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Public spaces across 10 Italian cities have been placed on lockdown, as the first Italian patient succumbed to the illness, amid a spate of new coronavirus cases – bringing the […]

As Bernie Sanders surges to the front of the pack for the Democratic nomination, the Washington Post has dropped an anonymous “bombshellâ€� claiming that Moscow […]

On February 21, RT America premieres 'Eat the Press,' a no-holds-barred media critique bloodbath hosted by veteran radio talker and political commentator Steve Malzberg. Read Full Article at RT.com

Hardliners loyal to Iran's supreme leader are likely to sweep a parliamentary election on Friday that will cement their grip on power as the country faces mounting U.S. pressure over its nuclear […]

He allegedly planted loaded weapons and ammunition inside a soon-to-be-opened Tennessee prison.

U.S. health officials on Friday said they are preparing for the possibility of the spread of the new coronavirus through U.S. communities that would force closures of schools and businesses.

The coronavirus has infected hundreds of people in Chinese prisons, authorities said on Friday, as cases jumped beyond the epicentre in Hubei province, including 100 more in South Korea and a […]

Michael Bloomberg’s latest bid to get support is a series of Nevada billboards trolling Trump for everything from how he likes his steak cooked to how he plays golf, but folks […]

Couple threatened and drove vehicle toward pro-Trump children.

Cambridge official wants to keep illegals "out of the clutches of the Trump administration"

The CDC has warned that transmission of the deadly COVID-19 virus in the US is “very possible, even likelyâ€� and said its current goal is not to prevent but to […]

The coronavirus has infected hundreds of people in Chinese prisons, authorities said on Friday, contributing to a jump in reported cases beyond the epicenter in Hubei province, including 100 more in […]

Julia Volok says some of her fellow passengers expected a warm welcome on their arrival in Ukraine after finally being evacuated from the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic in China's Hubei […]

Kuwait's civil aviation authority decided on Friday to stop all flights to and from Iran amid fears from coronavirus outbreak, the state news agency said, citing the authority's statement.

‘Being a lifer, I'm in a unique position where I sometimes have access to these people and I have so little to lose,’ man wrote.

A women's event in Mexico planned for next month, fueled by growing disgust with a spate of high-profile femicides, gained ground on Friday as Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said […]

Man clears demonstrators from Iceland street

Japan faced growing questions about whether it was doing enough to stop the spread of the coronavirus on Friday, as the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said it would cancel or postpone major indoor […]

Hillary Clinton has seized upon the latest claim that Russia is ‘interfering’ in the 2020 election to renew her assault on US President Donald Trump, while a […]

Facing a 75 billion euro shortfall due to Brexit, the remaining EU members have been unable to agree on a 2021-2027 budget, with differences between two rival blocs coalescing around France and […]

The window of opportunity to contain wider international spread of the epidemic of the new coronavirus disease is closing, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Friday, after cases were […]

They’re developing something called Fedcoin.

Italian authorities have arrested the captain of a Lebanese-flagged cargo ship which was seized in the port of Genoa on suspicion of trafficking arms to Libya, including tanks and artillery, the […]

Usually teeming with thousands of worshippers, the church at the center of South Korea's largest coronavirus outbreak was shuttered and silent on Friday, surrounded by empty streets.

A stalwart for Scottish side St Mirren furiously punched her kneecap back into its socket before captaining her side for a full match to complete a remarkable recovery from an agonising injury that […]

An outbreak of coronavirus in northern Italy worsened on Friday, with officials announcing 14 confirmed cases in the wealthy region of Lombardy and two in the adjacent region of Veneto.

China's Hubei province, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, on Friday revised the number of new cases it reported on Feb. 19 to 775, from 349 previously.

The United Arab Emirates said on Friday it had registered two new coronavirus cases, bringing the total number of people diagnosed with the virus in the Gulf Arab state to 11.

The coronavirus has spread to several Iranian cities, a health ministry official said on Friday, as an outbreak that the authorities say began in the holy city of Qom caused two more deaths.

The coronavirus has spread to several Iranian cities, a health ministry official said on Friday, according to the official IRNA news agency.

An outbreak of coronavirus in northern Italy worsened on Friday, with officials announcing 14 confirmed cases in the wealthy region of Lombardy, while two cases were reported in the adjacent region […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan talked Syria over the phone, as their troops squared off in Idlib province. The topics of Syrian sovereignty and […]

Arthur Dam is linked directly to Hill’s 2018 campaign. The former California representative resigned from Congress last year. The post FBI Arrests Hacker Linked to Former Rep. […]

The jury in the Harvey Weinstein case has asked whether they can return a hung verdict on two counts of predatory sexual assault, though they have reportedly reached a consensus on the other charges […]

Speaking Truth to Empire Host Dan Yaseen speaks with Peace Activist Israeli Miko Peled

CNN analysts chastise Bloomberg campaign for 'deceptively edited' video in age of deep fakes.

Bolivian ex-president Evo Morales slammed a ban on his running for a Senate role in May elections, while his lawyers signaled that the exiled leftist leader would fight back.

Victims of sexual abuse by Catholic priests at a school for the deaf in Argentina staged a protest at the Vatican on Friday to bring attention to an upcoming trial of more alleged abusers.

The United Nations warned on Friday that fighting in northwest Syria could "end in a bloodbath" and called again for a ceasefire, while Moscow denied reports of a mass flight of civilians from a […]

Says "science might worry that it's heading toward extinction."

The collapse of a reservoir in a remote and mysterious city could have helped Angkor gain supremacy

Movie director William Brent Bell claims his newly released horror film ‘Brahms: The Boy II’ was greenlit thanks to people using the first film to troll Ivanka […]

Liberal hosts of the establishment television show were no match for the GOP congressman.

VT Senior Editor Gordon Duff investigates the Deep Roots and Tentacles of the Dark Side

If this sounds like it came out of the novel Brave New World, that's because it did

Clinton refers to Trump as 'Putin's puppet' and says 'He knows he can’t win without' Russia's help.

Historic interview reveals groundbreaking research hiding in plain view!

Robert David Steele is interviewed by Laura Eisenhower on what it was like to be a spy, high and low points, John Brennan as a traiitor, and current events including coronavirus and 5G pandemic.

Russian UFC featherweight star Zabit Magomedsharipov says his future remains as a 145-pounder, but revealed the one fight that would tempt him to move up to lightweight – a clash […]

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More good signs.  Last week we noted Johnny McEntee (pictured right w/ Stephen Miller) was promoted to run the White House personnel office responsible for filling hundreds of top […]

The family of Hannah Clarke, who was set alight with her three children in a car fire in Brisbane, say she suffered burns to 97 per cent of body and only the soles of her feet were left unburnt.

Australia's players are entirely good enough to run the table and win the World Cup. But all that talk, the assumption, everything riding on them doing just that might just have got to them, writes […]

Drug use is a major issue in Bunbury, where former addicts say too many people are trying to get clean while living on the streets because of a lack of appropriate housing.

An Adelaide woman whose car became stuck on a traffic island will face court after she was breath-tested and allegedly returned a reading of 0.342.

Sex, politics, and religion are traditionally avoided as dinner conversation, but in Queensland there's the emergence of 'rain guilt' — where you got some but your neighbours […]

As Harry Shearer speaks down the phoneline from New Orleans, it's hard not to hear the multitude of Simpsons characters hidden in his voice.

When there is demand for two train stations in the community, but they sit in electorates held by two different parties, residents can find themselves stuck in a political power play.

In partnership with blockchain analysis company Chainalysis, crypto exchange CoinField toughens up its AML security tech

OpenSea marketplace for crypto digital goods sells Formula 1 cars and fights crypto forgeries

Shoemaker Ben Porcheddu says he may be old-fashioned but he has had enough of modern customers and their shocking behaviour.

The CIA leaks narrative spin to the Washington Post. The FBI leaks their narrative spin to the New York Times; and the State Dept. primarily uses CNN for the same purposes. This media distribution […]

Labor long argued WA was plagued by a "crisis" in its health system, but a much touted health care "revolution" is stalling as elective surgery wait times blow out and ambulance ramping continues, […]

The Bureau of Meteorology expects Queensland's first cyclone will form in the Gulf of Carpentaria near the Northern Territory-Queensland border later today.

If bushfire threatens you want a first responder like this man whose nimbleness had him pirouetting with the best.

A stunning hat-trick by Australia's Ashton Agar drives the team to victory over South Africa in the series-opener.

US President Donald Trump says intelligence reports of Russia supporting his re-election is "another misinformation campaign" launched by Democrats.

A new report warns electric vehicles could substantially increase demand for electricity from the grid — but with the right systems in place there could be benefits for drivers.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex decide not to use the word "royal" in their branding after they start a new life in Canada, following weeks of talks between the couple and the Royal family.

Daniel Hackett doesn't visit the remote island he leases in the Tasmanian wilderness as often as he'd like. But Halls Island, which sits on a lake in the Walls of Jerusalem National Park, is at the […]

Why do so many women — including famous ones — fall into the trap of apologising for themselves, their achievements and their opinions?

Monaco-based financial firm Bitsa has enabled users to top-up their crypto cards with major privacy-focused coin Monero

At first this seemed like some kind of spoof…. alas, in reality, this is what billionaire Mike Bloomberg is spending his money on.  Good grief, the left really can’t meme. […]

The golden cross, strong weekly support, halving, liquidity fills and on-chain activity are all signs of bullish Bitcoin continuation

Tezos appears to be losing steam after a lengthy parabolic rally, will traders buy at the underlying supports?

The independent regulator established by the NSW Government to clean up the greyhound industry admits it does not have the power to monitor all dogs once they no longer race.

Brave browser urges UK authorities to fully enforce GDPR against Google or threatens to take it court to protect consumers

Ten years after his body was found at the side of the Old Broome Road, Josh Warneke's friends and family remain in the dark as to who is responsible for his death.

Mum-of-two Layla Harris says "devastating" bushfires made her want to join the Wallaby Joe RFS brigade who were forced to battle the blazes with only 10 members.

Concerns are being raised that local businesses may be excluded from taking part in the $35 billion project to build a fleet of nine new warships for the Royal Australian Navy.

Ukrainian crypto exchange Kuna has released an apparently first stablecoin pegged to local fiat currency, the Ukrainian hryvnia

In an exhibition spanning two decades of his practice, Vernon Ah Kee interrogates racism, racial violence and whiteness, and Australia's "history of wrong decisions".

We've heard about the death of the Australian automotive industry many times, most recently this week as GM retired the Holden brand, but such reports are premature and exaggerated, writes Michael […]

Holden owners are known for their passion and their ability to collect more and more Holdens. Jan Hulbert has had the same Holden for 55 years.

Let's fast forward through the predictable aftermath of St Kevin's failure to support a victim of sexual grooming and get to the point: this stuff wasn't supposed to happen anymore, writes Virginia […]

As America continues to use voting technology that is vulnerable to technical failures as well as cyberattack, experts fear a lack of trust in election results — and democracy more […]

The winds of globalisation that have lifted the tiny seaside town of Port MacDonnell up for the last decade could now buffet it to the brink.

Chinese tech giants begin deploying online maps to show nearby residents who are carrying the coronavirus, but the new tools have sparked human rights concerns.

The whole "taxpayers finding out stuff" is a bit of a sore point with this Government, but the sports funding program is unlikely to leave the spotlight anytime soon.

Fears that the wild horses that roam the Guy Fawkes River National Park in northern NSW could be targeted in a massive aerial culling program have been allayed, but exactly what should be done with […]

The tragic and senseless deaths of Hannah Clarke and her three young children demand that we pause to review not only what we know about domestic violence, but the effectiveness of our legal and […]

Today President Trump delivers a rare mid-day Trump rally in Las Vegas, Nevada. Today’s Keep America Great rally is being held at the Las Vegas Convention Center. President Trump is expected to […]

Hannah Clarke's killer rejected a "very good" offer of shared custody of their children before he took their lives in a car fire, a source close to the case has told the ABC.

Kash Patel previously worked as Devin Nunes’ senior staffer on the House Intelligence Committee (HPSCI).  It was Patel who was the lead author of the Nunes memo exposing corrupt […]

A mass search-and-rescue operation is mounted to find the bodies and survivors of a tragic adventure that placed close to 250 Indonesian students in the path of a torrential river surge.

The Country Women's Association slams the Federal Government over its drought assistance, describing the latest funding announcement as "disappointing and insulting".

Vitalik Buterin discloses the roadmap for ETH 2.0 to Cointelegraph, questions the urgency for ETH 2.0 launch

The New York Times and a host of allied political narrative engineers attempted to spin up another Russia narrative yesterday.  The claim surrounds a briefing by DNI Joseph Maguire […]

The broad-based move in cryptocurrencies might be over and the market is likely to be selective in the next leg of the up move

ISNA | Mona Hoobehfekr, Farzad Khabooshani, Seyed Mohammad Alerasoul, Alireza Mohammadi, Parisa Jofrei, Azam Dadashi & Parisa Behzadi: Iranians across the country have gone to the polls to cast […]

Tasnim – Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Ali Shamkhani praised the massive presence in the ongoing elections across the country and […]

Press TV – Iran says the move by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to place the country on its blacklist was a politically-motivated decision, emphasizing that the Islamic Republic...

Tasnim – As the parliamentary elections in Iran is nearing the final hours, more than 90 candidates in the Tehran electoral district have withdrawn from the race, and some 30...

Last night it was reported that President Trump was considering Doug Collins amid a group of four names for the Director of National Intelligence.    However, […]

Fidelity International hallmarks Asian crypto market expansion with BC Group investment

With ASICs increasingly dominating hash rate, the Ravencoin community is looking to build the project’s third mining algorithm

Artist Jon McNaughton presents his latest artwork centered around the current state of U.S. politics and President Donald J Trump. [Visit Website Here] . Chopper pressers are the best pressers…

After multiple departures, the Libra Association finally has the first addition to its foundation in the form of e-commerce giant Shopify

Irish drug trafficker claims he lost the keys for BTC wallets worth $56 million, confiscated by the police in connection with his recent arrest

Most experts believe that Telegram will not get a fair chance once the final verdict is announced in its ongoing trial against the U.S. SEC.

The Lightning Network was found more reliant on hubs than expected.

A man who had been in China is believed to have infected his pregnant wife, a friend and another man with the potentially deadly coronavirus upon returning to Italy.

Major global cryptocurrency exchange Binance is not authorized to operate in Malta, local financial regulator MFSA states

The FSMA, Belgium's financial regulatory authority, has updated its list of crypto-related websites associated with fraudulent activity

IRNA – Tehran’s Interim Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami said that US President Donald Trump’s Deal of the Century is doomed to failure. […]

Reuters – Kuwait Airways suspended all flights to Iran starting on Thursday on the advice of the Kuwaiti health ministry and civil aviation authority amid fears about a coronavirus outbreak...

IRNA – Head of Plan and Budget Organization of Iran Mohammad Baqer Nobakht announced here on Friday that Ministry of Health and Medical Education has been equipped for taking […]

IRNA – Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Friday that massive turnout of Iranian people in the election will disappoint the enemies more than ever. Iran’s President […]

Tasnim – Iranian clerics and ordinary people residing in the holy city of Qom have taken part in the parliamentary elections, despite fears of coronavirus epidemic. The new coronavirus cases...

Nasdaq-listed Riot Blockchain plans to sell its new crypto exchange business to focus on Bitcoin mining about three months ahead of the halving event

Reuters – Iran confirmed 13 more new coronavirus cases and two deaths among the group of new cases, Health Ministry spokesman Kianush Jahanpur said in a tweet on Friday. The...

Nine of the 19 companies engaged with Cyprus’ innovation hub operate using blockchain

The OSCE held a course on the darkweb and cryptocurrencies for law enforcement officials from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and other Central Asian countries

A light-handed regulatory approach is needed when it comes to crypto and blockchain, say experts

Bitcoin is currently copying behavior after its last “golden cross� price event, which delivered huge gains

Horse racing’s integrity is under threat in the Asian region, due to the rise of unregistered illegal bookmaking platforms

Australia needs to rethink its tax policy for initial coin offerings if it wants to compete on the global stage, a local industry leader told the government this week

Documents leaked to the ABC reveal Solomon Islands Finance Minister Harry Kuma discussed a $US100 billion loan from a Chinese businessman — an amount of money almost 77 times the […]

Two children, aged eight and 10, beat six parrots to death in a backyard aviary in Alice Springs, leaving the birds' breeder in disbelief at the senseless violence.

Meeting at the G-20 summit in Saudi Arabia this week, members of the Financial Stability Board discuss regulating cryptocurrency

Victim blaming is embedded in our culture, but to stop family violence, the politics has to be stripped away, writes Julia Baird.

NSW Police descend on a Sydney golf course, using dense bushland to detonate a WWII ordnance discovered at a nearby apartment block.

India leg spinner Poonam Yadav runs rings around Australia's batters, taking 4-19 to send the hosts and tournament favourites crashing to a 17-run defeat in the opening match of the Twenty20 World […]

A man who murdered a 22-year-old British backpacker and buried her body in bushland is sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 17 years behind bars.

Digital trading cards for Juventus are now available for use with the fantasy soccer game

The state of California officially apologises for discriminating against Japanese-Americans and helping the US government send them to internment camps during World War II.

A mother describes her son's death to a royal commission, saying doctors didn't properly observe her son with spasticity quadriplegia who later died from flu infection.

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating […]

Tuhirangi-Thomas Tahiata is sentenced to life in prison after being found guilty of murdering two people whose bodies were found locked in a toolbox and submerged in a dam, following a two-week jury […]

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive […]

The son of a former ABC cameraman accidentally donates never-before-seen colour footage of Don Bradman at the crease to the National Film and Sound Archive.

Two state governments from opposing sides of politics team up to accuse the Federal Government of short-changing people with a disability.

Donald Trump ridicules the historic Oscar win for South Korean film Parasite, telling a campaign rally he wishes for the return of Hollywood classics like 1939's Gone With the Wind.

The latest status update from IOTA in response to a recent hack indicates Trinity Wallet users are vulnerable

A former Victorian police officer will appeal a sentence after pleading guilty to indecent assault against a 13-year-old boy in the 1970s.

As Quaden Bayles prepares to lead out "his uncles" in the NRL's Indigenous All Stars game, a GoFundMe page set up to raise cash to send the bullied Brisbane nine-year-old to Disneyland has soared […]

Grieving communities rally across Queensland to remember the victims of domestic and family violence after the murder-suicide of Hannah Clarke and her three children this week.

WA is treating its first confirmed case of coronavirus, with a man who was evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship and later confirmed to have the disease flown to Perth.

Port Lincoln is well known for its fishing and aquaculture, but could it soon be better known for its wine?

The Riverina town of Batlow, which locals say relies 100 per cent on apples, is calling for more government support to help get the industry back on its feet.