VIDEO: Total Lunar Eclipse Will Create ‘Blood Moon’ Visible on Friday
People in North America and South America will have the best seats to see an upcoming total lunar eclipse.
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Global Cocaine Use Hits Record High in Post-Coronavirus Rebound
The global demand for cocaine has reached record levels as use rebounds following coronavirus lockdowns according to a report released Thursday. The U.S. and Europe lead the way in demand for the illicit substance.
Fact Check: Joe Biden Falsely Claims ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Does Not Subsidize Foreign-Made Electric Cars
President Joe Biden claimed the “Inflation Reduction Act,” signed into law on Tuesday, gives tax credits to American consumers for electric vehicles “if those vehicles were made in America.”
Canadian Prisoners in China Languish in Black Jail, Chinese Prisoner in Canada Lives in Mansion, Roams Free on Tag
(AFP) — Two Canadians who disappeared into China’s state security apparatus in what was widely seen as retaliation for the arrest of a Chinese telecom executive remain secluded in detention a year on, without access to lawyers or family.
Canada: Asylum Avalanche as Claims Triple over Two Years
(AFP) — The number of people seeking asylum in Canada more than tripled over a two-year period and reached a monthly peak in August 2017 when thousands crossed illegally from the US, Statistics Canada said on Friday.
Pinkerton: The Opportunity of Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro for South America—and North America
Brazil’s new president, Jair Bolsonaro, was sworn in on January 1. He won a landslide election in October on a platform that’s pro-business, pro-gun, pro-United States, and pro-Israel. At the same time, his platform was also anti-crime, anti-political correctness, anti-Cuba, and anti-Venezuela.
EXCLUSIVE: North Korea Openly Threatens Electromagnetic Pulse Attack for First Time
North Korea has, for the first time, threatened to wage an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) attack against the United States. Such an attack has the potential to cause catastrophic damage to North America, Canada, the West, and many of its neighbors.
EXCLUSIVE: Author Explains How Electromagnetic Pulse Attack Can Destroy North America
An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapon detonated over North America’s atmosphere would strike everything within its line of vision, overheating vital transformers and ultimately taking out that region’s electric grid, leaving the population vulnerable to cyber and physical attacks and threatening the very lives of large portions the population.
Expert: Islamic State to Continue Expanding Drug Trade Following Caliphate’s Collapse
The Islamic State (ISIL/ISIS) is expected to adapt to the imminent collapse of its so-called caliphate in Iraq and Syria, in part, by continuing to expand its international criminal enterprise, particularly the drug trade.
Trudeau Effect: Most Canadians Distrust Government for First Time in 17 Years
A new poll finds that more Canadians distrust their government than trust it for the first time in 17 years, following a series of ethics scandals surrounding liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Poll: 85% of Jews Worldwide Have Experienced or Witnessed Antisemitism
TEL AVIV – Eighty-five percent of Jews around the world have witnessed or experienced antisemitism at some point in their lives, a survey by the World Zionist Organization’s International Center for Countering Anti-Semitism found.
Texas Firm Sale Creates Largest Energy Pipeline Company in North America
ASSOCIATED PRESS — Canada’s Enbridge is buying Houston-based Spectra Energy for about $28 billion, creating North America’s largest energy infrastructure company.
Mexico Embassy Spokesman: ‘America Is a Continent, Not a Country’
A spokesman for the nation of Mexico tweeted that America is “not a country” in response to Hillary Clinton’s Spanish-language take on the State of the Union address. Clinton tweeted her support for President Obama in Spanish during Tuesday night’s
