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The search for something new, different, and exciting is leading flavour developments in food and beverage, supported by an ongoing interest in natural, clean label and healthier...

Melbourne, Australia: It’s seen unprecedented varietal uptake in the US and now the Cosmic Crisp® Apple is set to take off in Australia thanks to an exclusive agreement between...

If that headline sounds really bad to you, that is because the situation that we are facing is really bad.  Over the past few months, I have written article after article about the unprecedented...

This is not going to end well.  As a result of our ongoing trade war, U.S. relations with China were already rapidly deteriorating, but now the chaos in Hong Kong threatens to completely...

Its 16-cylinder engine now puts out 1,600 horsepower.

It bears more than a passing similarity to the EB110 of yore.

by David Swanson Writer, Dandelion Salad Let’s Try Democracy August 15, 2019 Ed Mays on Aug 12, 2019 David Swanson gave this keynote address to a gathering of peace activists at the...

by Rainer Shea Writer, Dandelion Salad Rainer Shea: Anti-Imperialist Journalist, Jul. 16, 2019 August 14, 2019 In a fascist shift, the state always forms a paramilitary group so...

All of a sudden, it seems like the mainstream media just can’t stop talking about “the coming recession”.  If you go to Google News and type in the word “recession”, you...

You had better buckle up, because it looks like we are in for a bumpy ride.  On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down a whopping 800 points.  Not only was that the worst...

Indonesian terrorist groups could resort to cybercrime, specifically hacking, to finance terrorism in the future. The encouragement and guidance by

Recently a Washington-based online news portal reached out to me on the issue of the transition of power in Malaysia.

Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org The pace of dire unfolding frontline news events is accelerating exponentially. Increasingly unprecedented wild weather scenarios...

Dane Wigington GeoengineeringWatch.org Hurricanes, huge hail, record heat, floods and wildfires, what’s it like in your area? Countless critically important events...

A senior Iranian intelligence official has confirmed widespread rumors that an unprecedented anti-corruption campaign is taking place at the top echelons of Iran’s all-powerful...

Foreign spies are known to pose as journalists, which is why journalists should not be exempted from national security investigations, according to testimony by a senior Australian...

          Does your mind ever play tricks on you?  It must.  This is why we all enjoy optical illusions and close-up magic.  We marvel that we can stare at one thing and...

          Doggerel is a word which means an irregular, silly, or badly written rhyme. I’m going to assume that its origins trace to my own dogs’ ancestors who were undoubtedly...

Oslo mosque targeted in attempted far-right terrorist attack Sam Dalton, WSWS, Aug 16 2019 On Sunday, 21-year-old Norwegian Philip Manshaus appeared in court on charges of murder...

Australian government boosts SOF despite war crimes charges Mike Head, WSWS, Aug 16 2019 The Australian government this week announced extra funding of $3b over 20 years, including...

The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) is convinced that the world’s 1.8 billion adolescents and youth– a quarter of the global population—have a key role to play in helping implement...

Tengfei Wang is Economic Affairs Officer, Trade, Investment and Innovation Division, UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) The post Establishing a...

"'As we have stated, Greenland is not for sale,' a spokesperson for the Danish government said on Friday. 'We have noted, however, that during the Trump regime, pretty much everything...

As Bitcoin celebrates its 10th anniversary, there’s no better time to look back and reflect on the world’s first digital currency. How has it evolved, and how is it likely to change...

How about if we feature a red-blooded American cat this week? That would be Hilbert, named after a German mathematician but still an all-American boy. In this picture he is sitting...

I was on the phone with my editor yesterday and we happened to get on the topic of public opinion about climate change. I thought that concern about climate change had peaked around 2006-08...

The decision by Alaska's governor Mike Dunleavy and US president Donald Trump to sacrifice the environment for a gold mine is an extremely bad one. The offshoring of US jobs was an act...

It is not possible to commit suicide when a person is on suicide watch. Former inmates and prison guards and correctional personnel have stated with certainty that Epstein did not...

The American author and ufologist once claimed to have been in contact with an extraterrestrial from Venus. A controversial figure in the annals of uf...

It turns out that our skin may be home to an entirely new organ and it is all to do with how we process pain. Typically our skin registers pain throug...

Rare lightning strikes were detected within 480 km (300 miles) of the North Pole on Saturday, August 10, 2019. A number of lightning strikes were recorded between 16:00 and 18:00 AKDT...

Increased seismic activity is taking place under Iceland's Hamarinn volcano, a part of Bardarbunga volcanic system, also known as Loki-Fögrufjöll. The largest earthquakes...

In advanced sleep phase, your body clock (circadian rhythm) is on a schedule hours earlier than most other people's. You have premature release of the sleep hormone melatonin and...

About 78% of the students met criteria for one or more mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, eating disorders, self-injury and suicide risk, the survey found...

Reading Time: 15 minutes A look at how things like the Chinese Exclusion Act, eugenics, and white America’s desire for racial purity have historically been far worse than what we...

Reading Time: 2 minutes Trump-Inspired Hate Hits Santa Fe Plaza ; The Em Dash Wars ; and More Picks 8/16 The post Georgia Must Scrap Old Voting Machines After 2019: Judge appeared first...