Australia wildfires ‘contained’ in New South Wales for first time in ‘exhausting’ fire season
After months of battling wildfires that scorched thousands of homes and created mass evacuations in eastern Australia, officials announced Thursday that all the blazes in the New South Wales state are considered contained after recent rains. New South Wales Rural Fire Service‘s deputy commissioner … Read More
Israeli defense minister: ‘We won’t stop until Iran has been driven from Syria’
“For years on end, we have fought against the Iranian tentacles in Lebanon, Syria and the Gaza Strip, but we have not focused enough on weakening Iran itself. Now we are changing the paradigm,” affirms Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett. … Read More
House counsel suggests Trump could be impeached again
The comment came in a filing with federal court that argues Democrats still need testimony from former White House counsel Don McGahn. Former White House counsel Don McGahn. | Alex Wong/Getty Images The House is open to the prospect of … Read More
Top Hong Kong medical expert predicts more than half the global population will contract coronavirus
‘Sixty percent of the world’s population is an awfully big number.” The rapidly spreading coronavirus may infect more than 60% of the global population, a top Hong Kong medical expert said this week. Epidemiologist Gabriel Leung, the chair of public … Read More
China sees 15K new coronavirus cases, change in counting procedure: report
The number of new coronavirus cases in China surged Thursday after 14,840 people were diagnosed with the disease that has already claimed 1,300 lives worldwide. The jump in cases comes after reports out of the country indicated that the virus may have leveled off. … Read More
Clear Evidence for Japan’s Aggressive Nature
Japan has reached its zenith in its territorial ambition. Not long ago, the Japanese reactionaries expanded and rebuilt the “territorial sovereignty exhibition” housing data justifying their territorial ambition, including those related to Tok Islands, in the other area to be … Read More
Christians are being captured and killed across the globe: ‘World Watch List’ takes you inside the crisis
‘An unparalleled glimpse into the 50 places around the world where it costs the most to be a Christian.” Millions of Christians across the globe live in perpetual fear that they will be punished, harmed — or even killed — … Read More
Bigger than Vindman: Trump scrubs 70 Obama holdovers from NSC
President Trump is making good on his promises to “drain the swamp” and cut Obama-era holdovers from his staff, especially the critical and recently controversial National Security Council. Officials confirmed that Trump and national security adviser Robert O’Brien have cut … Read More
EU ‘surprised’ at Boris Johnson’s Brexit stance
Ursula von der Leyen speaking to MEPs BORIS Johnson’s suggestion that the UK could be prepared to accept an Australian-style relationship with the EU without a formal trade deal has “surprised” Brussels. European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen pointed … Read More
Barr announces sweeping new sanctions, ‘significant escalation’ against left-wing sanctuary cities
Charging that so-called “sanctuary” cities that protect illegal immigrants are jeopardizing domestic security, Attorney General Bill Barr announced a slew of additional sanctions that he called a “significant escalation” against left-wing local and state governments that obstruct the “lawful functioning of our … Read More
Coronavirus likely now ‘gathering steam’
Leaky international cordon may mean the equivalent of worst flu season in modern times The number of confirmed cases of the Wuhan coronavirus have continued to surge inside China, sickening tens of thousands, with a death toll of more than … Read More
Trump finds bipartisan support for a pro-U.S. Venezuelan leader Guaido
Even Nancy Pelosi applauded his appearance at the State of the Union. Photo by: Leah Millis – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido waves as President Donald Trump delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress … Read More
ICE is fingerprinting teen migrants
ICE agents taking an immigrant’s fingerprints in 2017. Photo: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials have been tasked since January with fingerprinting teens in child migrant shelters who entered the country … Read More
Justice Department Sues New Jersey, California and King County, Wash., Over ‘Unlawful’ Immigration Policies
Attorney General William Barr participates in a press conference at the Department of Justice along with DOJ officials on February 10, 2020, in Washington, DC. -Sarah Silbiger/GettyImages The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced three separate lawsuits on Monday against … Read More
Iran Could Have A Nuclear Weapon By This Time Next Year
Key Point: The European Union, China, Russia, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Iran remain parties to the deal. America is not. The commission overseeing the 2015 deal limiting Iran’s nuclear program is “treating this issue with the seriousness it … Read More