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(Dec 31 2018) - Irish Post : 'Auld Lang Syne' out of fashion ?
IRELAND -- From 11.55pm to 12.05am on January 1st, the sound of Auld Lang Syne can be heard ringing through parties across the world. It may not be an especially Irish ditty, but the song, first penned in the form of a poem by Robert Burns in 1788, used to be the hallmark of any good New Year’s Eve party.

(Dec 30 2018) - Baghdad Post : Iraq Importing Iranian electricity?
IRAQ -- Iraq is planning to meet US pressure to halt Iranian power imports & to solve the problems of electricity sector after continuous protests over power cuts. Baghdad hopes it will generate enough megawatts to feed demand by the summer season, when cuts can leave millions without electricity for up to 20 hrs per day.

(Dec 29 2018) - Conservative Post : Illegals entered with ...
CALIFORNIA -- Two sitting members of Congress, both from California, are at the center of a major controversy. Reps. Nanette Barragan and Jimmy Gomez are accused (by the Right) and celebrated (by the Left) for going to the U.S.-Mexico border and literally helping more than a dozen illegal immigrants enter the country.

(Dec 28 2018) - Post Register : FCC to investigate outage ...
U.S.A. -- FCC Director Ajit Pai has directed his department's public safety staff to investigate the national internet outage which began Thursday morning & has continued into Friday. In a Friday morning statement posted to Twitter, Pai voiced concern about the outage's effect on 911 service providers across the country.

(Dec 27 2018) - China Post : Trump defends withdrawal of troops
IRAQ -- President Trump is defending his decision to withdraw U.S. forces from Syria where they've been helping battle militants from the ISIS group. While visiting troops in western Iraq, Trump said that because of the military’s gains against the militant group, U.S. forces can return home to their families.

(Dec 26 2018) - Winona Post : Our role in the Russian meddling
WASH D.C. -- Foreign countries interfering with others’ elections is not a new phenomenon. Nor is it peculiar to the Russian “meddling” in our most recent U.S. elections. The U.S. has been known to work to sway elections in other countries over the years, as well. What is different about the recent incidents ...

(Dec 25 2018) - Christian Post : Trust in Clergy @ all-time low
U.S.A. -- Americans' view of the honesty & ethics of clergy has fallen to an all-time low in a ranking of different professions released by Gallup. The poll, conducted between Dec. 3-12 of 1,025 U.S. adults, found that only 37% had a "very high" or "high” opinion of the honesty & ethical standards of clergy.

(Dec 24 2018) - National Post : Israeli gov't calls early elections
JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s gov't agreed Monday to hold early elections in April after the ruling coalition appeared to come up short on votes needed to pass a contentious piece of court-ordered legislation. Netanyahu said his coalition “unanimously” agreed to disband the gov't & hold a new election.

(Dec 23 2018) - Jerusalem Post : Trump, Erdogan to coordinate ...
ISTANBUL -- Turkish President Erdogan & U.S. President Trump agreed on Sunday to coordinate to prevent an authority vacuum from developing as the United States withdraws from Syria, the Turkish presidency said. In a phone call between the two leaders, Erdogan also expressed satisfaction with steps taken by Washington ...

(Dec 22 2018) - Hippocratic Post : Impact of adverse drug events
WORLD -- Adverse drug events, or ADE’s, ADE’s are the 4th leading cause of death in the world, and account for over 100,000 hospitalizations each year. An adverse drug event is any injury due to a medication as a result of allergic reactions, overdoses & med' errors. More specifically, a med" error can be categorized as

(Dec 21 2018) - Connecticut Post : Justice Ginsburg had surgery ...
WASH D.C. -- Justice Ginsburg had surgery Friday to remove 2 malignant growths in her left lung, the 3rd time the Supreme Court's oldest justice has been treated for cancer since 1999. Doctors found "no evidence of any remaining disease" & scans taken before the surgery showed no cancerous growths elsewhere ...

(Dec 20 2018) - Financial Post : China’s most dangerous export ...
CANADA -- While trolling through the television-news wasteland on Monday night in search of meaningful content, I turned — as I often do — to Canada’s Business News Network. Since Bell Media’s BNN merged with Bloomberg’s Canadian business channel earlier this year, BNN’s revamped evening program schedule ...

(Dec 18 2018) - Daily Post : Military taskforce accuses elites ...
NIGERIA -- The Special Military Taskforce code named Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), saddled with the responsibility of maintaining peace in Plateau State, on Tuesday blamed elites in the state of manipulating & misguiding youths into perpetuating violence. Commander OPSH, Major General Augustine Agundu, made the disclosure

(Dec 17 2018) - Bangkok Post : 18 million meth pills seized
BANGKOK -- Authorities seized more than 18 million meth pills in the drug-riddled "Golden Triangle", a senior military official said Monday, following deadly anti-trafficking operations in the border region. The Golden Triangle -- the lawless wedge of land intersecting China, Myanmar, Thailand and Laos ...

(Dec 16 2018) - Palm Beach Post : Satellite set for lift off
FLORIDA -- After months of delays, the U.S. Air Force is about to launch the first of a new generation of GPS satellites, designed to be more accurate, secure & versatile. But some of their most highly touted features will not be fully available until 2022 or later because of problems in a companion program ...

(Dec 15 2018) - Post Athenian : ObamaCare Stuck Down ...
TEXAS -- The SCOTUS likely will be deciding the fate of Obamacare for a 2nd time after a federal judge on Friday struck it down as unconstitutional based on its mandate requiring individuals to purchase health insurance. In 2012, a divided court ruled that a tax placed on people who refused to buy health insurance ...

(Dec 14 2018) - Paradise Post : Sheriff releases emergency calls
MAGALIA, CA -- The Butte County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday released a written log of emergency calls it received the day the Camp Fire erupted, showing dispatchers were flooded with calls as the fire marched through Concow, Magalia and Paradise. The log also included two eyebrow-raising reports suggesting ...

(Dec 13 2018) - NY Post : Feds launch inauguration spending probe
WASH D.C. -- The feds are investigating whether President Trump’s 2017 inaugural committee misspent some of the record $107 million it raked in from donations, according to WSJ. The criminal probe by the Manhattan's DA is also scrutinizing whether some of the committee’s fat cat donors gave money ...

(Dec 12 2018) - Activist Post : Google Employees Publicly Rebel
CALIFORNIA -- DRAGONFLY: Google Employees Publicly Rebel Against Building a Dystopian New Search Engine. Dragonfly is a search engine specially built for China. It would unleash more censorship on a mass scale by selectively blocking certain search terms, apparently at the behest of China’s government.

(Dec 11 2018) - Seattle Post : Trump ... 'the people would revolt'
WHITE HOUSE -- President Trump commented on impeachment Tuesday, claiming he's unconcerned by the possibility and positing that "the people would revolt if that happened." The remark came during a White House interview with Reuters, his first since federal prosecutors in New York filed a sentencing memo for Michael Cohen,

(Dec 08 2018) - Kathmandu Post : Ambassador Sherpa summoned ...
NEPAL -- The government has summoned Nepal’s Ambassador to Australia Lucky Sherpa to Kathmandu after she was charged with human trafficking by her former driver. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday instructed Ambassador Sherpa to report to the ministry within three days with an explanation.

(Dec 07 2018) - Post & Email : Trump Sounds Off on ...
WHITE HOUSE -- Early on Friday morning, President Donald Trump tweeted his frustration with the Mueller “Russia” investigation, just hours before former FBI Director James Comey is to testify to the House Judiciary Committee behind closed doors. The committee, particularly the Republican majority ...

(Dec 06 2018) - Washington Post : Dow extends deep losses
WALL STREET -- After a reprieve for a national day of mourning, U.S. stock markets on Thursday extended an across-the-board rout triggered by signs that the prospect of a U.S.-China trade deal was in jeopardy. Investor angst was fueled by the arrest of a Chinese executive that further threatened progress on trade,

(Dec 05 2018) - Christian Post : Cross miraculously left standing ...
CALIFORNIA -- A large wooden cross that was left untouched by California wildfires is serving as a reminder of God’s faithfulness to a town almost entirely destroyed by the inferno. On Facebook, Our Savior Lutheran Church Pastor Merrick posted a photo of the cross 2 days after flames devastated the town of Paradise ...

(Dec 04 2018) - Threat Post : Quora Breach Exposes 100M Users
WORLD -- Crowdsourced query site Quora is asking the question of “what happened?” in the wake of a massive data breach that impacts up to 100 million of its users. The hack exposed user names, email addresses, hashed passwords, direct message content & imported data from networks that users linked to their accounts ...

(Dec 03 2018) - Pittsburgh Post : Priests names kept secret
HARRISBURG -- As the Catholic Church undergoes a national reckoning for its handling of the clergy sex abuse scandal, Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday ruled it wouldn't release the identities of 11 clerics implicated in a grand jury investigation of such abuse in nearly every diocese in the state.

(Dec 02 2018) - Frontier Post : Joint international air drill ...
KARACHI -- Pakistan and China’s Joint International Air Drill ‘Shaheen VII’ has kicked-off, at an operational base of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) on Sunday. According to details shared by PAF spokesperson, a Chinese Air Force contingent has arrived in Pakistan which includes pilots and air defense controllers.

(Dec 01 2018) - Saturday Evening Post : The WW II Conference ...
TEHRAN -- 75 years ago, at the height of World War II, the leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union came together for the first time. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Premier Joseph Stalin each knew that agreements and concessions had to be made,

(Nov 30 2018) - Huffington Post : Trump Signs New NAFTA Deal
BUENOS AIRES -- President Trump joined the leaders of Canada & Mexico at a global meeting in Argentina on Friday to sign a revised North American trade pact that he called “groundbreaking” & a benefit for “working people.” The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is meant to replace the 24-year-old NAFTA ... ”

(Nov 29 2018) - SCM Post : Manufacturers are fleeing China ...
CHINA -- President Trump’s tariffs on Chinese imports are having the desired effect of driving production out of China - but not to the U.S. Less than a month after the Trump admin' hit US$200 billion worth of Chinese imports with a 10% tariff, leading Hong Kong based furniture maker Man Wah Holdings ...

(Nov 28 2018) - Patriot Post : Independent Judiciary Reality Check
WASH D.C. -- “The opinion which gives to the judges the right to decide what laws are constitutional and what not, not only for themselves, in their own sphere of action, but for the Legislature and Executive also in their spheres, would make the Judiciary a despotic branch.” — Thomas Jefferson (1804)

(Nov 27 2018) - Jersey Evening Post : Divided over child refugees
JERSEY -- Islanders are again divided over the issue of whether Jersey should accept child refugees. Last week the JEP revealed that the gov't was ‘examining’ the possibility of bringing unaccompanied child refugees into Jersey & it's believed that civil servants are liaising with UK officials over the matter.

(Nov 26 2018) - BRICS Post : Russia detains Ukrainian vessels
BLACK SEA -- The Russian Federal Security Service acknowledged in a press release that the Russian navy had fired on the Ukrainian vessels in the Kerch-Yenikale Canal because “they did not respond to legitimate demands by the ships & boats of Russia’s FSB Border Guard Service escorting them to stop immediately ...”

(Nov 25 2018) - Wilson Post : Bombs away ...
TENNESSEE -- It’s been more than 73 yrs since Lucius Agee flew on a bombing mission, but in his mind’s eye the 94-year-old World War II veteran can picture it clear as day, even though he performed his duty in the dark of night. “My big job was to interpret what was on the screen,” said Agee, a Navy aviation radioman ...

(Nov 24 2018) - Denver Post : Melting ice has military looking north
UNALASKA, Alaska -- Army helicopters began flying in and out of the scraggily wilderness near this fishing town in August, surprising even the mayor. The tan, twin-rotor Chinook aircraft thumped over treeless cliffs and the historic port of Dutch Harbor, parking at a mountainside airstrip too small to land jet airliners.

(Nov 23 2018) - Kyiv Post : London court dismisses PrivatBank case
LONDON -- A High Court judge in London has decided that English courts do not have sufficient grounds for jurisdiction to hear attempts by Ukraine’s state-owned bank Privatbank’s owners to recover billions of dollars they claim were embezzled by the bank’s original owners, oligarchs Ihor Kolomoisky and Gennadiy Boholyubov.

(Nov 22 2018) - Post Register : Trump issues Thanksgiving threat ...
PALM BEACH -- President Trump made a Thanksgiving Day threat to close the U.S. border with Mexico for an undisclosed period of time if his admin' determines that its southern ally has lost "control" on its side. Trump also said he's given active-duty troops the "OK" to use lethal force against migrants ...

(Nov 21 2018) - Balkins Post : Kosovo quandary a win for Russia
KOSOVO -- For nearly two decades, President Vladimir Putin has been on a mission to make Russia great again - to borrow a phrase from his American counterpart - and to right what he sees as the greatest "wrong" in the country's recent history: the collapse of the USSR and the loss of its superpower status.

(Nov 20 2018) - Paradise Post : Death toll surpasses 80 in Camp Fire
CALIFORNIA -- The toll from the Camp Fire continued to rise Tuesday, while a few more people were allowed to return to their homes — or what was left. Two more bodies were found, bringing the number of fatalities to 81. Residents in Little Chico Creek and lower Butte Creek canyons were allowed home ...

(Nov 19 2018) - Irish Post : Sinead O'Connor claims ...
IRELAND -- Sinead O'Connor has suggested non-Muslims are "mentally ill" less than a fortnight after claiming she would no longer associate herself with "disgusting" white people. The Irish singer also took a swipe at U2 frontman Bono in yet more controversial tweets since her conversion to Islam last month.

(Nov 18 2018) - Conservative Post : Global Warming ... ???
WORLD -- It would seem that the arguments of scientists pushing the narrative of global warming are unraveling. Otherwise, why would they bother to fudge the numbers? If climate change was really occurring how they’re saying, there would be no need to manipulate the data. But, that’s precisely what they’re doing.

(Nov 17 2018) - Jerusalem Post : U.S. Coast Guard seizes cocaine ...
U.S.A. -- US authorities seized about 18.5 tons of cocaine with a street value of $500 million in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the US Coast Guard said on Friday. The cocaine was taken off the Coast Guard cutter James in the Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale on Thursday after it was confiscated from 15 drug smuggling vessels

(Nov 16 2018) - China Post : Argentine Senate approves austerity ...
BUENOS AIRES -- Argentine lawmakers have approved an austerity budget for 2019 that cuts social spending and raises debt payments to meet conditions from the International Monetary Fund. The budget approved Thursday by the Senate projects a 0.5 percent slide in GDP and a 23 percent inflation rate by yearend ...

(Nov 15 2018) - Gwinnett Daily Post : Guns found at airport
ATLANTA, GA. -- Though the law prohibiting travelers from bringing guns on planes may seem like an easy one to abide by, passengers — especially those going through Atlanta’s airport — are having a difficult time following the rule, the DOJ said. “As of Nov. 12, 293 have been recovered at Hartsfield-Jackson Int' Airport ...”

(Nov 14 2018) - Pakistan Christian Post : Creeping Islamic terrorism
BANGKOK -- Its very unfortunate that where ever Muslims are in large groups in Far East, South East Asia & South Asia are committing crimes under cover of Sharia law & taking up arms against respective governments of other faiths. The Muslim minorities in Sri-Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar & Philippines with support ...

(Nov 13 2018) - Courier Post : Hate crimes up 76% in New Jersey
NEW JERSEY -- Nearly 500 hate crimes were reported in New Jersey in 2017, a 76% jump from the previous year & the 4th-highest total in the nation, according to data released Tuesday by the FBI. The report comes as civil rights & religious groups raise alarms about a rise in hate-fueled incidents in the United States,

(Nov 12 2018) - Winona Post : Armistice Day, 100 years later
MINNESOTA -- They're all gone now, but between 1917 & 1919, 1,750 Winona County residents served in World War I: Czaplewskis, Haakes, Petersons, Schmidts, Bambeneks, & Murphys. Winonan Stanislaus Palubicki was one of the more than 120,000 U.S. casualties in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, when Allied troops ...

(Nov 11 2018) - Sunday Post : Abuse suffered at Celtic Boys Club
SCOTLAND -- 20 men have come forward to allege they suffered abuse at Celtic Boys Club. Many of those claim they were sexually abused by jailed Celtic Boys Club founder James Torbett. But some claim they were abused by others involved in the club. Lawyer Patrick McGuire of Thompsons Solicitors says he expects ...

(Nov 10 2018) - Palm Beach Post : State orders recount(s) ...
FLORIDA -- Forever the land of hanging chads, marred by the stain of electoral incompetence ‒ found itself Saturday embroiled in a recount lollapalooza that recalled the presidential limbo of 18 years ago that made the state a national joke. Not only were the highest profile races, for Senate & Gov, too close ...

(Nov 09 2018) - Bangkok Post : Myanmar, China sign agreement ...
NAY PYI TAW -- Myanmar & China has signed an agreement on a controversial deep sea port project on the Bay of Bengal, allowing Beijing to go forward with its plan to access the Indian ocean. The framework agreement for development of the first phase of the project, a key part of Beijing's ambitious Belt & Road Initiative,

(Nov 08 2018) - Daily Post : Buhari declares state of emergency
NIGERIA -- President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday declared a state of emergency on Nigeria’s water supply, sanitation & hygiene sector. Buhari, speaking during the inauguration of the National Action Plan for Revitalization of Water Supply, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH) Sector at State House Conference Centre on Thursday

(Nov 07 2018) - Activist Post : The State Weaponizes Education ...
AMERICA -- A 150 years ago, at least some Americans recognized that all serious discourse depended on the use of the faculty called Reason. Formal debate, science & law all flowed from that source. A common bond existed in some schools of the day. The student was expected to learn how Reason operates, and ...

(Nov 06 2018) - Patriot Post : Election Referendum Narrative ...
U.S.A. -- Election Day has finally arrived, and Dem's will soon find out if their “make everything about resisting Trump” gamble will pay off. In truth, Dem's had little else to campaign on besides fear, anger, hatred & division, as a most Americans want nothing to do with the party’s extreme leftist policies.

(Nov 05 2018) - Seattle Post : Voter turnout surges ...
WASHINGTON -- King County has joined a surge in voting turnout experienced from coast to coast to coast across the U.S., with ballots received from nearly half of the county's 1,289,489 voters as of noon on Monday. Statewide, as of Sunday, 1.739 million out of Washington's 4.3 million voters had returned ballots ...

(Nov 04 2018) - NY Post : Next stock market steps ...
NEW YORK -- So now that the market correction is over, it’s time to take stock, engage in a little self-reflection of your buys or sells, if you made any at all. But it’s also a time for the Trump administration to do some soul-searching and review its handling of the hysteria that gripped the markets and ...

(Nov 03 2018) - Post & Email : Interview with George Papadopoulos
CALIFORNIA -- On Friday, former unpaid Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos interviewed with radio host, Fox News contributor & former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino about how he believes he came to be embroiled in a “set up” by the FBI in the months leading up to the 2016 presidential election.

(Nov 02 2018) - Conservative Daily Post : ‘Emergency’ Motion Denied
NORTH DAKOTA -- An emergency, last ditch motion filed by a tribe in North Dakota has been denied. U.S. District Judge Daniel Hovland ruled that stopping the voter ID provision passed by the state would be a confusing & concerning change ahead of the ‘fast approaching’ elections. “The federal courts are unanimous ...”

(Nov 01 2018) - Kathmandu Post : Black box from jet retrieved
INDONESIA -- Divers on Thursday retrieved a black box from a Lion Air passenger jet that crashed into the shallow sea off the coast of the capital, Jakarta, killing all 189 onboard. The device should provide clues to what went wrong after the plane lost contact with ground staff just 13 minutes after taking off ...

(Oct 31 2018) - Christian Post : On Religious Liberty ...
WORLD -- 501 years ago today, Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church. The act - a simple one, designed to spark theological discussion & ecclesiastical renewal - dramatically altered the course of Western history & unleashed changes that Luther himself could not have foreseen

(Oct 30 2018) - Threat Post : Square, PayPal POS Hardware ...
U.S.A. -- Popular card readers like Square and PayPal have various flaws that allow attacks ranging from fraud to card data theft. Mobile point-of-sale (POS) terminals have revolutionized the retail space in many ways, with devices such as Square offering locations like mall kiosks, small coffee shops and ...

(Oct 29 2018) - Jakarta Post : Lion Air search focused under water
JAVA SEA -- The search for Lion Air flight JT610 is now focused under water, with 30 skilled divers being deployed to the Java Sea to search for the main body of the aircraft & black box, believed to be 25 to 30 meters under the sea surface, officials said. The search for the black box is crucial to answering why ...

(Oct 28 2018) - Washington Post : ‘I just want to kill Jews’ ...
PITTSBURGH -- Authorities have named the 11 people killed Saturday when a man armed with three pistols and a semiautomatic assault-style rifle attacked a synagogue in Pittsburgh — the deadliest attack on Jews in the history of the U.S. The dead include a 97-year-old woman, a husband and wife, and two brothers ...

(Oct 27 2018) - Pittsburgh Post : ATF, bomb squad & police arrive
PENNSYLVANIA -- Officials have confirmed the suspect in custody from the multiple fatal shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Squirrel Hill is Robert Bowers, 46. Multiple people were shot and at least four were killed in the shooting that happened shortly before 10 a.m. at the synagogue at Wilkins and Shady avenues.

(Oct 26 2018) - Huffington Post : Mail Bomb Suspect ID'd
FLORIDA -- A suspect has reportedly been arrested in connection with more than 10 packages containing likely pipe bombs mailed in the past week to people critical of President Donald Trump. The Department of Justice confirmed Friday that a man in Florida has been arrested in connection with the terrorism.

(Oct 24 2018) - SCM Post : Ditching nuclear treaty with Russia
ASIA -- Asian nations have for the most part stayed silent over a threat by the U.S. to withdraw from a disarmament treaty with Russia that has kept nuclear proliferation in check for the past 3 decades. But analysts warn that President Trump’s announcement last week about his intention to pull out of the Treaty ...

(Oct 23 2018) - Frontier Post : Erdogan calls for trial ...
ANKARA -- Turkish President Erdogan on Tuesday called for 18 Saudi suspects in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi to stand trial in Istanbul, saying all those involved had to face punishment. “My demand is that 18 people be tried in Istanbul,” Erdogan said in a speech to ruling party lawmakers in Ankara ...

(Oct 21 2018) - Sunday Post : Govt halts Saudi Arabia trade plans
SCOTLAND -- The Scottish Government has scrapped plans to recruit a Saudi trade specialist after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Holyrood ministers halted the hiring of a middleman to boost oil and gas business with Saudi Arabia amid mounting international outrage over the apparent murder.

(Oct 20 2018) - Patriot Post : Voices of Reason and Unreason
AMERICA -- What did the Kavanaugh controversy tell us about our historical moment? It underscored what we already know, that America is politically & culturally divided & that activists & the 2 parties don’t just disagree with but dislike & distrust each other. We know also the SCOTUS has come to be seen ...

(Oct 19 2018) - Leader Post : Dr accused of sexual touching ...
REGINA -- A Regina doctor facing allegations of inappropriate sexual touching has agreed to give up his medical licence & never practise medicine again, according to documents released by the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Saskatchewan. In Sept, Dr. Sylvester Ukabam was charged with professional misconduct ...

(Oct 17 2018) - Hippocratic Post : Cannabis is fuelling psychoses
ENGLAND -- New NHS figures showed there were 125,290 cannabis & spice-related hospital admissions from Apr 2013 - Mar 2018, including 14,888 under-20s. Consultant psychiatrist Dr Niall Campbell, who treats 18-year-olds and older, said 25% of paranoid psychosis cases were caused by the use of marijuana.

(Oct 16 2018) - Denver Post : Trump criticizes condemnation ...
WASH D.C. -- President Trump on Tuesday criticized rapidly mounting global condemnation of Saudi Arabia over the mystery of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, warning of a rush to judgment & echoing the Saudis’ request for patience. In an interview with (AP), Trump compared the case of Khashoggi ...

(Oct 15 2018) - Kyiv Post : Ukraine thanks Ecumenical Patriarchate
KYIV -- Ukrainians gathered Oct. 14 to hold a mass prayer celebrating the Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s recent steps toward independence from Moscow. Attendees, including President Poroshenko, gathered on the city’s Sofiivska Square to thank the Istanbul-based Ecumenical Patriarchate for granting approval ...

(Oct 14 2018) - Greanville Post : Internet Censorship Leaped Forward
U.S.A. -- While most indie media was focused on debating the way people talk about Kanye West and the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, an unprecedented escalation in internet censorship took place which threatens everything we all care about. It received frighteningly little attention.

(Oct 13 2018) - Activist Post : The Purge Is Here ...
AMERICA -- My page of over two million Facebook followers was unpublished today & I was also suspended from Twitter for no specific reason. I’m now unable to find the list Prop or Not compiled, but suffice to say Anti-Media was on it & so were multiple others purged today. To be safe, I’ll modify my statement in video ...

(Oct 12 2018) - India Post : US reviewing India's decisions re: oil
WASH D.C. -- The US is reviewing “very carefully” India’s decision to continue importing oil from Iran after Nov 4 and purchase of the S-400 air defense system from Russia, the State Dept has said, describing them as “not helpful”. The US is trying to cut off oil imports from Iran following President Trump’s decision

(Oct 11 2018) - Gwinnett Post : Hurricane Michael's destructive path
ALBANY, GA -- A driver moved slowly past a group of young ladies clearing remnants of a large pine tree that fell across Madison Ave & other debris from the yards of adjacent residences, stopped briefly, shook his head & offered an assessment that many in Albany shared Thursday morning. “This is getting to be routine, ain’t it?”

(Oct 10 2018) - Conservative Post : SCOTUS Upholds Voter ID
NORTH DAKOTA -- The Supreme Court will allow North Dakota to enforce its voter ID law. Opponent of the law said it disenfranchises the Native American population who do not have standard addresses. The SCOTUS refused to toss out an appeals court order that allows North Dakota to enforce its voter ID requirement ...

(Oct 09 2018) - Balkans Post : NATO’s manipulation of the vote
MACEDONIA -- NATO membership used to be motivated by a shared fear, however exploited, of a so-called “Soviet/communist threat” which made joining the military bloc a seemingly “natural” decision for the countries that did so during the Old Cold War. The US certainly pressured many of them behind the scenes ...

(Oct 08 2018) - Jerusalem Post : Russian official to visit Israel
ISRAEL -- In the first high-level visit of a senior Russian official since the downing of the Russian plane in Syria in Sept, Deputy PM of Russia Maxim Akimov will meet representatives from the Israeli start-up scene in Jerusalem on Tuesday, ahead of the establishment of the Israel-Russia Chamber of Commerce.

(Oct 07 2018) - Sunday Post : Experts warn voters are tuning out
SCOTLAND -- Voter’s opinion about Brexit & Scottish independence is stuck fast despite months of heated debate, a poll suggests today. Scots’ views on leaving the EU & breaking up the Union have not shifted in 3 months, according to our poll. On Brexit, 66% of Scots would still vote to Remain while ...

(Oct 06 2018) - Saturday Evening Post : 12 Who Didn’t Make It
WASH D.C. -- In 12 cases, Supreme Court nominees were voted down. The reasons varied from perceived incompetence to political payback. Since the Supreme Court was established in 1789, there have been 41 candidates who did not ascend to the highest court in the land. Most unsuccessful candidates realized ...

(Oct 05 2018) - First Post : Vladimir Putin in India ...
INDIA -- Russian president Vladimir Putin arrived in New Delhi on Thursday for the annual summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi after which Russia and India are expected to sign the S-400 air defence system deal and a number of other pacts in key sectors such as space and energy.

(Oct 04 2018) - Punching Bag Post : Details on the New NAFTA ...
CANADA -- Trade negotiators from the US and Canada reached an agreement late Sunday night following threats from the Trump Administration to move forward on a deal it had reached with Mexico (and without Canada) in August. Both trading partners immediately experienced a jump in the value of their currency ...

(Oct 03 2018) - BRICS Post : South Africa in economic crisis
SOUTH AFRICA -- South Africa, a member of the BRICS nations & G20, is a beacon of hope for Africans beyond its borders. Her unique history & exemplary negotiated political settlement following Apartheid remains one of the most highlighted periods of the end of 20th century. During this year’s UNGA in New York ...

(Oct 02 2018) - Pagosa Daily Post : Thousands of Fish Die ...
COLORADO -- Recent news reports have indicated that the fish kill on the Poudre River through Fort Collins has wiped out thousands of fish. One of the prevailing hypotheses for the kills is warmer temperatures & lower flows in the Poudre River. Coloradoan news staff spotted dozens of dead fish Sept 21 on the river banks ...

(Oct 01 2018) - Bangkok Post : Typhoon Trami slams Japan ...
JAPAN -- A powerful typhoon sliced through Japan after making landfall Sunday, injuring dozens, halting transport & bringing fierce winds & torrential rain to areas already battered by a string of recent extreme weather episodes. Typhoon Trami sparked travel disruption in the world's 3rd-biggest economy ...

(Sep 30 2018) - Daily Post : Senator alleges assassinate plot
NIGERIA -- Senator Hope Uzodinma representing Imo West Sen' Dist., alleged there were plans to assassinate him following his insistence in contesting the governorship primary elections. He said the fresh plot was as a result of failed attempt to kidnap him by kidnappers who disguised as security agents on Saturday.

(Sep 29 2018) - Seattle Post : Trump agrees to FBI probe ...
WASH D.C. -- Reversing course, President Trump bowed to Democrats' demands Friday for a deeper FBI investigation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh after Republican Sen. Flake balked at voting for confirmation without it — a sudden turn that left Senate approval newly uncertain amid allegations of sexual assault.

(Sep 28 2018) - Patriot Post : The Rage of the Left
U.S.A. -- Millions of dollars are spent on an investigation of the president without a shred of evidence produced in two years. The presidential press secretary is refused service in a restaurant. Entertainers, writers, musicians, and even public officials threaten their political opponents with violence.

(Sep 27 2018) - NY Post : 2 others assaulted Ford ... not Kavanaugh
WASH D.C. -- Two men have come forward to members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to claim that they are the ones who actually assaulted Christine Blasey Ford during a house party in '82, and not Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Republicans on the committee released a timeline of events late Wednesday,

(Sep 26 2018) - Nagaland Post : Seized drugs destroyed in Manipur
INDIA -- A huge quantity of drugs seized by Manipur police was destroyed on Wed at Pungdongbam Khanglahoubi Lampak in Imphal East dist' in the presence of state chief minister N Biren Singh. The disposed contraband drugs were seized by the state police & its narcotic affairs border (NAB) division ...

(Sep 25 2018) - Post Star : Dear Abby: Man confesses to affair
AMERICA -- DEAR ABBY: I found out a month ago that my wife & my best friend had a relationship 40 years ago when we were in our 20s. My friend hinted about it, so I asked him point blank & he confessed. Obviously, if you can’t trust someone, he’s not your friend. My question is, should I ask my wife to tell what happened ?

(Sep 24 2018) - Salisbury Post : The era of digital lynch mobs
NORTH CAROLINA -- “Judge not, and ye shall not be judged.” Jesus preaches that in the book of Luke. But then, Jesus never had Twitter. Or, for that matter, Instagram or Facebook. He never had, in other words, one of the social media platforms on which millions of us routinely judge other people every day.

(Sep 23 2018) - Christian Post : Time to Surrender to God
AMERICA -- I feel that most pastors and churches would agree that there continues to be a deep need for a spiritual revival in our churches today. We need to decide, as pastors and churches, to deal honestly with God's desires for us to give our full allegiance to Him. Until we surrender to Him fully ...

(Sep 22 2018) - Kathmandu Post : Parched City
KATHMANDU -- Kathmandu’s thirst for water is growing but large infrastructural projects, experts say, are not a cure all. Bhawana Dhital, a resident of Nayathimi, Bhaktapur, had yet another difficult summer this year. With the water supply from public pipelines inconsistent and limited ...

(Sep 21 2018) - Threat Post : Unpatched Microsoft Zero-Day ...
WORLD -- A Microsoft zero-day has been uncovered that could allow remote code-execution; as of now, it remains unpatched. According to the Zero Day Initiative (ZDI), the flaw is an out-of-bounds (OOB) write in the Microsoft JET Database Engine, which underlies the Microsoft Access & Visual Basic software.

(Sep 20 2018) - Wash Post : Kavanaugh accuser won’t testify ...
WASH D.C. -- n attorney for Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who is accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett M. Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her when they were teenagers, said Thursday that her appearing at a hearing on Monday to detail her claims is “not possible” but she could testify later in the week.

(Sep 19 2018) - Monroe County Post : Banning plastic straws ???
NEW YORK -- Canandaigua took up a discussion on Tuesday night that has been stirring up the country- should plastic straws be banned? City leaders discussed a possible ordinance that would be similar to those passed in Seattle and San Francisco. Supports say it’s an effort to cut down on plastic pollution.

(Sep 18 2018) - Connecticut Post : Trump rolls back pollution rules
MONTANA -- The Trump admin' rolled back an Obama-era rule that forced energy companies to capture methane — a key contributor to climate change that's released in huge amounts during drilling on U.S. & tribal lands. A replacement rule from the Interior Dept' rescinds mandates for companies to reduce gas pollution ...

(Sep 17 2018) - The Post : GANGLAND FEARS: Gene Gotti's release
NEW YORK -- N.Y. City’s trigger-happy underworld is on edge with the return of Mob brother No. 1, Gene Gotti. The 71 gangster was recently released after serving 29 yrs in prison on a heroin trafficking beef. The younger brother of famed ‘Teflon Don’ John Gotti, Gene Gotti returns to the streets an older, balding man.

(Sep 16 2018) - SCM Post : Blocking research is certain to backfire
CHINA -- Statistical evidence has emerged of overseas researchers being pressured by Chinese authorities not to investigate sensitive issues. But academic exchange and input from the outside is important to China’s development as a global power. Evidence of political boundaries on academic freedom in the mainland abounds.

(Sep 15 2018) - Huffington Post : Florence Drenches Carolinas ...
MYRTLE BEACH -- Florence already has proven deadly with its nearly nonstop rain, surging seawater and howling winds, and the threats are days from ending as remnants from what was a major hurricane swirl over the Carolinas. Some towns have received more than 2 feet (60 centimeters) of rain from Florence, and ...

(Sep 14 2018) - Frontier Post : Three Levies personnel martyred ...
QUETTA -- At least 3 Levies personnel were martyred & 2 others injured in a blast near Pasheen. According to media reports, the explosion took place near the vehicle of Assistant Commissioner; however the AC was not travelling in his car at the time of the attack. Police reports a motorbike was used in the explosion.

(Sep 13 2018) - Patriot Post : When Gov't Becomes Everything ...
CALIFORNIA -- This week, Republican congressional candidate Rudy Peters of California was nearly stabbed by a 35-year-old Castro Valley resident, Farzad Fazeli. According to media reports, Fazeli started shouting about President Trump and then pulled out a switchblade. Thankfully, the switchblade malfunctioned ...

(Sep 12 2018) - Hippocratic Post : Stressing to be happy
U.S.A. -- "In recent years, there has been a shift within society whereby happiness is valued above everything else. Across Instagram & social media, we're seeing constant posts about being happy, or, to use that old cliché, "turning that frown upside down". However, the truth is that only by experiencing things ...

(Sep 11 2018) - Central Florida Post : Remembering 9/11
NEW YOUK -- Today, on this day of remembrance, I encourage you all to take a moment and remember all those that we lost, all that we’ve lost ever, and be grateful for all that we still have. Seventeen years ago, I had just returned from the college dining room to my dorm room to get ready for class.

(Sep 10 2018) - Conservative Daily Post : Sessions Sets Record ...
WASH D.C. -- Since President Trump has taken over responsibility, deportations have been on the rise, which requires, of course, more judges to oversee the deportations. There is also a demand for more judges to deal with cases in the immigration backlog, of which there are said to be hundreds of thousand.

(Sep 09 2018) - Activist Post : Secret 'US' Spy base in Australia ?
AUSTRALIA -- What in the world is the U.S. doing in the central part of the Australian continent with a deep underground spy base known as Pine Gap, a top secret base financed entirely by the U.S. gov't ? It’s officially known as the Joint Defense Space Research Facility, and is not far from Alice Springs ...

(Sep 07 2018) - Gwinnett Post : Student charged with bringing gun
GEORGIA -- A Parkview High School student is facing criminal charges and school disciplinary action for bringing a gun to school, officials said. On Thursday, Parkview Principal David Smith sent a letter to parents informing them of the incident, which he said occurred Wednesday. According to the letter ...

(Sep 06 2018) - Baghdad Post : Curfew imposed in Basra ...
IRAQ -- Basra Operations Command imposed a curfew in the province starting from this afternoon until further notice. Protesters set fire to part of the city governorate’s building. Iraqi security forces have killed 9 protesters & injured 93, including 18 security forces. Strict measures have been instituted ...

(Sep 05 2018) - India Post : India, US to discuss issues
NEW DELHI -- A raft of key issues such as the US' sanctions on import of Iranian crude oil, boosting cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region and finalizing a pact on encrypted defense technologies will be the focus of the inaugural two-plus-two talks between India and the US here, official sources has said.

(Sep 04 2018) - Conservative Post : 1 Million Muslims Rounded Up
CHINA -- Did they go too far? China views Islam as a threat to its traditional values. It’s a sentiment shared by many in the Democratic & Christian West. But China’s approach to countering the threat has been very different from what we’ve seen from most of Europe & America up until the Trump presidency.

(Sep 03 2018) - Weekend Post : Gov’t finally dumps EVMs
BOTSWANA -- President Mokgweetsi Masisi admin' has announced this week the reversal of the decision to introduce the controversial Electronic Voting Machine (EVMs) following court battles & resistance from the populace. Ever since Masisi ascended to the presidency, gov't had hinted at doing away with EVM ...

(Sep 02 2018) - Sunday Post : Families of Scots who die abroad
SCOTLAND -- Scotland should go it alone & look after the “abandoned” families of people who die abroad, an SNP MP has said. Hannah Bardell, chairwoman of a cross-party Westminster group on deaths abroad, said too many people had been failed by the Foreign Office who she claimed often treat the issue as a ...

(Sep 01 2018) - Jerusalem Post : Evangelicals see Trump as ...
AMERICA -- As he travels to preach at small country churches across Alabama, former State Baptist Convention President John Killian hears a lot of talk about President Trump. "I see overwhelming support," Killian said. Many Southern Baptists - who number more than a million in Alabama - tend to like Trump and ...

(Aug 31 2018) - Saturday Evening Post : American Work Ethic ...
AMERICA -- “It’s easy to see that America has lost sight of the virtues that comprise work ethic - the very things that helped build our country,” wrote David Schwabel in Forbes magazine. It’s a common complaint among Americans. You hear it when we get lousy service in a restaurant, find our new appliance doesn’t work ...

(Aug 30 2018) - First Post : RBI data on demonetisation ...
INDIA -- A bit of info that was eagerly awaited was on the quantum of money that was demonetised which came back into the system though the banking channels. The non-availability of such data had led to considerable speculation on the end result. Given the physical numbers involved, it was natural that ...

(Aug 29 2018) - Bristol Post : Paedophile hunter case thrown out
ENGLAND -- A judge has thrown out a court case in which a man was the victim of a paedophile hunter sting. The hunter, known as Danny Catcher, created a fake 14-year-old girl when chatting with Isaac Slusalarczik online & provided a photo of his then girlfriend to reinforce the deception. After the "child" Louise said ...

(Aug 28 2018) - Bangkok Post : Genocide against Rohingya Muslims
GENEVA -- Investigators working for the UN's top human rights body said that Myanmar military leaders should be prosecuted for genocide against Rohingya Muslims, taking the unusual step of identifying 6 by name among those behind deadly, systematic crimes against the ethnic minority. They also faulted ...

(Aug 27 2018) - Daily Post : BMO fires back at Trump ...
NIGERIA -- The Buhari Media Organisation, BMO, on Monday, rubbished the report by President Donald Trump that President Muhammadu Buhari is a “lifeless President.” BMO insisted that Buhari was fit and capable of running for the 2019 elections. In a statement signed by the group’s Chairman & Sec', Niyi Akinsiju and ...

(Aug 26 2018) - Forney Post : One Year After Hurricane Harvey
TEXAS -- In 2017, Aug. 25 was a tragic day. Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas, bringing destructive winds & floodwaters that claimed 88 lives & caused immeasurable damage. In 2018, as that date approaches again, Texans mourn the loss of those who were taken too soon & reflect on the struggles of thousands ...

(Aug 25 2018) - Seattle Post : Trump slams FBI's investigation
WHITE HOUSE -- President Trump is again criticizing the FBI's investigation into Hillary's emails & he's suggesting that "at some point" he "may have to get involved!" Trump is asserting, without providing evidence, that the FBI failed to thoroughly review Clinton's emails as part of its investigation into ...

(Aug 24 2018) - NY Post : Trump-backed candidate wins Ohio
COLUMBUS -- A two-term state senator who was backed by President Trump but who also promoted his ties to Trump critic John Kasich won a previously deadlocked congressional special election in Ohio, retaining a coveted open US House seat long held by Republicans. State Sen. Troy Balderson was certified Friday ...

(Aug 23 2018) - PanAm Post : Venezuela: An Example of Failure
VENEZUELA -- In the Washington Post, Venezuelan Francisco Toro, columnist for that newspaper & founder of the Caracas Chronicles group blog, presents an attempt to dissociate the Venezuelan tragedy from its ideological cause. In the article, entitled “No, Venezuela does not prove anything about socialism,” Toro rails ...

(Aug 22 2018) - Jesuit Post : On the Abuse Crisis
VATICAN -- It has been a bad summer for the Roman Catholic Church in the U.S. Beginning with substantiated allegations of sexual abuse by then-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, subsequent weeks have led to McCarrick’s resignation from the College of Cardinals, stories of abuse at seminaries, and, most recently ...

(Aug 21 2018) - BRICS Post : Lula should be allowed to run ...
BRAZIL -- With the national elections in Brazil less than 2 months away, some are calling for former President Lula da Silva to be allowed to run despite being incarcerated on a corruption conviction. And he continues to dominate pre-election polls despite being behind bars where he is serving a 12-year sentence.

(Aug 20 2018) - Post Courier : Clans urged to surrender weapons
PAPUA NEW GUINEA -- A 48-hour ultimatum given to conflicting clans in Salamaua LLG, Huon Gulf district in Morobe Province has resulted in some illegal weapons surrendered at Salamaua station last week. Senior Constable Dickson Siniwin from police criminal investigation division told youths from the conflict villages ...

(Aug 19 2018) - Kathmandu Post : NOC hikes prices of products
NEPAL -- Nepal Oil Corporation (NOC) has jacked up the prices of petroleum products on Sunday. The state-owned monopoly has decided to increase Rs 1 per litre in petrol. It has increased diesel & kerosene prices by Rs 2 a litre, respectively. Similarly, the NOC has increased aviation fuel by Rs 4.50 per litre.

(Aug 18 2018) - Salisbury Post : Time to have cool heads ...
NORTH CAROLINA -- Salisbury Police were called to the corner of Church & West Innes Saturday morning after it was discovered that someone covered “Fame,” the Confederate monument in what appeared to be white paint. The statue, depicting an angel holding a fallen soldier, carrying a broken gun, has since been cleaned.

(Aug 17 2018) - Threat Post : World’s Top Websites Deemed ‘Risky’
WORLD -- An analysis of the world’s most-visited websites shows that vulnerable software, too much active content & large amounts of code execution open visitors to a raft of potential dangers. Nearly 1/2 of the world’s most popular websites are risky places to visit, according to an analysis of top Alexa sites.

(Aug 16 2018) - Post Star : GOP buys Cuomo ticket to Canada
ALBANY -- New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s political opponents on the right and left seized Thursday on his comment that America “was never that great,” with Republicans buying him a bus ticket to Canada and intra-party rival Cynthia Nixon accusing him of trying and failing to sound like a progressive.

(Aug 15 2018) - Nagaland Post : Warning of new Bin Laden threat
UNITED NATIONS -- As ISIS is driven out of its former strongholds, a U.N. panel is warning that the next big terror threat in the region could come, once again, from Al Qaeda -- led by the son of Usama bin Laden. According to Fox News, the report by U.N. experts, delivered to the Security Council & released this week ...

(Aug 14 2018) - Monroe County Post : Armed guards in schools
NEW YORK -- With two children attending school in Hilton and two more working as employees, Carl Pilon took a dim view of arming security guards at the district’s schools. “You arm the security guards,” he exclaimed. “What happens if the security guard goes crazy? He’s already got a gun!”

(Aug 13 2018) - Wash Post : FBI agent Peter Strzok fired
WASH D.C. -- The FBI has fired agent Peter Strzok, who helped lead the bureau’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election until officials discovered he had been sending anti-Trump texts. Aitan Goelman, Strzok’s lawyer, said FBI Deputy Director David L. Bowdich ordered the firing on Friday ...

(Aug 12 2018) - Post & Email : Nunes Speaks on Declassification
WASH D.C. -- Today, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes spoke to “Sunday Morning Futures” host Maria Bartiromo about new information which continues to emerge from several congressional committees’ investigations into the origins of the Trump-Russia “collusion” probe. Last week The Hill reported ...

(Aug 11 2018) - Connecticut Post : Sickness linked to McDonalds
CONNECTICUT -- At least 436 people became ill after eating salads from McDonald’s restaurants, including a Connecticut resident, and the chain has pulled the lettuce blend from 3,000 of its sites, according to press releases and multiple news reports. The Connecticut resident who became ill was traveling in Illinois ,

(Aug 10 2018) - The Post : Trump criticized from right & left
WASH D.C. -- A former top aide to a Republican president and a left-wing senator have both blasted the White House for its response to the feud between Canada and Saudi Arabia, calling it weak and evidence of President Donald Trump’s affinity for autocrats. In an article earlier this week, Elliott Abrams ...

(Aug 09 2018) - SCM Post : What it means to be Singaporean
CHINA -- Singapore National Day is today. We ask Singaporeans about the characteristics that set them apart from other nationalities and, with its identity still evolving, what the city state will be like in another 50 years. Three years ago, when the S.E. Asian republic turned 50, things were different.

(Aug 08 2018) - Huffington Post : New Sanctions On Russia
WASH D.C. -- Washington said on Wednesday it would impose fresh sanctions on Russia after it determined that Moscow had used a nerve agent against a former Russian agent & his daughter in Britain. Sergei Skripal, a former colonel in Russia’s GRU military intelligence service, & his 33-yr-old daughter, Yulia ...

(Aug 07 2018) - Greanville Post : Remembering Anatoly Chubais ...
RUSSIA -- The rape of Russia - the Russian nation, the Russian state, the Russian people - beginning the end of the 1980’s, was a coup d’état engineered by the US Central Intelligence Agency along with rogue and not so rogue networks directed by former CIA Director, then President, George Herbert Walker Bush and ...

(Aug 06 2018) - Conservative Daily Post : Assassination Attempt ???
VALENZUELA -- After surviving what he claimed was a drone-borne assassination attempt, Maduro declared that it was carried out by the far-right in his country & claimed there were American & Columbian ties to the violence. To say that Venezuela has been adversarial toward the U.S. ... would be an understatement.

(Aug 05 2018) - Christian Post : New Congress of Christian Leaders
U.S.A. -- American megachurch Pastors Greg Laurie, Jack Graham & Jentezen Franklin are among the international church leaders expected to join the inaugural board of the recently launched Congress of Christian Leaders. The new interdenominational representative body, which was launched by influential Hispanic evangelical leader

(Aug 04 2018) - Patriot Post : Media Bias Blowout
AMERICA -- In yesterday’s report I wrote about the left-wing media’s role in dividing the country. Contrary to Jim Acosta’s pontificating, many reporters these days aren't true journalists in the sense that they don't impartially report facts. With the rise of Trump, many reporters gleefully dropped the charade ...

(Aug 03 2018) - Hippocratic Post : Swimming pool hazards
U.S.A. -- Before plunging into your hotel swimming pool, or soaking in hot tubs during your long-awaited summer holiday, you might want to think twice, especially if you have health problems. What lies beneath the sparkling, inviting surface of the water is something we would rather not think about.

(Aug 02 2018) - Frontier Post : FIA detects 69 foreign bank accounts
KARACHI -- As many as 69 bank accounts of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement leaders have been detected abroad, the gov't has sought info from the relevant countries, the Federal Investigation Agency submitted its report to an anti-terrorism court on Wednesday. FIA said it found Rs1,321,509,608 were collected ...

(Aug 01 2018) - Activist Post : Conservatives Banned on Social Media
AMERICA -- The past two years have seen a rather aggressive change in corporate policies toward the very customers they used to covet. Not long ago, CEOs tended to keep their political views mostly in the closet. Companies remained publicly neutral because their goal was first and foremost to make money.

(Jul 31 2018) - Punching Bag Post : Bernie Sanders' Healthcare Plan
U.S.A. -- Bernie Sanders, whose socialist ideas gained traction during his failed presidential bid, wants to expand Medicare to cover all US residents without copays or deductibles. According to a recent report ... at George Mason University, Sanders' "Medicare for all" plan would increase gov't healthcare ...

(Jul 30 2018) - Baghdad Post : Iran currency's record plunge ...
IRAN -- The demise of the Iranian banking system has become more likely as the US is hitting the rogue regime with more sanctions, experts have asserted. They cited the plunging national currency. According to recent reports, the Iranian riyal hit record low, with the single dollar posting 100400 riyals.

(Jul 29 2018) - Sunday Post : Tears, tanks, and freedom fighters
GLASGOW -- Now Turner Prize-winning artist Douglas Gordon is celebrating the history and heritage of George Square in Glasgow. Citizens of Everywhere! is one of the landmark events of Festival 2018, which runs alongside the inaugural European Championships that begin in the city on Wednesday. And coming home ...

(Jul 28 2018) - Saturday Evening Post : 14th Amendment Settled ...
AMERICA -- Amending the U.S. Constitution remains a monumental act, even if such modifications were always intended from the moment that the document was designed. While every amendment has faced challenge and debate, few groups have inspired as much controversy and litigation as the so-called Reconstruction Amendments.

(Jul 27 2018) - Post Journal : Facebook’s Day Of Reckoning ???
NEW YORK -- Facebook faced a day of reckoning Thursday as its shares plunged in the biggest one-day drop in stock-market history. The 19% drop vaporized $119 billion of the company’s stock-market value. Zuckerberg saw his net worth fall by roughly $16 billion. It was Facebook’s worst trading day since going public ...

(Jul 26 2018) - Jerusalem Post : Planning to destroy Mosque ???
JERUSALEM -- The stone that fell from the Western Wall earlier this week proves that Israel has devised a plan to destroy the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, a spokesperson for the ruling Fatah faction headed by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas claimed on Thursday. An Israel Antiquities Authority crane on Wednesday removed the 200-kg. ashlar, which fell into the nearly-empty egalitarian plaza, also known as the “Ezrat Yisrael.” No one was hurt.

(Jul 25 2018) - Conservative Post : Russian agent met with who ???
WASH D.C. -- Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina was colluding with everybody, including the Obama Administration! According to Reuters, Butina met with a lot of US officials during the Obama administration. Every time crooked cop and special counsel Mueller points at someone Russian it leads back to Obama's administration.

(Jul 24 2018) - India Post : US Congress committee proposes waiver
WASH D.C. -- A US Congressional committee has proposed waivers for countries like India from punitive sanctions against those doing business with Russia's defense industry. The Senate & House Armed Services Committee in a joint conference report to the National Defence Authorization Act, provided a modified wavier ...

(Jul 23 2018) - First Post : Pakistan Army meddling in elections
WASH D.C. -- The Pakistan Army, assisted by a partisan judiciary is "blatantly meddling" in the 25 July elections, the country's former top envoy to the US has alleged. Over 12,570 candidates, including a number of hard-line clerics, are contesting the elections to the parliament and four provincial assemblies.

(Jul 22 2018) - Bangkok Post : Wrong road for tourists
PHITSANULOK -- Three villages in this northern province are doing the unthinkable: returning money allocated for tourism promotion to state coffers. Ban Nam Chuang, Ban Nam Chuang Tai & Ban Nam Kub in Chattrakan district were allocated a budget of 2.8 million baht under the gov't campaign to promote community tourism ...

(Jul 21 2018) - Jesuit Post : The Church & Betrayal of God’s People
NEW YORK -- The troubling case of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has become yet more troubling, as the details of previous settlements made to former priests who accused Cardinal McCarrick of inappropriate behavior was reported on the front page of New York Times. The Church’s hierarchy, rather than leading the Church ...

(Jul 20 2018) - PanAm Post : Without Petro-state Backing ...
HAVANA -- In view of the fact that this week the Sao Paulo Forum brought together the leaders of regional socialism in Havana at its 24th annual meeting, the PanAm Post interviewed Venezuelan political scientist Víctor Maldonado, director of the Center for the Dissemination of Economic Knowledge for Freedom and ...

(Jul 19 2018) - NY Post : President Trump gripes about Fed ...
WHITE HOUSE -- President Trump trashed the Fed' on Thursday for raising interest rates - moves that he said could damage America’s ongoing economic recovery from the Great Recession. “I’m not thrilled. Because we go up & every time you go up, they want to raise rates again. I don’t really - I am not happy about it."

(Jul 18 2018) - Daily Post : Boko Haram: What we did ...
NIGERIA -- Frontline PDP presidential aspirant, Kabiru Tanimu Turaki, SAN, has recalled how the Goodluck Jonathan gov't supressed Boko Haram. He also said that the war against terror in the country had remained intractable because the current administration had failed to embrace global best practices of carrot & stick.

(Jul 17 2018) - Charlotte Post : City Ok's 2020 RNC Convention
NORTH CAROLINA -- Charlotte is bruised, but open to hosting the 2020 Republican Convention. City Council's 6-5 voted to move forward with the city's bid to host the nominating meeting came after 3 hours of contentious debate, in which 4 Dem's voted with Republicans to approve contracts with the RNC if Charlotte is picked.

(Jul 16 2018) - Seattle Post : Amazon's Prime Day ran into snags
NEW YORK -- Amazon's website ran into some early snags Monday on its much-hyped Prime Day, an embarrassment for the tech company on the shopping holiday it created. Shoppers clicking on many Prime Day links after the 3 p.m. ET launch in the U.S. got only images of dogs - some quite abashed-looking - with the words ...

(Jul 15 2018) - Post Star : Trump sets expectations low for summit
SCOTLAND -- President Trump is keeping expectation low for his high-stakes summit with Putin, saying "nothing bad is going to come out of it & maybe some good will come out." The president also said in an interview that he "hadn't thought" about asking Putin to extradite the 12 Russian military intelligence officers

(Jul 14 2018) - Vicksburg Post : 15-yr-old will be charged as an adult
MISSISSIPPI -- Vicksburg police have released the name of the 15-yr-old boy arrested in the July 9 shooting of a 17-yr-old girl. Keshawn Williams has been certified as an adult & charged with aggravated assault & drive-by shooting. The drive-by shooting charge involves an incident that occurred about 2:51 a.m.

(Jul 13 2018) - BRICS Post : We need a relationship with Russia
U.K. -- President Donald Trump said that a relationship with Russia would benefit the entire world, but warned that he had low expectations going into his summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin next week. During his joint press conference with UK Prime Minister Theresa May at Buckinghamshire,

(Jul 12 2018) - Kathmandu Post : Dispute delays transit protocol ...
BEIJING -- The second consultative meeting for the Protocol to the Transit and Transportation between Nepal and China ended inconclusively in Beijing on Wednesday. Representatives of both parties failed to reach consensus on the text of the protocol during the two-day talks, diplomatic sources said.

(Jul 11 2018) - Post Athenian : Trump Strengthening Medicaid ...
WASH D.C. -- The Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services is implementing new & enhanced initiatives designed to improve Medicaid program integrity through greater transparency & accountability, strengthened data, innovative robust analytic tools. “The initiatives are to help strengthen & preserve the foundation"

(Jul 10 2018) - Wash Post : Trump hits combative notes ...
BRUSSELS -- President Trump signaled Tuesday that he was ready for a transatlantic brawl as he embarked on a consequential week of international diplomacy, taking aim at vulnerable British Prime Minister Theresa May and suggesting that meeting with Russian President Vladi­mir Putin might be easier than talking with Western allies at the NATO summit here.

(Jul 09 2018) - Kyiv Post : War pushes Ukrainians to leave ...
CANADA -- Ukraine keeps losing young & talented people: every month some 100,000 Ukrainians become labor migrants, according to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin. Endemic corruption, Russia’s war in eastern Ukraine & the impact on Ukraine of the global economic crisis have made the perennial flow of emigrants even more pronounced over the last four years.

(Jul 08 2018) - Nagaland Post : UN cuts peacekeeping budget
INDIA -- The UN has cut its peacekeeping budget by $610 million for the current year while the monthly payment to each peacekeeper will increase by $96 per month. The $6.69 billion-budget for this accounting year starting July 1 that was adopted by the General Assembly, is 8.36% less than the previous year’s $7.3 billion.

(Jul 07 2018) - Internet Post : Fuel removal from Fukushima delayed
JAPAN -- The operator of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant says work to remove spent nuclear fuel from a cooling pool at one of its reactors may be delayed. A total of 566 fuel units remain in the cooling pool at the No.3 reactor, which suffered a meltdown in 2011.

(Jul 06 2018) - SCM Post : US, China Trade War Begins
CHINA -- The “biggest trade war in economic history” began Friday, China said after Washington & Beijing traded 25% tariffs on $34 billion worth of each other’s goods, while analysts warned the dispute was set to run & run. A former deputy commerce minister, said the conflict would affect the global value chain

(Jul 03 2018) - Monroe County Post : Private island for sale in upstate
NEW YORK -- A private island is for sale right here in upstate New York. Whiskey Island maintains its name from the prohibition era, that’s according to New York Upstate’s website. This historic private island is for sale for $2.4 million. It was even featured on HGTV’s “Island hunters.”

(Jul 02 2018) - Greanville Post : After the Amazon Tax Betrayal
SEATTLE -- In the wake of the Democratic Party’s shameful betrayal over Seattle’s Amazon Tax - a tax on big business to fund affordable housing - housing costs continue to soar off the charts with no solution in sight. Nearly half of the city’s renters are now officially “rent burdened” ...

(Jul 01 2018) - Conservative Daily Post : Historic Roundup Nets 601
WASH D.C. -- AG Jeff Sessions must really like the new Parliament album. Thursday he proudly declared himself top “Medicaid Fraud Dog,” when he announced the DOJ’s “historic” roundup of 601 doctors, nurses & other licensed medical professionals in a $2 billion bust. “We’re just getting started,” Sessions promised.

(Jun 30 2018) - Christian Post : Romans 13 & Right of Revolution
AMERICA -- As the U.S. readies to celebrate its independence on July 4, a thorny question arises: Does the Bible really grant nations - especially those once labeled "Christian" - the right of revolution, or do the Scriptures forbid it? Rom 13, now much in focus because of AG Jeff Sessions' appeal to the passage ...

(Jun 29 2018) - Irish Post : Ireland's Sex trafficking report
IRELAND -- Ireland has been deemed a Tier 2 country due to its lack of supports for victims of sex trafficking. The 2018 Annual Trafficking in Persons report has concluded that Ireland doesn't meet the minimum standards for eliminating sex trafficking. While the govt made significant efforts to meet minimum standard ...

(Jun 28 2018) - Pakistan Christian Post : Pope accepts resignations
VATICAN -- In his latest move on the Chilean clerical abuse crisis, Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop Horacio del Carmen Valenzuela Abarca of Talca, and Bishop Alejandro Goiæ Karmeliæ of Rancagua, both of whom have come under fire for their reaction to abuse allegations. Valenzuela, is one of four ...

(Jun 27 2018) - Huffington Post : SCOTUS Hands Trump Victory
WASH D.C. -- In 5-4 rulings this term, the court upheld Trump’s travel ban for certain Muslim-majority countries and said it was OK for states to aggressively cancel voter registrations. By the same breakdown, it approved Texas’ electoral maps tainted by claims of intentional racial discrimination and struck down a California law requiring pregnancy counseling centers to notify people about the availability of abortion.

(Jun 26 2018) - Punching Bag Post : Warrent Needed for What ???
WASH D.C. -- Late last week, the U.S. SCOTUS ruled that gov't officials have to obtain a warrant in order to track an individual's location data via cell phone records over an extended period of time. "In the 5-4 ruling, the court said police generally need a court-approved warrant to get access to the data ..."

(Jun 25 2018) - Frontier Post : ECP rejects appeals seeking delay
ISLAMABAD -- The Election Commission of Pakistan has rejected all 3 petitions seeking a delay in the General Election which is scheduled for July 25. On Monday, Chief Election Commissioner, Justice (retd) Raza had reserved his verdict after hearing the petitions requesting a delay in the general election of 2018.

(Jun 24 2018) - Baghdad Post : Iraqi govt formation may be delayed
IRAQ -- MP Massoud Haider said the new Iraqi gov't formation may get delayed until the beginning of 2019 due to parliamentary elections results crisis. Haidar pointed out that the process of manual recount of parliamentary elections votes & sending its results to the Fed' Supreme Court & the parliament to get approved ...

(Jun 23 2018) - Saturday Evening Post : News of the Week
AMERICA -- I don’t have air conditioning in my apartment, so in the summer I keep my windows open all the time. I live in a neighborhood with a lot of businesses and traffic, not far from both downtown and the highway. That means, unlike during fall and winter, every sound that happens outside, I hear in my apartment.

(Jun 22 2018) - Patriot Post : What 'Fake News' looks like
U.S.A. -- The cover of the latest issue of Time magazine features two individuals. One is a little Honduran girl crying while juxtaposed and looking down at her is President Donald Trump. The caption reads, “Welcome to America.” The clear message being sent by the leftist magazine is that this poor little girl is alone ...

(Jun 21 2018) - Gwinnett Daily Post : Melania Trump visits border
TEXAS -- First lady Melania Trump touched down in McAllen, Texas, Thursday for making a publicly unannounced and hastily planned trip to get a firsthand look at the crisis affecting immigrant families at the US border. "I want to thank you for your hard work, your compassion and your kindness," the first lady said ...

(Jun 20 2018) - Conservative Post : New Executive Order Signed
WHITE HOUSE -- President Trump has signed the executive order to keep families together at the border. Trump says the ‘zero-tolerance’ prosecution policy will continue. ” “This has been going on for 60 years. 60 years nobody’s taken care of it, nobody’s had the political courage to take care of it, but we’re going to take care of it,” Trump said.

(Jun 19 2018) - Jerusalem Post : Common ground emerging on Syria
GENEVA -- Senior officials from Iran, Russia & Turkey held substantive talks Tues on how Syria's constitutional committee will be set up & function, more talks are planned within weeks, UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura said. "During the meeting, constructive exchanges & substantive discussions took place ...

(Jun 18 2018) - Amsterdam Post : Underpromise and overdeliver ...
BERLIN -- Speech by Dutch 'PM' for the Bertelsmann Stiftung in Berlin on Mar 2. Ladies & gentlemen, You had a choice today. You could've listened to a speech in the UK about a future without Europe. Or a speech in Berlin by someone who believes in Europe & wants to talk about the best way to move forward with Europe.

(Jun 17 2018) - Sunday Post : "We must do better ... "
SCOTLAND -- The Scottish Govt has admitted some of the country’s most vulnerable children have been let down by the system & vowed to do better. Children’s minister spoke out after we detailed the shocking life story of just one girl who by 14 had dropped through cracks into a nightmarish world of drugs & exploitation.

(Jun 16 2018) - India Post : 30 products from US increasing
NEW DELHI -- India has submitted a revised list of 30 items, including motor cycle, certain iron & steel goods, boric acid & lentils, to the WTO on which it proposes to raise customs duty by up to 50%. As duties hiked by the US on certain steel & aluminum products would have implications of about $241 million on India,

(Jun 15 2018) - Forney Post : AG Unit Reaches 10,000 Arrests
U.S. -- AG Ken Paxton today commended the Fugitive Apprehension Unit of his office for reaching a major milestone since its inception in 2003. Earlier this week, the unit - working jointly with the U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Force - achieved its 10,000th arrest with the capture of 43-year-old Juan Gabriel Herrera.

(Jun 14 2018) - PanAm Post : US Confiscates $800 Million from ...
U.S. -- United States sanctions against the corrupt regime of Nicolás Maduro have begun to bear fruit, following the confiscation of roughly USD $800 million in assets belonging to Venezuelan strongman Diosdado Cabello. Widely regarded to be the 2nd most powerful player in Venezuela, Cabello has links to drug trafficking.

(Jun 13 2018) - NY Post : Russia reportedly built a laser cannon
RUSSIA -- A Russian company affiliated with the Russian space agency Roscosmos claims that it is working on developing a laser that could eliminate space debris. The report, first written about in RT, a Russian media company funded by the Russian govt, said researchers at the Scientific & Industrial Corporation ...

(Jun 12 2018) - Bangkok Post : HISTORIC HANDSHAKE ...
SINGAPORE -- Donald Trump & Kim Jong Un made history, becoming the first sitting US & North Korean leaders to meet & shake hands, as they began to search for ways to end a tense decades-old nuclear stand-off. Donald Trump tells reporters that he & Kim Jong-un will shortly be "signing" something together ...

(Jun 11 2018) - Activist Post : Chemtrails: Brought to You by the CIA
U.S.A. -- Greetings, fellow Earthlings. As part of the Deep Truth: Visionaries Speak Out conference, our comrades: Elana Freeland, Peter Kirby, Patrick Roddie & Jerry Day just did a great panel discussion about the scientific New World Order. Elana firstly runs down the latest ways that the Luciferian establishment is ...

(Jun 10 2018) - Financial Post : Trump's aggression against G7 ...
QUEBEC -- When Trump boarded Air Force in Quebec & whisked his way to Singapore on Saturday, he left behind a stormy wake of mixed signals that bordered on rage. Hours after indicating he'd sign on to a carefully drafted G7 communique, he rescinded his support, accused PM Trudeau of being meek & dishonest ...

(Jun 09 2018) - Seattle Post : Trump signals support for states ...
LOS ANGELES -- President Trump said that he was inclined to support a bipartisan effort in Congress to ease the U.S. ban on marijuana, a proposal that would dramatically reshape the nation's legal landscape for pot users & businesses. The ban that puts marijuana on the same level as LSD & heroin created ...

(Jun 08 2018) - BRICS Post : Xi awards Putin highest honor
BEIJING -- Chinese President on Friday awarded one of the highest state honors to Russian President Putin at the Golden Hall of the Great Hall of the People in the capital Beijing. Putin, who is on a state visit to China & is attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit was awarded the 1st Friendship Medal ...

(Jun 07 2018) - Jakarta Post : Genetic codes of bad bacteria mapped
WORLD -- Scientists seeking new ways to fight drug-resistant superbugs have mapped the genomes of more than 3,000 bacteria, including samples of a bug taken from Alexander Fleming's nose & a dysentery-causing strain from a WW 1 soldier. The DNA of deadly strains of plague, dysentery & cholera were also decoded ...

(Jun 06 2018) - Post Athenian : The Opioid Crisis ...
U.S.A. -- Drug overdoses are skyrocketing across the U.S., prompting multiple states and the Department of Health and Human Services to issue emergency declarations. Provisional data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimate that drug overdoses are now responsible for at least 66,000 deaths annually ...

(Jun 05 2018) - Kathmandu Post : Stock traders continue protests ...
NEPAL -- Stock traders on Tues continued their protest & halted all transactions on the floor of the Nepal Stock Exchange in protest against the govt’s decision to revise the capital gains tax threshold on the sale of bonus & rights shares. The investors did not buy or sell any shares that halted all trade ...

(Jun 04 2018) - PhnomPenh Post : Govt beefs up internet surveillance
CAMBODIA -- The Cambodian gov't will monitor all news & social networking sites with immediate effect, "to prevent the spreading of information that can cause social chaos & threaten national security". In a prakas signed on May 23 by the ministers of Information, Interior & Posts & Telecommunications, it was noted ...

(Jun 03 2018) - Yorkshire Evening Post : Children arrested after ...
LEEDS -- Eight youngsters, believed to be aged just 11 & 12, have been arrested by police are in custody after an armed incident in Leeds city centre this afternoon. Staff at the Carphone Warehouse store on The Headrow phoned police at 3pm today to report an on-going robbery where the children said they had knives.

(Jun 02 2018) - Kyiv Post : Hundreds rally in Kyiv ...
KYIV -- About 250 of Kyivans rallied at the main Maidan Nezalezhnosti Square to show their support of Crimean filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, jailed in Russia. People were holding posters with demands to release Sentsov as a part of the worldwide campaign held June 1-2. Sentenced in Russia for 20 yrs as a result of a sham trial

(Jun 01 2018) - Denver Post : Cell-phone spying found near WH
WASH D.C. -- A federal study found signs that surveillance devices for intercepting cellphone calls and texts were operating near the White House and other sensitive locations in the Washington area last year. A Department of Homeland Security program discovered evidence of the surveillance devices ...

(May 31 2018) - Minnesota Post : Archdiocese reaches settlement ...
SAINT PAUL -- After years of wrangling over what the Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis should pay hundreds of sexual abuse survivors, the two sides have reached what is being described as a historic settlement. Attorneys representing the roughly 400 survivors involved in the archdiocese’s bankruptcy case were ...”

(May 30 2018) - SCM Post : Who is Kim Yong-chol ... ???
NEW YORK -- When Kim Yong-chol lands in New York, he will become the most senior North Korean envoy to hold talks with American officials on US soil in 18 years. The former spy chief is a trusted adviser to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and will play a pivotal role in preparations for a summit meeting ...

(May 29 2018) - Greanville Post : Sec' of State Pompeo Challenged
WASH D.C. -- Newly appointed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had every reason to expect that his first official appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee would be the usual slam-dunk as mostly obedient, respectful Senators aligned with his testimony. Instead of the typically gratuitous compliments ...

(May 28 2018) - Christian Post : Reflections on Memorial Day
AMERICA -- The Forum in Rome was central to its civic life. It was surrounded by temples, legislative chambers, the marketplace & other public accommodations. There is a legend that Rome was once shaken by a mighty earthquake that resulted in a remarkable chasm in the middle of the Forum. The empty space was so deep ...

(May 27 2018) - Irish Post : Gov't urged to start process ...
IRELAND -- The government has been urged to begin drafting legislation to replace the Eighth Amendment next week. Minister for Health Simon Harris is expected to bring a request to Cabinet next Tuesday to begin the process of drafting the legislation. Speaking at a press conference this morning ...

(May 26 2018) - Post & Email : Obama's Birth Certificate revealed
ARIZONA -- On last night’s “Freedom Friday” hosted by Carl Gallups, former detective Mike Zullo revealed new info about the 5 yr probe he conducted into the “long-form” birth certificate image posted on the White House website bearing the name “Barack Hussein Obama II.” Gallups opened the show by recapping probe ...

(May 25 2018) - Conservative Daily Post : Real Russian Collusion
WASH D.C. -- The Robert Mueller special investigation into claims of Russian ‘collusion’ with the Trump campaign (and vice-versa) has begun to crumble in court. At this point, it seems like most of the claims have little to no evidence behind them & most of the indictments were simply public relations maneuvers.

(May 24 2018) - Huffington Post : Facebook Regulating Elections
U.S.A. -- Facebook began disclosing political advertising on its site Thursday, 2 yrs after a Russian troll factory bought ads to influence the 2016 presidential election. The new policy is meant to shine light on the previously undisclosed ways that politicians & other groups aim to shift public opinion on elections ...

(May 23 2018) - Pagosa Daily Post : Criminal Profits for Prisons
DENVER -- Centennial South — a highly controversial prison facility in Cañon City, built to house each inmate in solitary confinement — has been widely described as a boondoggle. The Colorado Department of Corrections borrowed $208 million to build it; it opened its doors in 2010… and was closed two years later.

(May 22 2018) - Frontier Post : Election to be held July 25
ISLAMABAD -- In Pakistan the upcoming polls for general election would be held on July-25 & a summary in this regard has been forwarded by PM Abbasi to President Hussain. Sources added that president would approve the summary soon. Election Commission of Pakistan would announce the schedule of elections within 7 days

(May 21 2018) - Yorkshire Post : UK Gov't must reform ...
U.K. -- The Govt urgently needs to reform the UK’s immigration system to help Britain remain globally competitive beyond Brexit, according to a new report by TheCityUK & EY. The report states that the UK must have access to skilled overseas talent to ensure it remains a leading international financial centre.

(May 20 2018) - Baghdad Post : 3 ISIS hideouts destroyed in Anbar
IRAQ -- Iraqi Security Media Center announced on Sunday that three ISIS hideouts were destroyed in Anbar province. "Al-Jazeera operations command destroyed three ISIS terrorist group's hideouts, as well as seizing 19 improvised explosive devices", the media center said in a statement.

(May 19 2018) - Saturday Evening Post : Law Matters ...
U.S.A. -- Most people who have been involved in a lawsuit can tell you, litigation isn’t fast & it sure isn’t cheap! If you're a party in a complex lawsuit in particular, the case can last months, even years before your dispute is resolved. It can be especially frustrating if you’ve been injured in an accident ...

(May 18 2018) - Patriot Post : Analysis of the Texas School Attack
TEXAS -- Sadly, America experienced another school attack today, this time at Santa Fe High School, southeast of Houston, Texas. A student with a gun murdered 9 students & 1 teacher just after school began. At least 1/2 dozen are wounded, including a Santa Fe police officer. As always, initial details are fluid ...

(May 17 2018) - Conservative Post : Confirmed! Spying on Trump
WASH D.C. -- Fusion GPS boss Glenn Simpson has admitted to a conversation with British ex-spy Christopher Steele that there was indeed an FBI spy within the Trump campaign. Steele was responsible for the fake dossier that led to the Russia collusion investigation. New leaks reveal that Jim Comey sent Peter Strzok to London 90 days before the election, under the mission codename “Crossfire Hurricane” to try to frame Trump.

(May 16 2018) - Punching Bag Post : Moving embassy to Jerusalem
JERUSALEM -- The Trump administration’s strategy may not be evident since the media tends to report on events as if there is no connection and, in the case of President Trump, there is more than a little reluctance to give Trump credit for anything. Whether it was earning headlines, the Trump administration began ...

(May 15 2018) - Post & Courier : FBI agents visited Summer site
SOUTH CAROLINA -- A team of FBI agents visited the unfinished reactors at V.C. Summer Nuclear Station this month, marking one of the most visible actions yet by federal investigators probing the failed project. The Office of Regulatory Staff, the state’s utility watchdog agency, says that 19 FBI agents ...

(May 14 2018) - Jerusalem Post : We are here to stay
JERUSALEM -- Sixty-nine years after Israel declared Jerusalem as its capital, and 23 years after the US Congress passed a law mandating that Washington move its embassy there, the US formally opened its embassy in the city on Monday afternoon, in a move Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared as “momentous.”

(May 13 2018) - Prague Post : Does Czech Gov't Owe Money ...
CZECHOSLOVAKIA -- As we head towards the 100th Anniversary of the foundation of Czechoslovakia, on Oct 28th, we will no doubt witness politicians in both the Czech & Slovak Republics seek to evoke the memories of the country’s 1st President; Tomas Masaryk, his son; Jan Masaryk & 2nd President; Edvard Benes.

(May 12 2018) - Gwinnett Daily Post : Fake cop pulled over teens
GEORGIA -- Gwinnett County police are looking for a fake cop. Sgt. Jake Smith said a man drove up behind a pair of sisters at the intersection of Hog Mountain and Mineral Springs Roads near Dacula in a dark colored 2004 to 2008 Ford F-150 XLT crew cab pickup truck and turned on a red and blue light on Wednesday.

(May 11 2018) - India Post : Indian journalist arrested in Australia
MELBOURNE -- An Indian journalist charged with an aggravated people smuggling offence by Australian authorities for facilitating the travel of a 'fake media contingent' to attend the Commonwealth Games will stay in custody for 6 more weeks, a media report said. Rakesh Sharma, 46, was detained along with 8 others

(May 10 2018) - China Post : Preserving Iranian nuclear deal
MOSCOW -- Russia & Germany say efforts must be taken to preserve the nuclear deal with Iran following the U.S. exit. German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said after Thursday's talks with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov that they agreed that it's necessary to search for ways to preserve the 2015 agreement ...

(May 09 2018) - Christian Post : 3 Christians Released from NK
WHITE HOUSE -- President Trump announced that the 3 American Christians being held in North Korea have been released, vowing to personally greet them when they arrive back on American soil. "I am pleased to inform you that Sec' Mike Pompeo is in the air & on his way back from North Korea with the 3 wonderful gentlemen ...

(May 08 2018) - PanAm Post : Poorest people should be voting
COLUMBIA -- It is common to hear that Iván Duque, the protege of former president Vélez, is the candidate of the rich, and that Gustavo Petro, meanwhile, is the savior of the poor. Basically, this idea is nothing more than the old belief that the Left has popularized that the most needy must vote for socialist proposals ...

(May 07 2018) - N.Y. Post : Putin sworn in for another 6 yrs
RUSSIA -- Vladimir Putin vowed to pursue economic changes to help boost living standards as he was sworn in to his fourth term as Russian president on Monday. “Now, we must use all existing possibilities, first of all for resolving internal urgent tasks of development, for economic and technological breakthroughs ...

(May 06 2018) - Bangkok Post : Pakistan interior minister shot
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's interior minister Ahsan Iqbal has been shot in the arm in a suspected assassination attempt ahead of nationwide elections due this year, but will survive, officials said Sunday. The suspect, who police said was named "Abid" & is believed to be in his early 20s, shot Iqbal at close range ...

(May 05 2018) - Palm Beach Post : Mar-a-Lago events raise money
FLORIDA -- In March, the RNC paid $224,857 to Mar-a-Lago - President Trump’s private club in Palm Beach - to host fundraisers for his prospective 2020 re-election bid as well as the 2018 campaigns of other Republicans. The fundraisers on the weekend of March 3 are believed to have raked in about $5 million ...

(May 04 2018) - Hippocratic Post : Being a midwife with MSF
ITALY -- In celebration of International Day of The Midwife we hear from Cristina Ceroli, a midwife for MSF, who talks about her experiences working in the field. My name is Cristina and I am a midwife originally from Italy. After working for almost five years in the NHS, I joined Doctors without Borders (MSF) and ...

(May 03 2018) - Seattle Post : Kicked Out - Cosby & Polanski
LOS ANGELES -- The organization that bestows the Academy Awards announced Thursday that it has voted to expel 2 prominent members convicted of sexual offences, Bill Cosby & Roman Polanski, from its membership. It's the first major decision since the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences implemented revised standards ...

(May 02 2018) - Post Athenian : Soft bigotry of low expectations
TENNESSEE -- Sometimes you hear something that makes you stop & think. Certain words, phrases, or ideas can leap from the speakers mouth right to your heart. I recently had such an experience while listening to Mr. Russ Gregg. Mr. Gregg has an interesting story. He lives in inner-city Minneapolis, Minnesota.

(May 01 2018) - Activist Post : Facial Recognition at Airport
FLORIDA -- It’s a trend that is quickly becoming accepted reality – biometric identification at U.S. airports. However, until now, it has been marketed either as an elective measure for preferred travelers who wish to expedite clearance or for inbound international travelers. As I previously reported ...

(Apr 30 2018) - Orissa Post : Closed ATMs pose problems ...
INDIA -- Many ATM counters of State Bank of India Monday were found closed at Dali Sahi, Dolamandap Sahi and Badadanda in this pilgrim city, causing inconvenience to visitors. Many pilgrims who visited the city without carrying cash have faced trouble after finding the closed shutters of ATM counters.

(Apr 29 2018) - Kathmandu Post : 33-kg gold smuggling case
KATHMANDU -- An incumbent Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) has been arrested in connection with the 33-kg gold smuggling case. District Police Office, Morang on Sunday arrested DSP Prajit KC in connection to the smuggling of the precious yellow metal from the Tribhuvan International Airport.

(Apr 28 2018) - BRICS Post : Sailing in the same boat ...
CHINA -- Chinese President Xi & Indian PM Modi held talks all day on a range of bilateral & global issues in the Chinese city of Wuhan on Saturday. “The great cooperation between our great countries can influence the world,” Xi said while welcoming Modi who is looking for a possible rapprochement with China.

(Apr 27 2018) - Post Independent : Child abduction suspect takes life
COLORADO -- The suspect in a Grand Junction child abduction case who was the subject of an all-night manhunt near Rifle into the early hours Friday morning died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Rifle Police. Garfield County Coroner Rob Glassmire said in a report issued late Friday afternoon ...

(Apr 26 2018) - Phnom Penh Post : KNLF founder arrested ...
THAILAND -- Political fugitive Sam Serey, long wanted by the Cambodian govt for allegedly operating a “terrorist” group, was arrested in Bangkok on Wed for an immigration violation, with the Cambodian government submitting a formal request for his extradition on Thursday. Serey, founder of the dissident group ...

(Apr 25 2018) - Post & Email : U.S. Senate on Vetting Presidents
WASH D.C. -- An article published Wed states that the U.S. Senate, which is tasked by the Constitution with approving executive-branch cabinet nominees, is frustrated with “lax vetting” processes allegedly used by the Trump admin'. The article referred to Trump’s nomination of Dr. R. Jackson for V.A. Sec ...

(Apr 24 2018) - Wash Post : Kanye West, alt-right darling
AMERICA -- Kanye West was having a great weekend, until he wasn’t. One moment, the rapper-producer-entrepreneur was dispensing pearls of pseudo-philosophy on Twitter to the retweets of adoring observers. The next, many of those same admirers had turned to denouncing him instead. Oh, and he had become an alt-right darling.

(Apr 23 2018) - Irish Post : Flight makes emergency landing ...
DUBLIN -- A LUFTHANSA passenger jet has made an emergency landing in Dublin after its crew reported damage to the cockpit's frontal windscreen. Lufthansa flight LH978 from Frankfurt to Dublin Airport was cruising above the Irish Sea south-west of Blackpool, England when its crew declared the emergency.

(Apr 22 2018) - Denver Post : 117 wildfires in El Paso ...
DENVER -- The 117 wildfire in El Paso and Pueblo counties was human-caused, officials revealed Saturday. An official with the Rocky Mountain Area Type 2 Incident Management Team told Denver7 that while the cause of the fire is now known, the method of ignition ... was “undetermined” at this time.

(Apr 21 2018) - SCM Post : Mass-producing hypersonic vehicles ?
CHINA -- China is drawing up plans for an aerospace engine plant that would pave the way for the mass production of “hypersonic” planes or spacecraft capable of travelling at more than five times the speed of sound, boosting the country’s competitiveness in defence, space, business and other sectors ...

(Apr 20 2018) - Minnesota Post : The U.S. can’t fix Syria ...
SYRIA -- The latest chemical weapons outrage in Syria & the latest pin prick military response from the U.S. are fading from view already, making little or no difference in a civil war that has killed at least 400,000 people. President Assad has pretty much won this war, with huge help from Iran, Hezbollah & Russia.

(Apr 19 2018) - Huffington Post : Giuliani Joins Trump’s Legal Team
NEW YORK -- President Trump’s legal team has a new member: Rudy Giuliani. The former prosecutor & N.Y. City mayor told The Washington Post that he plans to help the president navigate Mueller’s special counsel investigation. “I’m doing it because I hope we can negotiate an end to this for the good of the country ... ”

(Apr 18 2018) - Jerusalem Post : Trump wishes Israel happy 70th
WHITE HOUSE -- United States, President Donald J. Trump, wished Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel a happy 70th Independence Day on Twitter. "We have no better friends anywhere. Looking forward to moving our Embassy to Jerusalem next month!"

(Apr 17 2018) - Conservative Daily Post : Gas Hike Doom for Dem's
CALIFORNIA -- Left-leaning California democrats made a fatal mistake by burdening the state’s citizens with the 2nd highest gas tax in the nation. Polls show last year’s crushing fuel cost increase spells doom for their socialist schemes & chances of dem's being reelected. Seats up for grabs in the mid-terms ...

(Apr 16 2018) - Financial Post : Blockchain has come to Bay St ...
CANADA -- Blockchain has come to Bay Street & corporate Canada is giving it considerable thought. Last week, chief investment officers & investors at some of Canada’s top pension funds & financial firms met with one of the leading authorities on the technology: Bridget van Kralingen, IBM Corp.’s sen vp ...

(Apr 15 2018) - Pakistan Christian Post : Forced rapes & conversions
KARACHI -- Dr. Nazir S Bhatti, Founder President of Pakistan Christian Congress PCC in a statement issued here today by Central Secretariat have said that when Pakistani PM Shahid Abbasi, COAS General Bajwa & CJ Justice Saqib will express publicly shame of Pakistan on kidnapping, gang rape & enforced conversion(s) ...

(Apr 14 2018) - Saturday Evening Post : Opinions of Ayn Rand
AMERICA -- For years, many journalists & academics dismissed her as a crank, most critics judged her books as tedious & shallow. But many readers disagreed, and The Fountainhead & her next novel, Atlas Shrugged, became huge best sellers that never went out of print. In '91, Atlas Shrugged was named the 2nd most influential book

(Apr 13 2018) - Balkans Post : Leaders exchange warm messages ...
IRAN -- Ismail Haniyeh, head of the political bureau of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), on 18 January 2018 sent a letter to Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Iran's Leader of the Islamic Revolution, praising Iran's stance on Jerusalem (al-Quds). Pointing to the dimensions of a major conspiracy ...

(Apr 12 2018) - Frontier Post : NAB’s probe, lies have surfaced
ISLAMABAD -- Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday that National Accountability Bureau’s probe and lies has surfaced in front of everyone. Speaking to journalists outside accountability court, he hoped of receiving justice from the court as nothing significant is present in the case.

(Apr 11 2018) - Activist Post : Facebook Censorship: MSM's Solution
AMERICA -- The problem with Facebook started a long time ago. They used their money to promote their social media operations, and tons of users jumped on board, believing that conventional rules of free speech applied. That was a mistake. The mistake was on the level of believing the military-industrial complex ...

(Apr 10 2018) - The Post : Fuel hike coming for Aucklanders
NEW ZEALAND -- The Govt released its 10-yr Govt Policy Statement on Land Transport last week. Safety is the top priority, followed by access, the environment & value for money. The GPS helps to direct money from petrol taxes & road user chargers from the National Land Transport Fund into things the govt wants to achieve ...

(Apr 09 2018) - Conservative Post : Truth about child refugees ...
BRITAIN -- Nearly 2/3 of ‘child’ refugees who were questioned about their real age after coming to Britain were found to be adults, an official report has found. In one year, 65% of asylum seekers assessed after claiming to be juveniles were over 18. The report, by immigration watchdog David Bolt, revealed ...

(Apr 08 2018) - Punching Bag Post : Rogue Cellphone-Spying in D.C.
WASH D.C. -- The U.S. govt has finally publicly acknowledged that foreign spies & criminals are attempting to intercept calls & messages by tracking White House officials’ cellphones. To capture the intel, cellphone-site simulators are being used by spies to get access to messages. These devices are discreet and ...

(Apr 07 2018) - Yorkshire Post : Rethinking stop & search
U.K. -- Labour and Conservative MPs in the region urged the Prime Minister to take action with stabbings in England at their highest level in seven years and an outcry over the 50 murders that have taken place in London this year. They stressed knife crime is also rising in Yorkshire, blaming cuts to police and

(Apr 06 2018) - Post & Courier : U.S. Rep. pulls out loaded gun
SOUTH CAROLINA -- South Carolina Republican congressman is not backing down from critics after he pulled out his own personal - and loaded - .38-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun during a meeting with constituents Friday. U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman, R-Rock Hill, told The Post and Courier he pulled out the weapon and ...

(Apr 05 2018) - Camas Post : Murder suspect remains at large
OREGON -- The assault happened almost exactly 5 yrs ago, April 7, 2013. According to Multnomah County, Oregon Circuit Court documents, this was when a man named Jose Fernandez, AKA Guillermo Juarez, attempted to harm his girlfriend, Luz Guitron, in front of the couple’s young son. A grand jury indicted the man for ...

(Apr 04 2018) - China Post : China matches US tariff threat
CHINA -- China, Wed, responded to the Trump's planned tariffs on $50-billion worth of Chinese products with proposed tariff increases for goods including soybeans, planes, cars & chemicals. China's Commerce & Finance Ministries said Beijing's list of 25% additional tariffs on US goods covered 106 items

(Apr 02 2018) - Pittsburgh Post : Bad news for election security
PENNSYLVANIA -- One county official claims his voting machines are unhackable. Another admits hers are old, but the county can’t afford to buy new ones. A third says he’s waiting for the state to tell him which new voting machines are safest for voters. At a time of national concern over foreign interference in elections

(Apr 01 2018) - Christian Post : 5 Facts re: Resurrection Sunday
JERUSALEM -- Easter is not only the oldest but also the most important day of a year for the church and Christians. Here are five important facts about this day, which is also known as the Resurrection Sunday. Easter commemorates the resurrection of Jesus. The Gospel of Luke records in chapter 24 verses 2 and 3 ...

(Mar 31 2018) - National Post : UN security council members clash
NEW YORK -- U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for an independent investigation into deadly clashes in Gaza between Palestinians & Israeli troops, while Security Council members urged restraint on both sides. The council didn’t decide on any action or joint message after an emergency meeting Friday evening.

(Mar 30 2018) - NY Post : Shot ... 7 times from behind
SACRAMENTO -- A pathologist hired by attorneys for the family of an unarmed man killed by Sacramento police says an independent autopsy shows Stephon Clark was shot 7 times from behind & took up to 10 minutes to die. Dr. Bennet Omalu told a news conference that Clark was shot in the right back side of the neck and ...

(Mar 29 2018) - Jesuit Post : The Comfort of Failure
AMERICA -- There’s a common expression in Spanish that says, “el que no arriesga no gana” roughly translated to “the one who risks nothing, gains nothing.” Though it probably originated in the gambling industry, the phrase points to a greater truth ... being afraid to lose can seriously limit our achievements in life.

(Mar 28 2018) - Post News : NASA delays launch 'til 2020
NASA -- The US space agency NASA has delayed the launch of world's largest space telescope 'James Webb Space Telescope' until May 2020. The most powerful space telescope ever built, the Webb telescope is considered to be the successor to NASA's 26-yr-old Hubble Space Telescope. The announcement on Tuesday ...

(Mar 27 2018) - Monroe County Post : Local soldier missing ...
NORTH CAROLINA -- 25-yr-old Sgt. Carl Seeman of Churchville is stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina when he disappeared over the weekend. The soldier’s family says his truck & cell phone were found in a parking lot. A family desperate for answers is pleading for help in the search for a missing soldier from Churchville.

(Mar 26 2018) - Bangkok Post : 'Old-school' villainy runs riot
THAILAND -- The arrest of 4 Thais embroiled in the abduction of two cosmetics businessmen who were held for a 5-million-baht ransom this month is another case of an "old-school" crime which has affected both Thais & foreigners in Thailand. The first 3 suspects were apprehended by Crime Suppression Division (CSD) ...

(Mar 25 2018) - Palm Beach Post : Double murder-homicide ...
FLORIDA -- A 44-year-old man shot and killed his wife and her sister at their home early Sunday morning before turning the gun on himself, Delray Beach Police said. Four children ranging in age from 5 to 14 were inside the house at the time of the shooting, said Dani Moschella, a Delray Beach Police spokeswoman.

(Mar 24 2018) - Gwinnett Daily Post : March for our Lives
ATLANTA -- As thousands gathered outside the Center for Civil & Human Rights in Atlanta on Saturday morning, chants of “never again” & “enough is enough” filled the air amidst signs that read, “Arms are for hugging; protect children, not guns.” Across the nation, students, teachers, parents, political leaders and ...

(Mar 23 2018) - BRICS Post : We are ready for a trade war
CHINA -- The Foreign Ministry on Friday said that it did not want a trade war with the US and that any such development would harm both countries, but vowed to retaliate on hundreds of US exports. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying warned that Washington should not underestimate Bejing’s resolve and ...

(Mar 22 2018) - Kathmandu Post : Grant voter rights to ...
NEPAL -- The Supreme Court has directed the govt to ensure voting rights for the Nepali citizens living in foreign countries. A division bench of Justices Sapana Malla Pradhan and Purushottam Bhandari issued the directive in the name of govt to ensure voting rights to Nepalis living outside the country.

(Mar 21 2018) - Activist Post : Majority Of Americans Agree ...
AMERICA -- A majority of Americans believe an unelected faction or cabal of officials is orchestrating policy in Wash., D.C., according to a new poll. The survey of 803 adults was conducted by the Monmouth University Polling Institute from Mar 2nd - 5th, and found that 74% believed in a “deep state” ...

(Mar 20 2018) - Wash Post : FTC opens Facebook investigation
U.S.A. -- The Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into Facebook following reports that a data analytics firm that had worked with the Trump campaign had improperly accessed names, “likes” and other personal information about tens of millions of the social site’s users without their knowledge.

(Mar 19 2018) - Seattle Post : Uber self-driving car, kills
ARIZONA -- Police in a Phoenix suburb say one of Uber's self-driving vehicles has struck & killed a pedestrian. Police said that the vehicle was in autonomous mode with an operator behind the wheel when the woman walking outside of a crosswalk was hit. Sgt. Elcock says in an email that the accident happened overnight ...

(Mar 18 2018) - Orissa Post : Tough stance on N.K. urged
SYDNEY -- Southeast Asian leaders & Australia’s Prime Minister Sunday called on North Korea to end its nuclear program & urged UN countries to fully implement sanctions against the country. Leaders at the first summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to be held in Australia issued a joint statement ...

(Mar 17 2018) - Wash Post : Andrew McCabe ... FIRED
WASH D.C. -- Attorney General Jeff Sessions late Friday night fired former FBI deputy director Andrew Mc­Cabe, a little more than 24 hours before McCabe was set to retire — a move that McCabe alleged was an attempt to slander him and undermine the ongoing special counsel investigation into the Trump campaign.

(Mar 16 2018) - Post & Email : THE ISSUE IS FORGERY ...
WASH D.C. -- In response to a Washington Post editorial making the case for why Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) should not undergo a DNA test to determine whether or not her claim of Native American blood is accurate and compared Warren’s situation to “birtherism,” on Friday morning The Post & Email sent the following email ...

(Mar 15 2018) - Threat Post : Customer Jewelry Data Exposed
CHICAGO -- A misconfigured Amazon (S3) Simple Storage Service bucket, managed by a Walmart jewelry partner, left personal details and contact information of 1.3 million customers exposed to the public internet. The S3 repository containing a MSSQL database backup belongs to MBM Company, a Chicago, Ill.

(Mar 14 2018) - Minnesota Post : Students walk out re: gun violence
MINNESOTA -- Students & staff in dozens of Minnesota schools walked out of their classes at 10 a.m. Wednesday to honor the victims of last month's school shooting in Florida & to call for tougher gun-control laws. The protest, part of a coordinated national demonstration in support of tougher gun laws ...”

(Mar 13 2018) - Jersey Evening Post : Sexually exploiting kids
JERSEY -- Last year, 25 cases of suspected or potential cases of child sexual exploitation were assessed by the police. And as part of this year’s National Awareness Day on Sunday, a range of organisations and senior leaders in Jersey are joining forces to raise awareness of child sexual exploitation this week.

(Mar 12 2018) - Denver Post : Inching toward 2020 presidential race
COLORADO -- Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper is taking steps toward a presidential run in 2020, holding meetings with veteran political players, ahead of a visit to Iowa next month for an official trip that is sure to draw attention. The Democrat’s actions in recent months signal to his closest associates and ...

(Mar 11 2018) - Christian Post : Mid-Term Votes Needed
NASHVILLE, TENN -- If conservative evangelicals fail to participate in the midterm elections this November, the "restoration of religious freedom and the freedom of speech" established under President Donald Trump will end, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins has warned.

(Mar 09 2018) - Huffington Post : Stand Down by Obama's Adm'
WASH D.C. -- CIA Director John Brennan was angry. On Aug. 4, 2016, he was on the phone with Alexander Bortnikov, head of Russia’s Federal Security Service, the intelligence agency that succeeded the KGB. The phone call was one of their regularly scheduled ones, the main subject once again the ...

(Mar 08 2018) - Conservative Daily Post : AG Hires Outside help
WASH D.C. -- It was only yesterday that the news exploded saying that Representative Trey Gowdy (R-SC) & House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) “demanded” a second Special Counsel due to new info obtained regarding the DoJ. The request was made in the form of a letter and ...

(Mar 07 2018) - India Post : Trump's top economic advisor quits
WASH D.C. -- Gary Cohn, the top economic adviser to President Trump, today resigned over his differences with him on his controversial trade policies, in yet another jolt to the embattled White House that has seen a series of high-profile departures. Cohn, who is a former Goldman Sach executive resigned ...

(Mar 06 2018) - Financial Post : Bank of Canada's interest rates
CANADA -- Trump’s trade tweet storm has added a big dose of uncertainty that markets are now betting will keep rates on hold until July. Bank of Canada Gov' Stephen Poloz’s preoccupation with uncertainty probably means a longer pause on interest rates, in a world of fraying trade alliances & volatile markets.

(Mar 05 2018) - SCM Post : Safe city relies on intel sharing
HONG KONG -- Less than 2 months ago 100's of Hong Kong police officers including elite units took part in a major anti-terrorist exercise at one of the city’s main MTR stations. Meanwhile, New Delhi is seeking the extradition of an Indian-born Hong Kong resident accused of a number of terrorism-related crimes.

(Mar 04 2018) - Pakistan Christian Post : Blasphemy law protested
PAKISTAN -- Sahiwal based organizations the "Peaceful & Active Center for Humanity (PEACH) and Empowering Youth through Education & Skills (EYES)" jointly held a peaceful protest against the misuse of blasphemy law against the minorities in Pakistan in front of Press Club, Sahiwal, demanded justice for Patras Masih ...

(Mar 03 2018) - Saturday Evening Post : Truth about Nuclear War
U.S.A. -- A nuclear strike in the U.S. has been a threat, at varying levels of urgency, since the Soviets exploded an atomic bomb on Sept. 29, 1949. The recent tensions with North Korea have many Americans considering what exactly they'd do in the event of a nuclear blast. People were wondering the same thing in '51 ...

(Mar 02 2018) - Leader Post : Trudeau embarrasses Canadians
CANADA -- In life, our choices bring consequences. Choose to behave like a fool, or worse, and expect derision or ridicule. But when someone becomes an international laughing stock and drags an entire nation along with them, enough already. (Prime Minister) Justin Trudeau, stop embarrassing us.

(Mar 01 2018) - Frontier Post : U.S. not cutting ties with Pakistan
WASH D.C. -- A senior State Dept' official has gone on record to state that the U.S. was not thinking of cutting ties with Pakistan. In an interview with Voice of America, Acting State Dept' South & Central Asia Assistant Sec' Alice Wells said the US considered Pakistan essential to cracking the Afghan imbroglio.

(Feb 28 2018) - Activist Post : FDA’s Lies, Fraud And Corruption
U.S.A. -- A routine FDA inspection of the practices of the physician who enrolled the most patients ... uncovered fraud, including complete fabrication of patient enrolment. The inspector notified FDA criminal investigators & the Dr. is currently serving a 57-month sentence in fed' prison for her actions.

(Feb 27 2018) - Conservative Post : Students Arrested in California
CALIFORNIA -- Hundreds of kids went marching out of high schools for an anti-gun rally that turned violent, resulting in a few students being arrested for a litany of charges ranging from battery on an officer to vandalizing vehicles. Students from Stagg, Edison, Chavez, Lincoln and Village Oak high schools ...

(Feb 26 2018) - Yorkshire Evening Post : Pregnant woman raped ...
LEEDS -- A ‘PREDATORY’ sex attacker raped a pregnant woman at knife point in her own bed after climbing through her bathroom window. Aryan Rashidi was given a life a sentence today after a court heard he also tried to commit a sex attack on another victim as she slept in bed with her husband and their baby ...

(Feb 25 2018) - China Post : Gang rapes and beheadings ...
JUBA -- The witness accounts remain appalling. One South Sudanese man returned home after hiding from government soldiers to find they had blinded his mother, gouging out her eyes with spears.She had tried to defend her 17-year-old daughter from being raped by more than a dozen soldiers and didn't succeed.

(Feb 24 2018) - Balkans Post : Attack on U.S. Embassy in Podgorica
PODGORICA -- On late Wed night, 21 Feb 2018, a man threw a hand grenade at the U.S. Embassy in the Montenegrin capital Podgorica, a heavily guarded building located on the outskirts of city center, near the Morača River & the headquarters of Secret Police. An attacker then blew himself up, accidentally or ...

(Feb 23 2018) - Goulburn Post : Churches remember less fortunate
AUSTRALIA -- The Salvation Army will this year host the World Day of Prayer. The service on Friday, Mar 2 at the Army’s chapel at 6 Hovell St, brings all christians together to pray for South American country, Suriname. Captain Tuesday McCall said the day was about stopping & praying for those less fortunate ...

(Feb 22 2018) - Punching Bag Post : Erasing Student Loan Debt ...
WASH D.C. -- In Dec, it was reported by the Wall Street Journal that 4.6 million Americans are behind on their federal student loan payments. The total student debt is now at $1.4 trillion, which is more than double it was a decade ago. With that in mind, the Trump Admin' announced this week that it's considering ...

(Feb 21 2018) - Christian Post : Billy Graham Dies at 99
NORTH CAROLINA -- Billy Graham died Wednesday. The world renowned evangelist, who has been listed on Gallup's most admired list 61 times since 1955 — more than any other person — passed away peacefully at his home in Montreat, North Carolina, after struggling with various health problems linked to his advanced age.

(Feb 20 2018) - National Post : Guilt over Aboriginals ...
CANADA -- What do Australia and Canada have in common? Both are modern multicultural societies borne of British roots. Both are heavily reliant on resources and trade. Both have a passion for globally obscure professional sports. Both are largely empty in the middle. It’s a long list. Here’s another ...

(Feb 19 2018) - Jesuit Post : The Power of ‘Black Panther’
U.S.A. -- Power is an inevitable theme of any superhero movie, but usually power is only realized in the hero herself/himself: Will Superman be strong enough? Will the Flash be fast enough? Will Captain America be true enough? Will Wonder Woman defeat evil and war? But, the recent Black Panther movie shifts the discussion

(Feb 18 2018) - NY Post : NBC declares wrong Olympic winner
SOUTH KOREA -- NBC continues vying for the gold medal in broadcasting blunders during the Olympics in South Korea. Most recently, sportscaster Dan Hicks doubled down on a gaffe Saturday night, covering the women’s super-G skiing event & ski analyst Bode Miller & hockey analyst Mike Milbury faced backlash for comments.

(Feb 17 2018) - Pittsburgh Post : Trump focuses on first responders
POMPANO BEACH -- President Trump has made a grim trip to a Florida community reeling from a deadly school shooting, meeting privately with victims & cheering the heroics of first responders. But he extended few public words of consolation to those in deep mourning, nor did Mr. Trump address the debate over gun violence

(Feb 16 2018) - Monroe Co. Post : Dog food companies issue recalls
U.S.A. -- Four dog food companies have issued recalls after reports of salmonella contamination. The contamination was discovered after reports of pets dying or falling ill ... companies involved are Darwin’s Natural & Zoologics, Raws for Paws Ground Turkey Pet Food, Redbarn Pet Products & Smokehouse Pet Products.

(Feb 15 2018) - Palm Beach Post : Who is Nikolas Cruz ?
FLORIDA -- Prosecutors have charged Nikolas Cruz with 17 counts of premeditated murder after he allegedly opened fire Wednesday at a Florida high school he was kicked out of last year. Cruz, 19, a former student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, was arrested off-campus about an hour after the shootings began ...

(Feb 14 2018) - Bangkok Post : Assange arrest warrant upheld
LONDON -- A judge upheld a British arrest warrant for Julian Assange, saying the WikiLeaks founder should've had the courage to come to court & face justice after more than 5 years. Judge Emma Arbuthnot rejected arguments by Assange's lawyers that it is no longer in the public interest to arrest him for jumping bail in 2012

(Feb 13 2018) - Jakarta Post : Citi Indonesia sign business deal
INDONESIA -- Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia has signed a cash management & trade finance agreement with Citi Indonesia, the Indonesian branch of US-based Citibank. Citi Indonesia’s director of treasury & trade solutions, Vincent C. Soegianto, said that under the deal the bank would provide host-to-host connectivity

(Feb 12 2018) - Hippocratic Post : The science of attraction
U.S.A. -- Romantic chemistry is all about warm, gooey feelings that gush from the deepest depths of the heart ... right? Not quite. Actually, the real boss behind attraction is your brain, which runs through a very quick, very complex series of calculations when assessing a potential partner. Dawn Maslar explores this ...

(Feb 11 2018) - Kathmandu Post : Over 32,000 HIV infected in Nepal
NEPAL -- The number of people living with HIV infection has reached more than 32,000 in Nepal. Information to this revelation was shared by an organisation named Suruwat during a press conference organized on the occasion of the International Condom Day. A representative of Foundation, Rabi Singh, said ...

(Feb 10 2018) - BRICS Post : South Africa mining ...
CAPE TOWN -- The mood at this year’s Investing in African Mining Indaba in Cape Town was the best since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis according to a wide range of participants interviewed at the sidelines of this year’s event. South African Chamber of Mines CEO set the tone with the first event, Feb 5th.

(Feb 09 2018) - Orissa Post : China against Maldives as ‘flashpoint’
CHINA -- China Friday said it was in touch with India to discuss a way to resolve the political turmoil gripping the Maldives & underlined that Beijing doesn’t want the issue to become another “flashpoint” in ties with New Delhi. While China officially maintains that there should be no external interference ...

(Feb 08 2018) - Seattle Post : My swim coach abused me
SEATTLE -- Investigators have searched the Seattle home of a former U.S. Olympic Team swimming coach following allegations that the 46-year-old took nude photos of a teen swimmer he was sexually exploiting. Investigators with a DHS task force on Tuesday searched Sean Hutchison’s downtown Seattle apartment ...

(Feb 07 2018) - Activist Post : DEEP STATE CALLED OUT ...
OHIO -- Dennis Kucinich, who recently launched his campaign for Governor of Ohio, has never been afraid to go against the grain and speak out with an unpopular opinion and an unpopular time. This was the case when he was mayor of Cleveland and throughout his tenure as a Congressman. It was also the case when ...

(Feb 06 2018) - Wash Post : Trump immigration plan ...
WHITE HOUSE -- President Trump's proposal to cut legal immigration rates would delay the date that white Americans become a minority of the population by as few as 1 or as many as 5 additional years, according to an analysis by The Post. The plan, released by the White House last month, would scale back a program ...

(Feb 05 2018) - Minnesota Post : Big tobacco forced to tell the truth
U.S.A. -- Way back in 1999, the U.S. Department of Justice filed suit against the nation’s largest cigarette manufacturers for fraudulent and unlawful conduct. In 2006, a federal judge found the tobacco companies in violation of the RICO Act, which combats racketeers like the Mafia — and Big Tobacco.

(Feb 04 2018) - First Post : Pakistan violates ceasefire ...
JAMMU -- An army officer and 3 jawans were killed & 4 people, including 2 teenagers, injured on Sunday in heavy Pakistani shelling along the LoC in Poonch & Rajouri districts of Jammu & Kashmir, forcing Indian troops to retaliate, officials said. Pakistani forces opened unprovoked heavy firing & shelling ...

(Feb 03 2018) - Post & Email : Trump Says Memo 'Vindicates' Him
WHITE HOUSE -- In the second of two tweets issued at approximately 9:40 AM EST on Saturday, President Donald Trump opined that the much-anticipated “FISA memo” released just after noon on Friday “vindicates” him in a reference to the “Russian collusion” investigation currently led by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III.

(Feb 02 2018) - Jersey Evening Post : 2 killed after rocket attacks ...
TURKEY -- Two people have been killed after a barrage of rockets was fired at two border towns in Turkey from the Syrian Kurdish enclave of Afrin across the border. The Hatay governor’s office said at least six rockets targeted the town of Reyhanli in Hatay province — damaging a home, a workplace and a road ...

(Feb 01 2018) - Christian Post : The Christian Right Was Right ...
AMERICA -- Many of our current political debates were predicted long ago by leaders of the Christian Right. The Christian Right is a social movement that began in '79 with the formation of Moral Majority. Initially a defensive movement, formed out of concerns over changing social mores in public schools and ...

(Jan 31 2018) - Conservative Daily Post : Julian Assange Gets Tricked
U.S.A. -- Something quite odd happened on social media yesterday. Apparently, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange attempted to message Fox News’ star Sean Hannity over his personal Twitter account but instead got duped into interacting with a troll that was impersonating the conservative figure on this social media network.

(Jan 30 2018) - Denver Post : New company tackling healthcare
U.S.A. -- Amazon is diving into health care, teaming up with Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway & the N.Y. bank JPMorgan Chase, to create a company that helps their U.S. employees find quality care “at a reasonable cost.” The leaders of each company offered few details & said that it's in the early planning stage.

(Jan 29 2018) - India Post : Indian economy picking 'up nicely'
NEW DELHI -- Shedding the impact of GST and demonetization, India's economy is 'picking up quite nicely,' and will expand by 7-7.5 per cent in 2018-19 to again become the world's fastest growing major economy, according to the Economic Survey released today. However, it could face challenges from rising oil prices and ...

(Jan 28 2018) - Huffington Post : Would've Negotiate Brexit Tougher
LONDON -- U.S. President Donald Trump would take a “tougher” approach to Brexit negotiations than Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May, he said in a TV interview to be broadcast later on Sunday. In the interview with British channel ITV, Trump said the European Union was “not cracked up to what it’s supposed to be” ...

(Jan 27 2018) - Financial Post : Bits & bytes, not cars & cows
CANADA -- Early in the NAFTA saga, I assumed Canada’s banks would be feeling some heat. Robert Lighthizer, the United States Trade Representative, included financial services on his initial long list of complaints, noting specifically that the U.S. desired improved access to the Canadian market. And why wouldn’t it?

(Jan 26 2018) - Baghdad Post : 3 terrorists arrested in Salahuddin
IRAQ -- Three terrorists have been arrested in Salahuddin province, military intelligence directorate said on Friday. In a statement, military intelligence said the terrorists were arrested in collaboration with the other security apparatuses. The terrorists are affiliated with ISIS.

(Jan 25 2018) - SCM Post : Trump threatens to cut off aid ...
SWITZERLAND -- US President Donald Trump has threatened cut off funding to the “disrespectful” Palestinians unless they agree to resume peace talks in a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump said at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday that ...

(Jan 24 2018) - Patriot Post : 'Secret Society'
AMERICA -- Every day it seems there is a new bombshell about the Deep State efforts to overturn the 2016 election. Over the weekend we learned that the FBI was “missing” five months of text messages from Trump-hating agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, who are at the center of the Deep State scandal.

(Jan 23 2018) - Frontier Post : Strong Pak-US partnership essential
WASH D.C. -- Pakistan’s Ambassador to US, Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry said that a strong & durable partnership between Pakistan & the U.S. is essential for peace & stability in the region. He said this while addressing a gathering of South Asian experts, academics, opinion makers, US govt officials & media in Washington DC.

(Jan 22 2018) - Conservative Post : Ex-Muslims SLAM Pope ...
VATICAN -- Pope Francis has once again put his foot in his mouth. It’s no secret by now that Francis is a universalist who wants us to be accepting of all religions. He’s said as much with regards to Islam on several occasions, repeating the notion that it’s a religion of peace. Now, a group of ex-Muslim converts ...

(Jan 21 2018) - Limerick Post : A 100 lives saved by river patrol
LIMERICK -- MORE than a hundred lives have been saved at the last moment since the dedicated team of the Limerick Suicide Watch began their vigil on the city banks of the Shannon. Since they began patrolling the river in the darkest hours, the volunteers with Limerick Suicide Watch have had more than 100 interventions ...

(Jan 20 2018) - China Post : Cracking Down on Christianity
CHINA -- Last week, authorities in China’s northern Shanxi province demolished a massive evangelical church using bulldozers & dynamite. The Jindengtai (“Golden Lampstand”) mega-church, which reportedly had a congregation of 50,000, was one of many so-called “underground churches” in China that religious activists ...

(Jan 19 2018) - Goulburn Post : Saleyards director arrested in Serbia
AUSTRALIA -- A former Goulburn businessman is among three men arrested in Serbia on Wednesday suspected of ties to an international drug ring. Rohan Arnold, 43, who headed up Mass Steel in Goulburn from 2011, is suspected of ties to the ring accused of trying to smuggle more than a tonne of cocaine into Sydney last year.

(Jan 18 2018) - Balkans Post : Syrian Arab Army on the roll ...
SYRIA -- In Syria's Idlib province, governed by the most brutal terrorist groups, we can see how the alternative to present Syrian leadership looks. In Idlib is the true face of what has been called a “popular uprising” in Syria. Some say that the “revolution” has been hijacked by terrorist groups & radical Islamists ...

(Jan 17 2018) - Winona Post : High-speed rail project suspended
WINONA -- Hundreds of thousands of dollars & numerous years have been spent planning for a high-speed train that would connect the Twin Cities to Chicago, with stops in Winona & other Mississippi River cities. Now that project has been suspended. Earlier this winter, the Minnesota Legislative Advisory Commission ...

(Jan 16 2018) - Greanville Post : Lazy Liberals & the Trump Effect
U.S.A. -- Liberals & other Democrats are getting dumber by the day. I keep running into them & hearing the same story over & over: things are bad because Trump is the president. That’s it. It’s all you have to know. It’s the only thing that matters to these unstable dolts. It’s all about Trump. It’s Trump this ...

(Jan 15 2018) - Punching Bag Post : Medicaid Work Requirement
KENTUCKY -- Kentucky will be the first state to embrace new guidelines to require Medicaid recipients to either work or engage in community service in order to receive coverage. The new rule requires able-bodied, working-age recipients to complete 80 hours of “community engagement” per month to keep health coverage.

(Jan 14 2018) - Sunday Post : Why need a Child Support Agency?
SCOTLAND -- There is £3 billion still owed to mothers who struggled to raise their children. Now, that money is unlikely to be given to those who deserve it. The CSA was touted, when launched in 1993, as the body that would force wayward fathers to take responsibility for their children. Abandoned families nodded in agreement ...

(Jan 13 2018) - NY Post : Keith Jackson ... has died
U.S.A. -- Keith Jackson, one of the best play-by-play announcers in the history of sports, has died. He was 89. Jackson is most famous for being the voice of college football’s biggest games for generations. He passed away Friday night, according to multiple reports. He joined ABC in 1965, and many of his ...

(Jan 12 2018) - Jerusalem Post : Trump waives Iran nuclear sanctions
WHITE HOUSE -- President Trump waived nuclear-related sanctions on Iran on Friday, keeping the US in an international deal governing its nuclear program for the time being. But in doing so, a senior administration official said that Trump would not sign any more such waivers going forward — starting a 120-day clock ...

(Jan 11 2018) - National Post : CBC under fire for documentary ...
CANADA -- CBC’s science show The Nature of Things is set to air a documentary that purports to prove the first humans in the New World came across the ocean from Europe & not as most scientists think via a land bridge from Asia. A geneticist of ancient humans calls it “extremely irresponsible” to promote this theory,

(Jan 10 2018) - Pittsburgh Post : Cuba has a lung cancer vaccine
COLORADO -- George Keays is not a rogue kind of a man. A Colorado realtor and grandfather of three, the 65-year-old practices yoga and meditates regularly. But the US government, he says, has left him no choice but to break the law. If, that is, he intends to stay alive. Keays has stage 4 lung cancer.

(Jan 09 2018) - Hippocratic Post : Lifestyle changes ...
U.S.A. -- Type 2 diabetes is a public health emergency & the number of people with this disorder has almost doubled since 1996 to nearly 4 million today. Most people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, which occurs when the body is no longer able to keep blood sugar levels under control, are put on a lifelong drug regime ...

(Jan 08 2018) - Bangkok Post : What's behind corruption crackdown?
HANOI -- Vietnam brought 22 executives to court over losses at the state oil firm on Monday, in the most important trial of a widening crackdown on corruption. Among those being tried was the first politburo member to be arrested in decades In a separate trial ... a banking fraud case began with 46 defendants.

(Jan 07 2018) - Forney Post : U S Customs Seizes Liquid Meth
TEXAS -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) International Airport seized over 65 pounds of liquid methamphetamine with an estimated value of $297,000, January 2nd. The narcotic was shipped from China to Memphis, Tennessee and destined for Fort Worth, Texas.

(Jan 06 2018) - Cape Brenton Post : 8 migrants dead ...
ROME -- At least 8 migrants died & 86 others were rescued Saturday from a smugglers' rubber dinghy after it starting sinking in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, the Italian coast guard said. A search was ongoing to find any more possible survivors. An aid group said dozens of migrants could still be missing.

(Jan 05 2018) - PanAm Post : Marijuana Leg' Gaining Momentum
MEXICO -- Mexico has faced violence caused by illegal drug trafficking for over a decade, the most common of which involves marijuana. Recent data shows there has been an increase in production of marijuana not only as an exportable commodity, but also for local consumption - resulting in calls for its legalization.

(Jan 04 2018) - Seattle Post : Lawsuit: BofA lost old records
SEATTLE -- When William Bossen went to the Magnolia Bank of America branch in 2015 to cash out an old savings bond given to him by his late grandfather, he expected to use it to buy a home for himself and his fiancée. Instead, he was turned away. He then brought the bond certificate to the Seattle BofA.

(Jan 03 2018) - Orissa Post : Caste violence erupts in Maha
MUMBAI -- Caste violence rocked Maharashtra Tues as angry Dalit groups set vehicles ablaze, blocked railway tracks & pelted stones to vent their anger against the death of a 28-year-old man Monday near the site of bicentennial celebrations to mark the event the Bhima-Koregaon battle wherein in which ...

(Jan 02 2018) - Activist Post : Healthcare Change Is Needed Now
WASH D.C. -- If you were too busy holiday shopping, you probably missed the FDA planned crackdown on homeopathic remedies. According to FDA & others in the industry, homeopathic remedies are considered a “form of modern-day snake oil.” Isn’t that akin to the Pharma kettle calling the Homeopathic pot black?

(Jan 01 2018) - Wash Post : North Korea has ‘nuclear button’
BEIJING -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un boasted in an annual New Year’s Day speech Monday that he had a nuclear button on his desk & that the entire U.S. was within range of his weapons - but vowed not to attack unless threatened. Kim promised to focus this year on producing nuclear warheads & missiles ...


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