
The Toronto Police Department said that ten people have been killed and 16 more are injured. Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital said five of the injured are in a critical condition and another two are in a serious condition. The hospital said on Twitter that… more »
Drug Use Is Detectable on Your Fingerprints
The new methods use biometrics to analyze biochemical traces in sweat found along the ridges of a fingerprint. And those trace chemicals can quickly reveal whether you have ingested cocaine, opiates, marijuana, or other drugs more »
With a Mushroom Cloud Background, Russia State News Warns Citizens to Stockpile Food, Prep for War
A Russian state television news segment on Tuesday urged citizens to stockpile non-perishable goods and water as the impending threat of a “catastrophic” conflict with the United States intensified over potential western military strikes against the… more »
Macron, May get earful from MPs after Syria strikes bypass French, British Parliaments
Emmanuel Macron and Theresa May were put in the crosshairs by their own parliaments Monday for failing to secure a UN mandate – or even a parliamentary debate – before ordering missile strikes against Syria. British Prime Minister Theresa May faced… more »
Panama severs relations with Venezuela
Panama has severed its diplomatic ties with Venezuela after the imposition of sanctions by Caracas on senior Panamanian officials amid an escalating diplomatic row. Venezuela said on Thursday that it was halting “commercial” relations with Panamanian… more »
28m apply for 90,000 jobs at Indian Railways
28 million people have applied for a job with Indian Railways after its latest nationwide recruitment drive. The world's 10th largest employer is offering 90,000 positions across the country to prospective engine drivers and other workers. more »
Online Sales of Bible Banned in China
A number of online sellers received “instruction” from the Cyberspace Administration of China, the regime’s internet censorship bureau, to remove sale listings of the Bible and other Christian materials before March 30. more »
Petro-yuan to launch renminbi as global currency & kneecap petro-dollar
The trade war between the US and China has already begun. China has plans to promote the renminbi as a reserve currency. Yuan-backed oil futures can shatter the US dollar dominance on the crude market If the world trade enters into a death spiral of… more »
London struggling to fight unprecedented crime spike
Officials in the UK capital London are struggling to control an unprecedented surge in crimes as murder rate is predicted to surpass the highest numbers in the early 2000s. Concerns peaked in February and March, when London surpassed New York City in… more »
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