A large swath of earthquakes hit the Pacific’s so-called Ring of Fire earlier this week, prompting some to wonder if it is a precursor to the oft-discussed massive earthquake, colloquially known as “the Big One.” Sixty-nine earthquakes, including 16 tremors … Read More
Chinese President Xi Jinping is displayed on a screen in Beijing in September 2015 during a parade commemorating the 70th anniversary of Japan’s surrender in World War II. | AP China’s military will for the first time participate with Russia … Read More
The German foreign minister has said it was high time that Europe reassessed its partnership with the US. He advocated an EU payment system independent of the US in order to save the nuclear deal with Iran. German Foreign Minister … Read More
In a stunning vote of “no confidence” in the US monopoly over global payment infrastructure, Germany’s foreign minister Heiko Maas called for the creation of a new payments system independent of the US that would allow Brussels to be independent in its … Read More
A Syrian refugee at a German Railway training workshop. Critics of German chancellor Angela Merkel’s refugee policy said that her permissiveness would cripple the country, as the incomers—more than 1 million asylum seekers since 2015—couldn’t contribute to society by getting jobs. … Read More
Well here’s a funny thing. For weeks now all we’ve heard is Remainers telling us that the public has changed its mind and no longer wants to leave the EU. Leave campaigners are renewing their Brexit battle (Image: GETTY) It’s the … Read More
JEREMY Hunt warned the European Union that failing to secure a Brexit deal with Britain will have “terrible consequences for the European project” ahead of his maiden speech as Foreign Secretary. Jeremy Hunt warned the European Union they would risk facing “terrible … Read More
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) — As U.S. threat of sanctions on Russia will take into effect around Aug. 22, U.S. Under Secretary of Treasury Sigal Mandelker said Tuesday that Washington will impose “much more economic pain” to Russia if it … Read More
Facebook announced Tuesday that it had removed more than 650 pages, groups, and accounts for what the social media giant termed “coordinated inauthentic behavior” that originated in Iran. The company also said that, unrelated to the Iran activity, it had … Read More
That’s all you need. European health officials are on high alert as the number of clinically-confirmed measles cases across the continent passed 23,500 in the first six months of the year. That’s a staggering increase over last year, in which about 6,000 cases … Read More