Chinese President Xi Jinping has signed scores of business deals with French President Francois Hollande on the second day of a three-day visit. Ordering 70 Airbus planes worth more than $10bn dollars, […]
Like Venice, Sardinia also wants to be independent from Italy – who’s next?
The island of Sardinia plans to hold an online referendum on independence from Italy, following in the footsteps of country’s northeastern Veneto region, where a similar vote revealed high separatist moods. Over […]
Mayor de Blasio’s Vision for Education
In remarks Sunday before the congregants of the Riverside Church, Mayor Bill de Blasio laid out his vision for New York City’s schools and pledged a new approach that brings parents and […]
Greece seeks war reparations from Berlin
Greece is stepping up pressure on Germany to compensate survivors of Nazi war-time atrocities.The campaign coincides with a rise in anti-German sentiment after Berlin imposed strict austerity measures on Athens during the […]
This Is What It’s Like To Jump Off The World Trade Center
UPDATE! The jumper is actually a skilled iron worker who helped build the World Trade Center himself! Last September three daredevils (or crazy people, depending who you ask) jumped off 1 World […]
German Left opposition leader Gregor Gysi explains the Ukraine situation
Instead of finding common ground with Russia, the West continues to escalate tensions with inefficient sanctions and rhetoric while provocatively supporting the illegitimate Kiev government, German Left opposition leader Gregor Gysi told […]
Jimmy Carter is just brilliant (and Dave Letterman makes a joke)
The former President talks about the current crisis in Russia.
Notorious Ukrainian nationalist militant shot dead
Notorious Ukrainian right-wing militant leader Aleksandr Muzychko, also known as Sashko Bilyi, has reportedly been shot dead in western Ukraine, where he coordinated actions of local groups belonging to the nationalist Right […]
Ultra-Left anarchist punks and pro-Korean protestors in Tokyo
Ultra-Left anarchist ‘punks’ and pro-Korean protestors in the Shin Okubo area of Tokyo.
Nordic support for Scottish independence
We, writers from Norway and Sweden, are only too well aware that there will be a referendum in Scotland on September 18 to vote for or against independence. We have been taken […]