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Obama to UN: Climate Change Our Fault

Obama to UN: Climate Change Our Fault

On Tuesday, shortly after announcing to the American public that the United States was now bombing ISIS in Syria, the President of the United States flew to New York to address the United Nations – on climate change. His speech

Record-Breaking Year for Contemporary Art

Record-Breaking Year for Contemporary Art

(AFP) — The contemporary art market experienced a record-breaking year in 2013/14, smashing through the $2 billion mark for the first time, according to new figures released on Tuesday. US artists Jean-Michel Basquiat, who died in 1988, Jeff Koons and

Two Chinese Destroyers Arrive At Iranian Port

Two Chinese Destroyers Arrive At Iranian Port

On September 21 two Chinese destroyers arrived at Iran’s Persian Gulf port of Bandar Abbas.  The puts the destroyers on the east side of the Gulf while the U.S. Fifth Fleet is currently located on the west, at Bahrain.  AFP

China: Uyghur Islamic Radicals Kill Two In Bomb Blasts

China: Uyghur Islamic Radicals Kill Two In Bomb Blasts

According to China’s state-media, two were killed and many more injured on Sunday when Uyghur Islamic radicals bombed an area in the country’s western region of Xinjiang, Reuters reports. The state-press report added that hundreds of innocent Chinese citizens have

Venezuela Opens 'Disarmament Centers' to Take Guns from Civilians

Venezuela Opens 'Disarmament Centers' to Take Guns from Civilians

Venezuela’s repressive socialist government announced a “disarmament campaign” this weekend, urging civilians to surrender their weapons to government officials in what they claim is an attempt at reducing the nation’s astronomical murder rate. The BBC reports that President Nicolás Maduro

China Attempts to Establish Itself as Head of New World Order

China Attempts to Establish Itself as Head of New World Order

This article originally appeared in The Economist. The clue is in the name. The Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) groups six countries–China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan–and aims to be the dominant security institution in its region; but its origin

Nearly 1,000 Chinese Soldiers Enter India

Nearly 1,000 Chinese Soldiers Enter India

On September 18, nearly 1,000 Chinese soldiers entered India’s Ladakh Chumur sector. Chinese President Xi Jinping was also visiting India on September 18. According to The Times of India, Indian Army sources indicate the Chinese troops “moved inside the Line

S.F. Supervisor: Banning Sex-Selective Abortion of Girls Is Racist

S.F. Supervisor: Banning Sex-Selective Abortion of Girls Is Racist

Back in May, on a party-line vote, Democrats on the California State Assembly Health Committee killed a bill that would have outlawed sex-selective abortions–abortions done because of the gender of the unborn child. In introducing the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act, Assemblywoman Shannon

North Korean Leader Might Visit Beijing

North Korean Leader Might Visit Beijing

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may visit Beijing as his first foreign trip since assuming power in 2011. According to Reuters, the Chinese Ambassador to South Korea, Qiu Guohong, signaled the possibility on September 17. Qiu spoke of the