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David Pratt – The Obama administration said it will increase the cap on refugees allowed into the domestic borders of the Empire from 70,000 to 100,000 by 2017. The limit on annual refugee visas will be increased to 85,000 in 2016, and the cap will rise to 100,000 the following […]

Mark Linnhoefer – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his government have managed to get two controversial defense and security bills passed by an upper house panel. The entire upper house will still have to approve the bills by the 27th of September for them to take effect, but the panel approval […]

Mark Linnhoefer – On Wednesday, Chile was hit by an earthquake of  magnitude 8.3 – the strongest world-wide this year and the largest in Chile since 2010 – that killed 11 and forced over a million people to leave their homes. The coastal quake spawned waves of about 15 feet in […]

Mark Linnhoefer – Richard Glossip, alleged mastermind behind a 1997 murder, twice tried and convicted for it, was granted a stay of execution, initially planned on the 16th of September, for another two weeks. Glossip is accused of ordering Justin Sneed to kill a man called Barry Van Treese who worked […]

Mark Linnhoefer – On Wednesday, the Hungarian government decided to shut its borders to Serbia in an effort to curb the influx of refugees. As that did not sit too well with those seeking asylum in Europe, a violent crash broke out, with the police in riot gear shooting water cannons […]

Mark Linnhoefer –  Next week Beijing and Washington will sign an agreement to allow US companies to export rice to China. This phytosanitary agreement is an addition to original negotiations that resulted in China allowing soybeans, cotton, and other grains to be imported from the US. The US Rice Producers Association […]

Gonzo Today is pleased to announce the appointment of long time staff writer and international affairs desk correspondent Mark Linnhoefer to the position of News Editor. Linnhoefer replaces Kidman J. Williams, who is stepping down due to time constraints. Williams recently accepted a job as a reporter for a weekly […]

Mark Linnhoefer – A new campaign condemns the “increasing effort” that scientists are allegedly making to add artificial intelligence to sex robots that would harm society and reduce humanity’s empathy, or so say the campaigners. The campaign, simply called “Campaign against sex robots”, was launched by Dr. Kathleen Richardson, who is […]

Mark Linnhoefer – 81-year old Wallace Berg was arrested in Stratford, England, Monday after police were shown footage of him naked, performing a “sexual act” with shrubbery. Local police received the video of Berg from his neighbor. In the video, Berg can reportedly be seen butt-naked in a bush on his […]