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China says Greece will thrive if managed by us

China says Greece will thrive if managed by us

Five years ago, state-owned container giant Cosco, the no.1 liner carrier in China, paid €3.3 billion into the coffers of Greece’s cash-starved government, buying out half the lease for the port of Piraeus, giving the Chinese a 35-year control of Greece’s biggest port. Today, while Greece sinks further with unemployment rate hitting 26 percent, Cosco […]

Greece crisis missing links – Media censorship

Greece crisis missing links – Media censorship

According to mainstream media, the current economic crisis in Greece is due to the government spending too much money on its people that it went broke. This claim however, is a lie. It was the banks that wrecked the country so oligarchs and international corporations could benefit. Every single mainstream media has the following narrative […]

Germany to return skulls of colonial Herero victims in Namibia

Germany to return skulls of colonial Herero victims in Namibia

Germany now plans to return the skulls of ethnic Herero victims of 19th-century colonialism in south-western Africa. Their skulls were transported to what was then the German Empire for “medical research.” Was it murder and expulsion, or should it be called genocide? The terminology becomes political when talking about the victims of German colonial rule […]

ISIS luring Irish teens through social media to become “jihadist brides”

ISIS luring Irish teens through social media to become “jihadist brides”

Large numbers of young women are being lured from Europe to join the Islamic State militant group and become “jihadist brides,” and a leading academic says there are growing concerns that Irish teens could be duped online. Dr Maura Conway, a senior lecturer in international security at the School of Law and Government in Dublin […]

Vatican child sex abuse trial halted – Ex-archbishop falls ill

Vatican child sex abuse trial halted – Ex-archbishop falls ill

The trial of a former archbishop charged with child sex offences has been adjourned after the defendant fell ill hours before he was due to appear in court at the Vatican. Jozef Wesolowski, 66, is accused of paying for sex with children in the Dominican Republic from 2008-2013. He is being treated in intensive care […]

Son of UK MP and Boris’s former deputy beaten up badly by girl gang in London KFC

Son of UK MP and Boris’s former deputy beaten up badly by girl gang in London KFC

Strapped to his hospital bed, this is the son of a high ranking Tory MP who was beaten unconscious by a violent girl gang after being attacked in KFC. Tom Borwick, 27, whose mother is newly elected Kensington MP Victoria Borwick, suffered repeated blows to the head after being initially set upon as he queued […]

2nd ISIS attack Imminent In Tunisia: Britain evacuates British tourists

2nd ISIS attack Imminent In Tunisia: Britain evacuates British tourists

Thousands of British tourists in Tunisia were tonight urged to abandon their holidays and return home as soon as possible, as the Government warned a terrorist attack is ‘highly likely’. The Foreign Office said it had been working with the Tunisian government since ISIS gunman Seifeddine Rezgui murdered 30 British tourists at the tourist beach […]

Exxon knew of climate change in 1981, email says – but it funded deniers for 27 more years

Exxon knew of climate change in 1981, email says – but it funded deniers for 27 more years

ExxonMobil, the world’s biggest oil company, knew as early as 1981 of climate change – seven years before it became a public issue, according to a newly discovered email from one of the firm’s own scientists. Despite this the firm spent millions over the next 27 years to promote climate denial. The email from Exxon’s […]

‘Kill the gays’ posters stir up Turkish capital

‘Kill the gays’ posters stir up Turkish capital

An Islamist group pinned posters across Ankara in an attempt to use religious references to incite hatred against gays and lesbians. With political Islam on the rise, local governments choose to ignore the problem. Quoting a verse from the Hadith – a collection of sayings of Prophet Muhammad – unauthorized posters appeared across Ankara on […]

Death by selfie? When normal selfies are not extreme enough

Death by selfie? When normal selfies are not extreme enough

Russian police are warning the public of a new danger: Death by selfie. The country’s police force is advocating for people to take ‘safe selfies’ in the wake of a string of deaths. According to Russian news agency Tass, there have been more than 10 deaths and about 100 accidents from individuals striking lethal poses […]

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