On Thursday, North and South Korea exchanged fire. North Korea fired an object at a loudspeaker which was blaring anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts. South Korea has been blaring the broadcasts into North Korea over loudspeakers ever since a border landline incident that South Korea blames on North Korea. North Korea denies any […]
Wikileaks has offered $110,000 for anyone who can bring them documents from the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. The request was announced Tuesday. The website launched a crowdfunding program to try to provide the reward money. They reached 20% of their goal by the afternoon. Greece’s former finance minister Yanis Varoufakis […]
President Barack Obama, on his trip to Kenya, spoke about Kenyan LGBT rights while appearing with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. LGBT rights in Kenya are limited and sex between men is a criminal activity. Punishment includes jail time of up to 14 years. Obama compared legalized discrimination towards gays to legalized racial discrimination. “When […]
A CNN news report and banner is causing a social media firestorm and has led the Kenyan Interior Minister to ask for an apology. An online article by Pentagon Correspondent Barbara Starr carried the headline, “Obama’s trip to Kenya, a terror hotbed.” In addition, Erin Burnett OutFront, with guest anchor […]
The sun may have been down, but the historically frozen relations between the United States and Cuba melted during the night. On Monday at 12:01 A.M., the United States and Cuba restored full diplomatic ties. The ties had been severed since 1961 when President Dwight Eisenhower closed the embassy and diplomatic relations. Cuban […]
