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The governor of Puerto Rico, Alejandro Garcia Padilla, has said the island cannot pay over $70 billion of its debts, which could lead to a crash in the municipal bond market and higher borrowing costs for […]

The city of Nizhnevartovsk in Russia have banned the practise of yoga, in an effort to reuce the spread of cults.  Yoga studios in the area have received letters from Russian officials telling them that […]

Israeli forces boarded and commandeered the Gaza bound flotilla boat Marianne on Monday in what has been called an act of state piracy. The boat was one of four that were bound for Gaza in the […]

According to recently surfaced documents, both the British and American spy agencies exploited anti-virus software so that they could read the messages of their citizens. The Independent reports: Both the NSA and GCHQ have long […]

This past week, the official news agency of North Korea unveiled it’s new international airport.  The shiny new hub will be hosting flights mainly from China and Russia.  The airport has been the source of […]

Would you live in a Nazi luxury resort?  An extremely controversial island resort on the German Island of Rugen, built by Hitler, has been re-opened.  The resort, called Pora, was once imagined as the biggest […]

All banks in Greece will be closed on Monday, and maybe beyond, in order to avert a bank run following panic ATM withdrawals over the weekend. Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras laid the blame with the European […]

The biggest fraud case involving corrupt bankers in Iceland has seen six defendants handed prison sentences in the Kaupþing bank market manipulation case.  The former Director of one of Iceland’s biggest banks has been sentenced to four […]