Month: April 2018

RT

There is no need for Russian and Chinese businesses to pay each other in dollars and euros, when they can settle in rubles and yuan, according to Zhou Liqun, chairman of the Union of Chinese Entrepreneurs in Russia.

“The leaders of the two countries should think over improving relations, especially in financial cooperation. Why make payments with foreign currency? Why dollar? Why euro? They can be made directly in the yuan and the ruble,” he told RIA Novosti on the sidelines of the Valdai Discussion Club conference in Shanghai, titled “Russia and China: Contemporary Development Challenges.”   Continue reading “China urges ditching dollar & euro trade with Russia in favor of national currencies”

Mail.com

BERLIN (AP) — Germans of various faiths donned Jewish skullcaps and took to the streets Wednesday in several cities to protest an anti-Semitic attack in Berlin and express fears about growing hatred of Jews in the country.

The kippa protest was triggered by the daytime assault last week of two young men wearing skullcaps in an upscale neighborhood in the German capital. The attack, in which a 19-year-old Syrian asylum-seeker is a suspect, drew outrage in Germany and sharp condemnation by Chancellor Angela Merkel.   Continue reading “Germans don skullcaps to protest anti-Semitism”

Mail.com

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Authorities in California plan to make a “major announcement” in the case of an elusive serial killer they say committed at least 12 homicides, 45 rapes and dozens of burglaries across the state in the 1970s and 1980s.

Jane Carson-Sandler, who was sexually assaulted in California in 1976 by a man believed to be the so-called “East Area Rapist,” said she received an email Wednesday from a retired detective who worked on the case telling her they have identified the rapist and he’s in custody.   Continue reading “‘Major announcement’ planned on elusive serial killer”

The New  Observer

The first 90 invaders from the “migrant caravan” who seek to illegally force their way into the United States by pretending to be “refugees” have presented themselves for processing at the San Ysidro border crossing between California and Mexico—and hundreds more are on their way.   Continue reading ““Migrant Caravan” to US: First 90 Invaders Claim “Asylum” at San Ysidro Crossing”

On the Contrary – by Michael Hoffman

April 2018 —  In another victory for the Palestinian rights movement on U.S. college campuses, students at elite Barnard College in New York City voted nearly two-thirds in favor of a referendum supporting divestment from companies profiting from Israeli war crimes and dispossession of Palestinians, most recently the slaughter of unarmed protestors at a border fence by Israeli army snipers.    Continue reading “Youth for Palestine movement growing in the U.S.”

Fox News

Authorities in Maine launched a dragnet Wednesday after a man shot and killed a sheriff’s deputy, stole his cruiser and then robbed a convenience store, officials said.

Somerset County Sheriff Dale Lancaster said Corporal Eugene Cole was killed around 1:45 a.m. on U.S. Route 2 in Norridgewock, located about 30 miles north of the state capital of Augusta. Cole was one of two cops shot dead nationwide, with a Dallas police officer succumbing to his wounds Wednesday morning after being injured the day before.  Continue reading “Maine officer shot and killed by suspect who stole his car, robbed store”

The Electronic Intifada – by Ali Abunimah

An Israeli general has confirmed that when snipers stationed along Israel’s boundary with Gaza shoot at children, they are doing so deliberately, under clear and specific orders.

In a radio interview, Brigadier-General (Reserve) Zvika Fogel describes how a sniper identifies the “small body” of a child and is given authorization to shoot.   Continue reading “Snipers ordered to shoot children, Israeli general confirms”

Insider

Everyday heroes are all around us, often in the places we least expect them. It might sound cliché, but it’s true.

Early Tuesday morning, 13 truck drivers certainly proved themselves as such when they joined together in a life-saving act of kindness. The drivers used their vehicles to form a barricade in order to prevent a man from jumping off an overpass along I-696 in Michigan.   Continue reading “13 truck drivers came together to create a barricade with their vehicles to prevent a man from jumping off an overpass”

WSRZ

A 67-year-old man was sentenced to eight months in prison after he admitted to using a laser jamming device to avoid detection by speed cameras. Timothy Hill was caught by police after he flipped off mobile speed camera vans on three separate occasions. He was also banned from driving for one year.

Traffic Constable Andrew Forth said that Hill made himself an easy target by “repeatedly gesturing at police camera vans with your middle finger while you’re driving a distinctive car.”  Continue reading “Man Jailed After Flipping Off Traffic Camera While Using Laser Jammer”