Tensions are mounting between the US, Russia, and Ukraine, and Ukrainian Prime Minister Arsey Yatseniuk has officially started to mobilize the military in defense from an expected attack from Russia. As a response to Vladmir Putin’s declaration of his right […]
Video and photo c/o The Associated Press. Smog in China’s largest city has been ten times the level the US Embassy considers safe.
Video and photo c/o Vatican Youtube page. As Al Jazeera reports, “During his homily in St. Peter’s Basilica, Francis told the cardinals to strive to “be saints.” To achieve that, he advised them to simply love those who are […]
The capture of Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman Loera, the alleged leader of the Sinaloa Cartel, by Mexican authorities has pleased US authorities, though the battle over the future of billionaire Mr. Guzman and his money in the US and Mexican justice […]
PHOTO CREDIT: REUTERS/HENRY ROMERO It has been reported that Mexican authorities have captured their most wanted man, cartel kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo (Shorty in Spanish)” Guzman, with help from US agencies. A long running leader of Mexico’s deadly Sinaloa cartel, he […]
Matteo Renzi, the 39 year old Mayor of Florence, will make history Saturday morning as Italy’s youngest Prime Minister, and has no national experience . He will be tasked with tackling the problem at 13% national unemployment and a whopping 40% […]
The President just met with His Holiness The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Buddhism on earth, a belief system with almost 400 million adherents world wide. The meeting has been public but not well publicized, as China has publicly […]
Video c/o The Associated Press. New fighting in Kiev, despite a reported truce, has led to some reporting 18, some reporting 20, some reporting 28, but all reporting a likelihood for many more deaths in the streets as chaos has […]
Photo c/o Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone/AP. A hijacked jet has landed safely in Switzerland with no casualties and the culprit in custody. Geneva airport CEO Robert Deillon told reporters Monday that the co-pilot — a 30 year old Ethiopian man locked […]
Hundreds of South Africans are trapped in a mine in Benoni, a suburb of Johannesburg, after illegally entering a Chinese gold mine, and may be prosecuted if rescued. Reportedly more than 200 are still underground and at least twelve have […]
Photo c/o Agence France-Presse. A mass evacuation of tens of thousands is ensuing in east Java, Indonesia, where Mount Kelud erupted this morning. The explosion was so massive that debris and ash covered the city of Surabaya, a city of over […]
Catherine Samba-Panza, 58, an insurance broker by training, will become interim President of the Central African Republic today, the first woman to lead the nation. Her goal is to lead the nation, beleaguered by a collapse of national government authority, […]
Video c/o The Associated Press. If you haven’t heard by now, Russia has this lovely practice of KILLING STRAY DOGS that are “out of place” if you will in the general vicinity of the Olympics. So, obviously, this has caused […]
Video c/o The White House.
The FBI released this statement about the raids today that took down a drug ring that reportedly attempted to sell cocaine in Italy and heroin in the US, with major players headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, and Calabria, Italy:
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