Pakistan has ordered 1.73 million illegal Afghan migrants to leave country by end of this month, due to a huge increase in suicide bombings. Meanwhile, Slovakia has reinstated temporary border checks with Hungary in the midst of a wave of illegal immigration.
In other news, the Swiss commentator Alain Soral has been jailed for 60 days for calling a fellow journalist a ‘fat lesbian’.
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Mortgage Applications Hit Lowest Level Since 1996 as Soaring Rates Crush Affordability
Mortgage applications have fallen to the lowest level in some 27 years as homebuyers shy away from rising mortgage rates that have hit highs not seen since the turn of the century.
Mortgage loan application volume decreased by 6% last week on a seasonally adjusted basis, according to a Wednesday report from the Mortgage Bankers Association.
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Polish National Bank Slashes Interest Rates as Inflation Slows
Poland’s central bank lowered its key interest rate Wednesday, pointing to a drop in inflation despite a still-high rate of 8.2% last month, raising concerns about the cut being a political move.
The National Bank of Poland cut its benchmark rate a quarter of a percentage point to 5.75%. Analysts were expecting it after annual inflation dropped last month from 10.1% in August. Inflation was over 18% earlier this year.
It was the second rate cut since Sept. 9, when the central bank surprisingly slashed rates by three-quarters of a point.
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Surging Housing Costs in Czech Republic: Larger Payouts for Smaller Homes
The skyrocketing costs of homeownership in the Czech Republic mean residents are paying significantly more for smaller living spaces. As of this year, only 20% of Czechs feel confident about purchasing a home, a marked decrease when compared to potential buyers half a decade ago, according to Seznam Zpravy.
Factors like high inflation and rising energy costs have complicated homeownership for a majority of Czechs in the past year with over 50% feeling the pinch. Current data reveals persistent concerns among residents: approximately one-third are wary of spiraling energy costs and about one-fourth fear the continued impacts of inflation.
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Historian Victor Davis Hanson sat down with Tucker Carlson to discuss his perspective on the current political climate in the US, asserting that American liberalism is characterized by dishonesty, and warning about what he sees as liberal efforts to introduce a highly intolerant age.
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A group of roughly 45 kids routinely ransack a CVS in Washington, D.C., with many thieves taking the food and beverages and stomping on them, according to a Fox 5 report.
“When you walk into this CVS, you’d think the store is closing because there’s barely anything on the shelves,” Fox 5 reporter Sierra Fox said of a CVS in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of D.C. “In fact, the only items in stock are the ones that are locked up. I did ask an employee what gets stolen the most, and they just laughed and said ‘everything.’“
“A big group of kids, like 45 or more, walk in before school, after school and late at night to steal chips and drinks,” Fox 5 reported Tuesday. “They even throw the food and beverages on the ground and stomp on them, leaving behind a big mess.”
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Biden Latest Student Loan Move a Hail Mary Lobbed at Young Voters
President Joe Biden announced another slate of student loan debt forgiveness on Wednesday in his latest bid to reverse his economic polling heading into an election.
Biden’s economic stewardship has been underwater for the bulk of his time in the White House, and a recent poll from NBC News showed just 38% of voters approving of his handling of the economy, the lowest marks of his term.
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Breaking: Elon Musk, ADL Bury the Hatchet as Non-Profit Backs Advertising on X
On Wednesday, the Anti-Defamation League released a statement announcing that it would resume advertising on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. The ADL had recently accused X and its leadership of not doing enough to tackle anti-Semitism and other forms of discrimination on the site.
The move was celebrated by X CEO Elon Musk, who thanked the non-profit for reversing its position and signaling to others that it was safe to advertise on the platform.
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The person of interest who police suspect stabbed and consequently killed poet and far-left activist Ryan Carson has a history of violence and works at a high school, according to recent reports.
Police reported that the suspect works at a high school in Clinton Hill, and that 911 had been called by his aunt after he had become furious and smashed up items in his girlfriend’s apartment just a few months ago. His aunt was said to have described him as mentally disturbed.
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BOCA RATON, Fla. — A celebrity chef, who has appeared on television cooking shows nationwide, has been arrested after a wild road rage incident.
Boca Raton Police say Ralph Pagano, 55, attacked another driver with a baseball bat.
According to the arrest affidavit, officers responded after a 911 call in March.
A man says he was driving his son to school on Jog Road, when he was cut off by a black Tesla.
The driver said he slammed on the brakes and honked his horn at the Tesla.
The victim says the driver of the Tesla then stopped in traffic and began yelling at him.
He says he then “flipped off” the driver of the Tesla.
Moments later, the victim said the driver of the Tesla stuck a baseball bat through his open passenger window, and shouted “I’ll kill you!”
The victim said the bat nearly hit him in the head, and hit his juvenile child in the head.
The driver of the Tesla then took off.
The child was not hurt.
A witness told officers that he saw the Tesla cut off the victim’s car, and that the “driver of the Tesla emerged from his vehicle wielding a baseball bat. The driver of the Tesla then shoved the baseball bat through the open front passenger window of the vehicle.”
The witness went on to say that he “fully believed that the Tesla driver was actually attempting to hurt the victim.”
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COVID Vaccination Cards to be Phased Out by CDC
It’s the end of an era for a once-critical pandemic document: the ubiquitous white COVID-19 vaccination cards are being phased out.
Now that COVID-19 vaccines are not being distributed by the federal government, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has stopped printing new cards.
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Criminals Target Almost a Dozen Cars in Smash-and-Grab String Near Oakland International Airport
Almost a dozen vehicles were targeted in an hour at a shopping center mere minutes away from Oakland International Airport as smash-and-grab crimes continue to ravage California.
Oakland Airport Plaza is fast becoming a favorite location for looters due to its quiet ambiance as shoppers grab last-minute goods before catching their flights, according to a report.
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New pictures obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com show President Biden’s two-year-old German Shepherd Commander biting yet another White House staffer.
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Ex-MLB Pitcher Trevor Bauer Exposes Jaw-Dropping Scheme of #MeToo Accuser
On Monday, embattled MLB pitcher Trevor Bauer posted a video to X (formerly known as Twitter) breaking his two-year legally-imposed silence due to allegations of sexual assault. In what turned out to be a just-under four-minute video posted to his verified X account, Bauer relayed his side of the story, complete with screenshots of his accuser’s own words and texts. Words and texts that were written in the aftermath of the #metoo sexual assault hysteria whipped up by the Left.
“‘Next victim. Star pitcher for the Dodgers,’“ Bauer began reading a text written by his accuser, Lindsey Hill. The text was sent to her friend before she even met Bauer. Wow, can you say premeditated?
Bauer read on: “What should I steal,” the accuser asked a friend in another text, referencing an upcoming visit to Bauer’s house. “Take his money,” the friend replied.
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FBI Creates ‘MAGA’ Extremist Category, Targets Trump Supporters Ahead of 2024 Election
The Biden FBI has ‘quietly created a new category of extremists that it seeks to track and counter: Donald Trump’s army of MAGA followers’ ahead of the 2024 election, according to prolific (and well connected) anti-war journalist and political commentator, William Arkin, who has previously reported on the FBI’s efforts to “Fight MAGA Terrorism.”
In a Wednesday Newsweek article, Arkin reveals that the vast majority of FBI investigations into “anti-government” activities are of Trump supporters.
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A bombshell report has revealed that the federal government kept up its pre-pandemic office spending from 2020 to 2022, despite Covid restrictions leading most staff to work from home.
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Fifth Circuit Expands Injunction Against Government Online Censorship to Include CISA
A ruling on Tuesday by the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit marks a leap for the safeguarding of free speech within the social media arena. This decision sees the addition of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to a preliminary injunction in the ongoing legal contest of Missouri v. Biden.
Initially, a host of prominent agencies, including the White House, US Surgeon General’s office, CDC, and the FBI were barred from manipulating social media platforms in a manner that obstructs constitutional freedoms of speech.
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Greedy Fraudster or ‘Math Nerd’? Sam Bankman-Fried Fraud Trial Hears Opening Arguments
Sam Bankman-Fried siphoned billions of dollars from unsuspecting customers to fund a lavish lifestyle and buy himself “power and influence” on Capitol Hill and then lied to cover his tracks, federal prosecutors alleged Wednesday in a New York courtroom.
The defense painted a very different picture of the crypto king who is on trial for fraud, claiming in their opening arguments he is simply a “math nerd” who made mistakes but acted “in good faith” and shouldn’t be held accountable for what the government claims is one of the biggest fraud cases in U.S. history. They added that it wasn’t a crime “to be the CEO of a company that needs to fold for bankruptcy.”
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High School Senior Collapses, Dies Suddenly at Homecoming Game
A high school senior in Ohio who was a member of her school’s homecoming court died after collapsing during a football game last Friday.
Mapleton High School senior Breanne McKean, 17, passed away unexpectedly “after collapsing during homecoming festivities at Mapleton High School where she was part of the homecoming court,” her obituary states.
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Any movement on spending legislation to avert a government shutdown in 40 days will be delayed by over a week as Republicans battle over their next speaker.
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Jim Jordan just told President Joe Biden the jig is up and he is against more funding for Ukraine until the White House does its job and secures the border and makes American streets safe to walk down again.
Jordan is the frontrunner to be the next Speaker but regardless of who wins, Biden will have a hard time getting any more cash for Ukraine with serious concessions or offset spending.
“I’m against that,” Jordan said of an aid package for Ukraine. “The most pressing issue on Americans’ mind is not Ukraine — it is the border situation and it’s crime on streets.”
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Kari Lake Officially Files to Run for U.S. Senate in Arizona
Kari Lake has officially filed the paperwork to run for the U.S. Senate in Arizona.
Lake, Arizona’s 2022 Republican gubernatorial candidate, registered her Senate campaign committee with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC) on Tuesday.
The move comes ahead of her expected campaign launch.
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Largest Healthcare Strike in US History Begins
More than 75,000 healthcare workers began a strike Wednesday morning at 6 a.m. and will continue until Friday morning, making it the largest healthcare strike in American history.
The Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions, representing healthcare workers and support staff for one of the largest not-for-profit medical systems, announced last week that it would strike if contract negotiations failed with management.
Critical patient care staff through the Kaiser Permanente system, including EMTs, nurses, and radiological and lab technicians, will be taking a three-day walkout against unfair labor practices in California, Oregon, Washington, and Colorado.
Pharmacists and optometrists are the only healthcare workers striking in Washington, D.C., and Virginia.
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Minneapolis-Area DA Facing Backlash for Pushing Probation Over Prison for Violent Offenders
Minneapolis’s newest district attorney is facing intense backlash from the families of victims of violent crime for pushing probation over prison time for killers, rapists, and other lawbreakers.
Mary Moriarty was elected as Hennepin County’s top prosecutor after spending more than three decades as a public defender.
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Nation Reacts to Emergency Alert System Test Going Off Two Minutes Early
People all over the United States are reacting to FEMA’s Emergency Alert System test going off two minutes early. The government told citizens to prepare for the alert to go off at 2:20 p.m.
Phones and television systems displayed the alert, and the Emergency Alert System and the Wireless Emergency Alert both went off.
FEMA released a list of frequently asked questions on Wednesday ahead of the nationwide testing of the federal emergency messaging system. The FAQ said that it would go off at 2:20 p.m. Instead, the alert went off at 2:18 p.m. and surprised people who had prepared for the loud beeping sound all day.
The alert hit during a Senate GOP press conference and could be heard echoing throughout the halls.
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New Bill Plans to Co-Opt USPS to Distribute Digital IDs
Under the pretense of fortifying digital security in the United States, newly proposed legislation seeks to transform the United States Postal Service (USPS) into a hub for digital IDs. Senators Ron Wyden, a Democrat, and Bill Cassidy, Republican, have put forth the bill known as the Post Office Services for Trustworthy Identity Act. The proposed legislation opens new discourse on digital privacy and the potential for abnormal surveillance measures, sparking debate over the delicate balance between biosecurity and preserving citizens’ fundamental rights.
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Newsom Neutered — Repeals California’s Orwellian ‘COVID Misinformation’ Law
Authored by Brad Jones via The Epoch Times
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation to repeal a portion of the state’s COVID-19 “misinformation” and “disinformation” law intended to punish doctors who refused to comply with the government’s narrative on masks, vaccines, and treatments during the pandemic.
On Sept. 30, the governor signed Senate Bill 815 repealing provisions in the law—under Assembly Bill 2098—that “expressly designate the dissemination of misinformation or disinformation related to COVID-19 as unprofessional conduct,” according to an analysis by the bill’s author, Assemblyman Richard Roth (D-Riverside).
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Nobel Winner Warned of VAIDS Risks From mRNA Shots
Drew Weissman, one of the winners of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine, previously warned of the risks of vaccine-acquired immune deficiency syndrome (VAIDS) posed by mRNA shots.
This week, Weissman, along with fellow scientist Katalin Karikó, were awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Medicine for their role in developing the mRNA technology used by pharmaceutical companies.
Their work specifically underlies the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.
The mRNA shots were rolled out for public use in late 2020.
However, Weissman has previously warned about the “non-trivial” side effects linked to the injections.
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Patrick McHenry Makes First Move as Speaker by Booting Pelosi From Hideaway
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) made his first move as House speaker pro tempore by ordering former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to vacate her Capitol hideaway office by Wednesday.
Pelosi was asked to leave the space in an email obtained by Politico sent to her office on Tuesday night.
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Portland Business Owner Saved by Officer as Armed Car Thieves Beat Him With Bat
A Portland, Oregon business owner is grateful to be alive after surviving a brutal attack by suspects attempting to break into his car.
The disturbing incident caught on video shows Rinella Produce owner David Rinella being repeatedly hit with a baseball bat while trying to thwart the break-in. He suffered five broken ribs, a punctured lung and broken shoulder blade before a police officer passing the scene intervened.
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Progressive Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, who has been accused of being soft on crime, assured reporters in recent days that he will investigate the people involved in widespread looting of the city in an “even-handed way.”
Krasner, who was impeached by Pennsylvanian Republicans last year for policies they alleged exacerbated crime in the city, claimed that he will weigh whether those arrested in connection to the looting have been “fundamentally law-abiding people” throughout their lives despite their antics over the weekend.
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A prominent activist with the anti-police extremist group “Stop Cop City” was arrested and charged last week in Georgia after he allegedly stole a vehicle, crashed into other vehicles, then ran from the scene, according to authorities.
Matthew V. Johnson, 33, of Atlanta, Georgia has been charged with theft by taking, reckless driving, and hit-and-run, jail records show.
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On Monday, the family of William Yurek settled a lawsuit against the City of Seattle for $1,860,000.
The suit was filed in October 2022 following a Nov. 2, 2021 tragedy during which Yurek’s 13-year-old son called 911 because his father was having chest pains and difficulty breathing.
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Seven San Francisco Starbucks to Close Amid Crime Wave
At least seven Starbucks locations in downtown San Francisco are slated to be closed as crime continues to degrade the Democratic-controlled city.
The coffee giant, however, did not blame the rampant crime for the seven closures, according to a report.
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Trump Appeals Pretrial Ruling as He Leaves New York Fraud Trial for Florida: ‘Show is Over’
Former President Donald Trump appealed a New York court ruling that found he committed fraud and removed his New York business certificates shortly after departing the trial on Wednesday.
Trump spokesman Steven Cheung told the Washington Examiner the former president was heading to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida and would be out of the courtroom for the rest of the week. His departure comes after attending the civil fraud case brought by Attorney General Letitia James for three days in a row this week, as she declared the “Trump show is over” after he left.
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U.S. Aid to Ukraine Hangs in Balance as Biden and Allies Discuss Continued Support
U.S. President Joe Biden called key Western allies on Tuesday to reassure them of continued U.S. military support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia after congressional Republicans over the weekend forced the exclusion of immediate new funding for Kyiv.
To address concerns, Biden convened a virtual meeting with NATO allies, as the implications of a break in the funding for Ukraine could be dire. After participating in the video conference, Polish President Andrzej Duda relayed that the U.S. will continue to provide financial aid to Kyiv.
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Gov. Glenn Youngkin is hauling in big bucks ahead of November’s closely watched legislative elections in Virginia as the Republican governor aims for total GOP control of the state government.
Youngkin’s shattering of fundraising records in the commonwealth is sure to create even more buzz among some in the GOP donor class who want the popular governor to consider a late entry into the 2024 Republican presidential nomination race.
Youngkin hauled in $4.4 million in 48 hours this week for his Spirit of Virginia PAC, officials with the group told Fox News. That brings to $7.45 million the amount of money Youngkin has raked in through the group in the final quarter of fundraising ahead of the Nov. 7 elections.
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Trudeau ‘Looking Carefully’ at Releasing Names of Ex-Nazis in Canada
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday senior bureaucrats are reviewing the Deschenes Commission report — a 1980s-era independent inquiry that looked at alleged Nazi war criminals in Canada — with an eye to making more of it public.
Governor General Mary Simon also said today Rideau Hall is sorry for honouring Peter Savaryn — a former chancellor of the University of Alberta who served in the same Nazi unit as Yaroslav Hunka — with the Order of Canada.
“We express our sincere apology to Canadians for any distress or pain his appointment may have caused,” a spokesperson for Simon said.
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14-Year-Old Swedish Girl Hung Her Middle Eastern Rapist: Report
A 26-year-old taxi driver of Middle Eastern origin who had been charged with raping a 14-year-old Swedish girl was found hanged in a nature reserve. The girl, her boyfriend and three brothers are now suspected of the murder, which the prosecutor said “took on the character of an execution,” according to the Swedish newspaper Fria Tider.
Events began in February this year, when the then 14-year-old girl reported that she had been raped by a taxi driver.
On March 26, the man’s taxi was found abandoned with the meter running in a car park in the Hjälstaviken nature reserve in Enköping, north of Stockholm.
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2nd Hungarian Wins Nobel Prize This Year, This Time in Physics
After the widely expected Nobel Prize of Katalin Karikó, co-developer of the mRNA medicines that made new Covid-19 vaccines possible, the Royal Swedish Academy announced that another Hungarian, physicist, Ferenc Krausz, will also be awarded the most prestigious scientific prize this year.
Krausz, 61, was jointly awarded the Prize with Pierre Agostini and Anne L’Huillier for their contribution to attosecond physics, the experimental physics field where very short laser bursts — one-quintillionth of a second — fired at electrons can reveal hitherto unknown properties of the small particles.
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British Actor Arrested, Home Raided for Promoting Removal of ULEZ Cameras
UK actor and political activist Laurence Fox was arrested Wednesday after several police officers entered his home and searched through his things for daring to speak out against the ULEZ camera system being erected throughout London.
Fox, who played Hunter Biden in the film, “My Son Hunter,” hosted a weekly show on Britain’s GB News before being fired on Wednesday over recent on-air comments about journalist Ava Evans.
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EU Plans Ukraine Accession by 2030
President of the European Council Charles Michel has set out a very optimistic timeline for Ukraine to join the European Union. As the war rages on with no end in sight, and with about one-fifth of the country under Russian control, Michel told German publication Der Spiegel, that Ukraine could become a full member of the EU by 2030.
“Ukraine may indeed become a member of the EU in 2030 if both sides do their homework,” Michel said. He added that Ukraine and other EU candidate countries must carry out “reforms, fight corruption and comply with legal conditions.” In another interview with Portuguese news agency Lusa, Michel said EU leaders should give the green light to opening formal accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova at the December European summit. The two countries were granted EU candidate status at the summit of EU leaders last June, with observers noting that the decision was more symbolic than realistic, signalling the bloc’s intention to reach deep into the former Soviet Union.
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France: Study Reveals Alarming Violence in Online Pornography
Most pornography involves criminal acts of torture, with women as the victims.
So concluded a study by the French High Council for Equality, which formally presented the findings of the report entitled “Pornocrime,” to France’s Ministry of Equality at the end of September.
The shocking report found that 90% of pornographic content available online contains extreme physical or verbal violence against women. The report called pornography “criminally reprehensible,” classifying the content as an “illegal act of torture” and decrying a “system that massacres women for profit.”
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A German driver erupted in anger and slapped a protester after radical climate activists blocked the road in Berlin.
The video was shared by climate activists from the Letzte Generation — “The Last Generation” — who have been staging protests, blocking major roads and highways and even causing airplane delays.
“We are all part of the last generation who still has the chance to stop the complete ecological collapse of Earth, regardless of whether we want it or not,” the Letzte Generation said. “We come together and offer resolute non-violent resistance to the fossil-fuel madness happening in our present. We are society’s will to survive! We still have two to three years in which we can divert from the path of the fossil-fuel led annihilation.”
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Germany: AfD Leader Has Family Taken to Safe House and Cancels Rally Due to Attack Threat
Alice Weidel, the co-leader of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, was recently escorted to a safe house along with her family after security officers learned of a credible planned attack on the politician.
“The weekend before last, there was a safety-related incident. Ms. Weidel and her family were taken from their private apartment to a safe place by security authorities because evidence had accumulated that pointed to an attack on her family,” said Weidel’s spokesman on Tuesday.
Weidel was notably absent from her party’s rally in Mödlareuth on Tuesday where she was expected to be the keynote speaker to mark German Unity Day, a national holiday in the country to commemorate German reunification in 1990.
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Germany: AfD Co-Leader Rushed to Hospital After Possible Syringe Attack at Bavarian Campaign Rally
Co-leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party Tino Chrupalla was rushed to hospital ahead of an election campaign event in Ingolstadt on Wednesday afternoon with a party spokesperson saying he had been involved in a “physical incident.” According to news outlet Junge Freiheit, he may have been the victim of a syringe attack.
Most details surrounding the incident have not yet been disclosed, but footage circulating on social media showed Chrupalla being escorted to an ambulance with flashing blue lights, which transported him to a nearby hospital.
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Hungary’s Fidesz MEPs Accuse European Parliament of Meddling in Polish Elections
Members of the ruling Hungary’s Fidesz party stated that the European Parliament is making an effort to interfere in the upcoming Polish elections. They are doing so by conducting a debate and accusing Warsaw of spreading “pathetic falsehoods” just 12 days before the elections, reports About Hungary.
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Italy: Driver May Have Fallen Ill Before Fatal Venice Bus Crash
VENICE, Italy, Oct 4 (Reuters) — Italian authorities were investigating on Wednesday the cause of the horrific crash of a bus carrying foreign tourists on the outskirts of Venice which killed 21 people including several children and injured 15 others.
The electric bus crashed through the guardrail and off an overpass late on Tuesday in the Mestre district, slamming into the ground more than 10 metres (33 ft) below and catching fire.
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Italy Seeks Medical Aid From Abroad Amidst Health Service Crisis
In an unprecedented move highlighting the grave challenges faced by Italy’s healthcare system, the southern region of Calabria has inked a three-year agreement to bring in nearly 500 doctors from Communist Cuba, writes Reuters. Typically, Cuban doctors are deployed to medical crises in regions like Africa, Asia and South America, making their posting to a prosperous region like Europe unusual.
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Macron and Scholz’s Strained Relations Challenge EU Unity
The historical Franco-German partnership has been the linchpin of EU decision-making for decades. However, reports from Financial Times suggest that this pivotal relationship may be under strain, leading to increasing concerns within the EU.
The heart of the matter appears to be a lack of personal chemistry between France’s President Macron and Germany’s Chancellor Scholz. As one talk participant put it, the two simply “don’t get along.” This friction has not only hampered personal interactions but has also cascaded to policy disagreements, thereby affecting the efficacy of the EU’s decision-making apparatus.
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Poland: Right-Wing Confederation Vote Being Squeezed as Election Day Approaches, Says Expert
Prof. Rafal Chwedoruk, a political scientist from the University of Warsaw, feels that the biggest loser of the last few weeks of the election campaign in Poland is the Confederation party. The ruling party has stolen its thunder by taking a more skeptical stance on Ukraine, while the liberals have produced proposals for cutting taxes, rather similar to those of Confederation.
Moreover, the party has come under far closer scrutiny from both its opponents and the media, while being totally excluded from public media and marginalized in the pro-liberal TVN network and the opposition-leaning newspapers.
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Poland Accuses Berlin of Fueling Tensions With Ukraine and Suggests Secret EU Agreement
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Arkadiusz Mularczyk, accused Berlin of fueling tensions between Warsaw and Kiev and suggested that there may be a secret agreement between Ukraine and Germany regarding its accelerated accession to the European Union.
In an interview with the British newspaper Financial Times, Mularczyk stated that there might be a “hidden understanding” between Kiev and Berlin, under which Ukraine would receive support for fast-track EU membership in the event of a change in the Polish government.
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A Polish politician from the Greens disclosed that she has an agreement with left-liberal opposition leader Donald Tusk to consider withdrawing from the current government’s nuclear power station construction deal.
The politician in question is Urszula Zielinska, second on the Civic Coalition’s Warsaw list and the leader of a small Green party, who made the claim in a Tuesday radio interview. She said that the new government “would have to investigate how far the agreement with the Americans really was binding.”
When pressed by the interviewer whether the new government really would go against the Americans on this, she said, “We have to look at all the options,” including withdrawing from the agreement that has just been signed.
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Pope Demands End to Public’s ‘Irresponsible Lifestyles’ to Fight ‘Climate Change’
Pope Francis has called on Western governments to reign in the “irresponsible lifestyles” of the public, warning that the world is “collapsing” due to “climate change.”
According to the pope, people in Western nations need to implement a “broad” lifestyle change in order to fight “global warming.”
The pontiff’s demands were revealed in a letter from the Vatican.
In his Apostolic Exhortation, the pope blames the “suffering” of the planet on the “lifestyles” of the West.
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Portuguese Drivers Take Matters Into Their Own Hands With Climate Activists: Show ‘How it’s Done’
Portuguese drivers lost patience with climate activists blocking a busy highway during rush hour traffic Tuesday morning and took the situation into their own hands.
According to the Portugal Resident, activists from a group called Climaximo, sat on Lisbon’s Segunda Circular highway to protest the nearby energy company Galp. Two protesters also hung from cables on a pedestrian bridge overlooking the highway.
However, the protest reportedly ended after just a few minutes when frustrated drivers decided to move the activists themselves.
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Soros Network Grows Media Empire Before Key Polish Election
A Dutch investment fund, primarily owned by the globalist tycoon George Soros, is making waves in Poland after the shock purchase of one of the nation’s most prestigious news outlets, Rzeczpospolita, last month in what is seen by many pundits as a way for the recently retired Open Society chief to influence Warsaw’s looming elections.
All eyes are on Poland this month as Poles vote in make-or-break elections in which the nation’s ruling conservative Law and Justice (PiS) administration is going up against threats from Warsaw’s EU-backed liberal opposition and anti-NATO populism.
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Tensions With Ukraine Bring Poland Closer to Hungary
Ukraine’s hostility towards Central European countries and French-German plans to reform the European Union could bring Hungary and Poland closer together despite recent tensions between the two countries on the issue of Ukraine, according to Hungarian and Polish Members of the European Parliament.
“If Law and Justice (PiS) wins the election and remains in power, it could potentially lead to improved relations between Poland and Hungary. Both countries have had similar stances on various EU policies, such as opposing mandatory migrant quotas and a preference for preserving national sovereignty,” MEP Ryszard Czarnecki of the Polish governing party, PiS, told The European Conservative.
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The proposed deadline for EU expansion to 2030, as announced by the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, is considered “arbitrary” and nonsensical, according to a source from The Guardian.
The source stated that by 2027, there are only plans to establish the “foundation for a real, not conceptual discussion.” This timeframe also marks the beginning of the next EU financial cycle, necessitating the approval of a new budget by that time.
Preliminary calculations have shown that the EU expansion by including nine new countries, including Ukraine, will cost existing EU members more than 256 billion euros.
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UK Introduces Master’s Program in Occultism and Black Magic
The United Kingdom is opening the opportunity to obtain a master’s degree in occultism and black magic. In the upcoming academic year, the University of Exeter will be offering year-long studies in this field, as reported by RMF24.
The course program includes the history of occultism and its influence on science and society, as well as research in the fields of literature, philosophy, archaeology, psychology, and religion related to black magic.
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UK Plans to Use Passport Photo Database for Criminal Facial Recognition Checks
The British government has rolled out an unprecedented edict, compelling police to cross-reference with facial recognition technology closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage of all thefts with governmental photographic databases such as that used for passports.
This approach—described by Police Minister Chris Philp as “game-changing”— intends to systematically resolve theft cases by deploying advanced facial recognition technology. Philp’s order, however, is raising strenuous objections from privacy advocates, triggering a larger dialogue about our emerging surveillance culture.
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UK Prime Minister Aims to Raise Smoking Age by a Year Every Year
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak proposed a gradual ban on cigarettes on Wednesday that would prevent younger generations from ever buying the tobacco products, a measure that would make Britain one of the toughest anti-smoking countries in the world.
The law would annually increase the age of legal purchase of cigarettes from the current 18-year-old limit by one year every 12 months. If passed, the proposal would make the United Kingdom the first European country to ban the sale of cigarettes entirely to its young citizens.
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UK: Critics Blast Tory’s “Gross Violation of British Privacy”
A new Tory plot is “Orwellian” and will fuel the “politics of division,” campaigners have warned.
As if lockdown wasn’t enough to erode the party’s claim to being the defender of liberty, Rishi Sunak’s government is now planning to build an unprecedented facial recognition database out of the passport photos of around 45 million British citizens. Crime and Policing Minister Chris Philp said at this week’s conference that this would be used to help officials find a match with CCTV and other footage at the “click of one button.”
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In a move that casts a long, oppressive shadow on the supposed champions of free speech, GB News, hosts Laurence Fox and Calvin Robinson find themselves ousted from their positions following contentious remarks Fox made on air about a female journalist, Ava Evans.
This incident yet again stirs the opposition between free speech and a perceived media-driven need to censor.
Acting veteran-turned-political commentator, Laurence Fox, found himself embroiled in controversy when he mused how any man with respect for himself would choose to share a bed with Evans.
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Ukraine War Forces €75 Billion Bailout for EU Budget
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the potential economic fallout over a rift with China over the next decade have forced the EU to scale up its seven-year budget plans by €75 billion as MEPs queried whether taxpayers were getting value for money at a plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday, October 3rd.
MEPs backed a European People’s Party (EPP) proposal by 393 votes to 136 to increase the bloc’s Multiannual Financial Framework by €75 billion lasting until 2027, despite criticism from the Right that additional funds would be wasted and directed towards worsening Europe’s migration crisis.
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After Germany Withdraws Infrastructure Projects From Bosnian Serbs, Hungary Takes Over Investments
Hungary can take over the projects in the Republika Srpska, one of the two federal entities that make up Bosnia and Herzegovina, after funding was cut by Germany because of the national policy of the federal state.
The investments were announced by President Milorad Dodik himself after talks with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest on Monday.
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Another Bloody Conflict in Europe Brews on Sidelines of Russia-Ukraine War
As the international community’s attention remains fixated on Russia’s ongoing conflict in Ukraine, another potential war in Europe is brewing as tensions between two longtime foes in the Balkans approach dangerous heights.
Last week, a Kosovo Albanian police sergeant and three heavily armed Serb attackers were killed in a deadly North Kosovo gun battle in which at least one leading Serbian politician acknowledged he took part. Days later, the United States issued a stark warning over the weekend in response to Serbian military movements observed near the country’s de facto border with mostly ethnically Albanian and religiously Muslim Kosovo, whose independence from majority-Serb and Christian Serbia is disputed among members of the international community.
While a number of Serbian troops have reportedly been recalled from the frontier and Serbian President Aleksandar Vuvic has declared he “does not want a war,” envoys on both sides of the long-running rivalry have expressed to Newsweek the potential for further escalation if underlying tensions are not addressed.
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The Russian Propaganda Gap: Why Rural Areas Support the War
The majority of countries all across the globe have condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But according to statistics in Russia, three quarters of Russians expressed trust in President Vladimir Putin. In January 2019, the share was 59%, but in June 2023, it stood at 78%. Even if these figures may indicate a fear of answering the pollster truthfully, it seems that a considerable share of the Russian population trusts the Russian president and, apparently by extension, the war he is waging in Ukraine.
But support is not equally distributed across the country. The independent Levada Center found that a higher percentage of people in small towns support the war than in Moscow — almost half (40%) of the rural population support it, while only a quarter (26%) of Moscow residents expressed support.
Why is support so much higher in more rural areas? The answer is, in part, the nature of propaganda and sources of information, as well as the pressure of poor living conditions.
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Thierry Bode Accuses US Military-Industrial Complex of Fueling War in Ukraine
The leader of the “Forum for Democracy” party, Thierry Bode, claims that the only interested party in the continuation of the armed conflict in Ukraine is the US military-industrial complex.
He believes that neither Russian President Vladimir Putin nor Ukraine wish to prolong the war, and the only entity pushing the idea of war is the American military-industrial complex. This raises questions about the motivations behind it; it might be foolishness, it might be malice, but according to Bode, it is necessary to end this situation.
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NATO’s most senior military official Admiral Rob Bauer said on Tuesday at the Warsaw Security Forum: ‘The bottom of the barrel is now visible.’
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Furious parents with children at a childcare centre where Australia’s alleged worst-ever paedophile worked claim they raised concerns but were accused of sexism.
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— as he’s told to apologise over insulting comments about ‘millions of Australians’
The veteran journalist said ‘the way the world sees us really does matter, you can’t just say ‘well, f**k them’ in a fiery address to the Prime Minister.
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Google Throws Its Support Behind Australia’s Online “Misinformation” Censorship
Google’s recent endorsement of the Australian government’s proposal to bolster the powers of the media watchdog, aimed at countering online “misinformation,” unfolds a narrative much larger than what meets the eye. The discourse transcended beyond its original intent during a Senate inquiry on Tuesday, which saw representatives from tech behemoths delve into the implications of amplifying the regulatory might of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
The draft legislation in the spotlight seeks to empower ACMA with an enforceable industry code of conduct to ensure digital platforms rigorously address misinformation and disinformation. While the legislation does not authorize the ACMA to remove content deemed inappropriate, it does allow the body to scrutinize the internal practices of platforms, paving the way for penalties should they deviate from the code.
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No Voter Claims He Was Abused by Yes Campaigners at Indigenous Voice Polling Booth in Rockhampton
An Aboriginal man said he was abused while trying to vote early in the Voice referendum when he accepted a pamphlet from the No campaign but not the Yes campaign.
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Unnerving letters signed off by ‘your concerned friends’ have shown up in Perth’s western suburbs, attacking residents for being ‘too rich’.
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Sheik Taj El-Din Hilally’s death — once Australia’s most high-profile Islamic cleric as Mufti of Australia — was confirmed by his daughter, Asma, in a statement to Daily Mail Australia on Thursday.
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Chris Thurley feared his two-year-old and six-month-old children could have been hurt or killed when the thugs surrounded their car at Townsville’s Willows Shopping Centre.
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Brazilian Government Announces Plan to Combat Organized Crime
In Brazil, as reported by local media, the government unveiled a plan to combat organized crime, which has led to numerous deadly casualties, surpassing the death toll of some wars annually, according to Brazilian newspapers. Last year, violence stemming from drug traffickers and other gang members resulted in the deaths of over 47,000 people in Brazil, as reported by RMF24.
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Brandon Johnson Plans Trip to Southern Border as Migrant Influx in Chicago Grows
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to visit the southern border as Democratic cities like his continue to grapple with a significant influx of immigrants coming from Texas.
“We’re going to assess the full situation, and that also requires our team to be at the border,” Johnson said during a press conference on Wednesday.
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Croatia Sees 140% Jump in Illegal Migration Since Joining Schengen
Croatia, the EU Schengen Area’s newest member, has witnessed a 140% uptick in illegal migration this year compared to last year when it was a non-Schengen member, the Head of the Border Police Directorate Zoran Niceno announced on Thursday, September 28th.
Speaking to the press, Niceno noted that over 54,500 migrants crossed the Croatian border illegally. “All of them sought asylum. That says a lot. This shows that smugglers and migrants know the European Union system well, that by giving fingerprints they know that there is little chance that they will be returned and they know that they have freedom of movement while they are in Croatia,” Niceno said, according to a report from the Croatian news portal Index.
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EU Countries Break Deadlock on New Migration Crisis Rules
European Union (EU) countries reached a groundbreaking preliminary agreement on Wednesday to implement common guidelines for the unexpected mass influx of asylum seekers. This agreement is a pivotal component of the EU’s overarching migration reform.
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Prof. Tomasz Grzegorz Grosse, a political scientist from the University of Warsaw, argues that for many Poles, the relocation of migrants simply transfers the issue from one country to another rather than addressing it. He suggests that a true solution would be to halt the influx of immigrants.
Grosse is referring to the EU’s New Pact on Migration and Asylum, which the EU is preparing to implement
According to Grosse, efforts by the European Union to integrate certain immigrants, especially radical Muslims, are likely to fail. With the high volume of migration, integration becomes especially challenging, and if immigrants establish their own neighborhoods, they often see no need to integrate.
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‘Force Countries to Accept Deported Migrants or Withhold Humanitarian Aid,’ Athens Tells Brussels
The Greek government has urged the European Commission to force countries to accept deported migrants by threatening them with the withdrawal of humanitarian aid should they refuse to comply.
In an interview with state television on Tuesday, Greece’s Minister for Asylum and Migration Dimitrios Kairidis criticized the existing agreements between a number of countries of origin for illegal migrants heading to Europe, claiming they had proven to be ineffective.
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A French journalist is under investigation by the country’s broadcasting watchdog for asking his pest control expert guest whether there may be a link between a recent invasion of bedbugs affecting Paris and mass immigration.
Pascal Praud, a 59-year-old presenter on the right-leaning CNews channel, was condemned by media commentators and the left-center French government for asking whether there could be a correlation between the outbreak and an influx of migrants who “do not have the same hygiene conditions” as French residents.
“Do we know why there are more bedbugs today? Is it related to hygiene? I will ask all the questions. There is a lot of immigration at the moment,” Praud said during his interview with Nicolas Roux de Bezieux, an expert on pest control.
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A football club in Germany that prides itself on recruiting players with a migration background has terminated the membership of three players and been ordered to play its next three games without spectators after players and fans of the club rioted during a league match on Sunday and physically assaulted the referee and opposition players.
Kine em Halle e.V. describes itself as “the slightly different football club” and boasts a playing staff that comprises 90 percent Kurdish Syrians.
The club, whose emblem encompasses the Kurdish flag, was brought into disrepute following a league match between Reideburger SV on Sunday.
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Germany: Parents Protest Asylum Center by Primary School
The city of Monheim am Rhein in North Rhine-Westphalia is moving forward with plans to accommodate dozens of asylum seekers in a container facility on the grounds of a school center with two primary schools and a special needs school, despite parents expressing deep dissatisfaction. The city’s mayor has dismissed the parents’ concerns as “unfounded.”
The plan will see some 80 asylum seekers currently living in rented housing transferred to the school center’s portable classrooms that are set to be converted into accommodation facilities sometime during the spring of 2024, the state broadcaster Westdeutscher Rundfunk reports.
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Italy: Ten Years, Over a Million Illegal Migrants
As Italy prepares for levels of illegal migrants arriving on its shores not seen since 2016, statistical data has revealed that since 2013, the country has seen at least one million migrants enter, with nearly 28,000 reported dead or missing since 2014.
The figures relate to statistics from the Italian Ministry of the Interior, which note that 2016 saw the largest number of migrants coming into Italy illegally at around 181,000, the European Union-funded website InfoMigrants reports.
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Leftist MEPs Ridicule Migrant Gang Victims in Parliament
The European Parliament’s leftist majority continued to downplay the security risks brought by the mass influx of illegal migration during Wednesday’s key plenary debate on the Migration Pact in Strasbourg (October 4th), with some going as far as laughing when conservatives presented Europe’s worsening crime statistics.
Reaching an agreement on the EU’s flagship Asylum and Migration Pact is without doubt currently the highest priority on Brussels’ agenda as all institutions are racing to get it done in the next few months or risk losing grip of it altogether amid next year’s European elections.
But despite this urgency, Wednesday’s plenary debate on the Pact led nowhere as MEPs from both sides accused each other of using the crisis only for political gains amid pleas from the Commission to find common ground so that the EU can finalize the package by the end of the year.
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Majority of Poles Support Enhanced Border Control
Poland and the Czech Republic have reinstated border controls on their border with Slovakia to prevent illegal migration. According to an IBRiS survey, three-quarters of Poles support this decision, as reported by Rzeczpospolita.
Over the past two weeks, Polish border authorities have recorded 551 cases of illegal migration at the Slovak border, a thousand percent increase compared to this year. These are the primary reasons why Mariusz Kaminski, the head of MSWiA, decided to reintroduce temporary controls on the Slovak border. A similar decision was made by the Czech government.
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Mexico has started helping migrants to reach the US border by charging them for bus tickets from the south of the country to the north.
Under the new program that initiated this week, migrants can purchase bus tickets that fetch as much as $85 for the long-distance journey from the southern state of Oaxaca to the capital, Mexico City.
Several hundred migrants were spotted camping out at a terminal in the Oaxaca town of Juchitan on Monday. Some of the individuals had set up appointments on the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) mobile app, CBP One.
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New York City Asks Court to Suspend ‘Right to Shelter’ Agreement as Immigrant Crisis Persists
New York City Mayor Eric Adams made another attempt at halting the city’s landmark right-to-shelter policy that has been in place for over four decades. He asked a judge to suspend the mandate given the influx of immigrants.
In a letter to Erika Edwards, a New York Supreme Court justice, Adams asked the judge to consider temporarily suspending the city’s legal obligation to uphold its offer of a “right to shelter” to anyone within its borders who requests. The right to shelter comes from a 1981 consent decree that established the mandate, making New York the only major city in the country to do so.
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Pakistan has called for a mass exodus of illegal Afghan migrants living in the country after revealing that a majority of suicide bombings in the country so far this year were carried out by Afghan nationals.
The Pakistani government ordered an estimated 1.73 million Afghan nationals living illegally in the country to leave by the end of the month or they will be tracked down, detained, and forcibly removed.
“We have given them a Nov. 1 deadline,” said Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti on Tuesday.
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Slovakia Reinstates Temporary Border Checks With Hungary Amid Influx of Illegal Immigration
The Slovak government has announced the reinstatement of temporary checks on its border with Hungary, seen to be a response to Poland, Austria, and Czechia’s decision to impose a similar measure on their borders with Slovakia.
Random checks will be conducted at the Hungarian border from midnight on Thursday until Oct. 14 after the outgoing cabinet of Prime Minister Ludovit Ódor issued the order by government decree. He insisted that the border will remain open and operational, but there may be some delays as a result of the restrictions.
The Slovak administration claimed that more than 40,000 illegal migrants have crossed into the country so far this year, with September’s figures dwarfing the number of undocumented arrivals for the whole of 2022
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Support for Ukrainian Refugees in Estonia Hits Record Low — Survey
Estonia has witnessed a significant decline in support for Ukrainian refugees, as revealed by a survey. According to the findings of a study conducted by Turu-uuringute on behalf of the State Chancellery and published on Wednesday. Support for the admission of Ukrainian refugees in the country has reached its lowest level since February 24, 2022, following the onset of the war in Ukraine.
According to the survey results, in September, only 60% of Estonia’s residents believed that the state should accept Ukrainian refugees if necessary. 33% of respondents were against accepting refugees, while the rest did not have a clear opinion on the matter.
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Vast Majority of Germans Turning Sharply Against Immigration, According to New State-Run Media Poll
New polling data shows the tide is turning against the German government’s liberal immigration policy, with two-thirds of Germans saying they want to accept fewer refugees. In what is perhaps an even bigger blow to Germany’s ruling left-liberals, a large majority say that immigration brings more disadvantages than advantages.
According to the state-run ARD-DeutschlandTrend poll, 64 percent of Germans want the country to take in fewer immigrants.
More importantly, the same number, 64 percent, say that Germany faces more disadvantages than advantages when it comes to immigration.
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Residents of Chicago opposed to a new migrant housing proposal lashed out at a town hall meeting Tuesday night reminding city representatives they work for the American people.
Footage from the meeting held at the field house gym at Amundsen Park, which is the location chosen to shelter 200 migrants for six months, shows outraged residents blasting the plan, chanting, “You work for us!” at city leaders.
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Hockey Canada has adjusted policy for its minor league which states that players under the age of 18 are no longer allowed to shower or get dressed in locker rooms due to new gender-inclusive guidelines.
The policy demands that all minor hockey players wear a base layer when coming to the arena, a policy decision that was made to promote the inclusion of trans-identified players and to respect the privacy of boys and girls who might not choose to use their non-respective locker rooms.
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A biological male running cross country in Maine has transitioned, and in the process has gone from being ranked 172nd as a freshman boy to being ranked fourth as a sophomore girl in the state.
Soren Stark-Chessa, a student at the Maine Coast Waldorf School, a private school in Freeport, transitioned over the past year, and now competes in the female division, according to the Daily Mail.
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‘Open Category’ for Transgender Swimmers Scrapped Due to Lack of Interest at World Cup in Germany
An “open category” swimming event to accommodate transgender athletes has been canceled in Germany due to a lack of interest.
World Aquatics, formerly known as FINA, originally announced in July that the Berlin Swimming World Cup would be the first competition to have an “open category” for all swimmers. The event announcement followed backlash from LGBTQ activists to its “gender inclusion policy” established in 2022 that only permitted transwomen swimmers who began transitioning before age 12 to compete in women’s categories.
Days before it was set to begin on Oct. 6, the “open category” event was dropped with the organization citing “zero” entries.
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Straight White Males Need Not Apply in British Columbia
I guess white privilege isn’t what it used to be. It’s been replaced by open and blatant discrimination. In fact, if you own a small to medium-sized construction company in British Columbia, you can not only discriminate but you also get paid to do it.
The British Columbia Construction Association (BCCA) announced last week that there is still $4 million available for bonuses to companies that apply for its Apprenticeship Services project. This is an initiative that’s funded by the Canadian government under the Canadian Apprenticeship Strategy. The idea is to bring more apprentices into the thirty-nine Red Seal Trades. In Canada, a tradesperson who passes the Red Seal exam receives an endorsement. The Red Seal is proof that a tradesperson has met the national standard in their trade.
To incentivize this, a company that hires a first-year apprentice for one of these trades will receive a $5,000 bonus per employee. However, if the company hires someone who identifies as LGBTQ, female, disabled, or a person of color, the bonus increases to $10,000.
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Support for Corporate Activism Plummets After Bud Light Controversy: Poll
Most people do not like when businesses push political and social matters, according to new Gallup research.
Nearly 60% of people think businesses should not take public positions on current events, up from 52% in 2022.
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Swiss Commentator Jailed for 60 Days After Calling Critic a ‘Fat Lesbian’
A far-right commentator has been jailed for 60 days in Switzerland for calling a journalist a “fat lesbian” who is “unhinged” — a sentence that has been hailed by LGBT activists as a victory over intolerance.
Alain Bonnet, a French-Swiss dual national more commonly known as Alain Soral, was handed a custodial sentence by a court in Lausanne on Monday after being convicted of defamation, discrimination, and incitement to hatred.
The offensive remark dated back more than two years ago when Soral took aim at the body image and sexual orientation of Catherine Macherel, a critic of his and journalist for the Swiss French-language newspapers Tribune de Geneve and 24 Heures.
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Why is Planned Parenthood Helping Teens Transition After Only a 30-Minute Consult?
Some day when Planned Parenthood passes away and goes before The Maker to be judged, they’ll have to answer for a lot of sins.
A lot.
Many people believe that Planned Parenthood is guilty of murder. They’re certainly guilty of lying about abortion and making money off the body parts of dead babies.
Now it’s come to light that Planned Parenthood has become one of the largest providers of gender transition services in the country. This, in itself, isn’t a crime. Gender transitioning has become a huge industry as the number of clinics has exploded across the country.
But the numerous clinics fall short of what’s needed to deal with the massive social phenomenon that transgenderism has become. And this is where Planned Parenthood has stepped in.
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Another white male has his life ruined by a so called “white” woman.
Yet again, proving their is no equality, only double, and if not, triple standards at play.
The white male has been jailed for 60 days in Switzerland for calling a white female a “fat lesbian” who is “unhinged” — a sentence that has been hailed by multicultural PEDO activists as a victory over heterosexual white men.
The white male, was handed a custodial sentence by a “court” in Lausanne on Monday after being convicted of defamation, discrimination, and incitement to hatred.
White females are openly gaming the system, and white males, with impunity, at this point in time.
They really are a lost cause.
As time continues, the misandry and loxism will only continue to get worse and worse.
No freedom of speech.
No freedom of association.
And definitely no freedom of movement.
Brought to you by the ally you have no choice in having.
Or at least, thats what they think anyway…
The sentence seems excessive, but gratuitous rudeness only weakens the case of the offender.
Isn’t imposing a sentence for that homophobic and fat-phobic?
Surely the court should be accused of *that*. These days, “fat lesbian” should be a compliment!
Or am I missing something?
Well, Baron approves of your hate filled lies about women.
He protected you from my comments to you disputing your propaganda.
If Dymphna was here she would probably disavow your constant whining about women.
Imagine how bad things must be in Afghanistan if you have to immigrate illegally to Pakistan to seek a better life. Sheesh.
Pakistan can deport illegals for horrific crimes !, but in Europe it’s impossible!!, WTF..