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(Dec 31 2017) - First Post : Kamala Mills fire ...
MUMBAI -- Police on Sunday arrested two persons for allegedly providing shelter to the owners of '1Above' pub who were booked after a fire at their establishment claimed 14 lives on Friday. Police had booked the pub owners, Hitesh Sanghvi & Jigar Sanghvi, co-owner Abhijeet Manka & others on various charges, including ...

(Dec 30 2017) - Pakistan Christian Post : Protests against kidnappings
HYDERABAD -- Kolhi minority community of Nagarparker held protest demonstration against kidnapping of their girls & forced marriages. The demo was led by advocate Hemandas, Bhoomoomal & Sodho. They told media that their 3 girls, Kabeeri, Shagna & Barmee Kolhi have been kidnapped. They said police have failed ...

(Dec 29 2017) - Conservative Daily Post : Clinton's Deeds Exposed
WASH D.C. -- Whenever the name Anthony Weiner pops up, thoughts of everything but his political career arise with it. Well, now it appears that even more whispering is about to occur as Judicial Watch President, Tom Fitton, “announced Thursday that the State Department will be releasing a portion of the documents ... "

(Dec 28 2017) - Palm Beach Post : Fake Uber Driver caught
FLORIDA -- A 33-year-old Florida man who pretended to be an Uber driver has been arrested on charges of sexually assaulting a college student, news reported. The Florida Gulf Coast University student called Uber to request a ride back to campus after being out at a bar, according to the Fort Myers News Press.

(Dec 27 2017) - Minnesota Post : 5 important immigration stories
MINNESOTA -- When President Trump took office earlier this year, many people wondered if he'd actually follow through on the controversial promises he made as a presidential candidate. Those promises included barring citizens of some Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. reducing refugee admissions ...

(Dec 26 2017) - Daily Post : Leaders react to Trump’s decision
JERUSALEM -- Palestinian Christian leaders have rejected United States’ President Trump’s decision which endorsed the ancient city of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. They described it as “dangerous” and “insulting.” Trump’s Dec 6 announcement ignited protests across the Muslim world & drawn international condemnation.

(Dec 25 2017) - Christian Post : 7 Fascinating Archaeological Finds
ISRAEL -- 2017 saw numerous archaeological discoveries that researchers connected to stories in the Bible, including new analysis strengthening historical accounts concerning the supposed tomb of Jesus Christ. From mug workshops near the ancient town of Cana, where Jesus turned water into wine; to the possible discovery of ...

(Dec 24 2017) - Huffington Post : Thomas Fire Now The Biggest
CALIFORNIA -- The so-called Thomas Fire burning in parts of SoCal now ranks as the largest wildfire on record in the state. The oppressive blaze has grown steadily since erupting outside Ventura on Dec. 4. By Friday evening, the fire had eclipsed all previously recorded blazes in the state dating back to the '30s.

(Dec 23 2017) - Daily Post : Arson, assault and rape ....
IRELAND -- Arson, assault, drug dealing, burglary and rape are just some of the 6,000 crimes committed by youngsters across North Wales over five years. Shoplifting was the highest individual crime recorded with 1,199, between 2013-2017 figures have shown. There were also 1,790 assaults, including ...

(Dec 22 2017) - India Post : Army chief witnesses military exercise
JAIPUR -- Army chief General Bipin Rawat today witnessed the military exercise in Thar desert close to the India-Pakistan border where army & air force in integration executed maneuvers to evaluate the capabilities to strike deep into the enemy territory. The exercise conducted by the southern command was aimed ...

(Dec 21 2017) - Financial Post : Apple did slow down older iPhones
U.S.A. -- Apple Inc has addressed claims from an app company that says the maker of iPhones slows down the performance of older phones. On Monday, the blog Primate Labs, a company that makes an app for measuring the speed of an iPhone’s processor, published data that appeared to show slower performance in iPhone's ...

(Dec 20 2017) - Baghdad Post : Iraqi Kurdistan speaker resigns
KURDISTAN -- Kurdistan Region parliament speaker, Yusuf Mohammed resigned Wednesday from his post, Reuters reported on Wednesday. Leading Kurdish opposition movement Gorran has withdrawn its ministers from Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in protest at violent unrest in which at least three people were killed ...

(Dec 19 2017) - Denver Post : Colorado unemployment is super low
COLORADO -- Colorado’s economy, on the surface, is humming along with unemployment rates at historic lows & some of the strongest job gains in the country. But a closer look shows that median hourly wages are stuck; many of the new jobs being added are low-paying & thousands of working-age adults remain disengaged ...

(Dec 18 2017) - Patriot Post : A Constitutional Republic ???
WASH D.C. -- After 8 years of Obama's efforts to “fundamentally transform” our nation, Americans may be facing the reality that our major law enforcement institutions are fundamentally corrupt & that Dem's & their media allies - indistinguishable from one another - will try to minimize this damning reality.

(Dec 17 2017) - Activist Post : Singing Without A License
OKLAHOMA CITY -- In the land of the free, playing music in public can get you arrested & extorted. A street musician has found himself in a legal battle after a judge charged him with “soliciting without a license,” stemming from an incident in which he was approached by police, and he responded by asking ...

(Dec 16 2017) - Frontier Post : Don’t malign judiciary if ...
ISLAMABAD -- Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Saturday hit out at those criticising the judiciary for issuing judgements that they deemed unfavourable. Addressing a seminar in Lahore, Justice Nisar said the perception should be ended that the judiciary has become a part of a bigger plan or design.

(Dec 15 2017) - Post Star : Judge temporarily blocks Trump ..
PHILADELPHIA -- A federal judge in Philadelphia on Friday ordered the Trump admin' not to enforce new rules that could significantly reduce women's access to free birth control. Judge Wendy Beetlestone issued the injunction, temporarily stopping the gov't from enforcing the policy change to Obama's health care law.

(Dec 14 2017) - Conservative Post : Incriminating Text Message
WASH D.C. -- Conservatives have long viewed the Mueller investigation into President Trump’s alleged collusion with Russia as little more than a political hit job. After all, it hasn’t been based on any compelling evidence until this point - that’s been made public. Now it would seem there is some new evidence ...

(Dec 13 2017) - SCM Post : China should cut oil exports
CHINA -- China must urgently consider cutting its oil exports to North Korea by at least 1/2 to force the isolated regime to “change course” on its nuclear & ballistic missiles programmes, the former sec gen of the U.N., Ban Ki-moon, has said. Ban’s comments in an exclusive interview with This Week in Asia echoed ...

(Dec 12 2017) - Lancashire Evening Post : Anti-terror barriers put up
PRESTON -- Tough security measures will be taken within days to protect Preston’s main shopping street from a terrorist attack. Heavy wood & metal planters will be installed along Fishergate ... to prevent vehicles targeting Christmas shoppers. Authorities are stressing the move isn't in response to a specific threat.

(Dec 11 2017) - China Post : China infiltrating Germany politics ???
GERMANY -- The Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV) said some 10,000 German citizens have been targeted in an intelligence operation by Chinese spies, who primarily used the professional networking platform LinkedIn to infiltrate political circles. “Chinese intelligence services are active ...”

(Dec 10 2017) - Greanville Post : We the Sheeple ...
U.S.A. -- Shortly after the fall of Communism in the Soviet Union, then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Colin Powell, made a candid confession to the Army Times, “I’m running out of demons, I’m running out of villains. I’m down to Castro & Kim Il Sung.” Amid the general bonhomie of the military interview ...

(Dec 09 2017) - Saturday Evening Post : America’s Radical Pragmatist
AMERICA -- Dec 10 is Jane Addams Day, the day we celebrate a woman known as the “mother” of social work & the first American woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. While her achievements were impressive, her efforts started modestly. Addams was 39 yrs old in 1889 & still trying to find a direction in her life ...

(Dec 08 2017) - Punchingbag Post : House Passes Concealed Carry
WASH D.C. -- House Republicans on Wed passed The Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 (HR 38), a landmark bill that would allow licensed gun owners to carry firearms into other states. Under the new law, a concealed carry permit would work like a driver’s license - recognized in every state ...

(Dec 07 2017) - N.Y. Post : Congressman grills FBI director
WASH D.C. -- A​ Republican congressman ran through a list of top FBI officials and asked bureau director Christopher Wray whether any of them have expressed sentiments to him against President Trump. Rep. Louie Gohmert, questioning Wray during a House Judiciary Committee meeting on Thursday ...

(Dec 06 2017) - Jerusalem Post : US moving embassy to Jerusalem
WHITE HOUSE -- President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital and would move its embassy there, upending decades of a diplomatic consensus over the status of the city pioneered by his predecessors. Citing a 1995 law, the Jerusalem Embassy Act ...

(Dec 05 2017) - National Post : Russia Banned from Olympics
LAUSANNE -- Russian athletes will be allowed to compete at the upcoming Pyeongchang Olympics as neutrals despite orchestrated doping at the 2014 Sochi Games, the International Olympic Committee said Tuesday. The IOC suspended the Russian Olympic committee and IOC member Alexander Zhukov, and also banned ...

(Dec 04 2017) - Pittsburgh Post : Why middle class doesn't invest
WASH D.C. -- As Republicans continue to sell the details of their tax bill, some are reaching for more colorful language to liven up complex policies that tend to put the average voter to sleep. Case in point: over the weekend Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, hashed over the plan with his home state’s Des Moines Register.

(Dec 03 2017) - Sunday Post : Brain experts warning ...
SCOTLAND -- Having the internet & a wealth of info at our fingertips has opened up our world but an expert has warned it might also be putting us at risk of dementia. As we become ever more dependent on searching online rather than searching our brains, a leading dementia researcher has described the practice ...

(Dec 02 2017) - Hippocratic Post : RITA the caring robot
U.K. -- RITA is a digital robot – an avatar that appears on a phone or tablet screen & can interact with older people to cater for their needs. RITA, which stands for Responsive Interactive Advocate, harnesses emerging technologies from the entertainment industry, including voice & facial recognition software ...

(Dec 01 2017) - Bangkok Post : Pope lands in Bangladesh ...
DHAKA -- Pope Francis demanded Thursday that the international community take "decisive measures" to resolve the causes of the mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar, breaking his recent silence over what the United Nations has declared to be a textbook case of "ethnic cleansing." Arriving in Bangladesh ...

(Nov 30 2017) - PanAm Post : Chile’s Presidential Frontrunner ...
CHILE -- Sebastián Piñera, the former President of Chile and current presidential hopeful, had harsh words for his campaign opponent this week as the second round of elections near. Piñera, of Chile Vamos, compared Alejandro Guillier of the Social Democrat Radical Party to Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, and warned that Chile could look a lot like Venezuela if Guillier gets elected.

(Nov 29 2017) - Activist Post : Floating Black Site Prisons
U.S.A. -- The war on drugs has produced the vilest police state one can imagine. From secret black site prisons - operating in Chicago - with no due process, to midnight raids in which babies faces are blown off by police grenades, attempting to stop Americans from self-medicating has proven to be a disastrous failure.

(Nov 28 2017) - Seattle Post : Billionaire's yacht turned away
HONOLULU -- A billionaire was blocked from docking at a Molokai harbor after he tried to visit the island with his massive yacht. A group of residents and activists told the vessel's crew on Friday that they were not welcome on Molokai, an island just northwest of Maui, Hawaii News Now reported.

(Nov 27 2017) - Pakistan Christian Post : Pope arrives in Myanmar
PAKISTAN -- Pope Francis arrived Monday in Yangon, where he was greeted by Myanmar’s political & religious authorities, as well as by crowds of ordinary people who lined the road to the archbishop’s residence where he’ll be staying for the 3-day visit. Philippa Hitchen is in Yangon to report on this papal journey

(Nov 26 2017) - Orissa Post : Time Magazine to be sold
WASHINGTON -- The publisher of Time Magazine, is selling for $2.8 billion to media conglomerate Meredith Corporation, backed by the billionaire Koch brothers known for supporting conservative causes, in an unlikely ending to a saga over the future of CNN’s parent company. Time, which also publishes Fortune & SI ...

(Nov 25 2017) - First Post : Hafiz Saeed walks free in Pakistan
PAKISTAN -- Hafiz Saeed being set free by Pakistan is no surprise. He was, anyway, only under house arrest and provided protection. That does not mean outsiders were not allowed to meet him, he could not confer with the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistani military and his coterie of radical rodents:

(Nov 24 2017) - Wash Post : Egyptian mosque attacked ...
CAIRO -- Militants attacked a mosque in Egypt’s northern Sinai Peninsula on Friday, killing at least 85 people in one of the deadliest assaults on civilians during an insurgency against the gov't of President al-Sissi. The mosque, in the town of Bir al-Abd, was attacked during prayers by a suicide bomber.

(Nov 23 2017) - Christian Post : Thanksgiving Day Messages
AMERICA -- Evangelical Christian pastors & ministry leaders are expressing gratitude to God on Thanksgiving Day in the U.S. & encouraging Christians to be grateful always, even when things aren't going their way. Some pointed to the history of the Pilgrims & the some of the first Thanksgiving celebrations ...

(Nov 22 2017) - Palm Beach Post : Trump in Palm Beach ...
FLORIDA -- President Donald Trump and his wife Melania and son Barron arrived at Palm Beach International Airport about 5:45 p.m. Tuesday to begin their Thanksgiving holiday. We don’t yet know what is on the President’s schedule today or when the rest of the First Family will arrive in Palm Beach.

(Nov 21 2017) - Conservative Daily Post : Martial Law in Baltimore
BALTIMORE -- Crime has continued to escalate in parts of Baltimore. A recent report exposed the fact that youth crime in the city is off the charts as school attendance plummets. These numbers do not compare to the recent violence that crippled part of Baltimore as police took over part of the city for 5 days.

(Nov 20 2017) - Minnesota Post : Franken's staff says he won't resign
WASH D.C. -- On Sunday, a spokesman said Sen. Al Franken will not resign following allegations of sexual misconduct. Franken has kept a low media profile in the wake of the allegations. Staff said he's spending time with the family through the Thanksgiving holiday. They said Franken is doing ‘a lot of reflecting.’

(Nov 19 2017) - Huffington Post : Journalist Facing A Felony Trial
WASH D.C. -- An American photojournalist swept up in a mass arrest of hundreds of demonstrators conducted by security forces in the nation’s capital earlier this year during a protest of a regime change ceremony will face a criminal trial here Monday. Alexei Wood ... has been charged with multiple felonies.

(Nov 18 2017) - African Post : Political Clashes In Kenya ...
KENYA -- Several people were killed on Friday in clashes between the Kenyan police & supporters of the opposition politician Raila Odinga after a disputed contest in which President Uhuru Kenyatta was re-elected, despite reports of voting irregularities. The police fired water cannons & tear gas as Mr. Odinga’s convoy made its way to Upper Hill in central Nairobi where he addressed supporters.

(Nov 17 2017) - Daily Post : Tension as police recover two bombs
ANAMBRA -- Barely few hours to ‎tomorrow’s governorship election in Anambra State, the police have averted what could've been a major disaster in Onitsha, the commercial city of the State. Daily Post gathered that around 12.30 pm, 2 high calibre improvised explosive devices were discovered near the Police Station.

(Nov 16 2017) - Frederick Post : Bribery trial ends in a hung jury
NEWARK -- The federal bribery trial of Sen. Bob Menendez(D) ended in a mistrial Thursday when the jury said it was hopelessly deadlocked on all charges against the New Jersey politician & a wealthy donor. U.S. District Judge William Walls declared the mistrial after more than six full days of deliberations ...

(Nov 15 2017) - Financial Post : You can stop blaming the rich ...
U.S.A. -- We have been hearing a lot about taxes these days: U.S. tax reform, the Paradise Papers and tax avoidance by the rich. Fairness is the main focus for Canadian politicians. The rich are said to be getting away from paying tax. Corporations pay too little. The middle class is paying too much.

(Nov 14 2017) - Post & Email : Are Moore's Accusers Credible
ALABAMA -- On Monday afternoon, the 5th woman to accuse former Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice & current Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore of sexual misconduct gave a press conference in New York alongside California-based attorney Gloria Allred. A well-known attorney with a national profile ...

(Nov 13 2017) - Baghdad Post : 8 ISIS terrorists killed ...
IRAQ -- Security forces killed 8 ISIS terrorists after spotting their gathering in Salahuddin gov't, Salahuddin operations command said Monday. The forces also launched a security campaign at Ajil oil field in which 140 explosives affiliated to the terrorist were seized in the area, the statement added.

(Nov 12 2017) - Denver Post : Texas church members gather ...
TEXAS -- Hundreds of people will gather in the tiny town of Sutherland Springs, on Sunday to worship with surviving members of a local church where a shooting rampage left more than 2 dozen people dead. Members of the First Baptist Church will hold a church service for the first time since a gunman opened fire inside the small church a week earlier in the worst mass shooting in Texas history.

(Nov 11 2017) - Patriot Post : Honoring Our Veterans
AMERICA -- Communities across the country will honor our military veterans for their service and sacrifice. The day originally began as Armistice Day to mark the 11 AM ceasefire on Nov 11, 1918, that ended WWI. Congress voted to change the name to Veterans Day in '54 to commemorate the veterans of all our wars.

(Nov 10 2017) - Frontier Post : No peace in Middle East ...
NEW YORK -- Pakistan told a U.N. committee that there can be no lasting peace in the Middle East without a just solution to the Palestinian issue. “A viable, independent & contiguous State of Palestine on the basis of the internationally agreed parameters, the pre-1967 borders & Al-Quds Al-Sharif as its capital ...

(Nov 09 2017) - Jesuit Post : Mary: Mother of the Church ???
ITALY -- One of the things I love most about being Catholic is the sheer volume of details—names, places, images, practices, etc.—that make up our Church. It would take multiple lifetimes to investigate the half of them. Every so often, I like to dig a little bit deeper into one of these details.

(Nov 08 2017) - Post Courier : No one to remain in Lombrum
LOBRUM -- Following the Court ruling dismissing the application by Behrous Boochani & his lawyer Ben Lomai to put on hold the decommissioning process & restore services at Manus Refugee Processing Centre, acting Chief Migration Officer Solomon Kantha has urged all refugees & failed asylum seekers to move ...

(Nov 07 2017) - Conservative Post : It Was A Set Up All Along!
WASH D.C. -- According to newly released information, a Fusion GPS official met with the Russian lawyer who implicated Donald Trump Jr. before & after the infamous meeting. The entire thing appears to have been a setup. Fox News has confirmed. Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya met with Glenn Simpson ...

(Nov 06 2017) - BRICS Post : Anti-terror drills begin
INDIA -- In hopes of boosting counter-terrorism efforts across borders, India today launched a number of military drills with its neighbor Bangladesh. The drills, titled “Exercise Sampriti”, will be held in the northeastern border states of Meghalaya and Mizoram until November 18 and be divided into two phases.

(Nov 05 2017) - SCM Post : Former Chinese Vet's are sceptical
CHINA -- China’s ruling Communist Party, focused on ensuring stability & concerned about mass protests by military veterans, has announced plans for an administrative body similar to the US’ Dept of Veteran Affairs to take better care of the country’s 57 million veterans. However, former vet's, accustomed to ...

(Nov 04 2017) - Greanville Post : President Putin in Tehran
IRAN -- President Putin arrived in Tehran Nov 1st for talks with the Ayatollah Khamenei. First, to cement the Nuclear Agreement of 2015 ... thereby sidelining Trump’s attempt at reneging on the agreement. Second, to sign billions worth of tripartite hydrocarbon deals between Russia, Iran & Azerbeijan.

(Nov 03 2017) - Post Star : Trump, Investigate Clinton & DNC
WASH D.C. -- President Donald Trump said Friday the American public "deserves" a federal investigation of Hillary Clinton and the Democratic National Committee over a joint fundraising agreement they signed in August 2015. Trump launched a multi-part Twitter attack criticizing his former 2016 rival. Trump writes ...

(Nov 02 2017) - Punching Bag Post : Trump Blasts Schumer ...
WASH D.C. -- President Donald Trump was quick to criticize Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer as more details emerged about the individual suspected to be behind Tuesday’s terrorist attack in New York City. Sayfullo Saipov, the 29-year-old suspect in the deadly attack, was allowed into the U.S. seven years ago ...

(Nov 01 2017) - NY Post : Hero cop stopped terrorist
NEW YORK -- NYPD Officer Ryan Nash was out on a routine call - to locate an emotionally disturbed person - when suddenly he came face to face with a terrorist committing the worst massacre in NY City in years. Nash, 28, who is stationed in the 1st Precinct, stopped the killing spree by shooting Sayfullo Saipov ...

(Oct 30 2017) - China Post : U.S.-Taiwan ties vital to peace
HONOLULU -- President Tsai Ing-wen said Saturday Taiwan’s ties with the U.S. have never been stronger & that the partnership was important to maintain peace in Asia. Speaking at a seminar at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Tsai said she welcomed the U.S.’ commitment to peace & security in the Asia-Pacific region.

(Oct 29 2017) - Jerusalem Post : US 'discouraging' Jerusalem bill
WASH D.C. -- The Trump administration is "discouraging" any further action on a controversial Israeli bill regarding the status of greater Jerusalem, fearing it would harm its peace effort toward a comprehensive Israeli-Palestinian settlement, a senior administration official told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.

(Oct 28 2017) - Cameroon Post : Moderator Raises Christians’ Hope
CAMEROON -- The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Cameroon,PCC, Rt. Rev. Samuel Fonki Forba on Sunday, October 22, challenged Christians of the PCC to remain hopeful and look up to God in the face of the protracted Anglophone Crises. He echoed these words at a twin event of a fundraising and ...

(Oct 27 2017) - Pittsburgh Post : Wecht faults Trump for delay
WASH D.C. -- Storied forensic pathologist Cyril H. Wecht, a longtime Warren Commission critic, reacted strongly Friday to President Trump’s decision the preceding day to delay release of hundreds of secret govt files related to JFK’s assassination. Dr. Wecht wondered if his decision mutually beneficial the CIA ...

(Oct 26 2017) - National Post : They'll be no GOP Civil War
WASH D.C. -- In one key respect, Trump is the most successful president in modern times. He has ripped out the ideological foundations on which his party once stood. All this suggests that what the media now trumpets as a looming GOP civil war isn’t going to happen. Corker & Flake aren’t stepping up; they’re bowing out.

(Oct 25 2017) - Yorkshire Evening Post : New weapon on streets
LEEDS, UK -- Police officers searching a suspect in Leeds have recovered what was initially thought to be black credit card - before realising it transformed into a knife. West Yorkshire Police's Roads Policing Unit tweeted a picture of the hidden blade after discovering it in the possession of a detainee.

(Oct 24 2017) - Activist Post : Censorship Upgrade from Facebook
U.S.A. -- Facebook is currently testing a change that would force news publishers to pay to show their posts from their Facebook Pages in the timeline of Facebook users in an effort disguised to fight “fake news.” In the test, pages are now shown in a separate Explore tab, while the main timeline only shows posts from friends, ads & posts that companies have paid to promote, B.I. reported.

(Oct 23 2017) - Bangkok Post : India, China face off over Rohingya
DHAKA -- India's foreign minister said that Myanmar must take back Rohingya Muslims to resolve one of Asia's largest refugee crises in decades. In Beijing, an official with the ruling Chinese Communist Party said China supports Myanmar in "safeguarding peace & stability" & won't join other nations condemning Muslims.

(Oct 22 2017) - Sunday Post : War crimes victim ...
BOSNIA -- Bakira Hasecic was an ordinary mum, bringing up two daughters with her husband in their home town of Visegrad in eastern Bosnia. That life was shattered 25 years ago when she opened her door to a 16-strong group of men. She knew most of them. Many were neighbours, some had been counted as friends.

(Oct 21 2017) - PanAm Post : Election Declared a Fraud
VENEZUELA -- This Thursday the Venezuelan National Assembly unanimously declared that the regional elections that took place on Sunday, October 15 were fraudulent, and said it will begin arranging a process for the appointment of new directors to the National Electoral Council. “The motion to reject the elections ...”

(Oct 20 2017) - Seattle Post : Pollution is deadlier than war ...
NEW DELHI -- Environmental pollution - from filthy air to contaminated water - is killing more people every year than all war and violence in the world. More than smoking, hunger or natural disasters. More than AIDS, tuberculosis & malaria combined. One out of every 6 premature deaths in the world in 2015 ...

(Oct 19 2017) - Christian Post : This Is How Tyranny Rises
AMERICA -- It is easy to be distracted right now by the circus politics that have dominated the news headlines for the past year, but don't be distracted. Don't be fooled, not even a little, no matter how tempting it seems to just take a peek. We're being subjected to the oldest con game in the books.

(Oct 18 2017) - Orissa Post : Govt hikes salaries of workers
BHUBANESWAR -- In a Diwali bonanza for all Anganwadi workers, the government Tuesday announced a hike in their salaries. The workers were on strike for the last 36 days demanding a hike. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said that Anganwadi workers will now get `6,000 per month against the existing `4,000 ...

(Oct 17 2017) - Wash Post : Drug Czar Nominee Withdraws
WASH D.C. -- President Trump said Tuesday that his nominee to be the nation's drug czar is withdrawing from consideration for the job. Rep. Tom Marino (R-Pa.) was under fire in the wake of revelations in a Washington Post/“60 Minutes” investigation that the lawmaker helped steer legislation in Congress ...

(Oct 16 2017) - Kathmandu Post : 88 kg gold smuggling case
NEPAL -- A police team deployed from Metropolitan Police Crime Division has arrested an alleged mastermind behind the 88 kg gold smuggling case from Swayambhu of the Capital on Monday. The suspect has been identified as Man Bahadur Tamang of Rasuwa. He is in the name list under proportional representation ...

(Oct 15 2017) - First Post : Court Bans Fire Cracker Sales
INDIA -- For many years in the late 80s & early 90s, I used to work at our family textiles business. The factory was in Ankleshwar, an industrial estate about an hour's train ride from my home in Surat. I'd usually go to the factory in the afternoon & return in the late evening. The business didn't do that well.

(Oct 14 2017) - Patriot Post : Trump Attacks on Multiple Fronts
WASH D.C. -- After one of the most brutal campaigns in modern American history & months of constants attacks by Soros-funded groups, big media & weak-kneed establishment swamp creatures, Donald Trump could be forgiven for running up the white flag. Thank God that's not who he is. This week the president launched multiple attacks against Obama’s radical legacy.

(Oct 13 2017) - Conservative Daily Post : Muslim Parents Arrested ...
TEXAS -- Most parents want their children to grow up to be successful members of society. For some, this means dreaming of a son becoming a doctor or a lawyer. For one family in Texas, their sons turned their future upside down as they joined ISIS. This leap into the unknown would probably scare most parents ...

(Oct 12 2017) - Huffington Post : Trump yanking FEMA Responders ?
WHITE HOUSE -- President Trump threatened to withdraw federal aid from Puerto Rico as the U.S. territory continues struggling to recover from back-to-back hurricanes. In a series of tweets, Trump quoted conservative journalist Sharyl Attkison blaming Puerto Rico for its festering financial crisis ...

(Oct 11 2017) - Threat Post : Password Prompts Ripe for Abuse
U.S.A. -- Apple’s policy to repeatedly ask users for their iTunes password needlessly exposes iOS device owners to possible phishing attacks, according a mobile app developer Felix Krause. Krause’s beef is that too often & seemingly at random times, popups deliver a dialogue box for users to enter their Apple ID.

(Oct 10 2017) - PB Post : Google, How do you rob a bank?
FLORIDA -- It's not always a good idea to follow advice you find on the Internet, as one Florida man found out this week. When William Joe Johnson ran short of cash, he simply Googled "how to rob a bank," he later told police. Apparently the expert tips were not enough to keep him from getting caught.

(Oct 09 2017) - Minnesota Post : When natural disaster strikes
AMERICA -- When a natural disaster strikes, the public quickly becomes aware that people with serious physical ailments like diabetes or kidney disease need access to the medications or treatments that keep them alive. But little gets reported about another urgent medical concern: People with serious mental illnesses ...

(Oct 08 2017) - Fredericks Post : 95 fallen firefighters honored
EMMITSBURG -- "We only need to look back over the past few weeks to witness the tremendous contributions of firefighters called to respond to hurricanes, tragic events in Las Vegas as well as the wildfires burning across the western U.S.," said Dr. Don Wright, acting secretary of the U.S. Department of HHS ...

(Oct 07 2017) - Saturday Evening Post : Leave it to Beaver Turns 60
AMERICA -- The TV show that has become synonymous with idyllic American life first aired 60 yrs ago today. Leave it to Beaver started with an episode titled “Beaver Gets Spelled,” in which the young mumbler spins a web of fibs to avoid giving his mother a note from his new teacher. For 6 seasons the sitcom followed ...

(Oct 06 2017) - Financial Post : Rise of the shorts ...
CANADA -- Early on the morning of May 31, San Francisco-based short-selling firm Muddy Waters LLC, best known in this country for the short report that toppled stock market darling Sino-Forest Corporation back in 2011, posted a tantalizing message on the firm’s twitter account. “Good morning, Canada! ..."

(Oct 05 2017) - Denver Post : Did Vegas gunman target others ?
LAS VEGAS -- In the days & months before he mowed down concert goers from his high-rise hotel suite, gunman Stephen Paddock booked rooms overlooking 2 other music festivals in Vegas & Chicago. No details on what his intentions might have been. The disclosures came as investigators struggled for a 4th day ...

(Oct 04 2017) - Post & Email : Arpaio Pardon 'Upheld'
ARIZONA -- Just after 3:00 p.m. EDT, The Washington Post reported that U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona Judge Susan Bolton “upheld” the pardon former Maricopa County Sheriff Joseph Arpaio received from President Donald Trump in response to her conviction of Arpaio for criminal contempt on July 31.

(Oct 03 2017) - Conservative Post : A Week Before Vegas Massacre
LAS VEGAS -- There’s something fishy going on with the Las Vegas shooting massacre. Something that either the media or the authorities are not telling us ... yet. All we do know at this point is that, according to the reports, a lone gunman killed 59 innocent Americans and wounded nearly 500 more.

(Oct 02 2017) - NY Post : Shooting ... 'an act of pure evil'
WHITE HOUSE -- President Trump called the mass shooting on the Vegas strip that left more than 50 dead & 400 injured or wounded “an act of pure evil.” “My fellow Americans, we are joined together today in sadness, shock & grief,” he said from the White House. The president had earlier tweeted condolences to the victims.

(Oct 01 2017) - Punching Bag Post : Federal Judge says Sex Offender Registries are Unconstitutional
COLORADO -- Colorado's AG has decided to appeal a federal judge’s ruling that the state’s sex offender registry violates the Constitution. The controversial ruling comes from US District Court Judge, who ruled on a challenge brought by 3 sex offenders said they had trouble finding housing & jobs because of the registry.

(Sep 30 2017) - Post Register : Iraqi military to take control
IRBIL -- Iraq’s military prepared Saturday to take control of the international borders of the northern Kurdish region. The move is part of the central govt’s stepped-up efforts to isolate the Kurds following their vote on independence. On Friday evening, Iraq instituted a flight ban that halted all international flights

(Sep 29 2017) - Greenville Post : How the BBC Spreads Lies
BRITAIN -- Propaganda frequently masquerades as ‘news’. A ‘news’ narrative’s relevant background needs to be understood, in order for the reader or hearer to be able to understand anything of the truth, from the propaganda, rather than be fooled by it. The article will therefore start with the essential background

(Sep 28 2017) - Copenhagen Post : Soldiers relieve police ...
COPENHAGEN -- As a result of the parliamentary agreement between the political parties back in April 2016, units from the Danish army will be deployed in the streets of Copenhagen. The soldiers will be relieving police presently on guard outside the synagogue in Krystalgade, as well as a number of other locations.

(Sep 27 2017) - SCM Post : China powers up new radar tech ...
CHINA -- China’s biggest arms manufacturer has tested a new instrument to detect stealth aircraft, technology that could be a military “game changer” if mounted on a satellite or plane, scientists say. China North Industries Group Corporation tested a device capable of generating terahertz radiation with unprecedented power

(Sep 26 2017) - Post Courier : ICAC open to more public discussion
PAPUA NEW GUINEA -- The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) draft bill is open to more public discussion and that is what the government wants. The public is encouraged to make comments on this important legislation, says Constitutional Law Reform Commission chairman, Dr Eric Kwa.

(Sep 25 2017) - US Financial Post : More sanctions on North Korea
EUROPEAN UNION -- The United States Geological Survey (USGS) said the quake struck around 20 kilometres (12 miles) away from the North's nuclear test site, where earlier this month Pyongyang detonated its sixth and largest device, which it claimed was a hydrogen bomb capable of being launched on a missile.

(Sep 24 2017) - China Post : US sends bombers along NK coast
NORTH KOREA -- US Air Force bombers and fighter jets flew over international waters Saturday off the east coast of North Korea in a "demonstration of US resolve" in the face of Pyongyang's provocations, the Pentagon said. Meanwhile, a top North Korean official told the UN General Assembly that Pyongyang will ...

(Sep 23 2017) - Jerusalem Post : Racing toward disaster :
ISRAEL -- Israelis live in the most crowded country in the developed world. But few understand the cumulative price they pay now that quantity of life has begun to degrade quality of life. Signs are everywhere: missing the wedding ceremony of a dear friend because of an unanticipated traffic jam ...

(Sep 22 2017) - African Post : Sudan Military Link With Ethiopia
AFRICA -- “Military relations between Sudan & Ethiopia are key to achieving stability in both countries & region,” Sudanese President said yesterday. This came during his meeting with Ethiopian Joint Chief of Staff, according to the statement of the Ministry of Defence reported by the Anadolu Agency.

(Sep 21 2017) - Jesuit Post : Jesus is Not a Communist
VIETNAM -- One of the oldest Benedictine monasteries of Southeast Asia is nestled in the lush highlands of central Vietnam. As we travelled on a small road surrounded by an extensive variety of fruits and vegetables through picturesque farmland, we glimpsed into the simplicity and serenity of monastic life.

(Sep 20 2017) - Pittsburgh Post : Mexicans dig for quake survivors
MEXICO -- Police, firefighters and ordinary Mexicans dug frantically through the rubble of collapsed schools, homes and apartment buildings Wednesday, looking for survivors of Mexico’s deadliest earthquake in decades as the number of confirmed fatalities stood at 225. Adding poignancy and a touch of the surreal ...

(Sep 19 2017) - Top Info Post : How Rothschild's rule the U.S.
U.S.A. -- Pioneers in providing capital for business, financing infrastructure projects such as railways & the Suez Canal, the Rothschild molded the way the international world of high finance works today. The family is a frequent target of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. The Rothschilds Empire had its genesis ...

(Sep 18 2017) - BRICS Post : China, Egypt sign bank agreements
CHINA -- The largest Chinese bank today announced that it had signed 2 agreements to provide Egyptian banks with loans for foreign enterprise & investment. The monies from the China Development Bank include a $40-million loan to Egypt’s SAIBANK & the equivalent of $40 million in the Chinese yuan currency ...

(Sep 17 2017) - Activist Post : Preparation for War ?
UNITED NATIONS -- There is now a discernible pattern to US manipulation of the UN Security Council when it wants UN endorsement for US-NATO acts of aggression. It is a formula which led to the destruction of Iraq and Libya, and in 1950-1953 led to the destruction of North Korea and most of South Korea.

(Sep 16 2017) - National Post : North Korea wants Equilibrium
SEOUL -- North Korea is seeking military “equilibrium” with the U.S. as a way to stop American leaders from talking about military options for dealing with Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un said after supervising the launch of another missile over Japan. And N.K. would continue to run full speed & straight toward achieving this

(Sep 15 2017) - Bangkok Post : Group says peace talks doomed
THAILAND -- The military government needs to show greater flexibility in talks with Malay Muslim insurgents to bring on board the main rebel group that is still fighting and end decades of bloodshed, a senior group member told Reuters. In a rare interview, Pak Fakih of the secretive Barisan Revolusi Nasional said ...

(Sep 14 2017) - PanAm Post : Mystery Continues re: Acoustic Attacks
CUBA -- New details regarding the 'acoustic attacks' against US diplomats in Cuba have added to the mystery, as the case has forced the Trump admin' to take action against officials on the island. Researchers have tested various theories of an intentional attack by Cuban gov't, or dissident faction of its security forces

(Sep 13 2017) - Seattle Post : Trump Jr. on Seattle Murray
SEATTLE -- President Donald Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr., tweeted Tuesday night about Seattle Mayor Ed Murray's coming resignation over a growing sex abuse scandal, noting that it took five accusers before the mayor stepped down, but also noting that Murray is a Democrat.

(Sep 12 2017) - Yorkshire Evening Post : Cocaine gang gets 41 yrs
SOUTH LEEDS -- Eight members of drug gang who were involved in a large scale cocaine dealing operation based in south Leeds have been jailed for a total of 41 years. A court heard ring leader Cyril Hooton, 38, led a lavish lifestyle from the huge profits generated from the drugs ring.

(Sep 11 2017) - Christian Post : Trusting God in Hard Times
AMERICA -- Today is the sixteenth anniversary of the worst terrorist attack in our nation's history. Since 9/11, there have been at least sixty Islamist-inspired terrorist plots against us. Just this year, Americans have suffered from wildfires, tornadoes, floods, a heat wave, and Hurricane Harvey.

(Sep 10 2017) - Sunday Post : 100's of orphans in mass grave
SCOTLAND -- Up to 400 children who died at an orphanage run by nuns were buried in a single unmarked grave, we can reveal today. Our investigation into Smyllum Park orphanage reveals 402 babies, toddlers & children died there between 1864 & when it closed its doors in 1981. Children sent to the orphanage, who died ...

(Sep 09 2017) - Kathmandu Post : Clarification sought on poll code
NEPAL -- Election Commission has sought clarification from Deputy PM Bijay Kumar Gachhadar & Energy State Minister Amar Singh Pun within 24 hrs over polls code violation. Nepal Democratic Forum Chairman is charged of taking out a rally including over 100 motorcycles & 20 to 25 vehicles in Birgunj Metropolitan City.

(Sep 08 2017) - Orrisa Post : H1N1 on rise, 3 deaths in VIMSAR
VIMSAR -- Swine flu recently claimed 3 lives - one each from Bargarh, Bolangir & Jharsuguda districts. The latest victim was Jalandhar Meher from Bardol village in Bargarh district who succumbed to this killer disease. As per sources in VIMSAR, out of 52 who were admitted here with H1N1 symptoms, 24 tested positive.

(Sep 07 2017) - First Post : Rawat warns of two-front war
INDIA -- Speaking at a seminar at a Delhi based think tank, Indian Army chief General Bipin Rawat categorically mentioned that despite nuclear deterrence, the possibility of a war on two fronts with Pakistan and China cannot be ruled out. While the reality of two-front war has often been discussed ...

(Sep 06 2017) - Wash Post : Irma batters Caribbean islands
KEY WEST, Fla. -- Hurricane Irma barrelled toward the U.S. mainland Wednesday, prompting counties in Florida to begin evacuations while the “potentially catastrophic Category 5″ storm menaced Puerto Rico and a wide swath of the Caribbean. Forecasters said Irma posed an increasing threat to South Florida ...

(Sep 05 2017) - Conservative Daily Post : Chicago Muslim Arrested ...
CHICAGO -- The quiet neighborhood of Villa Park, Illinois became a hotbed of police activity when local authorities broke up a group that was raising money to support terrorist efforts overseas. Authorities arrested Dilshod Khusanov for conspiring & attempting to provide support to ISIS & al-Nusrah Front ...

(Sep 04 2017) - Patriot Post : America's Melting Pot & Muslims
U.S.A. -- The story of American pluralism began with the migration of Puritan separatists, who came to the New World seeking a haven where they could practice their faith as they saw fit. The Puritans didn’t show much tolerance toward subsequent newcomers practicing other faiths, such as Quakers and Baptists.

(Sep 03 2017) - Monroe County Post : 6th Nuke Test Was H-Bomb
TOKYO -- North Korea announced it detonated a thermonuclear device Sunday in its sixth and most powerful nuclear test to date, a big step toward its goal of developing nuclear weapons capable of striking anywhere in the U.S. The North called it a “perfect success” while its neighbors condemned the blast immediately.

(Sep 02 2017) - Fredericks Post : Trump pitches in at shelter
HOUSTON -- President Trump cupped a boy’s face in his hands & then gave him a high-five. He lifted a girl into his arms to give her a kiss. He snapped on latex gloves to hand out boxed lunches. On his visit to a shelter for storm victims Saturday, the president declared he sees “a lot of love” in Texas.

(Sep 01 2017) - Post Athenian : Facts about the eclipse
U.S.A. -- The recent solar eclipse was the 1st one that could be seen "in totality" since Feb 1979 & the 1st in the entire U.S. since 1918. Supposedly, this kind of phenomenon rolls around every 375 yrs. We do know for this latest event only 1% of North America had totality when the moon completely covered the sun.

(Aug 31 2017) - Palm Beach Post : Hurricane Irma intensifies
FLORIDA -- The National Hurricane Center says Irma has rapidly intensified into a hurricane with 100 mph winds. That makes the cyclone, which just formed Wed as a 50-mph tropical storm, into a Category 2 as it heads west-northwest at 10 mph. It is now forecast to reach Category 4 strength with 130 mph winds next week.

(Aug 30 2017) - Threat Post : Spambot Contains Emails and more
WORLD -- Researchers have managed to penetrate a spam bot & uncover a massive list of 711 million records that includes email addresses, & password combinations (some in cleartext), & SMTP credentials & configuration files. Troy Hunt who runs the Have I Been Pwned service called it a “mind-boggling amount of data.”

(Aug 29 2017) - Bristol Post : Ship detained in port ...
BRISTOL -- A ship has been detained indefinitely after authorities found crew members living off sea water and out-of-date food. Described as having conditions close to ‘modern day slavery’, the Panama-registered Tahsin has been prevented from sailing from Sharpness by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

(Aug 28 2017) - NY Post : Wall St recruiter jumps to her death
NEW YORK -- A 40-year-old Wall Street recruiter leaped to her death Monday morning from her luxury Upper East Side home, sources told The Post. Lindsay Jacoby jumped around 10:30 a.m. from the fourth-floor roof at 12 Henderson Pl., a historic brick home located between E. 87th and 86th streets, sources said.

(Aug 27 2017) - Conservative Post : Sheriff Joe Returns Fire
ARIZONA -- But as we all know, Sheriff Joe is a fighter, and said: “I’m a little surprised at the Senator. He did call me after my (election) loss ... I’m really shocked that he took that shot at me. I stayed out of his race as a matter of courtesy and he called me after I lost. ‘Anything I can do for you?’

(Aug 26 2017) - Greanville Post : DNC Fraud Lawsuit - Dismissed
U.S.A. -- The oldest political party in the world has died. It doesn’t know it yet, it isn’t acting like it yet, but it is dead. By successfully getting the DNC fraud lawsuit dismissed, the Democratic party has succeeded in killing any argument for its continued existence as a legitimate political party.

(Aug 25 2017) - Denver Post : Accidents linked to 'POT' are up
COLORADO -- The number of drivers involved in fatal crashes in Colorado who tested positive for marijuana has risen sharply each year since 2013, more than doubling in that time, federal and state data show. A Denver Post analysis of the data and coroner reports provides the most comprehensive look yet ...

(Aug 24 2017) - Post & Email : Former Sheriff Joe Arpaio Speaks
ARIZONA -- On Wed afternoon, former Maricopa County Sheriff Joseph Arpaio spoke with Infowars’s Alex Jones about his misdemeanour criminal conviction for contempt of court to which President Trump made reference during a rally in the state on Tuesday night. During the interview, Arpaio thanked Jones ...

(Aug 23 2017) - Financial Post : Canada's big banks stand to lose
CANADA -- The next economic downturn will result in higher credit card losses at Canadian banks than the last recession due to the “unprecedented” levels of consumer debt fuelled by the housing boom, says Moody’s Investors Service. With many Canadians already pushed to the limit by high housing costs ...

(Aug 22 2017) - Pakistan Christian Post : US SoS Issues Statement
WASH D.C. -- Rex W. Tillerson, Secretary of State, in statement issued here said “This evening, President Trump announced the new integrated strategy for the U.S. approach to South Asia that will require diplomatically engaging Pakistan, Afghanistan and India to create the conditions for stability in the region."

(Aug 21 2017) - SCM Post : 10 sailors missing ...
SINGAPORE -- The US Navy says 10 of its sailors are missing & 5 are injured after the guided-missile destroyer USS John S. McCain collided with a tanker east of Singapore early on Monday morning. A search & rescue effort was under way after the 2nd accident involving US Navy destroyers in Asian waters ...

(Aug 20 2017) - Copenhagen Post : A Nørrebronx tale ...
COPENHAGEN -- Hundreds took part in a torchlight procession in Nørrebro on Monday evening to protest against the spike in gang shootings that has seen 30 since the middle of June - & one every day since Aug 8. The victims of these shootings were all innocent bystanders. On Friday, a 39-year-old man was gunned down

(Aug 19 2017) - China Post : Protesters create awkward moment
TAIPEI, CHINA -- In the wake of an unexpected disruption in the opening ceremony of the Taipei Universiade, Taipei's mayor Ko Wen-je and International University Sports Federation (FISU) President Oleg Matytsin expressed regret about what had happened, but urged everyone to continue to cheer for the athletes.

(Aug 18 2017) - Jerusalem Post : 8 suspected terrorists involved
MADRID -- Spanish authorities believe there may have been 8 people involved in a cell which carried out an attack in Barcelona on Thursday, and that the group had planned to use butane gas canisters, a judicial source with knowledge of the investigation said on Friday. Catalan govt official Joaquim Forn also said ...

(Aug 17 2017) - US Financial Post : Pence Cuts Short Trip to S.A.
WASH D.C. -- He told CNN in an interview that Venezuela risked becoming "a greater problem for narcotics traffic" & "greater migration" - both of which he said directly threatened the security & economy of the US. "We express our respect for the self-determination of nations & of non-interference", said Moreno Monday ...

(Aug 16 2017) - Borneo Post : Another drug ring busted
KOTA KINABALU -- Police have again crippled another drug syndicate for attempting to smuggle 7.2 kilograms of methamphetamine or syabu worth RM500,000 into the state through the Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) here on Sunday. Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Ramli Din said 4 men, were also arrested by police.

(Aug 14 2017) - Pittsburgh Post : Hundreds buried alive ...
SIERRA LEONE -- After a night of torrential rain, entire hillsides have collapsed into fast-moving mud in & around Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, on Monday. Speaking to the news agency, a Red Cross spokesman said 312 people had been confirmed dead in the floods & mudslides. Given the nature of the disaster ...

(Aug 13 2017) - African Post : Kenyatta Re-elected as President
KENYA -- Uhuru Kenyatta has been re-elected as president in Kenya, with final official results giving the incumbent a substantial margin of victory over veteran opposition politician Raila Odinga. After an acrimonious campaign, Kenyatta used his re-election speech to reach out to Odinga & supporters on Friday night ...

(Aug 12 2017) - BRICS Post : Oxygen runs out at Indian hosp
INDIA -- Atleast 60 children, newborn babies among them, have died over the past 5 days in a hospital in Uttar Pradesh in what appears to be a case of medical negligence. The dead ranged from babies to 12-year-olds. It’s a massacre not a tragedy, Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi said on Friday reacting to the incident.

(Aug 11 2017) - Jakarta Post : Thousands threatened by drought
JAVA -- It is estimated that 1,235 villages in 266 districts in Central Java will face water shortages as a result of drought. The province’s Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) has supplied clean water to 10 regencies since July. “Drought and a clean-water crisis have affected half of the areas across Central Java.

(Aug 10 2017) - National Post : Canadian pastor freed from prison
TORONTO -- Relatives of a Canadian pastor released this week after more than 2 yrs in a North Korean prison say he's “on his way home” & they're anxious to be reunited with him. News Agency reported that North Korea’s court decided to free Hyeong Soo Lim, who was serving a life sentence for anti-state activities.

(Aug 09 2017) - Patriot Post : Tax Reduction and Simplification
WASH D.C. -- The regulatory cuts ordered by President Trump are already saving consumers billions. His next objective is tax cuts. After deliberating about “tax reform” for the last 6 months, the GOP’s congressional leaders announced that they had reached broad agreement with the Trump administration ...

(Aug 08 2017) - Bangkok Post : North Korea vows harsh retaliation
SEOUL -- North Korean's top diplomat said at the Asean Regional Forum on Monday "under no circumstances" will it put its nuclear weapons or ballistic missiles on the negotiating table. From Pyongyang, the govt vowed instead to bolster its nuclear arsenal & gain revenge of a "thousand-fold" against the U.S.

(Aug 07 2017) - Activist Post : U.S. Sanctions Bill adds more targets
U.S.A. -- With the new U.S. sanctions bill having been passed by Congress and signed by a President allegedly opposed to it, U.S. sanctions are now all over the news. But the sanctions bill was not just a step toward a second Cold War with Russia, the bill was also aimed at North Korea, Iran, China, and even Europe.

(Aug 06 2017) - Christian Post : ISIS' Defeat 'Accelerated'
WASH D.C. -- The ISIS terror group has lost almost a third of its territory in Iraq & Syria mainly due to new policies adopted by President Donald Trump & his administration, a senior State Department official said Friday. Out of the 27,000 square miles of territory that ISIS has lost in the 2 countries ...

(Aug 05 2017) - Seattle Post : Fox News host suspended
LOS ANGELES -- Fox News said Saturday that it has suspended Eric Bolling, co-host of its late-afternoon news program "The Specialists," while it investigates allegations he sent a lewd photo to co-workers. Word of the suspension came one day after a HuffPost reported Bolling had sent a lewd photo to at least 3 females.

(Aug 04 2017) - Yorkshire Post : Pressure grows on Cabinet ...
BRITAIN -- The Govt is coming under intense pressure from business leaders & England’s most prestigious universities who have warned that Britain’s economic future will be plunged into chaos unless a clear vision is hammered out for the nation’s withdrawal from the European Union. A stark ultimatum has been issued ...

(Aug 03 2017) - Punching Bag Post : New FBI Director Confirmed
WASH D.C. -- The Senate confirmed Trump’s pick for FBI director on Tues with a vote of 92-5. Christopher Wray, who worked in the GW Bush Admin' as Assistant AG, has promised to conduct his job “without regard to any partisan political influence.” Wray earned unanimous approval from the Judiciary Committee last month

(Aug 02 2017) - Kathmandu Post : Two die of swine flu in Jhapa
INDIA -- 2 women from Jhapa dist' have died of swine flu in the last 2 weeks. Anita Devi Mittal of Birtamode-4 & Manisha Agrawal of Birtamode-1 breathed their last during the course of treatment at the Apollo Hospital in New Delhi. They were first admitted to hospitals in Siliguri & later referred to Apollo Hospital.

(Aug 01 2017) - Orissa Post : Govt releases Rs 6.9cr flood aid
BHUBANESWAR -- Life in flood affected areas of Jajpur and Kendrapara districts is slowly limping back to normalcy as the water level of Brahmani has receded significantly, officials at Special Relief Commissioner’s (SRC) office said Monday adding, the government had released `6.9 crore as flood assistance.

(Jul 31 2017) - First Post : Pakistan opposition fails ...
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan opposition members on Monday failed to arrive at a consensus on a single candidate for the interim prime minister following Nawaz Sharif's disqualification by the Supreme Court in the Panamagate case. President Mamnoon Hussain has called a session of the National Assembly on Tuesday for ...

(Jul 30 2017) - Sunday Post : Right to have mistress ???
ENGLAND -- THE Prince of Wales claimed it was his right to have a mistress, a new documentary has claimed. The documentary uses controversial video tapes of Diana speaking to her voice coach. In the programme, she claims when she confronted Charles about Camilla Parker Bowles - now his wife the Duchess of Cornwall

(Jul 29 2017) - Saturday Evening Post : Neither War nor Peace
KOREA -- When Truman sent U.S. troops into So. Korea to help combat an invasion by No. Koreans on June 27, 1950, he acted without a declaration of war. Instead, it was called a “police action.” With or without the designation of a war, the conflict involved 328,000 Americans, killing 36,000, wounding 103,000.

(Jul 28 2017) - Conservative Daily Post : 100's of requests ...
WASH D.C. -- In these times of political turmoil there's one thing everyone can agree on, the leak problem has gotten totally out of control & something needs to be done NOW! Far beyond “leaking like a sieve,” the floodgates are so wide open we're publicly discussing “meta-leaks,” which are leaks about leaks.

(Jul 27 2017) - Wash Post : Growing GOP backlash ...
WASH D.C. -- His surprise announcement Wed that he will ban transgender people from serving in the military in any capacity, reversing an Obama admin' decision to allow them to serve openly, caught the Pentagon & Capitol Hill off guard. Most Republicans in the Capitol tried hard to avoid reacting at all.

(Jul 26 2017) - Palm Beach Post : Wasserman Schultz 'IT' arrested
VIRGINIA -- A congressional info technology staffer who has done work for U.S. Reps. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Weston, Ted Deutch, D-Boca Raton, & several other Dem's was arrested on a bank fraud charge this week after months of investigation into the House’s computer & email systems, according to reports.

(Jul 25 2017) - Threat Post : Novel Attack Tricks Servers
LAS VEGAS -- Researcher Omer Gil has devised a way to trick a web server into caching pages and exposing personal data. The so-called web caching attack targets sites that use content delivery network (CDN) services such as Akamai and Cloudflare. These services act as traffic load balancers and reverse proxies ...

(Jul 24 2017) - Patriot Post : 'Let ObamaCare Fail'
WASH D.C. -- Republicans will pay a heavy price for breaking their promise to repeal obamacare. For 7 yrs, the GOP vowed to eliminate the unwise, unpopular law, & during Obama’s years in the WH, Republicans voted for repeal dozens of times. But once there was a president prepared to sign legislation, they choked.

(Jul 23 2017) - Gwinnett Post : 8 people found dead ...
TEXAS -- A phone call from a Walmart employee led to the discovery of eight bodies and 30 people injured in the back of a tractor-trailer in Texas early Sunday, authorities said. The employee told authorities the trailer was parked at a Walmart lot in San Antonio. A man who was in it asked the employee for water ...

(Jul 22 2017) - Bristol Post : Monsters with dark secrets ...
BRISTOL -- It is every parent’s worst nightmare to discover their child has fallen victim to a predatory paedophile. According to research by the NSPCC, 1 in 20 children in the UK are sexually abused, with 1 in 3 victims never tell anyone about their ordeal. Some 90% of abuse is carried out by someone the child knows

(Jul 21 2017) - Conservative Post : Prophetic Breakthrough ...
ISREAL -- Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount did something that many are calling a prophetic breakthrough - they prayed, openly & without harassment. Typically, non-Muslim visitors to Judaism’s holiest site are accompanied by the Islamic Trust (Waqf) to ensure they don’t engage in acts of Christian or Jewish worship,

(Jul 20 2017) - NY Post : Obama’s secret plan on Election Day
WASH D.C. -- ​The Obama admin' ​was poised to send armed federal agents to polling places, deploy the military & launch full-scale counter-propaganda measures in case hackers disrupted the vote on Election Day, according to a report. ​The 15-pg playbook, produced in October, outlined the “enhanced measures” ...

(Jul 19 2017) - Cameroon Post : Prostitutes Drug Babies ...
CAMEROON -- When some Miniferme prostitutes are set to work, not even their breast-feeding babies are spared. They prevent them from wanting to suck, by giving them hard drugs, while sucking money out of men. The sex hawkers made this revelation recently in response to the World Day against Abuse & Drug Trafficking

(Jul 18 2017) - Post & Email : 'Immigration' Depresses Wages ...
AMERICA -- In the final segment of an interview with Georgia immigration-enforcement advocate D A. King, she maintained that the numbers of workers who enter the U.S. each yr, whether legally or illegally, affects every other aspect of our lives to include education, national security, culture, taxes & wages.

(Jul 17 2017) - Financial Post : Amazon's making people happy
U.S.A. -- Successful businesses that save time & make goods more affordable for households & businesses are just toxic to an economy, dontcha know. Amazon became a target of the business-bashing brigade the minute it emerged as a rival to the last retailer that grew incredibly huge by making people really happy, Walmart.

(Jul 16 2017) - Denver Post : Trump: MSM distorting democracy
BEDMINISTER, NJ. -- President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on the media early Sunday, hours after news that his campaign paid $50,000 in late June to the law firm later revealed to be representing Donald Trump Jr. in the matter of a meeting during 2016 with a Russian lawyer to seek damaging information on Hillary Clinton.

(Jul 15 2017) - SCM Post : Owning the term democracy
CHINA -- As I walked through central Beijing this week, I passed endless posters promoting “democracy” (minzhu). One might be forgiven for raising one’s eyebrows at a moment when the 20th anniversary of the Hong Kong handover prompts elegies for the fate of democracy in the SAR. Yet it is no longer just greater China ...

(Jul 14 2017) - Post Crescent : Medicaid comments makes undecided
GREEN BAY -- U.S. Senator Ron Johnson again is undecided on the Republican health insurance reform package. Johnson said on Friday in Green Bay that a reported comment by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, (R)-Ky., that Medicaid reform will probably never happen under the plan, is a "breach of trust."

(Jul 13 2017) - Greanville Post : Amazon and the CIA ...
U.S.A. -- In recent years, the multinational corporation Amazon has risen to become the pre-eminent online retail giant and the fourth most valuable company in the world. One of Amazon’s most significant business contracts, which has largely been kept hidden from the public since it was finalized in October 2013 ...

(Jul 12 2017) - Pakistan Christian Post : Minority Rights Forum ...
HYDERABAD -- A delegation of Implementation of Minority Rights Forum led by Chief Coordinator Imtiaz Boota called on Hyderabad Mayor Syed Tayyab Hussain in his office and apprised him of the issues and problems faced by minorities including recruitments under 5% minority quota, special quota for women and special persons,

(Jul 11 2017) - Jerusalem Post : Israel and the unexpected NWO
ISRAEL -- In the new and surprising economic world order, Israel could gain a degree of wealth not seen since the days of King Solomon. For the Western world, strong new alliances between certain non-Western countries constitute something of a mystery. But while the West is distracted by political uprisings and ...

(Jul 10 2017) - China Post : New peace talks are starting ...
CAIRO/GENEVA -- The U.N. launched new Syrian peace talks in Geneva on Monday as a regional ceasefire took effect in the southwest of the country on the weekend. U.N. Syria mediator Staffan de Mistura started the new negotiations by meeting representatives of the Syrian government, according to a U.N. spokesman.

(Jul 09 2017) - US Financial Post : Samsung forecasts Q2 profits
U.S.A. -- Samsung Electronics has jumped 64% over the past year & Thursday's close at 2,403,000 won falls just short of last week's fresh record high. For the first time ever, its 2nd-quarter operating profits could also exceed those of iPhone maker Apple Inc., the world's No. 1 company by market capitalization ...

(Jul 08 2017) - Pittsburg Post : US bombers join jets from Japan
SEOUL -- Two U.S. bombers flew to the Korean Peninsula to join fighter jets from South Korea & Japan for a practice bombing run as part of a training mission in response to North Korea’s ballistic missile & nuclear programs, officials said. U.S. military officials described the mission Friday as a defensive show of force

(Jul 07 2017) - Jakarta Post : More uninhabitable than thought
MARS -- Hopes of finding life on Mars, at least on the surface, were dealt a blow Thursday by a study revealing that salt minerals present on the Red Planet kill bacteria. In lab tests on Earth, the compounds known as perchlorates killed cultures of the bacteria Bacillus subtilis, a basic life form. Mars is very cold.

(Jul 06 2017) - National Post : The only option is war
WASH D.C. -- The truth is there are no good policy options today for North Korea. It's doubtful that regime change is even possible. When N.K. tested an ICBM this week - what its boy tyrant called a “gift to the American bastards” - the response from the Trump administration was fairly conventional.

(Jul 05 2017) - BRICS Post : Tough talks ahead for Putin-Trump
GERMANY -- The Kremlin on Tuesday confirmed that a high level meaning between Russian President Putin & his US counterpart Donald Trump would indeed take place on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg Germany this Friday. While Russian officials provided little details re: the agenda for the first meeting

(Jul 04 2017) - Patriot Post : Independence Day 2017
AMERICA -- In 1774, Thomas Jefferson, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, wrote, “God who gave us life gave us Liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just,

(Jul 03 2017) - Activist Post : We Must Declare Independence
AMERICA -- As Independence Day comes around again we should spend a few moments between barbecue & fireworks to think about the meaning of independence. The colonists who rebelled against the British Crown were, among other things, unhappy about taxation. Yet, the total burden of British imperial taxation was ...

(Jul 02 2017) - Bangkok Post : Indonesia & Philippines patrol Sea
MANILA -- The Philippines & Indonesia will jointly patrol the Celebes Sea to stop Islamist militants reaching the Philippines' restive southern island of Mindanao, where rebels have seized a city, an army spokesman said. The joint patrol is aimed at strengthening border security & improving interoperability ...

(Jun 30 2017) - Cen Florida Post : Tax Collector Allows Open Carry
FLORIDA -- Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg earns support from NRA legend Marion Hammer with his new policy. As many of us Floridians are aware, the most recent pro-gun bills were all stopped in the State Legislature by the likes of Joe Negron & Anitere Flores. Many of our laws are outright infringements ...

(Jun 29 2017) - Yorkshire Post : Police were under investigation
YORKSHIRE -- South Yorkshire Police was under investigation for corporate manslaughter in relation to the Hillsborough disaster, but for charges to be brought it would have to be proven now-deceased chief constable Peter Wright was personally grossly negligent, it has been revealed.

(Jun 28 2017) - Christian Post : Great Revival Coming ... ???
AMERICA -- Evangelist to Launch 50,000 Teenagers to Share Gospel, Believes Great Revival Coming. Teens today face a host of challenges that were unimaginable to past generations, especially as the culture now even calls into question what it means to be male or female. But one Colorado evangelist is not deterred and ...

(Jun 27 2017) - Punching Bag Post : The Christian Militia of Iraq
IRAQ -- Sons of Liberty International (SOLI) is not your typical security contracting firm. Run as a non-profit, SOLI recruits U.S. military vet's to provide free training, advising & supplies to help local Iraqi forces fight back against ISIS. Two summers ago, when ISIS would threaten Christians & Assyrians ...

(Jun 26 2017) - Seattle Post : Trump's travel ban partly reinstated
WASH D.C. -- The SCOTUS is letting a limited version of President Trump's ban on travel from 6 Muslim countries take effect, a victory for Trump in the biggest legal controversy of his presidency. The justices will hear full arguments in the Oct in the case that has stirred heated emotions across the nation.

(Jun 25 2017) - Kathmandu Post : Diplomatic crisis in Qatar
QATAR -- A recent episode in West Asia has put Qatar, a small sovereign country, in the global limelight. Earlier in the month, several Gulf countries severed diplomatic ties with Qatar, accusing it of supporting terror groups. Chief among those countries is Saudi Arabia, which Qatar shares its sole land border.

(Jun 24 2017) - Orissa Post : Saudi foils attack on Mecca
RIYADH -- A suicide bomber blew himself up near the Grand Mosque in Mecca as police disrupted a plot to target the holiest site in Islam just as the fasting month of Ramadan ends, Saudi security forces said Saturday. The Interior Ministry said it launched a raid around Jiddah, as well as two areas in Mecca itself ...

(Jun 23 2017) - Jesuit Post : A Tale of Two Churches
U.S.A. -- Imagine you and I are debating the best way to slice bread. It shouldn’t be that controversial. Slicing bread is not difficult, and, even if we do disagree on how to do it, our difference should not engender moral judgments against each other. But somehow we find ourselves in a heated dispute over bread-slicing ...

(Jun 22 2017) - Salisbury Post : Senate GOP health bill ...
WASH D.C. -- Senate Republicans would cut Medicaid, end penalties for people not buying insurance & erase a raft of tax increases as part of their long-awaited plan to scuttle Obama’s health care law, congressional aides lobbyists say. After weeks of closed-door meetings that angered Democrats & some Republicans,

(Jun 21 2017) - First Post : Narendra Modi in US ...
INDIA -- Three days to go before Air Force One flies into Washington DC and politicians, think-tanks, policy makers and media are already engaged in feverish speculation on the outcome of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first meeting with US president Donald Trump. Will it be bromance at first sight?

(Jun 20 2017) - Conservative Daily Post : Obama shouldn't got in
U.S.A. -- The 2008 presidential election was one of the most controversial in the history, given the fact that candidate Obama had a lot of skeletons in his closet. In addition to the scandal of whether he was born in the U.S. or not, his political background revealed left-wing radicalism & his affairs with Communism.

(Jun 19 2017) - Palm Beach Post : Shooting captured on video
MYRTLE BEACH -- When volunteer firefighter Bubba Hinson decided to visit the popular tourist destination Myrtle Beach, S.C., the last thing he expected was to be live cameraman of a mass shooting. In the video, which we are not showing in full due to its graphic nature, Hinson yelled, “Multiple people down!” ...

(Jun 18 2017) - Sunday Post : Class divide in fire safety laws
LONDON -- A probe has discovered a two-tier legal system in the way authorities treat fire safety across the country. While landlords face a barrage of safety checks, local councils & housing associations are not required to provide working smoke alarms. The two-tier system has emerged in the wake of this week’s tragedy

(Jun 17 2017) - Wash Post : 7 U.S. Navy sailors missing ...
TOKYO -- Seven U.S. Navy sailors are missing off the coast of Japan after an Aegis guided-missile destroyer, the USS Fitzgerald, collided with a container ship early Saturday, causing significant damage & flooding. Three of the Fitzgerald’s crew members, including its commanding officer, Cmdr. Bryce Benson, were evacuated

(Jun 16 2017) - Threat Post : Erosion of ISP Privacy Rules ...
WASH D.C. -- Since Congress voted to prevent the implementation of new ISP privacy protections there has been a committed and sometimes loud call for new rules. The fear is, without adequate safeguards in place, ISPs will be free to build detailed customer profiles that include names, addresses and online activities.

(Jun 15 2017) - Patriot Post : Ball Field Becomes Battlefield
VIRGINIA -- It was supposed to be a game honoring the victims of the Manchester terror attack - until Wednesday morning, when it turned into a bloody tragedy of its own. A baseball diamond - one of the few places in Washington where there are no politics, no agendas, and no animosity - turned into a killing field ...

(Jun 14 2017) - Bristol Post : Stay put if there's a fire
BRISTOL -- Bristol City Council advises its residents to stay put in the event of a fire, according to the tenants' handbook. This is the same advice given to residents of Grenfell Tower which was destroyed by a fire, leaving six people dead. The handbook tells residents to stay put if there's a fire in another flat.

(Jun 13 2017) - Gwinnett Post : DNC Awards Many Bonuses
PHILADELPHIA -- Pennsylvania pols can’t go a year without a major scandal. The committee that organized the DNC in Philadelphia last summer awarded more than $900,000 in bonuses to staffers & $1.2 million in grants. The handouts have sparked a firestorm because the committee was funded, in part, by taxpayers.

(Jun 12 2017) - Conservative Post : Trump : 'Crazy Like A Fox'
WASH D.C. -- Donald J. Trump is “crazy like a fox” according to world renowned psychiatrist Keith Ablow. Trump has a genius mind, and everything he does is by design. You can’t run a multinational corporation, enjoy the respect, & love of your children, & your wife, & recruit to your administration ...

(Jun 11 2017) - NY Post : Calls to investigate Loretta Lynch
WASH D.C. -- Top Dem' on the Senate Judiciary Committee called for a congressional investigation into former AG Loretta Lynch’s handling of the Hillary's email probe. Sen. Feinstein said she’s concerned by former FBI Director’s testimony Thursday that Lynch asked him to downplay his “investigation” ...

(Jun 10 2017) - Saturday Evening Post : News of the Week
AMERICA -- This week Apple unveiled their new tech toys in front of a crowd of screaming fans. I don’t know if they announced anything that'll blow away the casual user of Apple products, but they made some updates & announcements that'll please regular users, including new additions to their line of desktops & laptops

(Jun 09 2017) - Cameroon Post : Law Suit Against Church Leaders
CAMEROON -- Christians of the major churches have all united behind their Church leaders, following a law suit against the leaders by a ‘consortium of parents’ that has been discerned as a group sponsored by gov't. When the matter came up on May 5, at the SW Magistrates Court, Christians thronged the premises with bibles

(Jun 08 2017) - Copenhagen Post : Danish PM to meet counterpart
DENMARK -- Poland is one of Denmark’s most important neighbours in the Baltic & an important ally in the EU & NATO. A number of common areas of interest will be on the agenda when Poland’s PM, visits the Danish PM on Friday. The meeting's part of an ongoing dialogue between the countries on issues such as security

(Jun 07 2017) - SCM Post : Plane debris found in Andaman Sea
ANDAMAN SEA -- Debris from a missing Myanmar military plane carrying more than 100 people was found in the Andaman Sea after it went missing Wednesday on a flight from southern Myanmar to Yangon. “Now they have found pieces of the damaged plane in the sea 136 miles away from Dawei city,” said tourism official ...

(Jun 06 2017) - Denver Post : Paris police shot attacker ...
FRANCE -- Paris police say an unidentified assailant has attacked a police officer near the Notre Dame Cathedral, and the officer then shot and wounded the attacker. A police spokesperson told (AP) that the officer used his weapon to shoot the attacker in Tuesday’s incident, and attacker was being hospitalized.

(Jun 05 2017) - Post & Email : Did the media 'stage' this
LONDON -- On Sunday evening, Daily Mail columnist Katie Hopkins tweeted & retweeted video which appears to show a media company or companies directing men & women purportedly dressed in traditional Muslim clothing where to stand & how high to hold their signs of “protest” in apparent reaction to terror attacks.

(Jun 04 2017) - Greanville Post : Clinton Dem's Are Literally Neocons
U.S.A. -- “Literally” is one of the most misused words in the English language today, but that is not the case with the headline of this article. I am not claiming here that pro-establishment Democrats are figuratively neocons, and I do not mean to say that they are hecka-hella-kinda-sorta like neocons.

(Jun 03 2017) - China Post : Military prepares for rescue missions
TAIPEI -- The Ministry of National Defense has set up a disaster response center & military personnel, vehicles & apparatus are on stand-by to help local govt's with rescue work in the wake of torrential rain which has pounded Taiwan since Friday morning. Lee Hsi-ming, ordered the disaster response preparations ...

(Jun 02 2017) - Jerusalem Post : Denial of Israel is antisemitism'
NEW YORK -- “Denial of Israel’s right to exist is antisemitism," declared United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at a meeting with senior officials of the Simon Weisenthal Center (SWC). The meeting took place at the UN headquarters in New York, according to an SWC press release sent out on Tuesday.

(Jun 01 2017) - Pakistan Christian Post : Trump calls President Ghani
WASH D.C. -- President Trump called President Ghani of Afghanistan to convey his deepest condolences to the families & friends of those killed & injured in the murderous attack that took place this morning near the diplomatic zone in Kabul. He condemned the attack, which occurred during the month of Ramadan ...

(May 31 2017) - Pittsburgh Post : CNN Fires Kathy Griffin ...
NEW YORK -- For a little while, it looked as if Kathy Griffin was getting exactly what she wanted. On Tuesday afternoon, an image appeared online of the actress posing with a mask styled to look like the decapitated, bloody head of President Trump. It was inevitable that the violent image would get a reaction.

(May 30 2017) - Activist Post : Smartphone Apps Share Your Data
U.S.A. -- Our mobile phones can reveal a lot about ourselves: where we live & work; who our family, friends & acquaintances are; how (and even what) we communicate with them; & our personal habits. With all the info stored on them, it isn’t surprising that mobile device users take steps to protect their privacy ...

(May 29 2017) - National Post : Western alliance is shattered
LONDON -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday declared a new chapter in U.S.-European relations after contentious meetings with President Trump last week, saying that Europe “really must take our fate into our own hands.” It was the toughest review yet of Trump’s trip to Europe, which inflamed tensions ...

(May 28 2017) - US Financial Post : G-7 Summit Leaders ...
EUROPE -- Leaders of the Group of Seven wealthy nations meet African heads of state on Saturday, the final day of their annual summit which has been marked by discord over climate change, but unity on tackling terrorism. British PM Theresa May held up the declaration on fighting terror during a group photo ...

(May 27 2017) - BRICS Post : Chinese FM meets Russian leaders
MOSCOW -- Russian-Chinese relations “are not vulnerable to any changes in the international situation” according to the Chinese FM Wang who has met top Russian leaders in Moscow. “Our resoluteness & confidence in a continued deepening of comprehensive partnership & strategic cooperation remains unwavering,”

(May 26 2017) - Bangkok Post : Sex traffickers took hundreds
MINNEAPOLIS -- Hundreds of women were brought from Thailand to the US and forced to be “modern day sex slaves”, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday that charges high-level members of what authorities called a sophisticated sex-trafficking ring that concealed millions of dollars in earnings.

(May 25 2017) - Jakarta Post : Jakarta shocked by deadly bombings
JAKARTA -- Only hours before Jakartans looked forward to enjoying the Ascension of Jesus Christ public holiday, a twin bomb attack struck the Kampung Melayu Transjakarta bus terminal Wednesday night. Two suspected suicide bombers died instantly, the police said. At least 5 policemen - also fell victim ...

(May 24 2017) - Yorkshire Post : Troops on the streets ???
BRITAIN -- Britain is on critical terror alert today with military troops set to bolster police forces amid fears Manchester attacker Salman Abedi did not act alone. Prime Minister Theresa May has raised the threat level to the highest possible rating, meaning another atrocity is expected imminently.

(May 23 2017) - Internet Post : Big pharma exposed as criminal
DENMARK -- Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD is a Danish medical researcher & leader of the Nordic Cochrane Center at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen. He's written numerous reviews within the Cochrane collaboration. Dr.Gøtzsche has been critical of screening for breast cancer using mammography, arguing it can't be justified ...

(May 22 2017) - Seattle Post : Is WH Duping MSM with Leaks
WASH D.C. -- Conservative talk show host Bill Mitchell has hatched an ingenious plot to destroy the credibility of major newspapers. "You know what we should do? Start flooding the NYTimes and WAPO tip lines with all kinds of crazy "leaks." Then laugh when they print them!" he posted on Twitter. Simple, right?

(May 21 2017) - Christian Post : Which Christians Fight Online
U.S.A. -- Verbal fights on the Internet are common, be it comment sections or social media posts. Do Christians also fight online? Does one denomination argue more than the others? And why? To answer these questions, the Barna Group conducted a survey, and here's what it discovered. When U.S. adults were asked ...

(May 20 2017) - Punching Bag Post : China's Belt & Road Initiative
CHINA -- This last Sunday, President Xi Jinping hosted 28 heads of state at a two-day summit in Beijing focusing on China’s Belt & Road Initiative. China's planning to bring back the “Silk Road” to better connect Europe & Asia with more direct trade routes. The project is expected to cost $1.4 trillion and ...

(May 19 2017) - Kathmandu Post : Longest Parliament session ...
NEW DELHI -- The House session that commenced on May 3 last year came to an end on Thursday midnight after 381 days, becoming the longest session ever in the country. The new session will start on Monday. Speaker Onasari Gharti informed the House about President Bhandari’s order ... to prorogue the session.

(May 18 2017) - Jesuit Post : Better Culture of Sex On Campus
SAN DIEGO -- It’s a classic “he said/she said” scenario: John Doe and Jane Roe were a brief college couple at the University of California, San Diego, and had engaged in sexual activity one Friday night after drinking at a party. But after breaking up, she says that it was rape, while he claims that it was consensual.

(May 17 2017) - Huff Post : Putin Denies Classified Info Shared
RUSSIA -- President Putin said Wednesday that President Trump had not passed on any secrets to Russian FM Sergei Lavrov during a meeting in Washington last week & he could prove it. Speaking at a news conference in Italy, Putin quipped that Lavrov was remiss for not passing on what he believed were non-existent secrets.

(May 16 2017) - Post South : Info shared by Trump ... 'appropriate'
WASH D.C. -- President Trump’s national security adviser says info that president shared with the Russians was wholly appropriate & based on open source reporting. H.R. McMaster, says Trump’s revelation “in no way” compromised intelligence sources & methods. McMcaster did not deny that Trump discussed classified info.

(May 15 2017) - Salisbury Post : Supreme Court rejects appeal ...
WASH D.C. -- The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal to reinstate No. Carolina’s voter ID law, which a lower court said targeted African-Americans “with almost surgical precision.” The justices left in place the lower court ruling striking down the law’s photo ID requirement & reduction in early voting.

(May 14 2017) - Palm Beach Post : Questions about Uber safety
WEST PALM BEACH -- In the days after an Uber driver was arrested for allegedly raping one of his riders in Jupiter, many have had questions about the service’s safety. On May 7, Jupiter police arrested Gary Kitchings, 57, on charges of kidnapping, burglary & sexual battery after a 37-year-old woman reported ...

(May 13 2017) - First Post : Kidnapped, gangraped & murdered
INDIA -- Amid alarming rise in crimes against women, a shocking case of gangrape in Rohtak emerged after a mutilated body of a 23-yr-old woman was found. The Haryana police discovered the body on Tuesday and sent it for post-mortem. Stray dogs had bitten away the victim's face & lower portion of her body ...

(May 12 2017) - Wash Post : WH Ending Press Briefings ???
WHITE HOUSE -- President Trump threatened Friday morning to end White House press briefings, arguing that “it is not possible” for his staff to speak with “perfect accuracy” to the American public. Trump's comments come after his description of his decision to fire FBI Director Comey in an NBC News interview ...

(May 11 2017) - Patriot Post : Facebook Empire Strikes Back
U.S.A. -- You've probably noticed a lot less of what matters to you in your news feed and a lot more of what matters to Facebook. When it comes to the news, the media’s agenda isn’t revealed simply by “how” a story is covered but by “what” stories are covered. When it comes to social media, the same standard applies.

(May 10 2017) - Borneo Post : Governor jailed for blasphemy
JAKARTA -- Jakarta’s Christian governor was sentenced to 2 years in jail for blasphemy, a harsher-than-expected ruling that critics fear will embolden hardline Islamist forces to challenge secularism in Indonesia. Yesterday’s guilty verdict comes amid concern about the growing influence of Islamist groups ...

(May 09 2017) - Threat Post : Emergency Microsoft Malware Patch
U.S.A. -- Microsoft made quick work of what 2 prominent Google researchers called the worst Windows vulnerability in recent memory, releasing an emergency patch Monday night, 48 hrs after Google’s private disclosure was made. The mystery zero day was in its Malware Protection Engine running in most of their antimalware ...

(May 08 2017) - Conservative Post : Huma Emails Confirm ...
D.C. SWAMP -- Wikileaks is about to confirm the story that The Common Sense Show told 4 yrs ago in that Ambassador Stevens was set up to die because his stories of gun-running, child trafficking & drug-running for the CIA in order to promote regime change in Libya using terrorists funded by these illegal activities,

(May 07 2017) - NY Post : Trump calls out ‘fake media’ ... AGAIN
WHITE HOUSE -- President Trump hit out at the press on Twitter Sunday, accusing the “fake media” of unfair bias & failing to question Democrats about their dealings with Russia. “When will the Fake Media ask about the Dems dealings with Russia & why the DNC wouldn’t allow the FBI to check their server or investigate?”

(May 06 2017) - Saturday Evening Post : War Rations 75 Yrs Ago
U.S.A. -- Life in America lost some of its sweetness in May of 1942. Not only was the country facing war with powerful enemies, but Americans had to cut their sugar consumption in 1/2. The U.S. no longer had access to the countries that had provided most of our sugar. Much of the supply was used by the War Department ...

(May 05 2017) - Goulburn Post : Spy back-up generators failed
AUSTRAILIA -- Back-up electricity failed at Australia's electronic spy agency that prevents national cyber attacks when a cable fault cut off energy supply in Jan, the Defence Dept revealed. Defence officials told a parliamentary inquiry hearing the Australian Signals Directorate lost electricity from ActewAGL ...

(May 04 2017) - Bristol Post : Prince Philip to stand down ...
LONDON -- After much speculation following the announcement of staff meeting at Buckingham Palace it has been confirmed HRH Prince Philip will be stepping down from public engagements. In a statement released to the media it was confirmed the Duke of Edinburgh would honour previously scheduled public engagements ...

(May 03 2017) - Activist Post : False Flag Coming In Syria ???
SYRIA -- There are now new developments in Syria which could be heralding yet another false flag chemical weapons attack that would be blamed on the Syrian govt. Both Iranian FARS News agency & a number of independent journalists inside Syria are reporting movement of the notorious terrorist support group ...

(May 02 2017) - SCM Post : China demands immediate halt ...
CHINA -- China demanded an immediate halt to a controversial US missile shield hours after Washington announced that the defence system was now operational in South Korea. Washington & Seoul agreed to the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) battery deployment in the wake of North Korean missile tests.

(May 01 2017) - Denver Post : SCOTUS : Cities can sue banks ...
WASH D.C. -- The SCOTUS ruled that cities may sue banks under the federal anti-discrimination in housing law but said those lawsuits must tie claims about predatory lending practices among minority customers directly to declines in property taxes. The justices’ 5-3 ruling partly validated a novel approach ...

(Apr 30 2017) - Frontier Post : PM calls special meeting of aides ...
LAHORE -- PM Nawaz Sharif has summoned a special meeting of close aides in Lahore on Sunday to discuss the prevailing national political situation. According to sources, issues related to the Dawn Leaks inquiry report would also be discussed, which the PM would chair to deliberate upon the situation ...

(Apr 29 2017) - Greece Post : TRUMP AT 100 DAYS ...
WASH D.C. -- Over the course of his 100 days in office, President Donald Trump has been startlingly candid about his public education in the ways of Washington and the world. He’s been blocked by the courts and befuddled by a divided Republican Party that’s running Congress, and his first months on the job ...

(Apr 28 2017) - Jerusalem Post : Outrage over German FM's ...
ISRAEL -- German FM Sigmar Gabriel came under fire from the Simon Wiesenthal Center & German NGOs on Friday for his alleged trivialization of Holocaust, in which he wrote that Jewish victims & social democrats were equal victims of the Nazis. Gabriel wrote in an article in the Frankfurter Rundschau daily that ...

(Apr 27 2017) - China Post : Chinese launches aircraft carrier
BEIJING -- China has launched its 1st aircraft carrier built entirely on its own, in a demonstration of the growing technical sophistication of its defense industries & determination to safeguard its maritime territorial claims & crucial trade routes. The 50,000-ton carrier was towed from its dockyard just after 9 a.m.

(Apr 26 2017) - Sunday Post : Would you go cash-free ?
U.K. -- Britons are more reluctant than their European counterparts to move to a “cashless society”, a survey has found. A third (34%) of Europeans would go cash-free if given the choice, according to the ING International Survey Mobile Banking 2017. But people in the UK were the most reluctant to give up cash ...

(Apr 25 2017) - Minnesota Post : Two abortion-related bills passed
MINNESOTA -- They might as well take another run at Voter ID & marriage while they’re at it. Says Tim Pugmire at MPR, “The Republican-controlled Minnesota House passed a pair of abortion-related measures Monday that DFL Gov. Mark Dayton has threatened to veto. One bill would prohibit the funding of abortions ...

(Apr 24 2017) - National Post : Breakthrough for Le Pen ...
PARIS -- The crusading French politician Marine Le Pen hates being called a far-right leader. She says if voters endorse her harsh anti-immigration plans, that means she is a centrist. After her breakthrough Sunday in the first round of France’s presidential elections, Le Pen will put that view to the test.

(Apr 22 2017) - Pittsburgh Post : Trump to speak next Saturday
PENNSYLVANIA -- President Donald Trump will bring his next rally to Pennsylvania when he appears next Saturday at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center in Harrisburg. Michael Glassner, a spokesman for Mr. Trump’s re-election campaign, said the rally will be held at 7:30 p.m. Doors will open at 4:30 p.m.

(Apr 21 2017) - BRICS Post : Analysis: Trump ups pressure on Iran
WASH D.C. -- In less than two weeks, the Trump administration has done an about face moving from focusing on domestic issues to aggressively posturing itself in the midst of foreign policy flare-ups. While tensions with N. Korea may have tempered down, the White House is determined to fulfill a campaign promise

(Apr 20 2017) - Financial Post : 15% tax on foreign buyers
CANADA -- The Ontario govt moved forward Thursday with initiatives to rein in the housing market in & around its largest city, announcing 16 new measures including a 15% tax on foreign buyers & expanded rent control rules. The rent control measures, which apply province-wide, were met with threats from developers ...

(Apr 19 2017) - Bangkok Post : Killer Hated White People
FRESNO -- A gunman with an apparent dislike of white people & government killed 3 people in downtown Fresno on Tuesday, before he was taken into custody while shouting "Allahu Akhbar", police said. Authorities say the man accused of shooting and killing three people in central California fired 16 rounds in one minute.

(Apr 18 2017) - Jakarta Post : Indonesia to ratify EEZ agreement
INDONESIA -- The govt and the House of Representatives are set to ratify a historic maritime agreement pertaining to an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) between Indonesia & the Philippines to safeguard the 2 countries’ maritime security from threats such as the Abu Sayyaf group. The maritime deal, signed in 2014 ...

(Apr 17 2017) - Greanville Post : Behind N.K. Nuclear Provocations
NORTH KOREA -- President Trump was having dinner at Mar-a-Lago with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Feb 11 when a message arrived mid-meal, courtesy of Pyongyang: N. Korea had just tested a new, solid-fuel, intermediate-range ballistic missile, fired from a mobile - and therefore hard-to-detect - launcher.

(Apr 16 2017) - Internet Post : WH inhabited by Israeli settlers
WHITE HOUSE -- A senior member of the PLO has denounced the pro-Israeli policy adopted by the administration of US President Donald Trump, saying the White House is now inhabited by Israeli settlers. Hanan Ashrawi, a PLO executive committee member, said on Saturday that Israel’s far-right stance dominates the US govt.

(Apr 15 2017) - Christian Post : Famous Last Words ...
JERUSALEM -- Almost 2,000 years ago some very famous last words were spoken in Luke 24:5-6, "Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he is risen!" Two angels spoke these words to his disciples. Jesus' last words were, "It is finished." But the last words spoken about Jesus were, "He is risen!"

(Apr 14 2017) - Connecticut Post : N. Korean - Ready for war
PYONGYANG -- President Trump's tweets are adding fuel to a "vicious cycle" of tensions on the Korean Peninsula, N. Korea's vice foreign minister said in an interview Friday. The official added that if the U.S. shows any sign of "reckless" military aggression, Pyongyang is ready to launch a pre-emptive strike of its own.

(Apr 13 2017) - Seattle Post : Secret Uber program spied on Lyft
CALIFORNIA -- Uber ran a covert operation from 2014 to 2016 to spy on its main competitor, Lyft, using an internal software program, the tech news site reported. The report Wed was the latest pothole on a long, heavily pocketed road for the world's leading ride-share company. Uber's program was dubbed "Hell," ...

(Apr 12 2017) - Punching Bag Post : IRS Seized Millions ...
U.S.A. -- According to a recent report, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) seized about 17.1 million from 2012 to 2015 from individuals and businesses due to how they managed their banking account. Most of the victims of the IRS are innocent and are wrongly thought to be involved in “criminal enterprises.”

(Apr 11 2017) - Huffington Post : United Airlines Is No Angel
WASHINGTON D.C. -- The U.S.-based air carrier United Airlines is no angel. The 91-year-old airline, which on Sunday called police to violently remove a passenger who refused to give up his paid seat to a United employee, has a troubled recent history of public relations disasters and serious legal problems.

(Apr 10 2017) - Post South : Likely murder-suicide at school
CALIFORNIA -- A teacher & a student were shot to death & a 2nd student critically wounded Monday in a murder-suicide at a San Bernardino elementary school that spread panic across a city still recovering emotionally from a terrorist attack at a community center just 15 months ago. The suspected shooter who opened fire ...

(Apr 09 2017) - Pakistan Christian Post : 21 Christians killed ...
TANTA -- According to news agencies bomb blast killed 21 Christian worshippers & injured dozens during Palm Sunday services in a Church in Tanta, situated in north of capital city Cairo while no claim of responsibility was confirmed by any terror organization. Christians were offering prayers when blast struck ...

(Apr 08 2017) - First Post : Delhi has 70,000 addicted kids
INDIA -- This is not a story about Parshu. Why should it be? He’s just another needy 2 yr old running around playfully on his unwashed feet, smiling an unformed, unworldly smile under a very drippy nose. Parshu, in a t-shirt with mucous stains & patches of frozen black dust, is 1 among the nearly 2 lakh children ...

(Apr 07 2017) - Borneo Post : Hoping for an open Jerusalem
JERUSALEM -- Christians in Jerusalem said they're hoping for an 'open Jerusalem' ahead of Passover & Easter celebrations in the city. Palestinian Christians from the West Bank & Gaza receive special permits to enter Jerusalem for Easter, where the traditional sites of Christ’s crucifixion & resurrection are located ...

(Apr 06 2017) - Salisbury Post : ‘The Great War’ remembered ...
NORTH CAROLINA -- The scene was symbolic for the day. The wind was blowing hard, like the winds of war did 100 years earlier. The crowd around the wreath was small, reflective of how ‘The Great War” has been pushed back in the country’s collective memory because all of its warriors have passed away.

(Apr 05 2017) - Patriot Post : Mass Media Malpractice
AMERICA -- “Human nature itself is evermore an advocate for Liberty. There's also in human nature a resentment of injury & indignation against wrong. A love of Truth & a veneration of Virtue. If the people are capable of understanding, seeing & feeling the differences between true & false ...” - John Adams (1775)

(Apr 04 2017) - Wash Post : U.S. trade deficit shrinks
AMERICA -- The U.S. trade deficit dropped sharply in Feb compared with the previous month, data released Tuesday showed, as a stronger global economy helped stoke demand for American-made goods. The trade deficit, the gap between U.S. imports & exports of goods & services, fell to $43.6 billion in Feb ...

(Apr 03 2017) - Conservative Post : Obama Okayed Unmasking
WASH D.C. -- After the White House Counsel identified Susan Rice as the person responsible for the unmasking of Trump officials, it has been discovered she was only able to do so after Obama change the unmasking rules. Susan Rice, who served as the National Security Adviser under Obama, has been identified ...

(Apr 02 2017) - Kathmandu Post : Deportation of human traffickers
NEPAL -- The International Relations & Labour Committee of the Legislature-Parliament has directed the govt to seek deportation of human traffickers involved in smuggling domestic helpers abroad & initiate action against them. The committee’s decision has directed the govt to identify the Nepalis living abroad

(Apr 01 2017) - Borneo Post : Court orders Park Geun-Hye’s arrest
SEOUL -- South Korea’s ousted president was spending her first day in custody yesterday after a court ordered her arrest, with her opponents crowing & her supporters crying. The former head of state stared straight ahead, apparently trying to maintain her composure, as she was driven to the Seoul Detention Centre

(Mar 30 2017) - India Post : US to review UN peacekeeping missions
NEW YORK -- The U.S. is looking to comprehensively review UN peacekeeping missions, its envoy to the UN has said, ruing that the focus of such operations too often is on troop contributions or funding countries & not on protecting civilians or achieving a political solution. Nikki Haley said UN peacekeeping

(Mar 29 2017) - NY Post : Britain officially triggers Brexit
BRITAIN -- Britain has officially begun the process of leaving the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May said Wednesday as she hailed the juncture as a “historic moment.” May’s remarks came after European Council President Donald Tusk received the hand-delivered letter from the British ambassador to the EU,

(Mar 28 2017) - Conservative Daily Post : Mexico's immigration crisis
MEXICO -- President Trump’s election revitalized flagging border agents & infused ICE with fresh powers. Obama’s administration fumbled with immigration policy. The former president deported hordes of violent criminals, but he also severely weakened our borders & manipulated the law so illegals could stay in the U.S.

(Mar 26 2017) - Dover Post : Heroin found in Laurel traffic stop
DELEWARE -- Delaware State Police arrested a Laurel man on Saturday after he was found to be in possession of heroin during a traffic stop. Troopers from the DSP Troop 5 Pro-active Criminal Enforcement (P.A.C.E.) team were on patrol in the area of Townsend Street & West Street in Laurel around 10 a.m. on Mar 25 ...

(Mar 25 2017) - Activist Post : Lead Poisoning in kids 3x higher
CALIFORNIA -- Dozens of California communities have experienced recent rates of childhood lead poisoning that surpass those of Flint, Michigan, with one Fresno locale showing rates nearly 3x's higher, blood testing data shows. The data shows how lead poisoning affects even a state known for its environmental advocacy.

(Mar 24 2017) - Frontier Post : 3 arrests in blasphemy case
ISLAMABAD -- The Federal Investigation Agency on Friday arrested 3 individuals in connection with a case pertaining to the publishing of blasphemous content on social media being heard by the Islamabad High Court. The 3 were presented before an anti-terrorism court & handed over to the FIA for a 7-day remand.

(Mar 23 2017) - SCM Post : Can China stop tensions re: No Korea
CHINA -- Foreign Minister Wang Yi advised Rex Tillerson, the US sec of state, to stay coolheaded in the face of increasing tension in Asia, particularly on the Korean peninsula. But the advice was too late & addressed to the wrong person. The worsening situation requires more than cool heads to avert disaster.

(Mar 22 2017) - Christian Post : Trump ... Commencement Speaker
VIRGINIA -- President Trump will be the commencement speaker for the May graduation ceremony at the prominent Virginia evangelical Christian school Liberty University. CBN broke the news Wednesday morning that President Trump will return to Liberty, having spoken there last year during the Republican primary season.

(Mar 21 2017) - Jerusalem Post : Ivanka Trump scores WH office
WASH D.C. -- Ivanka Trump, the daughter of President Trump, reportedly is working out of a West Wing office & is in the process of receiving a gov't security clearance. Trump’s office is on the 2nd floor of the West, next to senior adviser Dina Powell, who was recently promoted to the National Security Council ...

(Mar 20 2017) - Denver Post : White House installs political aides
WASH D.C. -- The political appointee charged with keeping watch over Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt and his aides has offered unsolicited advice so often that after just four weeks on the job, Pruitt has shut him out of many staff meetings, according to two senior administration officials.

(Mar 19 2017) - Islamic Post : The Muslims of America Inc ...
U.S.A. -- American Muslims continue to face heightened scrutiny & aggression in the U.S. as a result of the 2016 Presidential election. However, no organization has seen the relentless targeting of Americans solely based on their religious identity as has been experienced by members of The Muslims of America, Inc.

(Mar 18 2017) - China Post : US military an option against N. Korea
SEOUL -- Military action by the Uniuted States against nuclear-armed North Korea is an "option on the table" if the threat from the rogue regime escalates, Washington's top diplomat Rex Tillerson said Friday. The strong comments from the secretary of state, in Asia for his first foray into crisis management ...

(Mar 17 2017) - Minnesota Post : Dem's want war on Trump
WASH D.C. -- On Monday morning in Washington, Sen. Amy Klobuchar was in her element: taking the lectern at the liberal Center for American Progress think tank to deliver a speech about the importance of enforcing strong anti-trust laws. Surveying the crowd of 100 or so, mostly free lunch-enjoying seniors ...

(Mar 16 2017) - Palm Beach Post : McDonald's targets Trump ...
AMERICA -- Fast-food chain McDonald’s got political Thursday morning in a quickly deleted tweet aimed at President Trump. The company wrote in a subsequent tweet that its account had been hacked. The tweet was pinned to the top of the fast-food restaurant’s Twitter page, making it the most visible message on the page.

(Mar 15 2017) - National Post : Yahoo & Gmail Hackers Charged
CANADA -- Russian gov't agents paid a 22-year-old Canadian and accomplice to hack U.S. Internet companies in one of the largest data breaches in history. Karim Baratov, a Canadian & Kazakh national, was arrested by Toronto Police Service Tuesday in connection with a hack of 500 million Yahoo & Gmail accounts.

(Mar 14 2017) - Pittsburgh Post : Taxpayers procrastinate on filing
NEW YORK -- Tax season in the United States is off to a slow start. The number of people filing their taxes with the Internal Revenue Service is running well below last year. The number of returns received by the agency was off 8.5 percent from Jan. 23 through March 3. And refunds were down 7.1 percent in dollar terms.

(Mar 13 2017) - Dover Post : Trump conservative budget push
WASH D.C. -- President Donald Trump sends Congress a proposed budget this week that will sharply test Republicans' ability to keep long-standing promises to bolster the military, making politically painful cuts to a lengthy list of popular domestic programs. The President will ask his adopted political party ...

(Mar 12 2017) - Post Star : 1st Amendment can take Trump attacks
NEW YORK -- Whenever Donald Trump fumes about “fake news” or labels the press “the enemy of the people,” 1st Amendment scholar David L. Hudson Jr. hears echoes of other presidents — but a breadth & tone that are entirely new. “Mr. Trump may not know it, but it was Jefferson who once said, ‘Nothing can now be believed’ ...

(Mar 11 2017) - BRICS Post : Russia delivers 36 tons of aid
SYRIA -- More than 36 tons of humanitarian aid, including clothes, food & medicines have been delivered to needy Syrians throughout the country in the past 9 days, the Russian Center for Syrian Reconciliation said Saturday. Russian forces have carried out about a dozen humanitarian missions ...

(Mar 10 2017) - Financial Post : How OPEC ceded market share ...
CALGARY -- The feeling of restrained optimism that imbued a major energy conference last week was short-lived. Oil & gas executives in Houston for CERAWeek, an annual conference that draws thousands of energy professionals, expressed confidence in their ability to drive down operating costs ...

(Mar 09 2017) - Bangkok Post : Official injured in brief raid ...
PATHUM THANI -- A shot was fired from the compound of Wat Phra Dhammakaya on Thursday, striking a patrolling army vehicle, but causing no injuries. Hundreds of officials were ordered to clear Gate 4 of the temple to allow police to investigate the shooting, but they were met by a wave of monks and followers ...

(Mar 08 2017) - Connecticut Post : Dangerous W-2 phishing scam
CONNECTICUT -- A scam that attempts to trick human resource dept's to provide workers’ W-2 forms & confidential tax info is spreading across Connecticut, fed's say. The first heads-up on the W-2 email phishing scam came in late Jan & now, there has been an increase in attempts to steal workers’ tax info.

(Mar 07 2017) - J.E. Post : Blackboard message stopped paedophile
JERSEY -- A scrawled message on a school blackboard tipped off detectives about a paedophile teacher’s abuse of a pupil in '85, new info has revealed. Christopher Roy Bacon (74), a former music teacher at St Helier Boys’ School & d’Hautrée School, is due to be sentenced this month for 8 counts of sexual abuse ...

(Mar 06 2017) - Seattle Post : President signs revised travel order
WASH D.C. -- President Trump signed a revised travel order Monday morning that takes Iraq off the list of countries whose citizens are banned from entering the U.S. for 90 days. People from Iran, Sudan, Somalia, Syria, Yemen and Libya — with one notable exception, Iraq — will be banned from entering the U.S.

(Mar 05 2017) - First Post : Obama accused of wire tapping
WASH D.C. -- President Donald Trump on Saturday accused Obama of "wire tapping" his office in New York just before the 2016 presidential elections & likened the alleged surveillance of his communications to the "Watergate" scandal. Obama's spokesperson Kevin Lewis rejected the allegations and said ...

(Mar 04 2017) - Activist Post : Cell Phone Radiation Warning Hidden
CALIFORNIA -- At this point, the idea that cell phone radiation can be harmful to your health is kind of an open secret. It’s a secret in the sense that the media and the cell phone companies don’t talk about it very much. It’s also never been scientifically proven that cell phone signals can hurt you.

(Mar 03 2017) - Punchingbag Post : EPA cut back 24%
WASH D.C. -- Following the Trump administration’s announcement to boost the defense spending by at least 10%, the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) funding on the other-hand is getting cut. According to E & E News and Politico, Trump officials will be proposing a $2 billion cut to the EPA’s budget.

(Mar 02 2017) - Kenyan Post : Muslims makes big declaration
KENYA -- Muslima have asked the Independent Electoral & Boundaries Commission to conduct political party nominations before the start of the Holy month of Ramadhan. Speaking yesterday, Supreme Council of Kenya Muslims Coast regional coordinator, Sheikh Muhdhar Khatimy, asked the electoral body to ensure ...

(Mar 01 2017) - Huffington Post : Media Figures Tout Trump
WASH D.C. -- Donald Trump was elected president of the United States on Nov. 8 and placed his hand on the Bible and swore to defend the Constitution on Jan. 20. But it was on the night of Feb. 28, following Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress, that prominent media figures finally declared him president.

(Feb 28 2017) - Patriot Post : 5 Huge Problems With ObamaCare
WASH D.C. -- Most Americans at this point know that ObamaCare isn’t all it was cracked up to be. But do they know just how bad it’s been? Hudson Institute senior fellow Jeffrey Anderson explains, “In passing Obamacare, its supporters promised the moon. Obamacare was allegedly going to cost $938 billion over ten years ...



(Feb 23 2017) - Wash Post : Pope: It's better to be an Atheist ?
VATICAN -- On a typically busy morning at the Vatican, Pope Francis spoke on Thursday in ways that recognized the values of other religious outlooks while he promoted the practice of Catholicism. The subject of Francis’s homily was hypocrisy. He criticized the “scandal” of “saying one thing and doing another.”

(Feb 22 2017) - Borneo Post : We’re no one’s pawn - Najib
KUALA LUMPUR -- Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said Malaysia is not a pawn of any country & will hold firm to the rule of law in investigating the death of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged elder half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. As a sovereign country, the PM said, Malaysia will not be pressured or be bullied ...

(Feb 20 2017) - Post & E-Mail : The Tax Revolution Is Here
WASH D.C. -- One year after it launched, the Tax Revolution Institute (TRI) - true to its name - is radically distinguishing itself from other organizations in the tax-reform space. TRI’s claim is that the fundamental problem with our tax system is not that it isn’t flat enough, fair enough, low enough, or simple enough.

(Feb 19 2017) - Sunday Post : Forced adoption ...
SCOTLAND -- A mother forced to give up her baby in the 1960s because she was an unmarried teenager is hoping to use human rights laws to win an inquiry into why 60,000 women in Scotland suffered the same fate. Campaigner Marion McMillan, 69, fears the secrets of the “forced adoptions” scandal may remain hidden ...

(Feb 18 2017) - Conservative Post : Pope's Unbelievable Statement
VATICAN -- Why is Pope Francis suddenly becoming the spokesman for radical Islam in the West? Is this some kind of belated guilt over the Crusades? Well, whatever the reason, he’s really taking it to an extreme. The pope is sounding more like unhinged radical liberals than the leader of the world’s largest church.

(Feb 17 2017) - NY Post : ISIS militant raped & killed hundreds
IRAQ -- Islamic State militant Amar Hussein says he reads the Koran all day in his tiny jail cell to become a better person. He also says he raped more than 200 women from Iraqi minorities, and shows few regrets. Kurdish intelligence authorities gave Reuters rare access to Hussein and another ISIS militant ...

(Feb 16 2017) - Jakarta Post : Jakarta election ...
JAKARTA -- The conventional wisdom among local and foreign observers of Indonesian politics is that the Jakarta gubernatorial race will only get nastier in the runoff if incumbent Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama makes it to the second round. For many, the first round of the Jakarta election ...

(Feb 15 2017) - India Post : China protests to India over ...
BEIJING -- China said it has lodged a diplomatic protest with India for hosting a Taiwanese parliamentary delegation & asked it to deal “prudently” with Taiwan-related issues to maintain sound Sino-India ties. “China lodged representations with India” over the Taiwan parliamentary delegation’s visit to New Delhi

(Feb 14 2017) - Activist Post : TSA Busted Smuggling Cocaine
PUERTO RICO -- In a case highlighting the infiltration of the TSA by transnational criminal organizations, 12 current & former TSA officers & airport staff were indicted for allegedly trafficking over 20 tons of cocaine - worth over $100 million - into the U.S. over an 18-years timeframe.

(Feb 13 2017) - SCM Post : ‘It was a provocative act’
CHINA -- A PLA bomber pilot has described an eight-minute “threatening” encounter with a foreign military jet over the Scarborough Shoal in the South China Sea last July. Captain Liu Rui, 38, said he was flying his H-6K bomber on a routine patrol when he came within 10 metres of the aircraft, CCTV reported on Monday.

(Feb 12 2017) - Frontier Post : US refuses visa to Pakistani
U.S.A. -- The U.S. has refused a visa to Pakistan senate deputy chairman Maulana Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, who was to travel to N.Y. to represent the country at the UN-sponsored International Parliamentary Union. Following this development, Pakistan senate chairman Raza Rabbani announced a boycott of the event.

(Feb 11 2017) - Saturday Evening Post : Let’s Forget 1st Amendment
U.S.A. -- Not since the Vietnam War have Americans seen such an angry divide, manifested in outspoken resistance to government policies, protests, and the reaction against protests. The current wave of public protesting began in 2013, when the Black Lives Matter movement began its street demonstrations.

(Feb 10 2017) - Jerusalem Post : New Syrian jihadist alliance ...
AMMAN -- The head of a new alliance of Syrian Islamist factions, including a former affiliate of al Qaeda, has promised to escalate attacks against the Syrian army & its Iranian-backed allies with the goal of toppling President al-Assad. Hashem al-Sheikh, leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, which was formed last month

(Feb 09 2017) - Islamic Post : American Taliban Goes on Trial
ISLAMBERG -- Federal prosecutors in Chattanooga will spend a week trying to convince jurors a Sequatchie County man planned an assault on a Muslim community in northern New York. After several delays in his case, Robert Doggart’s trial proceeds, slated for Feb. 6, attorneys said during his final status hearing ...

(Feb 08 2017) - Denver Post : Senate confirms Sessions for AG
WASH D.C. -- The Senate on Wednesday confirmed Sen. Jeff Sessions to be attorney general in the Trump administration despite fierce Democratic opposition to the Alabama Republican over his record on civil rights and immigration. The 52-47 nearly party-line vote capped weeks of divisive battles over Sessions ...

(Feb 07 2017) - Christian Post : Pastors Shouldn't Be Muzzled
U.S.A. -- At the National Prayer Breakfast, President Trump vowed to "totally destroy the Johnson Amendment," which bars churches & non-profit's from endorsing or opposing political candidates. This move thrilled many evangelicals who see the legislation as an unconstitutional infringement on religious freedom.

(Feb 06 2017) - China Post : US accused of violating WTO rules
BEIJING -- Beijing accused Washington of "protectionism" & violating global trade rules on Saturday, Chinese media reported, after the U.S. imposed hefty tariffs on certain Chinese steel imports. The U.S. Department of Commerce on Thursday imposed duties ranging from 63% to 190% on Chinese exporters ...

(Feb 05 2017) - National Post : Trump : U.S. isn't so innocent
WEST PALM BEACH -- President Donald Trump said he respects Vladimir Putin, and when told the Russian leader is “a killer,” Trump said the United States has many of them. “What do you think? Our country’s so innocent?” he told Fox’s Bill O’Reilly in a taped interview aired Sunday on the Super Bowl pre-game show.

(Feb 04 2017) - Palm Beach Post : Trump rips 'so-called judge'
PALM BEACH -- President Donald Trump is spending the weekend at Mar-a-Lago, but he’s not taking a holiday from his Twitter account. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrived late Thursday afternoon and got a warm welcome at Palm Beach Int Airport for Trump’s first visit to Palm Beach since becoming president.

(Feb 03 2017) - BRICS Post : China raises short-term rates
CHINA -- The People’s Bank of China raised interest rates Friday amid accusations made by President Trump that Beijing was unfairly intervening to devalue the yuan. In a move that surprised many analysts, the PBOC raised the interest rate on open market operation reverse repurchase agreements by 10 basis points.

(Feb 02 2017) - Pittsburg Post : Trump threatens Berkeley's funding
CALIFORNIA -- President Trump threatened to cut funding to the U.C. Berkeley after protesters smashed windows & set fires at the liberal-leaning school, forcing the cancellation of an appearance by a far-right Breitbart News editor. "If U.C. Berkeley does not allow free speech & practices violence on innocent people with a different point of view - NO FEDERAL FUNDS?" Trump wrote on Twitter ...

(Feb 01 2017) - Financial Post : Tokyo Electric cancels contract
SASKATOON -- Cameco Corp. said Wed it has rejected a key Japanese customer’s attempt to cancel its contract — a move that would mean $1.3 billion in lost revenue — as the Saskatoon-based uranium giant works to protect deals signed with customers before the market tanked. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc. ...

(Jan 30 2017) - Leader Post : Muslims in shock after shooting
CANADA -- Sunday night’s shooting at a Quebec City mosque that killed 6 people & injured 8 others struck a nerve for Saad Abbasi. “I just thought about my parents & just some friends & family friends & who could be afflicted by something like this,” said Abbasi, who is from Montreal and now lives in Regina.

(Jan 29 2017) - Yorkshire Post : Bring Trump's Vetting to Britain
BRITAIN -- Nigel Farage has suggested Britain should follow the lead of Donald Trump & introduce “extreme vetting” to her borders. He defended Mr Trump’s controversial travel ban, saying the US president is entitled to introduce the measures in a bid to crack down on any would-be jihadis entering the country.

(Jan 28 2017) - Bangkok Post : Trump bars door to refugees ...
U.S.A. -- President Trump on Friday put a 4-month hold on allowing refugees into the U.S. & temporarily barred travellers from Syria & 6 other Muslim-majority countries, saying the moves would help protect Americans from terrorist attacks. In the most sweeping use of his presidential powers since taking office ...

(Jan 27 2017) - Seattle Post : Trump voters thrilled ...
PHOENIX -- President Trump's announcement that he's taking steps toward building a U.S.-Mexico border wall was welcome news for voters who say they're glad he is following through on one of his biggest campaign promises. Trump's renewed vow Wed to seize control of the border hit close to home for Peggy Davis ...

(Jan 26 2017) - Jersey Evening Post : Off for a paddle ...
ATLANTIC -- As far as charity challenges go, one former Jersey surf instructor has taken his to the extreme - paddleboarding 4,500 miles across the Atlantic solo. Chris Bertish, who used to work for the Jersey Surf School, is almost 2 months into his epic trip, which started on the beaches of Agadir in Morocco and ...

(Jan 25 2017) - Internet Post : Teach only Christianity in Schools
SOUTH AFRICA -- The Kingdom of Swaziland has ordered schools across the country to teach only Christianity, a move censured by opponents as inciting anti-Muslim bigotry. The order went into effect Tuesday as the new academic year began and officials announced that the old textbooks would be replaced with new ones ...

(Jan 24 2017) - Punching Bag Post : Trump makes nice with CIA ...
VIRGINIA -- Trump’s first official agency stop as President was a visit to CIA - a move we can interpret as an attempt to patch things up with the intel community - during which he delivered a speech to the employees at the CIA Memorial Wall, and reiterated the importance of eradicating radical Islamic terrorism.

(Jan 23 2017) - Activist Post : Trump Abandons, Dismantles TPP
WASH D.C. -- President Trump made clear that the U.S. is no longer pursuing the horrific trade pact known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership. In an Executive Order, Trump officially abandoned & disbanded the TPP which the Obama admin, Congress, Wall Street, & major corporations had worked for 8 years to solidify.

(Jan 22 2017) - Kenyan Post : They'll be no election in Aug
KENYA -- Former PM Raila Odinga's CORD has once again threatened to boycott the 2017 General Elections. This follows rumours of an alleged scheme by Jubilee to rig the elections through double registration after it emerged that former PM Odinga & former VP Musyoka among other Kenyans share their ID numbers with others.

(Jan 21 2017) - Patriot Post : Trump Declares Independence
WASH D.C. -- The inaugural address was utterly & uncompromisingly Trumpian. The man who ran is the man who’ll reign. It was plain, unfancy & blunt to the point of blistering. A little humility would have gone a long way, but that’s not the path he took. Nor did he attempt to reassure. It was pow, right in the face.

(Jan 20 2017) - Huffington Post : Protests & Violence Flare in D.C.
WASH D.C. -- As protesters swarmed major cities this morning, pockets of violence & property destruction flared in some neighborhoods of D.C. Just an hour before Trump took the oath of office, there were reports in the capital of protesters being pepper-sprayed & fleeing as police officers tried to corral them.

(Jan 19 2017) - Washington Post : Will Trump follow through
WASH D.C. -- In rally after rally, and speech upon speech, Donald Trump built a verbal skyscraper of campaign promises about what he would do on his first day in the White House. Begin building a wall at the nation’s southern border. End the “war on coal.” Label China a currency manipulator. The list went on and on.

(Jan 18 2017) - Borneo Post : World growth derails UN plan
UNITED NATIONS -- The world economy has not yet emerged from a period of slow growth, a trend that threatens to derail an ambitious UN plan to end extreme poverty by 2030, a UN report said Tuesday. The world economy expanded by just 2.2% in 2016 - the slowest rate of growth since the 2009 recession ...

(Jan 16 2017) - Post & E-Mail : MSM Blackout of Birth Certificate
HAWAII -- On Dec 15, a 3rd and final press conference was held stemming from a 5+-year investigation into the long-form birth certificate image posted at whitehouse.gov in April 2011 said to represent Obama’s original birth record from Hawaii. During the presser, investigator Mike Zullo ...

(Jan 15 2017) - Sunday Post : End of the road for charity fat cats
SCOTTLAND -- Two disgraced trustees have been banned for life from running charities following a Sunday Post investigation into their lavish lifestyles. Kieran Kelly, 34, and Alan Johnston, 59, were bosses of Scotia Aid, which claimed to help children in impoverished Sierra Leone in West Africa.

(Jan 14 2017) - Conservative Post : Obama Suffers Consequence ...
MARYLAND -- Obama probably thought he could get away with betraying Israel just before leaving the White House. Oh boy, was he wrong. He’s already suffered a number of consequences while still in office. And the suffering is going to follow him into “retirement.” As we all know, Obama loves golf.

(Jan 13 2017) - Post Crescent : Immigrant rights groups set rallies
WISCONSIN -- As Republicans prepare for inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump, Democrats & other groups in Wisconsin are poised to mount public challenges in a nationally coordinated push back against Republican policies. On Saturday, the Milwaukee-based group will lead a march for immigration ...



(Jan 12 2017) - Jakarta Post : Thai king makes presence felt
BANGKOK -- Portraits of Thailands King now adorn gov't offices, alongside those of his parents. His flood relief kits have been distributed to affected families in the south. But the new monarch has asserted his presence most visibly through his recent request to amend the draft Constitution ...

(Jan 11 2017) - NY Post : Senator John McCain did it
WASH D.C. -- Sen. John McCain admitted Wed that he gave the FBI a dossier detailing claims of a Russian blackmail plot against President-elect Donald Trump. The longtime Trump critic, made the public statement as questions piled up about his alleged role in spreading an unverified & error-riddled document ...

(Jan 10 2017) - Activist Post : Prediction: Goodbye Democracy ...
AMERICA -- A tectonic-level battle could soon take place over the fundamental structure of America & hardly anyone sees it coming. Nevertheless, I'm making a prediction for 2017. With the Democrats in total upheaval after the 2016 election, it boggles the mind at how fast political fortunes can change these days.

(Jan 09 2017) - SCM Post : China’s aircraft carrier push into Pacific
CHINA -- Commentary by Communist Party mouthpiece says warship will extend missions into seas well beyond Japan, amid unease over China’s increasing military presence. The comment comes after concerns were raised about the aircraft carrier Liaoning carrying out its first training drills in the Western Pacific last month.

(Jan 08 2017) - Jerusalem Post : Jerusalem ramming attack: 4 killed
JERUSALEM -- Police confirm that the perpetrator has been neutralized; police chief identifies driver as east Jerusalem resident. Four people were killed and 15 wounded after an industrial truck driven by a terrorist, rammed into a group of people adjacent to the Armon Hanatziv promenade in Jerusalem on Sunday afternoon.

(Jan 07 2017) - Saturday Evening Post : Smartphone Deniers
AMERICA -- Sometimes I dream I’ve lost my iPhone. I’m adrift in the universe, cut off from my Facebook, Google, Twitter, email, texting, YouTube, livestream, and camera apps. It’s a terrifying prospect. Like millions of Americans, I’m unashamedly addicted to my silicon-stuffed little slab. In just 10 years’ time ...

(Jan 06 2017) - Jesuit Post : Pope Francis’ Revolution
VATICAN -- Pope Francis was widely expected to reform the Vatican. Has he? Yes and no. The change has been more a matter of evolution than revolution, and has only been partial in many areas. Indeed, even the pope seems unhappy with the pace of change. But given his frequent predictions of a short papacy ...

(Jan 05 2017) - India Post : Trump appoints Indian-American ...
WASH D.C. -- US President-elect Donald Trump today tapped Raj Shah, a young Indian-American who played a leading role in the Republican party’s anti-Clinton campaign during polls, as his deputy assistant and communication and research director. Shah, whose parents immigrated to the US from Gujarat ...

(Jan 04 2017) - Denver Post : Former TV exec pleads guilty
DENVER -- A former Denver television executive pleaded guilty Tuesday in Jefferson County to a misdemeanor sex crime. John Edward Cushing, the creative marketing director at KCNC-Channel 4 at the time of his arrest in September, pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual contact, according to court records.

(Jan 03 2017) - Christian Post : Sudanese Pastor Is Now Free
SUDAN -- Christians campaigning for the release of 2 Sudanese pastors facing a potential death sentence are celebrating partial victory after 1 of the men was released, but others remain in prison facing serious charges. Christian Solidarity Worldwide reported on Tuesday that the Rev. Kuwa Shamal, 1 of 4 men on trial,

(Jan 02 2017) - China Post : Beijing starts 2017 under a cloud
BEIJING -- Beijing woke on the first morning of 2017 covered in thick toxic fog, with a concentration of harmful particles 20 times higher than international standards. After a long period of pollution in Dec, the Chinese capital was again smothered in an acrid gray haze that limited visibility to a few 100 meters.

(Jan 01 2017) - National Post : Manhunt in Turkey for Gunman
TURKEY -- A manhunt stretched on in Turkey Sunday for an assailant who unleashed a salvo of bullets in front of and inside a crowded Istanbul nightclub during New Year’s celebrations, killing at least 39 people before fleeing. Foreigners accounted for 24, or nearly two-thirds of the attack’s victims ...

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