Wednesday, October 17, 2018

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  Washington's Blog



  • By Kristen Breitweiser, one of the four 9/11 widows – known as the “Jersey Girls” – instrumental in forcing the government to form the 9/11 Commission to investigate the 2001...
  • Mark Dworkin is, together with Melissa Young, an award-winning documentary film director, and the director of an important new film called Plane Truths. You can find Mark and Melissa...

    • Video of a Workshop I Just Did in Santa Cruz on Abolishing War: Workshop first half: Workshop second half: Speech the night before: Speech and Q&A second half: Speech text We Need...

      The Vintage News



  • The earliest years of the 20th century were heavily influenced by Victorian moral principles. Women were still expected to be stay-at-home wives and carry out the domestic chores...
  • “When the Church asks publicly and authoritatively in the name of Jesus Christ that a person or object be protected against the power of the Evil One and withdrawn from his dominion...

    • Sure, you could go to a museum to see priceless works of art or Brontosaurus bones. But if your taste runs more toward the macabre, consider these terrifying attractions. Lizzie Borden...

      Utopia – you are standing in it!






    • Originally posted on NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT: By Paul Homewood ? ? https://www.thegwpf.com/bbc-finds-lord-deben-guilty-of-misleading-public/? As I reported last week...

  • As Vanessa Beeley explains, the war in Syria has been prolonged by journalists like Bowen and media outlets like the BBC
  • We reserve judgement, but here's the question: how much of Kanye's West approval for Donald Trump is the result of mind-control?

    • Four other members of Israel’s Border Police – who are believed to have witnessed and filmed the shooting – were arrested alongside the woman in question...

  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Tuesday, October 16, 2018 Pro-Trump GOP Governors and Senators in Trouble Across Midwest; 538 Sees...
  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Monday, October 15, 2018 Sears Bankruptcy Is Tragic Monument to GOP Retail Darwinism; Stock Mayvins...

    • Giant Sucking Sound: Fed’s Ill-Advised Quantitative Tightening Now Removing $50 Billion per Month from Pool of Speculative Hot Money, While European Central Bank Stops Easing...

  • A new testing program organized by The Detox Project in coordination with Kudzu Science, has released the first ever results for glyphosate levels in human hair, in an extraordinary...
  • Global food movement leaders and organizations representing hundreds of millions of farmers and food workers today set out their clear opposition to “gene drives” – a controversial...

    • A new study has found that some of the world’s most widely used herbicides, Roundup (glyphosate) and Kamba (dicamba), increase the rate of antibiotic resistance development in...

  • South / North
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      Stumbling and Mumbling



  • When she was told yesterday that some Universal Credit victims were being driven into prostitution, Esther McVey replied: Tell these ladies that now we’ve got record job vacancies...
  • Was Marx wrong? This is the question posed by Brexit. I’m prompted to ask by this from the government’s advice to business on what to do about a no-deal Brexit: UK companies and limited...

    • Adam Smith thought there were two economies – meritocratic for the poor and powerless and anti-meritocratic for the powerful: In the middling and inferior stations of life, the...

      Stagecraft and Statecraft



  • Brahma Chellaney, The Hindustan Times Following President Abdulla Yameen’s surprise defeat in the Maldivian election, the air of self-congratulation that pervades in New Delhi...
  • By Brahma Chellaney, Washington Times Grand on ambition but short on transparency, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s marquee project, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), seeks...

    • Russia, China and Iran now backing Taliban and stymieing U.S. peace efforts Brahma Chellaney, Nikkei Asian Review Not for the first time, the U.S. is showing signs of desperation...

      Socio-Economics History Blog



  • Jim Rickards: We Are OVERDUE For A Global Monetary Reset by Jim Rickards interviewed on The Great Reset Opportunity Report, via https://www.silverdoctors.com/ Jim has...
  • Here Comes the ECB with a “Bubble” Warning, After it Caused the Most Absurd Bond Bubble Ever by Wolf Richter, https://wolfstreet.com/ “The ECB cannot and should not turn...

    • Revelation 9:6 New King James Version (NKJV) 6 In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will desire to die, and death will flee from them. – Humans Beings on the Brink...

      Socialist Economic Bulletin


    • By Tom O’Leary The British workforce is undergoing tumultuous changes. It is important for both economic policy and political strategy to grasp the nature of those changes. In...

  • There is a temple where sculpture of a Baby in the Womb is found. Accurate position of the baby, as one would find in a Scan
  • Can we wonder if Samba was a product of his father's neglect? For was not Krishna spending most of his time with Arjuna and the Pandavas and in the politics of Kuru-kshetra?...

    • Once extending more than 1 million square kilometers across the plains of the Indus River from the Arabian Sea to the Himalayas and the Ganges, over what is now Pakistan, northwes...

  • D.C. blogger Valerie Jablow reports here on the election spending for the school boards in the District. There is a district board and a state board. Much to no one’s surprise, the...
  • Education International is an organization of teachers’ unions. It just released the following statement about the American-created girls’ school in Liberia that was the...

    • NPE Action is proud to endorse Larry Proffitt for the Tennessee House, District 66. The best way to make sure that education is adequately funded is to elect experienced teachers who...

  • Julian Assange barely even knows the far-right, Holocaust-denying Russian kook with six different names, the latest being “Israel Shamir.” That was the line in March 2011...
  • Nader Hashemi and I have an essay titled “Playing with Fire: Trump, the Saudi-Iranian Rivalry, and the Geopolitics of Sectarianization in the Middle East” in the Mediterranean...

    • More than 200 Nicaraguans are in U.S. custody and facing imminent deportation back to a country where the White House, the United Nations and human rights organizations say the government...

  • Even in reruns, October is shaping up to be a record for Neil DeGrasse Tyson.  The Late Show with Stephen Colbert re-ran both of his September appearances this past week.  On the 9th...
  • Perhaps the biggest news in late night circles this past week was the end of an era (of sorts) for Conan O’Brien.  The October 4th edition of Conan marks the last time the show will...

    • Given the week in politics in the United States, it’s not that surprising that there was little this week in science and technology bookings during late night.  Thankfully, not...

  • By Paul Homewood     https://www.thegwpf.com/bbc-finds-lord-deben-guilty-of-misleading-public/  As I reported last week, the GWPF partially won its complaint against...
  • By Paul Homewood   As we found out last week, the directive has come down from on high at the BBC to ramp up climate alarm at every opportunity they get. The memo has evidently been received...

    • By Paul Homewood Dellers unveils some of the “top scientists” behind the IPCC’s £38 trillion ransom note:   At the beginning of the week, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...

  • Experts are finding out wind turbines are not only an inefficient way to produce electricity, but that they are also wrecking the environment, natural habitats and even the climate...
  • In the first 9½ months of 2018,  368 scientific papers have been published that cast doubt on the position that anthropogenic CO2 emissions function as the climate’s fundamental...

    • Left-leaning filmmaker German-Dutch filmmaker Martin Poels has produced some 50 films over the past 15 years. German-Dutch film maker Martin Poels has come under attack for questioning...

  • Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: Whatever Happened To Service Learning? Fads come and go in education as any teacher or administrator over the age of 30 knows...
  • Janresseger: How School Choice in Michigan Accelerates Student Mobility, Stresses Educators, and Undermines Education Yesterday this blog examined how two school choice policies...

    • Answer Sheet: This School Once Had a Reputation for Violence. Here's How That Changed. Graduation at Hinkley High School in Aurora, Colo. (Hinkley High School) How does a school change...

      Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers



  • Winning the Space Race Please read a new essay by my colleague, John Yoo in Strategika. President Donald Trump’s National Security Strategy set a new course by focusing on rebuilding...
  • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review What has transformed the Democratic party into an anguished progressive movement that incorporates the tactics of the street, embraces maenadism...

    • Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness Donald Trump on occasion can talk recklessly. He is certainly trying to “fundamentally transform” the United States in exactly the...

  • When did you last stand in line? I mean really stand in line. It might have been the airport (average line time perhaps 15 minutes), the drug store, even in busy Manhattan, a minute or...
  • “Two princes: Kushner now faces a reckoning for Trump’s bet on the heir to the Saudi throne” — Washington Post headline, Oct. 15 Excerpted from: “Salmanella and the Glass...

    • I’m seriously offended. I’ve drawn Donald Trump about a thousand times by now and the guy has never called me to pay a compliment on capturing his likeness. But, Andy Thomas, an...

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, with a focus on the NBA.  Here is one excerpt: Earlier three-point innovators were called crazy, and maybe they were. The Phoenix Suns...
  • This paper provides a quantitative analysis of the effects of the law and economics movement on the U.S. judiciary. Using the universe of published opinions in U.S. Circuit Courts...
  • Tuesday assorted links

    13 hours ago

    • 1. Twenty questions with Chris Kraus. 2. #MeToo comes to the AEA. 3. Me on NPR on Planet Money, including on Stubborn Attachments. 4. Are China’s provincial boundaries misaligned?...

  • Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: Guest post by Lisa Bonnington Robbie spent four years as a US Marine before he became a Green Beret Special Forces medic in the Army...
  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: In a column by Post opinion writer Helaine Olen, she points out the “staggering hypocrisy” of Brett Kavanaugh. He has said he doesn’t...

    • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Charles Foster Johnson is a pastor, a supporter of public education, and a great advocate for separation of church and state. He founded...

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  • The Electoral College method of choosing the president and vice president guarantees that each state, whether large or small in area or population, has some voice in selecting the...
  • Once one of the most peaceful countries on Earth, Sweden now finds itself compelled to offer amnesty to criminals — to get hand grenades and other illegal pyrotechnical devices...

    • The City by the Bay is knee-deep in homeless people and is considering a tax on "wealthy" businesses in order to address it.

  • Australia's Prime Minister announced that his country is considering the possibility of transferring its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The post Will Scott Morrison...
  • Jamal Khashoggi’s vision was an “Arab uprising” led by the Saudi regime. In his Arabic writings he backed MBS's “reforms” and even his “war on corruption,” derided...

    • It's looking more likely that neither the US nor the rest of the Western world will do much to punish the world's most important oil exporter, which can "weaponize" the oil market seemingly...

      Marginal REVOLUTION



  • Rising crude oil prices are set to send Nigeria’s bill for fuel subsidies rocketing, threatening to exacerbate the already precarious economic situation of Africa’s largest...
  • 1. Old Paul Romer talk, which even presents the Nordhaus graph on the price of light, see for instance 5:45.  Via Kari Kohn. 2. New criticism of charter cities, and Mark Lutter’s...

    • Could we come up with a better term than “tribalism” please? Indigenous peoples have tribes. Politics has something quite different. That is a tweet from the excellent Stewart...

      Made from Truth and Lies



  • David Davis lined up as interim prime minister (tags: Conservatives doom ) Victim slams not proven criminal rape case as a disgrace (tags: rape scotland law ) Reminder that when Brexiteers...
  • Why the Nordic Model hurts sex workers (tags: sexwork fail law ) Five days left to support trans and non binary people in England and Wales (tags: lgbt transgender UK ) Carlsberg brewery...

    • The Horror Oscars: The Best Scary Movies of Every Year Since 1978’s ‘Halloween’ (tags: horror movies ) 'Not everything was looted': British Museum to fight critics (tags...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • Sometimes, medications for ulcerative colitis do not adequately control the symptoms, and a person may need surgery. Learn about the types of procedure and what to expect...
  • Doctors do not usually consider ulcerative colitis (UC) to be a life-threatening condition, but it may increase a person’s risk of some serious complications. Learn more here...

    • Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In addition to gastrointestinal symptoms, some people with UC experience joint pain. Joint pain usually occurs...

      Jon's Text



  • High intensity ultrasound will clear all viral and bacterial infections: as medically published by the Moffitt cancer centre 2002.  In 100 patient double blind trial, HIUS will...
  • Or they were struck off the register of doctors.  That is their professional oath.  To be aware of, validated and use new medical advances.  And to do so with no financial favour. ...

  • AIDs was cured 2012

    13 hours ago

    • I've published my work on using High-Intensity UltraSound  to reverse HIV, that year.  My American contact use an 8 W 1 MHz ultrasound massage device.1Mhz ULTRASOUND ULTRASONIC...

      InvestmentWatch



  • US job opening hits a record high, 1.2 million job vacancies. The statistical information is so far from reality right now, if this was true we would see wages sky ... Read more...
  • From Cassandra Fairbanks / Gateway Pundit: “Despite numerous reports claiming that the communications of Julian Assange have been restored, they are not yet — and there will...

    • Butterfly sunspot diagram shows that we are back at 1880’s levels in terms of solar inactivity, hence our Earth should be showing signs of cooling as this couples with the ... Read...

      www.gurukalehuru.com



  • Songs are poetry.  The good ones are, at any rate.  I’ve had Bowie’s Five Years on my mind today, a beautiful, poetic song about what happens when we find out we only have five years...
  • I’ve been very open about the fact that I’m not a fan of Elizabeth Warren.  She talks a great game on economics, and I’ve no doubt she is well informed on that subject, but she didn’t...
  • October Spit It Out

    2 days ago

    • Just got home from a poetry reading.  It was the newly returned Spit it Out series, still  at the A Maze in Tchaiovna, and I was glad to see it back, although minus founder and driving...

      Fragments from Floyd



  • Because I my interest in the topic had been ramped way up by a SustainFloyd Movie Night last year, I stopped my morning browse-fest to read an article from Ensia (highly recommended...
  • Every autumn, I tend to get a little bump in book sales. This autumn, I’m pleased to let visiting leaf-peepers know that my books can be found in an additional location: the new Maggie...



  • I happened through a fairly mature oak-hickory forest on the grounds of Warm Hearth Retirement Community yesterday. With the road being surfaced, the woods became the alternative...

    17 October - iGoogle Portal - Tab 8


      Eyes on Trade



  • A Critical Tool to Address Currency Manipulation and Stem Record-Setting Trade Deficits Has Been Shirked by the Trump Administration, a New Public Citizen Analysis Shows The Trump...
  • Note from Lori Wallach, Director, Public Citizen’s Global Trade Watch Here is our initial 14-page analysis of the NAFTA 2.0 text, following up on the statement from Sunday night...

    • Will Canada agree to a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiation deal this week given the high-stakes Quebec election occurring on Oct.1? Our Canadian friends say...

  • Has your heart been broken? It’s one of those tough experiences. Your world seemed to crumble and fall at first. But as the years turned into years, you slowly became okay. Then suddenly...
  • Many healing practices and spiritual ceremonies that are being practiced today by healing practitioners and metaphysical groups have been adopted from traditions that originated...

    • Neijae became interested in hairstyling when she tagged along with her older brother to the Junior Barber Academy Meet Neijae Graham-Henries, a 7-year-old who is passionate about...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • Sometimes, medications for ulcerative colitis do not adequately control the symptoms, and a person may need surgery. Learn about the types of procedure and what to expect...
  • Doctors do not usually consider ulcerative colitis (UC) to be a life-threatening condition, but it may increase a person’s risk of some serious complications. Learn more here...

    • Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In addition to gastrointestinal symptoms, some people with UC experience joint pain. Joint pain usually occurs...

  • By Stefania Costa 24 September 2018(Imazon) – In August 2018, SAD detected 545 square kilometers of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest, an increase of 199% in relation to August...
  • By John Aidan Byrne22 September 2018 (New York Post) – Ten years ago, it was too-easy credit that brought financial markets to their knees. Today, it could be a global debt of $247...

    • By Laura Zuckerman24 September 2018PINEDALE, Wyoming (Reuters) – A federal judge on Monday ordered Endangered Species Act protections restored to grizzlies in and around Yellowstone...

      The Daily Sheeple



  • Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said last week that illegal immigrants — who are not eligible to vote in elections — will be a part of Democrats’ promised...
  • An estimated 1,300 U.S. communities have lost news coverage as the newspaper industry continues on its downward spiral, according to a study by the University of North Carolina’s...

    • Can you SPOT what's wrong with the photo?

  • Odyssey Charter School teachers and staff voted and an overwhelming majority decided to join the Delaware State Education Association.  This is the second charter school in Delaware...
  • Typically after a blogger posts something about the Delaware Department of Education they act pretty fast in trying to get something website related fixed.  Not the case with their...

    • When Betsy DeVos made Delaware resubmit their state plan for the Every Student Succeeds Act, the Delaware Department of Education groaned.  It is no secret the Delaware DOE was not...

  • TweetIn the latest episode of Have You Heard, Jennifer and Jack talk to Anand Giridharadas about his best-selling new book, Winners Take All: the Elite Charade of Changing the World...
  • TweetIn 1977—please don’t do the math!—I climbed aboard a school bus headed for a newly integrated school, part of an ambitious and court-ordered school desegregation experiment...

    • TweetAre you a graduate student whose research on K-12 or higher education is ready for the podcast limelight? Then we have 30 minutes of prime audio real estate with...

      Din Merican: the Malaysian DJ Blogger



  • October 16, 2018 Safeguarding A Rules-based Trading System against America First Trade Economics by Dr. Mari Pangestu, Universitas Indonesia http://www.eastasiaforum.org...
  •   October 16, 2018 The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World Reviewed by: Francis P. Sempa https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/jungle-grows The “liberal...

    • October 16, 2018 The 3 Malaysian Agenda–Language, Malay Rights and Meritocracy — for A Better Malaysia. Will Anwar Ibrahim do it? by Koon Yew Yin http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com...

    Featured Health News from Medical News Today



  • Sometimes, medications for ulcerative colitis do not adequately control the symptoms, and a person may need surgery. Learn about the types of procedure and what to expect...
  • Doctors do not usually consider ulcerative colitis (UC) to be a life-threatening condition, but it may increase a person’s risk of some serious complications. Learn more here...

    • Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In addition to gastrointestinal symptoms, some people with UC experience joint pain. Joint pain usually occurs...

  • Four years ago, I posted But Would You Want Your Daughter to Marry One?, which showed a sharp increase in the % of parents who would be displeased if their son or daughter were to marry...
  • Fallout

    5 days ago
  • So now Brett Kavanaugh has been confirmed to the Supreme Court, duly sworn in – after weeks of sturm, drang and drama such as a reasonable person can hardly credit, of unproven accusations...
  • Quotes of the Day

    6 days ago

    • Via Instapundit, exerpts from this column by Reihan Salam: The study should also make progressives more self-critical about the way in which speech norms serve as a marker of social...

  • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on October 16, 2018 by sundance Appearing on Fox News Carter Page discusses his lawsuit against the DNC and Perkins Coie [Story Here]; while...
  • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on October 15, 2018 by sundance Perhaps a reset of sorts is in order to understand why and how the DOJ is covering-up the most damaging evidence...

    • Re-Posted from The Conservative Tree House on October 15, 2018 by sundance In a rebuke to the political efforts of creepy porn lawyer Michael Avenatti, U.S. District Court Judge S...

  • On today's BradCast: If you think the way the Republican Party has rigged and stolen the U.S. Supreme Court is appalling, just wait until you see what they're trying to do of late at a...
  • IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Large swaths of the Florida Panhandle still awaiting help after catastrophic Hurricane Michael; Michael was the fourth 'major' hurricane to make U.S. landfall...

    • On today's BradCast: We're back in L.A. after several weeks on the road (thanks to Angie Coiro for sitting in to allow us some travel time!) and with just over three weeks left until this...

  • The images of climate change are now part of daily broadcast news. News anchors finally dare to utter the words climate change. And politicians running for office are now aware that...
  • Over 50 citizens from across Canada will lobby for a liveable world on Parliament Hill October 13-16. This year’s lobbying of elected officials by Citizens’ Climate Lobby Canada...

    • Many environmentally and socially conscious people feel overwhelmed right now. How can they counteract a host of problems, including climate disruption, species extinction...

      bluebird of bitterness



  • A truck carrying 24 penguins bound for the city zoo broke down on the highway. The trucker knew it would take some time to repair, so he flagged down a van and offered the driver fifty...
  • Bumper snickers

    2 days ago


    • “Baba Yetu” is The Lord’s Prayer in Swahili, set to music by Christopher Tin. It’s performed here by the choir of Nanyang Technological University in Singapore...

  • More than 10 million doctors from 114 countries urged all states to sign and ratify the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons during its recent meeting in Reykjavik, Iceland...
  • Rail-sized cask shipment of highly radioactive irradiated nuclear fuelSo says an action alert by Public Citizen. Please help us generate a large number of quality public comments...

    • The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) today released its new report on global warming which contains dire predictions about the consequences if insufficient action...

  • Nobody will expect the robot uprising when it happens, especially after Japanese-owned Boston Dynamics dazzles us with twerking, moonwalking robo-dogs of death designed to win...
  • Cash-rich oil exporter Saudi Arabia is always a sure thing for US companies. The recent controversy surrounding journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance and apparent murder...

    • Jamal Khashoggi, the Saudi journalist, who disappeared in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last week is not quite the critic of the Saudi regime that the Western media says he is...

  • By Tomasz Witkowski. Out of 30 textbooks, there were just 3 mentions of Kuhnian paradigms.
  • By Emma Young. Children primed to think of themselves as "helpers" were more discouraged when things didn't go to plan.

    • By Christian Jarrett. Deep down, are we wired to be bad, blinkered, idle, vain, vengeful and selfish?

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places



  • Those passing through Adelaide’s Rundle Mall may be stymied to see four pigs hogging the pedestrian walkway, but Marguerite Derricourt’s sculpture “A Day Out” has provided...

  • Fujisan Bread

    10 hours ago
  • Fujisan bread is a globe-trotting pastry of mystery. Named after Mount Fuji, Japan’s tallest peak, the fluffy bread mountain blends a Japanese dough-making method with French...

    • This commemorative museum was founded in 1961, 12 years after the Chinese Communist Party vanquished the Kuomintang and established the People’s Republic of China. Decades of...

      Accidental Deliberations



  • Expectant cats.
  • Tuesday Morning Links

    18 hours ago
  • This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Ben Chu reports on the conclusion from the chief economist of the Bank of England that decreased unionization in the UK is responsible for reducing...



  • Assorted content to start your week.- Chris Turner rightly recognizes the urgency in implementing effective policies to avert climate breakdown - though he does set the bar too low...

    17 October - iGoogle Portal - Tab 7 ( MSM )



      WIRED



  • The Twitter CEO talks with WIRED Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Thompson about how the social media service is different today than 12 years ago.
  • Nick Hague, the NASA astronaut onboard the Soyuz rocket that failed after takeoff last week, recounts his experience inside the capsule.

    • Researchers used people's Facebook data and their medical records to detect early symptoms of a mental health problem.

  • Here’s what you need to know to start your day.
  • Links between Prince Mohammed and at least four suspects in the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi may make it harder to advance a “rogue killers” explanation...

    • President Trump accused Saudi Arabia’s critics of presuming guilt, as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with Saudi leaders in Riyadh to help defuse a crisis...

      India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Ti




  • The Kashmir Press Club (KPC) condemned the incident, alleging that some of the journalists were injured in the security forces action.


  • With talks deadlocked, EU leaders want Theresa May to give ground - but she says the ball's in their court.
  • The Heathrow Express and trains to and from Slough are cancelled until at least midday.

    • A young boy is mesmerised by the duke's facial hair, while his wife shows off her baking skills.


      National Geographic News




  • A search led by billionaire Paul Allen locates the cruiser at the bottom of the Philippine Sea.
  • I can't find a copy online - but Jack Chalker's "The Devil's Voyage" was billed as fiction - and made you think, suuuuure it is "
  • Known for deep-sea exploration efforts uncovering military ships in the past, Paul Allen's personal search team has helped to discover a lost aircraft carrier...

    • High-tech tools, including an undersea "mountain goat," and years of research led to the discovery of the WWII-era Musashi in the Pacific.


  • Saudi Arabia has committed to conducting a complete investigation into the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday before...
  • Turkey is waiting for a joint agreement to search the Saudi consul's residence in Istanbul in connection with the disappearance of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Interior Minister...

    • A former Buddhist monk who sparked outrage in Thailand over his lavish lifestyle and is already serving time for fraud was sentenced to a further 16 years in prison on Wednesday for...


  • An advanced U.S. military communications satellite soared into space in the midnight hour Wednesday (Oct. 17), lighting up the sky over Florida as it launched into orbit...
  • The death of billionaire technologist, philanthropist and private-spaceflight entrepreneur Paul Allen has hit hard for people from many different walks of life. Read a few tributes...

    • But how is such a mission even possible?