The number of people confirmed dead in Turkey and Syria has now risen to more than 33,000. Experts warned for years that many new buildings in Turkey were unsafe due to widespread corruption and government policies. To encourage a construction boom with many new homes, developers could deviate from building regulations, even in regions prone to earthquakes. Thousands of apartment buildings collapsed... 

Moldova is changing its approach to resolving the Transnistrian conflict, seeking to liberate the territory on the left bank of Dniester from the Russian occupation since 1992. Chisinau has been in dialogue with the leaders of the pro-Russian regime in Tiraspol and avoided conflicts for the past 30 years. Moldova now takes a 180-degree turn: its parliament has passed a law on separatism, which should... 

After a two-year suspension, the ownership company Meta has now restored former US President Donald Trump’s access to Facebook and Instagram, reports Reuters. Trump was suspended from the platforms after the so-called storming of Capitol Hill on January 6, 2021. Meta said in January that it would lift Trump’s suspension “in the coming weeks” but block the ex-president again... 

According to the AP, the Nationalist Party of Greece is prohibited from running in this year’s elections, which are scheduled to take place in April. The anti-immigration party is getting close to the three percent barrier needed to secure representation in parliament, according to recent surveys. The reason for the prohibition is because the party’s founder, Ilias Kasidiaris, is now serving... 

A new bill introduced by Democrat Representatives in Massachusetts would allow prisoners incarcerated in the state to donate their organs or bone marrow in exchange for less prison time. Bill HD3822, introduced by Democrat Representatives Carlos González and Judith García, aims to create a new organ donation program in the state that would allow prisoners to donate their bone marrow, kidney, liver,... 

During a press conference, a team of Japanese researchers led by Professor Masanori Fukushima stated their intention to sue the Japanese government if the Health Ministry continues to refuse to acknowledge the causal link between the vaccine and deaths. “Around April last year, the pathology and forensics societies have already issued a statement that in the future, an autopsy should be done on... 

A born-again Christian mother is suing a primary school in the UK after her 4-year-old son was forced to take part in a gay pride parade. The lawsuit, brought by 38-year-old Izzy Montague, is the first of its kind in the country and underscores how deep LGBT indoctrination has penetrated the educational system. Heavers Farm Primary School in South Norwood, southeast London, sent a letter to parents... 

Law enforcement in Connecticut arrested the parents of two children for simply allowing them to walk unaccompanied to a doughnut shop. Lenore Skenazy, president of the childhood independence advocacy group Let Grow, elaborated on the circumstances of the arrest in a Jan. 23 article for Reason magazine. The incident happened back in February 2019, when Killingly, Connecticut resident Cynthia Rivers... 

Liberala Dagens Nyheter spreads such gross incitement against Russians in its Saturday supplement that Twitter has stopped the spread of the image. The front page of DN’s Saturday supplement is adorned with a picture of Laura Swaan Wrede, who is head of the Home Guard. The reader learns that Swaan Wrede’s grandmother used to say that “a Russian is a Russian even if you fry him in... 

An Oregon man who was found guilty of encouraging child sexual abuse has received a slap on the wrist from the judge who sentenced the pedophile to just 90 days in prison and allowed him to serve his time behind bars “at his own convenience.” On Wednesday, 27-year-old Scott Johnson of St. Helens, about 30 miles north of Portland, plead guilty to three counts of encouraging child sexual abuse in... 

Now the EU’s debated personal data rules are putting a damper on the police’s law enforcement. In a recent ruling, the Court of Justice of the European Union prohibits police authorities throughout the EU from systematically “snooping” and collecting fingerprints on criminal suspects. The reason is the criminals’ “right to their personal data”. However, in... 

The Danish-Swedish politician Rasmus Paludan’s burning of the Koran in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm has prompted the European Commission to make complaints against Sweden. Blasphemy, or as it is known, “hate based on religion,” has no place in the European Union, claims the Commission. The Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has emphasized that it is not against the... 

Republicans in the House and Senate have proposed legislation that would ban TikTok on all devices in the country and forbid any dealings with ByteDance, the app’s Chinese parent firm, on the grounds that it poses a serious danger to national security. The “No TikTok on United States Devices Act” was presented on Wednesday by Senator Josh Hawley and Representative Ken Buck in an... 

Justice Alexandre de Moraes of the Brazilian Supreme Court has punished messaging service Telegram for disobeying an earlier court decision for it to deactivate accounts belonging to the former president’s supporters. The prior decision was reached in January as part of an investigation into vandalism incidents at the nation’s capital’s public buildings. In order to “halt the... 

Two retired Met officers have been charged in connection with a suspected police paedophile ring being linked to the death of a serving chief inspector. Richard Watkinson, who worked in neighbourhood policing in west London, was found dead at his home in Buckinghamshire last week. The 49-year-old had been due to answer bail on the day he was found dead and was to be charged with a string of child...