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 (Jan 18 2025) - First Post : 70 killed in petrol tanker explosion
NIGERIA : A petrol tanker truck exploded after flipping over in central Nigeria on Sat, killing 70 people who had gathered to take the spilt fuel, the national road safety authority said. “The death toll stands at 70 so far,” Kumar Tsukwam, the head of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Niger State, told AFP by telephone.
(Jan 17 2025) - Indianapolis Post : Early estimates of LA wildfires
LOS ANGELES : The wildfires that broke out last week in L.A. County are still burning & are expected to be some of the most expensive natural disasters in U.S. history. The fires have killed at least 11 & destroyed over 12,000 structures since Jan 7, wiping out entire neighborhoods with multimillion-dollar homes.
(Jan 16 2025) - Kenyan Post : Luhya elders threaten to curse RUTO
KENYA : President William Ruto better do everything within his power to ensure nothing happens to Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya. This is after a section of the Bukusu council of elders warned him of dire consequences if he makes good his threat to impeach Natembeya for exposing him over the ongoing abductions.
(Jan 15 2025) - Phnom Nom Post : The dominance of the dollar
CAMBODIA : During the early 20th century, the US dollar rose to become the leading global currency. Apparently, this status has been more evident in Cambodia than elsewhere. In 2016, the New York Times featured the headline “In Cambodia, the Ghosts Prefer Dollars” it's been extensively used for pricing goods & services
(Jan 14 2025) - National Post : Islamic group cancels conference
CANADA : A planned conference by a radical Islamic group that caused outrage and security concern has been cancelled a day after the federal gov't said it was considering declaring the organization a terrorist group. Late on Monday, federal minister of Public Safety David McGuinty issued a statement saying ...
(Jan 13 2025) - Bay Post : UK Big Brother 1984 Coin ...
U.K. : A commemorative coin featuring the image of an eye, and the inscription "Big Brother is watching you" is being released to pay tribute to 1984 author George Orwell & mark his death 75 yrs ago. The U.K. coin depicts what appears to be an eye but is a camera lens & the coin's edge is inscribed with another quote
(Jan 12 2025) - Kyiv Post : Europe Should be Scared
EUROPE : I think, like most people, I watched with disbelief Trump’s “performance” yesterday, pitching for land grabs in Greenland, Canada, the Panama Canal & Gulf of Mexico, or the “Gulf of America” as Trump now calls it. It is tempting to dismiss all this as all a joke, and just amusing. This is just Trump.
(Jan 11 2025) - Salina Post : An American Snapshot ...
WASH D.C. : Look at their faces — formal, etched with experience, laden with the weight of momentous decisions. Add up their years: 379 to be exact, enough time to take you back into the mid-1600s, when the notion of the American nation was still more than a century away. Consider why they were there: to bid farewell ...
(Jan 10 2025) - Frontier Post : Trump sentenced without penalty ...
NEW YORK CITY : President-elect Donald Trump was sentenced Friday in his New York criminal hush money case, 10 days before his inauguration for a second White House term. More than eight years after the events that led to his prosecution, Trump was sentenced to no jail time, fines or other punishments.
(Jan 09 2025) - Punching Bag Post : Can Trump Take It Back ???
AMERICA : The Panama Canal, one of the most strategically significant waterways in the world, has once again become a focal point of international controversy. President Donald Trump has raised alarms about Panama’s increasing alignment with China, accusing the Panamanian gov't of violating the 1977 Canal Treaty.
(Jan 08 2025) - St Joseph Post : Deportations could endanger ???
KANSAS : Raising cattle is tough. Nearly every day, Kansas ranchers and feedlot operators have to wrestle with drought, disease or blizzards. But the biggest problem is labor — the industry is chronically short-handed. That is especially true in southwest Kansas. “If the immigrants weren't there ...”
(Jan 07 2025) - Conservatives Post : NYT Journalist Has Regrets
NEW YORK CITY : A reporter whose coverage was part of the smear campaign against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh in 2018 reportedly has regrets about his role in what became a sensational, fabricated account of the judge’s high school life. The reporter, David Enrich, expressed his regrets to Mark Judge ...
(Jan 06 2025) - New York Post : Justin Trudeau calls it quits
OTTAWA : Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he's resigning after nearly a decade in office following mounting calls for him to step down & “internal battles” within his own lefty party. The 53-yr-old (...) said he plans to stay on in his post until his ruling Liberal Party chooses a replacement.
(Jan 05 2025) - Guam Post : Delegate swears in GSA officers
WASH D.C. : Early Friday morning, Eastern Standard Time, Guam Del. James Moylan swore in the officers of the Guam Society of America during a ceremony held at the Guam Congressional Office in the House Cannon Building in Wash, D.C., the delegate's office announced. This was a tradition resurrected by Moylan in 2023
(Jan 04 2025) - Defense Post : Russia Downed 8 US Missiles
RUSSIA : Russia said on Saturday it had shot down eight US-supplied ATACMS missiles (and 72 drones) whose use Moscow has warned could spark a hypersonic ballistic missile attack on central Kyiv. ATACMS missiles have a maximum range of 190 miles (300 kilometers), according to publicly available data.
(Jan 03 2025) - Post & Email : Open Letter to Biden
WASH D.C. : Dear Mr. President: Soon President Trump will take office & your reckless term will end. I'm horrified at how you governed our nation. I'm sorry that you're in the early stages of dementia. My mother had that & I have compassion for you. Who was running our country? Certainly not you or ... Harris!
(Jan 02 2025) - Huff Post : Johnson's Fate Uncertain As Speaker
WASH D.C. : When it meets for the first session of a new Congress on Friday, the House of Representatives has to elect a speaker before it can do anything else. It’s not clear if Republicans are up to the task. Current Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) projected confidence on Thurs morning that he'd be reelected ...
(Jan 01 2025) - Baton Rouge Post : Act of pure evil ... !!!
WASH D.C. : President-elect Donald Trump reignited the debate over immigration and crime following a tragic car-ramming incident in New Orleans that left at least 10 people dead and 35 others injured during New Year's Eve celebrations, blaming Democrats for dismissing his warnings about criminal migration into the US.
(Dec 31 2024) - Patriot Post : Our Legal Immigration System ...
U.S.A. : Over Christmas, Elon Musk & his tech allies started a yeasty intra-MAGA debate over recruiting top immigrant talent to the U.S. & the role of the so-called H1B visa program. Musk is right that we should want to get exceptionally gifted people into the country, and the immigration hawks are right ...
(Dec 30 2024) - India Post : Trump pays tribute to Jimmy Carter
WASH D.C. : President Donald Trump has paid tribute to Jimmy Carter, who passed away at the age of 100, in Georgia, calling him “good man, very consequential” and said “we all owe him a debt of gratitude.” Trump issued two statements on his social media platform Truth Social following the death of Jimmy Carter.
(Dec 29 2024) - Post Searchlight : Georgia’s Greatest Mystery
GEORGIA : There is something about Jan that makes me want to tell you about some of the unusual happenings in our gorgeous state. So, this month expect the unexpected as we go through some different kinds of historical happenings. Let’s start with this not so usual monument (...) In a field on Georgia State Highway 77
(Dec 28 2024) - Activist Post : Will (AI) Cause Mass Deflation ???
WORLD WIDE : Forbes Magazine warns AI will set off “The Great Deflation Bomb.” Will we be buying eggs for fractions of a penny, houses for a song? The impact of Artificial Intelligence on the economy is heating up as AI begins to seep from its original killer app of cheating on college essays and porn.
(Dec 27 2024) - Richardson Post : Trump stands up to China
AMERICA : President Trump’s comment earlier this week about the United States potentially regaining control of the Panama Canal has brought renewed attention to communist China’s expanding influence in the Latin American country. The Panama Canal, which opened in 1914 after 10 years of construction by the U.S. ...
(Dec 26 2024) - Bangkok Post : Azerbaijan plane downed by Russia
BAKU : An Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday was downed by a Russian air defence system, four sources in Azerbaijan with knowledge of the investigation have told Reuters. The Embraer passenger jet crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 38 people ...
(Dec 25 2024) - Jerusalem Post : Unprecedented intel' penetration
ISRAEL : The IDF disclosed on Wednesday that its decapitation of Hezbollah from mid-September until the November 26 ceasefire was not luck, but based on an unprecedented level of infiltration. According to the military, its intelligence branches spent years separately diagnosing each level of Hezbollah’s firepower:
(Dec 24 2024) - Kathmandu Post : Gov't renews travel advisory
NEPAL : The Nepal gov't has renewed its travel advisory for citizens planning to visit Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia & Laos, highlighting increasing risks of human trafficking & fraudulent recruitment schemes. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in an advisory issued on Monday, warned citizens to exercise caution and ...
(Dec 23 2024) - Financial Post : Alberta is not entitled to half
ALBERTA : Canada’s chief actuary has determined that Alberta is not entitled to take more than half the funds in the Canada Pension Plan if its provincial gov't decides to follow through on a proposal to leave the national retirement scheme. Chief actuary Assia Billig, in her assessment released on Friday, said ...
(Dec 22 2024) - Scheer Post : Israel’s Crime of Extermination
JERUSALEM : Israeli authorities have intentionally deprived Palestinian civilians in Gaza of adequate access to water since Oct 2023, most likely resulting in thousands of deaths, thus committing the crime against humanity of extermination & acts of genocide, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
(Dec 21 2024) - Saturday Evening Post : Sky Lanterns
CANADA : Alice readjusted her laptop bag over her shoulder & pulled her battered suitcase behind her on the frigid Via Rail platform, wishing she'd worn warmer gloves. Winnipeg in December was not for sissies, as the arthritis in her hands kept reminding her. You’re not getting any younger, her twin had reminded her ...
(Dec 20 2024) - Nottingham Post : Clifton's biggest drug dealers
NOTTINGHAM : Two large-scale Nottingham drug dealers spent the profits of their criminal behaviour to fund holidays, spa breaks and hiring luxury cars. Nottingham Crown Court was told how Liam Kennerdale and Ryan Selwood operated “a sophisticated and organised” line which had up to 60 “loyal” customers ...
(Dec 19 2024) - Post Millennial : Chinese spy pleads guilty
NEW YORK : A New York man pleaded guilty to running a police station for the Chinese gov't in Manhattan. This comes about a year after it was revealed that the country's gov't was seeking to suppress dissidents from the country who came to America. 60-yr-old Chen Jinping pleaded guilty Wed to charges related to ...
(Dec 18 2024) - JC Post : Astronauts forced to stay longer
CAPE CANAVERAL : NASA’s two stuck astronauts just got their space mission extended again. That means they won’t be back on Earth until spring, 10 months after rocketing into orbit on Boeing’s Starliner capsule. NASA announced the latest delay in Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams' homecoming on Tuesday.
(Dec 17 2024) - Huff Post : Russian General killed by a bomb
MOSCOW : A senior Russian general was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow, a day after Ukraine’s security service leveled criminal charges against him. A Ukrainian official said the service carried out the attack. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of ...
(Dec 16 2024) - Jakarta Post : Taiwan receives US Abrams tanks
TAIWAN : Taiwan has received 38 advanced Abrams battle tanks from the U.S., the defence ministry said, as Taiwan boosts its military capabilities against a potential Chinese attack. Wash D.C. has long been Taipei's most important ally & biggest arms supplier - angering Beijing, which claims Taiwan as its own.
(Dec 15 2024) - Activist Post : ABC To Pay Trump $15 Million
NEW YORK : ABC News & George Stephanopoulos have reached a settlement with Trump for $15 million, after Stephanopoulos asserted that Trump was found “liable for rape” in a civil case while interviewing Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC). After the network played a clip of Mace discussing being a rape victim, Stephanopoulos asked ...
(Dec 14 2024) - SCM Post : South Korean President impeached
SOUTH KOREA : South Korean President Yoon was impeached on Saturday over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, leaving the nation under caretaker rule. The impeachment resolution, citing “insurrectionary acts”, passed with 204 lawmakers voting in favour – just 4 votes over the 2/3's threshold required.
(Dec 13 2024) - Nagaland Post : UN chief calls for reform
U.N. : United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for the reform of global financial institutions and urged action to address the debt crises affecting some countries. Guterres made these remarks in Johannesburg while addressing the first G20 Sherpas-Finance and Central Bank Deputies Joint Meeting.
(Dec 12 2024) - Christian Post : Violence against Christians in ???
MEXICO : Violence against Christians in Mexico has reached its "peak" as religious leaders faced targeted killings & assaults while hundreds of Catholics faced threats & extortion in the last 6 yrs, according to a new report. Nearly 900 members of the Roman Catholic Church's ministries faced extortion or threats ...
(Dec 11 2024) - Daily Post : Grid collapses for 12th time
NIGERIA : Nigeria’s National Grid collapsed for the 12th time this year on Wednesday. The latest incident happened around 2.09 pm, plunging Nigerians into darkness again. Since January 2024 until date, the grid has collapsed 11 times. Within one week in October, the grid collapsed three times.
(Dec 10 2024) - Orissa Post : Two Bangladeshi vessels ...
INDIA : The Coast Guard Tues intercepted 2 Bangladeshi vessels with 78 people on board while allegedly fishing in Indian waters, a statement said. The vessels were located during routine surveillance by the Coast Guard ship ‘Amogh’, it said. The vessels, FV Laila-2 & FV Meghna-5, were found in unauthorised fishing area ...
(Dec 09 2024) - PSY Post : Hippocampal neurogenesis decreases ...
U.S.A. : A study on mice found that interventions increasing the creation of new neurons in the hippocampus (hippocampal neurogenesis) weaken memories of traumatic events & reduce PTSD symptoms (...) Researchers of brain development believed that the brain stops creating new neurons once a person reaches adulthood.
(Dec 08 2024) - Sunday Post : Scots face tax ‘super hikes’
SCOTLAND : Hard-pressed Scots households face being hit with more than £208 million in council tax “super hikes” following the Govt’s decision to scrap a rates freeze. New analysis of revenue plans for the coming years (...) indicates local authorities (...) are preparing to send bills skyrocketing next year ...
(Dec 07 2024) - Pittsburgh Post : SK president avoids impeachment
SEOUL : South Korea's embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol avoided an opposition-led attempt to impeach him over his short-lived imposition of martial law, as most ruling party lawmakers boycotted a parliamentary vote Saturday to deny a 2/3 majority needed to suspend his presidential powers. Scrapping the motion ...
(Dec 06 2024) - First Post : Canada's immigration problem
CANADA : Intelligence experts within Canada’s border agency alerted the federal immigration department last Dec' about a significant increase in illegals crossing at the Canada-US border, including into the US, raising questions why action to address the issue wasn’t taken earlier. According to The Globe & Mail report ...
(Dec 05 2024) - Guam Post : New home port of USS Minnesota
GUAM : The USS Minnesota, the 10th of the powerful Virginia-class subs, has received forward deployment to Naval Base Guam & steamed into Apra Harbor on Nov. 26. A crew of about 140 sailors, 18 whom are officers & their families are in the process of relocating from their prior home port, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
(Dec 04 2024) - Indianapolis Post : Cellphone services crash ...
COPENHAGEN : A major cellphone network outage in Denmark on Nov 29 disrupted emergency services, delayed public transport & left security services patrolling streets to assist those unable to call for help. TDC Net, one of Denmark's largest network providers, attributed the issue to a system update within the past 24 hrs.
(Dec 03 2024) - Kenyan Post : Gov't selling data to insurance
KENYA : Kenyans have raised concerns about their privacy after it emerged that President William Ruto and his gov't plan to sell out data under the Social Health Authority & Social Health Insurance Fund. This follows the govt’s move to monetise patient data, which will be managed exclusively by gov't authorities.
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