U.S. to step up pressure on Russia with more sanctions

posted in: News, Russia

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 removes pages linked to Iran, Russia influence campaigns

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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

Mankind almost beat measles, but the virus is storming back in Europe

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

Worst anthrax outbreak in 20 years hits farms in France

GAP (AFP) – More than 50 cows, sheep and horses have died in France’s most serious outbreak of anthrax in two decades, according to officials who have warned of a vaccine shortage. The authorities in the mountainous Hautes-Alpes region of … Read More

Trump’s policies could enable America’s economy to outpace China’s

The great engine of American capitalism is once again firing on all cylinders, as shown by the 4.1 percent annualized growth of America’s gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter of this year. Most Americans (with the exception of … Read More

Iran says it will unveil new fighter jet, continue developing missiles

posted in: Middle East, News

Tehran’s defense minister claims aircraft, believed to be the Qaher F-313, will fly over Iranian skies as part of National Defense Industry Day celebrations next week Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, listens to an unidentified pilot during a ceremony … Read More

Opinion Jews Against Israelis: Netanyahu’s Hungarian-style Politics

posted in: Israel, News

The real target of the ethnocentric politics driven by the nation-state law is those who don’t toe the Israeli government line. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, left is welcomed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu upon his arrival, at the … Read More

Bolton: China, Russia, Iran, And North Korea Are All Meddling In 2018 Election

posted in: Far East, News

This Week ✔@ThisWeekABC NEW: National security adviser John Bolton says in addition to Russia, there’s “sufficient national security concern” that China, Iran, and North Korea are meddling in the 2018 U.S. elections. “Those are the four countries that we’re most concerned … Read More

6.9-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Indonesia’s Lombok

A landslide is seen after an earthquake in Lombok, Indonesia, Aug. 19, 2018 in this still image obtained from a social media video. A 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck the Indonesian island of Lombok Sunday, just hours after a 6.3-magnitude quake shook … Read More

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