Create your page here
photo: White House / Pete Souza
From Clinton To Trump: Afghanistan Papers Mirror False AND Faulty Intelligence
WorldNews.com 13 Dec 2019
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas DarlingNo wonder lawmakers, veterans and experts expressed shock over the recent release of the Afghanistan Papers. Not only did they reveal 18 years of false intelligence-a parade of falsehoods, lies and gross distortions by U.S ... It was backed by two forces at play. an obsessiveness with U.S ... 11, 2001 ... 83.....
photo: AP / Reed Saxon
‘#YouTubeIsOver’: Why users and creators are threatening to delete their accounts
Metro UK 12 Dec 2019
People are furious about new rules forbidding ‘harassment’ which they fear will shut down freedom of expression (Photo by Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images). YouTubers are threatening to close their accounts today after the video site made another controversial policy change ... On Twitter, YouTube wrote ... Advertisement ... Advertisement ... ....
photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici
Erdogan: The revolutionary enigma who holds the West in sway
Middle East Monitor 13 Dec 2019
There are few political enigmas these days – strongmen, yes, but not enigmas ... Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, however, is an exception ... .......
photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ronald Gutridge/Released
US Test Fires Nuclear-Capable Missile Over Pacific Ocean
NDTV 13 Dec 2019
The United States tested a medium-range ballistic missile on Thursday, the second test in four months of an offensive missile that would have been banned by a US-Russia arms treaty that Washington... ....
photo: Creative Commons / Kevin Gill
This Is the Best Spot for Humans to Land on Mars Yet, NASA Says
Vice 13 Dec 2019
This article originally appeared on VICE US. Humans have been dreaming about landing on Mars for more than a century, and NASA aims to finally achieve this vision in the coming decades. The question now is. Where should astronauts take the very first steps on Mars? ... Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) and Mars Odyssey orbiter ... Image. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU....
photo: UN / Manuel Elias
Michelle Obama sent Greta Thunberg a public message of solidarity following Trump's vitriolic attack on her
The Times of India 13 Dec 2019
Michelle Obama sent Greta Thunberg a public message of solidarity on Friday following a vitriolic attack on the teenager by US President Donald Trump."Don't let anyone dim your light," Obama tweeted. "You have so much to offer us all ... "Don't let anyone dim your light ... "So ridiculous ... It was captioned ... "Not a speck of truth here." ... So nice to see!" ... {{}}. ....
photo: Creative Commons / Aero Icarus from Zürich,
Airbus beats Boeing as Qantas’ preferred supplier for world’s longest flights
Russia Today 13 Dec 2019
Australia’s Qantas Airways has chosen Airbus’ A350-1000 planes for its planned non-stop Sydney to London service, which would be the world’s longest commercial flight ... The flights are expected to begin in the first half of 2023. Just a couple of Roos, having a great time hanging out together. Tag your travel buddy ✈♥✈....
photo: AP / Michel Euler
French police kill man who threatened officers with knife in Paris
Reuters 13 Dec 2019
Police officers shot dead a man who threatened them with a knife in the Paris business district of La Defense on Friday, police sources said ... ....
photo: US DoS / Ron Przysucha
Russia Raises Concerns Over new US Ballistic Missile Test
Voa News 13 Dec 2019
Russia said on Friday it was alarmed after the United States tested a ground-launched ballistic missile that would have been prohibited under the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty, the RIA news agency reported. The United States carried out the test on Thursday ... ....
photo: AP / Fateh Guidoum
Algeria declares former PM Tebboune winner of presidential election
Gulf News 13 Dec 2019
Algiers. Algeria’s electoral body said on Friday that former prime minister Abdelmadjid Tebboune had won Thursday’s presidential election with 58% of the vote, according to preliminary results. The final voter turnout was 40%, the electoral body’s head said in a televised news conference in Algiers ... Protests continue ... We won’t give up,” he said ... ....
photo: AP / Scott Heppell
Sturgeon set for showdown with PM as Scotland and UK take ‘divergent paths’
Belfast Telegraph 13 Dec 2019
Nicola Sturgeon is set for a showdown with Prime Minister Boris Johnson as she insisted the SNP’s election success gives her a “renewed, refreshed and strengthened” mandate for a second vote on Scottish independence. The First Minister’s SNP made a series of gains north of the border, including ousting Liberal Democrat leader Jo Swinson ... SNP ... Labour ... ....
photo: AP / Jean-Francois Badias
Trump didn’t win Time’s ‘Person of the Year,’ so he mocks the teen who did
Market Watch 12 Dec 2019
Donald Trump supporters were left aghast — shocked! — last week when Professor Pamela Karlan had the nerve to wise crack about the president’s young son, Barron, during the impeachment hearing in Washington D.C. After all, he’s just a kid ... “A minor child deserves privacy and should be kept out of politics,” she tweeted ... So ridiculous ... ....
photo: AP / Evan Vucci
Sound the alarm on deadly US-Russia nuclear threat
CNN 12 Dec 2019
(CNN)As I looked around the large square conference table, I watched the faces settle into worried frowns ... For a long minute, no one spoke. Then, one of them broke the silence. "Someone needs to sound the alarm." ... Jill Dougherty. "... Several are former top-level military and diplomatic officials. Some are religious leaders or physicians ... Read More ... ....
photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis
EU poised to reject accord between Turkey and Libya
Kathimerini 13 Dec 2019
European Union leaders meeting in Brussels for a second day on Friday are expected to issue a statement rejecting a Turkey-Libya maritime border deal as invalid and insisting that the pact interferes with the rights of other countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea. ... Moscow, however, remains opposed to a Turkish military presence in Libya ... ....
photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis
Boris Johnson says election victory is ‘powerful mandate to get Brexit done’
Metro UK 13 Dec 2019
Boris Johnson is on track for a major election victory (Picture. Rex). Boris Johnson hailed his ‘powerful new mandate to get Brexit done’ as his party romped to victory in the 2019 General Election. The Tory landslide prompted Jeremy Corbyn to announce he will not lead Labour into another election after his party suffered humiliation ... Reuters) ... ....
