“Left-wing extremists” claiming responsibility for the attack say it was linked to Rheinmetall’s deliveries to Kiev, local media have reported Armin Papperger, the CEO of one of Germany’s leading arms manufacturers, has had his summer house burned down by arsonists. “Left-wing extremists” claiming responsibility for the attack linked it to Rheinmetall’s weapons deliveries to Ukraine,…
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The Blue Rambler Shows the Way — An Exhibition of Barna Burger’s Blue Trail Photographs Opened in Budapest
The following is a translation of an article written by Gáspár Kéri, originally published in Magyar Krónika. Ten years ago this year, Barna Burger (1965–2017), the renowned photographer who died a tragically early death, fulfilled a childhood dream by walking nearly one thousand two hundred kilometres of the National Blue Trail. During the one-and-a-half-year hike,…
US Senate backs Russian uranium ban
The Biden administration has for months called for restrictions on America’s top foreign supplier The US Senate on Tuesday gave the green light to legislation banning enriched uranium imports from Russia. The Prohibiting Russian Uranium Imports Act was approved unanimously and has now been sent to President Joe Biden to sign into law. According to…
Trump Blasts Biden’s Weak and Ineffective Leadership, Backs Israel’s Fight to Eradicate ‘Cancerous’ Islamic Terrorists of October 7 (Video)
New York, NY – In a charged interview on Sean Hannity’s Fox News program, former President Donald Trump criticized President Joe Biden’s failed leadership and expressed strong support for Israel in its ongoing conflict, particularly highlighting the tragic Islamic attacks of October 7. As live footage from Columbia University, where police were dispersing protestors, streamed…
Russian defense chief inspects modernized anti-drone weaponry (VIDEO)
The troops need an increased supply of weapons to support the pace of their offensive, Sergey Shoigu has said Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu has met with top military officials to discuss the battlefield situation in the Ukraine conflict, placing special emphasis on weapons production. The Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that Shoigu heard military…
Celebrating Labour Day in Hungary — A Conservative Perspective
May Day is a public holiday in Hungary. If one wants to sum up what this day is about, one might say that 1 May is a day when you don’t have to go to work, you can spend time with your family and enjoy all kinds of outdoor activities. In this context, even a staunch…
Celebrating Labour Day in Hungary — A Conservative Perspective
May Day is a public holiday in Hungary. If one wants to sum up what this day is about, one might say that 1 May is a day when you don’t have to go to work, you can spend time with your family and enjoy all kinds of outdoor activities. In this context, even a staunch…
England Bows to Sharia, Promotes Niqab Voter Privileges on Social Media (Video)
In a move that has ignited outrage, authorities in Blackburn with Darwen, a borough in the North West of England with a significant Muslim population, are under fire for their recent adaptation of “special” voting procedures to accommodate niqab-wearing Islamic voters. The decision, heavily promoted on social media, has been met with accusations of capitulation…
Police failed to protect women from mob in India’s Manipur – report
A video of two women being paraded naked and sexually assaulted triggered international outrage last year Police failed to protect women who were assaulted by a mob in Manipur, India in May 2023, when violent ethnic clashes broke out in the state, a charge sheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) revealed, according…
Opposition leader suspended from Canadian parliament over ‘wacko’ comment
The Conservative Party’s Pierre Poilievre was kicked out after criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s drug policies Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilievre has been suspended for a day from the House of Commons for calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a “wacko” during a heated debate in the chamber. During question period on Tuesday, Poilievre…
Canada: McGill University Requests Police Intervention to Clear Pro-Hamas Encampment; Police Have Yet to Take Action (Videos)
McGill University President Deep Saini announced via email to the community on Tuesday that the university has requested police assistance to clear a radical pro-Hamas encampment occupying its campus. In the email, Saini expressed the difficulty of resorting to police intervention, stating, “Having to resort to police authority is a gut-wrenching decision for any university…
Human rights chief reacts to call for checking ‘sexual orientation’ of officials
Russia’s rights officer dismissed the proposition sparked by a series of gay scandals There is no real way to check the sexuality of state officials as part of a vetting process, the head of Russia’s Human Rights Council, Valery Fadeev, said on Tuesday, dismissing such a concept as dubious. His statement came after several Russian…
Report reveals number of Biden gaffes
White House staffers have corrected the US president’s public statements nearly 150 times so far this year, the Daily Caller says US President Joe Biden has made so many mistakes in his public statements this year alone that his aides were forced to correct him at least 148 times, an analysis of White House transcripts…
Pro-Western party leader ‘beaten by police’ during protest in Tbilisi – opposition
Levan Khabeishvili has posted a photo of his injuries to social media Georgia’s main opposition party says its leader has been severely beaten by police during a protest outside the country’s parliament building in Tbilisi. The incident reportedly occurred on Tuesday night when the demonstration sparked by the new attempt to pass the controversial “foreign…
Politburo meeting and a July Third Plenum; Beijing relaxes some housing restrictions; Scarborough Shoal tensions
The PRC is now on the May 1 Holiday. There will not be a regular newsletter for the rest of this week, though we did record an episode of Sharp China this afternoon on the Politburo meeting and the Third Plenum, Tesla and US-China relations that we will publish Wednesday. Summary of today’s top items:…
The case for polyamory
The world seems to be awash with new ways of being in a relationship — or so a flurry of articles examining polyamory would have us believe. Last month, The New York Times featured a 20-person “polycule”; earlier this year, The Cut published a “practical guide to modern polyamory”, which distinguished between fleeting “comet partners”…
There is no solution to the Gaza War
In assessing Israel’s post-October 7 military campaign in Gaza, it helps to recall Clausewitz’s dictum that war, though horrific, isn’t ultimately about killing and destruction for the sake of it but a means for states to achieve their political goals. Seen in this light, Israel’s war has already failed. Never has the Jewish state been…
Why Meloni is rewriting Italy’s constitution
At first glance, the Italian constitution reads like soulless legalese: a thicket of jargon and impenetrable articoli. But the power it wields should not be underestimated. La Costituzione dictates the way the peninsula is governed — and, if rewritten as its prime minister desires, could forever change its future. In November 2023, Giorgia Meloni announced…
The lunacy of Child Liberation
Lionel Shriver’s latest novel, Mania, starts from the wild and wacky premise of a world in which “the last civil rights battle” is being fought against discrimination on the grounds of intelligence, and the “s-word” is as taboo there as the n-word is in our own. Good old Lionel, hitting on the sort of woke…
German diplomat chased away by Palestinians (VIDEO)
Ambassador Oliver Owcza has been forced to flee during his visit to a West Bank university The German ambassador to the Palestinian Authority has been hounded by an angry mob and forced to flee during a visit to Birzeit University in the West Bank. Media reports suggest students targeted the diplomat because of his country’s…
Kurdish Man (72) from Turkey, Seeking Asylum in Sweden, Charged with Repeatedly Raping a Horse and Assaulting Police
In a disturbing series of sexual attacks on animals involving Islamic migrants, a 72-year-old man stands accused of entering a stable near Helsingborg, Sweden, and raping horses. Identified as Öner Senanik, an asylum-seeking Kurdish man from Turkey, the man was allegedly caught in the act by authorities, as reported by the Swedish news outlet Samnytt….
Trump doesn’t rule out cutting aid to Israel
The ex-president has grown more critical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu since leaving office Former US President Donald Trump has refused to rule out withholding military aid to Israel to force an end to the war in Gaza. Once a stalwart defender of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump now argues that the Israeli leader…
Russia ties embolden North Korea – Pentagon
US defense chief Lloyd Austin has claimed that Pyongyang is made “more confident” by its relationship with Moscow US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has raised the alarm over North Korea’s increasing strategic cooperation with Russia, saying the burgeoning alliance has boosted leader Kim Jong-un’s confidence. Austin made his comments in testimony to the US…
Georgian police move in to disperse ‘foreign agents’ bill protests (VIDEOS)
Law enforcement has deployed water cannons and used pepper spray against demonstrators outside the country’s parliament Georgian police late on Monday moved in to disperse protestors blocking the country’s parliament in Tbilisi, deploying water cannons, tear gas, and pepper spray against the crowds. The unrest, which was triggered by a new attempt to pass a…
Pfizergate: Ursula von der Leyen’s shady Covid vaccine deals prove she can get away with anything
Questionable contracts and overspending have left the unelected ‘queen’ of the EU unfazed and eager for a new term Forget this whole “election” charade and just glue the crown onto her head, already. Ursula von der Leyen, the unelected European Commission President, is up for job renewal in June. She’d have to be re-nominated by…