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The alchemism of modern physics

In his international bestseller, A brief history of time, the most famous physicist of our time, Stephen Hawking, stated that the last/final matryoshka doll in the field of Physics has been unpacked – Planck’s Constant. With this accomplished, he writes that the what of the Universe would thus soon be answered, automatically. Because, from here, it

Heresies about the Hebdo headache

WINNING IN THE WEST. A French “documentary maker” – a title everyone with a camera assumes these days – told CNN’s Anderson Cooper that the West was winning. The docu-dude felt that the people of Europe were displaying a winning resistance to the imposition of Islamic blasphemy laws. How was the West vanquishing the enemies

Soviet-style reactors struggling with US nuclear fuel

Ukrainian energy sector workers are facing technical problems with American nuclear fuel loading into the Soviet-type reactors

Russia cuts off gas to six European countries

Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian state energy giant Gazprom to cut supplies to and through Ukraine amid accusations, according to The Daily Mail, that its neighbor has been siphoning off and stealing Russian gas. Due to these “transit risks for European consumers in the territory of Ukraine,” Gazprom cut gas exports to Europe by 60%.

Switzerland stuns markets by giving up on currency peg

Bowing to the inevitable, Switzerland has ditched an increasingly expensive policy to limit the export-sapping rise of the Swiss franc — a decision that propelled the currency a whopping 30 percent higher against the euro within minutes. Thursday’s decision by the Swiss National Bank, or SNB, to end its efforts to keep the euro from

George Soros funded Ferguson riots

Liberal billionaire gave at least $33 million in one year to groups that emboldened activists

Rising anti-Semitism in Britain

Nearly half of Britons hold anti-Semitic views, a survey has revealed. It also found that one in eight Brits surveyed (13 percent) thought Jews used talking about the Holocaust to get sympathy. A YouGov poll asked 3,411 UK adults about their attitudes toward UK Jewish citizens. It found that 45 percent polled believed at least

Russian, Turkish media hint at Paris false flag

Conspiracy theories are swirling around last week’s terror attacks in Paris, and beyond the customary fringe websites, they are being aired by Turkish politicians and mainstream Russian and Iranian media outlets. Those making – or hinting at – the claims would have the world believe that U.S. or Israeli intelligence services were behind the attacks

China implements significant policy shift

China has understood Washington’s geopolitical game. The year 2015 might thus be one of the most decisive and interesting in modern history with China implementing a policy decision that will transform the world over the next decade. On November 29, 2014, a little-noted but highly significant meeting took place in Beijing. Xi Jinping, Chinese President and Chairman of the Central

Record 3 million copies of Charlie Hebdo on newsstands

A record 3 million copies of the new edition of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo have appeared on French newsstands, with new caricatures triggering outrage among Muslims all over the world, and threats from radical Islamists. Many mainstream Muslim organizations also reacted by saying that the mere depiction of the prophet is a sacrilege: Egypt’s Islamic

Thousand of German spies at risk after leak

Thousands of German spies at risk after double-agent stole list of identities

North Korea accepts Russian invitation to Victory Day Parade

Russia has invited North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to attend a May ceremony marking the end of World War II, in what would be Kim’s first foreign visit since taking the helm of the reclusive state in 2011, Japan’s Asahi Shimbun daily said Wednesday. Kim would probably meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, as North

AfriLeaks launched in Africa

AfriLeaks, an anonymous whistleblowing platform for Africa, has been launched today, the Guardian reports. The platform is designed to securely connect whistleblowers with media organizations across Africa and to teach journalists how to effectively verify and investigate the quality of leaked information, the Guardian says. “AfriLeaks allows you to leak confidential documents of public interest.

Record crowd turn up for PEGIDA rally

‘Today Paris, tomorrow Dresden,’ read one sign. Another’s message was: ‘Better to stand tall for Pegida today than to be on your knees for Mecca tomorrow’