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 (Jul 26 2024) - Kenyan Post : Don't kill Gen Z protestors
KENYA : U.S. Sec' of State Blinken has called President Ruto, urging him not to harm the youthful Kenyan protesters or clamp down on the media. This is after Kenya National Human Rights Commission reported that Ruto's gov't had killed over 60 Gen Zs since the beginning of anti-government protests five weeks ago.
(Jul 25 2024) - Indianapolis Post : Protests greet Netanyahu in D.C.
WASH D.C. : Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has been greeted by crows of pro-Palestinian protesters on the streets of Wash DC, as he arrived to ask for more support from the US Congress. Wednesday's address is Netanyahu's 4th before the US lawmakers, surpassing the 3 speeches by British leader Winston Churchill.
(Jul 24 2024) - Bay Post : Israel launches new Gaza raids ...
ISRAEL : Israeli forces have carried out new raids in the Gaza Strip, hours before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to address the US Congress. The latest Israeli attacks destroyed homes in towns east of Khan Younis in southern Gaza and thousands of people were forced to head west to seek shelter, residents said.
(Jul 23 2024) - Pittsburgh Post : Investigate Trump shooting ...
WASH D.C. : The U.S. House announced they're forming a bipartisan task force to look at the attempted assassination of President Trump in Butler on July 13. The task force will be comprised of 7 Rep's & 6 Dem's. “The security failures that allowed an assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life are shocking,” ...
(Jul 22 2024) - National Post : No longer proud of Pride ...
CANADA : It’s past time for the gay community to wake up to the widespread, insidious politicking and ideological capture that has infiltrated the once-proud movement that sought to liberate same-sex attracted people and welcome them with open arms into broader society. I’m talking, of course, about Toronto Pride ...
(Jul 21 2024) - Kyiv Post : Four Months of Hell ...
UKRAINE : He stood with the last of Mariupol’s defenders – many of them seriously injured – bunkered at the Azovstal Iron & Steel Works – which Russians had sieged relentlessly for over 80 days. Finally, on 5/20/22, under orders, the Ukrainian fighter laid down his weapon and surrendered “to preserve the lives and ...”
(Jul 20 2024) - Salina Post : Biggest IT outage in history ...
WORLD WIDE : Transport providers, businesses and govt's on Saturday are rushing to get all their systems back online after long disruptions following a widespread technology outage. The biggest continuing effect has been on air travel. Carriers canceled thousands of flights on Friday & now have many of their planes and ...
(Jul 19 2024) - WST Post : Australia shocked by hackers ...
AUSTRALIA : Information of nearly 13 million Australians continues to be exposed, in a hacker attack on a company specializing in providing prescription exchange services in this country. On July 18, MediSercure, a company providing prescription sharing services in Australia, announced a cyber attack in May 2024
(Jul 18 2024) - Punching Bag Post : China’s Propaganda Machine ...
CHINA : China’s spends billions on propaganda, these efforts are more extensive & insidious than ever before, aiming to manipulate global perceptions of the country & leadership. Is it working? Across 35 countries surveyed by Pew Research, views of China & President Xi vary dramatically, influenced by regional and ...
(Jul 17 2024) - Zim Morning Post : 60,000+ vehicles missing ...
HARARE : Over 60,000 vehicles that entered Zimbabwe’s borders on the pretext of temporary import permits since 2013 remain unaccounted, raising concerns about the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority’s (ZIMRA) ability to track & manage imports. This comes as ZIMRA is under intense scrutiny following revelations from ...
(Jul 16 2024) - Bay Post : Gunmen Kill 9 in Attack ...
OMAN : Nine people have been killed, including 3 attackers, in an assault on a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in Oman in a rare breach of security in one of the most stable countries in the Middle East. Four Pakistani citizens & a policeman were among those killed in the gun attack, according to Pakistani & Omani officials.
(Jul 15 2024) - Greanville Post : Prospects for World War 3
WORLD WAR III : Recently there has been a lot of talk about where the escalating spiral will end. Will it evolve to World War III? Will there be a nuclear war? What are the determining factors? And what would indicate World War III is imminent? I’ll go through these questions in detail from a strategic perspective.
(Jul 14 2024) - New York Post : Picture of would-be assassin
PENNSYLVANIA : Thomas Matthew Crooks, the gunman who attempted to assassinate President Trump during a Pennsylvania rally - pictured for the first time. Crooks was on the roof of a manufacturing plant over 130 yards away from Trump’s rally at Butler Farm Show grounds Saturday when he took fire at President Trump ...
(Jul 13 2024) - St Joseph Post : Putting limits on cellphone use
TOPEKA : The Kansas State Board of Ed' plans to finalize in August parameters of a 30-member task force that would be formed to develop policy recommendations on non-academic use of cell-phones by prekindergarten through 12th-grade students while at school. In public & private districts in the U.S. officials are limiting
(Jul 12 2024) - Post & Email : Hatred of Christians Increasing
COLORADO : I just read an item that told of a Christian-owned Colorado bakery being taken to court again for refusing to violate sincerely-held religious beliefs and bake a cake for a “transgender” person. Are there no moslem-owned bakeries in Colorado? I find it curious that only Christians are harassed ...
(Jul 11 2024) - Defense Post : S. Korea to Deploy Laser Weapons ...
SOUTH KOREA : South Korea has announced plans to deploy inexpensive laser weapons this year to shoot down North Korean drones invading its airspace. The country’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said its so-called “StarWars” directed energy system emits powerful beams for up to 20 seconds.
(Jul 10 2024) - Conservatives Post : Obama Bros’ Blister Biden
U.S.A. : While former President Barack Obama and current President Joe Biden have always put on a happy face* when together in public, or when talking about each other, rumors of tension between the Obama camp and the Biden camp have long persisted. (*The exception being Obama reportedly saying: “...”).
(Jul 09 2024) - Borneo Post : Uproar at Sabah State Assembly
KOTA KINABALU : The Sabah State Legislative Assembly experienced a brief tumultuous moment when some members raised their voices and yelled unintelligible words as Finance Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Masidi Manjun explained the State Government’s decision to ‘rescue’ Sabah International Petroleum Sdn Bhd (SIP).
(Jul 08 2024) - Huff Post : Joe's 'Not Going Anywhere'
WASH D.C. : President Joe Biden reiterated to congressional Democrats he has no intention of stepping aside as their presumptive presidential nominee, urging them to unify to defeat Donald Trump in November. “Despite all the speculation in the press and elsewhere, I am firmly committed to staying in this race ...
(Jul 07 2024) - Denver Post : Nursing homes left in the dark
COLORADO : When powerful wind gusts created threatening wildfire conditions one day near Boulder, the state’s largest utility cut power to 52,000 homes and businesses — including Frasier, an assisted living & skilled nursing facility. It was the first time Xcel Energy preemptively switched off electricity ...
(Jul 06 2024) - Richardson Post : Britain elects a communist for PM
BRITAIN : I didn’t really expect this in my lifetime but there you go. Keir Starmer is the new PM of Britain. Apparently From 1986 to 1987, Starmer was the editor of Socialist Alternatives, a radical Trotskyist magazine. The magazine was produced by an organisation under the same name, which represented the ...
(Jul 05 2024) - Goulburn Post : Backyard chickens test positive
CANBERRA : Backyard chickens in a residential area in Canberra's north have tested positive for avian flu, the government has confirmed. It is the second confirmed case of bird flu in the ACT since a NSW outbreak. When the government became aware of the Pace Farm outbreak, it implemented two quarantine zones.
(Jul 04 2024) - Patriot Post : Independence Day
AMERICA : “Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations ...” - Thomas Jefferson
(Jul 03 2024) - Scheer Post : Confronting NATO’s War Summit
WASH D.C. : After NATO’s catastrophic, illegal invasions of Yugoslavia, Libya & Afghanistan, on July 9 NATO plans to invade Wash D.C. The good news is, it only plans to occupy D.C. for 3 days. The British will not burn down the U.S. Capitol as they did in 1814 & the Germans are still meekly pretending that ...
(Jul 02 2024) - Bangkok Post : How South Korea broke the mould
SOUTH KOREA : South Korea is one of just a few countries to transform itself from a low-to high-income economy & only country to go from a recipient of aid from the OECD's Development Assistance Committee to a DAC donor. It achieved this not by blindly following a pre-designed development path but by taking the right detours.
(Jul 01 2024) - India Post : Exchange list of civilian prisoners
NEW DELHI : India & Pakistan on Monday exchanged the lists of civilian prisoners & fishermen in each other’s custody, the Ministry of External Affairs said. The lists were shared in keeping with the provisions of the bilateral Agreement on Consular Access 2008, under which the lists are exchanged every year ...
(Jun 30 2024) - Jerusalem Post : IDF destroys long tunnel ...
RAFAH : Alongside the discovery of the 500 meter long tunnel, the IDF located several significant tunnel shafts and multiple branches of the tunnel in the Rafah area. As part of IDF operations, several significant tunnel shafts were located in Rafah, including a 500-meter-long tunnel that passed near an UNRWA school.
(Jun 29 2024) - Kathmandu Post : Two dead in landslide ...
BAGLUNG : Two people died in a landslide triggered by heavy rain in Baglung on Saturday morning. According to police, 55-year-old Prem Bahadur BK and his wife 55-year-old Basanti of Galkot Municipality-8, died after the mudslide swept away their home. According to Loknath Kandel, a ward member of the local unit ...
(Jun 28 2024) - Wash Post : Panic over Biden's debate performance
ATLANTA : One Democratic donor texted a face-palm emoji with a single word: “Oy.” (...) And by the time CNN’s 90-minute presidential debate between President Biden & President Trump concluded, even Biden’s former communications director concluded on air, “It was a really disappointing debate performance from Biden.”
(Jun 27 2024) - Financial Post : Who covers the gas tax ???
CANADA : Canadians have been standing at filling stations for decades, so they’re probably not thinking too much about the taxes they pay on their gas or where that money goes, but that may change as more electric vehicles are sold. Alberta this past spring slipped EV owners a bill for $200 — due every year on top of ...
(Jun 26 2024) - Post Millennial : SCOTUS sides with Biden ...
WASH D.C. : The Supreme Court came down with a decision on Wed in a free speech case, ruling that the plaintiffs in the case did not have legal standing to sue the gov't. In the case of Murthy v Missouri, Republican AG'S as well as people who had social media posts downgraded have argued that Surgeon General Murthy and ...
(Jun 25 2024) - Kansas City Post : TikTok challenges ban ...
WASH D.C. : TikTok has accused the Biden administration of engaging in "political demagoguery" during high-stakes negotiations to address concerns about its presence in the U.S. This accusation was detailed in a letter sent to David Newman, a top official in the Justice Department's national security division.
(Jun 24 2024) - Nagaland Post : Churches urged to stand firm
NAGALAND : Western Sümi Baptist Akukuhou Küqhakulu executive sec' has called upon all churches, societies & individuals to stand firm on the NBCC Clean Election Movement – “My Vote My Future” in the upcoming Urban Local Body election. WSBAK said it's been consistently encouraging for clean and fair elections ...
(Jun 23 2024) - Christian Post : Muslim mob incited to murder
PAKISTAN : A man was violently lynched by a mob in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province after accusations of desecrating a copy of the Quran were made against him. The victim, identified only as a tourist from Punjab Province, was initially taken into police custody before being forcefully taken by the mob and killed.
(Jun 22 2024) - SCM Post : Official faces corruption investigation
CHINA : A senior Chinese propaganda official has been placed under investigation by the country’s top anti-corruption agency. Zhang Jianchun, 59, a deputy head of the Central Publicity Department, is under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission for ...
(Jun 21 2024) - Activist Post : Cyber Incident Paralyzes Dealerships
U.S.A. : The company supplying software for managing sales & services to auto dealerships across the US reported yet another cyber disruption - disrupting sales of new & used vehicles. X user Car Dealership Guy reports that CDK Global sent an email to auto dealers informing them of “an additional cyber incident ...”
(Jun 20 2024) - Junction City Post : Major tax cuts in Kansas ...
KANSAS : Kansas legislators have approved major tax cuts and ended a political stalemate with Gov. Laura Kelly. Yet some of them sounded frustrated as they were doing it. The Republican-controlled Legislature approved a bill Tuesday to cut income and property taxes by a total of $1.23 billion over the next three years.
(Jun 19 2024) - Psy Post : Brain hyperconnectivity unveiled as ...
WORLD : A recent study published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging has revealed that psilocybin can induce a state of hyperconnectivity in the brain. This heightened brain connectivity is linked to profound changes in perception and a sense of unity with the universe ...
(Jun 18 2024) - Huff Post : Dangerous Heat Warnings
PHOENIX : Extreme heat alerts continued for tens of millions of people in the U.S. on Tuesday as cities including Chicago broke records at the start of a week of sweltering weather. States in the Midwest started to bake Monday in what the National Weather Service called a dangerous and long duration heat wave ...
(Jun 17 2024) - Daily Post : Troops rescue women & children ...
NIGERIA : Operation Lake Sanity 2, under Task Force Wulgo, successfully rescued 34 women & children from Boko Haram terrorists. The troops also neutralized one terrorist during clearance operations conducted in the Mazuri, Itsari, Mudu & Maleri villages on the fringes of southern Lake Chad in Nigeria, June 15th.
(Jun 16 2024) - First Post : We're in permanent contest ...
AUSTRALIA : Even as visiting Chinese Premier Li Qiang appears to be seeking to stabilise relations after years of tensions, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has said that the two countries were in a permanent contest. In recent years, while the bilateral relationship has been tense over trade war and ...
(Jun 15 2024) - Maravi Post : Western sanctions unite Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE : In a surprising turn of events, President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared that the sanctions imposed by the West have had an unexpected positive impact. Speaking at the CEO Africa Roundtable, Mnangagwa asserted that the sanctions have unified the nation & stimulated growth in the manufacturing sector.
(Jun 14 2024) - Palm Beach Post : National Hurricane Center
FLORIDA : It's a race, sort of, to see which — if either — tropical disturbance in the Atlantic basin will become the first named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season. The National Hurricane Center is tracking two systems: Invest 90L and a tropical disturbance in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico ...
(Jun 13 2024) - Guam Post : Amendment ruled out of order ...
WASH D.C. : Guam Delegate James Moylan's attempt to append an extension & expansion of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act to the fiscal 2025 National Defense Authorization Act fell through this week, with the rules committee at the U.S. House of Rep's ruling his amendment out of order. The primary reason ...
(Jun 12 2024) - Orissa Post : Denmark PM after attack ...
COPENHAGEN : In her first interview since a man attacked her last week, Denmark’s PM Mette Frederiksen said that she's still in the process of fully recovering. “I’m not quite myself yet,” Frederiksen told broadcaster DR. Frederiksen said she's mainly working from her office, but can still fulfil her duties as PM.
(Jun 11 2024) - Kenyan Post : EACC conducts early morning raids ...
KENYA : The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission conducted early morning raids at 6 a.m. on the homes of the Garissa County Secretary & County Executive Committee for Finance. Arrests included: 1) Mr. Mursal, County Secretary 2) Mr. Aden Hussein, Director of Health Services 3) Asha Korow, a relative and ...
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