Top US official meets MbS as Washington looks to salvage Israel normalization
WORLD : Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MbS) received US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on 19 May, holding talks on strategic relations between Washington and Riyadh and the ongoing Israeli genocide in the Gaza Strip. MbS and Sullivan discussed “strategic relations between the two...
EU state to shell out $2.5bn to beef up eastern borders
EU : Poland will build a defense line along its borders with Belarus and Russia, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has announced. He added that work has already begun on ‘East Shield.’ Amid the ongoing conflict between Kiev and Moscow, the Polish leadership has repeatedly talked...
France launches ‘major operation’ to quash unrest in overseas territory
FRANCE : France has launched a “major operation” in its Pacific territory of New Caledonia to reclaim a key road linking the region's main airport to its capital, Noumea, amid widespread rioting. The archipelago – located to the east of Australia – has been swept by unrest, sparked by election...
Bill Maher Scolds Pearl-Clutching Lefties Over Harrison Butker Tradwife Speech
WORLD : "How many of you are sitting here now, about to cross this stage, and are thinking about all the promotions and titles you are going to get in your career? Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world....
Lunatic NATO Leader Declares That the Western Military Alliance Exists To Promote Degenerate LGBT Values
WORLD : The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is committed to spreading degenerate values abroad. With Russia seemingly making major gains against NATO-backed Ukrainian forces in Eastern Ukraine, NATO leaders have been engaging in bizarre virtue signaling to divert attention away from the abject failure...
Watch — Biden Delivers Bleak Commencement Address: Black Men ‘Being Killed in the Street’
US : Biden gave a commencement speech at Morehouse College in Atlanta on Sunday where he appeared to characterize America in the harshest light in terms of race relations. “You started college just as George Floyd was murdered,” Biden proclaimed. “And there was a reckoning...
We Are Here
WORLD : WHO’s deputy director-general dr. Mike Ryan: “Nobody is suggesting that H5N1 is the new next pandemic. I don’t believe anybody can predict that. But it’s certainly concerning when a virus like this begins to infect multiple mammalian species, which means the virus is...
Coming to America: What If That Gaza Pier is a Two-Way Street?
US : The pier the U.S. built on the Gaza coastline has received its first cargo shipments. But it might not just be receiving imports. It might also be facilitating a new kind of export. Although perhaps we won’t hear about that till after the November election. POLITICO sums...
Why Will Bombing Iranian Proxies Work This Time?
US : Whether you are a Republican or Democrat, everyone should know that one of the most amazing things about Washington is its ability—almost willingness—to make the same foreign policy mistakes over and over. Take Iran. The U.S. has antagonized Iran consistently for the past...
Climate professor Bill McGuire tweets that “culling” human population is only way to prevent a climate breakdown
WORLD : The only way to save the planet from getting too hot and melting is to kill off millions or even billions of people with another “pandemic,” according to Prof. Bill McGuire, a well-known vulcanologist and climate scientist. On X, McGuire tweeted a controversial message...
Iran’s President And Foreign Minister Presumed Dead In Helicopter Crash
IRAN : The Islamic Republic of Iran’s president and foreign minister are presumed dead after a helicopter crash on Sunday while they were traveling in the eastern part of the country. The helicopter carrying President Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian crashed in...
Screams for Billions – A Topical Fantasy
WORLD : Recently, billionaire Sheryl Sandberg (ex-COO of Meta/Facebook) released a roughly 60-minute film purporting to explore “the sexual violence committed by Hamas on October 7, 2023.” Though denoted a “documentary,” the film (helmed by Israeli director Anat Stalinksy) is in fact a pastiche of...
Lessons from COVID Totalitarianism
WORLD : The COVID police state revealed Western governments’ zeal for totalitarianism. Forced masking, forced experimental injections, forced school and business closures, forced isolation, and forced compliance provided Western citizens an opportunity to see the tyrannical inclinations hiding just beneath the surface of their supposedly...
Old Genocide Joe Has Got to Go!
US : It is extremely difficult to discern what might be the thinking behind the clueless President Joe Biden and his Blinken-Austin-Mayorkas foreign-policy-plus national security team. Or rather, the problem is that there does not appear to be any thinking about it at all if...
China’s Gray-Zone Tactics Come to America
CHINA/US : China employs various “gray zone” tactics—moderately aggressive actions that are not egregious enough to provoke conventional military retaliation—against multiple adversaries. One such tactic is deployed within the United States: undeclared influence operations through social media. Chinese government-linked activity has recently become more worrisome....
Smotrich Calls for Israel To Take Over Southern Lebanon If Hezbollah Doesn’t Withdraw from Border
ISRAEL : On Sunday, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called for the Israeli military to invade and take over southern Lebanon if Hezbollah does not withdraw from the border. Smotrich called for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to issue an ultimatum to Hezbollah. “A public ultimatum must...
Putin Says Russia Creating ‘Buffer Zone’ in Kharkiv in Response to Ukrainian Attacks on Belgorod
WORLD : Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday that the purpose of Russia’s offensive in the northeastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv was to create a “buffer zone” in response to Ukraine’s attacks on Russia’s Belgorod Oblast. “Now, about what is happening in the Kharkiv direction....
Health Crisis in Gaza Spirals as New Diseases, Infections Spread
GAZA : As the war in Gaza persists, Palestinians in Gaza are grappling with a proliferation of diseases and infections attributed to a scarcity of food and clean water, as well as overcrowded shelters and nonfunctioning sanitation systems. After more than 220 days of war, those...
‘Bring Julian home’: the Australian campaign to free Assange
AUSTRALIAN : At home in Australia, Julian Assange’s family and friends are preparing for his possible extradition to the United States, ahead of what could be his final hearing in the United Kingdom on Monday. Assange’s half-brother Gabriel Shipton, who spoke to Al Jazeera from Melbourne...
Bishop Strickland: Catholics will never attain true unity if it’s not grounded in Christ
BISHOP : Bishop Joseph Strickland returns for this week’s episode of The Bishop Strickland Show, in which he discusses abiding in God’s love, respect for authority, and unity in Christ. Strickland begins the first part of the show with a commentary on part of the Last Supper...
Trump Demands Biden Take Drug Test Before First Debate
US : Former President Donald Trump said he wants President Joe Biden to take a drug test ahead of the first presidential debate next month. Back in March, President Trump challenged President Biden to a debate on key issues facing the country “anytime, anywhere, any...
Rubio backs Trump deportation plan, reversing previous statements: ‘Invasion of the country’
US : Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla, shifted gears from his previous stance on former President Trump's deportation plans, which he had panned as "not a workable plan." "Yes," Rubio said during an appearance on NBC’s "Meet the Press" Sunday, where he was asked whether he...
UN: Gaza Facing ‘Apocalyptic’ Famine
GAZA : The UN under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs and emergency relief coordinator, Martin Griffiths, told the AFP that “apocalyptic” famine is coming to Gaza. “If fuel runs out, aid doesn’t get to the people where they need it. That famine, which we have talked about...
Life of Late Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi
IRAN : Iranian Vice President Mohsen Mansouri officially confirmed the death of the Iranian president on Monday. What could be the reasons for the crash and what was his role in the Iranian political world? Ebrahim Raisi was elected president by a general vote in...