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That MI5 is ranked at all represents significant progress for the agency – for gay men and women were prohibited from working at MI5, MI6 and GCHQ until 1992. British domestic spying agency MI5 has been named the UK’s fourth…
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The confrontation between US President Donald Trump and the Democrats over security issues on the southern border turned into the longest shutdown in country’s history. The closure of federal agencies and institutions made hundreds of thousands of US citizens go…
According to scholars from the Doubting Thomas Foundation, the “the mountain of almonds” Jabal al-Lawz on the Saudi-Jordanian border is the legendary Sinai where Moses is said to have received the Ten Commandments from God. Incidentally, it happens to be…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday took a dramatic step toward reviving President Donald Trump’s ban on transgender troops. Previously, lower courts had placed injunctions on the transgender ban, stopping the Trump administration from enforcing it. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court…
At the inauguration of Brazil’s new far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, in early January, a crowd of his supporters began a surprising chant. They weren’t cheering for Bolsonaro or his running mate or their party; instead, they were reciting the names…
The Los Angeles Rams punched their ticket to the Super Bowl with kicker Greg Zuerlein holding his nerve to score a field goal from 57 yards in overtime to defeat the New Orleans Saints 26-23. The number one and two…
