In France, a storm is brewing (again), and French President Emmanuel Macron appears to have figured it all out – it’s social media and video games that are to blame for the ongoing riots in France! This came following four nights of rioting initially triggered by the fatal police shooting of a Muslim teenager, Nahel […]
Update (1545ET): There are reports of “Tactical units driving through the streets of Marseille.” What the Twitter user is saying above lines up with France 24’s report: Maybe this is why France needs military vehicles on the streets of Paris. Is France a third-world country? * * * Update (1235ET): President Emmanuel Macron’s government struggles […]
A top Brazilian court has ruled that former president Jair Bolsonaro is barred from running for office for eight years. The country’s highest electoral court says that the man once popularly dubbed “Brazil’s Donald Trump” cannot run for or hold any public office until 2030. This means he’ll have to sit out the 2026 election, after last […]
US intelligence officials knew well in advance that Wagner head Yevgeny Prigozhin was planning to mount an armed rebellion against the Russian military’s top commanders. Congressional leaders were even briefed days prior to Saturday’s events, after US intelligence reportedly observed the mercenary firm mustering forces and amassing weapons in preparation for possibly making a move against the defense ministry. […]
Surgeons in Auckland, New Zealand are ‘disgusted’ over a new policy rolled out in February which requires them to address “historical disparities in healthcare access” for Māori and Pacific Island communities, which will be factored into a new ranking system that determines priority for surgical procedures. According to leaked documents obtained by the NZ Herald, the new initative, implemented […]
Update(1735ET): This entirely bizarre slightly less than 24-hour short-lived coup attempt has just gotten even stranger, given the terms of the truce which evidently caused Evgeny Prigozhin to announce his Wagner fighter columns would turn around and go back to their bases. The Wall Street Journal has confirmed based on Kremlin statements that “As part of the agreement, Prigozhin […]
Update(1815ET):There are now widespread reports and circulating footage of additional armored vehicles deployed by military police units in key parts of Russia, including in Moscow and Rostov regions, with TASS saying they have been ordered to protect government buildings, as speculation that Wagner’s Prigozhin is making real moves against Russian leadership tonight. The Washington Post is meanwhile recapping the […]
President Joe Biden may be claiming victory at the southern border as the next presidential election cycle nears, but the crisis is far from over. The president’s open border policies have been short of disastrous, transforming parts of the border into a warzone as cartels fight over drug routes into the US. Cartels have also made big […]
Czech President Petr Pavel just took anti-Russian xenophobia to a new level, saying this week that he’s in favor of Russians living in Western countries being “monitored” by authorities, akin to what happened with Japanese people living in the United States during World War II. “All Russians living in Western countries should be monitored much more […]
