Markets across Europe surged on news that Angela Merkel will stop being German chancellor in 2021. The Monday rally was led by a surge in Merkel’s homeland, Germany. In Frankfurt, the DAX index surged nearly two percent on the announcement. Markets in France and the UK followed with the London FTSE surging 1.72 percent and CAC40 rising 0.75 percent. [...]

In an interview with German newspaper Die Welt, Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio admitted that he would love to play Vladimir Putin onscreen if provided with such an opportunity. Dicaprio said that for him bringing the image of the Russian president onscreen would be a ‘very, very interesting task.’ [...]

We are in the midst of an ongoing public education crisis. There’s a war on public education and an active push to defund public schools. In this video, I discuss America’s long history of anti-intellectualism and how there’s a push to privatize public schools and defund public libraries to keep Americans uneducated. Public schools are failing, and it isn't an accident. Is the U.S. Publ [...]

Walking back his previous comments, US President Donald Trump said that illegal migrants who attack the US military with rocks will not be fired upon, but will be detained. Trump told reporters on Friday that all of his border enforcement actions are in compliance with existing US laws. He has vowed not to allow the caravans of migrants from El Salvador and Honduras, currently making their way nor [...]

When Sunday’s Democratic presidential debate turned to world affairs, the NBC correspondents and both Sen. Sanders and ex-Secretary Clinton fell in line behind “group thinks” about Syria, Iran and Russia that lack evidentiary support, writes Robert Parry. A curious reality about Official Washington is that to have “credibility” you must accept the dominant “group thinks” whether t [...]

China is building a new space solar power station that will change the entire future of energy production for the planet. China is leading the world in technology, and China's latest project in space has the opportunity to turn solar energy into the world's most valuable energy source. In today's video, we explain everything you need to know about China's latest energy project in space.Read moreCl [...]

From traffic accidents to troops relieving themselves in public places and bars left without beer, this year's edition of NATO-led Trident Juncture drills has every chance to leave lasting memories in Norway and beyond. [...]

See his pieces covering the situation in Oregon for The Raw Story, which reports: “Arun Gupta was on his way to cover the community meeting when he was told the road was closed due to a crash — and law enforcement officers told him alternate routes might take hours to reach the meeting in Grant County. Gupta soon learned rumors of what happened — here’s his account from Harney County:” [...]

23andMe has declared bankruptcy, and now an undercover video has surfaced, confirming that they are selling (weaponizing) your genetic data by auctioning it off to "shareholders" which include pharma companies linked to Russia's military, as well as China, Big Pharma corporations, health insurance companies and law enforcement. Health insurance companies can use your genetic profile to double you [...]

Is the idea of peace and Yemen antithetical? Also, Trump is insulted the Europeans might defend themselves. And Russiagate front and center again. CrossTalking with Mark Sleboda, Dmitry Babich, and Glenn Diesen. [...]

EU sanctions against Russia have made no political progress and brought negative effects to Austria’s economy, said Austrian Vice-Chancellor Reinhold Mitterlehner during a visit to Moscow. We have over a thousand companies doing business with Russia from Austria, and another 500 Austrian firms working in Russia. 40,000 employees are being affected,” said Mitterlehner. [...]

Jeffrey Sachs and Yanis Varoufakis worked together a decade ago to prevent Europe from harming itself by crushing Greece. They failed. Since then, Europe’s self-harming policies, exacerbated by a lethal dependence on and servility to the US have had nasty repercussions for Ukraine, Palestine, as well as Europe’s relations with China. Now that Trump is back, with Europe’s Green Deal already [...]

Scientists from the Siberian Federal University (SFU) and Biophysics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Siberian branch have recently discovered record levels of Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids in boganida char, fish endemic to Siberia’s Arctic region. [...]

The US European Command published its revamped military doctrine which places emphasis on deterring the "Russian threat." According to military political analyst Andrei Koshkin, the US seeks to draw Europeans’ attention from the migrant crisis and make them obedient once more. [...]

Richard D. Wolff is an American economist and professor emeritus at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He is known for his critiques of economic inequality and his advocacy for worker cooperatives as a way to empower individuals and address systemic issues within the economy. Through his books, lectures, and public appearances, Wolff explores topics such as economic democracy and alternative [...]

Earlier, the envoy claimed that US troops would be staying in the Arab Republic until the "enduring defeat" of Daesh*. He also said that Bashar Assad should not govern the country in the future, noting, however, that it's not the US' job to oust him. [...]

NATO defense ministers meeting in Brussels have agreed to form an “enhanced” rotational force in Eastern Europe and step up military exercises there. The move comes despite multiple Russian appeals to the alliance to avoid provocative steps. “NATO Defense Ministers agreed on an enhanced forward presence in the eastern part of our Alliance,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said [...]

Jasmine Crockett shatters the hypocrisy behind Trump’s immigration policies, using Melania Trump's EB1 Visa as the prime example. Crockett masterfully exposes how Melania, a former model with no significant accomplishments, received the prestigious “Einstein Visa,” typically reserved for Nobel Prize winners and world-class achievers. Meanwhile, hardworking immigrants like doctors, teachers, [...]

The Agenda welcomes Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges, who over the past decade and a half has made his name as a columnist, activist and author. He's been a vociferous public critic of presidents on both sides of the American political spectrum, and his latest book, 'America, the Farewell Tour,' is nothing short of a full-throated throttling of the political, social, and cultural [...]

Perhaps proving Egypt is “ruled by lunatics,” as the child’s defense lawyer put it, a four-year-old boy has been sentenced to life in prison on multiple counts of murder for crimes allegedly committed when he was just two years old.   [...]

Why did Albert Einstein, a Jew, try to warn all of us years before JFK was assassinated, that the greatest threat to the United States was the extreme Zionist groups in Israel. Einstein’s letter warning all of us was largely ignored, and of course it’s been hidden. But JFK paid attention… he knew that Einstein was right… and we now know that JFK and RFK had a secret battle against Zionis [...]

The Russian-Ukrainian military conflict in the Kerch Strait illustrates again how this Cold War is more dangerous than its predecessor was. A major theme of Cohen's recently published book 'War With Russia? From Putin and Ukraine To Trump and Russiagate', is that the new Cold War is more dangerous in several ways than its 40-year predecessor, which the world survived. [...]