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Saudi Arabian police in Assir, a region close to the Yemeni border, are investigating after a shooting incident in which six citizens died on Tuesday, state-run news agency SPA reported on Wednesday.

Falling numbers of active coronavirus cases in Australia and New Zealand are paving the way for the easing of travel restrictions between the two countries, health officials said on Wednesday, even as Australia recorded its youngest coronavirus death.

Houthi fighters in Yemen fired missiles at a military base of the Saudi-backed government in Marib province, northeast of the capital Sanaa, on Tuesday, killing seven people including relatives of the chief of staff, three military sources said.

The vice head of China aviation authority says it may consider increasing international flights as long as coronavirus risks are under control, state media China News reported on Wednesday.

Russia said on Wednesday 161 people with the coronavirus had died in the past 24 hours, bringing the nationwide death toll to 3,968.

Hong Kong riot police fired pepper pellets to disperse protesters in the heart of the global financial centre on Wednesday, as new national security laws proposed by Beijing revived anti-government demonstrations.

China will take necessary countermeasures to foreign interference regarding the new Hong Kong security legislation being deliberated, the foreign ministry said on Wednesday.

Two children who are the first suspected cases in South Korea of a rare, life-threatening syndrome linked with the new coronavirus, are recovering following treatment, health authorities said on Wednesday.

Antibody tests used to confirm whether someone has ever had the coronavirus could be wrong half of the time, driving bad policy decisions, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns. Read Full Article at RT.com

The British government said on Wednesday that it was time to move on after Prime Minister Boris Johnson's senior adviser provoked outrage and widespread scorn by making a 400 km (250 mile) road trip during the coronavirus lockdown.

Three people have reportedly been killed by a gunman at a radio station run by Thailand’s public broadcaster NBT. The shooter appears to be a disgruntled employee. Read Full Article at RT.com

Australian police have dropped their investigation of a News Corp journalist over the disclosure of a national security document in 2018, citing a lack of evidence.

Switzerland will decide on Wednesday on further relaxations of restrictions brought in to stem the spread of the new coronavirus, including how to reopen nightclubs and football stadiums, the Neue Zuercher Zeitung paper reported.

Bulgaria will allow restaurants, bars and cafes to reopen at full capacity on Monday as the Balkan country further eased restrictions imposed in mid-March to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

Two New Zealand hikers survived for more than 18 days in a densely-forested national park before being found alive on Wednesday, rescue officials said.

Play Video A part of the M4 highway between the towns of Ayn Issa and Tell Tamir in northeastern Syria has been reopened for civilian traffic. This chunk of the highway is located close to the contact line with the Turkish-occupied area. In previous months, the constant threat of attacks by Turkish-led forces disrupted the

Hong Kong riot police fired pepper pellets on Wednesday to disperse protesters in the heart of the global financial centre, where Beijing's proposed national security laws have revived anti-government demonstrations.

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Thailand on Wednesday reported nine new coronavirus infections, bringing its total to 3,054 confirmed cases. There were no new deaths reported.

South Korea reported the highest daily number of new coronavirus cases in 49 days on Wednesday, as one of the country's largest e-commerce companies battled an outbreak linked to a now-shuttered logistics facility.

A Japanese man suspected of killing 36 people and injuring dozens in an arson attack at an animation studio last July was arrested on Wednesday after spending 10 months in hospital for treatment.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday a draft blueprint on safely starting travel between New Zealand and Australia will be presented to both governments in early June.

VT wants all 4 officers arrested for murder.   Frankly, we are sick of this and recognize the hand of an American police state, trained and supplied by the same thugs and killers that have raped the Palestinian people for over six decades. RT/Moscow: A massive crowd of demonstrators descended upon a police headquarters in Minneapolis

Hong Kong legislators are holding a debate on Wednesday over a bill that would require schools to teach China's national anthem, organisations to play it and sing it, and anyone who disrespects it to face jail or fines.

Beijing has reportedly shut down a widely popular anti-US account on its social media platform, WeChat, after the profile took up a bizarre theory positing that American Covid-19 victims are being ground up into lunch meat. Read Full Article at RT.com

A massive crowd of demonstrators descended upon a police headquarters in Minneapolis to protest a recent killing of an unarmed man. They were met with an arsenal of riot control weapons, including stun grenades and rubber bullets. Read Full Article at RT.com

The coronavirus face mask game has hit a new height – or rather low – at a post office in Ukraine, where a woman without the protective gear instead chose to strip off her panties and wear them on her face to comply with the law. Read Full Article at RT.com

A bizarre robbery attempt at a jewelry store in Brazil has been captured on film, in which a disabled man held a cashier at gunpoint – clutching the weapon with his feet. The would-be thief was eventually brought to heel. Read Full Article at RT.com

  By: Andre Vltchek for VT If it wasn’t so tragic, it would be laughable: the political brigands in North America and Europe are fuming, spitting and rolling their eyes upwards towards the ceiling. They are pointing fingers in all directions, shouting incoherently “China!â€�, “Russia!â€�, “Venezuela and Cuba!â€�, “Iran!â€�; “You, You, YOU!â€�. China and Russia

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The colossal space rock that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago collided with Earth at the perfect angle for death and destruction, shrouding the planet in a catastrophic “nuclear winter,� a new study has found. Read Full Article at RT.com

Jim W. Dean - Our President is off playing golf at one of his courses this weekend, pumping more government revenue into his private business for the cost of all the logistics and security involved.

US President Donald Trump said he was planning to do something about Beijing’s moves to limit the political autonomy of Hong Kong, but would not say what. Chinese media, meanwhile, called US threats a ‘nothingburger’ bluff. Read Full Article at RT.com

SpaceX has agreed to let the US Army test out its Starlink satellite broadband network – made up of thousands of individual satellites in low-earth orbit – with the presumed aim of integrating it into existing military systems. Read Full Article at RT.com

'Half your crew's not wearing them,' bystander interjects.

Brian Kilmeade, who has been arguing to lift Covid-19 lockdown measures, and other Fox talking heads did not have much support for people in the Ozarks partying in viral videos and ignoring social distancing measures. Read Full Article at RT.com

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After a viral video showed Amy Cooper mistreating her pet and threatening to call the cops on an African American man and saying he was threatening her life, she has been fired — but that’s not enough for the hungry woke mob. Read Full Article at RT.com

'This is my big worry,' one Obama adviser says.

For the first time ever, Twitter has tagged tweets by US President Donald Trump with a link to their ‘fact check,’ based on a collection of mainstream media reporting on the subject of mail-in ballots and voter fraud in the US. Read Full Article at RT.com

45-year-old Covid-19 patient from Carinthia given new lungs

After Twitter refused to censor President Donald Trump for suggesting former Congressman and TV host Joe Scarborough may have played a role in the death of his intern, Trump critics launched a murder conspiracy of their own. Read Full Article at RT.com

________ TeleSUR Mercenary Operations Against Venezuela: An Evolution Venezuela has recently been subject to a number of attempts of mercenary penetration in the country. According to research conducted by authorities of the Venezuelan National Government, several armed cells made up by mercenaries and Venezuelan and foreign former militaries have intended to gather in Venezuelan territory

The models they used assessed how social distancing slowed the spread of the disease after mid-March and looked into how lockdown measures could have impacted the spread of the disease earlier.

Sometimes, things happen that make me deeply ashamed of the people I find myself living amongst. Barrow-in-Furness is famous for two things – being the place where the UK builds it’s nuclear subs and being home to one of the Hairy Bikers. However, it is now becoming famous for something altogether less appealing – good,

Principal Pentagon Deputy Inspector General Glenn Fine has tendered his resignation less than two months after his controversial removal from a top watchdog post overseeing the Trump administration’s $2 trillion Covid-19 bailout. Read Full Article at RT.com

Reports of repainted Russian fighter jets being sent to bomb Libya have nothing to do with reality, Moscow said in response to the latest sensational claims by US Africa Command about alleged Russian involvement in the region. Read Full Article at RT.com

Big Tech continues to censor anyone who doesn't regurgitate the establishment narrative.

India’s largest port operator APSEZ has partnered with IBM’s TradeLens platform to digitize its supply chain process.

In the run-up to Theta’s mainnet 2.0 launch, some high-profile partnerships have fueled four-figure percentage gains for Theta’s tokens since March.

Digital music store eMusic launched its eMU token to help musicians earn more royalties.

Financial Tribune – The average goods and services CPI in Iran for the 12-month period ending May 20 increased by 29.8% compared with last year’s corresponding period The growth in...

Financial Tribune – The process of merging two of five military banks and credit institutions with the state-owned Bank Sepah will be complete early next month, governor of the Central...

The Global Blockchain Business Council believes the pandemic has shone a light on many systemic inefficiencies that blockchain technology can solve.

White House Trade and Manufacturing Advisor Peter Navarro has a good discussion with Martha MacCallum about the economy, White House economic policy and the focus in the aftermath of the COVID crisis to reemphasize an industrial resurgence in the U.S. … Continue reading →

More than 1000 enterprise computer systems have been infected with a cryptojacking malware that installs a Monero mining application.

MNA – In a message on Tuesday, Iran’s Ambassador to Dushanbe Mohammad Taghi Saberi expressed condolences over the death of a number of prominent Tajik scientific and literary figures and...

Bitcoin price is struggling to reclaim $9,000, leading investor sentiment to turn bearish on BTC’s short-term price action.

The circle of virtue signaling is now complete.   It became apparent during Memorial Day weekend the resistance allies, democrats and media, were going to use the wearing of “masks” as the hot new 2020 virtue signal.  All of the Blue-bot … Continue reading →

Tencent Holdings aims to bolster blockchain technology development across China as part of a $70 billion investment in fintech.

Financial Tribune – With the subscription deadline set by the government’s bank-based exchange-traded fund ending on May 21, the Ministry of Economy announced that more than 58.86 trillion rials ($345...

TASS – According to the expert, this fake news is invented in order to “create difficulties for the Syrian leadership and sow discord between the Russian and Syrian leadership” Any...

The average Bitcoin fee has fallen by nearly 54% over the last five days, but some believe network congestion could push users to altcoins.

A new crypto bull run could be on its way as a result of government economic measures and mainstream interest.

Financial Tribune – Lands, home and rent prices rose by 43.1%, 43.7% and 47.9% on a year-on-year basis, as the number of land and rent deals decreased by 10.3% and...

Pub and restaurant owners across Canberra are measuring walls and even constructing new rooms as they prepare for relaxed coronavirus restrictions across the ACT this weekend, when 20 people will be permitted to gather in an enclosed space.

Many people foresaw this likely happening and today it begins. Twitter has intervened in the tweets and speech of the President of the United States to review, censor and use their own perspectives to countermand the opinions of President Donald … Continue reading →

Prime Minister Scott Morrison won't guarantee that workers won't be worse off under his push to overhaul workplace relations, insisting the public debate needs to move beyond "black and white discussions".

The United States may be approaching the unwanted milestone of 100,000 coronavirus deaths, but restrictions in its most populous state of California have been lifted further. Follow live.

Tasnim – An Iranian official said all border crossings with Afghanistan have reopened and trade exchanges between the two neighbors have returned to normal after a hiatus in the wake...

Paul Gallen and James Graham criticise ASADA over the wait between Cronulla's Bronson Xerri's positive doping test in November and the notification days from the season restart.

Deliveroo sacked Diego Franco via email after claiming he took too long to deliver food to customers. Now he's taking them to court, in what could end up as a test case with expensive consequences for companies in the gig economy.

Australian shares are headed for a big fall despite a surge of optimism on Wall Street over coronavirus vaccines and the further reopening of the US economy.

A white woman loses her job after a video which shows her calling police to say she felt threatened by an African-American birdwatcher in New York's Central Park, goes viral.

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer addressed the issue of her husband attempting to use his position to get their personal boat prepped and in the water prior to Memorial day so they could enjoy the holiday. The Michigan governor said her … Continue reading →

Police investigate three possible sightings of two missing elderly campers who vanished in rugged mountain terrain in Victoria's High Country two months ago.

Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of woman found at a property in Casey.

A Perth school uses the coronavirus disruption to education to rethink school report cards, placing an emphasis on personal development and character over grades.

The Wall Street Journal | Kejal Vyas & Benoit Faucon: The first of five tankers carrying Iranian fuel has reached gasoline-starved Venezuela in a show of defiance by two U.S....

The last thing I needed during this global pandemic was for the owner of our rental home to sell up. In the rollercoaster weeks that followed, I was juggling — and balls were falling. But this crisis ended up having a pretty big silver lining.

Local member and federal minister David Littleproud demands an explanation for the suspension of his local paper in Goondiwindi, saying the region is more than capable of sustaining a newspaper.

The Winklevoss twins believe crypto regulation and customer freedom can meet in the middle.

New documentary reflects on the competing narratives shaping the crypto industry.

Time will tell if the network will cement its dominance.

An optometrist's frustration at drivers not wearing their prescription glasses when required leads to an invention he hopes will improve road safety, by making it easier for police to enforce the legal vision requirements out on the road.

Inside the Ethereum co-founder’s mental model of Satoshi.

It’s designed to capture attention from high-profile people that others want to hear from.

A team of Australian archaeologists find some of the world's rarest examples of rock art at Limmen National Park in the Northern Territory. The miniature stencils are only one of three such examples of small-scale rock art known around the world.

Local businesses in Kenilworth band together to buy a high-tech surveillance system, helping police to identify suspects. But not everyone in the Sunshine Coast town is happy.

The Guardian | Hassan Hassan: Despite losing its caliphate and its leader, recent attacks show the militant group has begun to recover amid international disunity Over the last two months,...

MORNING BRIEFING: The first lost cargo of the ship APL England has washed up on the iconic stretch of beach, after about 40 shipping containers fell overboard south-east of Sydney on Sunday.

Last Saturday is now known around Newcastle as 'Big Saturday', and for one local surfer "nothing comes close" to the wave he caught in front of a packed beach of spectators.

Today in the Rose Garden President Trump is delivering remarks specific to the protection of US seniors with diabetes and pre-existing medical conditions. Anticipated start time 4:15pm ET  [Livestream Links Below] WH Livestream Link – Fox News Livestream Link – … Continue reading →

Kara and Angus had only recently purchased their own slice of land and were going through the process of drawing up plans for a house, when they discovered their new address listed for sale online.

The national governing body's cost-cutting measures lead to fears about the long-term health of cricket in Australia, as staff numbers and junior programs fall by the wayside.

Two cases of coronavirus — which have emerged months after a woman was on a cruise ship and another had travelled to India — have medical experts scratching their heads at what appears to be an unusually long incubation period.

As one of his last actions before leaving his post, former Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard “Ric” Grenell has declassified the transcripts of the wiretapped phone conversations between former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn and Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak. … Continue reading →

Despite Bitcoin’s bearish price action, top traders on Binance Futures are aggressively longing cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum.