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It was stated at a Russian-Chinese roundtable on the protection of natural resources ... read more

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The vice chairman of Samsung says the firm will seek to collaborate with platform companies on the development of blockchain, AI and sixth-generation mobile networks ... read more

So far this year, Russia has been flooding the European markets with an oversupply of natural gas despite the fact that the glut is pushing natural gas prices lower. Read Full Article at RT.com ... read more

Eight people were killed on Monday after a dinghy carrying migrants sank off Turkey's western coast, the state-run Anadolu news agency said, adding that 31 others had been rescued. ... read more

Maybe we just don't understand the scuba diving community quite as well as the country of Turkey does. Because, to us, dropping an Airbus A330 commercial airliner into the middle of the ocean in Northwest Turkey as a way to "boost scuba diving tourism" and create an "artificial reef" doesn't seem ... read more

WA's Chamber of Commerce and Industry releases a damning assessment of newly-elected Opposition Leader Liza Harvey's economic policies, saying they put the state's budget repair at risk. ... read more

Donald Trump’s explanation of how “fantastic� his elusive tax record is and how lawyers won’t let him release it was interrupted by a man coughing. The irritated president told the offender to leave the Oval Office. Read Full Article at RT.com ... read more

As lights turned back on across Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay after a massive blackout hit tens of millions of people, authorities were still largely in the dark about what caused the collapse of the interconnected grid. ... read more

South Ossetia declared independence from Georgia after the August 2008 armed conflict ... read more

The Queensland Environment Minister's admission she is "devastated" following her own department's approval of the Adani coal mine is proof of division in Labor ranks on the project, the Opposition says. ... read more

Austrian far-right veteran Heinz-Christian Strache, who quit as deputy head of the coalition government over a video sting, said on Monday he would not take up a European Parliament seat, forgoing a move that might have hurt his Freedom Party further. ... read more

Corporate media relies on the Syrian Network for Human Rights for figures on deaths and detentions, never noting the group’s seamless connection to Syria’s opposition, and its public lobbying for U.S. military intervention. Max Blumenthal reports for The Grayzone. This…Read more → ... read more

Corporate media relies on the Syrian Network for Human Rights for figures on deaths and detentions, never noting the group’s seamless connection to Syria’s opposition, and its public lobbying for U.S. military intervention. Max Blumenthal reports for The Grayzone. This…Read more → ... read more

Five cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea, including Bithumb, have increased their liability to users in line with demands from regulators ... read more

Boris Johnson, the front-runner to replace Theresa May as British prime minister but who has so far kept a low profile in the leadership race, needs to be put to the test, rival contender Michael Gove said on Monday. ... read more

Authored by Wayne Madsen via The Strategic Culture Foundation, It was like a day from the 1970s. Except the close encounter between a Russian SU-27 fighter-interceptor and a US Air Force RC-135V intelligence-gathering plane and a Swedish Gulfstream IV spy plane occurred on June 10. The incident, which occurred within ... read more

A South Australian judge has given a stark warning to a street-level drug dealer about the horrors of ice, saying it causes people to snap in bars, coward punch strangers, neglect their children and even kill. ... read more

China said on Monday it will continue to support Hong Kong's embattled leader, Carrie Lam, after two million protesters took to the streets with a demand for her to step down. ... read more

A court has heard the most senior Australian Anglican clergyman to be charged with child sexual abuse used his power and influence to dissuade his alleged victim from disclosing the abuse. ... read more

Russia and Kazakhstan have a common understanding of the need to boost cooperation, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev said ... read more

Boris Johnson got a boost for his bid to replace British Prime Minister Theresa May when one of his former rivals backed his candidacy on Monday and said he was almost certain to win the contest. ... read more

According to the SANA agency, the militants fired at the village from multiple launch rocket systems ... read more

Researchers at Substance abuse charity, Addaction, discovered cocaine use in the UK is much higher than previously thought. Approximately 80% of the respondents admitted using marijuana, while 70% said they use cocaine and crack cocaine. read more

A man who was shot by police in northern Victoria last week, after he and his brother allegedly threatened officers with a knife and a tomahawk, appears in court charged with assaulting police. ... read more