Aging and cancer are two harsh but inescapable realities of life as a multicellular organism and while humanity can strive to treat one or the other, eventual death is mathematically guaranteed, according to a new study. A pair of researchers from the University of Arizona have developed the first general model of the interaction between intercellular competition, aging and the onset and development... 

Even as thousands of white South Africans turned out in force to block roads and publicly protest the genocide of white famers in that country, the pointlessness of their action—and their total failure to understand the cause of the anti-white violence—was demonstrated with the news that yet another white farmer was murdered by black criminals on the same day. The latest murder, which took place... 

China is testing a tiny bat-sized spy drone the country hopes will help it dominate a region of the atmosphere known as the ‘death zone’. Also known as ‘near space,’ the area begins roughly 20km (12 miles) above sea-level and is regarded as a death zone for drones as the thin air makes it hard for them to generate lift. Simultaneously, the extremely low temperatures of the zone means that... 

An Indonesian police officer shows the wooden boat used to transport the invaders. Indonesian maritime police have arrested 41 Vietnamese nationals on a boat which was heading towards New Zealand with the intention of illegally landing its passengers there, the Jakarta Post has reported. The newspaper said that police had arrested the Vietnamese after “receiving information about a boat carrying... 

Eight people are dead after a man drove a truck down a bike path in Lower Manhattan, striking cyclists and pedestrians, in an act that is being treated by law enforcement as an act of terrorism. Eleven more were seriously injured in the attack. The October 31 attack constitutes the most lethal terror attack on New York City since 9/11. Six victims were pronounced dead on the scene of the crime, while... 

Spain’s Constitutional Court has overturned Catalonia’s declaration of independence, announced by the region’s government on Friday, the court spokeswoman said. The news came as deposed Catalan President Carles Puigdemont was giving a speech in Brussels, his first since Madrid filed charges against him and he fled to Belgium. Earlier the Spanish attorney general filed a lawsuit against the... 

Former Trump adviser Roger Stone has vowed to file a “very strong” antitrust case against Twitter after being banned by the microblogging site. His account was suspended after he attacked CNN anchors in a series of tweets. “I am advised I have a very strong legal case. Twitter wants to avoid being regulated like a utility. No one has been willing to file the antitrust case. I am,” he told... 

Relations between Europe and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which have carried out several bailout programs together, may change dramatically as the eurozone intends to replace the fund’s presence in bailouts. The European Commission plans to give more responsibility to the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) which helps eurozone countries to borrow money. The ESM will monitor and enforce... 

Hungarian nationalist Jobbik Member of Parliament and deputy delegation leader Dóra Dúró has announced that she would ban homosexual propaganda in cinemas, and opposes homo marriage, civil unions and homo adoption. Making the comments on her Facebook page after media reports quoted her as saying that if homos wanted to vote for Jobbik, they would be welcome to do so, Dúró said that the media’s... 

Chinese President Xi Jinping has announced plans to turn his country into the world’s strongest nation by 2050. David O’Brien of the University of Nottingham Ningbo China explained to Sputnik what could be behind Beijing’s push for global dominance. Sputnik: What is your outlook regarding China’s future development? How likely is it to become the biggest superpower? David O’Brien:... 

Paul Manafort, the former campaign manager for Donald Trump, has been indicted on a number of counts regarding Ukraine lobbying in the US and related crimes between 2006-2016. Despite some media speculations, there is no Russia connection in the indictment. A federal grand jury has indicted Manafort and his former business associate Gates on 12 counts related to their lobbying in the US for a Ukrainian... 

Eastern and Central Europe are the last “migrant-free zones” and the European Union has been “taken hostage by a speculative financial empire through an orchestrated invasion of new immigrants,” Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said. As reported by the ATV Hungarian news service, Orbán made the remarks at a public rally in Budapest at an event commemorating the 61st anniversary... 

Hungary has signaled its readiness to develop closer ties with the new Austrian government. Speaking to Sputnik, Norbert Freiherr van Handel, a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, called for full-fledged cooperation between Vienna and the member states of what was once known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire. “I see, of course, not only Austria, but also the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia... 

Looks like vitamin D has been d-listed by scientists yet again, with new recommended dietary allowance (RDA) guidelines halving vitamin D intake from 800 international units (IU) per day to a paltry 400 IU. This, following conclusions made by the Endocrine Society after using a “gold standard for measuring 25(OH)D.” These findings were presented at the ENDO 2017 conference last April. Principal... 

A massive CIA-backed espionage network operated for decades in Uruguay, deputy Gerardo Nunez, chairman of the parliamentary commission investigating the plot has told Sputnik, unveiling the details of systematic leaks of classified information that took place in the Latin American country after the end of the dictatorship. The disclosure of a three million-page archive shed light on the immense power...