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[Crazy] Taxi drivers cause MAJOR traffic jam in protest

Taxi drivers have snarled traffic in Berlin and other German cities in a slow-driving protest against government plans to liberalize the market. Taxis in Berlin converged on the capital’s famous Brandenburg Gate, filling up the wide boulevard that leads west from the monument. Wednesday’s protests also disrupted traffic into the… Read More

Police: No charge for infamous “egg boy”

Police say they will not charge an Australian teenager or a senator for a spat in which the boy cracked an egg on the politician’s head and the man retaliated. Victoria state police said in a statement Tuesday that after reviewing footage and interviewing both participants, they had issued an… Read More

Israel elects its Prime Minister (the winner is…)

Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to be headed toward a historic fifth term as Israel’s prime minister on Wednesday, with close-to-complete unofficial election results giving his right-wing Likud and other nationalist and religious parties a solid majority in parliament. The outcome affirmed Israel’s continued tilt to the right and further dimmed hopes… Read More

Trump SLAMS Iran with bold anti-terror move

The United States on Monday designated Iran’s Revolutionary Guard a “foreign terrorist organization” in a move to increase pressure on the country that could also have significant military, diplomatic and economic implications throughout the Middle East and beyond. It is the first time that the U.S. has designated a part… Read More

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange fears arrest in “hours”

British police stationed armed officers outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London on Friday after tweets from WikiLeaks quoted what it said were high-level sources saying that Julian Assange could be kicked out of the building within “hours to days.” The red-brick embassy building with white window frames and balconies was… Read More

[Disturbing] Fears high after soldiers aim at top politician

Britain’s military says it is investigating after soldiers were filmed apparently using a picture of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn for target practice. Footage posted on social media shows members of the Parachute Regiment in Afghanistan shooting at an image of Corbyn, Britain’s main opposition leader. Corbyn, a veteran socialist,… Read More

U.K. lawmakers reject Brexit

U.K. lawmakers on Friday rejected the government’s divorce deal with the European Union for a third time, leaving Britain just two weeks to decide between a long delay to Brexit and an abrupt no-deal departure from the bloc. Lawmakers in Britain’s House of Commons voted 286-344 against the withdrawal agreement… Read More

6 baby elephants rescued from hole

Six baby elephants, trapped in a mud hole and separated from their parents, have been rescued by a team of park rangers in northeastern Thailand. The rangers came across the elephant calves on Wednesday afternoon as they were struggling to climb the pit’s slippery banks, according to officials of Thap… Read More