Five people have been confirmed dead after a volcano erupted in New Zealand off the coast of the Bay of Plenty. A rescue effort has been launched amid reports that around 50 people may have been on or near the island. “At this stage, it is too dangerous for police and rescue to go onto the island… [It] is currently covered in ash and volcanic material,” Deputy Commissioner of Police John... 

A new poll has revealed that Polish rightists are beginning to defect from the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) to Confederation, a new right-wing party that only entered parliament for the first time in October. The poll, carried out by Kantar for Platforma Obywatelska, showed support for the Law and Justice party (PiS), Poland’s ruling national-conservative party, has dropped by nearly 8 percentage... 

While the American Library Association is actively providing institutional support for the Drag Queen Story Hour programs, the tremendous funding it enjoys comes from a handful of very powerful jewish activists and charities: Drag Queen Story Time as a Concept was created by a Jewish lesbian named Michelle Tea (Tomasik) and RADAR Productions of San Francisco. RADAR productions is a Bay Area production... 

While the prospect of a polar research expedition in the Antarctic might seem like a dream come true for many, the reality of prolonged darkness in isolation is so severe that it actually shrinks parts of the human brain. Researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and the Max Planck Institute for Human Development studied the effects of social isolation and extreme environmental... 

So check this out as a big disgusting hypocrisy. So a bunch of freaking lizards migrated into the US and everyone is so worried calling it an invasion and a destructive force against the native population of lizards and other species but when human Mexicans, Haitians, Somalians and others invade America nope there’s nothing to see here folks move along! The Arabic invasion of Europe is not a... 

Although Melania Trump has become an inspiration for speculations, jokes, and memes, she is said to be one of the most press-wary first ladies. The new book aspires to offer a new look at her behind-the-scenes life, including her rumoured alienation from the “first daughter”, or sleeping on a separate floor from her husband. The book titled “Free, Melania: The Unauthorized Biography”... 

Data from crowdfunding site GoFundMe reveals more than 26,000 biological females are seeking financial assistance to have “top surgery” — or an elective double mastectomy — in order to appear more masculine. A read through some of the statements by females asking for funds elicits some similarities, especially sadness. “August” of Chicago wrote: This is a surgery I have been dreaming of... 

Massachusetts State Police have become the first law enforcement agency in the US to use robotic dogs, in a first that has critics warning that the machines could be weaponized in the future. WBUR News reports that the metal dogs, made by Boston Dynamics (DARPA funded), have been leased to the police and used on multiple occasions in active law enforcement incidents since August. The robots, named... 

Students at the University of Notre Dame are calling for “white authors” to be removed from the university curriculum in order to “decolonize” the university. According to the student activists, “diversifying the canon” by removing white men “helps eliminate the violence of only privileging white scholarship.” According to a report by The College Fix, a student activist group at the... 

471 Members of the European Parliament have voted to pass a resolution criticizing a Polish bill called “Stop Pedophilia” that seeks to protect minors from sexual abuse by adults. Look there is no gray area here, ok? Do not even listen to what these scumbags have to say, what explanations they give, its all a big WHATEVER! You are either for or against. Poland is against and these 471 are basically... 

Obese children may suffer irreparable damage to crucial regions of their brains, a study suggests. Researchers found severely overweight teenagers had visible signs of destruction in areas responsible for controlling appetite, emotion and pleasure. MRI scans also revealed damage in regions responsible for thinking speed, suggesting youngsters’ school grades may take a hit if they are obese. The... 

Julian Assange may be in real danger of dying in a UK prison, medics from across the world warned in an open letter. He may not even be fit to stand extradition trial, given the years of denial of proper healthcare. Assange, the founder of the whistleblower site WikiLeaks, is currently in British custody at a top-security Belmarsh jail. In February next year he is to stand trial over an extradition... 

Embattled biotech company Monsanto will pay a hefty fine for stockpiling over 72kg of highly dangerous pesticide and spraying it on “research crops,” even after it was banned by the US government. Monsanto acknowledged that it used methyl parathion, the active ingredient in Penncap-M, on corn seed and other crops on the Hawaii island of Maui back in 2014, knowing that it was prohibited by the... 

A man from Montana has gone to the extreme lengths of getting a vasectomy in order to “fight climate change.” Wes Siler, a 38-year-old anti-Trump liberal, writes in OutsideOnline that as soon as he got engaged to his beautiful fiancée last year, he “started planning for the future. It wasn’t just my dog Wiley and me against the world anymore. All of a sudden, I started thinking ten to 20... 

A new poll has revealed that the national populist Sweden Democrats are the most popular party in the country, with nearly one in four voters saying that they would cast their ballot for the party if elections were held today. The survey, conducted by Swedish polling company Demoskop, showed the right-wing populist party polling just under a quarter of Swedish voters, at 24.2 percent. This, compared...