Britain’s HS2 railway In what amounts to an abuse of democracy, lobbyists are being used to put the case for an absurd project few really want. The government’s project for a new high-speed railway from Birmingham to London Euston is entering a critical phase. This has nothing to do with trains but everything to do with tribes. Last week there were unconfirmed reports that the government... 

A shocking new “urgent action” report prepared by the Federal Security Service (FSB) for President Putin says that the Obama regime has thrown into prison an 84-year-old Catholic nun and murdered her close nuclear scientist friend after the pair had uncovered a plot that was smuggling weapons grade atomic material out of the United States most secure nuclear facility. According to this report,... 

The Belgian parliament has passed a bill that extends the right to euthanasia to children under 18, making the country the first to completely lift age restrictions on euthanasia to minors. On Thursday, the lower house of parliament adopted the controversial legislation by 86 votes in favor, 44 against and with 12 abstentions. The adoption of the ground-breaking legislation followed approval by the... 

Cops have killed well over 5,000 Americans since 9/11. Many of these killings have occurred during no-knock raids, which have risen by 4000% since the 1980s. Iraqi insurgents, by comparison, have killed around 3,500 Americans in Iraq since 9/11 in Operation Iraqi “Freedom.” It is not just Iraq. The number of Americans killed by police also now exceeds the number of Americans killed by Afghan insurgents. Afghan... 

The European Commission is set to authorize the growing of genetically modified maize on European soil, despite 19 member states voting against the move, highlighting the “absurd” rules of weighted votes in the EU. In a debate on Tuesday, 19 EU member states indicated that they would vote against the authorization of genetically modified maize because of health and environmental concerns and opposition... 

“The U.S. worked hard to create the American dream of opportunity. But today, that dream is a myth.” Economist Joseph Stiglitz, Financial Times If you follow the financial news, you already know that the American people are on an epic downer. Just check out some of these headlines I pulled up in a five minute Internet search and you’ll see what I mean: “Gloom and doom? Americans more pessimistic... 

Hundreds of British barristers, lawyers and law students are set to attend a protest gathering in London to express their opposition to proposed legal aid cuts. The protest gathering entitled ‘One Bar: One Voice – United for Justice’ has been organized by the Bar Council, which represents legal professions in England and Wales and will be held at Lincoln’s Inn in central London. Legal... 

Stunning video shows a California Highway Patrol officer handcuffing a firefighter who was trying to help victims of a serious car crash in Chula Vista. The incident occurred on Tuesday night after a car overturned and another fell down an embankment on the 805 Freeway. Chula Vista Firefighter Jacob Gregoire responded to the accident by following standard protocol of parking his fire truck in front... 

On Saturday 20 July 2013, in the basement of the Guardian’s office in Kings Cross, London, watched by two GCHQ technicians, Guardian editors destroyed hard drives and memory cards on which encrypted files leaked by Edward Snowden had been stored. This is the first time footage of the event has been released.  Read More »

After seven months of treatment in a special rehabilitation center in Boston, the 16-year old Myrto Papadomichelaki returned yesterday to continue her fight in a special rehabilitation center in the city of Larissa . Myrto on December 10th had undergone a special surgery to drain a powerful muscle relaxant, the surgery was successful, resulting in the girl being discharged and able to return home... 

The United States is preparing to impose financial sanctions on officials and protest leaders in Ukraine amid a political crisis in the country. US congressional aides said Wednesday that US sanctions could be put in place quickly against Ukrainian officials or leaders of the protest movement if violence escalates, Reuters reports. The aides, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said they had discussed... 

Ravil Mingazov ​A delegation of Russia’s high-ranking diplomats and representatives of the judicial system has in an unprecedented move visited the Guantanamo Bay prison, as Moscow has stepped up efforts to secure release of the only Russian national there. The Russian VIP visitors were toured around the facility, where they spent several hours Friday, speaking to senior representatives of the... 

Since Barack Obama has been in the White House, high ranking military officers have been removed from their positions at a rate that is absolutely unprecedented. Things have gotten so bad that a number of retired generals are publicly speaking out about the “purge” of the U.S. military that they believe is taking place. As you will see below, dozens of highly decorated military leaders have been... 

A jury in Santa Ana, California, on Monday found two former Fullerton police officers not guilty in the beating death of a homeless man. The two officers, Manuel Ramos and Jay Cicinelli, were charged with striking Kelly Thomas, a schizophrenic homeless, with a baton and a stun gun after they arrested him two and half years ago at the Fullerton Transportation Center. According to City News Service,... 

Another Greek lawmaker from the country’s oppressed right-wing Golden Dawn party has been imprisoned on charges of being a member of a “criminal organization”, with no presented evidence, even though the Golden Dawn party has not been outlawed in Greece by the justice system. On Sunday, Stathis Boukouras was put behind bars following the imprisonment of two other members of the party,...