The US military will consider opening its doors to transgender people who are currently banned from service and can be booted out if discovered, Pentagon chief Ashton Carter said Monday. The secretary of defense made the revelation as he unveiled a working group that will be studying the issue during the next six months. “The
‘Farm attackers wanted to kill’
It appears as if the suspects who attacked an elderly couple on their farm Brakdam in the Vrede area in the Freestate on Sunday were trying to murder them. This is according to the Transvaal Agricultural Union’s Henry Geldenhuys, who says the suspects lay in wait for 70-year-old Johannes Kritzinger and his 66-year-old wife Rita.
Ilana Mercer: The Hispandering Effect
From her bright eyes and big smile to her sun-kissed, luscious locks, Kathryn Steinle was the consummate California girl. The 32-year-old was shot dead by a proxy of the American Immigration-Industrial-Complex. ICE, the federal wing of The Complex, was quick to blame its local branch: the City of San Francisco. San Francisco is the sanctuary
Rosatom confident about SA nuclear deal
Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom believes it is a strong candidate for getting its bid to build eight nuclear reactors for South Africa approved. “Rosatom is a world leader in nuclear power provision, with its technology operating successfully in many developed and emerging markets,” said Viktor Polikarpov, Rosatom regional vice-president, Sub-Saharan Africa. “We believe
Germany backs down on Greece
Germany is at last bowing to pressure as a chorus of countries and key institutions demand debt relief for Greece, a shift that could break the five-month stalemate and avert a potentially disastrous rupture of monetary union at this Sunday’s last-ditch summit. In a highly significant move, the European Council has called on both sides
China believes hostile short-sellers caused panic
A recent sell-off in China’s stock markets is the first major challenge facing the country since the introduction of margin trading, and is believed to have been caused by hostile short-sellers. In a report on the Chinese news site ifeng.com, an analyst said the sell-off was similar to what took place in Hong Kong in
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Greece also has an immigration problem
Unbelievable scenes on the island of Lesvos as refugees try to raid a food truck. The incident took place when nearly 2,500 migrants hosted in the camp of Lesvos (Mytilene) municipality in Kara Tepe saw the catering truck approaching. They started to run for a plate of food. Reason for the panic was a rumor
German missiles taken over by hackers
German-owned Patriot missiles stationed in Turkey were briefly taken over by hackers, according to media reports on Tuesday. The attack took place on anti-aircraft ‘Patriot’ missiles on the Syrian border. The American-made weapons had been stationed there by the Bundeswehr (German army) to protect Nato ally Turkey. According to the civil service magazine, the missile
Russia to kick out major NGO’s
Russia’s upper house of parliament adopted on Wednesday a petition to the Prosecutor General’s Office, the Foreign and Justice Ministry asking them to consider the patriotic stop list of foreign NGOs for possibly including them to the list of undesirable organizations. The petition, backed unanimously by a total of 156 senators, reads that Russia “has
Trump leads the pack in NC
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is the leading choice among North Carolina Republican primary voters in a recent US Public Policy Poll. Trump received 16 percent, while former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush received 12 percent. Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker came in tied for second with Bush at 12 percent. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee was
Africa believes it will gain from BRICS bank
Africa’s ambitious infrastructure built programme is expected to get a boost from the BRICS New Development Bank. The new bank was launched in Moscow ahead of the 7th BRICS Summit which starts in the city of Ufa on Wednesday evening. It is estimated that the continent’s infrastructure built has a R100 million a year gap
SACP denies mounting attack on judiciary
A summit should be held to discuss the country’s judiciary in the light of recent court judgments involving the executive, SA Communist Party secretary Blade Nzimande told delegates at the party’s special national congress on Wednesday. ”We are not attacking the judiciary, but are saying there has been a deliberate overreach by the judiciary. It
SA, Russia sign energy pact
South Africa and Russia signed two memoranda of understanding on nuclear power co-operation on Wednesday, part of efforts by Africa’s most advanced economy to lessen its reliance on coal and overcome power shortages that threaten economic growth. The agreements, signed at the summit of emerging Brics nations in Ufa, Russia, are between Russia’s state-run nuclear
‘In vitro fertilization’ is Australia’s most popular search item on Google
The cost of flying a MiG fighter in Russia, buying kidneys in Iran, prostitutes in Ukraine and rhinoplasty in S. Korea are just a few of the most popular Google requests worldwide, a new map shows. It does give some weird insights into the countries. Fixr.com, a cost-estimating website has put together a map of
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