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Almost 4 million Australians are using digital catalogues alone rather than hard copy versions saying they are a useful tool and stress-free way to window shop, according to the latest...

Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), the national peak-body representing the Australian seafood industry, welcomes the latest rebuttal to the tale of doom and gloom put forward by...

It has been quite a year.  In March, catastrophic flooding in the Midwest absolutely crippled thousands of farms and “as many as a million calves” were lost in Nebraska alone. ...

If it seems like about half the country is on drugs, that is because it is actually true.  According to a new survey from the National Center for Health Statistics, almost half of all...

Users were so annoyed with OnePlus, some took to Reddit to petition.

Goodbye, Mr Fox. Google's dropping the whimsy from its AR Maps.

Dandelion Salad with Chris Hedges RT America on May 11, 2019 Chris Hedges continues his discussion with reporter, Matt Taibbi, about the deep rot in American journalism. See also...

by David Swanson Writer, Dandelion Salad Let’s Try Democracy May 10, 2019 Two months ago, I heard a story. You heard it too, if you went anywhere near a television or a newspaper in...

As expected, trade negotiations with China concluded on Friday with no trade deal in sight.  Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called the negotiations “constructive”, and...

At 12:01 AM eastern time on Friday, President Trump followed through on his threats and hit China with a massive tariff increase.  As you will see below, China immediately pledged...

It has been an uninspiring election, punctuated by occasional moments of madness on the part of various candidates. Their sin

By Tara Giroud Could changing what cows eat help keep the planet from warming? Several Swiss companies have created feed

Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org What price has the planet paid for the “American Dream”? The unsustainability of modern industrialized militarized society will...

Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Collective efforts are essential If we are to have any chance of exposing and halting global climate engineering operations in time to...

An untypical high-level meeting was convened at the headquarters of the United States Central Intelligence Agency last week to discuss Iran, according to NBC News. The meeting...

The sudden decision by the United States to deploy significant firepower to the Middle East was partly in response to intelligence that was given to Washington by Israeli officials...

          Lately St. Bob has experienced a windfall. Check after check has been pouring in from his Game Show days (you do know that he hosted and announced game shows, right? That...

          Can I please be in the Vial Olympics? I don’t expect to be in the real ones. Heck, I doubt they’d even give someone this unathletic a seat on the back row.         ...

Israel’s choice in Gaza Maureen Clare Murphy, Electronic Intifada, May 10 2019 A school in Gaza City, destroyed on May 8. (Photo: Ashraf Amra/ APA) Will Israel opt for another war...

Sources on ground in #Idlib informed me that UK & US experts have enabled & provided equipment for establishment of Nusra Front (HTS) chemical weapon factories in #KhanSheikhoun...

More people are displaced inside their own countries than ever before, and only higher figures can be expected without urgent long-term action, a new report found. Launched by the...

Millions of South Africans headed out in large numbers, some braving cold and wet weather to cast their ballot in the country’s sixth democratic elections this week. The 2019 election...

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On Aug. 9, 1974, Richard M. Nixon resigned and left the White House. AP/Chick Harrity Ken Hughes, University of Virginia Like Donald Trump, Richard Nixon tried to stonewall congressional...

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) said Sunday that the Unites States is potentially facing a constitutional crisis,echoing comments this week from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “A...

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is shared here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.  Of the nearly two dozen Democrats running for president...

Congressional Budget Office https://www.cbo.gov/publication/55019 Expected annual economic losses from most types of damage caused by hurricane winds and storm-related flooding...

McKinsey & Co. https://mck.co/2u3zcEI …Based on our analyses, an OEM [Original Equipment Manufacturer] could expect to break even in cost with EVs compared to ICE [internal-combustion...

The Travel Channel has released a list of the US states in which you are most likely to encounter Sasquatch. Based on "never-before-released data" gat...

The shrivelled-up remains of a mysterious four-legged creature were found recently on a property in Titusville. When Kelly Garrahan snapped a photogra...

Floods in Paraguay displaced approximately 40 000 people over the past two months and caused significant losses to the country's cattle industry. Some 10 000 people have been evacuated...

A new study suggests that the oceanic plate next to Portugal could be peeling apart in a process that may result in the disappearance of the Atlantic Ocean and the creation of a new supercontinent...

The robopets stimulate conversations and trigger fond memories of pets or past experiences, the study’s lead author said.

Rheumatoid arthritis symptoms can include joint pain or swelling, but 40% of patients have symptoms that don't involve the joints, such as fatigue, fever and loss of appetite...

Reading Time: 3 minutes Many western countries are experiencing a healthcare personnel shortage. Immigrants have stepped in to fill the void but populists and racists have used...

Reading Time: 2 minutes The US is facing a physician shortage, and immigrants are ready to fill these vital positions — if the US government would only let them. The post Immigrants!...