Three quarters of pupils from a Blackpool school failed to show up for the first day of the new term after a terror message was posted online, threatening a gun massacre at the school by an unknown Facebook user. Officials say that the school is safe for students to return back to class. Some students may require counselling before they return. The police are investigating the threats and guarding the school.
Saudi Arabia’s execution of a prominent political leader of the monarchy’s Shiite minority has worsened Mideast tensions and is forcing the Obama administration to decide if there are any limits to the outrages that the longtime U.S. “ally” may commit, as Trita Parsi explains. By Trita Parsi There should be little doubt that Saudi Arabia wanted to…
MP Simon Danczuk is facing a police investigation after a rape allegation was made against him. The claim against the 49 year old Rochdale MP dates back to 2006, according to the Lancashire police force who confirmed they are investigating the allegation Mr Danczuk has branded the accusation dating back to 2006 as “malicious, untrue and extremely upsetting”. The Labour MP has been in the spotlight recently after being suspended by the party following allegations that he ‘sexted’ a 17-year-old girl in his constituency.
Santa Rally...?
An ugly day... just as we predicted
The bloodbath started in China, which was halted early on circuit breakers...
Europe was ugly...
As we kick off the new year, there is perhaps no more tragic economic story than that of Brazil.
Once an EM darling, Latin America’s largest economy fell off the deep end in 2015 as a perfect storm of falling commodity prices, depressed demand from China, a soaring dollar, a devalued yuan, and an intractable political crisis plunged the country into what even the sellside has begun to acknowledge is an outright depression.