New official figures show Britain’s net annual migration has hit record level with an overall 94,000 rise in 12 months. The figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Thursday indicate a 28% rise with an estimated 330,000 migration since March 2014. This is 10,000 above the highest figure recorded for the year ending June 2005. Accordingly, some 636,000 people immigrated to... 

A stimulant drug successfully used to help people with sleep disorders stay awake can boost cognitive functions in healthy people, according to a new study. The ‘smart pill’ has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Researchers reviewed 24 studies on the drug modafinil which were carried out between 1990 and 2015 and found that it appeared to improve cognitive function. Some of the... 

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) is reporting today that British banking giant HSBC is nearing a total collapse after its having lost a staggering nearly $1 trillion due to the ongoing Great 2015 Global Market Crash and earlier today it completely ran out of cash to pay its obligations and depositors. According to this report, HSBC is a multinational banking and financial services company headquartered... 

Russia’s first 5G fighter has showed off in full its ultra-maneuverability at an international air show near Moscow. In 2016 the Russian Air Force will get ready to put the first production models of the stealth fighter jet into service. The jet performed such aerobatic stunts as Pougachev’s cobra, Frolov’s chakra, the dead leaf and tail-dive. With a month left before the multirole PAK-FA... 

Muslims are exponentially buying up Christian churches and converting them into mosques, which indicates Islam could be a dominant U.S. religion by the 22nd century. The former Catholic Church of St. John in St. Paul, Minn., which operated from 1886 to 2013, is now known as the Darul-Uloom Islamic Center and experiences heavy attendance every week. Similarly, the former Holy Trinity Catholic Church... 

China sells the US Treasuries to smooth the consequences of the devaluation shock of August 11. The treasury of the country adopted selling the US Treasuries securities directly, as well as through agents in Belgium and Switzerland. The Chinese government also decided to reduce investments into the US Treasuries. The US Secretary of the Treasury Jacob Lew has previously talked with the Vice Premier... 

Tropical storm, Erika, lashing the shores of the Caribbean island nation of Dominica on August 27, 2015. Tropical storm Erika has hit the eastern Caribbean island of Dominica, killing at least four people and unleashing landslides there. The storm caused power outages, knocked out water supplies and dumped 38 centimeters of rain on the small island, authorities said on Thursday. Several people have... 

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... 

The US presidential elections are funded by a small group of people. They are an invisible force, which controls not only the American, but also global policy. These people make up two clans, that have their proteges both among the Republicans and among the Democrats. That is why Hillary Clinton does not like Obama, and Trump hates everyone. In 2012 a group of billionaires spent about 6 billion dollars... 

Saudi Arabia’s ground troops have entered Yemen’s northern territories to counter growing retaliatory attacks by Yemeni forces on Saudi soil, a military official says. Brigadier General Ahmed Assiri, a Saudi military spokesperson, said on Wednesday that the Saudi troops have pushed their way into the northern Yemeni regions which overlook the southwestern Saudi province of Jizan. Assiri further... 

The largest NATO airborne drills in Europe since the end of the Cold War aim to reassure allies against external aggression threat, American generals said, adding that paratroopers landing in Germany are acting in a “purely defensive” manner. Parachutists of the US-based 82nd Airborne Division began a NATO exercise in Hohenfels near Nuremberg on Wednesday, where joint multinational training command... 

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... 

Humans can avoid being swallowed by a black hole, according to a new theory by prominent British astrophysicist Stephen Hawking. Noted UK astrophysicist Stephen Hawking has suggested that disappearing into black holes may not represent permanent disappearance, media reports said. Speaking at a conference in Stockholm’s KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Hawking argued that black holes “are...