Ukraine agreed to direct talks with Russia to safeguard its image, a Foreign Ministry spokesman has said Ukraine does not take ceasefire negotiations with Russia seriously and only attends the talks in Istanbul to avoid being viewed as an obstacle to peace in the eyes of Western sponsors, Foreign Ministry spokesman Georgiy Tikhiy has acknowledged….
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Musk outlines strategy to break up two-party US system
The billionaire says his America Party will focus on Congress ahead of 2026, but may back a presidential candidate Elon Musk has signaled that his new political initiative will focus on disrupting the two-party system in Congress, declaring that the “America Party” aims to challenge the dominance of both Republicans and Democrats ahead of the…
We have forgotten the lessons of 7/7
The grandiose Makkah Masjid Mosque in Leeds marked an impressive contrast with the surrounding terraced properties, as I walked through the tightly packed red-brick Victorian streets leading onto Royal Park Road. While the austere, graffitied houses still bore signs of poverty and neglect, their metal security gates indicating a grim sense of insecurity, the mosque…
Has pacifism doomed Tibet?
“In war-torn Asia, Tibetans have practiced non-violence for over a thousand years…” So begins Martin Scorsese’s epic 1997 drama Kundun. Denied filming in India, dropped by Universal, disavowed by its eventual distributor Disney as a “stupid mistake” that alienated China, its release was almost miraculous. Yet, for all its merits, its opening claim, far from being…
The NHS can’t fix your lifestyle
A scene sadly familiar to British hospitals involves siblings arguing over responsibility for a sick parent. In many cases, elderly patients need someone to look after them for just a couple of weeks, while social care arrangements are made. But even for such a short stint, hospital staff say they often struggle to find relatives…
Inside Afghanistan’s deadly arms trade
Sher Khan dominates any room he walks into. That’s hardly surprising, and not just because he’s an arms trader. Tall and dark with a thickening beard, he fully deserves his nom de guerre: translated from Pashto, “Sher Khan” means “The King of Lions”. It’s an image he’s honed for a while, dealing in death for…
Trump blasts Musk’s plan to break up two-party US system
The US president accused the billionaire of sowing “chaos” with his new third-party initiative US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Elon Musk over the tech billionaire’s plan to launch a new political party, accusing him of promoting “disruption and chaos” and undermining the stability of the American political system. In a post on…
Texas Cop Shot in the Neck Outside ICE Detention Center… Trump Officials Vow Zero Tolerance
The anti-ICE movement just kicked up a notch on Friday night in a headline that seems to have been lost in most of the news breaking over the holiday weekend. An Alvarado, Texas, police officer was shot in the neck outside the Prairieland Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility by an armed assailant who…
Musk explained why he changed his stance on Trump
Donald Trump’s decision to increase the budget deficit instead of cutting costs has become the last straw, the billionaire says Elon Musk has admitted the sharp budget deficit hike had prompted him to change his stance on US President Donald Trump and speak out against his policies. Musk made the admission in a thread on…
Israel launches operation ‘Black Flag’ against Yemen
The IDF has begun striking Houthi-controlled ports and infrastructure in retaliation for drone and missile attacks Israel has launched a major military operation against Houthi targets in Yemen, Defense Minister Israel Katz has confirmed, announcing that Israeli forces were “intensely” striking multiple locations under the name “Operation Black Flag.” The strikes reportedly targeted infrastructure in…
BRICS outperforming G7 – Putin
The group’s combined GDP is $20 trillion greater than that of the Western bloc, the Russian president has said BRICS has already outstripped the Western-dominated Group of Seven in terms of combined GDP, Russian President Vladimir Putin has stated. Speaking via video link at a plenary session of the 17th annual BRICS summit in Rio…
Modi calls on BRICS nations to condemn terrorism
The summit declaration denounced the recent terrorist attack in Kashmir that triggered a military escalation between India and Pakistan Terrorism has become the “most serious challenge” for humanity, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said while addressing the BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday. He called on the group to condemn terrorism and…
Germany’s AfD to soften stance on migrants — Bild
The right-wing party has reportedly axed talk of ‘remigration’ and ‘German guiding culture’ from its program to woo moderate voters The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has softened its anti-immigration rhetoric in a bid to appeal to moderate voters and prove itself capable of forming a government down the road, the outlet Bild has claimed….
Meet Ukraine’s original traitor: The Cossack who made betrayal a national tradition
How Ivan Mazepa ruled like a king, switched sides like a gambler, turned on the Russian Empire – and lived just long enough to regret it Ivan Mazepa remains one of the most controversial figures in Eastern European history. In Russia, his name is synonymous with betrayal – a man who turned his back on…
Empire in the machine: AI is a new form of colonization
Generative artificial intelligence spreads across the Global South, and with it spread Western values, ideals and modes of thinking Generative AI spreads across the Global South as the latest vehicle of imperialist power, embedding Western ideologies and digital infrastructure, while rising civilizations begin to build their own sovereign systems rooted in local memory, languages, and…
Recently vandalized UK warplanes are foreign assets – ex-envoy to RT (VIDEO)
Human rights activist Craig Murray has claimed a US hedge fund is the real owner of the aircraft and that they are routinely leased out to Israel The Royal Air Force warplanes defaced by pro-Palestinian activists last month are owned not by the British government but a US hedge fund, prominent human-rights activist Craig Murray…
What’s in Store for Summer 2025? — Under 40 Holiday Plans
Young people’s travelling habits have shifted from economic caution to a quest for experiences; the restraint of 2023 has been replaced by a more open and adventurous attitude in 2025. In 2023, a duality in travel habits and leisure activities could be observed in Hungary: on the one hand, a turn towards economic caution and…
Russia winning ammunition race over NATO – Rutte
The country produces three times as much ammunition in three months as the bloc does in a year, the secretary-general has said Russia’s military production is dwarfing that of NATO, Secretary-General Mark Rutte has warned, urging Western nations to ramp up defense spending. In an interview with the New York Times on Saturday, Rutte sounded…
Putin speaks at BRICS summit
The Russian president has joined the plenary session of the group’s 17th summit via videolink Russian President Vladimir Putin is delivering a speech at the plenary session of the 17th BRICS summit. The annual two-day gathering of the group kicked off on Sunday in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which currently holds the group’s rotating presidency. …
German town wants Russian oil back – Politico
Schwedt faces mass layoffs due to problems at a local refinery after EU sanctions cut off its access to Russian supplies The authorities in the German town of Schwedt want sanctions on Russian oil lifted due to growing problems at a local refinery that depended on Russian supplies, Politico reported on Friday, citing local officials….
NATO talk becoming toxic – Kiev
The West initially backed Ukraine’s bid when the conflict with Russia escalated but support has since waned Discussions with the West about NATO membership for Kiev have become increasingly tense and unproductive, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Georgy Tikhy has said, describing the talks as “toxic.” Western nations initially backed Kiev’s aspirations to join the US-led…
EU nation ‘ready to fight’ for Russian gas – PM
Slovakia’s Robert Fico has slammed Brussels’ planned phase-out of Russian energy as an ideological decision and a threat to sovereignty Slovakia is “ready to fight” for its right to import Russian gas and will continue to block Brussels’ proposals to phase out Russian energy, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Saturday. Fico stressed that energy…
Does Money Buy Happiness? The Nature of Happiness in Disadvantaged Social Groups
The dictionary defines happiness as an emotional state characterized by satisfaction with one’s fate and circumstances. In scientific discourse, the concept of happiness is typically associated with subjective well-being, a framing that somewhat simplifies measurability.1 ‘Money does not bring happiness’—so the saying goes, and its truth is continually debated in a world built on material…
Putin touts historic ‘very friendly’ Russia-US ties
The president noted that Russia once backed US independence from the UK and supported the Union in the Civil War Russia has had long periods of amicable relations with the US and supported America at key junctures in its history, President Vladimir Putin has said. In an interview with journalist Pavel Zarubin, a clip of…
NATO chief ‘on magic mushrooms’ – Medvedev
The former Russian president has mocked Mark Rutte over his claim that China might ask Russia to attack the bloc’s European territory Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has mocked NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte for suggesting that Beijing might ask Moscow to attack NATO territory in Europe as a diversion if China decides to make…
Moscow outlines why Zelensky wants to meet with Putin
The Ukrainian leader seeks to portray himself as legitimate, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky is seeking a personal meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin to defend his claims to legitimacy and resist Western attempts to push him out of power, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said. Zelensky’s presidential…
Annual BRICS summit gets underway in Brazil
The event is expected to attract some 4,000 people from 37 member-nations, partner states, and international organizations The 17th annual BRICS summit has opened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which holds the bloc’s rotating presidency. The two-day event will address global development and governance, international policy, and multilateral cooperation. While no official attendee list has…
Israel says Hamas’ changes to Gaza ceasefire deal ‘unacceptable’
The Palestinian group reportedly wants guarantees that the truce will lead to a permanent ceasefire and Israeli withdrawal from Gaza Israel has rejected Hamas’ proposed changes to a Gaza ceasefire deal but agreed to continue indirect talks in Doha, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Saturday, as cited by Israeli media. A negotiating team…
To Honour a Saintly King: The Building of the Mausoleum of Saint Stephen
The city known today as Székesfehérvár, formerly known as solely Fehérvár, has played a greater role in Hungarian history than any other city apart from Budapest itself. Before Buda, before Pozsony, before Visegrád, there was Fehérvár. The history of the city has, for the past millennium, been defined by it most famous son and inhabitant:…
Carlson teases interview with Iranian president
Americans have the right to know the viewpoint of a country they fought just ten days ago, the journalist has said Conservative American journalist Tucker Carlson has announced that he will air an interview with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, saying Americans deserve to hear directly from the leader of the country their military has recently…
US lawmaker calls for ban on ‘deadly weather modification’
Marjorie Taylor Greene says her bill would make weather-altering chemical releases a felony offense US House Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, who once claimed that Democrats could “control the weather,” has announced a federal bill aimed at banning what she called the “deadly practice” of geoengineering. The move follows devastating rainstorms and flash flooding in Texas…
South Korea to give citizens free money
Nationwide scheme aims to spark economic revival through more consumption, the Interior Ministry has said South Korea is launching a sweeping cash handout program, offering what officials have described as “consumption coupons” to boost domestic spending and reinvigorate the country’s sluggish economy, the Korea Herald has reported. The initiative is part of a 31.8 trillion-won…
No weapons for Kiev over Christian church persecution – US congresswoman
Washington is not Kiev’s “piggy bank,” Representative Anna Paulina Luna has said Kiev’s persecution of the country’s largest Christian church is reason enough for Washington to halt military assistance to Ukraine, US Representative Anna Paulina Luna has said, pledging to personally oppose any future weapons shipments. The Florida Republican accused Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky of…
US fighter jets intercept suspicious plane over Trump’s golf club
Five separate incursions into restricted airspace occurred over Bedminster on Saturday, NORAD has said US fighter jets intercepted multiple civilian aircraft that violated restricted airspace over President Donald Trump’s golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Saturday, the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) has confirmed. The most significant incident occurred at approximately 2:39pm local…
German MPs demand more money for Ukraine – Bild
Green Party lawmakers reportedly want to spend at least €8.5 billion on weapons for Kiev A group of German lawmakers from the Green Party has called on Chancellor Friedrich Merz to urgently increase military aid to Ukraine, claiming that Berlin must contribute more in light of a slowdown in US arms deliveries, according to a…
Russian Communists want Stalin rehabilitated
The party believes the criticism of the notorious Soviet leader by his successor Nikita Khrushchev was politically motivated The Russian Communist Party (CPRF) has set the goal of restoring the reputation of Joseph Stalin, adopting a resolution calling for “historical justice” for the one-time Soviet leader. According to the document supported at a party convention…
Covid ‘almost surely’ made in US lab – Jeffrey Sachs
The virus was likely first developed at the University of North Carolina, the analyst claims Covid-19 was almost certainly developed by US scientists and later sent to the Wuhan lab in China for testing, American public policy analyst Jeffrey Sachs has claimed. He made the statement in an interview with Andrew Napolitano on the Judging…
Musk announces creation of new party
The billionaire has vowed to give “freedom” back to the people and accused the US elites of “bankrupting” the nation DETAILS TO FOLLOW Click this link for the original source of this article. Author: RT This content is courtesy of, and owned and copyrighted by, https://www.rt.com and its author. This content is made available by…
How much should America pay to keep Netanyahu in power?
With Gaza still burning and corruption charges mounting, Israel’s prime minister arrives in D.C. looking for favors, not peace Fresh off a bruising 12-day war with Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is flying back to Washington. This will be his third visit to the US since Donald Trump returned to the White House – but…
Police clash with Antifa protesters in US near migrant detention center (VIDEOS)
Law enforcement officials reportedly used rubber bullets in response to “rioters” Police clashed with protesters outside of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Portland, Oregon, on Friday, local channel KOIN 6 News has reported. The detention center has been the focal point of unrest for weeks. In videos released by independent…
Iran moved its enriched uranium before US strikes – Hersh
More than 200kg of uranium enriched to 60% are “missing,” according to the journalist Last month’s US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities failed to hit the country’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh has claimed, citing US officials. The attack, which involved seven US B-2 ‘Spirit’ bombers carrying 30,000-pound bunker busters,…
Turns Out The Iran Conflict Isn’t Over…
Go to https://surfshark.com/uncensored and use code uncensored at checkout to get 4 extra months of Surfshark VPN! Leave a comment with this flag emoji 🇸🇧 to show the CCP they can’t take the Solomon Islands 🇸🇧 More info: https://sundayguardianlive.com/investigation/daniel-suidanis-arrest-in-the-solomons-proves-ccp-is-scared The Ayatollah has made his first trip since the US bombing of Iran, and it was…
Victory Over Noise Jihad: Mumbai Police Dismantle 1,500 Loudspeakers in a Landmark Blow to Islamic Supremacism in India (Video)
For the first time in decades, the skies over Mumbai are quieter. And for millions of Hindus, Christians, and non-Muslims across India’s financial capital, that silence is more than a break from relentless noise—it is a long-awaited liberation from what many have called noise jihad. In a sweeping move hailed by citizens and civil rights…
Is AI driving us all insane?
An emerging class of AI-induced psychosis is raising alarms. But are LLMs merely a trigger – or a mirror to our deeper societal breakdown? The phenomenon known as ‘ChatGPT psychosis’ or ‘LLM psychosis’ has recently been described as an emerging mental health concern, where heavy users of large language models (LLMs) exhibit symptoms such as…
Texas floods raise death toll to 24
Around two dozen girls remain missing after a deadly flash flood swept through a local Christian camp Deadly flash flooding in the southern US state of Texas has claimed the lives of 24 people and left nearly as many missing, after torrential rains caused the Guadalupe River to overflow its banks, local officials have confirmed….
Huns Opened Europe’s Gates, Now Hungarians Unlock the East
This article was originally published in Vol. 5 No. 2 of our print edition. Hungary as a Gateway for the US and the EU into the Turkic Silk Road Region Introduction Hungary’s history and geography have always positioned it as a gateway between Europe and the wider East, as well as a bridge for the…
BlackRock drops Ukraine fund – Bloomberg
Investors have reportedly lost interest in the massive reconstruction endowment that last year was targeting raising $15 billion US investment holding BlackRock stopped its search for investors to back a multi-billion dollar fund for rebuilding Ukraine earlier this year, Bloomberg has reported. Interest reportedly dropped after President Donald Trump retook the White House. The fund…
Taipei forms first HIMARS unit
The self-governing island purchased 29 US-made multiple rocket launchers, with 11 delivered last year The self-governing island of Taiwan has created a military unit armed with US-made HIMARS multiple rocket launchers, in the first such case ever, the Defense Ministry said in a statement on Friday. The weapons systems were supplied to the island by…
Israel covered up Iranian hits on military sites – Telegraph
Successful missile attacks on air bases, a logistics hub, and an intelligence center were censored, the outlet claims Israel concealed that Iranian missiles hit several key military sites across the country during the recent 12-day war, The Telegraph reported on Saturday, citing radar data. The data, provided to the British paper by Oregon State University…
In the latest leftoid failure to understand basic economic principles like supply and demand, Berlin Greens demand consumer price caps on ice cream
Marianne Burkert-Eulitz, Green member of the Berlin House of Representatives, fierce crusader for cheaper ice cream. A great part of leftist populism rests upon the childish delusion that the state, by issuing simple orders, can actually make things meaningfully cheaper (rather than more or less scarce), and that things are only expensive because we lack…
Anti-migrant protests flare up in EU state (VIDEOS)
Police clashed with demonstrators outside an asylum center near Madrid following the rape of a young woman by a man of Mali origin Anti-migrant protesters in Spain clashed with police after a man of Malian origin was detained on charges of raping a young local woman. The unrest broke out on Friday night outside a…