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  • The U.S. has enacted stricter immigration policies, highlighted by "Iryna's Law" in North Carolina, aimed at tougher punishment for repeat offenders amid rising crime debates in progressive cities.
  • China has issued a warning about a bubble forming in the burgeoning humanoid robotics industry, coinciding with plans from major companies like Tesla to scale production of robotic technologies.
  • The EU has made significant strides in reducing tariffs on American agricultural and industrial goods, signaling a shift in trade relations while addressing previous tensions.
  • Amid escalating geopolitical tensions, the ongoing conflict and humanitarian crises in regions such as Ukraine and Gaza have drawn international condemnation, with calls for accountability regarding civil rights abuses and war crimes.
  • Rising concern over health and safety in the face of technological advancements includes the accumulation of harmful substances, including tattoo ink in the lymphatic system, impacting public awareness on health issues.

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ZeroHedge

  • The United States Of Delusion 8 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    The United States Of Delusion Authored by Buck Sexton via DailyReckoning.com, If I looked you in the eye and told you the Rocky Mountains don’t exist, you’d think I was crazy. But give me time, and I could make you believe it. I wouldn’t need threats or force. I wouldn’t really even need a good argument. All I’d need is steady, confident repetition. The kind that comes from the voices you already trust. Say, you lived out on the eastern plains of Colorado. The land is flat and the horizon looks empty. You’ve got a job, a family, responsibilities. You’re not driving hours west to confirm whether

  • No Mercy For Repeat Offenders As "Iryna's Law" Takes Effect In North Carolina 8 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    No Mercy For Repeat Offenders As "Iryna's Law" Takes Effect In North Carolina The murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a light rail train in Charlotte, North Carolina, in August 2025 drew national attention because of the random brutality caught on camera.  But beyond that, it brought into question the ongoing decline of America's prosecution and punishment policies, especially within Democrat controlled cities. The trend within progressive enclaves is to reduce prosecutions in order to reduce crime stats.  Far-left district attorneys and judges also have a habit of cutting deals with repeat offenders in order to keep the prison system from

  • Does AI Lead To Socialism? 9 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Does AI Lead To Socialism? Authored by George Ford Smith via The Mises Institute, There’s an argument running through the commentariat that goes something like this: AI (artificial intelligence) has already rendered some jobs obsolete and will continue this trend until the human race is unemployed. Even now it surpasses the ability of most people to write an effective opinion essay because it can create logic-driven, elegant compositions in seconds. Since government schools turn out illiterates, people will depend on AI commentaries for intellectual expression. Combined with research functions that are allegedly dependent on flawed databases, leading users to accept falsehoods in

  • Chaos In New York As Trained Activists Try To Block ICE Operations 9 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Chaos In New York As Trained Activists Try To Block ICE Operations Multiple people were taken into custody by the NYPD during a protest in Chinatown Saturday afternoon after protesters gathered outside a parking garage at Centre Street and Howard Street where ICE agents were reportedly stationed in preparation for an immigration raid.  As with many of these incidents across the country in recent months, activists were somehow tipped off to the location of the ICE rally point. Chaos and violence ensued as protesters blocked government vehicles (which is illegal), obstructed roadways (also illegal), threw items into the road to create obstacles

  • Incidents Of Sexual Extortion For Money Targeting Youth Escalating: Financial Intelligence Agency 10 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Incidents Of Sexual Extortion For Money Targeting Youth Escalating: Financial Intelligence Agency Authored by Jennifer Cowan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Sexual extortion of children for profit is on the rise, Canada’s financial intelligence agency says, and a large portion of such activities are tied to organized crime. A person types on a computer keyboard on May 13, 2025, in this photo illustration. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times This form of online coercion consists of threats to share sexual images or videos of a victim unless they provide the offenders with money or additional pictures, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada


The Guardian

  • Jacob Zuma’s daughter resigns amid claims South Africans tricked to fight for Russia 2 days ago by Rachel Savage in Johannesburg
    South Africa, Jacob Zuma, Russia, Ukraine, Africa, Europe, World news

    Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla quits as MP after being accused of recruiting 17 men who are trapped in war-torn Ukraine A daughter of the former South African president Jacob Zuma has resigned as an MP, after being accused of tricking 17 South African men into fighting for Russia in Ukraine by telling them they were travelling to Russia to train as bodyguards for the Zumas’ uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party. Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, 43, the most visible and active in politics of her siblings, volunteered to resign and step back from public roles while cooperating with a police investigation and working to bring the men home,

  • Africa’s forests transformed from carbon sink to carbon source, study finds 2 days ago by Jonathan Watts
    Climate crisis, Africa, Deforestation, Greenhouse gas emissions, Amazon rainforest, Trees and forests, Mining, Conservation, Environment, World news, Endangered habitats

    Alarming shift since 2010 means planet’s three main rainforest regions now contribute to climate breakdown Africa’s forests have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source, according to research that underscores the need for urgent action to save the world’s great natural climate stabilisers. The alarming shift, which has happened since 2010, means all of the planet’s three main rainforest regions – the South American Amazon, south-east Asia and Africa – have gone from being allies in the fight against climate breakdown to being part of the problem. Continue reading...

  • Guinea-Bissau military takes ‘total control’ amid election chaos 4 days ago by Rachel Savage and agencies
    Guinea-Bissau, Africa, World news

    Officers say they are closing borders and suspending poll as president and main rival both claim victory Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau have announced they are taking “total control” of the west African country, three days after elections that both the two main presidential contenders claim to have won. Military officers said they were suspending Guinea-Bissau’s electoral process and closing its borders, in a statement read out at the army’s headquarters in the capital Bissau and broadcast on state TV. They said they had formed “the high military command for the restoration of order”, which would rule the country until further notice. Continue reading...

  • Nigerian schoolgirls rescued after mass abduction in Kebbi 5 days ago by Associated Press
    Nigeria, Africa, World news

    The president of Nigeria, Bola Tinubu, said all 24 of the girls kidnapped last week had been rescued All 24 schoolgirls held by assailants after a mass abduction last week from a school in north-western Nigeria have been rescued, the country’s president announced on Tuesday. A total of 25 girls were abducted on 17 November from the Government Girls Comprehensive secondary school in Kebbi state’s Maga town, but one of them was able to escape the same day, the school’s principal said. The remaining 24 were all saved, according to a statement from the Nigerian president, Bola Tinubu, though no details were

  • Jacob Zuma’s daughter accused of tricking men into fighting for Russia in Ukraine 5 days ago by Rachel Savage in Johannesburg
    South Africa, Russia, Ukraine, Jacob Zuma, Africa, World news

    South African police investigate allegations made against Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla by another of ex-president’s daughters * Europe live – latest updates South African police are investigating allegations that a daughter of the former president Jacob Zuma tricked men into fighting for Russia in Ukraine by telling them they were travelling to Russia for a paramilitary training course. Another of Zuma’s daughters, Nkosazana Zuma-Mncube, filed a police report on Saturday alleging that her sister Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla and two others, Siphokazi Xuma and Blessing Khoza, had recruited 17 men who are now trapped on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine. Continue reading...


South China Morning Post

  • Pope Leo travels to Lebanon, will appeal for peace amid Israeli strikes an hour ago by Reuters

    Pope Leo travels to Lebanon on Sunday, where he is expected to appeal for peace in a country that is a continued target of Israeli air strikes, on the second and final leg of his first overseas trip as leader of the Catholic Church. The first US pope will arrive from Turkey, where he has been visiting for four days and warned that humanity’s future was at risk because of the world’s unusual number of bloody conflicts, condemning violence in the name of religion. Leo is due to land at Beirut’s...

  • Kazakhstan tells Ukraine to stop Black Sea oil terminal attacks 2 hours ago by Reuters

    Kazakhstan told Ukraine on Sunday to stop attacking the Black Sea terminal of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), which handles more than 1 per cent of global oil, after a major drone attack halted exports and seriously damaged loading infrastructure. The CPC, which includes Russian, Kazakh and US shareholders, said it had halted operations after a mooring at its Russian terminal on the Black Sea was significantly damaged by a Ukrainian naval drone attack. Ukraine this year mounted wave after...

  • In betting on Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong is really betting on itself 3 hours ago by Matteo Giovannini

    Hong Kong’s financial identity is entering a new chapter, shaped as much by strategic alignment as capital flows. By co-launching a US$1 billion investment fund with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), the city is taking one of its most assertive steps yet to redefine Hong Kong’s financial identity in a rapidly changing global economy. The message is clear: Hong Kong intends to be a serious player in the next phase of global capital realignment. This comes as Hong Kong companies are...

  • Video killed the radio star and now streaming has killed MTV across Europe 5 hours ago by Agence France-Presse

    MTV kick-started a new era of music and pop culture in 1981, when it went on air for the first time, emblematically playing “Video Killed the Radio Star” as its debut music video. More than four decades later, the channel, now owned by US media giant Paramount Skydance, will wind down its international music broadcasting by the end of the year as it struggles to compete with online streaming and social media. MTV Music, MTV Hits and its 80s and 90s music shows will be shut down in the UK and...

  • 4 dead, 10 injured in shooting at birthday party in Stockton, California 6 hours ago by Associated Press

    Four people were killed and 10 wounded in a shooting during a family gathering at a banquet hall in Stockton, sheriff’s officials said on Saturday evening. Heather Brent, a spokeswoman for the San Joaquin County sheriff’s office, said the victims included both children and adults. Early indications “suggest this may have been a targeted incident”, Brent said during a news conference at the scene. “Shortly before 6pm, our dispatch centre received reports of a shooting that occurred near the 1900...


New York Times

  • Silicon Valley’s Man in the White House Is Benefiting Himself and His Friends 2 hours ago by Cecilia Kang, Tripp Mickle, Ryan Mac, David Yaffe-Bellany and Theodore Schleifer
    United States Politics and Government, Presidential Election of 2024, Computers and the Internet, Ethics and Official Misconduct, Artificial Intelligence, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Conflicts of Interest, Venture Capital, Virtual Currency, Start-ups, Computer Chips, Podcasts, BitGo Inc, NVIDIA Corporation, Palantir Technologies, PayPal, Huang, Jen-Hsun, Sacks, David O, Trump, Donald J, United Arab Emirates, Silicon Valley (Calif), All-In (Radio Program)

    David Sacks, the Trump administration’s A.I. and crypto czar, has helped formulate policies that aid his Silicon Valley friends and many of his own tech investments.

  • In Announcing Pardon of Drug Trafficker While Threatening Venezuela, Trump Displays Contradictions 14 hours ago by Tyler Pager
    Drug Abuse and Traffic, live-detached, United States International Relations, United States Defense and Military Forces, Drug Cartels, Bove, Emil, Hegseth, Pete, Hernandez, Juan Orlando, Maduro, Nicolas, Trump, Donald J

    President Trump’s statements on social media less than 24 hours apart showed the dissonance in his campaign against drug trafficking.

  • The Ex-President Whom Trump Plans to Pardon Flooded America With Cocaine 12 hours ago by Santul Nerkar, Annie Correal and Colin Moynihan
    Honduras, Hernandez, Juan Orlando, Trump, Donald J, Drug Abuse and Traffic, United States Politics and Government, United States International Relations, Bribery and Kickbacks, United Fruit Co, Garland, Merrick B

    Juan Orlando Hernández, whom Mr. Trump called a victim of persecution, helped orchestrate a decades-long trafficking conspiracy. It ravaged his Central American country.

  • Top Trump Aides to Meet With Ukrainians in Florida on Sunday 14 hours ago by Edward Wong
    United States International Relations, Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022), State Department, Kushner, Jared, Putin, Vladimir V, Rubio, Marco, Trump, Donald J, Witkoff, Steven, Yermak, Andriy, Zelensky, Volodymyr, Russia, Ukraine

    Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner plan to discuss peace terms again after an uproar over a 28-point proposal drafted with Russian input.

  • The Political Price Shock of Data Centers and Electric Bills 2 hours ago by David W. Chen
    Midterm Elections (2026), Data Centers, Nuclear Energy, Energy and Power, Sherrill, Mikie, Kemp, Brian P, Greene, Marjorie Taylor (1974- ), Georgia

    Democrats zeroed in on utilities and affordability to win Republican support in upset elections in Georgia and Virginia. Can the same playbook work in 2026?


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