Category Archives: International News
“Saudi Arabia Has Entered The 21st Century” – Women Take Victory Lap As Driving Ban Ends [VIDEO]
Women in Saudi Arabia flocked to the roads Sunday immediately after midnight to celebrate the end of the country’s ban on female drivers.
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Canada Becomes Second Country To Legalize Marijuana
Canada is on track to become the first G-7 nation to legalize marijuana, and the second country in the world (after Uruguay), after its Senate approved legislation in a 52-29 vote, paving the way for recreational cannabis to be legally bought and sold within the next few months.
Read more“We Cannot Defy The US”: European Refiners Fold To Trump, Will Stop Buying Iran Crude
Reuters reports European refiners are now unofficially winding down oil purchases from Iran, closing the door on a fifth of the OPEC member’s crude exports.
Read moreUS Military Set To Deploy THAAD Anti-Missile System In Germany
The United States is looking to establish a powerful missile shield in Germany in a potential move that would further inflame tensions with both Moscow and Tehran.
Read morePoland Wants The US Military Presence To Be Permanent And Is Ready To Pay
Warsaw plans to host a permanent US military presence on its territory. That deployment would breach the Russia-NATO Founding Act (1997), in which NATO pledged not to seek “additional permanent stationing of substantial combat forces” inside Russia’s neighbors “in the current and foreseeable security environment.” But, Poland wants a US armored division permanently deployed on its soil and is willing to pay $2 billion to help construct the installation.
Read moreTrump-Kim Summit Back On; Will Take Place June 12 In Singapore; North Korea To Denuclearize [VIDEO]
Following a visit to the White House by North Korean envoy, Kim Yong Chol, President Trump announced that the previously canceled summit with Kim Jong Un was back on schedule, and would take place in Singapore on June 12.
Read moreAttacker “Shouting Allahu Akbar” Killed In Paris Mass Stabbing; ISIS Claims Responsibility [VIDEO]
At least one person has been killed and eight others have been injured, according to police. So far, Paris police have confirmed that the knife-wielding assailant is dead.
Read more“No Longer Reversible”: China’s Low Fertility Rate And Birth Restrictions Set Stage For Disaster
Thanks to their longstanding birth restrictions, shrinking fertility rate and exploding elderly population, China’s workforce is shrinking and the population is rapidly aging. By 2050, there will be 1.3 workers for each retiree, according to official estimates, compared with 2.8 now. “They should have lifted all birth restrictions before 2010,” says Baochang. “Whatever steps they take now, China’s low-fertility trend is no longer reversible.”
Read moreReality Check: Syrian Gas Attack Connected To Bigger Conflict? [VIDEO]
The Syrian government is being blamed for another gas attack. Then, Israel is blamed for a missile strike on a Syrian air base killing 14 people including Iranians. There are major problems with what is being played out in the Middle East that other media are ignoring. Ben Swann gives the issue a Reality Check.
Read more“Huge Caravan” Of Central American Refugees Is Headed For The U.S. Border [VIDEO]
Over a thousand Central American illegal aliens set out to complete a “Stations of the Cross”, traversing through Mexico, to reach the United States’ southern border. Upon arrival, they hope to make asylum claims.
Read moreChina Deploys “SkyNet” Facial Recognition, Can Compare 3 Billion Faces Per Second
“The system is able to identify 40 facial features, regardless of angles and lighting, at an accuracy rate of 99.8 percent,” “It can also scan faces and compare them with its database of criminal suspects at large at a speed of 3 billion times a second, indicating that all Chinese people can be compared in the system within only one second.”
Read morePutin Wins 4th Term With Landslide 73.9% Of The Vote, Exit Polls Show
As polls close in Russia, state-run TV is reporting exit polls (conducted by state-run VTsIOM polling company) showing a landslide victory for Vladimir Putin with 73.9% of the vote (above The Kremlin’s pre-election whisper number of 70%).
Read moreVenezuela’s 4,000% Hyperinflation ‘Breaks’ Cash-Weighing Scales
How bad is it in Venezuela? Well, it’s hard to tell because their government refuses to publish basic statistics. So, Bloomberg created their own gauge to measure one of the most important of all the missing figures – inflation (or hyperinflation in this case). It tracks just one item: a cup of coffee served piping hot at a bakery in eastern Caracas. Its price has jumped to 75,000 bolivars from 1,800 bolivars over the past 12 months, an increase of 4,067%.
Read more“No Response” Yet From North Korea On Talks With Trump
Following all the excitement, back-patting, and media reports of the weekend, The BBC reports that South Korea says it has yet to receive a response from Pyongyang on a summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump.
Read moreU.S. Escalates Threat Against Iran After Russia U.N. Veto
“If Russia is going to continue to cover for Iran then the U.S. and our partners need to take action on our own.”
Read moreIsrael Carries Out “Large Scale Attack” On Syria After Israeli F-16 Shot Down [VIDEO]
Open war has now essentially broken out between Israel and Syria. Israel confirms through its IDF spokesperson that it has carried out “a large scale attack” consisting of at least a dozen strikes on Syrian and Iranian military targets inside Syria, in what Reuters dubbed a “major escalation of tension”.
Read moreInformation Blackout Follows Putin-Netanyahu Meeting [VIDEO]
What was today’s most important diplomatic meeting, was also the least publicly discussed. And judging by the information blackout in its aftermath, that’s just what the organizers intended.
Read moreUS, Turkish Troops Headed For Military Showdown In Syria [VIDEO]
A US general said that American troops will not pull out from the northern Syrian city of Manbij, US, rebuffing Turkish demands, and thus risking a potential confrontation between the two NATO allies.
Read moreHas Brexit Boosted the British Economy?
After the Brexit referendum, there were many dire predictions for the British economy, but have any of them come true?
Read moreStunning Photos From Inside Russia’s “Fort Knox”
Russia releases stunning photos from the main gold storage of the Central Bank of Russia. This is something you won’t be seeing the U.S. do anytime soon. In fact, the federal authorities who control our nation’s once-vast gold reserves at Ft. Knox have refused to allow a comprehensive audit to be conducted since the Eisenhower Administration!
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