Posts Tagged ‘offshore’

Calais ‘Jungle’ migrants block motorway in violent confrontation with French police

The trouble started at around 15:00 near Calais when a gang of migrants and local activists began a wave of attacks on motorists, including English and Welsh football fans heading to support their teams during the group stages of Euro 2016, local media reported. Just now at #calais …. tear gas and hundreds of migrants […]

Turkey bans sale of ammonium nitrate fertilizers after terror attack spike

“As of yesterday, Turkey has banned the sale of fertilizers which could be used as explosives,” Agriculture Minister Faruk Celik said in press release. “So all sales of the fertilizer nitrate can no longer be carried out in Turkey.” The decision to ban the sales of fertilizer until further notice follows a meeting of security chiefs […]

Iran attends OEEC 2016 for first time

TEHRAN, June 6 (Shana) — The Dutch CBC Oil & Gas Company office in Tehran declared that for the first time, Iranian companies will have their own especial pavilion to present themselves in the Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2016 (OEEC 2016). The OEEC 2016 is a good opportunity for Iranian companies active in this […]

Portugal Powers Itself for Four Straight Days with 100% Renewable Energy

Terence Newton, StaffWaking Times Energy is perhaps the most important issue of human civilization at this time, and we are fortunate to bear witness to many exciting changes happening right before our eyes when it comes to creating the shift away from destructive fossil fuel power. Germany has impressed Europe and […]

Portugal Powers Itself for Four Straight Days with 100% Renewable Energy

Terence Newton, StaffWaking Times Energy is perhaps the most important issue of human civilization at this time, and we are fortunate to bear witness to many exciting changes happening right before our eyes when it comes to creating the shift away from destructive fossil fuel power. Germany has impressed Europe and […]

France Erupts In Defiance Of Employer-Friendly Labour Reforms

Print Friendly Above Photo: Vigier/flickr France is continuously rocked by debates around the meaning of the Enlightenment ideals of liberty, equality and solidarity that predate the French Revolution. Some important notions are widely shared. Most French citizens expect governments to meet the basic needs of all and promote individual expansion of talents and abilities. It is […]

"Nestlé Is Trying to Break Us": A Pennsylvania Town Fights Predatory Water Extraction

Donna Diehl, a 55-year-old school bus driver from Kunkeltown, Pennsylvania, a small historic town located on the edge of the Poconos, wanted to do three things this year: drive the bus, paint her bathroom and learn to crochet. Instead, Diehl, along with dozens of her neighbors, is spending her time trying to stop the […]

Turkish crackdown leaves Kurdish town of Cizre 80% destroyed

     Dirayet Tashdemir, a member of Turkish parliament from the pro-Kurdish People’s Democratic Party (HDP) said that around 600 people were killed in the Kurdish regions of Turkey, and 99 of them were children. Four-fifths of the Kurdish town of Cizre has been destroyed as a result of the Turkish crackdown on the minority, a […]

Government To Spend Over £9m Of Taxpayers’ Money On Pro-EU Propaganda

The British Government is to spend almost £10 million of taxpayers’ money sending leaflets to every household in the country setting out their case for Britain to stay in the European Union. The move has been described by leave campaigners as “disgraceful” Boris Johnson said it was wrong to try to “stampede” voters while Nigel […]

Egypt probe into murder of Regeni ‘accurate, transparent’: FM

TCP : The Egyptian Foreign ministry spokesperson Ahmed Abu Zeid said Egyptian Investigations into killing of slain Italian researcher Guilio Regeni are “accurate and transparent.” Giulio Regeni Guilio Regeni, 28, was murdered in late January or early February and the initial investigations revealed signs of torture on his body. In late March the Egyptian Interior […]

Western states block Kurdish participation in Syria peace talks proposed by Russia

Churkin warned that if the Syrian Kurds do not in the peace process, international efforts to bring peace to Syria could be undermined. READ MORE: Lavrov: Kurds must be invited to Geneva peace talks to preserve Syria’s integrity “We are concerned that the Syrian Kurds, historically woven into the social fabric of the country, still […]

Al-Nusrah Downs Syrian SU-22 with Surface to Air Missile

nsnbc : A SU-22 of the Syrian Arab Air Force was shot down by Al-Qaeda affiliate Al-Nusrah, using a Surface to Air Missile. The pilot has been captured by the terrorists. SAM-7 missiles from Libya were smuggled via Turkey to Syria in 2012 and distributed among “rebels” with the aid of Turkish authorities. SAM-7 missiles […]

Iran, Saudi Arabia ACL clubs to play in Oman, Qatar and UAE

With no significant developments in the relationship between the two countries by the deadline, both the IR Iran Football Federation (IRIFF) and the Saudi Arabian Football Federation (SAFF) were required to propose neutral venues for their clubs’ remaining fixtures. After assessing the proposals submitted by both Member Associations, the AFC approved the IRIFF’s proposal to […]

Alabama Remains 6th Poorest State Thanks to Anti-Minimum Wage Bill

Susanne Posel (OC) : Birmingham, Alabama has been prohibited from setting a minimum wage standard of $10.10 by Governor Robert Bentley who signed a bill approved by the state senate. Critics of the measure said it regulates “the discussion of a fair, workable wage”. Currently, Alabama uses the federal minimum wage of $7.25 as a […]

Human Rights Watch Report Exposes Abusive French State of Emergency

In a report published February 3, international NGO Human Rights Watch (HRW), has denounced the abuses of the Police and the French State under the State of urgency. HRW’s report points to the systematic, arbitrary denials of basic democratic rights by the French police, unchecked by the judiciary under the terms of the state of […]

List of Withheld JFK Assassination Documents

First published by WhoWhatWhy Exciting news: WhoWhatWhy has obtained the complete list of 3,603 secret documents on the Kennedy assassination still being held by the US government. (Or, to be precise, what it admits to still holding.) Now we can at least get a peek at what they have been hiding. The list was obtained […]

Polish market stall selling fireworks mysteriously burst into flames

     A Polish market stall selling fireworks mysteriously burst into flames, injuring three people and sending knives from a nearby stall “flying through the air” Three people were injured in the Polish city of Swinoujscie on Sunday when a street stall selling fireworks exploded, local media reported. Firefighters tackled the blaze for more than an […]

Russia & USA increase Cooperation in Targeting Terrorist Brigades in Syria

nsnbc : Russia and the United States and their respective coalition partners have begun increasing cooperation in targeting terrorist brigades in Syria and joint exercises aimed at preventing unwanted incidents between their respective planes over Syrian airspace.  Last week the Russia Ministry of Defense and the United States’ Department of Defense signed a memorandum of understanding […]

Kinematic blocks are actuated, sensed through pins

The Tangible Media Group at the MIT Media Lab now brings you Kinetic Blocks in their explorations with pin-based shaped displays. The team has been taking on the challenge of giving a physical form to digital information; they have been devising ways of moving and manipulating objects that are placed on the pins. The […]

Liberal culture sides with Satan: Govt forces Christians to fund Planned Parenthood organ harvesting; lap-dog media promotes pedophilia, chemical maiming of children

(NaturalNews) Without a doubt, American culture has marched steadfastly to the political Left since the 1960s, and it seems that following the election of the most liberal president in history, Barack Obama, our cultural trek leftward has only quickened. Not everyone agrees with this assessment, of course, but there are myriad examples of […]

IRS Auditing How GOOGLE Shifted Profits Offshore to Avoid Taxes

Bloomberg Thursday, October 13, 2011 The U.S. Internal Revenue Service is auditing how Google Inc. (GOOG) avoided federal income taxes by shifting profit into offshore subsidiaries, according to a person with knowledge of the matter. The agency is bringing more than typical scrutiny to how the company valued software rights and other intellectual property it […]

Offshore processing backdown will bring boats: Julia Gillard

Julia Gillard and Chris Bowen outline the government’s position on asylum-seekers in a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: Kym Smith Source: The Australian JULIA Gillard has predicted an increase in boat arrivals after yesterday being forced to abandon offshore processing and softening the treatment of asylum-seekers who arrive by sea. Under Labor’s […]

No Labor MP will abstain from offshore bill says Immigration Minister

IMMIGRATION Minister Chris Bowen is “absolutely” confident not a single Labor MP will abstain from voting on the government’s crucial offshore processing bill, potentially sparing Julia Gillard a humiliating and destabilising defeat on the floor of the hung parliament. Speaking to Sky News’s Australian Agenda, Mr Bowen also said the 800 places the government negotiated […]

High Time To Repatriate Offshore Trillions For Taxation

Bob ChapmanInternational Forecaster Sept 22, 2011 One of the greatest detriments to job creation in the US is the overseas income deferral law. This unbelievable gift to transnational corporations is at the heart of free trade, globalization, offshoring and outsourcing. Presently these corporations are sitting on $2.2 trillion in untaxed profits, which is costing the […]

Govt challenged over offshore processing

Updated: 07:56, Sunday September 18, 2011 It’s been another unhappy weekend for the federal government, with Tony Abbott indicating he’s unlikely to back plans to changes laws so asylum seekers can be sent to Malaysia, and a government minister being chased in Sydney by pro-refugee activists. The opposition leader hasn’t said yet what he will […]

DOJ tax investigations leads to Israeli offshore banks

  Press TV September 17, 2011 The criminal tax division of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) is probing the activities of at least three of Israel’s largest banks, Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi le-Israel BM and Mizrahi-Tefahot. “If there are some violations, they’ll be dealt with as the alleged misdeeds of the Swiss banks are […]

Gillard wins backing on offshore processing

Print Email Australian Broadcasting Corporation Broadcast: 13/09/2011 Reporter: Philippa McDonald The Prime Minister has won the support of the Labor Caucus for broad changes to the Migration Act to give her Government the power to set up offshore processing of asylum seekers and to revive the so-called Malaysia Solution. Transcript ALI MOORE, PRESENTER: The Prime […]

Abbott to consider offshore processing bill

Alexandra Kirk and staff Updated September 12, 2011 19:14:13 The Immigration Minister wants the power to send unaccompanied minors to Malaysia or Papua New Guinea. Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says he will consider the Prime Minister’s bill to allow offshore processing, but has reiterated his objection to her Malaysian solution. Julia Gillard has won the […]

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