The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) is declining to disclose how many of its personnel have been hit with the deadly coronavirus, despite flying its troops to countries that have imposed travel bans on UK travelers. In the last two weeks, the Royal Air Force (RAF) has flown 30 of its planes – built to move military personnel around – from the UK to the US, […]
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This post contains spoilers for The Walking Dead Season 10, Episode 13, “What We Become.” As Danai Gurira and her character, Michonne, leave The Walking Dead, it’s safe to say that the series will never be the same. Since she made her debut in the Season 3 premiere, Gurira has been a fan favorite among the cast—and her character’s journey through this post-apocalyptic world has been […]
US 03:22 GMT 15.03.2020Get short URL The Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, also known as Gitmo, has been a US detention camp for international terrorists since 2002. The Cuba facility has long been criticized for its mistreatment and abuse of prisoners, with human rights activists, lawmakers and the general public calling for its closure. According to a New York Times report, the US has made the conditions […]
In court Monday, Los Angeles prosecutor John Lewin played audio recordings from two jailhouse calls made by Robert Durst, the Manhattan real estate heir standing trial for murder, in which he appears to plot to kill his brother, Douglas Durst, CEO of the Durst Organization, one of the largest residential real estate firms in New York City. In a Dec. 21, 2001, call to his wife […]
As thousands of refugees find a way to get to Europe after Turkey’s announcement it was opening the borders, official figures have shown the UK resettled 30 per cent less children last year. According to the Independent, 395 children were resettled under the Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement (VCR) scheme in 2018, down to just 278 in 2019. In 2016 the UK launched the VCR with a promise […]
ALEPPO (Sputnik) – Deals between terrorist groups, salary slips for radical fighters, the arrest records of a mock justice system are some of the many documents found by a Sputnik correspondent while exploring areas in northern Syria that were recently liberated from terrorist rule. The documents seemingly left behind after a hurried exit during the approach of government forces, shed light on the reign of terror […]
Tech 15:28 GMT 27.02.2020Get short URL The Ries crater appeared 14.8 million years ago after a giant asteroid hit the Earth. The crater, which is 15 miles (24 kilometres) in diameter is home to the town of Nördlinger, which was built inside the impact site in the 9th century. Scientists say an ancient crater in Germany may shed light on the background of Mars and whether […]
Authored by Nicole Hao via The Epoch Times, The novel coronavirus outbreak in eastern China’s Shandong province is much worse than the officially reported, according to a series of internal government documents obtained by The Epoch Times. Between Feb. 9 to 23, Shandong authorities underreported the number of infections every day, according to internal data compiled by the Shandong Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC). The latter kept a tally […]
We noted last Oct. the US Army was developing a “powerful cannon that can fire a projectile over a distance of more than 1,150 nautical miles,” or about the distance from New York City to Tennessee. The Strategic Long-Range Cannon (SLRC) is a “game-changing” weapon to counter China and Russia at great distances enters the first round of live-testing in 2023. Over the weekend, Defense Blog published a piece detailing […]
Via Birch Gold Group, Thanks to the Federal Reserve, the idea that you can go into a store and anonymously purchase something with cash might soon be obsolete. Why? Because they’re developing something called Fedcoin, which would be based on blockchain technology. If you’re unfamiliar with blockchain technology, you’re not alone. Here’s how a piece on Motley Fool describes it: The digital and decentralized ledger that records all transactions. […]
Authored by Paul Joseph Watson via Summit News, According to newly released statistics, in some areas of Paris almost 50 per cent of criminals have a migrant background. French newspaper Le Figaro reports that in certain departments, the number of foreign-born criminals is as high as 47.6 per cent. Figures from the National Observatory of Delinquency and Criminal Responses (ONDRP) reveal that crimes carried out by unaccompanied youth […]
China and the US have enjoyed two decades of increasing trade flows that have jumped from $61 billion a year in 2000 to $540 billion in 2019. But the ugly end of globalization is starting to be realized, as trade flows have plunged from Nov 2018 of $635 billion to $540 billion in Dec 2019, or about a 15% drop. The end of the cycle, or the end […]
Russia 20:49 GMT 16.02.2020Get short URL Certain phrases used by Russian President Vladimir Putin can be considered to be, to some extent, almost impossible to interpret, Putin’s translators admitted during the Rossiya 1 TV show “Moscow.Kremlin.Putin”. An adviser for the Department of Linguistic Support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Alexey Sadykov, introduced an example of an expression that previously had him baffled. “He [Vladimir […]