Link: https://www.rt.com/politics/411156-russia-to-launch-independent-internet/

The Russian Security Council has asked the country’s government to develop an independent internet infrastructure for BRICS nations, which would continue to work in the event of global internet malfunctions which would not be subject to control by international organizations.

Link: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4994566/russia-hypersonic-missiles-royal-navy-weapons-ready-now/

Moscow tested the weapon back in June and the Zircon – also known as Tsirkon – has been in development for over 20 years.

Military experts warn the weapon has changed the face of modern warfare.

Currently, the Royal Navy's Sea Ceptor can shoot down missiles travelling at 2,300 mph, which is nowhere near Zircon's capabilities.

One senior Naval source: “Hypersonic missiles are virtually unstoppable.

Link: http://www.pravdareport.com/news/hotspots/27-11-2017/139254-giant_quakes-0/

The alert was given today by Ursula Cochran, of GNS Science, Earth and Geoscience Research facility, in a report published in Marlborough Express. She stated that if the entire plate boundary erupted, it would bring with it megathrust earthquakes of up to force 9 (the highest possible) on the Richter scale and would cause massive tsunamis across the Pacific Ocean.

She was referring to the Hikurangi plate boundary, off the East Coast of North Island (New Zealand), which moves under the tectonic plate of Australia,

Link: https://sputniknews.com/environment/201711251059437047-german-court-okays-forest-destruction/

Cutting down some of the last old growth forests in Europe to dig up a heavily-polluting form of coal will cause “irresponsible damage to nature,” according to environmental activists in Germany.

As the use and popularity of alternative and sustainable energy sources — including solar and wind power — continues to skyrocket, some forms of polluting fossil fuel sources remain profitable as a court has okayed the destruction of an ancient forest in Germany to expand a coal strip mine for an excessively dirty form of the world's most polluting energy source. Environmental group Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland (BUND) seeking to stop the clearcutting of most of what remains of the old growth Hambach forest, one of the last remaining ancient forests of its kind in Europe.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/europe/201711271059471293-denmark-terrorist-girl/

A 17-year-old girl has become Denmark's first woman to be found guilty of a terrorist offence. The girl, who converted to Islam and intended to blow up a historic Jewish school, was sentenced to eight years in prison.

Link: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10141923739

Nguyen Van Hoa, was found guilty of spreading anti-state propaganda for producing videos and writing about protests over the toxic spill, news agencies reported.

The discharge, which occurred when a new Taiwan-owned steel factory flushed cyanide and other chemicals through its waste pipeline, killed marine life and sickened people along a 120-mile stretch of coastline. It is one of Vietnam’s largest environmental disasters.

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/411106-bitcoin-record-10000-exchange/

The first decentralized peer-to-peer payment system, bitcoin, has broken through the $10,000 mark on South Korea’s Bithumb, one of world’s biggest exchanges for cryptocurrencies. The price of bitcoin this year has jumped more than 10-fold.

The digital currency is still unrecognized or regarded as an asset by most central banks. It started the year at below $1,000. Two weeks ago, bitcoin saw it's price drop by 30 percent to $5,500. It has since nearly doubled to over $10,000.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Anger_over_Greek_plan_to_sell_weapons_to_Saudi_Arabia/61835/0/38/38/Y/M.html

A political dispute in Greece over a controversial arms deal with Saudi Arabia is deepening, with opposition politicians and critics decrying plans to sell 66m euros ($78.7m) worth of surplus missiles and bombs to the Arab Gulf country.

Opposition politicians have accused the government, which is currently headed by the leftist Syriza party, of not following the proper procedures for an international agreement, while critics have decried selling weapons to a country engaged in war.

Saudi Arabia is currently leading a coalition of countries waging war in neighbouring Yemen, the poorest country in the Arab region.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Genetically_Engineered_Mosquitoes_To_Be_Released_In_20_States/61841/0/38/38/Y/M.html

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approved the use of mosquitoes which have been genetically engineered to carry a common bacterium designed to kill mosquitoes that carry dangerous viruses. The news was reported in Nature, and later confirmed to Gizmodo by MosquitoMate, the company behind the GE mosquitoes, and the EPA. The EPA said they officially registered MosquitoMate’s Asian Tiger mosquito with a five-year license to sell their lab mosquitoes in 20 states across the nation.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/411102-chicago-bakery-loses-third-staff/

A Chicago, Illinois bakery that makes McDonald’s hamburger buns is struggling after a third of its workers were detained by immigration enforcement. The company is facing pressure to raise wages in order to attract replacements. About 800, or 35 percent, of the workers at Cloverhill Bakery had to be replaced. In the first six months of President Donald Trump’s administration there was a spike in the number of immigrants arrested by federal agents in Chicago

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/411120-israel-tel-aviv-explosion/

A powerful explosion has rocked Jaffa, the southern part of the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, causing a building to collapse and triggering a massive fire. At least four people have reportedly died in the incident.

Link: https://www.ecowatch.com/costa-rica-renewables-2511342138.html

Costa Rica has run 300 days of 100 percent power generation from renewable energy sources. Costa Rica currently receives 99.62 percent of its electricity from five renewable sources, the highest proportion since 1987. This year, 78.26 percent of electricity came from hydropower, 10.29 percent from wind, 10.23 percent from geothermal energy and 0.84 percent from biomass and solar.

Link: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-11-24/america-gave-thanks-homelessness-set-new-records-major-cities-all-over-nation

Within the past two years “at least 10 cities or municipal regions in California, Oregon and Washington” have declared a state of emergency because the number of homeless is growing so rapidly.

Municipal leaders said that a recent count over several nights found 55,188 homeless people living in a survey region comprising most of Los Angeles County, up more than 25% from last year. things are so bad in Seattle that “400 unauthorized tent camps” have popped up…

Link: https://www.alternet.org/drugs/sessions-war-weed-waste-time-former-gop-attorney-general-gonzales

Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s apparent plans to prosecute medical marijuana distributors in states that have legalized it are a waste of time, according to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who said the U.S. had bigger priorities to focus on. With respect to everything else going on in the U.S., this is pretty low priority," Gonzales: “To prosecute an act that is otherwise lawful under state law, one could make the argument [that] as a matter of policy, we’ve got other priorities we ought to be spending our resources on.”

Link: https://www.activistpost.com/2017/11/larry-silverstein-set-receive-another-95-million-new-911-settlement.html

New York City businessman, and World Trade Center developer Larry Silverstein, scored another post-9/11 windfall this week, after Silverstein properties reached a $95 million dollar settlement in a civil litigation suit against American Airlines and United Continental Holdings.

The settlement, filed Tuesday with the U.S. District Court in Manhattan, comes after 13 years of ‘hard fought’ litigation. Silverstein, who signed a 99-year lease on the World Trade Center just 2 months prior to the attack, has received over 4.5 billion dollars stemming from post 9/11 lawsuits.

Link: https://www.activistpost.com/2017/11/judge-rules-seattles-income-tax-on-wealthy-is-illegal.html

A Seattle King County Superior Court ruled that a controversial piece of legislation meant to tax wealthy households is illegal, Seattle Times reported. In a judgment, Judge John R. Ruhl said the city ordinance adopted in July is not authorized under state law. Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes and Seattle Mayor Tim Burgess said in a joint statement that their goal is to eliminate the state’s “over-reliance on regressive sales taxes” and ensure the wealthy pay their fair share and the ruling was “disappointing,” but they would continue their efforts and appeal the decision.

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/410970-cryptocurrency-bitcoin-breaks-9000-barrier/

The world's most valuable digital currency has smashed another all-time high. Bitcoin has surpassed the $9,000 level on Sunday on growing signs of mainstream adoption. The price of bitcoin has jumped nearly nine times in value this year amid increased interest from institutional investors.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/411007-police-spying-imsi-stingray/

Dozens of police departments across the US are using special devices to track suspects without warrants. However, the International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) catchers also capture data from regular people on the street.

The technology, which was developed for the military, mimics cell phone towers and tricks phones into routing signals through them. This allows police to a track suspect's location. The machines even allow police to get the location of a phone without the user making a call or sending a text.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/410956-fbi-black-friday-record-gun-checks/

Bargain hunting weapons enthusiasts were out in force on Black Friday with the FBI receiving over 200,000 requests for background checks in a single day.

That figure smashes the previous two years, both also record showings for checks in a single day, as trigger-happy Americans flocked to pick up their bargain basement weapon of choice.

Link: http://www.france24.com/en/20140207-french-inmate-freed-after-fax-runs-out-ink

A suspect in the 2011 lynching of a young DJ in a Paris suburb has been released because a fax machine ran out of ink, prosecutors confirmed on Thursday.

The man was reportedly freed because staff at a Paris court of appeal were unable to read a fax containing his appeal before the legal deadline expired.

Claudy Elisor, a 33-year-old DJ, was beaten to death in the early hours of January 1, 2011, by a group of people he had refused to let into his New Year’s Eve party.

His widow, Fabienne Elisor, said on Thursday she was outraged by the blunder.