Ukrainians have stepped up and started an online crowdfund to raise money for the “people’s drone.” In Ukraine, Donetsk formed the “Donetsk People’s Republic” and Luhansk split to form “Luhansk People’s Republic.” Fighting is non-stop in the regions between the pro-Russian forces
The BBC has spent over half a million pounds of tax payers’ money asking 33,000 people 5,000 miles away from Britain what they think of climate change. The Mail on Sunday reports that the survey by BBC Media Action, which
An independent Scotland could have a disproportionately large banking sector compared to its economy, leaving it vulnerable to financial shocks, according to a study by The Banker magazine released Monday. The trade publication found that Scotland would have banking assets
The ethics of a study conducted by Facebook in which users’ emotions were manipulated by targeted News Feed showings are being called into question. In a single week in January of 2012, Facebook News Feed’s algorithm was manipulated so that
Shooters Grill in Rifle, Colorado, not only allows customers and employees to carry guns in the restaurant, they go out of their way to encourage it. According to the Post Independent, a sign on the front of the restaurant reads:
Although MannKind Corporation (MNKD) finally won its decade-long fight for FDA approval to sell its Afrezza insulin therapy system in the U.S, most investors are disappointed that the powered drug inhaler must carry a warning label that it is not
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has begun to lose the support of his own socialist party. After expelling a rebel official for criticizing the government, Maduro has threatened to purge his own party of dissidents in an attempt to silence the
The rate of marriage in Italy, especially among young people, has dropped to a level of 3.3 per thousand of population, one of the lowest in Europe, according to Reuters. Reluctance to marry is being blamed on Italy’s struggling economy,
Obama says he’s frustrated with the media that have protected and promoted him since 2006. So, while in Minnesota, he offered to buy ice cream for the traveling press corps and joked about trying to bribe them. The Hill reports
Russian gas company Gazprom told the European Union its gas supplies will be in jeopardy if it chooses to sell gas back to Ukraine. The state-owned company cut off the gas to Kiev in mid-June. “There is no physical reverse
(Reuters) – Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo challenged U.S. President Barack Obama to a bet over Belgium’s impending World Cup knock-out match against the United States, offering the prospect of some “great Belgian beers” should the U.S. team win. On Thursday,
(Reuters) – China has unveiled a new official map of the country giving greater play to its claims on the South China Sea, state media said on Wednesday, making the disputed waters and its numerous islets and reefs more clearly seem like
British authorities have banned the controversial ‘Need4Khilafah’ group which seeks to create an Islamic state in Britain. The group’s work has featured hate preacher Anjem Choudary, and is linked to a number of convicted terrorists and ISIS sympathisers. Some of
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – A U.N. expert panel has concluded that a shipment of rockets and other weapons that was seized by Israel came from Iran and represents a violation of the U.N. arms embargo on Tehran, according to a confidential report obtained by
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada’s Supreme Court ruled Friday that Wal-Mart must compensate former workers at a Quebec store that was closed after they voted to become the first Wal-Mart store in North America to unionize. The high court ruled
(Reuters) – China on Wednesday dismissed as a “farce” and a “smear” a vote by a United States panel of lawmakers to rename a Washington road in front of its embassy after imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo. Republican Frank Wolf
Beginning in September, Google plans to block firearm, ammunition, and gun accessory ads. According to Google Support’s “Dangerous Products or Services” page, the company “[wants] to keep people safe both online and offline, so [they] won’t allow the promotion of
A new Field poll released Friday reveals that Californians are growing increasingly disgusted with the state Legislature; only 35% approved of the Legislature while 47% disapproved of them. It appears the plunge in approval was catalyzed by the arrest of
The alliance between feminists and population controllers has always been uneasy. While feminists have supported a global right to abortion as a matter of human rights, population controllers support such a right as a means to reduce numbers, sometimes coercively.
Pro-Russian forces in east Ukraine released four of the eight members of the Organization for the Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) captured over a month ago. The separatists also agreed to hold more peace talks as President Petro Poroshenko
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko signed the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement in Brussels on Friday morning. Georgia and Moldova also signed similar agreements. “Today is a historic day for Ukraine,” Poroshenko said before the meeting. “All we need is peace.” This association
This Independence Day weekend, Los Angeles will host the world’s first medical marijuana farmer’s market, a gathering where interested buyers can purchase cannabis directly from the source–the growers themselves. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the California Heritage Market seeks to foster
Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah led several thousand demonstrators through Kabul on Friday, upping the stakes in his protest against alleged election fraud that has triggered a political crisis. Abdullah has vowed to reject the election result, saying he was
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – David Cameron will make a last-ditch stand against the nomination of Jean-Claude Juncker for European Commission president on Friday, enforcing a point of principle that raises the risk of Britain leaving the European Union. The British prime
BERLIN, June 26 (UPI) —The German government has canceled its Internet contract with the U.S. telecommunications company Verizon over data security fears. There is concern in Germany that U.S. firms provide data to authorities, and anger over allegations that conversations
