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Mike Pence greeted by Handsmaids in Denver

Mike Pence greeted by Handsmaids in Denver

Women dressed as handmaids greeted Vice President Mike Pence in Denver on 26 October.They were protesting Pences anti-abortion stance and attempts to defund planned parenthood.Handmaids are characters from Margaret Atwoods book The Handmaids Tale. In the book the handmaids are forced to bear children for the ruling elite that has restricted womens freedom.
Oct 30, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Dramatic footage shows man driving through protesters outside California Congressmans office

Dramatic footage shows man driving through protesters outside California Congressmans office

A man has been arrested after driving into a crowd of protesters at an immigration rally in Brea, California, on Thursday (26 October). The incident took place outside GOP Rep. Ed Royces office. This dramatic video showed the moment protesters surrounded a car as they tried to get their message, of what losing their immigration status would mean for them, across to Royce.
Oct 30, 2017
By Staff Reporter
North Korea holds first international autumn marathon

North Korea holds first international autumn marathon

Foreign tourists from the UK, Sweden, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and other countries took part in the first international autumn marathon that reclusive North Korea hosted on Sunday (29 October). 
Oct 30, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Catalonia declares independence from Spain

Catalonia declares independence from Spain

Catalan Parliament voted Friday to declare independence from Spain, prompting the Spanish Senate to invoke Article 155 of the constitution. This article allows the Spanish government to adopt the necessary means to force an autonomous community to comply with the general interests of Spain
Oct 28, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Russia tests nuclear-capable ballistic missiles

Russia tests nuclear-capable ballistic missiles

Russia launched four ballistic missiles on 26 October as part of large-scale war games involving the countrys strategic forces. The nuclear capable missiles were launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in western Russia, hitting a target at the Kura military testing range on the Kamchatka Peninsula thousands of kilometres away.
Oct 27, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Donald Trump declassifies some but not all files on John F Kennedys assassination

Donald Trump declassifies some but not all files on John F Kennedys assassination

President Donald Trump on Thursday (26 October) ordered the unveiling of 2,800 documents related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy but yielded to pressure from the FBI and CIA to block the release of some information to be reviewed further over the next 180 days. Trump allowed the immediate release of the secret files by the National Archives on 26 October following a last-minute scramble to meet a deadline set by the Congress in 1992.
Oct 27, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Five US presidents who have been accused of sexual misconduct

Five US presidents who have been accused of sexual misconduct

Former President George HW Bush was accused this week of sexually assaulting a woman and the man now sitting in the Oval Office has more than a dozen women accusing him of sexual misconduct. But long before public allegations against presidents became more common, the legacy of alleged sexual abuse and harassment from men leading the nation stretches back to Americas earliest days, spanning leaders both iconic and obscure.
Oct 26, 2017
By Staff Reporter
Trump vs Bob Corker: Who said what?

Trump vs Bob Corker: Who said what?

Donald Trump and Bob Corkers ongoing feud escalated with the American president calling Corker incompetent, and the US senator naming the White House adult day care center.
Oct 25, 2017
By Staff Reporter