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South Korea pledges $45.2 million to fight MERS as death toll reaches 19
South Korea has reported three more fatalities from the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), bringing the death toll to 19 in an outbreak that began in May.
South Korea’s Health Ministry on Tuesday also confirmed four new cases, bringing to 154 the total number of confirmed cases.
According to the ministry, 17 of the 154 people have also been cured and released from hospital.
Meanwhile, 16 of...
Rioting Migrants Attempt to Hijack French Trucks Heading for UK
Shocking footage filmed in the French port town of Calais shows desperate migrants attempting to break into delivery trucks heading to the United Kingdom in another illustration of how the country’s generous welfare system acts as a beacon for illegal aliens.
The clip shows huge gangs of migrants roaming around on a highway attempting to attack vehicles.
Police or immigration authorities are nowhere...
Russia warns US may force its military hand
Potential US military buildup near Russia’s borders may force the Russian military to respond in kind by reinforcing its frontier presence, says a Russian military official.
Army General Yury Yakubov, a coordinator from the Russian Defense Ministry’s general inspectors directorate, was responding to reports that the United States Department of Defense is planning to concentrate US heavy military...
Americans are now fatter than ever, women as fat as 60s men
New statistics released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that American women are heavier than they have ever been before.
Both men and women have gained weight over the last 50 years, with each gaining roughly 30 pounds, according to the CDC. But one statistic is jarring: the average American woman today weighs 166.2 pounds, or 18.5 percent more than in the 1960s and just...
Russia Deploys Feared EMP Weapons, Orders Troops To “Staggered Defense” Positions
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) is reporting today that President Putin has authorized an immediate “wartime” deployment of the Federations most feared and secretive weapons that include axial vircator driven pulsed electron beam accelerators able to instantly defeat all aerial threats, and high-power microwave (HPM) E-bombs, cruise missiles and artillery shells that use an enormous electromagnetic...
UK suspends MI6 Espionage Activities in "Hostile" Russia and China - Snowden leak
The British MI6 secret service had to suspend operations of its field agents due to imminent exposure in “hostile” countries such as Russia and China, caused by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden’s leaks, the Sunday Times reports.
The Sunday Times alleges that both Moscow and Beijing have succeeded in cracking top-secret encrypted documents leaked by Snowden and thus learnt MI6’s methods.
The...
Pope Suggests Unified Easter Date for All Christians
Pope Francis suggested to establish a common date to celebrate Easter, one of main Christian holidays, an Italian newspaper said.
Francis said that he had already proposed to fix the same date of Easter to patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I and to patriarch of Moscow Kirill.
“[Roman Catholic] Church is willing to establish a fixed date for Easter, so it can be celebrated on the same day...
Top Internationalist Bilderbergs Confronted by Alternative Media
Bilderberg steering committee member and Vice Chair of Rothschild Europe Franco Bernabè was confronted about his role in the secretive organization as he left the conference via the train station earlier today.
Bernabè was forced to quit his position as head of Telecom Italia SpA in 2013 after a clash with top shareholders but now holds one of the most powerful positions within the Bilderberg Group,...
Aussie FM tells Jakarta to fix borders in row over illegal immigrants
Australia has called on Indonesia to better manage its borders, in a harsh rebuke to Jakarta’s demand for answers to allegations that Canberra paid off the crew of a migrant smuggling boat to return the vessel to Indonesian shores.
The stinging response on Monday by Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop came after her Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi expressed concern on Saturday that if...
Hundreds of Britons protest building plan of new Mosque in small town
Around 200 supporters of far-right groups have descended on Dudley in the Midlands, to protests against plans to build a new mosque in the town. Demonstrators were carrying English flags and chanting patriotic slogans, while police made at least one arrest.
Police said that fewer people than expected had turned up to the rally in the town center on Saturday. Some were holding banners reading: “No...
China confirms test of new hypersonic strike vehicle 'Wu-14'
The Chinese Defense Ministry confirmed the fourth test of a hypersonic nuclear delivery vehicle, which the US called an “extreme maneuver,” amid rising tensions between the two powers in the South China Sea.
The test of the hypersonic glide vehicle, which the US has dubbed the “WU-14”, was carried out on June 7 and is the missile’s fourth test in 18 months.
“The scheduled scientific...
Furtive Bilderbergers meet amid outcry
Austrian police officers check cars near the Austrian town of Telfs, the venue of the Bilderberg conference.
Protesters have gathered outside the venue of this year’s Bilderberg conference, slamming it as a gathering of criminals.
Established in 1954, the Bilderberg conference is an annual meeting of political leaders and experts from industry, finance, academia and media sectors.
On Saturday, large...
German Billionaire Fears US and China Will Tear Europe Apart
A champion of the United States of Europe concept, famed German businessman Reinhold Würth is concerned that Europe divided within itself will be torn apart by the United States and China, Neue Zürcher Zeitung reported.
Not surprisingly then, Würth wants to see greater integration of the European Union.
In line with clear thinking, gaining more ground in the West, the businessman expressed a lot...
Italy demands EU to take in more Immigrant Invaders
How easy is it to become an EU citizen? As easy as 1, 2, 3! You just get in a boat, head towards Italy and voila, you’re now a “European”! No need for paperwork, work experience, high education, budget for self-sustaining for at least 1 year, clean background, language proficiency, none of that is required in the borderless EU land of insanity.
Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi...
12 killed, zoo animals escape, several shot dead in Georgia flood
The city of Tbilisi has suffered an incessant and torrential downpour that resulted in flooding of the low-land areas of the Georgian capital at the foot of the Caucasus Mountains. The death toll has been climbing, with numerous buildings deluged.
The death toll so far stands at 12, while 24 people are missing, TASS reports. Bodies were found mostly in flooded private households. There have been reports...