A lightning strike in Oxfordshire set off a huge explosion at a vegetable waste recycling facility. The bolt ignited a tank of stored biogas, creating a fireball that lit up the sky. Local authorities said that no injuries were reported as a result of the incident.
In other news, a new poll found that more than half of Americans say that they will refuse a new round of COVID vaccines.
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14-Year-Old Among Gang of Suspects Arrested for Stealing From California Nike Store
On Thursday, a gang of shoplifters made off with thousands of dollars worth of products from a Nike store in Irvine, California. One of the suspects was only 14 years old.
While the juvenile’s name has not been released, the identities of the other three suspects were made public. Kristen Jamie Himbarger, 19, China Celeste Morris, 24, and Anaiya Syrai Cole, 19, were caught on camera grabbing armfuls of clothing and accessories from the racks before bolting out the front door with their young accomplice and a man, who has not been identified.
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2-Out-of-3 Gen Z-ers Still Get Financial Help From Their Parents
A recent poll surveying 1,000 U.S. residents reveals that a sizable number haven’t ventured as far from home as they once imagined they would. Close to one-third remain in the town where they grew up, and astonishingly, 40% of that group still share a roof with their parents.
And the reason many haven’t left home seems to be clear: nearly 2 in 3 Gen Zers receive financial help from their parents. 29% of Americans still live in their home town, according to a newly released study and data aggregated by AllStar Home.
The median distance that U.S. residents reside from their birthplace is a mere 30 miles. Those who haven’t crossed state lines are, on average, just a 47-minute drive away from their original stomping grounds, the study found.
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Armed Man Shoots Violent Home Invader in ‘Open Carry’ Oklahoma
A man suspected of breaking into a residence where his ex-wife lived was shot by a legally-armed male homeowner in Oklahoma last week, according to reports.
The harrowing incident unfolded just before noon on Wednesday in Midwest City.
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Biden Admin Bans Official Travel to Fossil Fuel Conferences, Leaked Memo Shows
A leaked internal memo has revealed that Democrat President Joe Biden’s White House has banned senior administration officials from attending conferences that promote the use of fossil fuels.
The guidance, which originated from the White House National Security Council (NSC), prohibits admin officials from traveling for international energy engagements that promote “carbon-intensive” fuels, including oil, natural gas, and coal.
The ban was revealed in a Department of Energy (DOE) memo issued internally to agency staff on September 15.
The memo, which was obtained by Fox News, was authored by Deputy Secretary of Energy David Turk.
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Biden Claims Elon Musk’s X Has Made it So Americans ‘Have No Notion’ Whether News ‘True or Not’
Joe Biden claimed Elon Musk’s purchase of X, formerly Twitter, has made it so Americans “have no notion” whether news is “true or not.”
In a ProPublica interview on Sunday, Biden claimed Musk’s X platform is contributing to a rise in “misinformation.”
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Breaking: Democrat Congressman Henry Cuellar Carjacked at Gunpoint Outside DC Apartment
Democrat congressman Henry Cuellar was carjacked at gunpoint this evening according to multiple reports.
The crime occurred outside his DC apartment in the Navy Yard / Capitol Hill area.
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Chicago’s Iconic Signature Room Restaurant Abruptly Shuts Down Amid ‘Safety Issues,’ Rising Crime
The Signature Room restaurant located on the 95th and 96th of the former John Hancock Center in Chicago abruptly closed on Thursday with the owners citing “severe economic hardship” as their reason.
A letter posted by the elevator owners Richard Roman and Nick Pyknis read, “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the permanent closing of our beloved Signature Room at the 95th effective Thursday, September 28, 2023.”
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Chicago Judge Releases Repeat Offender Accused of Shooting Dog After End of Cash Bail Statewide
A Chicago judge released a violent repeat offender who has been accused of shooting a dog and evading police while in possession of a backpack that contained a loaded 9 mm handgun, loose ammunition, and two 50-round drum magazines.
The decision follows the controversial elimination of cash bail in the state of Illinois which was passed through the legislature last week under the “Pretrial Fairness Act.”
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COVID Vaccine Poll Finds More Than Half of Adults Are Likely to Say ‘No Thanks’ to the Vax
Among U.S. adults, 52% say they will “probably” or “definitely” not get the new COVID-19 vaccine, according to the latest KFF (Kaiser Family Foundation) COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor poll.
Conversely, 23% of adults “definitely” plan to get the vaccine — while another 23% will “probably” get it.
Among the people who said they “definitely” or “probably” will get the new shot, most are Democrats and/or at least 65 years old, the poll found.
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Democrat Rep Jamaal Bowman Says He Was Confused by Sign That Reads ‘Push Until Alarm Sounds’
Radical Democrat Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s (D-NY) excuse for setting off the fire alarm in Congress has become even harder to believe after images of the red warning signs emerged on social media.
As Slay News reported, Bowman set off the alarm on Saturday as members of the House were about to vote on a critical resolution.
The alarm caused an evacuation and delayed the vote on the bill that excluded funding for Ukraine.
The congressman was caught on a security camera as he triggered the alarm at an emergency exit.
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A federal court ruled in two cases Friday that religious foster agencies in South Carolina could remain open and continue their work partnering with the state to serve children in need.
In Rogers v. Health and Human Services and Maddonna v. Health and Human Services, the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina decided that it is constitutional for South Carolina to work with faith-based foster care organizations to help children find homes.
The state of South Carolina works directly with families seeking to foster and adopt children in crisis situations and also partners with numerous private agencies that help find and support families for foster children in need of a safe place to live.
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Fifth Circuit Court Rules Against Biden’s ATF in Ghost Gun Case
The Fifth Circuit has partially granted, but essentially denied, the government’s motion to cancel a district court’s injunctions in the Firearms Policy Coalition’s lawsuit (VanDerStok v. Garland) challenging the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ “frame or receiver” rule. The injunctions will now only apply to two plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
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Gaetz Moves to Formally Remove McCarthy as Speaker
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Monday moved to force a vote to oust Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) after McCarthy enlisted Democrats to pass a Continuing Resolution to keep the government funded through mid-November, and cut a secret side-deal for Ukraine funding.
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FIRST ON FOX — A New York judge ordered the state to pay nearly half a million dollars in legal feels to the National Rifle Association (NRA) after the gun rights group won a major case at the Supreme Court.
In a case decided last summer, the Supreme Court ruled that a New York public carry licensing law was unconstitutional and that the ability to carry a pistol in public was a constitutional right guaranteed by the Second Amendment.
The NRA was a party in that case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, and last week a New York judge ordered the state to pay $447,700.82 in legal fees.
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The root narrative around the next government funding bill is slowly taking shape and it is uglier than many people suspected — Neo-cons within the GOP are determined to oppose the majority of Americans and will continue funding the war in Ukraine, and they are planning on using the border security issue as leverage.
In a recent interview with CBS Face The Nation, Lindsay Graham suggested that any new government funding bill would require many billions more in Ukraine military aid well beyond the $24 billion already slated, and that if conservatives want funding for border security, they will have to submit to an ongoing proxy war in Ukraine. In other words, the plan is to hold conservatives and America hostage using the immigration crisis.
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Missing 9-Year-Old Girl Charlotte Sena Found Safe After New York State Park Disappearance: Police
MOREAU, N.Y. — Missing 9-year-old Charlotte Sena has been found after disappearing from Moreau Lake State Park in New York on Saturday, authorities say.
New York State Police announced that a suspect has been taken into custody over the incident on Monday night. Sena is currently safe and healthy, and was taken to a hospital for evaluation.
“Charlotte Sena has been located and [is] in good health,” the statement read. “A suspect is in custody. This is still an active investigation.”
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Mitch McConnell Persuaded FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried to Donate Millions to Anti-Trump Republicans
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) reportedly held secretive meetings with Sam Bankman-Fried and persuaded the disgraced former FTX CEO to donate millions of dollars to anti-Trump Republicans.
McConnell gave the Democrat megadonor a list of Republican candidates who were running against President Donald Trump’s endorsements in the 2o22 elections.
The meeting was revealed by Michael Lewis, the author of The Big Short, during an interview with “60 Minutes” on Sunday.
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Newsom Fills Feinstein’s Empty Senate Seat With Wealthy Black Lesbian From Maryland
In 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) vowed to replace any Senate vacancies with a black woman.
On Sunday, he did just that following the death of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D), appointing the first black lesbian to ever openly serve in Congress.
Laphonza Butler, president of of pro-abortion organization EMILY’s List who served as a senior adviser to Kamala Harris’ very failed 2020 presidential campaign, and currently a resident of Maryland, was announced as Feinstein’s replacement in a Sunday night announcement by Newsom.
Butler will finish Feinstein’s term, which runs until 2024, after which she may face off with Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), who had been hoping Feinstein would live till the election so he could slide into the Senate.
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NYC Professor Who Threatened Reporter With Machete Pleads Guilty to Menacing
A New York City college professor who threatened a reporter while wielding a machete in May, pled guilty in court on Monday to menacing.
As part of the plea deal, 45-year-old Shellyne Rodriguez must complete 13 months of behavioral therapy.
Her next court date is scheduled for May 15, 2024, which is intended to ensure Rodriguez complies with the terms of the plea agreement.
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Philadelphia Journalist Who Mocked Concern Over Violent Crime in Democrat Cities Shot Dead in Home
A left-wing Philadelphia journalist who mocked concern over rising crime in Democrat-run cities was shot to death in his home.
Josh Kruger was shot seven times after someone entered his home, shot him at the base of his stairs, and then fled. Kruger ran outside seeking help from his neighbors and collapsed, where police found them after responding to call just before 1:30 a.m. on the 2300 block of Watkins Street.
Kruger, 39, was rushed to the Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, where he died just before 2:15 a.m.
No arrests have been made, and there was no sign of forced entry into the home, according to Deputy Police Commissioner Frank Vanore.
“Either the door was open, or the offender knew how to get the door open,” he said. “We just don’t know yet.”
Detectives believe his death may have been the result of a domestic dispute or may have been drug-related, according to three law enforcement sources with knowledge of the case. The sources, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation, said police investigators recovered troubling text messages between Kruger and a former partner. Investigators also recovered methamphetamine inside Kruger’s bedroom, the sources said. —Inquirer
In April, Kruger — who had struggled with addiction and homelessness — said that an ex-partner had broken into his home.
“The door was locked, so he had somehow obtained a copy of my keys,” he wrote.
Around two weeks ago, Kruger wrote on Facebook that someone came to his house looking for their boyfriend, calling themselves “Lady Diabla, the She-Devil of the streets.”
Kruger frequently mocked conservatives on X, ironically calling Dilbert creator Scott Adams “Nostradamus” on Saturday for predicting that people would be dead “within the year” of Biden’s election.
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Philadelphia Looting Arrests Continue to Pile Up as DA’s Office and Police Review Evidence
Authorities in Philadelphia have arrested and charged over 70 people in connection to the multi-day crime spree that devastated and destroyed many businesses throughout the city last week.
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, members of his office, and additional city officials spoke with reporters on Monday morning to provide an update on the multi-day crime spree.
Clint Orem, acting chief of the DA’s Office’s charging unit, told reporters that 61 adults were arrested and charged with various crimes, mainly consisting of felony burglary, felony conspiracy and criminal mischief, ranging from misdemeanors to felonies.
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Reddit to Block Users From Opting Out of Personalized Ads
To amplify its advertising strategies, a popular virtual meeting place, Reddit, has made a big announcement: its users will no longer have the option to opt out of ad personalization based on their activity on the platform. This major revamp in its advertising, privacy, and location settings was revealed last Wednesday, with Jutta Williams, Reddit’s head of “privacy” leading the conversation.
From the perspective of the company, this move is constructive, offering them an opportunity to “better predict which ad may be most relevant” to each user. According to Williams, the fact that Reddit requires minimal personal information from its users makes this shift plausible. However, this perspective could be concerning from a privacy standpoint, as it potentially accelerates invasive data surveillance.
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Sidney Powell Paid for Georgia Election Machine Examination Upon ‘Threat’, Her Lawyer Says
Authored by Petr Svab via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours)
Sidney Powell, a former federal prosecutor charged with breaching election machines in Georgia, had nothing to do with the breach, save for paying for it after the fact, and only because the forensic firm that did it threatened to dump the data online, her lawyer said in a recent court filing.
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Starlink Now Operational Across Entire US as Elon Musk Becomes ‘Uncancellable’
For those living off-the-grid or using Starlink as a network redundancy in case of a grid failure, the SpaceX-owned space internet company announced on X that the service is now available across the Lower 48 after deploying next-generation satellites.
“Deployment of our second generation Starlink satellites, which have 4x more capacity than the first gen, enable us to connect even more people no matter where they live,” Starlink wrote in the post.
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Supreme Court Rejects Effort to Block Trump From Running for President
The United States Supreme Court has rejected a case that seeks to block President Donald Trump from running in the 2024 presidential election.
The SCOTUS declined to hear a challenge from an obscure Republican presidential candidate on Monday.
John Anthony Castro, a tax consultant from Texas seeking the Republican presidential nomination, attempted to disqualify Trump from running.
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If Biden is replaced, RFK Jnr’s candidacy could ironically actually end up helping the deep state.
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The USA vs. SBF: Jury Selection in Sam Bankman-Fried Trial to Begin Tuesday
Jury selection in the Sam Bankman-Fried trial begins on Tuesday this week, kicking off a trial that is expected to last about six weeks following the crypto firm’s historic $40 billion bankruptcy.
US prosecutors have labeled FTX “one of the biggest financial frauds in American history,” Financial Times noted in their trial preview this weekend. SBF stands accused not only to defrauding “dozens” of the world’s top investors, but also his millions of customers. The report also noted the trial will likely include “millions of pages of evidence” and testimony from SBF’s friends and romantic partners.
Prosecution is going to be tasked with trying to get seven different charges, including conspiracy to commit money laundering and fraud against lenders, investors and customers, to stick, the report notes. They will try to show that Bankman-Fried collaborated covertly to channel billions from FTX customers to his cryptocurrency trading company, Alameda Research.
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The New York judge presiding over the civil fraud trial of former President Donald Trump was blasted on social media on Monday after cameras caught him smiling for the cameras as the trial got underway.
Conservatives on social media immediately reacted with outrage on Monday when New York City Judge Arthur Engoron was briefly shown in the courtroom smiling and taking off his glasses to seemingly pose for cameras that were filming inside the courtroom.
“This New York City judge is a partisan Democrat clown,” Article III Project founder and president Mike Davis posted on X, formerly Twitter. “Disgraceful.”
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Trump Gains Ground Among Minority Voters as Support for Biden Plummets, Poll Shows
President Donald Trump has seen his support among minority voters grow in recent months, a new poll has revealed.
Democrat President Joe Biden, meanwhile, has seen his support from the same demographic plummet.
According to the poll from Monmouth University, Biden’s support among black, Latino, and Asian voters fell significantly from 63% in July to 47%.
During the same time period, however, Trump’s support among these demographics rose from 23% to 33%.
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Vladimir Nostachev and Vadim Pokusov were caught with the homemade explosives early Sunday, some of which left behind a two-foot wide crater, police said.
Two men were arrested in Warrington township after prosecutors say they used homemade explosives to blow a two-foot wide crater in a field behind a shopping center.
Vladimir Nostachev, 47, of Bustleton, and Vadim Pokusov, 40, of Warminster, have been charged with weapons of mass destruction, possession of explosive material, conspiracy, and related offenses. They are both being held in lieu of $1 million bail, court records show. There was no indication either man had hired an attorney.
The motive behind the explosions remained unclear Monday. Preliminary hearings for the two men have been scheduled for later this month.
Police first encountered Nostachev and Pokusov just before 4 a.m. Sunday, while responding to reports of fireworks going off near the Valley Square Shopping Center on Main Street, according to the affidavit of probable cause for their arrests.
While patrolling the area, one of the responding officers heard an explosion, he said. He heard a second explosion not long after, and drove toward the shopping center to investigate, the affidavit said.
As the officer approached the center, he saw a Lexus SUV backing up and turning around in the parking lot, and noticed a “large plume of smoke that extended as high as the trees” in a wooded area behind the building, the affidavit said. The officer sped up to pursue the vehicle, and smelled gun powder as he got closer to it.
Nostachev was driving the vehicle, with Pokusov in its passenger seat, according to the affidavit. During a search of the SUV, the officers noticed two homemade explosives, one the size of a soda bottle and the other similar in size and shape to a softball. The officers also found a plastic bag filled with what appeared to be bottle rockets.
The officers called in bomb disposal officers from Philadelphia to inspect and handle the devices. They later determined that the homemade explosives were made of cardboard and filled with magnesium powder, sometimes called flash powder, which is a highly volatile explosive.
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Video: Obama Won’t Answer When Asked if His Wife Will Run for President
Barack Obama provided no comment when asked if his wife is planning to run for the Democratic Party nomination.
Obama was spotted emerging from a restaurant in Beverly Hills Saturday night, while Michelle Obama was hanging out with Tom Hanks on Steven Spielberg’s yacht in Portofino.
The former President had nothing to say when asked for comment.
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Video: RFK Jr. Backflips Off a Cliff
2024 Presidenital candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted a video over the weekend thanking donors to his campaign, and celebrating them by backflipping off a cliff into a lake.
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Watch: Texans Obliterate Wild Hogs in Viral Video
Footage of some Texans shredding invasive wild hogs while shooting fully automatic rifles from the back of a moving vehicle went viral over the weekend, with one X user captioning the clip, “The European mind cannot comprehend Texas.”
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‘What’s the Joke?’ Black Influencers Mock White Hikers for — Being Polite
A video going viral on social media shows a group of black influencers mocking the behavior of white hikers on nature trails, with the majority of interactions featured being very polite.
The video, captioned “White people on a hike,” depicts black individuals making friendly innocuous comments to passersby on a nature trail.
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Canadian Province Brings Back Mask Mandates for Hospitals
The Canadian province of British Columbia is bringing back mask mandates in all hospitals and healthcare settings, a leaked government memo has revealed.
The Ministry of Health in British Columbia, Canada, will reimplement mask policies this week.
The rule will apply to all visitors, patients, and healthcare workers in healthcare settings.
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The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has just revealed new draconian regulations, requiring all digital platforms that transmit audio or visual content and meet a certain earnings benchmark to register with the government agency before the end of November.
This new set of rules symbolizes a further restriction on free speech and an encroachment on the principle of internet openness, turning the digital world into an area under government watch.
Under these newly released regulations, a myriad of online platforms — from streaming services to social media and even subscription-based television — will be brought under governmental umbrella if they meet a revenue threshold in Canada.
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Greenpeace Canada Co-Founder Admits “We Are Not in a Climate Crisis”
The co-founder of Greenpeace Canada told podcast host Dan Proft that “climate alarmism is 100% untrue.”
“They said it was the hottest year in the history of the earth the other day, and it’s not,” Patrick Moore told Proft on the “Counterculture” podcast.
“That’s just, period, a lie.”
“The whole climate alarmism — ‘climate catastrophe’ — is 100% untrue,” said Moore.
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“ADR is on the Side of Reason in Luxembourg”: An Interview With Maks Woroszylo
Maks Woroszylo is a 26-year-old member of the Alternative Democratic Reform Party (ADR) in Luxembourg, the president of the ADRenalin, the youth organization of ADR, and is currently running to become a Member of the Chamber of Deputies in the national elections scheduled to take place October 8th. He also works as a parliamentary advisor for the ADR. Outside of politics, he studies mechanical engineering at Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien).
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1 in 10 Prisons in England and Wales Should be Shut Down
In the same week as the Conservative Party is pushing ahead with its drive to look tough on crime, His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of prisons said 10% of these are not “fit for purpose.”
Charlie Taylor was particularly critical of around 14 English and Welsh prisons built in the Victorian era which, thanks to decades of mismanagement, are so overcrowded and ill-equipped that they cannot provide proper accommodation for inmates.
The Guardian was the first to report the story, and notes that slipping standards mean “thousands of prisoners were being held in vermin-infested buildings with too few staff and inadequate facilities for retraining and education.”
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A campaign group comprising ethnic minority lawyers that claim to oppose racism has been criticized for awarding a fictional Negro Of The Year Award to conservative broadcaster Rev. Calvin Robinson who they regarded as a “black man who went over and above the call of duty in service to white supremacy.”
The African, Caribbean and Asian Lawyers (ACAL) for Justice group posted a graphic of Robinson on its X account, formerly Twitter, on Saturday.
The graphic stated that the award had been issued by the Negro White Appreciation Association U.K., for Robinson’s “contribution to the world-wide embarrassment of black people.”
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British Fighters Have Been Deployed to Poland
Four RAF Typhoon aircraft have been sent to Poland to conduct exercises with aircraft from Spain, Poland and Italy, reports the UK Defence Journal.
The deployment will provide Royal Air Force pilots with the opportunity to train in aerial combat against different types of aircraft and develop tactics to exploit their weaknesses. The Typhoons sent to Poland today will remain in Poland for two weeks and will practice engaging targets beyond visual range, simulating various possible combat scenarios.
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Dutch Parliament Backs Ban on Calf Imports
A majority of the Dutch House of Representatives gave their approval to a motion by the country’s left-leaning animal welfare party, PvdD, to ban the import of calves less than two months before national elections in the Netherlands, where agrarian discontent will loom large.
In a non-binding motion, primarily meant to influence government policy, MPs voted 149 to 82 in favour of the motion, which directly acknowledged the suffering of animals and noted a sudden spike in live calves imports from Ireland.
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Fico Tasked With Forming New Slovak Government
Slovakian President Zuzana Caputova has handed Robert Fico a political mandate to start negotiations to form a new government. Caputova met the former prime minister on Monday, October 2nd, after his party clearly won the parliamentary elections held on Saturday.
According to the final results announced on Sunday, Fico’s left-wing nationalist-sovereigntist party, Smer—which governed Slovakia between 2006-2010 and 2012-20—received the backing of 23% of voters, gaining 42 seats in the 150-seat national parliament. This means he will need to form a coalition to gain a majority, with the most likely contenders being social democratic Hlas (27 seats) and the conservative-nationalist Slovak National Party (10 seats).
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The leading team of the Bavarian Greens, which is polling in fourth place, is gearing up for the Bavarian election campaign next Sunday, and has revealed their “100-day program of the Bavarian Greens.”
Within this document, they outline their intention for the first 100 days in office: to provide Bavaria with a new direction. The most pivotal point within this paper, appearing as the top priority, revolves around what they call an “emergency plan” and “immediate actions for a democratic society,” Apollo News reports.
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Growing Trend: Germans Massively Emigrating to Hungary — Magyar Nemzet
Mass emigration of Germans to Hungary has become a common phenomenon, actively discussed on social media platforms, particularly on TikTok, as reported by Hungary Today with reference to Magyar Nemzet.
TikTok users are sharing their experiences of relocating from Germany to Hungary and encouraging others to follow suit.
According to data from the Central Statistical Office (KSH), the number of German citizens settling in Hungary has increased by 34.9 percent over the past four years. In 2019, there were 16,537 German citizens residing in Hungary, but by 2023, this number had risen to 22,310. The regions along the Danube, including the surroundings of Lake Balaton, have become particularly popular among Germans, where German-speaking infrastructure has been established.
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Italy: Ultima Generazione Activists Fined for Public Indecency
(ANSA) — ROME, OCT 2 — Several Ultima Generazione (Last Generation, UG) climate crisis activists were fined 3,300 euros each for public indecency after stripping stark naked and blocking traffic in a flash mob on a central Turin bridge on Saturday.
The five protesters were hauled away by police.
Officers however had to break the chains they had used to link themselves together.
As well as the fines, they were cited for blocking traffic, interrupting public services (referring to buses that couldn’t cross the bridge), staging an unauthorised demonstration and refusal to give their personal details.
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Leader of the Fidesz Group Stresses the Need to Safeguard Hungary Against Foreign Infuence
Maté Kocsis, the leader of the Fidesz group in Hungary, emphasized the importance of thwarting foreign attempts to exert pressure and gain influence over the country. In an interview with Magyar Nemzet, he expressed concerns about foreign interference in Hungary’s affairs, citing examples like forced LGBTQ propaganda and support for mass illegal migration as threats to their cultural sovereignty, as reported by About Hungary.
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Merkel Advisor: Russian Gas Supplies Ensured Germany’s Economic Growth
According to Lars-Hendrik Röller, the former economic adviser to Angela Merkel, securing substantial gas supplies from Russia was a crucial factor in supporting Germany’s economic growth, and it wasn’t an erroneous decision.
“It helped us achieve robust growth rates that funded initiatives that would have otherwise been unattainable for a period of 10-15 years,” stated Röller in an interview with the Financial Times.
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Moldova Hopes for the Start of Negotiations for EU Accession in the Near Future
Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Moldova, Nicu Popescu, expressed hope that a decision on commencing negotiations with the European Union regarding the country’s potential accession will be reached by the end of this year.
Popescu shared this information in his official Telegram channel. He also emphasized that Moldova has successfully implemented a significant portion of the recommendations presented by the European Commission and therefore, it hopes for a positive decision to initiate negotiations for EU accession.
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Nearly Half of Poles Back Polish Government’s Hardened Stance Towards Ukraine
Poles may be increasingly fed up with unconditional support for Ukraine, and polling supports the Polish government’s toughened stance on Ukraine.
Ukraine has not only insulted Poland by continuously celebrating a Ukrainian nationalist who butchered tens of thousands of Poles during the Second World War, but also more recently, by suing Poland over its grain embargo at the World Trade Organization (WTO).
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Nobel Prize Goes to Scientists Behind mRNA COVID Vaccines
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to a pair of scientists who developed the technology that led to the mRNA Covid vaccines.
Professors Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman will share the prize.
The technology was experimental before the pandemic, but has now been given to millions of people around the world to protect them against serious Covid-19.
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PM of Hungary: Serbia and Hungary Foster Strong Political and Economic Collaboration
During their visit to the Serbian capital, Hungary’s PM Orban and Vucic engaged in discussions with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, according to About Hungary.
Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban emphasized on Friday in Belgrade that Serbia and Hungary maintain robust political and economic cooperation with a particular emphasis on their flourishing economic ties.
PM Orban stated to reporters and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic that despite one country being an EU member and the other not, they view this distinction as an opportunity rather than a disadvantage.
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Poland: Kaczynski Says His Ruling Party’s Mission is to Prevent the Return of ‘Tusk’s System’
The head of the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, told thousands of his party’s activists and supporters gathered in the southern Polish city of Katowice that Tusk and his “merry men” were determined to return to the old ways that the country had seen in the period after 1989.
According to the ruling party leader, the foreign and security policy pursued by the Tusk government was one of “neglect,” marked by cuts in military spending and plans that in the event of a Russian invasion, half of the country would be abandoned and only the parts to the west of the Vistula River would actually be defended. He called that “Tusk’s line of shame.”
He also accused Tusk of making Poland subordinate to foreign powers such as Germany and Russia.
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Poland Ignored the Invitation to Visit a Defense Forum in Kyiv — Ukraine’s Ambassador
Poland has ignored Ukraine’s invitation to attend a defense forum in Kyiv, according to the Ukrainian ambassador. Vasil Zvarych, Ukraine’s ambassador to Warsaw, revealed this in an interview with TVN 24 channel.
“Poland was one of the first to receive an invitation to the event. It’s the sovereign decision of each country. We send invitations, and the country decides whether or not to accept it based on its interests. Therefore, we respect such decisions but it’s not a reason to accuse Ukraine of Poland’s absence,” said Zvarych.
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Polish Left Shows United Front; Socialist Leader Urges Sex Strike
A mass rally in Warsaw on Sunday afternoon, October 1st, by Poland’s liberal opposition has sparked a war of words with the country’s ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party over the exact number of attendees. Elsewhere, a senior left-wing MEP raised eyebrows by urging a female-led sex strike against the country’s populist right.
Spearheaded by Poland’s EU-backed opposition party Civic Platform and former PM Donald Tusk, the “March of a Million Hearts” presented a united front of liberal and left-wing parties as numbers present varied wildly from 100,000 to 800,000 depending on sources.
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Protests Erupt Among Private Medical Practices in Germany
In several cities across Germany on Monday, October 2nd, doctors and staff of private medical practices went on strike to protest against the healthcare policies of the Federal Republic of Germany. They argue that these policies have led to insufficient funding for their work, as reported by Deutsche Welle.
The campaign, organized under the slogan “Practices in Need,” was orchestrated by the professional association VirchowBund. Protests took place in Berlin, Potsdam, Hamburg, Frankfurt and several other cities across the country.
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Slovakia’s Fico Election Win Expected to Benefit Hungary
Robert Fico’s Smer-SD party won Saturday’s early elections in Slovakia, with Fico’s victory seen by Hungary as another European victory for sovereignist politics based on national interests.
With Fico’s win, views similar to those of Hungary on various European political issues could now prevail in Slovakia, said Zsolt Kolek, political editor for Slovakia’s Hungarian-language news portal Ma7, while speaking with Hungarian newspaper Magyar Nemzet.
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Spain: Catalan Independence Marches Fizzle Out as Support Wanes
Even as Spain’s regional separatist political parties are the lever on which the country’s next government will likely be raised, Catalonia’s regional independence movement appears to be losing momentum on the street.
“The independence movement’s base appears to be divided, demobilized, but also radicalized,” the Spanish newspaper El Debate concluded in a recent article.
The evaluation was based on the low turnout for three marches in Barcelona promoting independence from Spain for the Catalonia region.
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Sweden: Gangs Start Health Care Clinics to Commit Welfare Fraud
Amid a violent gang problem that has spiraled so far out of control that the prime minister is considering deploying the military to attenuate the problem, Sweden’s Economic Crimes Authority has sounded the alarm that organized criminal gangs are diversifying their enterprises, warning that they’re setting up various ventures that are eligible to receive state funds.
The authority, whose mandate is to investigate and prosecute financial wrongdoing, says that, with their foray into state-supported businesses like healthcare clinics, vaccination centers, family home operations, and operations aimed at caring for unaccompanied migrant minors, gangs now make more money from financial crime than narcotic sales, the Swedish new portal Samnytt reports.
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Further explosions linked to the ongoing gang warfare in the Swedish capital of Stockholm detonated in the early hours of Monday, as local residents reported feeling the blast from several kilometers away.
The first explosion occurred shortly after 4 a.m. in Huddinge, a municipality in Stockholm County, which led to substantial damage to the roof and windows of a townhouse complex, resulting in the residents being evacuated.
A police statement revealed that no one had been seriously injured in the blast, and a bomb squad was investigating the crime scene to ascertain further details about potential motive.
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Swedes Gather in Stockholm to Protest WHO Membership
On Sunday, nearly two thousand individuals staged a march in central Stockholm’s Södermalm district to voice their concerns about Sweden potentially compromising its sovereignty in matters of public health if it grants supranational governing authority with decision-making powers to the World Health Organization (WHO), Samnytt reported.
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Last week, three people were killed in and around Stockholm — the latest to be caught up in gangland violence that has gripped the country amid a feud between two gang leaders.
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Two Shootouts in Nimes, France Result in Injuries to Five Police Officers Amid Gang Conflicts
There were two shootings in Nimes, France over the weekend, which were the result of conflicts between gangs in immigrant neighborhoods. As reported by RMF24 citing French media that as a result of these shootings, five police officers were injured.
In the first incident, five police officers were injured on Saturday in the Oliviers district of Nimes when they attempted to stop participants in a shootout involving automatic weapons, including a Kalashnikov. The officers managed to arrest two suspects who were in possession of automatic firearms and pistols.
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UK: Explosion at Oxfordshire Recycling Plant After Lightning Strike
A lightning strike has caused a huge gas explosion at a food waste recycling plant in Oxfordshire.
Witnesses reported seeing a fireball light up the night sky after the blast at the Severn Trent Green Power Plant at Cassington, north of Oxford.
The company said the strike caused one of its biogas tanks to explode at about 19:20 BST.
It said nobody had been injured and staff were working with emergency services to secure the site.
Six fire engines, 40 firefighters, police and at least four ambulances have been deployed to the plant, which processes food waste turning into biogas.
South Central Ambulance Service confirmed paramedics were at the scene, but that they were there on standby to assist police and the fire service.
“There are no reports of any casualties at this time,” a spokesperson for the ambulance service said.
Oxfordshire County Council said fire crews were using an aerial appliance and water tank as they fought the flames.
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UK: Excess Cardiovascular Deaths Soar 44% in Teens & Young Adults, Official Data Shows
The number of excess deaths related to cardiovascular disease in teens and young adults has skyrocketed since last year, official government data has revealed.
In 2022, UK government data shows that excess cardiovascular deaths among 15— to 44-year-olds have soared to 44 percent above average.
The figure was revealed in a data study using official government data for deaths in England and Wales between 2010 and 2022.
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UK: Huge Fireball Lights Up Sky After ‘Explosion’ in Oxfordshire
A huge fireball has been seen in Oxfordshire after reports of an “explosion” in the area.
The mystery bang was reported earlier this evening, with people sharing footage of the fire on social media.
A witness told the Oxford Mail they saw a “strange pulsing sky out of our windows looking northwest of Oxford”.
“I’m guessing it’s a fire caused by the lightning storm that passed over,” the witness added.
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UK: Have the Tories Already Given Up?
The Conservative Party is facing an electoral wipeout, and it knows it. This means that few were expecting the mood at this week’s conference to be celebratory, but early reports suggest that even glum would be underplaying it.
It took a couple of days before attendees at the National Conservatism conference earlier this year started to dwindle. The party’s conference has certainly beaten that target. Audience sizes were so small on the first day, including for senior figures like Grant Shapps and James Cleverly, that, as The Mirror revealed, “top Tories have been forced to stuff the front rows of the hall with their own aides so broadcast cameras have people in seats to cut away to during their speeches.”
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Controversial Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters has visited WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in prison, it has emerged.
Assange, 52, has been confined in Belmarsh prison in London since April 2019 after being found guilty of breaching the Bail Act.
He is currently facing extradition to the United States to face charges of conspiracy to commit computer intrusion.
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UK: ULEZ Expansion Ignites Debates Over Air Quality and Personal Freedoms in London
The recent expansion of London’s Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) has sparked intense debate among Londoners and politicians alike. While the scheme is portrayed as an effort by Mayor Sadiq Khan to combat air pollution, critics argue it compromises civil liberties, writes Euronews.
Originally intended to alleviate pollution and congestion in London’s inner areas, ULEZ’s jurisdiction has now spread across the entire Greater London region, impacting roughly nine million residents. Within these zones, drivers of older petrol cars (pre-2006) and diesel vehicles (pre-2015) are subjected to a daily fee of £12.50.
Although Transport for London (TfL) reports that about 90% of vehicles are compliant with the ULEZ standards, the policy has garnered its fair share of criticism. Opponents feel it’s a restrictive measure, especially amidst the UK’s ongoing economic challenges. They argue it imposes undue financial burdens, even if TfL suggests financial assistance is available for those with non-compliant vehicles.
Prominent right-wing figures have criticized Khan, a Labour mayor, for the policy. However, many seem to either forget or intentionally ignore that the initiative was first introduced in 2015 by Boris Johnson, then the London mayor and future prime minister.
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Young Czech Doctors Protest Doubling of Annual Overtime Limit
In a significant move against increased workload, almost 5,000 doctors, spearheaded by the Young Doctors Section of the Czech Medical Chamber (CLK), have terminated their overtime work agreements for December.
The mass protest came in response to an amendment, effective from October 1, which doubled the voluntary overtime limit for doctors to 832 hours annually, up from the previous 416 hours.
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Caroline Glick: What Iran’s Penetration of Washington Means
There is something terribly disturbing about the current state of Washington’s foreign-policy establishment.
Tuesday we were hit with the blockbuster reports by Semafor and Iran International exposing the depth of Iran’s infiltration of the U.S. foreign-policy establishment and the Biden administration. The two simultaneously published reports revealed how beginning in 2014, Iran’s Foreign Ministry established a circle of agents in Washington and Europe, which it referred to as the Iran Experts Initiative (IEI). Members of IEI were comprised of Iranian emigres sympathetic to the regime and its nuclear-weapons program.
The experts were seeded in think tanks. The Iranian Foreign Ministry flew them to strategy sessions in various cities in Europe. The experts published a steady stream of articles supporting Iran, justifying its nuclear activities; sponsorship of terrorism; denial of civil and human rights to Iran’s citizenry; and misogyny; among other things.
The experts routinely submitted their drafts to the Iranian Foreign Ministry for comment before publication and generally sought guidance from Iran’s Foreign Ministry in relation to various pro-Iran activities, including providing sympathetic testimony before Congress.
Among a core group of a dozen IEI members, three were close advisers to Robert Malley, U.S. President Joe Biden’s now-suspended Iran negotiations envoy. Malley was suspended from his position in June after his security clearance was suspended. He is under FBI investigation apparently related to allegations that he mishandled classified information…
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EU Pledges Lasting Support at ‘Historic’ Kiev Meeting as America Steps Back
After President Joe Biden over the weekend signed a stopgap funding bill that did not include aid for Ukraine, given Congressional Republicans are blocking it, European leaders have vowed Monday to commit to lasting support for Kiev.
EU foreign ministers are taking part in a “historic” meeting in the Ukrainian capital, even as the war grinds on into its 20th month. “We are convening in a historic meeting of the EU foreign ministers here in Ukraine, candidate country and future member of the EU,” the bloc’s foreign policy chief Josep Borrell announced. He said it is to “express our solidarity and support to the Ukrainian people,” but also cautioned that the meeting “does not have the aim of reaching concrete conclusions and decisions.”
Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba praised the EU at a moment of simultaneous disappointment with Washington as billions in US aid hangs in the balance.
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Kyiv Brushes Off US, Slovakia Wobbles as EU Ministers Come to Town
KYIV, Oct 2 (Reuters) — EU foreign ministers convened in Kyiv for their first ever meeting outside the bloc on Monday, broadcasting their support after a pro-Russian candidate won an election in Slovakia and the U.S. Congress left Ukraine war aid out of its spending bill.
Kyiv brushed off the wobbles on both sides of the Atlantic, especially the prospect that the U.S. Congressional vote, which excluded aid to Ukraine from an emergency bill to prevent a government shutdown, represented a deeper change in policy.
“We don’t feel that the U.S support has been shattered… because the United States understands that what is at stake in Ukraine is much bigger than just Ukraine,” Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told reporters as he greeted the EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.
As for the election victory of pro-Russian Slovakian former Prime Minister Robert Fico, Kuleba said it was “too early to judge” the impact on politics there, noting that a new leader would still have to form a coalition.
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Medvedev Threatens to Bomb German Weapon Factories Making Taurus Missiles
Russian leader Dmitry Medvedev has issued warnings of potential actions, including bombing weapons factories in Germany and targeting British soldiers if they are deployed to Ukraine.
British Defense Secretary Grant Shapps stirred controversy by discussing the possibility of sending military personnel to Ukraine to provide training to Ukrainian soldiers.
In response, Dmitry Medvedev, former Russian president and current deputy chairman of the Russian National Security Council, stated that these British soldiers would be considered “legitimate targets” and could face severe consequences.
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Musk Mocks Zelensky Over Aid Demands
by RT
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has ridiculed Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky over his demands for more financial support from the US and its allies amid the conflict with Russia.
Posting on his X (formerly Twitter) social media platform on Sunday, Musk shared the popular ‘stressed guy’ meme with Zelensky’s face photoshopped onto it and with a caption reading: “When it’s been five minutes and you haven’t asked for a billion dollars in aid.”
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Putin Order First Ever Nationwide Nuclear Drill, Prepares Nuclear Bomb Test at Arctic Circle
Russia will hold its first nationwide drill simulating widespread nuclear strikes on the country, daily Magyar Hirlap writes.
The one-day nuclear attack exercise is based on the assumption that NATO will launch a nuclear strike on Russia, destroying 70 percent of Russian housing and life-support facilities. In the scenario, martial law is imposed in the country and a full-scale mobilization is ordered.
The test will also model the secondary threat posed by damage to nuclear power plants and other key facilities.
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‘Ukraine Fatigue Will Grow’: Kremlin Reacts to Congress Dropping Aid
Just as Congress over the weekend passed its short-term funding package which narrowly avoided a government shutdown by dropping assistance for Ukraine, President Biden has warned that time is running out on available aid. He told Congress to “stop playing games” with urgently needed funds and weapons.
“We cannot under any circumstances allow America’s support for Ukraine to be interrupted” the president had said, and added, “We have time, not much time, and there’s an overwhelming sense of urgency.” Biden vowed he will “not walk away” from supporting Kiev. Just before those late Saturday remarks, CNN reported the following words of a top US defense official as follows:
A top official from the Pentagon told lawmakers on Friday the Department of Defense “has exhausted nearly all available security assistance funding for Ukraine,” offering stark warnings about the battlefield effects of failing to pass new assistance.
Under Secretary of Defense Michael McCord has also warned in a letter to Congress that “Without additional funding now, we would have to delay or curtail assistance to meet Ukraine’s urgent requirements, including for air defense and ammunition that are critical and urgent now as Russia prepares to conduct a winter offensive.”
The Kremlin on Monday reacted to the ongoing Washington fight over whether to fund the Ukrainians for next fiscal year, and amid the White House dire warnings that time is fast running out on approved aid.
Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Ukraine fatigue and war weariness on the part of the Western public “will grow” from here on out.
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According to information from the local publication Thaiger, one of the teachers in the northern part of Thailand proposed imposing fines on students for failing exams. However, after the idea received a negative response on social media, the school administration decided to reject this concept.
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India: Communal Clash in Shivamogga During Eid Milad-UN-Nabi Procession. Muslims Attacked Hindus
More than 100 people were injured in the clash and stone-pelting. Hindu houses and businesses were targeted. Police on duty were also attacked by the violent Muslim mob who took part in the procession. More than 50 persons were taken into custody, as police said.
B Upendran | HENB | Shivamogga | Oct 2, 2023:: Communal violence was reported in Karnataka’s Shivamogga district. Almost 60 people have been arrested so far in relation to the clashes. Shivamogga has shown the current Islamic radicalization in Karnataka.
Section 144 has been imposed in various parts of the district in the wake of the violence. Hindu houses and businesses were targeted. More than 100 people were injured in the clash and stone-pelting. Police on duty were also attacked by the violent Muslim mob who took part in the procession. More than 50 persons were taken into custody, as police said.
Disputes during a religious procession on the occasion of Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi escalated into clashes between two communities post-Sunday evening.
Muslim miscreants incited the violence after spreading rumours about stone pelting during the procession. Angry mobs hurled stones, damaging Hindu houses and vehicles and injuring common people.
On Monday, October 2, the district administration imposed Section 144 of the CrPC in the Ragi Gudda area of Shivamogga in Karnataka. The order came after instances of stone-pelting and communal violence on Sunday night starting some times after evening.
Police sources told PTI that an angry mob is said to have thrown stones at a few houses and vehicles, and injured several people, allegedly following the rumours that there was a stone pelting on the Eid Milad procession on Sunday.
Additional forces, including the Rapid Action Force, were in the town. The police said that some people were taken into custody.
On Sunday, there were protests in the same area over a cutout that was put out as part of the procession, as the police had covered a portion of it due to a “bit controversial (content)”, which had upset the people of a community, a police official said.
The controversial Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi procession was carried out with the cutout of anti-Hindu rulers Tipu Sultan and Aurangzeb with anti-Hindu Islamic slogans. In the procession, a distorted Indian Map, rather undived India was also shown in green under Islamic rule. There was also a tableau carrying a huge dagger with an Islamic inscription glorifying Allah and unleashing Jihad against non-Muslims.
BJP and Hindu organisations in the state condemned the Siddaramaiah Government for allowing such communal processions in Karnataka.
Coming back to power in Karnataka, Siddaramaiah Government is appeasing the Muslim community as its vote bank and putting the Hindus in the state under the threat of Islamist elements under seer indulgence.
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Muslims Beat Up and Killed a Minor Hindu Boy in Pakistan’s Sindh Province
Accusing of a theft, Muslims beat to death a minor Hindu boy in Pakistan’s Sindh and fabricated a suicide case.
murder in sindhSP Online | Amritsar (Punjab) | Sept 30, 2023:: In Saleh Halepoto Village (Sindh, Pakistan), a few Muslim youths abducted and killed a minor Hindu boy on the night of 28th September. His dead body was found hanging on a tree the next day. The killers had accused the boy of theft. The Police have not taken any action in this matter yet.
According to the victim’s family, an incident of theft had taken place in their village. Their 17-year-old son Bhagwandas was accused of theft. The boy swore of being innocent several times and pleaded with folded hands. Yet the Muslim landlords Mahtab Halepoto and Ibrahim Panwar entered their house, beat the boy, and abducted him.
On the morning of 29th September, Bhagwandas’ dead body was found hanging on a tree. The victim’s family has accused the two landlords of killing their son.
“We were threatened to be shot dead when we tried to resist the killers while they were forcibly taking away our son”, said the victim’s family. The killers had also told the family that ‘If anyone came out of the house, we would fire the bullets’.
The Police are fabricating it as a suicide case. The killers are also pressurising the Police and no one is coming to the family’s help…
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Building Company Zadro Constructions Goes Into Voluntary Administration
Western Sydney-based company Zadro Constructions went under last month with Grant Thornton appointed as administrators on September 15.
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Some voters have received two postal votes in the mail for the upcoming Voice referendum.
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Former President Bill Clinton acknowledged Sunday that New York City’s ultra-progressive “Right to Shelter law” needs to be amended due to the migrant crisis. The open southern border policy started by the Biden administration two years ago was championed by Democrats, but now, many have ‘U-Turned’ and reversed their position on “Sanctuary City.”
“Gov. [Kathy] Hochul thinks it should be modified, and it probably should under the circumstances,” Clinton told host John Catsimatidis on 77 WABC radio’s “The Cats Roundtable” show. He added the migrant crisis spreading across US cities is not a good look for Democrats.
Clinton argued that NYC’s “Right to Shelter” law needs to be changed as tens of thousands of migrants flooded the city this year after crossing the southern border with Mexico.
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A Minivan Carrying Refugees, Including Pregnant Women and Children, Has Been Stopped in Austria
In Austria, near the border with Hungary, a minivan carrying 37 refugees, including pregnant women and children, was stopped. Women, children, men and even a pregnant woman were inside a closed van that was halted at the border crossing near Klingendbach, as reported by Today Times Live.
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Conservative MEPs Challenge Schengen Reforms
The European Conservative and Reformist (ECR) party plans to submit a motion in the European Parliament’s plenary on Tuesday, October 3rd, in a bid to open up the Schengen reform proposal for another round of amendments before it goes to interinstitutional negotiations, a member of the ECR told The European Conservative. The motion will likely gather enough support, forcing the plenary to hold another vote on the file on Thursday, giving conservative lawmakers another chance to argue for more effective border protection.
As we reported last month, the left-wing majority in the EP’s civil liberties committee adopted the Schengen reform package and even authorized the parliament to enter into trilogue negotiations with the Council and the Commission—without a subsequent plenary vote—to begin finalizing the file right away.
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Costa Rica Declares State of Emergency Due to Influx of Migrants on Route to US
The president of Costa Rica has declared a state of emergency as a rash of illegal migrants pour through the country destined for the United States.
Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves declared the emergency last Tuesday, condemning migrants’ disrespectful behavior towards government authorities amid recent riots and authorizing crackdowns in response.
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The trial of Syrian asylum seeker Bilal A., who is accused of raping a 12-year-old girl as well as a 33-year-ld Ukrainian refugee, is underway at the Erfurt Regional Court. The number of crimes he is being tried for is resulting in headlines in Germany, including questions about whether he is the “worst Syrian criminal” in the entire country.
The prosecution accuses the 19-year-old of several dozen crimes, including aggravated child sexual rape, robbery, assault and kidnapping, according to Germany’s Bild newspaper.
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Germany: AfD Teams Up With CDU and Free Voters to Cut €3.5 Million in Handouts to Migrants in Saxony
Although the Christian Democrats (CDU) party has steadfastly denied it will ever form a coalition with the Alternative for Germany (AfD), there are signs that, at least in the east of the country, the CDU is more than willing to work with the party on a range of issues, especially immigration.
In Saxony, where the anti-immigration Alternative for Germany (AfD) is consistently polling over 30 percent, the party is finding willing partners on the issue with the Christian Democrats (CDU) and the Free Voters, with the three parties joining together in the district of Central Saxony to stop additional expenditures for asylum seekers.
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Outraged parents have condemned the local mayor’s decision to accommodate up to 80 asylum seekers in containers on the grounds of a primary school in the German town of Monheim am Rhein.
Dozens of local residents attended a recent question time of the local council to voice their displeasure over the controversial move proposed by Mayor Daniel Zimmerman’s administration and expressed their concerns for child safety, calling the plans both inappropriate and unacceptable.
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German Chancellor Scholz Calls for Stricter Border Controls Amid High Refugee Numbers
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has expressed concerns about the current high number of refugees attempting to enter Germany. In an interview with the German broadcast network Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland, he emphasized the need for stricter border controls to curb illegal immigration. This comes amidst a Polish cash-for-visas scandal, discussions within the EU regarding a bloc-wide migration policy and growing dissatisfaction with Germany’s migration policy, according to Info Migrants.
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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has become the latest Democrat to beg President Joe Biden to divert migrants away from his state.
It comes just two years after declaring his state the ‘Most Welcoming State in the Nation’ and expanding immigrant protections.
Pritzker joins New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy among liberals who have professed pro-migrant policies but asked that they not be housed in their jurisdiction.
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Italy: Meloni ‘Astonished’ by Court Ruling Against Govt’s Migrant Decree
(ANSA) — ROME, OCT 2 — Premier Giorgia Meloni on Monday expressed shock at a decision by a Catania court to release three Tunisian migrants from detention on the grounds that measures in a recent government decree are allegedly illegitimate.
Under the decree, migrants can be held in pre-expulsion CPR centres for up to 18 months but can post a ‘bail’ of 5,000 euros in order to avert being detained, a measure that has spurred widespread criticism.
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Migrant Unrest: Tensions Escalate in Germany’s Accommodations
A video from the Ankerzentrum in Bamberg, Bavaria, obtained by Deutschland-Kurier, illustrates the precarious situation. Not only in Bamberg but also in other locations, migrants are vandalizing facilities, assaulting staff and engaging in confrontations with each other, often using objects and knives.
According to Deutschland-Kurier, the government of Oberfranken has expressed concerns about the overcrowding at the Anker-Einrichtung Oberfranken, which currently houses around 2,500 people, pushing the facility to its limits.
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The leaders of a suburban New York county are pointing fingers at NYC Mayor Eric Adams after 31 migrants were discovered crammed into a single-family home in a quiet residential neighborhood earlier this month.
The undocumented immigrants, who reportedly traveled to the U.S. from Ecuador and Guatemala, were found sharing a 1500-square-foot home in New City, a hamlet in Clarkstown, Rockland County. Investigators reportedly followed a tip and obtained a warrant to inspect the home, discovering more than 30 migrants living in unsafe conditions. Local officials said children were sleeping in close quarters on bare mattresses in an unfinished basement, the attic and the garage, where extension cords and a microwave were also found. Photos released by the county show a large Guatemalan flag hanging on the wall of one of the bedrooms.
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Recent Events in Lampedusa Highlight EU Migration Pacts Shortcomings — Balazs Orban
Balazs Orban, the political advisor to the Prime Minister of Hungary, expressed that the current situation in Lampedusa underscores the shortcomings of the European Union’s migration pact, which was adopted despite the objections of Hungary and Poland, reports About Hungary.
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Rising Migrant Arrivals in Italy Approach 2016 Levels
Italy could witness its highest influx of migrant arrivals since 2016, placing the issue prominently on the agenda of Giorgia Meloni’s right-leaning administration.
From the beginning of the year to September 30th, over 133,000 individuals have navigated the Mediterranean to reach Italian shores, as per recent UNHCR statistics with mild weather patterns aiding their journey. This count echoes the figures from 2015 and 2016 when the yearly totals stood at 150,000 and 180,000 respectively. It also comes close to the 170,100 arrivals recorded in 2014.
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Dozens of migrants have arrived in the UK today as an individual was intercepted while trying to row across the Channel in an inflatable dinghy.
This morning, the nautical brigade of Police Nationale in France stopped the unidentified person off the coast of Gravelines near Dunkirk, who was attempting to row across the Calais Strait.
The rower, wearing a yellow coat and a black hat, was photographed at sea in a small grey inflatable dinghy with a pair of oars.
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UK: Liberal Tories Break Ranks Over Braverman’s Migration Speech
Suella Braverman’s U.S. speech on the dangers of uncontrolled immigration was clearly designed to create the impression the issue was about to be taken seriously. That after more than a decade of broken promises, numbers would actually come down. But the response from other senior Tories suggests that Britons should only expect more of the same.
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Newsletter Company AWeber Deplatforms Libs of TikTok
In the most recent incident of online platforms taking action against specific accounts, the email newsletter provider, AWeber, has reportedly terminated the account of “Libs of TikTok.”
The social media account, notable for its conservative perspective, has been a focal point of numerous discussions due to its focus on criticizing liberal and progressive content on TikTok, especially those related to social and political matters.
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Spanish Author is Sued Over Tweet “Misgendering” a Self-Described “Non Binary” Person
Spanish author, Lucia Etxebarria, currently finds herself at the heart of an escalating legal feud over the contentious modern forced speech issue of “misgendering.”
The Premio Nadal laureate and women’s rights proponent has been targeted for a lawsuit by LGBT activist, Marcos Ventura Armas. Under fire for allegedly misgendering Ventura in social media posts, the case brings the critical discourse on freedom of speech and fears of censorship to the fore.
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A mass rally in Warsaw on Sunday afternoon, October 1st, by Poland’s pedophile activists, has sparked a war of words with the country’s ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party over the exact number of attendees. Elsewhere, a senior pedophile activist raised eyebrows by urging a female-led sex abuse campaign against the country’s children.
Spearheaded by Poland’s EU-backed opposition party Civic Platform and former PM Donald Tusk, the “March of a Million Pedos” was presented as united front of feminist and pedophilloic parties, as numbers present varied wildly from 100,000 to 800,000 depending on liars.
Sexual warfare has cost the lives of billions of innocent children, and yet, it like misandry, is totally normalised, in the West.
Speak of this omnipresent evil, and be deplatformed, and even worse, dehumanised.
Who needs foreign enemies, when your “allies” are much, much worse?
Give us a detailed account of this misery — make it central via Baron Bodissey.
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Sweden is a failed state
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