During a photo-op at the G7 meeting in Japan, President Biden said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had given him a firm assurance that the American F-16s being supplied to him would not be used to attack Russian territory. Meanwhile, Estonia and Latvia plan to purchase German-made medium-range air defense systems.
In other news, a 3-year-old child in Indiana managed to obtain a firearm and fired a single round, wounding two people, one of whom was his mother. When the second victim went to the hospital to be treated, he was arrested on an outstanding murder warrant.
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Canada: Plan to Reach Net-Zero by 2050 Will Put Alberta in ‘Deep Recession’: Report
According to a new report, Alberta and Canada will not reach net zero emissions by 2050 — owing to the exuberant costs of phasing out oil and gas production. Premier Danielle Smith took Rachel Notley to task Thursday evening over her past flirtations with production caps on the industry.
“Shifting away from petroleum products is the Notley view of the world — certainly not my government’s view,” said Smith during the televised leadership debate. “We believe we are going to reduce emissions — not oil and natural gas [production].”
The Public Policy Forum said phasing out oil and gas would cost nearly $100 billion in lost GDP nationwide. Of that, Alberta would shoulder $60 billion.
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By 2030, AI could contribute $15.7 trillion to the global economy, bigger than the output of China and India — or it could have wiped out the human race altogether, experts told DailyMail.com.
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Nearly 90 Million Adults Struggling to Make Ends Meet in Biden’s America, Census Data Shows
As the economy slows while inflation and interest rates rise, nearly 90 million adults are struggling financially to provide for their families in Joe Biden’s America, according to new U.S. Census data.
The Census Bureau’s latest Household Pulse Survey showed that 89.1 million people reported it was somewhat or very difficult to pay for usual home expenses between April 26 and May 8 of this year.
That statistic increased to 38.5% of adults this year, compared to 34.4% one year ago and 26.7% during the same period in 2021.
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3 Dead in Shooting at Lounge in Kansas City, Missouri
Two others were injured in the early morning shooting, Kansas City Police said.
Three people were killed and two were injured when gunfire broke out early Sunday at a nightclub in Kansas City, Missouri, police said.
No arrests were immediately announced and police were working to identify a suspect or suspects in the episode.
The shooting erupted at the Klymax Lounge southeast of downtown Kansas City around 1:30 a.m. local time, the Kansas City Police Department said in a statement.
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30-Ton Shipment of Explosive Chemical Disappears, Investigations Launched
A huge shipment of a dangerous explosive chemical has disappeared while being transported by rail between Wyoming and California, according to reports.
The disappearance of the 30-ton shipment of ammonium nitrate, a chemical used as both fertilizer and as a component in explosives, has triggered four separate investigations.
A railcar loaded with some 60,000 pounds of the chemical left Cheyenne, Wyoming on April 12.
However, it was found empty two weeks later at a rail stop in the Mojave Desert.
The company, Dyno Nobel, made reported the issue to the federal National Response Center (NRC) on May 10, according to a short incident report from the firm which shipped the ammonium, KQED reports.
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3-Year-Old Shoots 2 People in Indiana, Leading to Arrest of Man Wanted for Murder
The child was able to access a firearm and fire one round, police said.
A shooting in Indiana that injured two people after a three-year-old accessed a gun led to the arrest of a man wanted for murder in Illinois, authorities said.
Trayshaun Smith, 23, was arrested on Thursday after he visited a hospital with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound, according to Lt. Justin Hartman of the Lafayette Police Department.
Investigators eventually determined that the shooting that sent Smith and another victim to the hospital occurred when a three-year-old was able to access a gun and fire a single round.
“It was determined that a three year old child at that location accessed a gun and fired one round striking two people,” according to Hartman.
The police department said officers initially found both shooting victims at the Franciscan Health Lafayette East Hospital, where they were being treated for non-life-threatening injuries. They later determined that the shooting occurred at an apartment complex in Lafayette, Indiana.
Hartman said the other victim was the child’s mother and Smith was a friend of the mother’s.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Vice President Kamala Harris wouldn’t be able to effectively run the White House’s response to artificial intelligence if she’s charged with leading it, some residents of the nation’s capital told Fox News.
“I don’t know if Kamala Harris has the background and the tech knowledge to really get a grasp on what AI can do and what its capabilities are, to be able to wrangle it in a space that is safe for everyone and not just beneficial for large corporations,” Eric told Fox News.
But another D.C. local, Marlena, said: “I definitely trust her on the task force. She’s a brilliant woman, extraordinarily accomplished.”
She was the only person Fox News interviewed who had faith in Harris’ ability to handle the White House’s AI response.
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Ben Crump Deletes Viral Tweet Branding Pregnant Nurse Racist After Her Lawyer Steps in
A prominent civil rights attorney deleted his viral tweet that attacked a female New York City hospital worker hours after her lawyer threatened defamation lawsuits in a Fox News segment against those who defamed her.
Ben Crump, who has been a lead attorney in several police brutality cases, tweeted a viral video with more than 4 million views of a verbal altercation between a pregnant New York City physician assistant and multiple young Black men before deleting it hours later after the segment aired and went viral on Twitter.
“This is unacceptable!” Crump captioned the tweet with the video. “A white woman was caught on camera attempting to STEAL a Citi Bike from a young Black man in NYC. She grossly tried to weaponize her tears to paint this man as a threat. This is EXACTLY the type of behavior that has endangered so many Black men in the past!”
There was no follow-up tweet with a correction or an apology.
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Biden Says He Thinks He Has Authority to Use 14th Amendment to End Debt Ceiling Standoff
President Joe Biden said Sunday he thinks he has the authority to end the debt ceiling standoff with congressional Republicans by invoking the 14th Amendment.
“I’m looking at the 14th Amendment as to whether or not we have the authority — I think we have the authority,” Biden said at a press conference in Hiroshima, Japan, The Hill reported. “The question is, could it be done and invoked in time that it would not be appealed, and as a consequence past the date in question and still default on the debt. That is a question that I think is unresolved.”
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COVID Pandemic Caused Average Public School Student to Lose a Half Year of Learning, Study
A recent study among researchers from Harvard and Stanford universities finds the COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating impact on public school education: the average U.S. student in grades 3—8 lost the equivalent of a half-year of learning in math and a quarter of a year in reading.
“The pandemic was like a band of tornadoes that swept across the country,” said Thomas Kane, the faculty director at Harvard’s Center for Education Policy Research. “Some communities were left relatively untouched, while neighboring schools were devastated.”
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U.S. Marine veteran Daniel Penny broke his silence in an interview with the New York Post where he shamed AOC and Al Sharpton.
Penny fired back at those accusing him of racism and also spoke about his own life and his time in the Marines.
Penny has become the center of a firestorm in the media as race-baiting Democrats and their allies use him as a pawn in their divisive racism agenda.
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DeSantis Wants Sarah Huckabee Sanders as His 2024 Running Mate, Report Says
Reports are emerging that Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis wants Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders to be his running mate when he announces his 2024 presidential campaign.
As Slay News reported, DeSantis is expected to jump into the Republican presidential race next week after the state’s legislative session ends.
A new report has now shed some light on who he wants as his running mate.
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Former Special Agent Left Homeless After Blowing Whistle on FBI and DOJ
A former FBI special agent and his family have been left homeless after he bravely stepped forward to blow the whistle on the top federal law enforcement agencies.
Testifying Thursday during the House Judiciary Committee’s investigation on the weaponization of the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ), Garrett O’Boyle revealed that he has faced severe retaliation for coming forward.
He described the ordeal that the FBI and DOJ have been putting him and his family through.
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George Soros-Backed Prosecutor Rachael Rollins Resigns in Disgrace After Watchdog DOJ Probe
Rachael Rollins, the George Soros-backed “progressive” U.S. Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, has resigned in disgrace.
The Democrat prosecutor stepped down ahead of the release of the monthslong ethics investigation by the Department of Justice (DOJ).
Rollins, who was nominated by Democrat President Joe Biden in 2021, was a controversial figure from the start.
She is a vocal supporter of progressive criminal justice reform and her policies have been widely criticized by law enforcement officials and conservatives.
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In Washington State There is a ‘Presumptive Right’ to Vote
(The Center Square) — In the state of Washington, a person must prove they’re 21 to purchase alcohol, rather than the seller presuming their age until shown otherwise.
But that presumption exists regarding voter registration.
State law does not require a person to prove they can vote when registering. Instead, it adheres to a “presumptive right” to vote, and registered voters are only removed if discovered to be ineligible by the county auditor or the Secretary of State’s Office.
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LOFS Man Killed, Two Others Injured by Grenade Explosion
A Lakes of the Four Seasons man was killed and his two teenage children were injured Saturday night when a grenade found in a relative’s belongings exploded, according to police.
The name of the man who died has not been released yet, pending identification by his family.
Around 6:30 p.m., officers from the Lake County Sheriff’s Department responded to an explosion that occurred in the 3400 block of W. Lakeshore Drive in Lakes of the Four Seasons. The family members had been going through their grandfather’s belongings when they discovered a hand grenade, police said. At some point, someone pulled the pin on the grenade and it detonated, according to a release from the sheriff’s department.
Police found a man who was unresponsive at the scene and he was later declared deceased, while the man’s two children, a 17-year-old boy and an 18-year-old girl, suffered shrapnel wounds and were transported to an area hospital, police said.
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Marine Vet Daniel Penny’s GiveSendGo Legal Defense Fund is Site’s Second-Biggest Campaign
Marine veteran Daniel Penny’s crowdfunding campaign to pay his legal fees in the death of an erratic homeless man on the New York City subway is among GiveSendGo’s most successful fundraisers in its history, the company’s co-founder told Fox News Digital.
“It’s the No. 2 ever on GiveSendGo,” Chief Financial Officer Jacob Wells said. “This definitely has sparked an emotional response with many people.”
He added that, at one point, the fund was raising $1,000 a minute after the Marine vet was charged with one count of second-degree manslaughter in the May 1 death of 30-year-old Jordan Neely.
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Mayor Johnson Appoints First-Ever Deputy to Combat Root Causes of Crime
CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson has appointed the first-ever Deputy Mayor of Community Safety in efforts to combat root causes of crime and violence, the City of Chicago said.
Johnson announced Friday that Garien Gatewood, the director of the Illinois Justice Project (IJP), will serve in the newly created governmental role.
In his time at IJP, Gatewood took action to refocus youth and adults away from the justice system and give support to those re-entering society after incarceration.
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McCarthy Believes FBI Will Release Informant File Alleging Biden Took Bribes as VP
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has a new sense of faith that the FBI will finally give Congress an informant file reportedly alleging that President Biden took bribes from foreign countries while he was vice president.
McCarthy said he felt confident that FBI Director Christopher Wray will hand over the document after he spoke to him on the phone Friday.
“I wanted to be very clear with the FBI director that Congress has a right and we have the jurisdiction to oversee the FBI,” he said in an interview with Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo.
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Missouri Gov. Parsons Replaces Soros-Backed Prosecutor in St. Louis With Corporate Attorney
Missouri Republican Gov. Mike Parson on Friday named a corporate attorney to replace Democratic St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner after she abruptly resigned earlier this week.
Gabriel D. Gore, a white-collar defense lawyer for the law firm Dowd Bennett, was selected out of a field of 18 applicants. He previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri in the violent crime unit and organized crime drug task force.
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NAACP Issues Travel Advisory for Black Americans Traveling to Desantis’ Florida: ‘Openly Hostile’
The NAACP issued a formal travel advisory for the state of Florida, arguing the state, under Gov. Ron DeSantis’ leadership, “has engaged in an all-out attack on Black Americans” and other minority groups.
“Florida is openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals,” the formal advisory states on the NAACP’s website. “Before traveling to Florida, please understand that the state of Florida devalues and marginalizes the contributions of, and the challenges faced by African Americans and other communities of color.”
A press release noted that the advisory was “in direct response to Governor Ron DeSantis’ aggressive attempts to erase Black history and to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in Florida schools.”
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Conservatives on social media ridiculed New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ new proposal to combat shoplifting and crime at retail stores throughout the city.
The Democrat mayor’s plan, laid out in bullet point format during a local Fox 5 broadcast, included providing “De-escalation training for retail employees,” and putting kiosks in stores that connect “would-be thieves” to social service.
Twitter users mocked the mayor for his soft, unrealistic plan that seemed no harsher than putting unruly children in a “time out corner,” as one described. Others argued that the mayor’s plan would make the city more “dangerous” than it has already become.
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Jeffrey Epstein used his knowledge of Bill Gates’ 2010 affair with a Russian bridge player to threaten the Microsoft billionaire, a bombshell new report claims.
The pedophile, who killed himself in 2019, wanted Gates to invest in a multibillion-dollar charitable fund back in 2013 but he would not oblige.
Epstein later sent him an email implying he was aware of his affair with bridge player Mila Antonova and that he could reveal his infidelity, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
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Supreme Court: IRS Can Obtain Bank Records of Third Parties Not Under Investigation
In a unanimous decision, the US Supreme Court ruled last week that it’s legal for the IRS to secretly obtain the bank records of third parties who are not under investigation, when seeking a summons for banking records believed to be relevant to the tax delinquency of another person.
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Trump’s Truth Social Sues Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post for $3.78 Billion
Former President Donald Trump’s social media company, Truth Social, has sued Jeff Bezos’ The Washington Post for defamation. Truth Social is seeking $3.78 billion in damages.
The suit says: Plaintiff, Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (“Plaintiff” or “TMTG”), by counsel, files the following Complaint against defendant, WP Company, LLC d/b/a The Washington Post (“Defendant” or “WaPo”).
“Plaintiff seeks (a) compensatory damages and punitive damages in the sum of $3,780,000,000.00 or such greater amount as is determined by the Jury, (b) prejudgment interest on the principal sum awarded by the Jury from May 13, 2023, to the date of Judgment at the rate of 6.58 percent per year, and (c) costs — arising out of Defendant’s defamation and conspiracy.”
The suit alleges the Post “published an egregious hit piece that falsely accused TMTG of securities fraud and other wrongdoing and has been on a years-long crusade against TMTG characterized by the concealment of relevant information in its possession.”
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An advocacy is pressing the University of Minnesota’s Office of Undergraduate Studies after the taxpayer-funded university program opened its paid undergraduate internship program application to only non-white applicants.
The Equal Protection Project of the Legal Insurrection Foundation is calling for the University of Minnesota (UMN) to change its application process and open its summer internship programs to all students regardless of skin color.
“The U. Minnesota segregated summer program is inexcusable, and it’s shocking that a major university would so openly make educational opportunities open only to students of a certain skin color,” Bill Jacobson, president of the Equal Protection Project (EPP), told Fox News Digital. “EqualProtect.org calls on the university immediately to open-up the summer program to students of all races, ethnicities, and skin colors.”
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Video Shows Man Brutally Attacked by Mob of Cyclists in Downtown LA
A man driving a pickup truck was pummeled by a group of young bicyclists during a broad daylight attack in the downtown Los Angeles jewelry district.
Video footage captured the moment the victim was knocked to the ground by a group of people who then stomped and kicked him ruthlessly near Hill and 6th Street on Thursday.
A witness said the fracas started when the cyclists claimed the man struck one of their bikes.
The victim, who has not been identified, covered his head as the assailants flung brutal kicks.
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Woman Shoved Into Train, Man Slashed During Violent Weekend on NYC Subways
Two suspects are on the loose after separate New York City subway attacks, with one man slashed in the face with a sharp object and a woman shoved into the side of a subway car.
Police say a 33-year-old victim reported that he was riding the southbound D train in Manhattan Friday when he noticed another individual aboard the train acting erratically, according to a report from WABC.
The victim said the erratic individual then approached him unprovoked and “slashed” him on the chin with an unknown sharp object.
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Bill C-21 Heads to Senate for Debate After Passing House of Commons
“This is the most significant gun control legislation in a generation that will strengthen the ban on AR-15 style firearms,” said Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino in a video posted to social media. Bill C-21 initially targeted handguns, but in late-stage amendments introduced last November, the federal government expanded the law also to target assault-style rifles.
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Chris Sky Rallies Pro-Freedom Crowd Outside CBC Toronto Headquarters
On a rainy Saturday, May 20, the Worldwide Freedom Rally for those continuing to demonstrate against COVID and vaccine restrictions that linger in 2023 was set at 250 Front Street West, CBC‘s downtown Toronto headquarters. Several dozen people gathered outside the building as the rain cleared up. The ongoing weekly Freedom Rally at Queen’s Park marched through the streets to meet the rest of the crowd by early afternoon.
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On May 12, during the second day of the hearings of the National Citizen’s Inquiry in Quebec, Shawn Buckley was invited to give his testimony.
Shawn Buckley practices extensively in the areas of criminal and regulatory law. His focus is on protecting Charter rights and testing the constitutional validity of legislation.
Mr. Buckley has been called as an expert witness in the areas of constitutional law and Food and Drugs Act regulation by committees in both the Senate and the House of Commons.
Shawn Buckley explained the process for a drug or new medicine to be approved in Canada, and particularly during the state of emergency.
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National Citizen’s Inquiry Hears of Harmful Side Effects Couple Faced After COVID-19 Vaccination
Caroline has always been convinced of the goodwill of governments and the mainstream media. During the pandemic, she and her spouse were following the government’s direction.
“I come from a generation that trusts governments. I have always trusted governments and the media. So, when Mr. Legault said that in order to regain our freedom, we had to get vaccinated twice, we had no questions. We were sure it would not put us in danger,” Caroline says.
In the fall of 2021, at age 46, she decided to get vaccinated, as did her spouse. This resulted in serious side effects. Menstruation very abundant and painful in Caroline, and myocarditis in her partner.
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Quebec Freedom Fighter François Amalega on Resisting Masking, Receiving $98k in COVID Fines
During the second day of the National Citizens’ Inquiry in Quebec City on May 11, we heard testimony from the French freedom fighter, François Amalega. His whole life was disturbed by the pandemic, as he went from a great mathematics teacher to a criminal — as you would assume by the treatment he received from the authorities.
“It is important to know that Quebec has done it, put somebody seven days in prison because they refused to wear the mask,” said Amalega.
Amalega stood up against health measures and political restrictions during the pandemic. Once a math instructor at Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf in Montreal, he finally resigned after being put under huge amounts of pressure from the administration.
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Suspect Faces First-Murder Charge After Woman Fatally Stabbed in Brampton
An accused killer faces a charge of first-degree murder following a fatal stabbing in Brampton last week.
Peel Regional Police said Davinder Kaur, 43, of Brampton, died at Sparrow Park, near Cherrytree Dr. and Sparrow Crt., Friday.
Police received a call for medical assistance at the location at about 6 p.m.
Nav Nishan Singh, 44, of Brampton, was arrested a short distance from the scene and has been charged with first-degree murder.
Police say Kaur and Singh were known to each other.
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A report published recently by the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (EFTO) made a shocking discovery. The survey showed that reports of violent occurrences are up 70% in Ontario elementary schools since 2017.
Nearly 25,000 of approximately 83,000 EFTO members — more than 75% of respondents — have experienced or witnessed violence in schools. That means that 77% of respondents reported seeing an alarming increase in violent occurrences in the classroom.
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Baltic Buildup: Estonia, Latvia to Purchase German Medium-Range Air Defence Systems
HELSINKI (AP) — Estonia and Latvia plan jointly to acquire German air defense systems for the protection of the two NATO nations’ airspace in what would be the biggest defense cooperation deal between the Baltic neighbors that border Russia, the Estonian and Latvian defense ministries said Sunday.
According to the provisional deal, deliveries of the medium-range IRIS-T SLM air defense system — manufactured by weapons maker Diehl Defence of Germany — could begin in 2025.
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British Intelligence Found FBI Russia Collusion Probe So Absurd it Stopped Helping
British intelligence expressed skepticism about the FBI’s investigation into the Donald Trump campaign’s alleged ties to Russia in 2016, and eventually became so concerned it stopped cooperating, according to evidence made public in Special Counsel John Durham’s recent report.
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Fears are growing that Russia could target the arteries that keep the UK alive: Cables and pipes that carry everything from gas to electricity, banking data to military communications.
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IRA-Linked Sinn Féin Becomes Largest Party in Northern Ireland Local Elections
LONDON (AP) — Irish nationalist party Sinn Fein made sweeping gains in Northern Ireland’s local elections, repeating its success from last year’s assembly elections, when it became the largest party for the first time.
With counting completed late Saturday, Sinn Fein, which seeks unification of Northern Ireland with the Republic of Ireland, took 144 of 462 local government seats. Its main rival, the Democratic Unionist Party, captured 122 seats, while the centrist Alliance Party had 67.
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Orcas Sink Three Boats in Europe, Teach Others to Do Same: Watch
Orcas have attacked and sunk three boats off the coast of Europe recently.
Alarmingly, experts say the orcas are teaching others how to sink boats.
In the latest incident, three orcas attacked a yacht on May 4 in the Strait of Gibraltar.
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Radical Sunni Islam is the single biggest terrorism threat facing Europe, a senior French minister has reaffirmed.
Gérald Darmanin, France’s Minister of the Interior, has declared that radical Sunni Islam is the single biggest terror threat facing Europe.
The minister made the claim ahead during a visit to the United States to discuss plans for the Paris Olympics next year, emphasising that the sports tournament posed a significant security challenge for his nation.
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This is the moment a desperate husband pleads with a group of Just Stop Oil eco-zealots to let him and his wife in labour to drive through to get to hospital.
Footage shows the man hurriedly approach protesters and police monitoring the scene. He asks: ‘Can I drive past because my wife is in labour, is that alright?’
The activists, who were blocking the central London road, then grant the husband access — who luckily was at the front of the queue of cars affected by the demonstration.
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A theatre in east London has been accused of setting a ‘dangerous precedent’ after urging white people to stay away from a play so that the audience is ‘free from the white gaze’.
The Theatre Royal Stratford East has warned white visitors against attending the July 5 performance of Tambo & Bones — a production which explores 300 years of African American history.
Those running the event said they are hosting the one-off ‘Black Out’ event during the play’s month-long run in a bid to create a ‘safe, private’ space for an ‘all-black-identifying audience’ to look at race-related issues.
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In the Footsteps of Jesus: 2,000-Year-Old Trade Receipt Found in Jerusalem
An ancient 2,000-year-old receipt was discovered by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) along the City of David’s Pilgrimage Road in Jerusalem, according to an announcement Wednesday.
A small fragment of a stone tablet was found with the name “Shimon” inscribed in Hebrew, reportedly accompanied by lines of letters and numbers suggesting a financial record was taken and indicating that money was involved in a transaction.
“At first glance, the names and numbers may not seem exciting, but to think that, just like today, receipts were also used in the past for commercial purposes, and that such a receipt has reached us, is a rare and gratifying find that allows a glimpse into everyday life in the holy city of Jerusalem,” the IAA said in a statement posted to Facebook.
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African Leaders to Broach Thorny Issue of Paying Russia for Fertilizers in Kyiv and Moscow Talks
A delegation of six African leaders set to hold talks with Kyiv and Moscow aim to “initiate a peace process,” but also broach the thorny issue of how a heavily-sanctioned Russia can be paid for the fertilizer exports Africa desperately needs, a key mediator who helped broker the talks said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Jean-Yves Ollivier, an international negotiator who has been working for six months to put the talks together, said the African leaders would also discuss the related issue of easing the passage of more grain shipments out of Ukraine amid the war and the possibility of more prisoner swaps when they travel to both countries on what they’ve characterized as a peace mission.
The talks will likely be next month, Ollivier said.
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President Joe Biden claimed on Sunday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed that American-made F-16 fighter jets will not be used to attack Russian territory.
At the tail end of the G7 summit in Hiroshima, Japan, President Biden said that President Zelensky provided him with a “flat assurance” that Western-supplied F-16 fighter planes will not be used to attack Russia itself, but rather “wherever Russian troops are within Ukraine and the area,” the Reuters news agency reported.
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Explosion Occurred During Air-Raid Warning in Odesa
On Sunday evening, an explosion occurred during an air-raid warning in the city of Odesa.
Source: Suspilne, alerts.in.ua, Dumska
Details: According to Suspilne’s correspondents, an explosion occurred in the city.
As Dumska writes, according to preliminary data, the city was attacked by a drone, Ukrainian air defence was deployed.
“Apparently, there was a UAV, and it was successfully shot down,” the publication notes.
On Sunday evening, an air-raid warning was issued in Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, as well as Luhansk Oblast and occupied Crimea.
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Zelensky: ‘Bakhmut is Only in Our Hearts’ After Ukraine Loses Control of Destroyed City to Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday that Bakhmut was “only in our hearts,” hours after Russia’s defense ministry reported that forces of the Wagner private army, with the support of Russian troops, had seized the city in eastern Ukraine.
Speaking alongside President Joe Biden at the Group of Seven summit in Hiroshima, Japan, Zelensky said he believed the city had fallen, but added: “You have to understand that there is nothing,” saying of the Russians, “They destroyed everything.”
“For today, Bakhmut is only in our hearts,” he said. “There is nothing in this place.”
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Christianity ‘Must be Eliminated’: The Persecution of Christians, April 2023
The following are among the murders and abuses inflicted on Christians by Muslims throughout the month of April, 2023:
Generic Muslim Abuses against Christians
Afghanistan: According to a brief Apr. 3 report, “Taliban puts bounty on Afghan Christians”:
“The Taliban are offering money for Afghans to turn in any Christians they know. And Afghans are desperate, further heightening the security risk [to] Christians.”
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Six police officers used two sets of handcuffs on panicked and distressed 81-year-old woman with advanced dementia in a nursing home.
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Oliver Yates, who ran the Clean Energy Finance Corporation from 2012 to 2017, was personally responsible for ensuring Australia’s first offshore wind farm.
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MMG bought the Rosebery mine on the boundary of the Tarkine rainforest in Tasmania’s north-west in 2009, to extract metals important to industries such as aerospace and national defence.
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Hamish Macdonald married his longtime partner Jacob Fitzroy over the weekend, with his Project co-stars sharing the announcement on Sunday evening.
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The Terrible $500k Memes New Zealand Used to ‘Educate’ Kiwis on COVID-19 Exposed
The New Zealand government contracted a marketing company to the tune of $500,000 to make memes for three weeks during the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been reported.
Advertising agency Topham Guerin was contracted by then Police Commissioner Mike Bush to produce 40 to 50 memes daily, warning people about the virus.
Memes circulated on social media included a black and yellow kiwi with the words “Be kind, stay home, save lives” that was posted and retweeted by celebrities and influencers.
But, according to RNZ news, many of the memes were thought to be confusing and the agency’s three-month contract was terminated by the Prime Minister’s department after just a few weeks.
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Watch: What Really Happened at the Violent Melbourne Extremist Rally
Amid the chaos covering extremist rallies in Melbourne at the weekend, I confronted both Neo-Nazi protestors and Antifa counter-protesters who appeared to share a lot in common, not in the least hating me.
Accused by the Antifa faction of supporting Neo-Nazi ideologies, and despised by the Neo-Nazis due to my Jewish ethnicity, it’s no great surprise that I became the target of their hate with the protest turning violent and the Rebel News team caught in the crossfire.
As the verbal exchange became heated, I was physically attacked by Antifa members with a flagpole.
Despite this, I was committed to trying to understand how the two groups, who largely looked, dressed and acted the same, differed in their hateful opinions.
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At Least 9 Dead in Stampede at Soccer Stadium in El Salvador
At least nine people were killed and dozens more injured when stampeding soccer fans pushed through one of the access gates at a quarterfinal match in the Salvadoran league Saturday.
The National Civil Police said in a preliminary report via Twitter that nine dead were confirmed at the match between clubs Alianza and FAS at Monumental Stadium in Cuscatlan, which is about 25 miles northeast of the capital.
At least two of the injured transported to hospitals were in critical condition, police said.
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by Daniel Greenfield
Between Matamoros, Mexico and Brownsville, Texas lies the Rio Grande river. On one side is the Matamoros migrant camp where thousands of illegal invaders prep for the invasion with the aid of American open borders non-profit groups, squatting in their own filth, fighting, shaking each other down and starting fires like those that killed 40 male migrants. Across is America.
At 160 feet wide and only 2 feet deep, the invaders have little trouble making their way across. Despite the slur ‘wetback’, little actual swimming is usually required. Past proposals to widen and deepen the river so it’s a tenth of a mile and twenty feet deep would have been fairly expensive, but was shut down by open borders advocates who claim the invaders might drown.
In one week in April, some 15,000 illegal invaders traversed the river. The media regularly features dramatic photos of migrants crossing the Rio Grande and offers sympathetic portrayals of the invaders such as the New York Times story: “Desperate Migrants on the Border: ‘I Should Just Swim Across.” The coverage often describes these invasions as “sudden” or “unexpected”.
But there’s nothing sudden or unexpected about them. They’re the work of the Coyote-in-Chief…
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No Evidence Supporting Claim That New York Hotels Kicked Out Veterans to Make Room for Migrants
Despite initial reports amplifying the claims, there has been no evidence found to back up claims that ex-military members were booted from several New York hotels to make room for migrants being transported in from a recent border surge.
All of the hotels accused, along with Orange County, N.Y., Assemblyman Brian Maher, denied the claims that were initially made by the CEO of a non-profit dedicated to giving aid to veterans.
Initially, it was reported that two dozen homeless veterans had been booted from upstate hotels to make room for migrants based on claims from the Yerik Israel Toney [YIT] Foundation CEO and disabled veteran Sharon Toney-Finch.
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Suspect in Rape of Maryland Teen is Illegal Migrant From El Salvador: ICE
The suspect in the rape of a 15-year-old and an adult woman days later in Maryland was illegally in the United States, according to an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement spokesperson.
The Montgomery County Police Department announced the arrest of 20-year-old Jose Roberto Hernandez-Penal, identified by some media outlets as Jose Roberto Hernandez-Espinal, last week.
An ICE spokesperson told a local Fox News affiliate on Friday that Hernandez-Espinal is from El Salvador and illegally entered the United States in 2013.
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Thousands of Non-Citizens Have Made it Onto U.S. Voter Rolls, Watchdog Warns
Tens of thousands of non-citizens have tried or made it onto voter rolls across the U.S. over recent years, according to an election watchdog’s analysis of data from several states.
Non-citizen voters have been found on voter rolls in North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas and Maricopa County, Ariz. In Georgia, there were non-citizens who attempted to register to vote but were placed in a pending status because there wasn’t evidence of their citizenship, so they didn’t make it onto the voter rolls.
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Kristian Kodra (pictured), 25, received two years for operating the criminal establishment that supplied cocaine and prostitutes.
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UK: Daily Mail Comment: Is 700,000 Migrants a Year ‘Taking Control’?
DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Rishi Sunak will have to forgive the public if they greet his promise to cut net migration with a weary sense of déjà vu. All five of the last Prime Ministers gave similar assurances.
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Anheuser-Busch Vows to Purge White Male Employees
Bud Light’s parent company Anheuser-Busch has vowed to purge white male employees in an effort to become “more diverse and inclusive.”
Footage found on the company’s website shows executives making the “woke” pledge.
The news comes as Anheuser-Busch (AB InBev) is battling to stay afloat after seeing its sales collapse since the disastrous Dylan Mulvaney advertisement campaign.
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Facebook Cracks Down on Christian Content, Labels it ‘Hate Speech’
Facebook has provoked a widespread backlash after the social media platform deleted Christian content and labeled it “hate speech.”
The issue was highlighted by journalist Billy Hallowell, a former Blaze writer.
Hallowell, a Christian, exercised his religious freedom by posting on Facebook: “Jesus died so you could live.”
However, despite his post reflecting one of Christianity’s core beliefs, Hallowell’s post was deleted by Facebook and he was accused of spreading “hate speech” on the Big Tech platform.
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A professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine who is involved in a LGBTQ+ “special interest group” claimed that parents must start including gender ideology in their families before a baby is born.
“This is my favorite topic,” Lauren T. Roth, a professor of pediatrics at Einstein and a physician in the division of academic general pediatrics at the Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, said. The doctor has specialized knowledge of transgender medical interventions on children diagnosed with dysphoria.
“Like, this is a normal thing. And we have to understand that gender is on a spectrum. There’s not just men and women,” she said. “Sometimes [a child’s gender identity] matches the chromosomes or the genitals that they were born with, but sometimes it doesn’t.”
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A Friday morning session in the unicameral Nebraska legislature devolved into chaos after one Democratic lawmaker began shouting her support for transgender people amid a debate on a bill to ban sex change procedures for minors in the state.
The bill, which was ultimately approved by lawmakers and sent to Republican Gov. Jim Pillen’s desk to become law, bans sex change procedures for minors, as well as abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy.
In voicing her disapproval to the measure Friday morning, state Democrat Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh slapped the lectern and repeatedly shouted: “Transgender people belong here, we need trans people, we love trans people.”
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Transgender California High School Runner’s 2nd-Place Finish in Girls Race Draws Backlash
The California high school sports governing body came under fire Sunday after a transgender athlete finished in second place in the CIF-North Coast Section Meet of Champions.
Athena Ryan finished in second place in the varsity girls 1,600-meter run finals on Saturday. Ryan of Sonoma Academy finished behind Hanne Thomsen of Montgomery and ahead of Ellie Buckley of Campolindo. Ryan will advance to the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State Track & Field Championships next week.
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A transgender woman sued a New York City yoga studio on Monday after being asked to exit the women’s locker room at the studio and being told to use the men’s facilities, according to a court filing.
Ali Miles, also known as Dylan Miles, according to the complaint, is suing Hot Yoga Chelsea for $5 million after management asked Miles to exit the women’s locker room following a yoga class.
Hot Yoga Chelsea management prohibited Miles from using the Women’s facilities, according to the filing.
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Wow! Those orcas are smart. Whales know how to deal with ” migrants” even if people do not.
It doesn’t take much to be smarter than a “migrant”.
Depending on where the “migrant” hails from there’s likely single cell organisms and inanimate objects that have more intelligence.
Military mechanics sought for Ukraine (paid for by British government?).
Part of an “EU citizenship programme”. Conditions – you must be from the Middle East and North Africa region…
“We invite citizens from the Middle East and North Africa to participate in a voluntary program to assist Ukraine on a competitive basis.
Participants must understand all risks…”
https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/4095390986
You mean there exists orcs from those regions with skills other than dealing drugs, raping anything with an orifice, and defrauding the welfare state?
Of course this begs the question of why any orc would be interested in such a program with the promise of citizenship when they’re already getting all the benefits without the likelihood of getting killed.
Diabolical decisions/suggestions/ideas like these do not occur to anyone unless they were born from devils.
Do you know there is no end to the west’s vices.