Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said the federal government’s response to the devastation in Puerto Rico caused by Hurricane Maria was slow because the typical method of responding to natural disasters was itself a casualty of the storm. “They responded to … Read More
PM blames career bureaucrats for woes of Europe in order to justify bill that would allow ministers to appoint cronies to carry out their agenda. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has justified a bill that would increase the scope of personal … Read More
North Korean soldiers carrying packs marked with a radioactive symbol take part in a military parade in Pyongyang. North Korea has been selling small arms around the world to bring in the hard currency it needs to survive. (2013 photo … Read More
Syrian refugees arrive at the Oncupinar crossing gate, close to the town of Kilis, south central Turkey, to cross to Syria. Syrians make up 93.5 per cent of the population in Kilis.-AFP Photo There’s a clear bias against non-European asylum … Read More
“take no prisoners….show no mercy….strangle them….cut off the air… allow them no medicine”. These are not the words of some crazed warlord from the middle ages. These are the words of a present-day Libyan warlord conducting one of the dirtiest … Read More
The Amazon Forest contributes to global carbon emissions. Caesar Oleksy Not only do tropical forests now emit double the amount of carbon they consume — they also release more of it than all vehicles in the United States, according to a … Read More
The Associated PressIn this Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017 photo, a framed image of Mexico’s patron saint, the Virgin of Guadalupe, makes up part of a memorial for those who died when a five-story office and factory building was collapsed by … Read More
Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson arrived for a meeting with the Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, in Beijing on Saturday. CreditPool photo by Andy Wong BEIJING — The Trump administration acknowledged on Saturday for the first time that it was … Read More
Carla Amina Baghajati from the Austrian Islamic Religious Community gestures during an interview in Vienna, Austria, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017. A law prohibiting any kind of full face covering but known popularly as the “Burqa Ban,” takes effect in … Read More