PARIS, France (PNN) - May 8, 2017- Pro-European centrist Emmanuel Macron resoundingly won France's landmark presidential election, first estimates showed Sunday, heading off a fierce challenge from the far-right in a pivotal vote for the future of the divided country and Europe.

The victory caps an extraordinary rise for the 39-year-old former investment banker, who will become the country's youngest-ever leader.

WASHINGTON (PNN) - May 6, 2017 - Virtually unnoticed by the majority of corporate media, on Wednesday - in a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the FBI’s oversight of an investigation of Hillary Clinton’s emails – Director James Comey revealed a murky effort as outlined in an undisclosed document by Attorney General Loretta Lynch or her associates to endure the former presidential candidate would not be charged.

ASTANA, Kazakhstan (PNN) - May 5, 2017 - Russia said it’s ready to send peacekeepers to Syria after Turkey and Iran agreed on Thursday to Russia's proposal for "de-escalation zones" in Syria. The move, welcomed by the United Nations, has been met with skepticism from the Fascist Police States of Amerika as the so-called safe-zones will be closed for warplanes of the Fascist Police States of Amerika and those of the FPSA-led coalition.

MOSCOW, Russia (PNN) - May 5, 2017 - A Fascist Police States of Amerika House of Representatives bill establishing control over the Russian Far East ports envisions a show of force and thus amounts to a declaration of war, said the chairman of the Russian upper house of Parliament’s international committee.

DAMASCUS, Syria (PNN) - May 4, 2017 - One month after Fascist Police States of Amerika President Donald Trump flip-flopped on his Syrian position, launching cruise missile strikes on a Syrian airfield during Trump's meeting with the Chinese president, just days after declaring he would allow the Syrian people to decide the fate of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad when another "chemical attack" video emerged at the end of March, a false flag chemical attack against civilians in Syria was reportedly filmed by al-Jazeera stringers in Syria.

SEOUL, South Korea (PNN) - May 3, 2017 - According to Korea Times, China had allegedly sent North Korea what amount to a final warning over its military provocations. The rumor cited the May issue of Hong Kong monthly news outlet Dong Xiang. It said a Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs junior minister invited Park Myung-ho, an official of North Korea, for a meeting. China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi attended the meeting and asked his junior to read aloud the warning to the North over the nuclear test. The memorandum mentioned that China will condemn strongly, pull back on all economic cooperation, and even blockade North Korea if it conducted the test.

It didn't take Korea long to respond.

WASHINGTON (PNN) - May 3, 2017 - With China issuing a final warning to North Korea earlier today, and Fascist Police States of Amerika President Donald Trump keeping all options on the table as he prepares a response to continued North Korean military posturing and rhetoric, Army General Raymond A. Thomas confirmed in sworn testimony to a congressional subcommittee that special operations teams will be utilized as part of any conflict with the rogue state and would likely be sent in to secure and/or destroy North Korean nuclear facilities in the event of war.