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Hong Kong missing booksellers push hidden industry into spotlight

Hong Kong missing booksellers push hidden industry into spotlight

Hong Kong – A government investigation into the mysterious disappearance of five Hong Kong publishers and book sellers this week thrust an unusual publishing industry into… Read More ›

Czech president: Migrant wave an ‘organized invasion’

Czech president: Migrant wave an ‘organized invasion’

Milos Zeman says ‘young men in good health’ ought to stay behind in the Middle East to fight the Islamic State   Czech President Milos… Read More ›

German FM: Europe must reassert control over borders

German FM: Europe must reassert control over borders

Steinmeier warns against associating refugees with terrorists, but calls for measures to strengthen EU security   Europe must gain stronger control of its borders in… Read More ›

Mass sexual assaults in Cologne test German openness to refugees

Mass sexual assaults in Cologne test German openness to refugees

‘Lumping’ the New Year’s Eve attacks by reportedly ‘Arab-looking men’ with the refugee issue ‘is nothing but exploitation,’ warns justice minister   BERLIN, Germany (AFP)… Read More ›

US Jewish groups back Obama on gun control initiatives

US Jewish groups back Obama on gun control initiatives

With his executive actions, Obama is directing federal agencies to take the steps he proposed.   Jewish groups praised new executive actions by President Barack… Read More ›

Germany in shock after dozens of women say were assaulted by ‘North African’ men in Cologne

Germany in shock after dozens of women say were assaulted by ‘North African’ men in Cologne

The demonstration came five days after 90 women reported being robbed, threatened or sexually molested at the New Year’s celebrations outside Cologne’s cathedral by young,… Read More ›

About The Equal Rights Treatment for Refugees Organization (ERTR)

About The Equal Rights Treatment for Refugees Organization (ERTR)

Equal Rights Treatment for Refugees, (ERTR), was initially committed to an objective approach to issues of refugees in the Middle East and elsewhere.  It was… Read More ›

Yahoo has killed its online video hub, Screen

Yahoo has killed its online video hub, Screen

  Yahoo’s online video hub Screen is no more. The company has shuttered the Screen service in the latest sign of CEO Marissa Mayer’s ongoing… Read More ›

China weakens Yuan again

China weakens Yuan again

  Moments ago, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) announced its Tuesday fixing level for the yuan — and it’s weaker again. The USD/CNY rate… Read More ›

Brooklyn, NY – Hasidic House In Bed-Stuy, Repeated Target Of Harassment, Vandalized By Anti-Semitic Graffiti

Brooklyn, NY – Hasidic House In Bed-Stuy, Repeated Target Of Harassment, Vandalized By Anti-Semitic Graffiti

  Brooklyn, NY – Chasidic residents who say they have been subjected to repeated harassment since moving into a newly renovated three family home near… Read More ›

Toronto – Canada Investigates Why 6-year-old Is Listed As Travel Risk Share Tweet Share Mail

Toronto – Canada Investigates Why 6-year-old Is Listed As Travel Risk Share Tweet Share Mail

  Toronto – Canada’s public safety minister has promised to investigate the case of a six-year-old boy whose name appears to be on a travel… Read More ›

Saudi Arabia-Iran feud jeopardizes U.S. efforts on ISIS, Syria

Saudi Arabia-Iran feud jeopardizes U.S. efforts on ISIS, Syria

Washington – The growing rupture between Saudi Arabia and Iran is threatening U.S. efforts to end the Syrian civil war and stop ISIS in the Middle… Read More ›

Saudi Arabia-Iran row spreads to other nations

Saudi Arabia-Iran row spreads to other nations

  The fallout of Saudi Arabia’s execution of a Shiite cleric is spreading beyond a spat between the Saudis and Iranians, as other Middle East… Read More ›

White House outlines gun control moves

White House outlines gun control moves

The Obama administration will announce a series of executive actions on Tuesday to combat gun violence in the U.S. Among other things, the actions would… Read More ›

In the Iran-Saudi Arabia conflict, a clash of civilizations

In the Iran-Saudi Arabia conflict, a clash of civilizations

The cold war between the two regional powers is likely to heat up, reviving an age-old sectarian war between Sunni and Shiite Islam in which… Read More ›

Turkey: Saudi-Iran tensions will hurt ‘powder keg’ region

Turkey: Saudi-Iran tensions will hurt ‘powder keg’ region

Ankara says death penalties ‘are of no help to making peace’ in Middle East after Tehran fumes over Riyadh’s execution of Shiite cleric   Turkey… Read More ›

Iran voices ‘regret’ over attacks on Saudi embassy

Iran voices ‘regret’ over attacks on Saudi embassy

Riyadh defends carrying out executions, says severed ties with Tehran shouldn’t affect peace talks on Syria, Yemen   Iran has expressed “regret” over two attacks… Read More ›

Here’s your complete preview of this week’s big market-moving events

Here’s your complete preview of this week’s big market-moving events

  It’s 2016. And the year is off to a busy start. In the US, the economic calendar is stacked with the releases of monthly… Read More ›

Oil is spiking

Oil is spiking

Futures markets are open and the price of crude oil in the US and Europe is surging on the back of increased tensions in the… Read More ›

The standoff at an Oregon wildlife center has its roots in a spirited argument in conservative politics

The standoff at an Oregon wildlife center has its roots in a spirited argument in conservative politics

  A tense standoff at an Oregon wildlife center is touching on a relatively niche issue in conservative politics. On Saturday, an armed, antigovernment group protesting the… Read More ›