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United States prosecutors charge Wikileaks’ Julian Assange, reveals court document
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange , who was behind a massive dump of classified USA documents in 2010, has been charged in the United States, WikiLeaks said Thursday. Carlos Poveda, the lawyer of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange , told Sputnik that Ecuador might extradite his client, suggesting Quito might have reached an agreement for this with London and Washington. [Full Article...]
Yemeni Activists Angered by Western Pressure Halting Liberation of Hodeidah City
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Fierce street-to-street battles between the Yemeni government forces and the Houthi rebels in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah wounded 11 people on Monday, a medic told Xinhua. "Serious consideration is being given to a set of political ideas and confidence-building measures that would allow for the start of political talks in Sweden by the end of November", the statement added. [Full Article...]
Busted! Russians Caught Trying to Cross Car-Only Bridge in Cardboard Bus
The locals have been protesting the pedestrian ban since the bridge opened in 2012. According to Moscow Times , the bridge, also known as the Golden Bridge, has been closed for pedestrian traffic since 2015 - which seemed to be but a small obstacle for these four resourceful men. [Full Article...]
Merkel kills hope of European Union shift on Brexit deal
Speaking outside Number 10, the Prime Minister said: "I firmly believe that the draft withdrawal agreement was the best that could be negotiated and it was for the Cabinet to decide whether to move on in the talks". "And there's been much criticism in that time of the government's approach", May said. The government, for today at least, is at the mercy of events not in control. [Full Article...]
George Soros calls for investigation of Facebook after news of smear
This type of firm might be normal in Washington, but it's not the sort of thing I want Facebook associated with. Today, Facebook set up a press conference addressing a bombshell report from The New York Times that alleged, among other things, that the company contracted a Republican opposition research firm called Definers to run interference on the company's image, a job which reportedly ... [Full Article...]
Trump Rages at Mueller Probe: 'Total Mess...Nuts...Screaming...Shouting...Threatening...Disgrace...'
He wasn't close to done: "These are Angry People, including the highly conflicted Bob Mueller, who worked for Obama for 8 years". As for the Democrat-media "collusion", prior to downloading on Mueller, Trump smacked the "FAKE NEWS MEDIA" for looking for ways to report on his administration in an unflattering light. [Full Article...]
‘Overtourism’ shortlisted as Word of the Year following Telegraph Travel campaign
The runners up in the word of the year contest were gaslighting , incel , techlash , gammon, big d*** energy, cakeism , overtourism and orbiting . Toxic gases rise from cracks in the Leilani Estates subdivision near Pahoa, Hawaii, during this year's eruption of the Kilauea volcano. Words like "environment", "relationship" and "culture" were habitually used alongside toxic . [Full Article...]
Merkel calls for a ‘real, true’ European army
Ms. Merkel's comments came hours after Mr. Trump tweeted that the notion of a European army was "very insulting", and that before any such effort was undertaken by European powers, those leaders "should first pay its fair share of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, which the U.S. [Full Article...]