UNICEF: Boko Haram has abducted over 1,000 kids in Nigeria
Boko Haram has abducted more than 1,000 children in Nigeria since 2013, the United Nations’ children’s rights arm said a day before the fourth anniversary of the Chibok schoolgirl abductions.
Wells Fargo Given Ultimatum: No Business With NRA, Gun Companies Or…
The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten is in negotiations to meet with Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan. The AFT’s purpose is to deliver an ultimatum regarding the bank’s ongoing financial support for the gun lobby and gun manufacturers. The AFT has publically taken the position that if Sloan continues Wells Fargo’s support of firearms businesses, the AFT will discontinue its popular Wells Fargo mortgage program offered to members.
Israeli Warplanes Strike Iranian Military Base In Southern Syria
According to a report by SkyNews Arabia and well as pro-opposition sources, a huge explosion was heard at the Iranian base Jabal Azzan located in Syria’s Aleppo after it was struck by “unidentified warplanes.”
MIT Professor Emeritus Claims Latest Chemical Attack In Syria Was Not Assad’s Doing
Terror and war have been heavily part of our planet for the last century, and despite the fact that these types of activities don’t seem to be feel natural for the average, empathetic human being, they are still carried out as the world looks on in disbelief and heart break. Who truly wants war?
U.S. ambassador reassures Russians: Syrian strike ‘not about a conflict between superpowers’
The U.S. ambassador to Russia on Saturday reassured Russians that the U.S. military strike on Syrian government targets was “not about a conflict between superpowers,” as tensions have flared between diplomats in recent days.
Assad Regime Condemns ‘Western Arrogance’; Touts Cuba, China Support
Syria’s Ministry of Expatriates and Foreign Affairs vehemently protested targeted airstrikes against Assad regime scientific research centers in Damascus early Saturday morning local time in response to alleged chemical attacks by the regime, blaming them on “western arrogance and hegemony.”
Anti-GMO Mosquito Activist In DC To Deliver Petition To EPA Found Floating Dead In Hotel Pool
An environmental activist, Milagra de Mier, known as Mila, who had traveled from Key West, Florida to Washington D.C. to drop off an anti-GMO mosquito petition with nearly 200,000 signatures to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA), was found dead in her hotel pool on Tuesday morning. Authorities arrived at the Cambria Hotel & Suites Washington, D.C. Convention Center on Tuesday morning after a witness found an unconscious woman floating face down inside the rooftop pool and called 911, according to Fox 5.
Trump Announces Unprecedented Support for Legalizing Marijuana
On the first great-weather day of Spring 2018, President Donald Trump has committed to withdrawing federal objections to the legalization of marijuana, reports Tom Angell of Marijuana Moment.
Lavrov: Swiss lab says ‘BZ toxin’ used in Salisbury, not produced in Russia, was in US & UK service
The substance used on Sergei Skripal was an agent called BZ, according to Swiss state Spiez lab, the Russian foreign minister said. The toxin was never produced in Russia, but was in service in the US, UK, and other NATO states.
Russia Responds: “We Are Being Threatened. A Predesigned Scenario Is Being Implemented”
After the a joint force of US, French and UK fighter jets and ship launched an attack which as Mattis said, “used a little over double the number of weapons this year than we used last year”, and amid unconfirmed reports that the Syrian air force managed to shoot down one or more Tomahawk missiles, the question everyone was asking is whether Russia has responded, and if so, how.
Israel: U.S. ‘Acted Appropriately’ with Syria Strikes
The Times of Israel reports: Israel on Saturday said that the combined US, British and French strikes on Syria was an “appropriate” response to the alleged chemical gas attack and warned that Damascus’ actions put it in danger of further strikes, including against its leadership.
MIT researchers working on a nuclear fusion superconductor that will generate carbon-free limitless energy within 15 years
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Attack can lead to unpredictable consequences, Russia warns
Trump’s strike on Syria was a “declaration of war against a sovereign state,” says a Russian official.
Trump Nominates First Black Woman to Serve at Brigadier General Rank
According to a press release regarding her nomination released by the Department of Defense, Mahlock is currently serving as the deputy director of Operations, Plans, Policies, and Operations Directorate, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, DC. Secretary of Defense James Mattis announcedthe historic nomination on Tuesday, March 10.
Putin: US-led strikes in Syria without UNSC mandate a violation of international law
The US and its allies struck civil and military facilities in Syria, violating the UN Charter and international law, Russian President Vladimir Putin said, responding to the American-French-British intervention in Syria.