Moscow also launched deadly strikes against Ukraine overnight, sparking fires across the capital Kyiv. Continue Reading »

Six people were injured in the strike on the market selling second-hand records, posters, toys and tools. Continue Reading »

The alert took many by surprise when it was sent to millions of phones on Friday night - but it may have also put vulnerable people at risk. Continue Reading »

Police appeal for two people who stopped to help the victim in Wakefield to come forward. Continue Reading »

Lord Simon Woolley said Arday had been "hounded" by the media and pursued relentlessly. Continue Reading »

Smarkets is entering the U.S. prediction market race but also applying to run as a sportsbook within states amid regulatory uncertainty at the federal level. Continue Reading »

Rep. John Larson of Connecticut, an advocate for expanding Social Security, was ousted in a Democratic primary contest Tuesday. Continue Reading »

The rapid drawdown of the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve could damage the caverns that store the oil, experts warn. Continue Reading »

European markets fly under the radar when compared with larger and more liquid U.S. markets, but Goldman Sachs offered to dispel some of the myths. Continue Reading »

The jump in revenue underscores the rapid growth of the Claude chatbot maker as it prepares for a potential blockbuster initial public offering. Continue Reading »

Par TV5MONDE Hugo BARBIEUX TV5 JWPlayer Field Ce dimanche, c'est la finale de la CAN féminine. Les lionnes indomptables du Cameroun veulent décrocher leur premier titre, mais en face, elles devront affronter les joueuses malawites qui font un sans-faute dans cette compétition. Malgré ce niveau de jeu, l'engouement reste timide. Analyse avec S. Dalmat, journaliste sportive et R. Enguehard, ancienne capitaine du Havre Athletic Club. Continue Reading »

Par AFP © 2026 AFP Léon Marchand a réalisé un sacré exploit en devenant champion d'Europe du 400 m nage libre, une épreuve qui représentait un nouveau défi pour lui, dimanche à Saint-Denis. Avec un chrono de 3 min 43 sec 14, il efface le record de France de Yannick Agnel et s'impose avec 1 sec 32 d'avance sur le Hongrois Oliver Papai. Le bronze est revenu à l'Allemand Lukas Märtens, détenteur du record du monde de la distance.Le Français, déjà en or sur 200 m papillon vendredi, décroche ainsi le deuxième titre européen de sa carrière. Il abordait la finale avec le quatrième meilleur temps des séries matinales, mais avait prévenu qu'il pourrait sans doute partir plus vite en finale. En soirée, le quadruple champion olympique a mené la course de bout en bout, ne laissant aucune place au doute dans une épreuve qui est pourtant loin d'être sa spécialité. Avant l'Euro de Paris, Marchand n'avait jamais disputé de 400 m nage libre dans un grand championnat international. "Le gros défi, c'est de passer en finale et après, on verra ce qui se passe", avait-il déclaré dans la foulée de son titre sur 200 m papillon. Arrivé ... Continue Reading »

Par TV5MONDE TV5 JWPlayer Field Des milliers de personnes attendent toujours de l'aide d'urgence après le puissant séisme qui a secoué l'Indonésie, ce samedi. Le tremblement de terre de magnitude 7,7 suivi de 341 répliques a fait 53 morts selon un dernier bilan. Continue Reading »

Par TV5MONDE TV5 JWPlayer Field À Gaza les viticulteurs sont parvenus à faire revivre leurs vignes. Des centaines de milliers de pieds avaient été détruits par les bulldozers israéliens. Les futures récoltes seront source de vivres et d'emploi dans l'enclave. Continue Reading »

Par Hugo Barbieux TV5 JWPlayer Field Face à l'un des pires feux de son histoire, la Belgique a dû faire appel à l'assistance de ses voisins européens via le mécanisme de protection civile de l'Union européenne. L'Europe est-elle suffisamment équipée face aux incendies ? Entretien avec Hadja Lahbib, commissaire européenne à l'état de préparation et à la gestion des crises. Continue Reading »

Lebanon’s economic crisis is squeezing families as Israeli attacks destroy homes and farmland in the south, RT reports from Beirut Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

A rare celebrity outburst has pierced Kiev’s climate of fear, exposing forced abductions, repression and a regime terrified of truth Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

The solar eclipse visible across much of Europe and northwestern Russia was captured from orbit by the Arktika-M satellite Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Russia‘s Islam Makhachev has defeated Ireland’s Ian Machado Garry at UFC 330, extending his record-breaking winning streak to 17 fights Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

The Pentagon is considering next-generation mobile air defense radars modeled on Russia’s S-300 and S-400, according to Military Watch Read Full Article at RT.com Continue Reading »

Мужчина будет находиться под стражей два месяца Continue Reading »

По данным телеканала, в стране обработали около 50% бюллетеней Continue Reading »

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Moscow 'under siege' as Ukraine onslaught starts inferno at 'Russia's AMAZON'... (Top headline, 1st story, link) Related stories:Kyiv plots next death blow to paralyze war machine...NATO fighter jet OPENS FIRE on 'Russian' drone over Europe... Drudge Report Feed needs your support!   Become a Patron Continue Reading »

Kyiv plots next death blow to paralyze war machine... (Top headline, 2nd story, link) Related stories:Moscow 'under siege' as Ukraine onslaught starts inferno at 'Russia's AMAZON'...NATO fighter jet OPENS FIRE on 'Russian' drone over Europe... Continue Reading »

NATO fighter jet OPENS FIRE on 'Russian' drone over Europe... (Top headline, 3rd story, link) Related stories:Moscow 'under siege' as Ukraine onslaught starts inferno at 'Russia's AMAZON'...Kyiv plots next death blow to paralyze war machine... Continue Reading »

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Former Israeli captive Rom Braslavski asked Ben Gvir to allow him to execute Palestinian prisoners by hanging. Continue Reading »

Israeli troops have raided the village of Qusra, south of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank. Continue Reading »

Futurist Max Tegmark wonders why sandwiches are more regulated than artificial intelligence in the US. Continue Reading »

Israeli settlers and soldiers besiege Qusra families for eight days, blocking water and aid. Continue Reading »

Superstar forward gave his clearest indication yet that he might end his playing career after the current season. Continue Reading »

Security forces that arrived overnight to evacuate the outpost are still in the area, and residents have been instructed to avoid 'unnecessary vehicle movement'; Jewish extremists to be removed later Thursday; Political damage in US already done Continue Reading »

He was one of Israel's most senior media figures and considered for decades one of the voices most identified with foreign news and history coverage; his final broadcast was just five days ago due to the progression of the disease  Continue Reading »

Political damage is growing: Pro-Israel US Ambassador Mike Huckabee said that it was the US that asked the IDF and the police to evacuate the extremists who are besieging the homes of Palestinian families in Qusra; 'No excuse for such thuggish behavior' Continue Reading »

The Yahalomi family gave further testimony and rejected recent reports, saying there is 'no basis' to rule out a nationalist terror attack; a court imposed a gag order on all details of the probe at Lahav 433's request Continue Reading »

CIA analysts questioned the credibility of Israeli intelligence about an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate Trump in Turkey, while the Secret Service acted on the warning and moved him to a decoy-free flight Continue Reading »

The administration is veering wildly in its response to the national security implications of A.I. as China, America’s main technological and military rival, charges ahead. Continue Reading »

The case represents a new front in President Trump’s mass deportation drive: arrests at airports of people who have active immigration cases and no criminal history. Continue Reading »

President Trump’s Air Force One subterfuge duped potential adversaries — and the press. Here’s what happened. Continue Reading »

A string of primary wins by progressive candidates has revealed the strength of a high-energy insurgent movement but also its potential limitations. Continue Reading »

Brandon Herrera, long an anti-establishment outsider, is trying to help the party defend a red-leaning House district in West Texas. It’s proving messy. Continue Reading »

The Chinese upstart says it has trained high-performing AI models cheaply, without using the most advanced chips. Continue Reading »

DeepSeek, SoFi and more in the latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom. Continue Reading »

DeepSeek is called “amazing and impressive” despite working with less-advanced chips. Continue Reading »

The LinkedIn co-founder is starting Manas AI with “The Emperor of All Maladies” author Siddhartha Mukherjee. Continue Reading »

Apps can add flexibility and freshness to your routine. Just try not to get injured. Continue Reading »

Israel allowed displaced Gazans to begin crossing a military zone that bisects the enclave after a deadlock over hostage releases was broken. Continue Reading »

Troubles at Vanke raise questions about the continued spread of the property crisis and whether the Chinese state will step in. Continue Reading »

Some of the women were held alone for extended periods and spent eight months in tunnels, an Israeli medical official said. Continue Reading »

The alliance mounted its first coordinated response to a suspected sabotage campaign against critical infrastructure after another cable was severed in the Baltic Sea. Continue Reading »

Residents of Goma reported gunfire and shelling after rebels overran Congolese troops. U.N. officials estimated that more than one million displaced people were now inside the city. Continue Reading »

Andy Burnham and Anthony Albanese have found something few world leaders can replicate: a shared obsession with rugby league. Continue Reading »

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker. Continue Reading »

Several high-profile progressives are blaming the Vermont senator. Sanders told POLITICO he has “limited resources” and can't endorse everyone. Continue Reading »

In one of his first interviews since winning the Democratic gubernatorial nomination, David Crowley shares his plan to bring in Francesca Hong voters — but he won’t commit to campaigning with far left surrogates. Continue Reading »

He dropped out of Maine’s Senate race last month after a woman he dated accused him of sexual assault, an allegation he denied. Continue Reading »

Graham and Rep. Ralph Norman are racing to win influential endorsements from powerbrokers across the state ahead of the Aug. 25 GOP runoff. Continue Reading »

Wasserman Schultz's decision to run in one of a dwindling number of majority-Black districts after Republicans redrew her former seat has deeply divided colleagues. Continue Reading »

Some familiar names top the list, but a slate of up and coming members have amassed significant followings this term. Continue Reading »

The bipartisan investigation, led by Sens. Josh Hawley and Dick Durbin, follows recent Senate efforts to advance new kids’ safety legislation and curb child sex abuse material online. Continue Reading »

The House advanced its own stopgap bill before the recess. Continue Reading »

The attorney general said he's willing to break with the president on legal issues and act with integrity. Continue Reading »

The president’s once-strong endorsement record faded in recent weeks and faces new tests later this month. Continue Reading »

A new generation of GOP leaders agree that the old free market orthodoxy won’t hold together the Trump coalition. The party is now figuring out how to sell its new economics heading into 2028. Continue Reading »

Negotiations to bring the war to a close remain deadlocked – and complicated by the fractured Iranian state. Continue Reading »

The board also approved a plan to shut the center down for two years. Continue Reading »

"Why am I living in England?" Avni, an Albanian in his 40s working in London as a builder, asked me angrily, as we walked to the lines of riot police separating Albania's Flamingo Revolution protesters from the country's parliament. "Albania is a very good country, there is no war here. We shouldn't be immigrants. We should come back home," he added, telling me that his home village in northern Albania was now entirely depopulated, as everyone who could had already decamped to Britain or elsewhere in Western Europe. Continue Reading »

The rhythm of American life changes significantly when the workweek ends. Weekends and holidays bring more time for rest, recreation, chores, and social connections. At the same time, work and education occupy a much smaller share of the day. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Niccolo Conte, shows how Americans aged 15 and older redistribute their time between weekdays and non-workdays. Continue Reading »

Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia Sunday, killing at least six people in one of Kyiv's largest aerial attacks of the war. Russia's Ministry of Defense said that it had destroyed 822 Ukrainian drones overnight. Some 600 drones were detected headed toward the Russian capital, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said, with a third destroyed over the Moscow region itself. Continue Reading »

At least three people have been killed and more than 10 injured in Ukraine in the latest wave of Russian strikes, officials have said. Firefighters are tackling a fire that started overnight at a market in the capital, Kyiv, after it was hit by Russian missiles and drones. Ukraine said it shot down three Russian missiles and nearly 100 drones. Meanwhile, Moscow's mayor said about 600 Ukrainian drones were launched towards the city overnight. A warehouse belonging to Russian online retailer Wildberries was hit. Continue Reading »

Ukraine's long-range drone attacks have frequently targeted military bases and oil refinery and energy sites of late, and more recently warehouses of major Russian online retailer Wildberries - but on Saturday a new target has been added: space facilities. Ukrainian forces have touted that they've struck the Progress Rocket and Space Center in Russia's Samara region. The facility focuses on the manufacturing and operation of space launch vehicles. Continue Reading »

Is Beijing hoping to turn other authoritarian societies into digital Chinas? China's rise as the world's leading exporter of surveillance technology is yielding some disturbing results. Beijing's surveillance export packages comprise an entire technological architecture that can give governments an unprecedented ability to see, identify, and track their populations. Continue Reading »

It was 92 years ago when Congress, motivated by Prohibition-era gun violence and the attempted assassination of President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, passed the National Firearms Act, which, among other things, made it more difficult to buy silencers, short-barreled rifles and short-barreled shotguns. It remained intact — and wasn't especially controversial — for generations. Continue Reading »

The yearslong case against six Nevada Republicans who were accused of submitting a bogus certificate that falsely declared Donald Trump the winner of the state's 2020 presidential election has been dismissed, a judge ruled Thursday. The dismissal marks the latest setback in swing states' efforts to prosecute fake electors who tried to keep Trump in the White House after he lost to Joe Biden in 2020. Three other fake elector cases in Arizona, Michigan and Georgia have been dismissed. Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes recently dismissed her office's criminal case but vowed to bring it back to a grand jury in hopes of securing another indictment. The dismissal was a legal maneuver aimed at getting around a deadline for starting new grand jury proceedings after Mayes lost an appeal earlier in June. Continue Reading »

President Trump claimed during remarks on Long Island, N.Y., on Friday that he will make the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory, despite the fact that Oman and Iran share jurisdiction of the waterway. "Pretty soon, I will be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States," Trump said during an address highlighting his administration's efforts to combat crime in the U.S. Continue Reading »

TEHRAN, Iran — A defiant Iran called on the U.S. to "accept the reality of defeat and stop indulging in delusions" after President Donald Trump suggested that he would soon declare the Strait of Hormuz a "territory of the United States." The crucial waterway that handled one-fifth of the world's oil before the war "cannot be seized with a tweet, nor with an aircraft carrier, nor by issuing an order, nor through an election speech," Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi said in a post on X early Saturday. Continue Reading »

President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States will declare the Strait of Hormuz "U.S. territory" after it finishes defeating Iran, escalating his assertion of American control over the strategic waterway as Tehran vowed that the strait "has been Iranian, is Iranian, and will remain Iranian." "After we finish defeating Iran, which is being very badly defeated, pretty soon I'll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States," Trump told a crowd during an event in Nassau County, New York. Continue Reading »

Five people were wounded in a shooting involving multiple suspects at Virginia State University early Saturday, prompting a campus lockdown and police investigation just as students get ready for a new school year. It happened near the university's Quad Annexes, where campus police and Chesterfield County officers discovered five people suffering from gunshot wounds outside campus dormitories. Officers responded just before 1:30 a.m. and the lockdown was lifted at about 9 a.m., county police said. Continue Reading »

ESPN host Stephen A. Smith said Thursday that Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., could make him a Republican, praising the Trump-backed gubernatorial frontrunner days before Florida Republicans choose their nominee to succeed Gov. Ron DeSantis. "And I ain't no d--- Republican. But that mean if anybody could make me one, it would be him. I'm just going to keep it a buck. I'm just letting you know," Smith said. Continue Reading »

Jason Arday, the former University of Cambridge professor at the centre of a plagiarism row, has been found dead. Emergency services said a man was found "unresponsive" at an address in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon. Continue Reading »

Former Cambridge sociology professor Jason Arday was found dead in south London on Friday, days after resigning from the university after being accused of plagiarism. Arday, 41, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Metropolitan Police. Authorities said his death was unexpected but is not believed to be suspicious. "Sadly, a 41-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene," a Metropolitan Police spokesman told the Telegraph. "His next-of-kin have been informed and are being supported by officers."... Continue Reading »

Jason Arday, a former University of Cambridge professor who was at the centre of ​a plagiarism scandal, has died aged 41. Arday had resigned earlier this month ‌as a professor of sociology of education following the accusations, which caused a furore in the world of academia. He was the university's youngest ever Black professor. He was found unresponsive by the ​ambulance service at a property in Battersea, south London... Continue Reading »

A British sociologist who resigned last week from the University of Cambridge following weeks of public accusations of plagiarism and media scrutiny was found dead Friday. Jason Arday, who was 37 when he became Cambridge's youngest Black professor in 2023, resigned after he came under intense media pressure, with weeks of allegations about plagiarism in his academic work and questions surrounding claims about his athletic and fundraising accomplishments. The Times and Telegraph newspapers, along with the BBC and Sky News, reported that Arday, 41, was found "unresponsive" inside a home in Battersea, south London, on Friday afternoon... Continue Reading »

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) clarified Thursday that infrastructure being constructed to prevent border crossings at Big Bend National Park will be "limited." "Big Bend belongs to the American people, and our job is to keep it safe. So, let's be clear about what is — and is not — happening there," a CBP statement reads. The agency will not be building a 30-foot wall or stadium lighting through the local state and national park, according to the statement. They plan on adding one new access road, improving existing roads, installing detection technology and placing barriers for vehicles in some strategic locations... Continue Reading »

Kroger has closed at least three dozen stores since announcing plans last year to shutter 60 locations that were not "delivering sustainable results" by the end of 2026. The Cincinnati-based grocery giant did not release a full list of stores or banners slated for closure, but online searches listed 39 locations across nine banners as no longer operating. Local reports also confirmed that many of the locations were part of the broader store overhaul. As of January 2026, Kroger operated 2,697 supermarkets across 35 states under roughly 20 banners, including Fred Meyer, Fry's Food and Drug, Harris Teeter, Jay C, King Soopers, Mariano's, Pick 'n Save, QFC and Ralphs, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing... Continue Reading »

For rural residents, suffering a traumatic injury doesn't just mean a quick trip to the emergency room. Research has shown that rural residents are at higher risk of death from trauma due to a lack of access to care. For many rural residents suffering from a traumatic injury, the greatest challenge they face is how quickly they can get to a trauma center. Some doctors and researchers are working to fix that... Continue Reading »

Tokenization Of H₂O: Elites Are Claiming The World's Water Supply & Plan To Trade It Submitted by Patti Johnson, Yep, you heard me right. This is not a joke or exaggeration. The facts are out there for all to see. I wrote about the tokenization of nature in my article “From Blockchain to Ball and Chain: Are We Being Borged?” This article will deal primarily with the tokenization of the world’s water supply. Tokenization: Turning Life Itself into a Tradeable Chip For those who do not understand tokenization, here is a short and simple explanation: Tokenization means turning something real, like a share of water rights, a measured volume of water from a river or aquifer, or even credits for water that was “saved” or recycled, into a digital token (a unique digital certificate) that lives on a blockchain. A blockchain is simply a shared digital notebook that many computers keep identical copies of at the same time, so the records of who owns what cannot be secretly changed by any one person or company. That token can then be bought, sold, or traded on markets the same way people trade stocks or other assets. ... Continue Reading »

Beijing Wants Nvidia Out But China's AI Developers Aren't Ready China has spent years pouring money and political capital into building a homegrown semiconductor industry. Yet when its AI companies need to train their most sophisticated models, many still turn to Nvidia, according to South China Morning Post. The biggest obstacle may no longer be the chips themselves. It is everything developers have built around them. Nvidia’s CUDA software has become deeply woven into the way AI labs operate. Models, training tools and internal workflows have been designed around the platform, meaning switching to Chinese hardware can resemble rebuilding part of the factory rather than simply swapping out a machine. SCMP writes that Huawei’s Ascend processors are among the leading domestic alternatives, but moving an established operation onto them can require substantial engineering work. One researcher estimated that doing so could increase the time and expense of a project by at least 50%. How painful that transition becomes depends heavily on the model. Widely available open-source models such as DeepSeek are easier because engineers can modify the code and lean on work already done by others. In those cases, migration might require only a ... Continue Reading »

'Wolves In White Coats': 5 Key Takeaways From HHS Report On Alleged Pediatric Gender-Treatment Fraud Authored by Stacy Robinson via The Epoch Times, A report released Aug. 13 by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has shined a light on alleged fraud by health providers who performed pediatric gender procedures. The report, titled “Wolves in White Coats: How Doctors and Hospitals Pushed and Profited from the Fraud of ‘Gender Medicine’,” examined the actions and motives of 225 healthcare institutions and found they allegedly put profits and gender ideology ahead of patient needs. Here are five key takeaways from that study. HHS Alleges Insurance Coding Fraud The HHS report laid out an alleged pattern of deception, encouraged by groups promoting gender procedures in children, where hospitals and healthcare providers utilized incorrect insurance codes to ensure they got paid. Rather than use already-existing, specific codes related to gender identity disorders, HHS alleged they used what the study called “proxy diagnosis codes” that were vague, or outright false. One common diagnosis was “endocrine disorder—unspecified,” which allowed doctors to bill for cross-sex hormones. HHS data showed that between 2015 and 2025, more than $42 million was billed to ... Continue Reading »

The Decline Of Higher Education Continues Authored by Mike McDaniel via AmericanThinker.com, During my second career teaching high school English, I noticed several darkly funny but disturbing trends in “higher” education.  They were fueled by three primary drivers: abandoning merit, the federal government taking over the student loan industry, and DEI hysteria. It was Barack Obama who federalized the student loan industry, pushing the idea that everyone should go to college. To make that idea a reality, it was necessary for the government to guarantee student loans. That had plenty of unfortunate and foreseeable effects. Because Colleges no longer had any financial skin in the game, they went on a mad administrator-hiring binge, which required enormous amounts of money, which required unprecedented numbers of students.  Combined with a faux-religious devotion to DEI, colleges admitted all manner of people who in past years would have reasonably been found to be poorly suited to do college-level work. To cover this, it was necessary to do away with any sort of predictive testing like the SAT. All that was required for college admission was a student loan, unless one was a white male applying at an Ivy ... Continue Reading »

'Delusional': Iran Fires Back At Trump's Make 'Hormuz Strait A Territory Of The US' Ambitions Predictably, Iran has on Saturday issued a full-throated rejection of President Trump's Friday evening words related to the status on the conflict and energy transit in the region. In a speech on New York's Long Island, Trump introduced the idea of declaring the Strait of Hormuz a US territory. "After we finish defeating Iran, which is being very badly defeated — pretty soon, I'll be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States," Trump told a crowd of law enforcement officers. Trump on declaring the Strait of Hormuz a U.S. territory post the conflict with Iran 👇 pic.twitter.com/BjgW8pNKIQ — Brian Schwartz (@schwartzbWSJ) August 14, 2026 "Essentially, that's what it is. We have the blockade. No ships get through unless we want them to," he added. He claimed oil prices were coming "way down". Some pundits pointed to what seemed like classic hyperbole and his penchant for floating extreme scenarios in off-the-cuff fashion; however, Trump made the statement without any qualifiers other than it will happen when Iran is "badly defeated" by the United States. That seems to ... Continue Reading »

Second Ceuta Border Invasion Attempt Underway As Military-Aged Migrants Mass Near Spanish Enclave Summary:  Second Ceuta Border Invasion Attempt By Sub-Saharan Africans Ilegals  Public Health Disaster Unfolds In Ceuta After First Invasion, Weeks Ago Hybrid Warfare Fears Mount As Migrant Flows Weaponized  Italy's Schengen suspension with Spain will remain until security risks disappear Weaponized Migrant Flows: Spain's Ceuta Border Under Attack (Again)  Multiple open-source reports indicate that thousands of illegal aliens are massing near Spain's Ceuta border, raising the prospect of coordinated attempts to breach the enclave for the second time. If verified, the invasion attempt comes just weeks after the first round, in which more than 60,000 military-aged men attempted to breach the border. This only suggests that migrant flows are being deliberately weaponized to pressure the socialist government in Madrid, potentially marking a second phase of sustained border destabilization. Official reporting from news outlet France 24 says: Morocco has deployed heavy security around the border city of Fnideq after false social media rumours claimed the border to Spain's Ceuta enclave would open. Hundreds of migrants, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, have gathered nearby, raising fears of another mass crossing just weeks after tens of thousands attempted to enter the Spanish ... Continue Reading »

Ukrainian Drone Swarm Attack Obliterates Wildberries' Largest Warehouse Near Moscow Ukraine launched one of its largest kamikaze drone attacks of the war against Russia on Sunday, with Russia's Defense Ministry saying air defenses intercepted 822 Ukrainian drones overnight, including roughly 600 headed toward Moscow. Ukrainian long-range missiles and drone swarms have targeted high-value military assets and oil and gas infrastructure deep inside Russia this year, with Ukraine stepping up its latest attacks on logistical networks, such as Russia's version of Amazon, called Wildberries. 🔥 Ukraine has taken 7 of Wildberries’ 10 largest logistics hubs out of operation. On Sunday night, following a large-scale drone attack on the Moscow region, the company’s logistics hub at the Koledino industrial park also ceased operations, alongside the warehouse in… pic.twitter.com/WzqpwdEf5W — Defense of Ukraine (@DefenceU) August 16, 2026 Another Wildberries logistics warehouse was struck on Sunday, this time near Moscow. That brings the total to 20 of the e-commerce giant's warehouses across Russia that have been targeted by Ukraine since mid-July. Breaking news Telegram channel Astra reported that the latest Wildberries warehouse to be attacked is in Podolsk, Moscow Region, and is the "largest" warehouse owned by the e-commerce ... Continue Reading »

British Busybodies Flood '999' To Report Neighbors' BBQs After Stupid Government Alert Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Millions of phones across England and Wales blared a sudden siren on Friday evening as the government unleashed its emergency alert system over 'wildfire risk'. What followed was a wave of neighbour-on-neighbour reporting that left fire services and police inundated with non-emergency calls about barbecues in gardens and parks. JUST IN – UK Government issues severe national emergency alert over the risk of wildfires. pic.twitter.com/brMgNR6DxU — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) August 14, 2026 The same compliant instincts that flourished during COVID appear alive and well. COVID did very strange things to the population. Bootlickers are still everywhere. pic.twitter.com/kR0ES48EOA — Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) August 15, 2026 The alert, described by First Secretary of State Louise Haigh as "the most extensive use of the UK's emergency alert system in response to an active incident," warned of a "very high risk of wildfires nationally." It instructed residents, landowners and visitors not to undertake any activity that could start a fire, including disposable barbecues, firepits, garden incinerators or fireworks. Even a small flame, it said, could rapidly develop into a major wildfire ... Continue Reading »

How Americans Spend Their Time On Weekdays Vs Weekends The rhythm of American life changes significantly when the workweek ends. Weekends and holidays bring more time for rest, recreation, chores, and social connections. At the same time, work and education occupy a much smaller share of the day. This visualization, via Visual Capitalist's Niccolo Conte, shows how Americans aged 15 and older redistribute their time between weekdays and non-workdays. The data for this visualization comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ American Time Use Survey. Work Gives Way to Free Time Work accounts for the largest shift in Americans’ schedules. Time spent working and on work-related activities falls from 4.26 hours per weekday to 1.11 hours on weekends and holidays, a decline of 3.15 hours, or 189 minutes. How Americans Spend Time Weekday Weekend Change (h m) Sleeping 9h 32m 10h 26m +0h 55m Leisure & Sports 4h 36m 6h 29m +1h 53m Working 4h 16m 1h 07m -3h 09m House Chores 1h 53m 2h 16m +0h 23m Eating 1h 10m 1h 20m +0h 10m Shopping 0h 40m 0h 44m +0h 04m Caring for Others 0h 41m 0h 34m -0h 07m Education 0h 33m 0h 11m -0h 22m Religion 0h 13m 0h 27m +0h 14m Communication 0h 12m 0h 11m -0h 01m Educational activities also decrease, falling from 0.55 hours to 0.18 hours per day. Meanwhile, leisure and sports increase from 4.60 hours on weekdays to 6.48 hours on weekends ... Continue Reading »

What To Expect From El Niño And La Niña? As a strong El Niño phenomenon is being predicted for the coming months, large parts of the United States can potentially expect a wet and stormy fall and winter. As Statista's Katharina Buchholz details below, this is seen in data from the International Research Institute for Climate and Society at Columbia University. You will find more infographics at Statista While El Niño can also bring excess rain to parts of South America, Central Asia and Africa, it can exacerbate drought conditions in places like the Pacific Northwest, the Amazon, Central America and Southern Peru. Climatic conditions during La Niña, on the other hand, are predictive of increased rainfall on the northern coast of South America, in Central America and in the Caribbean and dryer periods in the Southern U.S., Chile, Argentina, Uruguay and southern Brazil. El Niño and La Niña are both a part of the global climate cycle known as the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). El Niño is produced by the warming of the equatorial Pacific waters, while La Niña is what happens when these waters are cooling below their average temperatures. During El Niño, trade winds over the ... Continue Reading »

Why Are They Getting Free Sh*t? Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, A major British telecoms giant is supplying thousands of free SIM cards loaded with six months of data to a charity that hands them out to illegal migrants arriving in the UK via boats, it has been revealed. The charity Care4Calais has distributed more than 162,000 items to nearly 30,000 people, including 2,221 Vodafone SIM cards, 3,765 hoodies, 3,532 pairs of joggers, 1,174 T-shirts, 1,173 Ramadan food packs around Calais, 2,770 cold-weather "snug packs," and 1,169 weatherproof garments. The charity also ran 80 drop-in sessions and 17 large-scale distributions at British military bases housing asylum seekers, providing around 23,000 items, plus free haircuts, phone charging, English lessons, Ramadan food packets, and "new arrival packs" for about 1,800 people reaching England's South Coast. A British charity is distributing thousands of free items to illegal migrants crossing the English Channel from France into the UK, including SIM cards with six months of data, Ramadan food packs, clothing and "new arrival packs." Care4Calais says its volunteers distributed more... pic.twitter.com/UkBUuRmk7v — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 14, 2026 Reform UK's home affairs spokesman Zia Yusuf has accused Vodafone ... Continue Reading »

Inside Five Years Of Taliban Rule Since US Chaotic Exit Via Middle East Eye Five years after the Taliban’s return to power on August 15, 2021, Afghanistan has transformed from a chaotic battlefield into a functioning but deeply authoritarian state. Foreign troops are gone, and fragmented opponents have failed to mount a significant challenge to Kabul’s centralized control. The movement has established a degree of internal security unimaginable under the previous government.  However, this stability rests on systematic exclusion, most notably of women, leaving the nation economically fragile and politically isolated. While the Taliban have proven they can govern without western support, they remain an international pariah managing a historic humanitarian crisis. via AFP Afghanistan today is quieter than before 2021, but it is also poorer, more isolated, and severely repressive towards half its population.  The regime's primary achievement in its first five years was territorial consolidation. The next five will test whether it can survive mounting internal and external pressures.  Criminalization of Public Criticism The central story of the last five years is the patient, quiet accumulation of power by the Taliban’s reclusive supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, who operates from Kandahar. Since his appointment in 2016, ... Continue Reading »

Where In The World Are The Beer Lovers? While many countries have their own special days to celebrate beer, one of the oldest alcoholic beverages known to humankind, International Beer Day is aimed at beer drinkers everywhere. Every first Friday in August, special events are held in bars and pubs around the world. As Statista's Katharina Buchholz details below, some countries' inhabitants might be more prone to celebrate than others. You will find more infographics at Statista A recent Statista Consumer Insight survey shows that some Latin American countries exhibit a share of between 35 and 44 percent of regular beer drinkers. Brazil tops the list with 44 percent of survey participants between legal drinking age and 64 years old regularly consuming the alcoholic drink usually made with malted barley, hops, water and yeast. Coming in first is Spain, however, with 45 percent of respondents saying the same. Another Southern European country, Italy, also ranks high with 42 percent regular beer consumers. Asia is also home to some of the biggest beer lovers, with 44 percent in Vietnam and 40 percent in Thailand saying they were regular beer drinkers. Muslim countries Malaysia and Indonesia see much fewer people drink beer ... Continue Reading »

How Much Money Should You Convert To A Roth Each Year? Authored by Javier Simon via The Epoch Times, A Roth conversion allows you to turn funds in a traditional IRA into a Roth IRA. As a result, you get to enjoy qualified tax-free withdrawals in retirement. And you avoid the required minimum distributions (RMDs) that may trigger major tax consequences for retirees. Roth conversions can deliver major tax benefits, but knowing how much to convert is crucial. Jack_the_sparow/shutterstock However, a Roth conversion can also set off surprise tax bombs if you convert a large enough amount. But if you convert too little, you could be letting substantial tax savings slip away. Luckily, there's no maximum or minimum as to how much money you can convert to a Roth IRA. So how much should you convert into a Roth IRA? Let's see what the experts say. Convert Only Enough to Fill Lower Tax Brackets The IRS treats the amount of money you convert into a Roth IRA as ordinary taxable income for the year in which you made the conversion. So many financial advisers recommend you convert just enough to fill the marginal income tax bracket you're ... Continue Reading »

The Massachusetts Abortion Law Could Backfire On Democrats Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey spent this week signing away one of the last hard limits on abortion in a state that already ranked among the most permissive in the country, and now even some of her own party's lawmakers think she went too far. The Prioritizing Patient Access to Care Act strips away the state's statutory ban on abortions after 24 weeks of pregnancy. Physicians in the state can now perform abortions at any point in the pregnancy, based on their own professional judgment, with no gestational cutoff written into law. The measure also expands legal protections for providers, shielding them from consequences that once accompanied performing procedures deep into the third trimester. Critics have a simple way of describing what changed: abortion in Massachusetts is now legal up until the moment of birth. The bill cleared the Massachusetts House 119-33 on July 22, and the vote broke down almost exactly the way you would expect in a legislature that Democrats control by an overwhelming margin. Almost exactly, but not quite. Nine House Democrats voted with Republicans against the bill, and several of ... Continue Reading »

A Tour Of America's Blue-topias Authored by Spyridon Andrews via the Abstract Truth Substack, I lived in Massachusetts for a number of years and even at one time owned a home there. The home was in a town called Cotuit, on the Cape, a small, pretty town that recalled the atmosphere of the television show Lost or the novel Lord of the Flies. There was an equivalent feeling of desolation and desperation and the strange notion that cannibal zombies ran the town. We determined that it was not the place we wanted to spend our free time, even though I have to say that the clam strips were delicious. When I was a student, I lived in the Boston area, and that was a different feel, more of what we can find in our Blue American cities today. I have to say that Cambridge was ahead of its time. When I worked on the student janitorial crew, my boss, one of the wisest men in Boston—a dyed-in-the-wool Bruins, Red Sox, and Patriots fan and Vietnam vet—comforted me one day as we sat together on the steps in Radcliffe Yard. Bob said to me, “Donnie, the ... Continue Reading »

Trump: 9 Months At Sea For USS Lincoln 'Not Nearly Long Enough' President Trump shrugged off mounting concerns over the welfare of 5,000 sailors aboard the USS Lincoln on Friday, denying that family members were worried and telling reporters that nine months at sea was "not nearly long enough." His remarks came on the same day that he promised an audience that he would declare the Strait of Hormuz a US territory, and that higher gas prices were a small price to pay so that a "very evil country" wouldn't obtain "a nuclear weapon." The media's questioning of the US commander-in-chief was prompted by concerns raised by family members of sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, who say their loved ones are suffering from low morale from being stuck on the ship so long, and that they're enduring moldy showers, rationing of food, and a lack of basic hygiene supplies like toothpaste, deodorant and soap. One woman says her son told her the food situation has been so bad at times that a meal consists of only a half-cup of rice and two tortillas. Things are so bad that there are reports that at least two ... Continue Reading »

Are China's Surveillance Exports Turning Nations Into Digital Dictatorships? Authored by James Gorrie via The Epoch Times, Is Beijing hoping to turn other authoritarian societies into digital Chinas? China’s rise as the world’s leading exporter of surveillance technology is yielding some disturbing results. Beijing’s surveillance export packages comprise an entire technological architecture that can give governments an unprecedented ability to see, identify, and track their populations. Those technologies include cameras, artificial intelligence, telecommunications networks, cloud computing, facial recognition, license-plate recognition, and centralized command systems. Many mid-sized countries are becoming or are already customers. Turning Other Nations Into ‘Little Chinas’ Turkey is an important case study. To be clear, Turkey has not yet become a Chinese-style surveillance state. Its political system and institutions remain different from China’s. That said, Chinese technology companies have established a significant presence in Turkey’s digital infrastructure, and they’re not shy about it. In fact, Huawei has explicitly marketed its AI-powered CCTV and “Safe City,” i.e. surveillance technologies, in the Turkish market. It’s no mystery that China wants to sell as much merchandise to as many trading partners as possible. But is it also possible that China wants as many partners as possible ... Continue Reading »

Can Artificial Intelligence Replace Human Judges? Authored by Matthew Andersson via AmericanThinker.com, There is growing interest in whether an “ai” or, artificial intelligence judge can make better rulings than a human one.   This is understandable as many legal decisions are either wrong or flawed in some critical way.   Partisan politics and “lawfare" also continue to corrupt the legal system to a degree that has undermined its fundamental credibility, including public trust. No one knows better than President Trump who was maliciously prosecuted as a civilian.  Down in the trial courts where legal arguments start, many of the facts of a case get ignored by the court, or never get a fair hearing because they are denied on technical grounds, or from favoritism, or corruption.   Critical facts are also not discovered or recognized due to human error, or lack of relevant subject competence. When a case then gets bumped up to an appeal, the appellate courts are even more removed from facts. They may reverse on procedural mistakes, or if a particular statute or law was thought to be seriously misinterpreted, but appellate courts are notorious for affirming lower court rulings because sending a case back to the ... Continue Reading »

"Won't Be Short-Lived": JPMorgan Warns Next Global Food Crisis Could Erupt Next Year JPMorgan is the latest institutional research desk to warn that the next global food crisis may already be taking shape, driven by what its analysts describe as the "Five Ws": War, Weather, Warehousing, Water, and Waste. In a new report titled Food Security Is National Security: A Compounding Storm, a team led by London-based senior global economist Nora Szentivanyi warned that disruptions around the Strait of Hormuz and the emergence of a potentially historic El Niño could weaken crop yields, constrain agricultural production, and keep food inflation elevated through the first half of 2027. "Successive shocks since COVID have compounded, eroding food production capacity and keeping food price pressures elevated into 2027," Szentivanyi said, warning that "this is not a short-lived shock; it has reduced the likelihood of near-term disinflation, and the food inflation cycle is likely to exert pressure through 1H27." She expects global food inflation to accelerate from 2.8% in the first half of 2026 to 5% in the first half of next year. The warning comes despite a modest improvement in hunger statistics. About 645 million people ... Continue Reading »