The world’s richest man, Bill Gates, has said that the private sector is too selfish and inefficient to produce effective energy alternatives to fossil fuels. While announcing his plan to spend $2 billion of his own wealth on green energy during an interview with The Atlantic, the Microsoft founder called on fellow billionaires to help make the US fossil-free by 2050 with similar philanthropy. He... 

Jeb Bush’s numbers are in the single digits. Jeb Bush, who was the early frontrunner for the Republican nomination, has plummeted to the low single digits in a latest national poll. The Quinnipiac University survey released on Wednesday found Bush taking only 4 percent support, down from 10 percent in September. Meanwhile, Donald Trump and Ben Carson continued to lead the crowded Republican field,... 

The Romanian cabinet has resigned in response to nationwide mass protests that followed a deadly fire in a Bucharest nightclub in which 32 people died, Ministers said they would continue to carry out their duties until a new government is formed. “I’m handing in my mandate, I’m resigning, and implicitly my government too,” AP cited Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta as saying in... 

European leaders and the White House do not exactly see eye to eye on a number of issues, particularly when it comes to Russia, but there is a major change in this dynamic: European officials and media have lately started blaming Barack Obama directly for what they see as bad decision-making on the part of the US president. “For years, Europe treated Mr. Obama as virtually untouchable, an off-limits... 

Socialism, Communism, Maoism, and National Socialism are all offshoots of Marxism. What once was taboo is now embraced by Democrats. For the first time ever, a majority of Democrat voters view Socialism favorably. Doug Ross reported: Over at Rasmussen, the pollsters have discovered that, for the first time in history, self-identified members of the Democrat Party now view socialism favorably. The... 

A very curious Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) report circulating in the Kremlin today states that Chairman of The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), Alexander Bastrykin, has opened a single proceeding criminal case under Article 263, Part 3 of Article 238 of the Criminal Code on the fact of the Islamic State’s shootdown of Flight 9268 en route from Egypt to St. Petersburg... 

Fresh back from Kiev, Army Chief of Staff General Mark Milley called Russia “aggressive” and “adversarial to the interests of the United States,” claiming that having nuclear weapons and the ability to use them makes Russia the foremost threat to the US. Russia is the only country in the world with the nuclear capability to destroy the United States, which makes it an existential threat, Milley... 

Obama’s decision to send Special Forces into Syria is being widely viewed as a US military escalation in the country. The troop dispatch also signals that the US trying to forestall Russian successes in wiping out Washington’s regime-change assets in Syria. In short, the US Special Forces are being used as “human shields” to curb Russian air strikes against anti-government mercenaries, many... 

US Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. US Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is “the consummate warmonger” who oversaw the destruction of Libya, an American writer and political analyst says. Daniel Patrick Welch made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Sunday while commenting on Clinton’s backing... 

The Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) is reporting today that the catastrophic destruction of Kolavia Flight 9268 that had departed from Egypt’s Sharm El-Sheikh in route to Saint Petersburg yesterday was due to its being struck by a portable surface-to-air missile device fired by Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL) terrorists, and which these “barbarians” posted video of and took responsibility for in... 

US officials have confirmed today that special forces soldiers will be deployed on the ground in Syria, despite the fact that Obama promised he wouldn’t deploys ‘boots on the ground’. A senior administration official told the BBC that there will be “fewer than 50” forces deployed in the region to “train, advise and assist” vetted opposition forces. According to the official, this does... 

The majority of European Parliament members have voted in favor of asking constituent states to grant protection to whistleblower and former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, who has described the move as a ‘game-changer’ and a ‘chance to move forward’. MEPs have urged EU member states to “drop any criminal charges against Edward Snowden, grant him protection and consequently prevent extradition... 

Islamic State terrorists have gained access to the production of chemical weapons, the head of the department for non-proliferation and arms control of the Russian Foreign Ministry Mikhail Ulyanov said, Pravda.Ru reports with reference to TASS. “By all accounts, the Islamic State group has gained access to technologies for the production of chemical weapons,” the official said. Ulyanov... 

Russian-led counterterrorism efforts are so successful that they are “unnerving” Washington, CCTV reported. As a result, last week US leadership decided to act so as to prevent Iraq from fostering ties with Moscow. The Chinese media outlet believes that the operation to free hostages in Northern Iraq followed this new logic. Last Thursday, US and Kurdish forces managed to free 70 people... 

The consequences of potential US ground operations in Syria would be unpredictable, the head of Russia’s parliamentary committee on foreign affairs told RT. He added that claims Russian airstrikes have targeted civilians are part of ongoing information war. “If there …[is] any evidence …[it] should be presented and Russia is definitely open to making further investigations,” Chairman...