Month: June 2019

Freshly-elected Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who once meditated in a cave near a Hindu shrine during his campaign, shared a couple of animated yoga “India’s Modi promotes Yoga Day with animated tutorials”

Russia’s oil major Rosneft said it will start developing a cluster of oil fields in the Arctic region, which is believed to hold some of “Russia to set up oil deposits cluster to tap huge Arctic energy reserves”

At the 75th anniversary this week of the Allied assault on Nazi-occupied France, US President Donald Trump and other NATO leaders issued a “D-Day Proclamation.” “Trump & NATO warmongers proclaim peace”

Donald Trump’s visit to the UK coincides with the anniversary of D-Day, and while the two events may seem worlds apart, George Galloway examines the “The new D-Day? Donald Trump brings a delayed Second Front with UK visit”

To mark the 52nd anniversary of Israel’s territorial encroachment into the West Bank, human rights NGO B’Tselem has unveiled a new interactive map creatively illustrating “‘Conquer and Divide’: Israeli NGO launches interactive map highlighting 52-years of occupation”

Nigel Farage has branded the EU Parliament’s code of conduct advisory committee as a “kangaroo court,” after declining their request to appear before them to “‘Kangaroo Court’: Farage rejects EU Parliament’s request to explain alleged £500m gifts”

The German government has reiterated its position that the question of World War II reparations to Greece has been settled. Its statement comes after Athens “German govt tells Greece question of World War II reparations ‘is settled’”

US troops deployed to the Mexican border have been tasked with painting parts of the existing barrier structures to improve their “aesthetic appearance,” triggering the “‘Beautiful wall’ indeed: US military deployed to Mexican border ordered to paint fence”

US President Donald Trump has warned Beijing that he may hit Chinese goods with another $300 billion in tariffs if necessary, but added that he “Trump threatens to expand tariffs on China by another $300 billion”

China has conducted a pioneering launch of a space rocket from a cargo ship, becoming “the first nation” to fully own and operate a floating “China launches its 1st space rocket from a sea platform (PHOTO)”