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Canada’s golden boy Trudeau sinks in polls as scandal takes toll
When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took office in late 2015, he was a political golden boy who seemed destined to build on the legend of his father. But six months ahead of an October election, polls suggest the 47-year-old politician could become the first prime minister to lose power after a single majority mandate…
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Farrakhan claims to be Jesus in ‘Saviours’ Day’ address: ‘I am the Messiah’
Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who has reportedly led a chant of “death to America” and recently called for a separate state for black Americans, has made more controversial comments, claiming to be Jesus and clarifying his “anti-termite” statement. Farrakhan made many shocking claims during NOI’s Saviours’ Day keynote address in February at the United Center arena…
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Will New Israeli government begin building Third Temple after elections?
Moshe Feiglin in front of the altar (Photo by Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz/Breaking Israel News) For the first time ever, an Israeli politician has had the temerity to publicly declare what, for more than 2,000 years, the Jewish people have prayed for: build the Temple now. Moshe Feiglin, head of the Zehut party, shocked participants at a…
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Britain’s Version Of ‘Medicare For All’ Is Struggling With Long Waits For Care
Medical staff walk through a corridor inside the Royal London Hospital. Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg – 2018 BLOOMBERG FINANCE LP Nearly a quarter of a million British patients have been waiting more than six months to receive planned medical treatment from the National Health Service, according to a recent report from the Royal College of Surgeons. More than 36,000…
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Federal judge for second time blocks Kentucky abortion law
Interior of an empty courtroom with gavel and sounding block on the desk. (iStock) For the second time in days, a federal judge issued an order temporarily blocking a new Kentucky law aimed at imposing more abortion restrictions. The latest order temporarily stopped a measure that would ban abortion if a woman wants to end her pregnancy because of race…
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Mississippi governor signs ‘heartbeat’ abortion law
Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is surrounded by lawmakers on Thursday, March 21, 2019, as he signs a bill that would ban most abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected, at the capitol in Jackson, Miss. The bill is set to become law July 1, 2019 and would be one of the strictest abortion laws…
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Trump isn’t the only one who wants to build a wall. These European nations already did
(Photo: Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY) KUBEKHAZA, Hungary — As mayor of this Hungarian village where tens of thousands of migrants recently marched toward northern Europe, Robert Molnar has some sympathy for his country’s decision to build a fence on the border with Serbia. But Molnar has a message for Americans: Don’t let President Trump build his wall with…
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From 7 to 77: There’s been an explosion in building border walls since World War II
(Photo: David McNew, Getty Images) BUDAPEST, Hungary — At the end of World War II, there were seven border walls or fences in the world. By the time the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, there were 15, according to Elisabeth Vallet, a geography professor at the University of Quebec-Montreal. Today, as President Trump pushes his campaign promise to build a…
