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- FDA Lab Uncovers Excess DNA Contamination In COVID-19 Vaccines
FDA Lab Uncovers Excess DNA Contamination In COVID-19 Vaccines Authored by Maryanne Demasi via The Brownstone Institute, An explosive new study conducted within the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) own laboratory has revealed excessively high levels of DNA contamination in Pfizer’s mRNA […]
- Busted Fentanyl Super Lab In Canada Makes "Breaking Bad Look Minor League": Former Trump Official
Busted Fentanyl Super Lab In Canada Makes "Breaking Bad Look Minor League": Former Trump Official Canada's last-minute decision to cooperate with President Trump on border security and efforts to curb fentanyl trafficking was a key factor behind the president's 25% tariff threat. While Prime Minister […]
- China A Leading Perpetrator Of Transnational Repression In 2024: Freedom House
China A Leading Perpetrator Of Transnational Repression In 2024: Freedom House Authored by Alex Wu via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Chinese communist regime remained a major perpetrator of transnational repression in 2024, according to the latest data released by the U.S. human rights […]
- Freed Jan. 6 Prisoners Speak Out As They Begin To Rebuild Their Lives
Freed Jan. 6 Prisoners Speak Out As They Begin To Rebuild Their Lives Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Prosecutors acted with “unrelenting integrity,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said, as the Justice Department pursued cases against 1,583 people for events on Jan. 6, […]
- DC Swamp Uniparty "Unmasked" As These Seven NGOs
DC Swamp Uniparty "Unmasked" As These Seven NGOs X user DataRepublican claims to have identified seven NGOs, partially funded by American taxpayers, that appear to be key players within the so-called Deep State Uniparty. According to their analysis, these organizations have shaped public discourse over […]
Independent | UK News
- The Labour constituencies most unhappy about the ‘tractor tax’ – and the MPs who could lose their seats
Analysis of a petition against plans to change rules on inheritance tax for farmers shows the Labour-held rural seats where resentment over the proposal is highest
- UK politics live: Starmer to face PMQs amid pressure to make trade deal with Trump over steel tariffs
US president threatens 25 per cent tariffs on all steel imports in latest move in escalating trade war
- Man with £600m Bitcoin fortune ‘buried in landfill’ wants to buy tip his riches are lost in
James Howells’ former partner mistakenly dumped the hard drive in 2013
- Eleven Labour councillors suspended over WhatsApp group
More Labour members suspended as part of investigation into ‘trigger me timbers’ WhatsApp group
- Embattled Rachel Reeves gets Budget boost with growth forecast – but Trump tariffs will damage UK economy
Think tank says GDP growth is likely to be 0.2 percentage points lower in the first year of tariffs if implemented by the US president
The Straits Times | World News
National Interest | News
The Guardian | World News
- Peter Fraenkel obituary
My friend and former work colleague Peter Fraenkel, who has died aged 98, was a greatly admired radio broadcaster. He began his career in Africa before moving to the BBC in London, where he was instrumental in shaping the corporation’s broadcasts to Greece and eastern Europe.Starting out in the 1950s at the Central African Broadcasting Service, […]
- Africa has no shortage of celebrated writers – so why is it so hard for African readers to get hold of their books?
Across the continent books can be expensive and libraries scarce. But growing numbers of tech innovators and independent publishers are working to make African literature available and affordableTsitsi Dangarembga’s Nervous Conditions, a novel about growing up in colonial Zimbabwe, is one of the most important works of 20th-century African […]
- The Guardian view on capital punishment: an upsurge in executions should concern us all | Editorial
The vast majority of countries have outlawed the death penalty. Yet the annual toll is growing – and Donald Trump wants to increase its useThe good news: Zimbabwe has just banned the death penalty. While it should remove an exemption clause, which might allow for capital punishment’s return were a state of emergency to be declared, the […]
- Women behind the lens: six of the most striking images from 2024
Our favourite photographs from around the world taken by women and capturing moments of contemplation, celebration and imagination Continue reading...
- UAE becomes Africa’s biggest investor amid rights concerns
Activists alarmed at emirati companies’ poor record on labour rights and fear projects may fail to address environmental concernsThe United Arab Emirates has become the largest backer of new business projects in Africa, raising hopes of a rush of much-needed money for green energy, but also concerns that the investments could compromise the […]
Aljazeera | News
- North Korea condemns Trump’s Gaza takeover plan as ‘slaughter, robbery’
North Korea has called for the US to stop 'encroaching upon the dignity and sovereignty' of the Palestinian people.
- Why are gold prices soaring amid US President Trump’s tariffs?
Fears of trade wars and geopolitical uncertainty appear to have boosted gold prices.
- Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events – day 1,084
Here are the key developments on the 1,084th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
- US schoolteacher Marc Fogel released by Russia, White House says
Fogel, 63, released after US President Donald Trump 'negotiated an exchange', officials say.
- China says US naval patrol of Taiwan Strait poses security risk
The US Navy described its patrol as a 'routine' exercise through the international waterway.
The Japan Times
- Japanese sake brewery to make foray into Indian market
Takahashi Shouten, based in the city of Yame in Fukuoka Prefecture, launched a subsidiary in India in February.
- Toyota eyes lunar rover powered by regenerative fuel-cell tech
Toyota has teamed up with JAXA since 2019 to develop the manned lunar rover — which it dubbed the Lunar Cruiser — that they hope can be put on the moon in 2029.
- British PM Rishi Sunak avoids wipeout in key local elections
By-elections were seen as an indicator of the two main parties' prospects at a time when voters are struggling with high inflation, strikes and rising mortgage rates.
- Extreme heat and weather conditions attributed to stagnant jet stream
It’s no coincidence that extreme heat is engulfing huge swaths of Asia, Europe and North America all at the same time.
Sky News | World News
- 'Big opportunity' for Chinese electric carmakers in the UK, newest entrant tells Sky News
British drivers' enthusiasm for electric cars, and the absence of tariffs imposed elsewhere in Europe, represents "a big opportunity" for Chinese manufacturers, the president of the newest entrant to the UK electric vehicle (EV) market has told Sky News.
- One killed after Russian missile attack starts several fires in Kyiv
At least one person has died after a Russian missile attack on Kyiv sparked several fires throughout the city, Ukrainian officials said.
- Inside one of Syria's most feared places - where scale of Assad regime's brutality is laid bare
- FBI uncovers secret JFK assassination files - as task force head believes there were 'two shooters'
The FBI says it has found 2,400 new files related to the assassination of President John F Kennedy.
- Football clubs told to 'reconcile conscience' over Rwanda sponsorship deal
Three of the world's biggest football clubs are being urged to drop their sponsorship deals with Visit Rwanda by the government of neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
American Thinker | Articles
- The Debt Ceiling: Trump's Next Target?
Photo Credit: AT via Magic StudioThe test of whether we continue to save money and cut the federal government will come as soon as we face another vote to increase the debt limit.
- A United America Is Democrats’ Undoing
Photo Credit:Image: stevepb via Pixabay, Pixabay license. stevepbDemocrats’ political success depends upon an ever-growing class of self-identifying victims.
- Confessions of Schadenfreude
Photo Credit: PixabayI can’t help enjoying the government workers’ panic over Elon Musk and the DOGE.
- Breathless in America
Photo Credit:Trump flag with superimposed over him picryl / pixabayThere’s nothing pie-in-the-sky about our president; he isn’t a dreamer absently wishing for success. He’s doing the work.
- Trump FTC Must Stop Biden’s Prescription Drug Madness
Photo Credit:Image via Pixabay. PixabayPharmacy Benefit Managers improve market efficiency and save consumers money, but in Biden’s world, they’re another politically convenient culprit behind the runaway inflation of the last four years.
The Christian Science Monitor | Politics
- Risk of a trade war rises as Trump boosts tariffs globally
President Trump is hiking tariffs on steel and aluminum, and pledging to impose more. The question is whether this leads to a widening conflict or not.
- As judges say ‘stop,’ the question is whether Trump will comply
Congress and the courts are a check on presidential power. But what if the executive branch, charged with enforcing laws and rulings, doesn’t heed them?
- ‘We are ... being demonized’: Federal workers grapple with a demoralizing assault
As Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency pushes to cut jobs and bureaucracy, many who chose careers in public service say it’s an intensely difficult time.
- Federal return-to-work deadlines are here. Who is coming back to the office?
Part of President Trump’s remolding of the federal workforce is an in-person work requirement. Already most federal employees aren’t eligible for remote work.
- Musk aims to slash deficits. Trump has put key solutions out of reach.
The hard math of fiscal responsibility: Elon Musk’s disruption of entire federal agencies, even if it works, would leave the biggest drivers of federal deficits untouched.