North Korea slams US-South Korea-Japan military cooperation

posted in: Far East, News

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea on Sunday slammed the United States, South Korea and Japan for pushing to boost their trilateral military cooperation targeting the North, warning that the move is prompting urgent calls for the country to reinforce … Read More

Pope Francis dismisses rumors about resigning, says he wants to visit Moscow, Kyiv

Pope Francis reiterated he might resign someday if poor health made it impossible to head the Church. Pope Francis denied rumors that he will soon resign and explained that he is expecting to visit Canada this month and hopes to … Read More

Gathering Storm of Famine Looms Over Many Nations | Opinion

In South Sudan the hunger crisis is at its worst since the country gained independence back in 2011. Since funding for humanitarian aid in South Sudan is so low, the U.N. World Food Program (WFP) recently announced it had to … Read More

Iran: 5 Killed, Over 90 Injured as Strong Quakes Strike Major Port City; Two of Magnitude 6.0, Says USGS

Aseries of strong earthquakes rocked southern Iran on Saturday, killing at least five people, injuring over 90 others and reducing an entire village to rubble. The quakes, including two of magnitude 6.0, struck west of the major port city of … Read More

Verona and Pisa ration drinking water amid historic drought

The northern Italian cities of Verona and Pisa, home to nearly 350,000 people combined, began rationing drinking water Saturday, amid a historic drought in the region. Until 31 August, drinking water cannot be used for watering vegetable patches, gardens and … Read More

United Nations ‘has no power,’ Pope Francis says

Pope Francis clarified he did not mean to offend UN leaders, adding that the organization has helped before in places such as Cyprus. Pope Francis spoke to Argentina’s national news agency, Télam, in a longform interview. The questions and discussion … Read More

Libya: Twenty migrants ‘die of thirst’ in desert, 30 more missing in Mediterranean

The bodies of 20 migrants have been discovered in the Libyan desert. In a separate incident, a rubber dinghy sank in the Mediterranean with at least 30 people on board. Libyan rescue services have recovered the bodies of 20 people … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – 1 July 2022

posted in: News, Weekly Update

Greetings from Tyler, By the time most people saw the story it had already been debunked.  When was the last time you saw the Secret Service release a statement about anything?  You’ve got the limo driver and the agent and … Read More

Supreme Court lets Biden scrap Trump policy that barred 70,000 asylum seekers from US

Texas failed to stop the end of ‘Remain in Mexico,’ which kept migrants across the border, often in dangerous camps. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday gave the Biden administration the OK to terminate the Trump-era “Remain in Mexico” … Read More

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