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The Pandora Papers are the latest barrage of reporting by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and its media partners, based on leaked financial data. Like the previous data dumps, dubbed the Panama Papers and Paradise Papers, they expose how some of the mega-rich and corporations are using the …

Clinton has struggled to remain in the political limelight after her 2016 wipeout to Donald Trump in the presidential election the corporate media overwhelmingly favored her to win. Even as a special counsel indicted a partner in the law firm representing her campaign for one of the ‘Russiagate’ conspiracy theories, …

Austria scrambled two Eurofighter jets to intercept and escort a Hungarian NATO aircraft away from its territory on Friday morning, in an incident that the Alpine nation’s Defense Ministry described as a “massive threat to aviation security.” No such incident has happened over the country “in the past 20 years,” …

Those of us around at the time clearly remember the events of 20 years ago, watching on TV in open-mouthed disbelief as two huge aircraft slammed into the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York, a third slammed into the Pentagon just outside Washington DC and a …

In a much-hyped address on Monday, former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair insisted that leading powers must “unite to develop a shared strategy” to counter the threat of radical Islamism, claiming that defeating this ideology and its violence is also in China and Russia’s interests.  While terrorist attacks have become …

In a notice on Monday, the State Press and Publication Administration detailed the new rules which cut the length of time minors in China can legally play online video games – even on their phones. The regulator’s notice begins by acknowledging that the country has a problem of excessive use …

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid announced details of the strike on Sunday, shortly after US officials told Reuters that the American military had launched a “military strike” on suspected Islamic State Khorasan (ISIS-K) militants. Mujahid said that the strike targeted a vehicle used by the would-be bombers, and US Central Command …

The dogs, one of which had just given birth to puppies, were housed in a pound in the northwest of the state, and were due to be picked up by volunteers from a Cobar-based animal shelter. However, the Sydney Morning Herald reported on Sunday that workers with the Bourke Shire …

The man, identified as 49-year-old Floyd Ray Roseberry from Grover, North Carolina, surrendered to police on Thursday afternoon after a phone was delivered to his truck via robot for negotiations.  Roseberry had earlier told Capitol Police he had various explosive materials inside his truck, and the area was evacuated. In …

On Thursday, panic descended on Capitol Hill, Washington as staff were told to evacuate buildings and reports emerged that police were investigating a possible explosive device in a pickup truck. In a tweet, US Capitol Police said they were “responding to a suspicious vehicle near the Library of Congress” and …