Leaked data from the New Zealand government reveal that the country has seen a 3,000% increase in excess deaths, despite the fact that almost all citizens have been fully “vaccinated” against COVID-19. Meanwhile, parents in California have sued the state government for its refusal to allow a religious exemption for mandatory COVID-19 “vaccinations” in the school system.
In other news, the Swiss government has supplied iodine pills to all citizens in case of a nuclear disaster.
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Canada’s Economy Stalls in August, Seen Slipping Into Recession in Q3
OTTAWA (Reuters) —The Canadian economy stalled in August and likely slipped into a shallow recession in the third quarter, data showed on Tuesday, a sign the central bank’s 10 interest rate hikes since last year are weighing on growth.
With the economy stumbling along slower than the Bank of Canada forecast just last week, analysts said there is no need to raise rates again from 5.0%, a 22-year high. The Canadian dollar was trading lower, near its weakest level in a year.
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Estonia’s Economic Challenges Persist as Downtown Continues
Estonia’s economic woes persist as the nation grapples with a prolonged economic downturn, writes Postimees.
The Department of Statistics reports a 2.5 percent contraction in the economy during the third quarter, marking the sixth consecutive quarter of decline. Robert Müürsepp, head of the National Accounts Department, noted a slight slowing in the pace of economic decline but concerns persist about the upcoming quarter.
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Finnish Government to Reduce Monthly Support for Students and Unemployed Individuals
The Finnish government has revealed plans to implement spending cuts that will disproportionately affect students and those receiving earnings-based unemployment benefits, according to a report released by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, as reported by the Helsinki Times.
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Italy Registers Zero Growth in Q3 — ISTAT
(ANSA) — ROME, OCT 31 — Italy registered zero growth in the third quarter of 2023, ISTAT said on Tuesday.
The national statistics institute estimates that GDP in chain-linked values with reference year 2015 adjusted for seasonal and calendar effects remained stationary in the period July-September compared to both the previous quarter and the third quarter of 2022.
“The Italian economy remained stable in the third quarter of 2023 following a decline in the second quarter of the year,” said Istat.
“The year-on-year dynamic was also stable, interrupting a growth trend that had lasted for ten consecutive quarters,” it added.
Acquired GDP growth therefore stood at 0.7% as in the second quarter, ISTAT said.
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Rising Food Insecurity: Finnish Low-Income Families Struggle to Make Ends Meet
According to a survey conducted by Save the Children Finland, the number of families struggling to provide food for their children has nearly doubled since the previous year.
The survey revealed that 14 percent of children in low-income households reported that their families frequently experienced food shortages, compared to 7.5 percent in 2022. Johanna Vinberg, an expert on child family poverty at Save the Children Finland, expressed her concern, noting the significant rise in food insecurity among these families, as reported by Yle News.
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Bidenomics: Typical US Family Would Pay $9,100 to Comply With ‘Dream House’ Climate Wish List
The Biden administration’s war on fossil fuels would cost the average American household more than $9,100 per year, according to a consumer watchdog.
The Alliance for Consumers took an infographic from the Biden White House titled “Biden’s Dream Home,” which proposes new energy standards for various appliances, including air conditioners, stoves, washing machines, while the Department of Energy’s so-called Unified List of appliances includes microwave ovens, dehumidifiers and pool pumps.
“Welcome to Biden’s Dream House, where the American dream just got significantly more expensive,” the group wrote on X.
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CA’s County Fair Gun Show Ban Halted After Judge Says it Violates Rights
A federal judge on Monday blocked California’s ban on gun shows at county fairs, ruling that the state is violating the rights of sellers and would-be buyers by prohibiting transactions for firearms that can be bought at any gun shop.
The decision by U.S. District Judge Mark Holcomb halts enforcement of two state laws, both written by Democratic state Sen. Dave Min, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The first, effective Jan. 2022, barred gun shows at the Orange County Fair, and the other, which took effect this year, extended the ban to county fairgrounds on state-owned land.
“California’s interest in stopping crimes committed with illegal weapons, as important as it is, cannot justify prohibiting the complete sale of lawful firearms at gun shows,” Holcomb wrote.
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Almost 300 staff at Columbia University on Tuesday signed a letter condemning their colleagues for defending students who said Hamas’ terror attack of October 7 was justified.
They stressed that freedom of speech is vital — but that did not extend to justifying acts of terrorism.
They said they are ‘astonished’ and ‘horrified’ that anyone could condone the murders.
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Democrat New Jersey Gov Caught Blowing Thousands in Tax Dollars on High-Profile Parties
New Jersey’s Democrat Governor Phil Murphy has been blowing thousands of dollars in taxpayer money on lavish high-profile parties.
Gov. Murphy was caught spending $12,000 in taxpayer funds at a Taylor Swift concert and other stadium events.
Murphy is now asking the state Democratic Party to bail him out by reimbursing taxpayers for the money he spent.
The governor’s misappropriation of state funds was exposed in a report from Politico.
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‘Fact Check’ Confirms Bill Clinton Visited Jeffrey Eptsein’s ‘Pedophile Island’
“Fact-checkers” have debunked a social media campaign that sought to dispute claims that Democrat former President Bill Clinton had visited deceased child trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s notorious “Pedophile Island.”
It may come as a surprise to regular Slay News readers that a “fact-checker” landed on the right side of history for once.
However, this fact check was conducted by the Community Notes system on Elon Musk’s Twitter/X.
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FBI Director Wray Warns Terror Threat to Americans at ‘Whole Other Level’ Amid Hamas-Israel Conflict
FBI Director Christopher Wray on Tuesday warned that the threat of a terror attack against Americans has been raised to a “whole other level” due to ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
“The reality is that the terrorism threat has been elevated throughout 2023, but the ongoing war in the Middle East has raised the threat of an attack against Americans in the United States to a whole other level,” Wray told lawmakers on the Senate Homeland Security Committee.
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A counter-terrorism (national security) prosecutor who made a name for himself — or so he hopes — by going after participants in the January 6 riots is now hoping to capitalize on his previous career by switching directly to politics.
Will Rollins has announced that he is running for Congress in California, with his platform based on changing regulation that governs Big Tech’s social media, in order to combat what he considers to be conspiracy theories — such as QAnon and Covid-related issues — but also more vaguely, to take on “spreading division based on lies.”
In announcing the congressional run, Rollins revealed that his political efforts are based on the thinking that divisions in the US are not the result of, say, differing political and ideological beliefs within a free electorate, but of “democracy-eroding lies” that the media, Big Tech, and extremists, all help spread.
Apparently, there is such a thing as a democracy to erode, even if everyone gets corralled into the same place regarding some basic issues.
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Las Vegas Police Use Patrol Vehicle to Strike and Kill Armed Suspect in Fatal Stabbing
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Las Vegas police officers used a patrol vehicle Tuesday to strike and kill a man who the department says fatally stabbed a female at an apartment complex and then ran into the street and “began to walk toward occupied vehicles” while armed with a knife.
Police Capt. Joshua Martinez said officers had been called to investigate reports of a stabbing at an apartment complex in western Las Vegas when they encountered a man brandishing a knife in the street. Martinez said officers hit the man with their patrol vehicle “to get him down to the ground” and take him into custody. He died at the scene.
“As we know, there are various ways to de-escalate a situation,” Martinez said, though he did not say more about the officers’ actions.
Police did not release the names or ages of the man or the stabbing victim, who died at a hospital. They also didn’t identify the officers.
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Los Angeles High School Freshmen Will be Required to Take Ethnic Studies Class in Order to Graduate
Los Angeles Unified School District will start requiring students to complete an ethnic studies course in order to graduate this academic year.
“This is one step toward building a curriculum that better reflects the history and culture of California’s diverse community,” said school board President Jackie Goldberg at a Curriculum and Instruction Committee meeting on October 26.
“Ethnic studies provides many academic benefits. Young people get to learn about how people from their own and different backgrounds faced challenges and contributed to — and still contribute to — American society,” she said.
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Los Angeles County Sued by 29 Cities Over Zero-Bail Policy
Los Angeles County has been hit with a massive lawsuit from 29 California cities over the district’s radical zero-bail policy.
The lawsuit was initially filed in September against LA County after crime rates had already been soaring.
Torrance has now become the 29th city to join the complaint against the county.
The lawsuit seeks to end the pro-crime protocol, KTLA reported.
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Parents Sue California Over Vaccine Mandates in Schools
California has been hit with a lawsuit filed on behalf of parents regarding the state’s vaccine mandates for schools.
The lawsuit, filed by a conservative group for several parents, comes as Democrat Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state legislature are reportedly moving to add the COVID-19 mRNA shots to the list of required inoculations for schoolchildren.
Parents are suing California over a state law that eliminated religious exemptions for school-mandated vaccines.
The federal lawsuit was brought by Advocates for Faith and Freedom, a nonprofit law firm dedicated to protecting religious liberty.
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Pittsburgh Public Schools Approve Measure to Instruct Teachers on ‘White Supremacy’ in Math Classes
The Pittsburgh Public Schools Board has voted to hire a consulting group that educates teachers on how to replace “White supremacy culture practices” in math instruction with methods that center on the “wellness of students of color.”
On October 25, the board approved a measure to give Quetzal Education Consulting $50,000 to dismantle racism in math classes.
As reported by The Center Square, the consulting group states that its workshops teach “antiracist math” and will help equip teachers with tools to “identify, disrupt and replace” practices that perpetuate White supremacy.
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Police: 1 Dead, 2 Hurt After Gunman Fires Into Crowd in Bensalem, PA.
BENSALEM, Pennsylvania (WPVI) — One person is dead and two others are injured after gunfire rang out during a large fight in Bensalem, Pennsylvania.
It happened around 7:35 p.m. Tuesday in the area of Bristol Pike and Woodbine Avenue.
Police say officers were initially called to the scene for a report of a large group of juveniles fighting. When officers arrived they found three shooting victims identified as a 14-year-old, 17-year-old, and a 19-year-old.
One of the victims was pronounced dead and two others were placed in stable condition at Jefferson Torresdale Hospital.
According to police, the gunman opened fire from a vehicle into the large crowd of people. It’s still unclear if the gunman was involved in the large fight, police say.
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Pro-Hamas Protesters Disrupt Senate Hearing, Yell Over Blinken: ‘Murderer!’
Pro-Hamas protesters descended on Capitol Hill and immediately disrupted a Senate hearing as soon as it got underway.
At the start of the Senate hearing on Tuesday, Democrat President Joe Biden’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken attempted to deliver his opening statement.
However, anti-Israel demonstrators had painted their hands red and sat in the back of the room before he began.
As soon as Blinken began his opening statement, a protester began screaming pro-Hamas propaganda.
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A far-left group being funded by liberal billionaire George Soros is targeting Kentucky Attorney General and gubernatorial candidate Daniel Cameron, a Black Republican, with an ad disparaging him as an Uncle Tom.
Black Voters Matter Action PAC, which FEC filings show received millions from Soros’ super-PAC, has been running the radio ad on a local R&B station based in Jeffersontown, Kentucky, describing Cameron as “Uncle Daniel Cameron,” and accusing him of betraying his race by declaring “all skinfolk ain’t kinfolk.”
“What’s up Kentucky? It’s election time, and all skinfolk ain’t kinfolk. Over the past few years, we’ve taken to the streets to demand racial justice, to demand healthcare, and the right to make decisions about our body. And now, Uncle Daniel Cameron is threatening to take us backwards, the same man who refused to seek justice for Breonna Taylor now wants to run our whole state,” the ad says.
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Victim Punches Pedophile Unconscious in Court After Judge Orders No Jail Time
A sentencing hearing quickly turned to chaos when a judge ordered that a pedophile should walk free from a Nevada court with no jail time after the sex criminal was convicted of felony child abuse.
80-year-old Richard Gross was convicted of one felony count of attempted lewdness with a child under the age of 14.
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Videos: Doddering Biden Coughs All Over Candy and Gives it to Kids, Then Sniffs a Baby
Halloween at the White House consisted of a doddering Joe Biden handing out his germs to children.
Biden was seen repeatedly rubbing snot from his nose and coughing into the same hand, in which he was holding candy and giving it to children.
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Canada Bans Chinese App WeChat From Government Devices
Canada has announced it will ban WeChat on government devices.
The Chinese-owned app is sometimes referred to as the “everything app” — like WhatsApp, Facebook, Amazon and Tinder all in one.
However Western governments have security concerns about it, mainly that the app could be used to spy on users.
The BBC has reached out to Tencent, the company that owns WeChat, for comment but has not yet received a response.
WeChat is one of the most used apps in the world. It is ubiquitous in China and also popular in Southeast Asia and within Chinese diaspora communities.
Canada’s ban is effective immediately.
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Austria Considers Banning Flag Desecration Amid a Surge in Anti-Semitic Behavior
Chancellor Karl Nehammer is proposing a ban on defacing national flags following a significant increase in anti-Semitic incidents in Austria. Recently, reports of anti-Semitism in Austria have surged, with some sources indicating a 300% increase compared to the previous year. Israeli flags, in particular, have been targeted in these attacks, reported by Euractiv.
Chancellor Karl Nehammer is exploring the possibility of implementing a blanket ban on flag desecration, even in cases where private individuals are involved, which is currently legally permitted.
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Beko CEO Warns of Challenging Year Ahead for Europe’s Home Appliance Market
Arcelik, a major player in the home goods industry with its Beko brand of refrigerators and washing machines, has issued a warning about the difficult conditions expected in Europe’s home appliance market in 2024.
The company’s Chief Executive, Hakan Bulgurlu, cited persistently high energy prices and rising borrowing costs as key factors contributing to this gloomy outlook. Arcelik predicts a 5 percent contraction in the European appliance market on a unit sales basis for 2024 with the possibility of a 10 percent contraction if conditions worsen.
Bulgurlu expressed concerns about economic growth across Europe, particularly highlighting the slowdown in Germany, the region’s economic powerhouse.
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British Police ‘Don’t Care About Anti-White Hate Crime’
The government says it is trying to stop police wasting time on so-called “non-crime hate incidents,” but peaceful, law-abiding citizens continue to get hounded for such non-events. According to a new report, however, officers are only interested if the hate is directed against someone who is not white.
A report written by Marc Glendening for the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) argued:
Hate speech laws are enforced in a politically partial and inconsistent manner, with police refusing to seek prosecutions for analogous cases when they are directed against white people.
Police, for example, refused to pursue a case against Bahar Mustafa, the welfare and diversity officer of Goldsmiths University’s Students’ Union, who posted the phrase “KillAllWhiteMen.”
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Bulgaria Tops EU in Social Risk, According to Social Resilience Index
The latest findings from the Social Resilience Index indicate that Bulgaria holds the highest social risk within the European Union. This index, which assesses 12 economic, social and political parameters in 185 countries worldwide, is compiled by Allianz Trade.
The data for this study encompasses the period from early 2022 to September 2023, as reported by Novinite.
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Conservative MEPs: Are EU Taxpayers Funding Terrorism?
The European Commission promised a substantial overhaul of its humanitarian finances after conservative MEPs shed light on several alarming issues in relation to EU funds disbursed to Gaza in the past during a hearing in the European Parliament’s Budgetary Control (CONT) committee last week.
According to the Commission’s written answers, provided to the MEPs before the hearing (and seen by The European Conservative), the European Union has transferred €681 million to the Palestinian Authority and the UNRWA (the UN agency active in Palestine) between 2021 and 2023—one-third, or about €225 million of which went directly to Gaza. On top of that, the EU “provided support for the Palestinian Authority’s recurrent expenditures,” specified as mainly salaries, pensions, and social allowances.
The most important thing all MEPs in the room wanted to know was how the Commission makes sure none of these funds end up funding—or even indirectly contributing to—terrorism-related activities.
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Czech’s Government’s Consolidation Package: Families to Bear the Brunt
Jaromir Mazak, a sociologist and director of research for the STEM analytical agency, recently discussed the impacts of the Czech government’s consolidation package with Lidovky.cz. The package has been a subject of debate due to its potential ramifications for various social classes.
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Destructive Weather Has Caused Numerous Challenges for the Residents of Northern Italy
Incredibly heavy rainfall and strong winds have become a serious issue for those living in northern Italy. Water levels have significantly risen, resulting in the flooding of streets, basements, and underground platforms. In many areas, roads are impassable due to fallen trees caused by the heavy rain, and numerous buildings have suffered damage as a result of these conditions.
The most extensive damage has been reported in the regions of Lombardy, Tuscany, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, and Liguria. Milan experienced a violent storm that led to the overflowing of the Seveso River. Water inundated streets, underground passages, and access roads to the metropolis, as reported by the ANSA agency.
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Dutch PM Would Not Refuse Offer to Head NATO
While initially having pledged to stick to teaching after his long tenure as Dutch prime minister, Mark Rutte, currently leading a caretaker government until November’s elections following his farewell to politics last July, is not prepared to bow out just yet.
Rutte, Dutch PM since 2010 in four consecutive governments, who has no military background, said he would be up for a position on the international stage, signaling an interest in the job of NATO Secretary-General at NATO in particular after Jens Stoltenberg, who has held the position since 2014 and is due to leave around the end of October.
During Den Haag FM‘s program Spuigasten on Saturday, October 28th, Rutte deemed such a prospect “very interesting,” noting he would “be able to contribute something.”
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Eco-Activists Smeared With Paint the Building of the Office of the Chancellor of Germany
Radical eco-activists from the “Last Generation” movement dirtied the building of the Federal Chancellery office with orange paint on Tuesday, October 31, and wrote “Olaf Lied” in several places on the facade. They recorded their action on video and shared it on the X platform.
In total, about 60-70 eco-activists gathered near the Chancellor’s office, some of them held banners with the inscriptions “Olaf Lied” and “Chancellor Lied about Climate.” The police intervened in the demonstrators’ actions, using physical force against some of them. Several eco-activists were detained to establish their personal information.
The “Last Generation” movement criticizes German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his government for their alleged failed climate protection policy.
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Estonia is Preparing to Introduce a New Waste Law: The Fee for Waste Disposal Will Triple
Estonia’s Ministry of Climate has unveiled a new system set to take effect in 2025, which will increase citizens’ expenses for waste disposal, as reported by Majandus.
According to the new law, which will come into effect in 2025, waste management will be transferred to local self-government bodies. They will be responsible for organizing waste collection and recycling and billing citizens. Citizens will no longer have to deal with private companies for waste collection and processing; they will interact directly with local self-government bodies. At the same time, local self-government bodies will be required to disclose their expenses publicly, and the revenues from waste bills will be allocated solely for improving waste infrastructure.
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EU Plans Renaturation: German Dams to be Demolished
The European Union has announced plans for the renaturation of rivers and wetlands by 2030 as part of its strategy to preserve biodiversity. This initiative aims to restore a total of 25,000 kilometers of riverbeds, including those in Germany, Unser Mitteleuropa reports.
A key aspect of this initiative is the removal of deemed unnecessary dams. Europe has over a million dams, many of which play crucial roles in irrigation, energy generation and water supply. However, the EU emphasizes that a significant number of dams are no longer in operation and have been neglected. These aging structures are not only viewed as a structural risk but also as detrimental to water quality and the biological diversity of rivers.
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European Parliament and the Environment: Ivan David’s Critical Insights and Concerns
Ivan David, an SPD Member of the European Parliament, shares his thoughts in an interview with Parlamentni Listy.cz on the Committee on the Environment, describing it as a hub of fervent ideologues. He criticizes their zealousness, noting their penchant for advocating bans and restrictions, which he believes could have detrimental consequences for agriculture and animal welfare.
David discusses the controversial proposal within the European Parliament to create a list of animals allowed to be kept as pets, highlighting the absurdity of potentially excluding hamsters from the list.
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France: Paris Police Shoot Woman in Hijab Threatening ‘Boom’ & Shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’
Police officers in Paris, France on Tuesday shot a hijab-wearing woman who shouted, “Allahu Akbar,” and reportedly told Metro passengers, “You’re all going to die.”
Train passengers said the woman was “uttering aggressive, jihadist comments,” and repeated, “boom,” according to a French government spokesperson.
With concerns the woman could be holding a bomb, police confronted the suspect, and asked her to calm down and show her hands.
When she refused to comply, officers believed she had an explosive device hidden under her long Islamic robes and shot her.
Several officers opened fire and struck the woman who turned out to be unarmed.
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French Ministry of Interior Records 719 “Anti-Semitic Acts” Since October 7th
The French Ministry of Interior has reported that since October 7th, it has recorded 719 “anti-Semitic acts” in the country. For comparison, there were only 436 such incidents throughout the entire year of 2022, reported by The Guardian newspaper.
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Germany: Deutsche Bank Plans Closure of 250 Postbank Branches
In an interview with the Financial Times, Claudio de Sanctis, the Chief of Retail Banking at Deutsche Bank, announced that the bank intends to significantly reduce its branch network. Out of the current 550 Postbank branches, 250 locations are set to be closed by mid-2026.
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Germany: Berlin Police Devotes 300,000 Hours to Climate Protests
In 2023, 34,000 police officers in Berlin have already spent hundreds of thousands of hours controlling and managing climate-related activities. Compared to the previous year, the workload for the police has significantly increased, according to Der Spiegel.
Street blockades by climate demonstrators, especially those organized by the “Last Generation” climate group, have become routine in Berlin. Berlin’s police officers have so far dedicated a total of 283,792 hours to such actions. By October 4th this year, this number had already exceeded the total for 2022, which was 251,714 hours, according to a response from the Interior Ministry to a parliamentary inquiry by independent MP Antonin Brousek. Approximately 34,270 police officers have been involved in managing these actions this year. Data for 2022 is not available from the administration.
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German Defense Minister Calls on Europe to Prepare for War
The German Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius, has made a sudden call for Europe to prepare for the possibility of war. Pistorius emphasized that Germans need to become accustomed to the idea that war may break out in Europe in the near future. He pointed out that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the Russo-Ukrainian war should have consequences for German society, as he stated on the ZDF program “Berlin direkt.”
According to the minister, first and foremost, Germany must be able to defend itself, including both the Bundeswehr (German Armed Forces) and the general population.
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Germany: About 100 Dutch Climate Activists Arrested During Street Blockade in Berlin
About 100 Dutch people demonstrated in Berlin on Saturday afternoon to demand more action against climate change. Some of the climate protesters were arrested. They joined activists from the environmental action group Letzte Generation (Last Generation) who blocked parts of a major connecting road in the center of the German capital.
The police intervened during the afternoon after climate activists had glued themselves to the asphalt. Anna Grothauzen of Extinction Rebellion (XR) said that Dutch people have also been arrested, mainly for not following police orders. It is not known how many Dutch people have been arrested. However, Grothauzen thinks it concerns dozens.
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Housing Prices Surge by Nearly 50% Over Four Years in Portugal
New data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) reveals a significant and consistent increase in housing prices across various regions of Portugal. Over the past four years, from 2019 to the second quarter of 2023, the median price of houses sold in the country soared to 1,629 euros per square meter (euros/m2), marking a remarkable 48% surge compared to the prices recorded four years earlier, as repoted by Portugal News.
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Hungary’s Automotive Industry Achieves Record Growth, Attracts International Cooperation
Hungary’s automotive industry witnessed exceptional growth as its production value surpassed 10,000 billion forints last year. This underscores the potential for East-West economic cooperation, demonstrating that interdependence can yield highly beneficial outcomes, according to About Hungary.
Péter Szijjartó, Hungary’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, made this assertion during an event in Debrecen, located in eastern Hungary, where the inauguration of a BMW training center marked the beginning of a three-year training program for the first cohort of one hundred students in September.
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Hungary: PM Orban Urges Leadership Changes in Brussels to Tackle Ukraine and Migration Challenges
Following participation in an EU summit, Hungary’s PM Orban emphasized the need for a fresh strategy concerning Ukraine and proposed changes in EU leadership, which could be pursued through upcoming European Parliament elections. He pointed out that the current EU leaders, though competent in times of peace may not be adequately equipped to handle the current challenges. This is characterized by dynamic developments in Ukraine and migration, as reported by About Hungary.
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In Estonia, Food Cards Introduced for Those in Need
Starting on Monday, October 30, Estonia is transitioning to a food card system in place of the previous food aid packages provided to individuals who cannot afford essential food and goods. This information was reported by the Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs.
Estonian residents who are on the list of food aid recipients will be eligible to receive food cards. A total of 30 euros will be credited to the card quarterly, which can be used for purchasing food and essential items.
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In the Czech Republic, the Second F-35 Pilot Training Center in Europe Will be Established
The Czech arms company LOM Praha, in collaboration with its subsidiary VR Group, is in the final stages of negotiations with Lockheed Martin to create a certified pilot training center for F-35 fighter aircraft in the country. Jiri Protiva, the CEO of LOM, revealed this in an interview with the Czech portal e15.
The cost of establishing the F-35 training center is measured in “millions of dollars.” As part of this agreement, Lockheed Martin will transfer technology and know-how to LOM for conducting training, while the Czech side will provide corresponding services to pilots from various European countries.
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Milan has taken a firm stance against disruptive nighttime activities in the bustling Porta Venezia area, imposing a temporary prohibition on the sale of takeaway food and drinks during specific hours.
The ban is aimed at curbing late-night revelry and prevents the purchase of takeaway drinks and food from various establishments, including shops, stalls, bars with outdoor seating, and even vending machines. This regulation is in effect from midnight to 6 am on weekdays and from 1:30 am to 6 am on Friday and Saturday nights, and it will remain in place at least until November 19, 2023. The decision to implement these new rules came in response to noise complaints from local residents who had filed lawsuits against the city hall earlier this year. The ban applies to the vibrant LGBT+ nightlife area spanning from Piazza Oberdan to via Melzo and via Lazzaretto.
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Italy: Saman’s Brother Says Saw Uncle Grab Her by the Neck
(ANSA) — ROME, OCT 31 — The brother of Saman Abbas, an 18-year-old Pakistani-Italian woman allegedly killed by her family near Reggio Emilia in 2021 after refusing an arranged marriage, told their trial Tuesday that he had seen his uncle grab her by the neck and drag her behind a greenhouse before killing her.
“I saw the whole scene. I was at the door.
My sister was walking, my uncle grabbed her by the neck and carried her behind the greenhouse. I saw the cousins, just their faces”, he told the Assize Court, recounting the alleged final moments of the girl’s life, allegedly killed in Novellara, on the evening of 30 April 2021.
The brother one again accused his uncle and cousins of materially carrying out the crime organised, according to prosecution, with Saman’s parents, who are also on trial with the uncle and two cousins.
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Lack of Oversight in the EU Allows Surveillance Companies to Operate Unchecked
Amid a growing global debate over the use of spyware and digital surveillance, Europe has emerged as a hub for the spyware industry, a place where surveillance companies can operate with impunity, targeting high-ranking officials, activists and individuals without meaningful oversight. While the European Union is renowned for its tech regulation and data protection efforts, it seems that the world of spyware has turned the continent into the “Wild West” of digital espionage, according to Politico.
The recent attempted hacking of Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, has shed light on the issue. The spyware deployed against Metsola was linked to a European company, the Intellexa alliance. This alliance, based in Ireland, is composed of surveillance technology firms that produce and sell the infamous Predator surveillance software. Amnesty International uncovered the attempted hack, revealing that Predator allows attackers to gain full access to victim devices, including their microphones, cameras, text messages and apps.
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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg expressed his position on the placement of nuclear weapons in Scandinavia during his speech at a forum on Scandinavian cooperation in Norway.
Stoltenberg emphasized that the North Atlantic Alliance will remain a nuclear alliance but the question of placing nuclear weapons on the territory of Scandinavian countries remains at their discretion. He noted that among NATO member countries, there are already those that have chosen not to deploy such weapons on their territory.
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Netherlands: Soldier Prosecuted for Insulting Jewish People on WhatsApp
A 24-year-old soldier from Zuid-Holland will appear before the military chamber of the court in Arnhem for intentionally making offensive statements about Jewish people in two WhatsApp groups. The Public Prosecution Service (OM) is prosecuting him for discrimination. The OM will inform the Defence Ministry that a blurring of standards has been identified within the unit to which the soldier belongs, as this emerged from the investigation into the 24-year-old, the OM said on Tuesday.
According to the OM, the WhatsApp groups in which the soldier participated glorified National Socialism through texts, photos, and videos. The messages were clearly offensive to Jewish people. Both groups had dozens of members, but the man now facing prosecution was the only soldier present, as revealed by an investigation conducted by the Koninklijke Marechaussee.
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Netherlands: Series of Explosions at Several Homes in Zuid-Holland
A house on Jan Palachstraat in The Hague was severely damaged by an explosion on Friday evening. According to the police, the front door of the house was damaged. However, no one was injured.
On the night of September 30 to October 1, an explosion also occurred in the same house. The police are investigating whether there is a connection between the explosions.
There was also an attack at another house in Zuid-Holland last night. Around 12:30 a.m., an explosive device went off in a house in Lenaert Vechelstraat in Brielle. There were no casualties, but the front door of the house was damaged.
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Norwegian Government in Crisis Over EU Energy Grab
An attempt to impose EU green legislation on Norway risks toppling Oslo’s ruling centre-left government after one cabinet minister decried attempts to undermine the country’s energy sovereignty.
The EU’s Clean Energy Package, which stipulates that at least 32% of energy production must come from renewables by 2030, is causing controversy in the Scandinavian country. The EU wants it to be incorporated into Norwegian law, but many in Norway are resisting.
Already, the brazen attempt to leapfrog Norwegian national sovereignty is causing unease at the heart of the Norwegian government. The Norwegian Supreme Court earlier ruled against a eurosceptic challenge that hoped to stop the directive from automatically becoming law.
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Pfizer Contracts: The Largest Medical Scandal in History
The recent revelation of a secret contract between the European Union (EU) and vaccine producers BioNTech/Pfizer has shed light on a significant issue. It has long been known that vaccines were inadequately tested and rushed through the approval process. However, both the EU Commission and member governments have been reluctant to disclose the details of this contract. The reasons for their reluctance have become clear: the contract reveals the callous and unscrupulous handling of the lives of the EU’s 451 million citizens, reported by Journalistenwatch.
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As reported by RMF24, the president of a foundation dedicated to helping sick children has been arrested and remanded in custody for three months after it was discovered that he had devised a cunning scheme to defraud generous donors.
An investigation by the Lower Silesian Regional Tax Administration revealed that this individual simultaneously held the position of president in several companies, to which he channeled funds collected through charitable donations. Subsequently, he used these funds to purchase real estate and luxury cars.
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Poland Faces Cemetery Space Shortage in 10 Years
In 10 years, there may be a shortage of cemetery space in Poland, hence the urgent need for a new law, according to the latest report from the Union of Polish Metropolises. The current regulations governing the operation of cemeteries are not keeping pace with current needs. The report highlights several issues, such as the lack of regulations regarding cremation, urn burials, and memorial sites, RMF24 reports.
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Portugal’s Medical Cannabis Exports Skyrocket, Projected to Break Records in 2023
Portugal’s medical cannabis industry is on an upward trajectory, as revealed by data from Jornal de Noticias. In the past year, approximately 10 tons of medical cannabis were exported from Portugal to international markets, as reported by Portugal News.
This marks a substantial 63 percent increase in export volume, based on information sourced from the National Health Service (SNS). As of the first half of this year, over five tons have already been sold, pointing towards a potentially record-breaking year for exports by the end of 2023.
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Survey Reveals Over 50% of Dutch Judges and Prosecutors Faced Threats
A recent survey conducted by the research platform Investico in collaboration with the magazine De Groene Amsterdammer show that more than half of the Netherlands’ 2,500 judges and 900 public prosecutors have encountered threats or intimidation, often in connection with cases they were handling. Organized crime was implicated in a third of these cases, according to the survey of members of the Dutch Association for the Judiciary (NVvR), the trade association representing judges and public prosecutors.
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Sweden Anticipates Hungary Ratifying Its NATO Bid Ahead of Turkey
Despite ongoing delays in Sweden’s bid to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the country remains hopeful that Hungary will ratify its NATO application before Turkey. Swedish Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom emphasized that Hungary has consistently expressed support for Sweden’s NATO accession and committed not to be the last nation to ratify it.
Billstrom’s remarks come as Sweden’s NATO membership bid encounters hurdles, particularly with Hungary and Turkey. Last week, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sent a ratification bill to the Turkish parliament after more than a year of negotiations between the two countries. In contrast, Hungary has not imposed conditions on Sweden for its approval.
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Swiss Government Gives Iodine Pills to Every Citizen in Case of Nuclear Disaster
Every citizen in Switzerland has just received iodine pills from the government in case of a nuclear disaster.
The Swizz government is making preparations for a disaster at one of its nuclear power plants.
The move comes amid escalating global tensions and mounting fears of a looming nuclear disaster.
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The German Foreign Ministry Remains Silent on Journalist-Investigator Julian Assange
It is expected that the German government will advocate for the release of Julian Assange, as mandated by the Bundestag. However, there has been little progress and the founder of WikiLeaks still faces the threat of a 175-year prison sentence, reported by Berliner-Zeitung.
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The UK Government Could Sell Access to National Health Service Data
The UK’s National Health Service (NHS), by virtue of the business it’s in, has access and control over some of the citizens’ most sensitive personal data.
Now reports say that a deal the country is seeking to reach with US company Palantir means that this data could be sold — but this would be the decision of the UK government.
This explanation of the situation around the contract estimated at half a billion pounds came from Palantir co-founder Alex Karp. UK Science Secretary Michelle Donelan, meanwhile, is not denying that this data might be up for “use” — but only if patients consent, apparently.
Why anyone would consent to it, is another matter.
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Tourism Activity in the EU Recovers to Its Pre-Pandemic Level
Data from the EU Statistical Office — Eurostat — show that, in 2022, the tourism market of the association almost reached the level of 2019, the last year before the coronavirus pandemic, the corresponding data published by Eurostat.
In 2022, the European Union had 28.9 million beds in more than 620,000 tourist accommodation establishments. Compared to 2019, the number of beds and facilities increased by about 1%.
In addition, during the past year, almost 2.8 billion overnight stays were registered in EU tourist facilities, representing 96% of the pre-endemic level. Most overnight stays were for tourists from the EU (1.6 billion).
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UK: Boris Johnson Claimed COVID Was ‘Nature’s Way of Dealing With Old People,’ Probe Reveals
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson viewed Covid as “nature’s way of dealing with old people” and was “obsessed” with the idea of the elderly accepting their fate amid the pandemic, according to the government’s chief scientific advisor.
Journal entries by Sir Patrick Vallance, who was the UK’s top scientific adviser during the Covid plandemic, were entered into evidence on Tuesday as part of an independent Covid-19 inquiry into the government’s handling of the pandemic.
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Just Stop Oil has complained about the strict bail conditions imposed on its activists yesterday after they were barred from entering London over their disruptive protests.
More than 60 eco zealots were arrested in Parliament Square on Monday as the group began a 30-day campaign of disruption on an ‘unprecedented scale’.
The Metropolitan Police said that 31 protesters were charged, with 17 bailed ahead of court appearances and 14 remanded in custody.
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Police have admitted they ‘got it wrong’ after an officer was seen tearing down posters of Israeli hostages in Manchester.
Footage shared online showed the lone officer tearing down fliers of those kidnapped by Hamas on October 7, seemingly ignoring calls from distressed passers by, questioning what they are doing.
Greater Manchester Police’s chief constable Stephen Watson has now admitted the force ‘got it wrong’ after responding ‘badly to a complaint’, but urged there was ‘nothing malicious in the intent’ of the officer who committed the act.
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UK: Police Review Footage, Talk to Witnesses as Investigation Into Ex-NHL Player’s Death Continues
Police in England offered another update in the shocking death of 29-year-old former NHL player Adam Johnson, who died over the weekend when his neck was cut by the skate of an opposing player during a game.
South Yorkshire police said in a news release on Tuesday that investigators are reviewing footage and speaking with witnesses who were in attendance at the game between the Nottingham Panthers and the Sheffield Steelers at Sheffield’s Utilita Arena on Saturday.
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UK: Protester Dumps Box of Mice Painted in Palestinian Flag Colors Into McDonald’s Restaurant
A pro-Palestinian activist dumped a box of mice painted in the colors of the Palestinian flag in a United Kingdom McDonald’s while yelling “free f***ing Palestine” and “f*** Israel” Monday.
Diners at the Birmingham, England McDonald’s screamed when the rodents were unleashed into the busy fast food restaurant, according to footage shared on social media.
In a viral TikTok shared across social media platforms, a man wearing a Palestine flag on his head is seen removing a box of spray-painted mice from a car with the license plate “PAIISTN” before dumping the critters onto the floor in front of unsuspecting customers.
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UK: Sunak Goes Soft on Criminal Records
The big stories surrounding the Conservative Party’s rhetorical drive to get ‘tough’ on crime ahead of the next general election are getting a lot of coverage. Much less is being made about the fact that its actions are actually becoming more and more soft.
The Ministry of Justice announced on Monday that some offenders will no longer be permanently tarred by criminal records, meaning their potential future employers will not see the full picture of those they are taking on. The point is to “lift” a “barrier to employment” for ex-offenders. More than 120,000 of these offenders could benefit from the move.
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UK: Two Jewish Schools in London Have Closed Due to an Increase in Anti-Semitic Incidents
The number of anti-Semitic incidents has been on the rise globally following the conflict between Israel and HAMAS. Two Jewish schools in London have closed due to concerns of attacks on students, according to Reuters.
The sharp increase in anti-Semitism worldwide occurred after HAMAS militants launched an attack on southern Israel on October 7th, leading to a subsequent war with the Islamist group initiated by Israel in the Gaza Strip.
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Israel has been forced to use archaeologists to identify the remains of children killed by Palestinian Hamas terrorists on October 7 at Kibbutz Be’eri because so many were burned to death that their bodies are unrecognizable, leaving only bone fragments.
As Breitbart News reported from Kibbutz Be’eri, Hamas terrorists attacked children as well as adults, and murdered whole families in the attack, setting fire to homes in which they took refuge, causing many children to be burned alive.
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Israeli Military Jets Strike Gaza Camp, Says Hamas Commander Killed
GAZA/JERUSALEM, Nov 1 (Reuters) — Israeli airstrikes hit a densely populated refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 50 Palestinians and a Hamas commander, and medics struggled to treat the casualties, even setting up operating rooms in hospital corridors.
Israeli tanks have been active in Gaza for at least four days following weeks of air bombardments in retaliation for an attack by Palestinian Hamas militants on mostly Israeli civilians on Oct. 7 and the taking of more than 200 hostages.
An Israel Defense Forces (IDF) statement said the strike by fighter jets on Jabalia, Gaza’s largest refugee camp, had killed Ibrahim Biari.
“He was very important, I would say even pivotal in the planning and the execution of the October 7 attack against Israel from the northeastern parts of the Gaza Strip,” said IDF spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Conricus.
Dozens of Hamas combatants were in the same underground tunnel complex as Biari and were also killed when it collapsed in the attack, Conricus said.
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Israeli Ministry Proposes Transferring MILLIONS of Gaza Civilians to Egypt’s Sinai
An Israeli ministry drafted a wartime proposal to transfer the 2.3 million Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip to Egypt’s Sinai peninsula, drawing condemnation from Palestinians and Egypt.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office downplayed the report compiled by the Intelligence Ministry as a “concept paper” that was meant to be a hypothetical exercise.
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‘Don’t Expect Instant Success,’ Ukraine’s Zelensky Warns as He Rallies His Troops
Russia’s 20-month war, which began on February 24, 2022, shows no signs of ending, with ongoing fighting and heavy losses.
Ukraine’s attacks on the Russian Navy in the Black Sea have crippled Moscow’s war efforts, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday, seeking to rally his troops even as the outside world expects instant successes.
Despite Kyiv’s gruelling months-long offensive, the vast frontline in Ukraine’s east and south has moved little in the past year, spurring criticism and impatience among some of Ukraine’s Western allies.
“We live in a world that gets used to success too quickly. When the full-scale invasion began, many people around the world did not believe that Ukraine would survive,” Zelensky said in his nightly video address. “Glory to all those who do not retreat, who do not burn out, who believe in Ukraine just as they did on February 24, and who has been fighting for unwaveringly.”
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Video: Putin Comes Out Against Israel as WW3 Escalates
President Vladimir Putin attended a meeting with members of Russia’s Security Council and other top government officials on Monday, discussing a wide range of topics, including the war in the Middle East and a recent anti-Semitic riot in Russia’s Muslim-majority region of Dagestan.
Alex Jones on Tuesday told his audience Putin’s comments reveal a global shift where Israel is no longer seen as an underdog due to its Western backing and is instead being viewed as an extension of the U.S.
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Russia Makes 80 Arrests After Antisemitic Rioting at Dagestan Airport
Russia has detained more than 80 people in connection with the antisemitic rioting on Sunday in which hundreds of young men stormed an international airport in Dagestan to stop Jews from disembarking from a flight from Tel Aviv.
Five people have received jail sentences of six to 10 days for petty hooliganism, and federal investigators said they had opened a criminal case for mass rioting, which carries a maximum sentence of eight to 15 years in prison. It is not clear whether anyone has been charged in that case yet.
The riots, which observers have compared to a tsarist-era pogrom, stood out for a lack of police response as the mob took control of the airfield and main terminal while riot police stood by. Clashes broke out later on Sunday evening, injuring dozens of people including two police officers.
Police have now launched a delayed crackdown on the rioters, accompanied by fiery statements pinning blame on shadowy enemies from abroad.
Video published on Tuesday showed riot police in helmets making an arrest in downtown Makhachkala, while a regional governor said the tempo of arrests would increase.
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Chinese Tech Companies Baidu and Alibaba Erase Mention of Israel From Maps
There’s a new development concerning Israel regarding China’s tech behemoths, Baidu and Alibaba. While the maps featured on these platforms still showcase the borders and cities of Israel, they have unusually opted to withhold any mention of Israel’s name. This unexpected change among these internet giants mirrors Beijing’s ambiguous diplomatic approach towards the region.
Various Chinese internet users expressed their confusion in not finding the nation’s name on these digital maps, highlighting a striking inconsistency given Beijing’s usual scrupulous attention to geographical detail.
Jonathan Cheng, the China bureau chief for the WSJ, contributed to the discussion on X, underscoring the puzzling decision.
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Convicted Terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika Wins High-Court Bid to Restore His Australian Citizenship
The Australian citizenship of convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika has been restored by the nation’s highest court.
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Fully-Vaxxed New Zealand Suffers 3000% Spike in Excess Deaths
Devastating leaks from the New Zealand government have revealed that the fully-vaxxed nation has suffered a staggering 3,000 percent spike in excess deaths over the past two years.
Due to strict mandates and heavy government pressure during the Covid pandemic, the vast majority of the New Zealand population is fully vaccinated.
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The new head of a peak agricultural body warns renewable energy projects are ‘blanketing’ Australia’s productive fertile areas, diminishing the nation’s ability to produce food and fibre.
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The Great Sydney Exodus: Why Many Are Ditching Australia’s Largest City and Escaping the Urban Grind
Sydneysiders continue to lead the great escape to the country with the harbour city accounting for 80 per cent of all migration away from capital cities.
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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson is calling for only Australian citizens and permanent residents to be allowed to buy residential property in Australia.
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Tyre Extinguishers Claim Hit on SUVs in Adelaide, as Climate Activists Expand Outside Melbourne
A climate activist group which delights in deflating the tyres of SUVs under cover of darkness has popped up in a second Australian city.
After launching three nighttime attacks in Melbourne over the past two months, the Tyre Extinguishers last week claimed to have let down the tyres of 12 SUVs in Adelaide.
“TX spreads to another Aussie city,” the group declared on its Telegram channel, where it publishes updates from groups operating in various cities around the globe.
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Exclusive: European Patriots Launch New Group to Fight Mass Migration, Open Borders
A group of prominent activists and former officials from a variety of nations have banded together to launch a new group opposing mass migration and open borders in Europe.
“Action Radar Europe” was unveiled last week when organizers staged a bold demonstration at the entrance to European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium.
“Remigration! Save our nation!” the men chanted while holding a large banner reading “Remigration Now / Deport Terrorists” at the gateway to the stronghold of European globalism.
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GOP Sens. John Barrasso, John Cornyn, Ted Cruz and Pete Ricketts railed against the Biden administration’s border policies as migrants continue to enter the U.S. illegally.
“We have just returned from our southern border, and it is painfully clear that with Joe Biden’s open border policy, our country is really at an increased threat for a terrorist attack,” said Barrasso, the Senate Republican Conference chairman, during a press conference Tuesday.
Border Patrol agents seized immigrants carrying with them explosive devices “tailored for terrorism,” he said.
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Leaked Israeli intelligence document reveals plan to ‘expel’ 2.2 million Palestinian refugees and send them to Europe, Canada and the United States.
No thanks, we don’t want them.
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John Howard has voiced his doubts about multiculturalism and believes migrants should ‘absorb the mainstream culture’ of the country they settle in.
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Dozens more migrants arrived in Dover today in a last-ditch attempt to cross the Channel before the bad weather from Storm Ciaran sets in.
While the government is yet to confirm the official figures for today, it is estimated that around 100 migrants were brought into Dover, Kent by UK Border Force before being taken to processing centres by officials.
According to Gov.uk 26,657 people have made the perilous journey across the 21-mile Dover straight in 544 boats so far this year — coming to an average of 48 migrants squashed into each inflatable dinghy.
October alone has seen 1,775 asylum seekers cross the Channel in 38 boats.
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Revealed: Ireland’s Secret Migrant Hotel Bill
The Irish government accidentally sent confidential internal communication to every MP in the country last week, revealing a detailed breakdown of all the privately owned accommodations used as temporary migrant shelters—as well as their price tags.
The 19-page document, obtained by The European Conservative through an Irish diplomat in Brussels, was originally sent by the General Secretary of the Department of Equality and Integration, Kevin McCarthy, to the Public Accounts Committee on May 8th of this year. Despite containing six separate notes warning that it is “commercially sensitive” information and “not for publication,” it was accidentally released to parliamentarians in full, without any redactions.
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Slovakia: Fico Musters Army of Border Guards to Deter Migrants
The new Slovak Prime Minister, Robert Fico announced plans to strengthen the country’s southern border to prevent illegal crossings at a press conference on Monday evening, right before the beginning of a an unprecedented police operation, which was meant as a deterrent to human traffickers in the area. The operation was successfully concluded overnight.
Due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, “We are seriously concerned that the migration situation could deteriorate significantly in the short term,” Fico told journalists, as quoted by the local daily Felvidék.
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As many as 5,000 migrants are marching from the southern Mexico state of Chiapas in hopes of reaching the northern border region with the United States.
Migrants from Central America, Venezuela, Cuba and Haiti initiated the trek Monday after they had grown frustrated with the long wait times the Mexican government was taking to process their refugee or exit visa applications at the main immigration processing center in the Chiapas town of Tapachula, near the Guatemala border.
Mexico’s National Migration Institute, which is tasked with approving or denying the applications, has been backed up with requests. Migrants normally wait weeks or months to have their status legalized, which allows them to work and move freely in the country.
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Small-boat arrivals of migrants are down by a third compared with last year, latest figures show.
In what the Home Office described as ‘good progress’, the number of Channel landings so far this year was 26,605 compared with 39,883 at the same point in 2022.
It means the running total — up to Monday — was down 33 per cent on last year.
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Controversial feminist figure Clementine Ford has described marriage as ‘built on the oppression of women’ and compared wives to slaves in a new book.
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Bud Light Parent Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Sales Tumble Further in US
Anheuser-Busch InBev on Tuesday reported a staggering 13.5% decline in U.S. revenue in the third quarter as the company’s Bud Light brand continues to suffer in the country after a controversial partnership with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney in the spring.
Sales of Bud Light began to tumble in the U.S. in April, not long after the brand created and sent custom beer cans to Mulvaney to mark her “365 days of girlhood.” That move and comments from Bud Light’s marketing vice president at the time sparked calls for beer drinkers to shun the brand, and the boycott took hold.
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Elon Musk: ‘The Great Wakening From Woke Has Happened’
Twitter/X boss Elon Musk has declared that people around the world are finally awakening “from woke.”
In a post on X, musk said, “The great wakening from woke has happened.
“This is good for civilization,” he added.
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UK: Police arrest a man who made a video criticising the presence of Palestinian flags, on a street.
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1719509199162413334
The British police are as evil as the Muslims terrorists they protect.
Those cops have absolutely no morals when it comes to protecting the Indigenouse White British from Muslim attacks.
They are scum of the earth, corrupt, cowardly and amoral.
Re I Was Right. Doesn’t everyone now think the whole thing is a plan to destroy christianity by sending us incompatible muslims etc so that rich people like Blackrock/US Oil can steal their land and resources when they are out of the way? There is oil off the coast of Gaza and the land along the coast will make a great tourist resort and fun park. Leveling the buildings means it is ready to build new Israeli housing and shopping malls.
Israel is also bulldozing parts of the West Bank which doesn’t have Hamas.
Israel has the right to bulldoze that area because the enemy builds their homes with no permits. It is the Land of the Hebrews,
Israel belongs to the Jews in perpetuity.
Seeing as Europe and the US are funding [Hamas] and the PLO, they should take them, after all, those bodies have already saturated Europe and the U.K. with invaders. If you support “palestinians “, you get to keep them.
Not only that, the British government created this situation by appeasing their Arab butt buddies and cheating Israel out of land that was promised in the Balfour declaration.
According to the german site
https://unser-mitteleuropa.com/im-neuseelaendischen-hardcore-corona-regime-aderns-gab-es-impfausnahmen-fuer-privilegierte/
which refers to
https://fyi.org.nz/request/23284/response/88679/attach/html/4/HNZ00023978%20Response%20Letter.pdf.html
there were more than 11.000 excemptions to the vaxx mandate.
According to
https://hatchardreport.media/pdf-files/the-ministry-of-health-granted-vaccine-exemptions-to-hundreds-among-its-key-staff.pdf
the people, who got the excemption had to submit to a gag order.
IRONY ON
What a wonderful world we live in.
And look at our politicians leading by example.
IRONY OFF
3,000% increase in excess deaths for New Zealand because the goal of the government there is the depopulation of New Zealand Citizens. Democide. Yet people refuse to come right out to tell the truth, and that right there is perhaps the most demoralizing fact of all.
New Zealand population 2017: 4,360,000. New Zealand population 2025: 3,290,300. Depopulation rate: -24.5. Or one in four dead in eight years. Source: https://www.docdroid.net/Wnd4zsY/deagel-2025-forecast-by-country-pdf
“3,000% increase in excess deaths for New Zealand”
The problem with these types of reports is that they only come from sketchy sources. Where’s the coverage in [any of] the objective science journals? Where’s the coverage in the likes of ZeroHedge or New York Post?
Now, that may be due to the source ignoring the mainstream media’s inherent bias towards LYING, or it may be due to their HEADLINING unproven theories. Which is it in this case? Beats me???
Sketchy sources? Only the propagandists who are refuting this data are the ‘sketchy’ ones. This is the official data from the New Zealand government itself:
“Fully-Vaxxed New Zealand Suffers 3000% Spike in Excess Deaths, Posted By Frank Bergman On October 31, 2023 – The number is a 3,203 percent increase over the figures for 2020, the last year before the Covid shots were rolled out.” – Read more here: https://slaynews.com/news/fully-vaxxed-new-zealand-suffers-3000-spike-excess-deaths/
“Only the propagandists who are refuting this data are the ‘sketchy’ ones. This is the official data from the New Zealand government itself”
I’ve read the Slay article, but Slay is not an official outlet for the New Zealand government, which was my point. Generally speaking, if there’s merit to an important story like this, the mainstream media WILL ultimately report it, often within 72 hours or so, even if only to refute Slay’s version (and often with an official government disclaimer).
When there’s no mainstream response at all, the story often vanishes shortly after. So, this time next week, let’s see if this story has legs or silently slips away.
I’ve argued that the excess deaths are due not solely to the vaccines, but to the anti-covid measures by governments. There was an item in the newsfeed back then, sent by me, about a study which claimed that there will be 800,000 excess deaths in the US for the next 10 years due to government anti-covid measures.
New Zealand went crazy on the anti-covid measures. That is contributing to the excess deaths.