UK: Jeremy Corbyn Will Not lead Labour but is proud of the campaign
UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he will not lead the party in any future general election campaign” admitting his party has had a “disappointing night”. [...]
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Greta Thunberg – Time’s 2019 Person of the Year
Young Swedish environmentalist sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg has been named Time’s Person of the Year 2019. She is the youngest Person of the Year to be printed on [...]
Greenland has lost 3.8 trillion tonnes of ice since 1992
Greenland has lost 3.8 trillion tonnes of ice since 1992 – enough to push global sea levels up by 10.6 millimetres, according to international research. The study shows [...]
UK: Australian Julian Assange guilty of breaching bail
Westminster Magistrates’ Court: A UK judge has found Australian Julian Assange WikiLeaks founder guilty of breaching his bail. His supporters packed the public gallery. [...]
Jehovah’s Witnesses Tortured in Russia
Key Points: Jehovah’s Witnesses were subjected to physical abuse—electric shocks, suffocation, and beatings The agents put a bags over their heads and sealed it with [...]
Putin: Russia suspends INF nuclear deal with U.S.
President Vladimir Putin announced on Saturday that Russia has suspended the Cold War-era Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty after a similar move by the United States. [...]
Germany: Man drives through crowd in deliberate attack on foreigners
Western German: A 50-year-old man has ploughed his car into a crowd of people, injuring at least four. Authorities say it was an intentional attack on foreigners. Those [...]
Putin’s Russia Terrorises Jehovah’s Witnesses
Over the past year the Russian state has conducted a systematic campaign of terror against Jehovah’s Witnesses in the country. In at least seven cities across police [...]
Russia: “Unfriendly” Western Diplomats Get Marching Orders
MOSCOW Jamie Dettmer(VOA) — The Kremlin has given marching orders to “unfriendly diplomats” from several Western countries in retaliation for the collective Western [...]
The Cranberries Lead Singer Dies Age 46
Dolores O’Riordan, the lead singer of Irish rock group The Cranberries, has died at the age of 46. Her publicist says O’Riordan died suddenly while in London for [...]
