The average income of white households remains nearly five times higher than that of the country’s black majority, Cyril Ramaphosa has said President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered a forceful defence of Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) on Friday night, calling out its critics and questioning whether their opposition stems from fear or envy. Speaking at the Black Business…
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African state quits regional bloc over DR Congo dispute
Rwanda accuses ECCAS of denying it the opportunity to assume the rotating chairmanship Rwanda has announced its withdrawal from the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) as tensions rise over its alleged role in the conflict in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). The move followed an ECCAS summit…
China optimistic on diplomatic relations with India – ambassador
Beijing’s envoy has expressed confidence in revitalizing bilateral ties with New Delhi The Chinese ambassador to India, Xu Feihong, has expressed optimism for strong diplomatic relations between the two nations. Speaking to reporters on Sunday in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, Xu noted that the millennia of shared history between the two nations brings them…
Russia and Ukraine conduct prisoner swap of under 25s
The Defense Ministry in Moscow did not disclose the exact number of POWs involved Russia and Ukraine have conducted another prisoner exchange, swapping soldiers who are under 25 years of age, Russia’s Defense Ministry announced on Monday. In a statement on it’s official Telegram channel, the Defense Ministry reported that the first group of servicemen…
Advance into another Ukrainian region part of ‘buffer-zone’ creation – Kremlin
The Defense Ministry earlier reported that Russian tank units had entered Dnepropetrovsk Region Russia’s recent advance into Ukraine’s Dnepropetrovsk Region is part of the push by Moscow to establish a “buffer zone” on the front line, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. On Sunday, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the 90th Armored Division…
Elon Musk comments on LA protest turmoil
Security forces have fired tear gas and rubber bullets as anti-immigration raid rallies continue for a third day Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has denounced the violent protests raging for a third consecutive day in Los Angeles, California. The rallies, which have sporadically escalated into brutal clashes, followed widespread immigration raids conducted by law…
Russia conducts ‘retaliatory strikes’ on Ukrainian airfield – MOD
The attack was described as part of Moscow’s retaliation for Kiev’s “terrorist” acts against national air forces Russian forces have conducted overnight strikes on a Ukrainian airfield in the western Rovno Region, the Defense Ministry in Moscow reported on Monday. The strikes are part of Moscow’s retaliation for Ukrainian “terrorist attacks” against Russian air forces,…
UK judges sound alarm over AI-fabricated cases
Two lawyers have been warned after submitting arguments generated by artificial intelligence A judge of the High Court of England and Wales has issued a formal warning to legal professionals, cautioning lawyers that relying on artificial intelligence to generate legal arguments containing fictitious case citations may face criminal prosecution. Victoria Sharp, president of the King’s…
Russia thwarts plan to smuggle military contraband to Ukraine – FSB
An attempt to smuggle Mi-8 and Mi-17 helicopter parts worth $5 million has been foiled, the Federal Security Service has said The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) has announced that it has thwarted a foreign-backed attempt to smuggle Soviet-era military helicopter parts abroad, including to Ukraine. In a statement on Monday, the FSB reported that…
One killed, five injured in Ukrainian strike on cultural center inside Russia – governor
The recreational facility was 50 km from the border in Kursk Region, according to Aleksandr Khinshtein One person was killed and at least five others were wounded in a Ukrainian strike on a cultural and leisure center in Russia’ Kursk Region, Governor Aleksandr Khinshtein has said. The facility was located in the village of Prigorodnyaya…
Mass graves uncovered in war-torn African state – media
The burials range from small clusters to sites containing dozens of bodies, an anonymous Sudanese official has said At least 117 mass graves have been discovered across the Sudanese capital Khartoum, amid escalating civil conflict, local news agency Sudan Tribune reported on Saturday. A state government official, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of…
Ukraine doing West’s ‘dirty work’ in Africa – Sudanese official
Kiev supports terrorists in the Sahel region and arms paramilitary forces in Sudan, Muhammad Al-Sirr has claimed Ukraine is carrying out the West’s “dirty work” by backing armed groups behind terrorist attacks in African nations such as Libya, Somalia, and Niger, a Sudanese Foreign Ministry official has said. Muhammad Al-Sirr made the allegations in an…
Russia downs 49 incoming Ukrainian drones overnight – MOD
Kiev has complained that it lags behind Moscow in terms of long-range strike capacity Russia’s air defense systems intercepted 49 Ukrainian fixed-wing kamikaze drones overnight, its Defense Ministry said Monday. Moscow continues to target Kiev’s long-range strike capabilities. The number of long-range drones reported downed by Russian forces during recent overnight raids has varied widely,…
Trump demands apology from LA officials over riots
The US president has labeled protesters “paid insurrectionists,” blaming local authorities for a violent escalation US President Donald Trump has called on California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to apologize for what he described as a “horrible” failure to control violent unrest in the city. Trump accused demonstrators in LA of…
Concerns over UK migration are ‘terrorist’ – officials
A government “deradicalization” program lists “cultural nationalism” as a potential extremist ideology A UK government training guide has labelled concerns over mass migration as an extremist ideology which could warrant outside intervention for purported “deradicalization.” The so-called Prevent program lists “far-right and extreme right-wing terrorism” as one of the key dangers facing the country. It…
India to seek extradition of alleged terrorists from Canada- media
New Delhi believes secessionists are using the country as a base India is expected to urge Canada to expedite the extradition of 26 alleged terrorists, who government officials in New Delhi have accused of using the country as their base, according to the Deccan Herald newspaper. India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to attend…
‘I’m at home in the church’ — A Visit to the Hajdú-Németh Family in New Brunswick
This is an abridged version of the original article, published online on 777blog on 10 February 2023. I first met László Hajdú-Németh, ‘Laci bácsi’, when my acquaintances from Passaic, New Jersey, suggested attending the ‘Christmas for Everyone’ Vigil concert at St. Ladislaus Church in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Laci bácsi is the heart and soul…
White British children are minority at one in four schools in England
In 72 educational institutions in the country there are no white British pupils at all, The Telegraph has reported White British children are currently a minority in one in four schools across England, The Telegraph has reported, citing government records. The report, published on Saturday, was based on the results of school census data collected…
RT LAUNCHES NEW SHOW WITH VETERAN AMERICAN JOURNALIST RICK SANCHEZ
MOSCOW, JUNE 9, 2025 — On June 9th, RT will be premiering a new program, The Sanchez Effect, hosted by renowned American journalist Rick Sanchez. Over the course of his career, Sanchez has worked with major US networks, including CNN, MSNBC, and FOX. Disillusioned with the American establishment, he moved to Russia to work with RT. The…
Blast rocks largest US air base in Asia-Pacific – media
At least four people were injured at the Kadena facility in Okinawa, Japan, on Monday An explosion has rocked a storage depot at a US air base on the Japanese island of Okinawa, injuring at least four people, according to local media and defense sources. The blast at Kadena Air Base occurred around 11:20am local…
Israel detains Greta Thunberg aboard Gaza aid boat (VIDEOS)
The Freedom Flotilla vessel was intercepted before it reached the Palestinian enclave Israeli naval forces have intercepted and detained the crew of the Gaza-bound civilian boat Madleen, which was attempting to deliver humanitarian aid. The vessel – dubbed a “selfie yacht” by Tel Aviv – carried climate activist Greta Thunberg, French MEP Rima Hassan and Irish actor Liam Cunningham,…
European state’s president proposes Xi Jinping statue
Belarusian leader wants to honor his “trusted friend” and the Chinese people for gifting a sports complex to Minsk Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has proposed installing a monument to Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the newly opened national football stadium in Minsk, which was constructed entirely with Chinese funding. The new venue, built to FIFA…
Paris wants to produce drones in Ukraine
The French Defense Ministry has asked Renault to set up military production lines for Kiev Paris is pushing France’s largest automaker, Renault, to establish a military drone production operation in Ukraine, the company has confirmed. The announcement comes as Kiev significantly intensifies drone attacks on civilian infrastructure inside Russia. “We have been contacted by the…
Trump orders federal agencies to ‘liberate Los Angeles’ (VIDEOS)
California governor has pushed back against the US president’s move to suppress pro-immigrant riots in his state President Donald Trump has directed top federal officials to take “all such action necessary” to end days of violent unrest in Los Angeles, ordering the deployment of National Guard troops and vowing to “liberate” the city from what…
Germany planning major bunker expansion
Civil defense chief seeks $10 billion by the time officials want Berlin to be “ready for war” with Moscow Germany is accelerating plans to expand and modernize its civil defense infrastructure amid a wide militarization drive in Western Europe, in preparation for a potential direct confrontation with Russia, according to Ralph Tiesler, head of the…
Musk has lost his MAGA gamble
Imagine a dystopia in which it is perfectly normal for people to play Russian roulette. Most people die early. But some survive — and we call those people “’successful”. But what if they just got lucky for longer? And what happens when that luck runs out? Consider the odds. If you use a gun with…
The scandal of Portsmouth’s broken homes
Alwin Oliver slaps the walls with gusto. In total, he tells me, the landlord for this property just off Fratton Road in Portsmouth has spent £180,000 converting it from a traditional, Victorian terrace to a fully-functional six-bed house of multiple occupation (HMO). That includes adding en-suites to every bedroom, says Oliver, the property’s letting agent,…
Will the university survive AI?
Beneath the freshly mown lawns of our universities, three successive earthquakes have opened up an intellectual abyss. The first, Covid, showed that money mattered more than mission when universities continued to charge full tuition for an inferior online product: asynchronous lectures and “real-time seminars” where many students were just black squares on Zoom. Then, the…
The troubling trends in gender surgery
I performed my first gender-affirming hysterectomy with pride. It was 2019, and I was delighted to be my local LGBT clinic’s official gynaecologist. There is, after all, no greater joy in medicine than providing great care to a vulnerable, under-served community in Iowa. This was, I felt, how the world should be. Six years later,…
‘Screams of the Lambs’: Brexit Party Founder Catherine Blaiklock Leads Groundbreaking Legal Battle Against Halal Slaughter (Exclusive Interview)
Once known for its rule of law, respect for animal welfare, and proud national identity, and as a nation that shaped global culture as recently as the 1960s, the United Kingdom is now being transformed into something unrecognizable. Mass Islamic migration has not only imported foreign customs but embedded a brutal new system that targets…
Russia 2050: The Kremlin’s Blueprint to Resurrect the Soviet Empire
An upcoming conference in Moscow, organized by the Tsargrad Institute and scheduled for June 9-10, 2025 titled the Future Forum 2050, features a lineup of speakers including Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, whose presence confirms official backing. The roster also includes Elon Musk’s father Errol Musk, along with Russia enthusiasts George Galloway,…
Biden’s Ukrainian spending ‘crazy’ – Vance
The previous administration spent $300 billion on the Ukraine conflict, the US vice president has said Washington was spending “crazy” amounts of money on Ukraine under the administration of former President Joe Biden without any thought to diplomacy, US Vice President J.D. Vance has said. Earlier this year, US President Donald Trump restarted diplomatic relations…
US diverted military aid for Kiev to Middle East – Zelensky
Tens of thousands of anti-drone missiles were promised to Ukraine by the Biden administration, Vladimir Zelensky has said US President Donald Trump’s administration has diverted a large military aid package his predecessor promised to Kiev to American forces in the Middle East, Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky has told ABC. The package included thousands of anti-drone missiles…
Brussels gripped by anti-Russian ‘war hysteria’ – MEP (VIDEO)
Some officials in the EU harbor an irrational dislike of Moscow, Fernand Kartheiser has told RT Anti-Russian sentiment in Brussels verges on “war hysteria,” Fernand Kartheiser, a Luxembourgish MEP recently expelled from his parliamentary group over a visit to Moscow, has said to RT. The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR Group) in the European Parliament…
Israel-Iran clash risks ‘catastrophe’ – nuclear watchdog
The IAEA’s chief has warned of dire consequences as West Jerusalem considers a strike on fortified Iranian nuclear sites Israeli threats against Iran’s nuclear program have the potential to escalate into a “catastrophic” scenario, Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has said. West Jerusalem has not ruled out the possibility of…
Elderly woman injured in Ukrainian drone attack – Moscow Region governor
Ten UAVs were intercepted over the Russian capital’s suburbs overnight An elderly woman has been hospitalized following a drone attack on Moscow Region on Sunday, according to Governor Andrey Vorobyov. The woman was injured after debris from a downed drone fell onto a summer cottage community in Ramensky Urban District. “Unfortunately, a 75-year-old woman was…
Ukrainian strikes cause major blackout – Russian governor
Kiev’s forces have attacked a substation in Kursk Region with drones, Aleksandr Khinshtein has said Ukrainian forces have left tens of thousands of people without electricity in a drone strike targeting a substation in Russia’s border Kursk Region, Governor Aleksandr Khinshtein has said. Kiev’s troops “are continuing to attack civilian infrastructure,” he said in a…
The European Union is paying NGOs millions of dollars to conduct what amounts to soft economic warfare against its own member states
This Sunday’s bombshell report in the Welt am Sonntag Somewhere in the bowels of the Brussels Eurocracy – specifically, in the guts of the EU Commission, which is the executive authority of the European Union – there is a computer where one may view secret documents. One can neither search nor print the files called…
Embodiment, AI, and the Human Question — A Conversation on Technology and Theology with Jared Hayden
In an interview during the Mathias Corvinus Collegium’s (MCC) Budapest Summit on Technology and Society Policy Analyst at the Institute for Family Studies Jared Hayden shared his insights on the intersection of theology, technology, and human embodiment in the digital era. The discussion covered remote work, artificial intelligence (AI), and the broader implications of technological advancement…
Soldier hits police officer with prosthetic limb at gay parade in Kiev – authorities
Violence erupted when anti-LGBTQ protesters clashed with pride demonstrators in the Ukrainian capital A soldier marching against a gay pride parade in Kiev has been detained for assaulting a police officer, the local authorities have said. The LGBTQ event was accompanied by clashes between counter-protesters and law enforcement. Kiev held the country’s first gay pride…
Ukraine planned drone attack on Russian ships in Asia – WaPo
Kiev considered targeting the Pacific Fleet with unmanned surface vessels, according to the paper Ukraine planned to strike Russian warships in the Asia-Pacific with drones similarly to how it attacked airbases hosting the country’s strategic bombers, the Washington Post has reported. Last Sunday, Ukraine targeted Russian airbases across the nation – from Murmansk in the…
New Russia sanctions bill ‘on hold’ over Trump’s stance – Bloomberg
The senators behind the “bone-crushing” legislation are not willing to challenge the White House, according to the outlet The latest drive in the US Congress for more sanctions on Russia, spearheaded by Senator Lindsay Graham, is now stalled due to President Donald Trump’s opposition, Bloomberg reported over the weekend. The “bone crushing” legislation that would…
White House aims to water down Russia sanctions bill – WSJ
US President Donald Trump’s administration may leave the new legislation “toothless,” according to the outlet US President Donald Trump’s administration is pushing to dilute a stringent Senate bill aimed at imposing harsh new sanctions on Russia, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported on Friday, citing sources. The proposed legislation includes a steep 500% tariff on…
China’s Military Fears This One Thing
Trump’s team is ramping up military support for Taiwan and telling Indo-Pacific allies to step up or shut up. Beijing’s response? Tantrums and Facebook posts. But behind the scenes, they’re terrified. The CCP is not ready for the US’s new flex in the Indo-Pacific. Support China Uncensored: https://chinauncensored.tv/pages/learn-more ______________________________ Subscribe for updates: youtube.com/ChinaUncensored?sub_confirmation=1 ______________________________ X:…
Ukraine experiencing drone shortage — BBC
Some units are reportedly being forced to procure UAVs with their own funds and to scavenge wreckage for parts Ukrainian forces are facing a critical shortage of drones, the BBC has reported, citing officers from various units. They told the broadcaster that a third of the drones needed by the army are being purchased using…
Thousands rally in London demanding ‘Welfare Not Warfare’ (VIDEOS)
The demonstrators have accused the Labour government of deepening poverty while ramping up military production Thousands of people marched through central London on Saturday to protest the UK government’s deepening militarization at the expense of public welfare. The demonstration, organized by the People’s Assembly, began at midday at Portland Place and moved toward Whitehall, with…
Russia ready to hand over remains of 1,212 fallen troops to Ukraine – MOD
Kiev had refused to accept the bodies of its dead soldiers on Saturday, claiming it did not agree on the date of the transfer The first batch of 1,212 bodies of dead Ukrainian servicemen has been delivered to the exchange point and is ready to be handed over to Kiev, the Russian Defense Ministry has…
Russians find new biggest enemy to replace US – survey
America has lost the top spot in the list for the first time in 13 years, according to a poll Russians do not consider the US “the most unfriendly country” anymore, and the title now goes to Germany, according to a survey by the Levada Center, a Western-funded organization which has been designated as a…
Beyond the Óperencia — The Hungarian Chronicler of the New World
The following is an adapted version of an article written by Lázár Pap, originally published in Hungarian in Magyar Krónika. America—the new world, the land of opportunity, the land of the free. In the 19th and 20th centuries, hundreds of thousands of Hungarians left their former lives behind to cross the Atlantic and try their luck Far…
California governor pushes back against ‘federal takeover’
President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of 2,000 National Guardsmen to Los Angeles to quell violence against federal border patrol agents California Governor Gavin Newsom criticized US President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard troops to Los Angeles, calling the action “purposefully inflammatory” and warning that it would lead to escalation. The White…
Russia publishes names of fallen Ukrainian soldiers disowned by Kiev
Families deserve to know the fate of their loved ones, Zaporozhye governor Evgeny Balitsky has said Russian officials have unveiled the identities of nearly 100 slain Ukrainian soldiers, part of over 6,000 bodies Moscow has offered to return to Kiev in a unilateral humanitarian gesture during the latest round of direct talks in Istanbul on…