Federal and state governments in Germany are in the process of devising new laws to expropriate private property for refugee housing. The new regulations are aimed primarily at unused commercial properties, but may also apply to homes and condos, according to ARD Berlin Studios, a German public broadcaster. In Sweden, the state Migration Board in May evicted elderly residents from the Millmark center... 

Annual extended meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Communications and Mass Media at the International Multimedia Press Center of the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency. All state agencies’ employees must immediately stop using services like Google, Yahoo, Skype or WhatsApp for work-related communications, Nikolay Nikiforov says, clarifying that the restrictions don’t apply to... 

Pope Francis has made it easier for Catholics to end their marriages, making the most substantial changes to annulment procedures in centuries. He said the reforms are aimed at providing a “just simplicity” for the “heart of the faithful.” An annulment, formally known as a “decree of nullity,” is a ruling that a marriage was not valid according to Church law because certain circumstances,... 

The EPA’s office of environmental health hazard assessment in California wants to label four chemicals, including the most popular herbicide and key ingredient of Monsanto’s Roundrup, glyphosate, as “known to cause cancer,” following the most recent WHO cancer research division’s report. The “notice of intent” envisions placing Glyphosate within 30 days to the list of chemicals that... 

The majority of French people are opposed to easing the rules for Muslim refugees hoping to settle in the country, according to a new poll. The survey also revealed that most citizens would support sending ground troops to fight Islamic State in Syria. The survey, conducted by Odoxa for Le Parisien, revealed that 55 percent of the 1,000 people surveyed were against softening the rules for refugees... 

A dangerous find has been discovered in the warehouse of radioactive substances at the Croatian Roger Boscovich Institute. These are 400 kilos of unregistered and unguarded uranium. The building is situated in the centre of the capital city Zagreb. The Croatian journalists claim, that private company staff responsible for the Institute buildings cleaning accidentally ran across the materials marked... 

One of the biggest Norwegian banks DNB has issued a credit card with a picture of “a hook-nosed Jew, laughing gleefully against a backdrop of gold coins,” according to The Jerusalem Post. The card annoyed The Hallelu Foundation, which tries to create a positive image of Israel in the world. The foundation has accused the bank of anti-Semitism. The foundation contacted the bank and asked to clarify... 

The “lungs” of our planet consist of about 3 trillion trees, and 20% of them are in the territory of Russia. That is a record-breaking figure (640 billion), which is double the number of trees in Canada, that ranked second. Thomas Crowther, a postdoctoral fellow at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies analyzed with his colleagues satellite images of tree populations... 

Democrats are taking the prospect of a Kanye West presidential bid seriously. West made his intention known during the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards Sunday. The Associated Press reports from Air Force One the White House has announced it is anticipating the rapper’s bid for president. Josh Earnest, Obama’s press secretary, said he looks “forward to seeing what slogan he chooses to embroider on... 

The United States lags far behind other developed countries in terms of personal, civil and economic freedoms, according to a study released this month. Its neighbor to the north, for example, ranked 14 spots ahead of the so-called “Land of the Free.” Three international think tanks, the U.S.-based Cato Institute, Canada’s Fraser Institute, and Germany’s Liberales Institut at the Friedrich... 

Redacted documents detailing covert meetings between the European Commission (EC) and powerful tobacco lobbyists have compounded fears a secretive EU-US trade deal would allow tobacco giants to sue governments that attempt to legislate in the public interest. The documents, which confirmed the EC had met with lobbyists paid to peddle the interests of Big Tobacco, were published earlier this week. The... 

Mortality statistics for people on out-of-work benefits released by DWP. A new data from the UK’s Department for Work and Pensions reveals the death of more than 2,000 benefit claimants between 2011 and 2014. The DWP figures disclosed that most of the claimants were reported dead within weeks of being declared “fit for work” and taken off sickness benefits. The data has been compiled in response... 

Unlike the Confederate flag, leftists aren’t calling for a ban of the gay flag linked to WDBJ shooter Vester Lee Flanagan. Police reportedly confiscated a gay pride flag from Flanagan’s apartment on Wednesday, but in an example of hypocrisy, this hasn’t sparked outrage from liberals who wanted to ban the Confederate flag due to its association with Charleston, S.C. church shooter Dylann Roof. “Libs... 

Australia sought guidance from US environmental regulators about the impact of fracking on water supplies. The practice is currently banned in some Australian states, but the federal government wants a new set of guidelines regarding the process. The US’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided the Australian Department of the Environment with details of a recent study it had carried out... 

As she faces possible criminal charges and even prison time, almost half of Americans surveyed believe that Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign is done, and that she should quit now. The findings come from a Rasmussen poll released today, showing that 46 percent of Likely U.S. Voters believe Clinton should suspend her campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination until the legal implications...