A man walks past ice sculptures at a park before the opening ceremony of the Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival in Harbin, China’s northeastern Heilongjiang province, on January 4, 2016. The legendary Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival has kicked off in China where over a million people are expected to visit the gigantic ice structures displayed in ethereal lights. The... 

On Sunday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order for law enforcement to force the state’s homeless population into shelters when the temperature drops below freezing. The order goes into effect on Tuesday, and will allow for individuals to be taken — even against their will — by law enforcement. Law enforcement agencies are to take “all necessary steps to identify individuals... 

Amid the mounting refugee crisis caused by “NATO’s non-stop campaign of overseas military misadventures”, Europeans are becoming “increasingly wary of multiculturalism, neo-liberal reforms, austerity measures – and now, it seems, even NATO itself,” according to American writer and journalist Robert Bridge. Bridge cites as an example a recent raid conducted by the Polish military police... 

Statistics from Australia’s Department of Immigration and Border Protection show that most immigrants from 2014-2015 came from India, with China coming in a close second. In total, around 50% to 60% of immigrants came from non-Western countries. Immigration statistics from just a few decades ago show that there has been a huge turn-around from when most immigrants came from Europe, and which has... 

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson received another blow in his bid for the White House after two of his top aides resigned. Carson’s campaign manager Barry Bennett and communications director Doug Watts stepped down just five weeks before the first contest for the Republican nomination in Iowa on February 1. On top of that another 20 staff members quit amid infighting, falling poll numbers,... 

An Israeli poll has named Russian President Vladimir Putin as their person of the year for 2015. Putin was the clear winner with almost 30 percent of the vote, ahead of German Chancellor Angela Merkel in second place. The survey was carried out by the Jerusalem Post and its sister Hebrew-language publication Ma’ariv Sof Hashavua. It polled a total of 527 Jewish adults on Tuesday, while there was... 

Billionaire presidential candidate Donald Trump has received an endorsement from the daughter of silver screen legend John Wayne. In a letter posted by Trump to Facebook Wednesday, actress Aissa Wayne revealed she admired the real estate mogul for giving a voice to the American people and said she stands by him. “My dad, I am sure, would be very proud of Mr. Trump and the goal to Make America Great... 

The president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, signed on Tuesday (22/12) the decree regulating the medicinal use of marijuana. The decree provides the possibility that licenses are issued for possession of cannabis seeds, as well as for the establishment of crops of this plant, designed to serve exclusively medicinal and scientific purposes. An important step “We just take an important step... 

Victoria state in Australia is suffering raging bushfires that have already claimed over 100 homes in one of the country’s famous tourist areas. Emergency authorities scrambled to fight the disaster and warn more fires will come by the New Year. Massive bushfires were fanned by winds and rapidly made advances across residential areas in the townships of Wye River and Separation Creek on Friday. Victoria... 

The Pickering family from Texas is celebrating a miracle this Christmas, which so nearly did not happen. With doctors about to turn off a life support machine keeping George Pickering’s son alive, a desperate and armed George intervened, determined his son would live. This year has been an eventful one for George Pickering II and his son George Pickering III. George Jr. has made a full recovery... 

Records are being shattered this holiday season as cities around the US are experiencing their warmest Christmas on record. If you were dreaming of a white Christmas, chances are you can forget it this year. Records are being broken around the country as temperatures are reaching between 20 and 35 degrees above their historical averages and even as much as 15 degrees above previous record highs. ​The... 

Driving instructors in the Netherlands can legally trade driving lessons for sex despite being a wealthy nation where its citizens can easily afford to pay the driving lessons with money, government ministers have confirmed. While prostitution is legal in the Netherlands, this controversial form of exchanging sex for services has recently been a hot topic for debate: Some novice drivers have been... 

An outbreak of a virus that doctors believe causes microcephaly in newborns has forced Brazilian health officials to appeal to withhold from getting pregnant. Zika virus is believed to already have caused over 2,700 cases of birth defects. Putting off pregnancy has become a necessity in Brazil, particularly in the northeast, where a dangerous virus transmitted by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes dwelling... 

Racism? What racism? The left declare open war on White Americans. Whites must be wiped out for the good of mankind. Racism against Whitey is Good. The future of life on the planet depends on bringing the 500-year rampage of the white man to a halt. For five centuries his ever more destructive weaponry has become far too common. His widespread and better systems of exploiting other humans and nature... 

If there were no presents at all, would you still want to celebrate Christmas? 100 years ago, a little seven-year-old boy named Homer Mellen sent Santa Claus a letter asking for “a box of paints, also a nine cent reader, and a school bag to put them in.” And he added that if Santa happened to have “any nuts, or candy, or toys to spare” that he would love to have some. My, how times have changed....