Catastrophic Flood Threat Increases This Weekend as Florence Slowly Tracks Across the Carolinas, Appalachia

At a Glance Florence will slowly move farther inland in the Carolinas on Saturday. This will produce catastrophic flash flooding and major river flooding. Life-threatening storm surge has already occurred in eastern North Carolina. Flash flood emergencies have been issued … Read More

Moon faces toughest challenge yet in third summit with Kim

posted in: Far East, News

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are scheduled to hold a third summit next week in Pyongyang. Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (L) and South … Read More

Trump asks aides to press ahead with $200 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods

(CNN) President Donald Trump is urging his administration to move ahead with slapping tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods, according to a person familiar with the plans. The timing of an announcement remains unclear. Trump met with top aides earlier this … Read More

German spy scandal exposes deep divisions in Merkel government

posted in: Germany, News

BERLIN (Reuters) – A scandal over migrants being chased through the streets has exposed a rift between Angela Merkel and Germany’s security establishment that is dividing her coalition and hindering efforts to contain the fall-out from her “open door” refugee … Read More

The Sex-Abuse Scandal Is Growing Faster Than the Church Can Contain It

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The Catholic world is struggling to absorb a week of new revelations and resignations. A protester in Dublin holds a picture of Pope Francis during a demonstration against clerical sex abuse.HANNAH MCKAY / REUTERS. This has been a dramatic week … Read More

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blasts John Kerry over Iran meetings as ‘unseemly’

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press conference at the State Department in Washington, DC, September 14, 2018. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP)SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images ORIG FILE ID: AFP_19412L(Photo: AFP/Getty Images) WASHINGTON – Secretary of State … Read More

Russian Warships Are Probably Lurking Near Syria In Case Putin Orders Cruise Missile Strikes

posted in: News, Russia

Unless the Russian navy is hunting for the Red October in the eastern Mediterranean, it is likely that so many Russian ships have remained there since the end of Moscow’s latest naval exercise there primarily to support Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, Pentagon … Read More

Russia and China Will Now Hold Military Exercises “On a Regular Basis”

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But does that mean an alliance is coming? Russia and China are drawing closer together as the two great powers solidifytheir entente to challenge the United States and its liberal hegemony. Not only do Russian president Vladimir Putin and Chinese president … Read More

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