The withdrawal of many economic and financial sanctions in Iran has reopened the county’s economy to a stream of new investments. Data from fDi Markets, an FT service that monitors cross-border greenfield investment, shows that before the lifting of sanctions, Iran was ranked 12th out of the 14 Middle East nations for FDI between January […]
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Foreign Ministry: No change in Iran’s Syria policies
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian foreign ministry dismissed media reports claiming that the country has changed its policies over Syria, reiterating opposition to foreign interference in the Arab country. “The Islamic Republic of Iran’s position on the developments in Syria has always been stable and Tehran has underlined political solution to the crisis in Syria since […]
Geopolitical chess players didn’t figure on an oil price crash
The drop in oil prices has given the lie to the “Hubbert peak” theory. There will probably not be a penury of energy in the coming century. The price decrease is also probably the first step in dismantling the “human origin of global warming” theory. It has deprived the alternative sources of energy of […]
Syria forces continue advance toward Raqqah
Syrian government forces are continuing their advance toward the headquarters of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group in the northern city of Raqqah, a monitor says. Troops on Monday reached within 24 km (15 miles) of Lake Assad, the key reservoir in the Euphrates Valley contained by the Tabqa Dam, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. […]
Subliminal message: British voters in the EU referendum ‘told to vote for Remain in postal vote guide’
Voters are being sent postal ballots with a guide that strongly suggests they should vote to for Britain to remain in the European Union, prompting furious complaints from anti-EU campaigners. Voters in Bristol who have registered to vote by post have received a “how to vote by post” form as part of their voting […]
Nurses, Physicians and Parents React to the Documentary VAXXED
Alex Pietrowski, StaffWaking Times Perhaps the most controversial and most important documentary film to be released in many years, VAXXED: From Cover-Up to Catastrophe, tells the true story of how corporate and private interests have influenced the medical establishment in regards to vaccines, and are forcing dangerous products and vaccine schedules onto America’s […]
Spanish Leftists Announce Major New Coalition Ahead Of Election
Print Friendly Above Photo: IU leader Alberto Garzon (L) and Podemos leader Pablo Iglesia (R) celebrating the deal on Monday 9, May, 2016. | Photo: EFE Spain’s anti-austerity party Podemos and older left-wing party Izquierda Unida, or United Left, announced Monday that they have reached a preliminary agreement to run on a joint platform before […]
Leader appoints new IRIB chief
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei in a decree on Wednesday appointed Abdol Ali Aliasgari as new president of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB). In the decree, Ayatollah Khamenei accepted the resignation of Mohammed Sarafraz, who has held the IRIB presidency since November 2014, and expressed gratitude […]
Control the money, control the world: From golden dollar to petrodollar to narcodollar
The role as world reserve currency is something no financial hegemon in history has willingly surrendered. It took two world wars for the City of London and Bank of England to reluctantly concede hegemony of the Pound Sterling to the Dollar. As Henry Kissinger is said to have remarked decades ago, “If you control […]
Poor victim USA having its ship buzzed by Russian planes while it innocently sailed 50 miles from Russia
US is real superpredator pretending to be victim by: Daniel Patrick Welch My interview with PressTV on the poor victimized US having its little ship buzzed by the big bad Russians 7000 km from home (and 50 miles from Russian territory). I take pains to point out that it is the US who are the […]
How can Europe solve the problem of terrorism?
With the incidents successively taking place recently, many European countries, including Belgium, started to increase their security measures. However, many security experts believe that the measures taken by Europe within the scope of the fight against terrorism are still inadequate, as witnessed viz a viz Paris and the Brussels attacks. Not only necessary measures against […]
Russian Beacon satellite set to light up the night sky: ‘Artificial star’ would reflect sunlight to illuminate parts of Earth
From: dailymail.co.uk The brightest star in the night sky is Sirius, known as the ‘dog star’ or Alpha Canis Majoris. But that could be about to change if a crowdfunded project in Russia takes off as planned later this year. Called the ‘Mayak’ or ‘Beacon’ project, engineers are hoping to launch […]
Atlas, The Next Generation
Atlas, The Next Generation February 24th, 2016 Via: Boston Dynamics (aka Google, aka Alphabet Inc): A new version of Atlas, designed to operate outdoors and inside buildings. It is specialized for mobile manipulation. It is electrically powered and hydraulically actuated. It uses sensors in […]
Mankind’s destruction of the ecosystem causing rapid spread of Zika virus that causes horrific birth defects
(NaturalNews) Call it Mother Nature’s revenge … The spread of a once-rare disease that causes birth defects – and which may also be linked to cases of another paralyzing disease – is almost certainly related to mankind’s destruction of ecosystems. The disease – Zika virus – is spreading rapidly throughout the world, with […]
Bionic eye might help restore vision
In future you may not even need eyes to see. Next year, a blind person in Australia will be the first to receive “bionic eyes” that bypass most of the visual system entirely. Instead, a camera mounted on a pair of glasses will feed information about the world directly to the brain. The breakthrough […]
How to Heal ADHD — Without Resorting to Pharmaceutical Grade Amphetamines
19th December 2015 By Carolanne Wright Contributing Writer for Wake Up World The diagnosis and subsequent medicating of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has jumped to alarming levels in the United States over the last few years. The stimulants used to treat the condition have more than doubled since 2007 to an astounding $9 billion […]
Tracing the Occult Origins of Christmas
Makia Freeman, ContributorWaking Times Is Christmas really magic mushroom, sun and Saturn worship in disguise? Christmas has come around again, and as we all scurry about hanging lights and stars everywhere, and adorning our trees with red and white ornaments, how many of us reflect on the occult origins of Christmas? How many of us realize that […]
Farming on Mars? The Martian raises questions about soil
Valles Marineris, Mars. Credit: NASA In the recent sci-fi hit, The Martian, the main character, astronaut Mark Watney (played by Matt Damon), manages to grow potatoes on the planet with a mix of ingenuity, science, and a bit of Hollywood make-believe. Could it work? “The theories behind what [The Martian author] Andy Weir wrote in […]