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North Korea successfully launches an ICBM

Posted: July 6, 2017 at 2:13 am   /   FEATURED STORIES, news, WORLD

Photo: A woman in Seoul walks past a TV screen showing a picture of North Korea’s launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).  As people all over America began preparations for July Fourth celebrations, across the international date line came a harsh reminder that the US, despite its claimed greatness, has just as many enemies […]

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Nigerians Starve As Country Exports Major Staple Food

Posted: July 3, 2017 at 11:59 am   /   AFRICA, news

Abdullahi Hussein is a ‘wheelbarrow’ pusher in Gwagwalada market, a suburb of Nigeria’s Federal Capital City Abuja. As a ‘wheelbarrow’ pusher, Hussein helps market women and shoppers to convey their wares from one point of the market to the other. The ware Hussein ‘pushes’ around is yam, a crop majorly grown in Nigeria’s North Central […]

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Same-sex marriage in Germany

Same-Sex Marriage Passes in Germany’s Bundestrat

Posted: July 2, 2017 at 9:52 pm   /   news, WORLD

After Chancellor Angela Merkel dropped her opposition to a vote on the subject earlier this week, Germany’s Bundestrat passed a bill giving same-sex couples the same rights as heterosexual couples, including marriage and adoption. The bill passed 393 votes to 296, with four abstentions. The vote comes at the end of Pride Month, which commemorates […]

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Venezuela protests

Venezuela Police Helicopter Attacks Buildings; President Claims Coup

Posted: June 30, 2017 at 2:01 pm   /   FEATURED STORIES, news, WORLD

Tuesday night, a stolen police helicopter in Caracas, Venezuela led to further controversy in the country’s already turbulent political situation. No one was killed in the attack, which involved grenades firing at Venezuela’s Supreme Court. President Nicolás Maduro blamed the attack on Oscar Perez, a police pilot who is allegedly still at large. Political opponents of […]

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Revised Travel Ban Went Into Effect Yesterday 8 PM; Advocates Preparing

Posted: June 30, 2017 at 1:37 pm   /   news, Politics, U.S.

After Monday’s Supreme Court ruling reinstating part of President Trump’s March 6th travel ban, the State Department confirmed that the revised travel ban would go into effect at 8 PM on Thursday night. The order will ban citizens of Libya, Iran, Syria, Yemen, Somalia and Sudan without a provable ‘bona fide relationship’ to the United […]

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Healthcare Vote Delayed as Republican Support Falters

Posted: June 28, 2017 at 5:21 pm   /   FEATURED STORIES, news, Politics

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has delayed a vote on the controversial healthcare legislation announced last week, as at least nine Republican senators are on the record opposing the legislation. Republican opposition follows the Congressional Budget Office’s announcement on Monday that it would increase the number of uninsured Americans by 22 million by 2026. Senators […]

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Angela Merkel Shifts Position on Same-Sex Marriage; German Lawmakers Could Vote This Week

Posted: June 27, 2017 at 10:52 pm   /   news, Politics, WORLD

On Monday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel suggested that she had softened her party’s position on same-sex marriage. Merkel told the women’s magazine Brigitte, “I would like to orient the discussion in a direction which raises the question of a decision according to conscience rather than imposing anything.” German media then reported that Merkel would allow […]

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Over 140 Buried After Chinese Landslide

Posted: June 26, 2017 at 4:53 pm   /   news, WORLD

Rainfall triggered a landslide in China’s Sichuan Province today, leaving at least five dead and over 140 people buried in the aftermath. 62 homes were buried in the village of Xinmo, in Mao County, along with almost a mile of road and river. The landslide came from a nearby mountain, around 6 AM on Saturday. A […]

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US Supreme Court Allows Portions of Travel Ban, Will Review In October

Posted: June 26, 2017 at 4:45 pm   /   news, Politics, TRENDING, U.S.

Today, the Supreme Court announced it plans to review President Trump’s travel ban when court resumes in the fall. The decision allows for portion of the ban to take affect in the meantime. According to SCOTUSBlog, the government cannot enforce the ban against individuals, “with a bona fide relationship to the US”. Two federal courts […]

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Van attack at London mosque

Developing Story: Van attack at London mosque marks fourth recent terror attack in the UK

Posted: June 19, 2017 at 11:41 pm   /   FEATURED STORIES, news

In the early hours of Monday morning in London, a man drove a van into a group of worshippers near the Finsbury Park Mosque. One person was pronounced dead at the scene, and ten people were injured. It should be noted, though, that police say that the person who died at the scene was receiving […]

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