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The Crimean crisis is affecting Russia with various sanctions from the U.S. It is becoming difficult for Russia to transact with the world with the new sanctions. Russia has now renewed its plans to get its own card system so that it doesn’t have to relay on Visa or Mastercard for its card payment process. Which the mounting pressure from ... Read More »

A 13-year-old boy who was just having some fun throwing snowballs has been charged with felony by the police. We think the police should be charged with felony for arresting the kid. Chicago police have revealed that they have arrested and charged a 13-year-old boy with a felony for throwing snowball at a police officer outside West Side elementary school ... Read More »

In the middle of the vast, rocky desert, a little boy, separated from his family, was found wandering alone, carrying all his worldly possessions in a plastic bag half his height. Marwan, who is 4, came across blue-vested aid workers from the United Nations, one of whom leaned over to seemingly ask why he was all alone. The stark photo ... Read More »

A recent poll by the National Science Foundation (NSF) here shows that around one in four Americans is unaware that the earth orbits the sun! The NSF poll surveyed 2,200 people who were asked 10 questions about physical and biological sciences. On average, the score was 6.5 out of 10 – barely a passing grade. Only 48 percent of respondents ... Read More »

A new government led by Prime Minister Tammam Salam was formed in Lebanon Saturday after a 10-month deadlock. According to a decree signed by Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, Samir Mokbel has been appointed as defence minister and vice prime minister, Gebran Bassil as minister of foreign affairs, Nouhad Machnouk as minister of interior, Ali Hassan Khalil as minister of finance, ... Read More »

Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta submitted his resignation Friday after 10 months as the head of two bickering Left-right coalitions. Before tendering his resignation to President Giorgio Napolitano, Letta thanked those who had “helped me” amid constant sniping where “every day seemed my last”, ANSA reported. Napolitano is expected to give the mandate for the formation of a new government ... Read More »

Russia has tabled another draft resolution against terrorism at the UN Security Council (SC), Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday after a meeting between Russian and Egyptian foreign and defense ministers. “We do not only rely on basic principles, namely the need to fight terrorism without exception approved by the SC and the UN’s other units, but also bear ... Read More »