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Reuters

Russia blocked a Western effort at the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday to condemn last week’s deadly gas attack in Syria and push Moscow’s ally President Bashar al-Assad to cooperate with international inquiries into the incident.

It was the eighth time during Syria’s six-year-old civil war that Moscow has used its veto power on the Security Council to shield Assad’s government.   Continue reading “Russia blocks U.N. Security Council condemnation of Syria attack”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

With everyone putting down new and/or revised “red lines“, be it on Syria or North Korea, it was now China’s turn to reveal its “red” or rather “bottom line”, and in a harshly worded editorial titled “The United States Must Not Choose a Wrong Direction to Break the DPRK Nuclear Deadlock on Wednesday” Beijing warned it would attack North Korea’s facilities producing nuclear bombs, effectively engaging in an act of war, if North Korea crosses China’s “bottom line.”   Continue reading “China Threatens To Bomb North Korea’s Nuclear Facilities If It Crosses Beijing’s “Bottom Line””

Yahoo News – by Kavitha Surana, Foreign Policy Magazine

During his campaign for president, Donald Trump repeatedly called for rewriting the U.S.-Mexico relationship. He peppered Mexicans with nasty stereotypes (“criminals,” “rapists,” and “bad hombres”), advocated ripping up the North American Free Trade Agreement, and promised to build a “big beautiful wall” on the border — on Mexico’s dime.

Now some prominent Mexicans are raising their own quibbles about the border. They are making the case that Mexico should return to its 1848 boundaries, before the United States snatched large chunks of their territory, including most of California, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, and Arizona, during the Mexican-American war.   Continue reading “The Other Dispute on the U.S.-Mexico Border”

People – by Char Adams

An Ohio man accused of raping a 10-year-old girl and setting a fire that killed her and her grandparents jumped to his death from a fourth-floor courthouse balcony on Monday before he could face trial, reports say.

Robert Seman Jr., 48, was walking through the Mahoning County Courthouse with police in Youngstown after a pre-trial hearing when he quickly ran from the officers and jumped over a banister at around 9:30 a.m., WKBN reports.   Continue reading “Ohio Man Jumps to His Death in Courthouse Before Trial for Raping Girl, 10, and Killing Her and Grandparents”

Argus

Washington, 10 April (Argus) — President Donald Trump’s attempts to impose a “Buy American” policy for oil and gas pipelines is worrying energy companies that say it could delay the very infrastructure the administration is trying to support.

US midstream company Energy Transfer Partners says the policy would “severely delay project schedules” and reduce pipeline quality. Magnolia LNG, which is considering building a $4.5bn gas export facility in Louisiana, says it has created uncertainty that could slow final investments. And an energy industry coalition is warning of long construction delays and project cancellations.   Continue reading “Oil, gas industry concerned over requirement to buy American steel, pipe”

RT

A pink moon is heading our way Tuesday – but those expecting to see a literal pink sphere sailing above us in the sky may be disappointed.

Any full moon that occurs in April is called a ‘Pink Moon’ simply because of the pink flowers, such as North America’s wild ground phlox, which blossom in April and are seen to symbolize new beginnings.   Continue reading “2017’s ‘Pink Moon’: Here’s what it means”

KGW 8 News – by Kristena Hansen

SALEM, Ore. (AP) – Oregon state lawmakers have given final approval to a bill that would shield the names, birthdates and other identifying information of marijuana users from being accessed by federal drug agents amid worries of heightened enforcement.

The bill was approved 53-5 by the Oregon House on Monday and is largely in response to mixed signals about the new White House administration’s stance on the federal marijuana prohibition.   Continue reading “Oregon set to shield marijuana user data from US officials”

Yahoo News

Seoul (AFP) – North Korea denounced the US deployment of a naval strike group to the region Tuesday, warning it is ready for “war” as Washington tightens the screws on the nuclear-armed state.

The strike group — which includes the Nimitz-class aircraft supercarrier USS Carl Vinson — cancelled a planned trip to Australia this weekend, heading to the Korean peninsula instead in a show of force.   Continue reading “North Korea vows response to ‘reckless’ US Navy move”

Fox News

Egypt’s president called for a three-month state of emergency Sunday after at least 44 people were killed and more than 100 more were injured in two Palm Sunday suicide attacks at Coptic Christian churches, each carried out by the ISIS terror group.

Sunday’s first blast happened at St. George Church in the Nile Delta town of Tanta, where at least 27 people were killed and 78 others wounded, officials said.   Continue reading “Palm Sunday attacks: 44 dead, more than 100 injured in church bombings carried out by ISIS in Egypt”

Yahoo News

Washington (AFP) – The US Navy said on Saturday it had sent a carrier-led strike group to the Korean peninsula in a show of force against North Korea’s “reckless” nuclear weapons program.

The move will raise tensions in the region and comes hard on the heels of a US missile strike on Syria that was widely interpreted as putting Pyongyang on warning over its refusal to abandon its nuclear ambitions.   Continue reading “US navy strike group heads toward Korean peninsula”

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The Saker

I have an important update: based on Russian sources, including video footage and the reports of one Russian journalist on the ground, Evgenii Poddubnyi, it has become clear that the US strike was largely symbolic.  Here is the evidence:   Continue reading “SITREP: Important update on the US attack on Syria”

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The ” town” has been called a village by the media. It’s population in 2011 before being taken by Al – Nusra in 2014 was almost FIFTY THREE THOUSAND People! That is not a hamlet or village with a donkey going ’round a watering hole! No one can answer the question why would Assad target this area? Please research the SS Donald Cook and the Russians “buzz” fly by. They knocked out all the AEGIS electronic defence technology leaving it a sitting duck. They did this TWICE 3 years apart. When the ship docked in Romania for repairs all 27 crew on board resigned. It’s called Khibiny technology. The navy is obsolete….I think it’s a fake war. No fly by this time!

The Hill – by Jordan Fabian

The U.S. will impose new economic sanctions against Syria designed curb its government’s use of chemical weapons, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced Friday.

“We view sanctions as being a very important tool,” Mnuchin told reporters at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla.   Continue reading “US preparing new sanctions against Syria”

Anti-Media – by James Holbrooks

East Asia — As journalists, analysts, and world leaders wait to see what transpires at the much-hyped summit between Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping this Friday, Asian media reported Monday that the U.S. and its allies in East Asia are conducting their first ever joint anti-submarine drills. They are aimed at coordinating an “effective response” to the purportedly belligerent North Korea.

“Japan, South Korea and the U.S. have conducted the first joint anti-submarine warfare (ASW) drills involving the three countries,” The Japan Times reports, “amid North Korea’s growing submarine-launched ballistic missile threat.”   Continue reading “U.S., Japan, and S. Korea Hold First Ever Anti-Submarine Drills Targeting North Korea”

The Hill – by Alexander Bolton

The Senate on Friday confirmed Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, giving President Trump the biggest victory of his first 100 days in office.

The 54-45 vote caps a bitter political battle that began with the death of Justice Antonin Scalia more than a year ago and resulted in the Senate triggering the “nuclear option,” breaking Democrats’ blockade and ending filibusters for Supreme Court nominees.  Continue reading “Senate confirms Gorsuch to Supreme Court”

Fox News

A Russian warship entered the eastern Mediterranean Friday and was heading toward the area where two U.S. Navy destroyers launched missile strikes into Syria, Fox News has learned.

The Russian frigate, Admiral Grigorovich RFS-494, crossed through the Bosphorus Strait “a few hours ago” from the Black Sea, according to a U.S. defense official.    Continue reading “Russian warship steams toward US destroyers that launched Syria strikes”