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Archives for April 2017

U.S. Targets 271 Syrians With Sanctions For Alleged Role In Chemical Weapons Program

New sanctions that will freeze the U.S. assets of 271 Syrians are being put into place. The sanctions’ targets allegedly had a role in a deadly chemical weapons attack that took place earlier this month – but some say the sanctions are being used to pressure the Syrian government.

MintPress News Desk
By MintPress News Desk
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin smiles while speaking to the media during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, April 24, 2017. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Less than two weeks after the Trump administration’s controversial missile strike on a Syrian government airbase, the U.S. Treasury has moved to place sanctions on 271 Syrians who the U.S. alleges are involved in the research and production of chemical weapons. All of the newly-sanctioned Syrians are employees of Syria’s

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Declassified: CIA Cut Open Cat, Planted Spy Equipment Inside

A declassified CIA report reveals that the agency vivisected a living cat and planted electronic spying equipment inside of it for the purpose of snooping on Russian adversaries. The agency admitted at the time that the experiment was impractical.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
Newly Declassified Documents CIA Media

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- While the CIA’s sordid history of human experimentation is well-documented, a declassified report – dating back to 1967 – sheds some light on the agency’s use of bizarre animal experimentation to expand its spying power. In an experiment sure to outrage cat lovers everywhere, the CIA’s Directorate of Science and Technology

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Award-Winning Economist Roger Bootle: EU On The Verge Of Collapse

Britain’s departure from the EU, a process that will take about two years, has formally gone into motion. MintPress News had the opportunity to speak with prize-winning economist Roger Bootle about what Brexit will ultimately mean for the country’s economy, as well as the European Union as a whole.

Dr. Michael Nevradakis
By Dr. Michael Nevradakis
According to award-winning UK economist Roger Bootle, the European Union has grown unsustainable and due to various factors, in about to burst. (AP/Francisco Seco)

LONDON-- The recent triggering of Article 50 of the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty by the United Kingdom has formally set into motion the process of Britain’s departure from the EU, an action that is in line with the result of last June’s referendum, where 52 percent of British voters chose to leave the union. Europe is now faced with the

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Giving NY’s Governor A $783,000 Bribe Is Business As Usual For Rupert Murdoch

Other politicians who have benefited from Murdoch’s editorial generosity include Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, George W. Bush and UK prime ministers John Major and David Cameron.

Jim Naureckas
By Jim Naureckas
Rupert Murdoch attends the WSJ. Magazine 2014 Innovator Awards at MoMA on Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

A Buffalo News headline (4/18/17) asked a pointed question about New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo: “How Did Cuomo Make $783,000 on Memoir That Sold 3,200 Copies?” The accompanying article did not delve particularly deep into the mystery, beyond noting that the royalty amounts to $245 per copy for a book that retails on Amazon for $13.05, and that it

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Ontario Announces North America’s First Test Of Universal Basic Income

“We want to find out whether a basic income makes a positive difference in people’s lives”

Nadia Prupis
By Nadia Prupis
Ontario’s premier, Kathleen Wynne, announced on Monday details of her basic income pilot program, the first in North America in decades.

The province of Ontario will start its pilot project testing universal basic income in three Canadian cities this summer, premier Kathleen Wynne announced on Monday. About 4,000 residents of Hamilton, Thunder Bay, and Lindsay will be randomly selected to take part in the three-year program. One group will start receiving funds this summer—as

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Sessions: If Mexico Doesn’t Pay For The Wall, Undocumented Mexicans Will

The attorney general suggested that “mostly Mexicans” could see their taxes investigated as a source of funding for Trump’s border wall.

teleSUR
By teleSUR
Attorney General Jeff Sessions leaves a news conference after touring the U.S.-Mexico border with border officials, Tuesday, April 11, 2017, in Nogales, Ariz. (AP/Ross D. Franklin)

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump continued to pursue its menacing stance toward undocumented Mexican immigrants in the United States as Attorney General Jeff Sessions suggested that if Mexico doesn't pay for a proposed border wall, individual Mexicans residing in the U.S. could be targeted and forced to pay a part of the

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