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filter:- + Arctic News: Sea ice loss—Global sea ice area was 13.43 million km² on February 2, 2025, the lowest area on record, as illustrated by the image below, adapted from seaice....
- + LA Times Environment: Opinion: Why no water system is built with capacity for fires like Palisades and Eaton—Think of a community water system as a local coffee shop that usually sells 300 cups a day. A shop like that just couldn't fulfill an unexpected order...
- + LA Times Environment: Cal Fire's predictions didn't foresee the Altadena inferno. Now it's changing its fire-hazard maps—The vast majority of homes destroyed in the Eaton fire were outside of Cal Fire's "very high" fire hazard severity zones, yet a newer approach by an i...
- + LA Times Environment: EV demand stalls out in California as automakers face zero-emission sales mandate —Aside from Tesla, no other major manufacturer will meet the state's 35% threshold for zero-emission vehicles in the 2026 model year, a trade group lea...
- + LA Times Environment: The water unexpectedly released from dams on Trump's order didn't help farms or L.A.—The Trump administration abruptly sent water flowing from two California dams. The action could leave less water in dams for the summer, when farmers ...
- + LA Times Environment: As global plastic production grows, so does the concentration of microplastics in our brains—New study: As global plastic production grows, so too does the concentration of microplastics in our bodies.
- + LA Times Environment: Is it safe to breathe in L.A.? Lawmakers call for federal action to monitor wildfire pollutants—Toxic chemicals from L.A.'s fires are going underreported and pose serious long-term risks, a group of lawmakers says. They want the EPA to create a t...
- + LA Times Environment: Column: What does Trump know about California's water system? So much less than he'd ever admit —Decades ago, Mayor Karen Bass admitted she knew little about California water policy, so she set out to learn. President Trump should do the same.
- + LA Times Environment: California should expedite rules that could have helped mitigate L.A. fires, lawmakers say—Lawmakers are calling on the state to expedite rules for ember-resistant defensible space zones around homes that some experts say may have helped mit...
- + LA Times Environment: California still bullish on EV trucks, despite industry opposition and setbacks in Washington—California suffered a setback when its EV truck mandate failed to win federal approval, but officials say they will use a mix of state subsidies and r...
- + LA Times Environment: Newsom issues order to 'maximize' water capture during storms. Critics say it sounds just like Trump—Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an order to 'maximize the capture and storage' of water during storms. Environmentalists say it's similar to President Trump'...
- + LA Times Environment: Nearly 300 trout rescued from Palisades fire burn scar. Their watershed could take a decade to heal—The rescue took place just before the season's first rainstorm, which is believed to have buried the remaining trout in mud.
- + LA Times Environment: Column: Chickens, cats, dogs, goldfish: From the front lines of the fires, stories of survival—After weeks of grim news about heartbreak and loss, the stories of pets -- cats, dogs, chickens, goldfish -- that survived the fires is like a brief v...
- + LA Times Environment: California snowpack is below average, but winter storms could change that—California's snowpack stands at 65% of average for this time of year. After a dry January, major storms are forecast to bring more rain and snow.
- + LA Times Environment: Acting on Trump's order, federal officials opened up two California dams—The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just opened up two California dams. A spokesperson says the flows are 'controlled' and being coordinated with local o...
- + LA Times Environment: Another unwelcome consequence of climate change: an explosion of urban rats—Global warming is worsening droughts, making sea levels rise, and fueling deadly storms. Now scientists have a new problem to add to that list: Climat...
- + LA Times Environment: Trump has vowed to pump more water. Government data show pumping was down for maintenance—Trump's pledge to pump more water in California came after a reduction in pumping at a federal facility due to maintenance. Federal data show pumping ...
- + LA Times Environment: California's monarch butterfly population plummets; fire wipes out Topanga habitat—The Western population of the monarch butterfly hit a near-record low with fewer than 10,000 found living in California this winter, a foreboding sign...
- + LA Times Environment: Three atmospheric river storms are headed for California. Will one be enough to end SoCal's devastating fire season?—It could rain for many hours each day in the middle of next week as the edge of one of these storms takes a swing into Southern California, forecaster...
- + LA Times Environment: 'We don't want it!' San Gabriel Valley rages against shipment of Eaton fire hazardous waste—In a heated community meeting, furious residents assailed federal officials for trucking electric vehicle batteries and other hazardous materials from...
- + LA Times Environment: State officials approve Edison rate hike for 2017 wildfire sparked by its equipment—California officials voted to let Southern California Edison raise electric rates to cover payments it made to victims of the 2017 Thomas wildfire.
- + Nature: Can this revolutionary plastics-recycling plant help solve the pollution crisis?—Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00293-yA world-first facility has a new way to break down ‘unrecyclable’ plastic wa...
- + Nature: How are researchers using AI? Survey reveals pros and cons for science—Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00343-5Despite strong interest in using artificial intelligence to make research fa...
- + Nature: How the World Health Organization can thrive without the United States—Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00283-0If the 193 remaining member nations want the WHO to succeed, they must find ...
- + Nature: Net-zero emissions commitments are more threatened than ever—Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00353-3Net-zero emissions commitments are more threatened than ever
- + Nature: The world must move forwards with plastics treaty—Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00351-5The world must move forwards with plastics treaty
- + Nature: Report both positive and negative effects of gene changes on crops—Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00354-2Report both positive and negative effects of gene changes on crops
- + Nature: Guerilla rewilding undermines evidence-based conservation—Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00352-4Guerilla rewilding undermines evidence-based conservation
- + Nature: How scientists labour on love and loss—Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00318-6Romance and relationships are research topics for some scientists in academi...
- + Nature: Author Correction: GZMK-expressing CD8+ T cells promote recurrent airway inflammatory diseases—Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08712-wAuthor Correction: GZMK-expressing CD8+ T cells promote recurrent airway inf...
- + Nature: Author Correction: Virus-induced senescence is a driver and therapeutic target in COVID-19—Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08718-4Author Correction: Virus-induced senescence is a driver and therapeutic targ...
- + Nature: Charles Darwin’s brilliance was continuously evolving—Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00065-8The cumulative process of scientific creativity and a noisy lizard’s midnigh...
- + Nature: Can you ever experience true silence? Intimate exhibition offers insight—Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00297-8An immersive show in Paris leaves you humbled by the awesome power of quiet.
- + Nature: ‘Despair is not an option’ — how scientists can help protect federal research—Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00290-1Government scientists in the US must be clear-eyed and continue to serve the...
- + Nature: The science behind the first pig-organ transplant trial in humans—Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00368-wThe small trial will help to establish whether kidneys from genetically modi...
- + Nature: Drill, baby drill? Trump policies will hurt climate ― but US green transition is underway—Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00243-8Market forces could undercut the administration’s plans to increase the use ...
- + Nature: US health agency seeks to cut gender-related terms from scientific papers—Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00367-xThe mandate from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention follows an e...
- + Nature: Omega-3 supplements slow biological ageing—Nature, Published online: 03 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00355-1The anti-ageing effect was even greater when combined with vitamin D and exe...
- + Nature: Researching endangered animals in the Sahara has its own dangers—Nature, Published online: 03 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00320-yConservation biologist Jose María Gil-Sánchez dodges landmines and installs ...
- + Nature: Fish gills and human ears share the same genetic blueprint—Nature, Published online: 04 February 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00342-6Gills and mammalian ears bear little resemblance, yet examination of gene re...
- + Nature: Publisher Correction: Placenta-tropic VEGF mRNA lipid nanoparticles ameliorate murine pre-eclampsia—Nature, Published online: 03 February 2025; doi:10.1038/s41586-025-08605-yPublisher Correction: Placenta-tropic VEGF mRNA lipid nanoparticles ameliora...
- + Yale Environment 360: How Tearing Down Small Dams Is Helping Restore Northeast Rivers—More than 30,000 small dams currently block river tributaries from Maine to Maryland. New initiatives to remove them are aimed at restoring natural fl...
- + ABC News: 1st migrant flight lands at Guantanamo Bay, carrying 'worst of the worst'—The first flight carrying migrants to Guantanamo Bay arrived Tuesday evening, a U.S. Transportation Command official said. [Category: Politics]
- + ABC News: Trump's tariffs will cause pain at the pump for Americans: Experts—While President Donald Trump campaigned on a pledge to lower fuel prices, energy experts predicted that his pending tariffs would increase prices at t...
- + ABC News: Trump says US will 'take over' Gaza: 'We'll own it'—He said the U.S. would "level the site" and create "an economic development." [Category: Politics]
- + ABC News: Federal workers who take buyout must waive their right to legal action, contract says—Federal employees who have been offered a buyout have begun receiving a copy of the contract they must sign in order to accept the offer. [Category: U...
- + ABC News: LIVE: ABC News Live—24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events [Category: Live]
- + ABC News: How Bill Cassidy, a lifelong vaccination advocate, wound up voting for RFK Jr.—A look at how Kennedy convinced Sen. Cassidy, a doctor and vaccination advocate, that he should become health secretary. [Category: Politics]
- + ABC News: Trump nominates 'Sharpiegate' scientist to lead NOAA—President Donald Trump has nominated Neil Jacobs, an atmospheric scientist, to lead the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). [Categ...
- + ABC News: WATCH: POV: You're a German Shepherd who loves snow—They're having snow much fun. [Category: GMA]
- + ABC News: Lawsuit filed by transgender young adults, teens against Trump executive order—Transgender young adults and families with transgender youth have sued against an executive order from the Trump administration that restricts gender-...
- + ABC News: Trump to urge universities to 'monitor,' 'report' Israel-Hamas protesters—President Donald Trump's executive order calls on institutions of higher education are called on to "monitor for and report activities by alien studen...
- + ABC News: Temple University student arrested for impersonating ICE officer: Police—A Temple University student has been arrested and charged with impersonating an ICE officer. [Category: US]
- + ABC News: WATCH: Princess Kate's message on World Cancer Day—In honor of World Cancer Day, the Princess of Wales shares a message of support for others facing the disease after opening up about her own journey. ...
- + ABC News: WATCH: Subway shove survivor meets first responders who saved his life—Joe Lynskey, 45, reunited with the emergency crew members that saved his life on New Year’s Eve after he was pushed onto the 18th Street Station subwa...
- + ABC News: WATCH: Video shows courtroom brawl break out during hearing in murder case —Video from within a New Mexico courtroom shows the moment a man accused of killing his ex-girlfriend was attacked mid-hearing on Jan. 31. Two men face...
- + ABC News: WATCH: Toddler hilariously attempts to jump up to balloons—She gave it her best shot. [Category: GMA]
- + ABC News: WATCH: Grammys 2025: Couples stun on the red carpet—From Kelsea Ballerini and Chase Stokes to Chrissy Teigen and John Legend, these celebrity couples turned music’s biggest night into date night. [Categ...
- + ABC News: WATCH: Canadian hockey fans boo US national anthem after Trump imposes tariffs —Ottawa Senators fans could be heard booing the U.S. national anthem before Saturday night's game against the Minnesota Wild after President Donald Tru...
- + ABC News: WATCH: Beyonce announces a 'Cowboy Carter' tour for 2025—ABC News Multiplatform Reporter Will Ganss and contributor Kelley Carter take a look at what to expect. [Category: GMA]
- + ABC News: WATCH: This toddler veterinarian is ready to save animals—Madison loves to dress up as a vet! [Category: GMA]
- + ABC News: WATCH: Tiger cub makes official 'onstage' debut at Disney's Animal Kingdom—Bakso can be found with mom Sohni on the Maharajah Jungle Trek! [Category: GMA]
- + Africa: Protesters rally against Musk's unprecedented control over federal government—Protesters gathered at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management to oppose Musk's actions, citing threats to government integrity and racial divisions i...
- + Africa: Turkey slams Trump's proposal to relocate Gazans to Egypt and Jordan—Foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, said the conflict between Israel and Palestine should end with a two-state solution. [Author: editorial@africanews.com ...
- + Africa: Turkey's president holds talks in Ankara with new Syrian leader—Their meeting was the first since the former rebel leader led the offensive that last month toppled Syria’s former autocratic ruler, Bashar al-Assad. ...
- + Africa: From propaganda to street art, Warsaw's walls come alive—Street art is taking over the walls of Warsaw, Poland, turning the capital into an open-air museum. These images, created by amateurs and renowned art...
- + Africa: Gaza faces health crisis as uncollected rubbish piles up after ceasefire—Mountains of rubbish in Gaza create unsanitary conditions, attracting vermin and insects. Residents burn rubbish to cope with the situation, adding to...
- + Africa: Iran: Israel more ‘isolated’ since war with Hamas—Iran's foreign minister said on Tuesday that Israel has become more "isolated and infamous" since the start of the Israel-Hamas war [Author: editorial...
- + Africa: Cape Town Archbishop apologises for failure to warn of child abuser—The Archbishop of Cape Town held a press briefing on Tuesday after a review panel found that the Anglican Church in South Africa failed to inform othe...
- + Africa: Ramaphosa speaks with Musk after Trump criticizes land reform—The conversation between the two men took place after US President Donald Trump said he would suspend aid to the country over the new law. [Author: ed...
- + Africa: Iconic vintage cars gather at Paris' Grand Palais for Bonhams' auction on 6 February 2025—Collectors and enthusiasts gather at Paris's Grand Palais to admire 100 classic cars, including a 1950 Ferrari 166 MM, ahead of Bonhams' auction on 6 ...
- + Africa: El Salvador’s offer to accept U.S. deportees sparks controversy—Critics fear that such an agreement might not be limited to violent offenders and could affect a broader group of deportees. [Author: editorial@africa...
- + Africa: Real Madrid faces injury crisis ahead of Copa del Rey Quarter-Final—Real Madrid will be without several key players when they face Leganes in the Copa del Rey quarter-finals on Wednesday [Author: editorial@africanews.c...
- + Africa: Brazilian state football match paused after fans smoke out the pitch—Sensing victory in a match against Novorizontino, Corinthian supporters lit hundreds of flares in the stadium. [Author: editorial@africanews.com (Réda...
- + Africa: China imposes new tariffs on U.S. goods in retaliation—On Tuesday China announced it would impose new tariffs on U.S. imports in retaliation for Washington’s recent tariff hike [Author: editorial@africanew...
- + Africa: Haiti’s government failed to prevent deadly Kenscoff gang attack—Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé has vowed stronger security measures, but public outrage remains over the government’s failure to prevent the mas...
- + Africa: SADC and EAC summit to address Eastern DRC crisis in Tanzania—A joint summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the East Africa Community (EAC) regarding the situation in eastern DRC is sche...
- + Africa: M23 rebels declare ceasefire in Goma for humanitarian reasons—Rwanda-backed rebels who took control of Goma, a crucial city in eastern Congo, have declared a unilateral ceasefire in the area for humanitarian purp...
- + Africa: Clinical trial for Sudan strain Ebola vaccine begins in Uganda—Ugandan officials initiated a clinical trial on Monday for a vaccine targeting the Sudan strain of Ebola, which has resulted in one fatality since the...
- + Africa: Families search for loved ones amid M23 Rebel offensive—Outside the morgue at Goma’s North Kivu Hospital on Monday, Red Cross workers piled bodies into a large truck [Author: editorial@africanews.com (Rédac...
- + Africa: Thousands protest in Argentina against President Milei's controversial speech—Protesters in Argentina denounced President Javier Milei's controversial remarks against feminism and LGBTQ+ rights. [Author: editorial@africanews.com...
- + Arab News: Philippines, US joint air patrol exercises underway over South China Sea—MANILA: The air forces of the Philippines and the United States were holding joint patrols over the South China Sea on Tuesday, a spokesperson for the...
- + Arab News: Malaysia PM says will build trade relations, not wait for US tariffs—KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will actively build trade relations with other countries, such as China, Russia and Brazil, instead of waiting for the impact o...
- + Arab News: New Saudi study identifies Red Sea sites as ideal for solar, wind energy storage—RIYADH: Scientists at a top Saudi university have identified two locations that would be ideal for the storage of solar and wind energy, the instituti...
- + Arab News: How China could respond to Trump’s new tariffs—BEIJING: From retaliatory tariffs on US goods like car parts and soy beans to controls on raw minerals essential for American manufacturing — analysts...
- + Arab News: Super Bowl week: Stars and athletes bring buzz into New Orleans before big game in the Big Easy—LOS ANGELES: The Super Bowl isn’t just a game on Sunday. It’ll involve a nearly week-long spectacle taking over New Orleans with non-stop entertainmen...
- + Arab News: Trump administration opens antisemitism inquiries at 5 colleges including Columbia and Berkeley—WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is opening new investigations into allegations of antisemitism at five US universities including Columbia and the...
- + Arab News: Trump says he wants Ukraine’s rare earth elements as a condition of further support—WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Monday he wants Ukraine to supply the United States with rare earth minerals as a form of payment for fi...
- + Arab News: Transfer deadline day: Man City, PSG and Aston Villa go big in the winter window—LONDON: Manchester City and Aston Villa made big moves just before the midseason transfer window closed on Monday. Four-time defending Premier Leagu...
- + Arab News: Trump and Musk’s move to dismantle USAID ignites battle with Democratic lawmakers—WASHINGTON: The Trump administration and billionaire ally Elon Musk's move to eradicate the agency that provides crucial aid that funds education and ...
- + Arab News: From urban bars to country weddings, Moroccan folk singers break barriers and keep traditions alive—SIDI YAHYA ZAER, Morocco: Mbarka Moullablad’s family frowned when she first told them she planned to make a living as a cheikha, singing about love, p...
- + CSM: A father-daughter bond forged by meals and memories—Bonny Reichert’s ”How To Share an Egg” celebrates the survival of her Jewish family, measured in joyous family dinners.
- + CSM: Tariffs on China but not Mexico, Canada? The stakes in a potential trade war.—In postponing some threatened tariffs but not others, U.S. President Donald Trump is sowing uncertainty for businesses and consumers in his own countr...
- + CSM: A novelist embraces solitude and nature as antidotes to loss—In “Memorial Days: A Memoir,” author Geraldine Brooks carves out space to grieve – and to heal.
- + CSM: Flipping the script on Trump’s deportations—Guatemala’s plan to welcome deportees as assets because of skills acquired in the United States may help alter narratives about migration.
- + CSM: Facing relentless Russia, Ukraine confronts shortages of men and morale—As the Russia-Ukraine war grinds toward its third anniversary, Ukrainian morale is low amid shortages of military support from European allies and Ame...
- + CSM: To pigeon-keepers in Delhi, feathered friends are also family—Hundreds of pigeon lovers in Delhi spend time on their terraces feeding and flying the birds.
- + CSM: This program in Nigeria sends children from the streets into the classroom—University undergrad Victor Bello started the Almajiri Scholar Scheme to open doors for children.
- + CSM: Trump is attacking DEI in government and beyond. What will be the impact?—President Trump sees diversity, equity, and inclusion programs as discriminatory and counterproductive. But his tactics to end them are drawing critic...
- + Egypt News: US will "take over" Gaza, work for economic development: Trump's shocker after meeting Netanyahu—Washington DC [US], February 5 (ANI): In a bombshell announcement setting the cat among the pigeons, US President Donald Trump said that the United St...
- + Egypt News: Yemeni Christian Refugee Released From Egyptian Prison - Decision Magazine—Yemeni Christian Refugee Released From Egyptian Prison Decision Magazine
- + Egypt News: Trump meets with Netanyahu, doubles down on relocating Palestinians—WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump is doubling down on his plan to force Palestinians out of Gaza, as he hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...
- + Egypt News: Palestinians should relocate to a beautiful place Trump—The US president has doubled down on his Gaza resettlement idea during a meeting with the Israeli PMPresident Donald Trump, during a meeting with Isra...
- + Egypt News: EGYPT-RAFAH BORDER CROSSING-GAZA-AID DELIVERY—(250204) -- RAFAH BORDER CROSSING, Feb. 4, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Trucks with humanitarian aid wait to enter Gaza at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border c...
- + Egypt News: Egypt's president, Bahrain's king discuss Gaza ceasefire over phone—CAIRO, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and King of Bahrain Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa discussed on Tuesday the implementation...
- + Egypt News: Egyptian President, King of Bahrain emphasise need to implement Gaza ceasefire—Cairo [Egypt], February 4 (ANI/WAM): Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi and His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa of Bahrain today stressed t...
- + Egypt News: Egypt, Saudi-based Islamic bank sign 1.6-bln-USD finance deals—CAIRO, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Egypt signed two deals worth 1.6 billion U.S. dollars with the Jeddah-based Islamic Development Bank Group (IsDB) to finance...
- + Egypt News: TÜRKIYE-ANKARA-EGYPTIAN FM-VISIT—(250204) -- ANKARA, Feb. 4, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan (R) holds a joint press conference with Egyptian Foreign Minister Ba...
- + Egypt News: 15 Palestinian prisoners freed under ceasefire deal arrive in Türkiye—ANKARA, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Fifteen Palestinian prisoners released by Israel under a ceasefire agreement with Hamas arrived in Türkiye on Tuesday after...
- + Egypt News: Will Trump's Gaza Proposal Sink Or Save The Two-State Solution?—U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to "clean out" the Gaza Strip and move Palestinians to neighboring countries has been met with skepticism.The f...
- + Egypt News: As Netanyahu Visits The White House, Could Trump's Gaza Plan Happen?—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the White House on February 4 as Donald Trump's first guest since his inauguration at a critical ...
- + Egypt News: Nahyan bin Mubarak inaugurates second edition of Human Fraternity Majlis—ABU DHABI, 4th February, 2025 (WAM) -- Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, said that: "As we celebrate the Int...
- + Egypt News: TRENDS, Egyptian Senate highlight role of AI in shaping future—ABU DHABI, 4th February, 2025 (WAM) -- TRENDS Research & Advisory held a high-level panel discussion with Counselor Abdel Wahab Abdel Razek, Presi...
- + Egypt News: Türkiye to accept 15 released Palestinian prisoners under Gaza deal—ANKARA, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Türkiye said Tuesday that it will accept 15 Palestinian prisoners released by Israel under the Gaza ceasefire agreement. Th...
- + Egypt News: Trump hosting Netanyahu for White House talks amid Gaza ceasefire—U.S. President Donald Trump is set to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks Tuesday at the White House with Israel's ceasefire with...
- + India ET: 10 motivational quotes that will make you mentally stronger —Mental strength is the key to overcoming challenges and achieving success. These 10 powerful motivational quotes will inspire resilience, determinatio...
- + India ET: Finance Ministry asks employees to avoid AI tools like ChatGPT, DeepSeek —India's finance ministry advised employees to avoid AI tools like ChatGPT and DeepSeek due to confidentiality risks. Similar actions have been taken b...
- + India ET: War-ravaged Gaza faces multi-billion dollar reconstruction challenge —U.S. President Donald Trump envisions Gaza turning into 'The Riviera of the Middle East' post-resettlement of Palestinians. The extensive war damage i...
- + India ET: China’s DeepSeek ban begins in US—And it started in Elon Musk’s new home state —Texas becomes the first US state to ban the Chinese AI app DeepSeek, citing national security risks. The move follows concerns about data security, wi...
- + India ET: Donald Trump to sign executive order barring transgender female athletes from competing —President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order to prevent individuals assigned male at birth from participating in women's sports. This orde...
- + India ET: Delhi votes today: President Murmu, Jaishankar, Rahul Gandhi, Atishi exercise their franchise — [Link to media]
- + India ET: Donald Trump has given reasons for why he wants the US to take over Gaza. Does the world agree with him? —Donald Trump announced plans to take over the Gaza strip alongside Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. This move follows Trump's previous cont...
- + India ET: Growth in India services sector slows to more than 2-year low in Jan, PMI shows —India's services sector growth slowed to a two-year low in January due to decreasing demand yet remained strong overall, leading to significant hiring...
- + India ET: Toyota to set up wholly owned EV, battery unit in China —Toyota Motor is set to create a new fully owned subsidiary in Shanghai to develop and manufacture electric vehicles and batteries for Lexus with produ...
- + India ET: The Gaza Strip has long been a powder keg. Here's a look at the history of the embattled region —Hamas' attack on southern Israel in October 2023 resulted in severe Israeli military retaliation in Gaza, a region plagued by decades of conflict. A c...
- + India ET: How Anupam Mittal manifested his dreams to create Shaadi.com and become a Shark Tank icon, but there's a catch —Anupam Mittal, founder of People Group and a Shark Tank India judge, has shared his perspective on work-life balance and hustle culture. Reflecting on...
- + India ET: "Strict orders to ensure level-playing field": Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar praises Delhi poll arrangements —Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar lauded the polling officials and security forces for the smooth conduct of Delhi Assembly elections. Over 12,0...
- + India ET: BlackRock plans to hire 1,200 people in India ramp-up —Blackrock is planning to expand its support hubs in Mumbai and Gurugram by hiring nearly 1,200 new employees to enhance its artificial intelligence ca...
- + India ET: "Battle of truth versus lies, people will defeat hooliganism": Delhi CM Atishi —Delhi assembly elections witness a fierce battle between AAP's Atishi, Congress's Alka Lamba, and BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri in the Kalkaji seat. Atishi emp...
- + India ET: Making climate-friendly lifestyle choices isn't always easy. India learned the hard way —India's government initiative, Mission Life, aimed at encouraging environmentally-friendly lifestyle choices, has lost momentum and missing future fun...
- + India ET: Mahakumbh: Over 3.7 million devotees take holy dip in sacred Triveni Sangam today —The sacred Triveni Sangam in Prayagraj is witnessing an overwhelming influx of pilgrims, saints, and Kalpvasis as Mahakumbh progresses. Over 3.748 mil...
- + India ET: A 'city-killer' asteroid might hit Earth -- how worried should we be? —An asteroid, 2024 YR4, with a one percent chance of colliding with Earth in 2032, has captured scientists' attention due to its potential for city-lev...
- + India ET: Delhi elections 2025 voter turnout: 8.10% voting recorded till 9 am —Voting has commenced for the Delhi Assembly elections, with the Aam Aadmi Party seeking a third consecutive term while BJP and Congress strive for res...
- + India ET: Delhi elections 2025 voter turnout: 8.10% voting recorded till 9:30 am —Voting has commenced for the Delhi Assembly elections, with the Aam Aadmi Party seeking a third consecutive term while BJP and Congress strive for res...
- + India ET: Reject those who cheated you by making false promises: Mallikarjun Kharge's appeal to Delhi voters —Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge urged Delhi voters to prioritize development and reject politicians who make false promises. Voting is underway ...
- + LA Time National: 'Shadow government'? Billionaire Elon Musk's grip on U.S. government spending raises questions—Billionaire Elon Musk was the focus of many in Washington this week, as his Department of Government Efficiency slashed at the federal bureaucracy.
- + LA Time National: Can Elon Musk shut down a federal agency? Yes, if presidential rule replaces constitutional governance—Musk's takeover of USAID tests the principle of constitutional rule versus presidential power.
- + LA Time National: Senate panel vote clears the way for Kennedy to become health secretary —A key Senate committee supports Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump's pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services. The full Senate wil...
- + LA Time National: Senate panel backs Kennedy's nomination as health secretary—A key Senate committee supported Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump's pick to head the Department of Health and Human Services. The full Senate wi...
- + LA Time National: Column: Many will lie about the consequences of Trump's tariffs. The markets won't—When the president announced tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico, stocks tumbled, responding to economic realities that politicians and their supporte...
- + LA Time National: 'My home has become a cemetery.' Amid cease-fire, Gazans unearth their dead from rubble—A Palestinian woman who lost 10 children and her husband shelters in her shattered Gaza home, where four of her youngest remain buried under rubble.
- + LA Time National: Businesses close, children skip school for 'a day without immigrants' protest—Organizers said they have tracked 250 businesses nationwide that were closed Monday in solidarity with immigrants.
- + LA Time National: ACLU sues Trump administration for shutting down asylum process at southern border —Trump's executive order sought to dismantle asylum at the southern border. Lawyers say it has been illegally extended to migrants inside the country.
- + LA Time National: California breathes sigh of relief with delayed tariffs on Mexico and Canada. China remains in play—Stocks largely recover from an early tumble after Trump confirms one-month delay in imposing tariffs on Mexico. But tariffs on China remain in play.
- + LA Time National: Mexico and Canada reach deals with Trump, but China tariffs loom—Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday that their countries have avoided hefty U.S. tariffs — for ...
- + LA Time National: Column: Trump is creating an imperial presidency — and he's doing it by decree—Trump has been back in the White House for two weeks and is already remaking the federal government — and trying to create an imperial presidency.
- + LA Time National: 'Get on it AY-sep!' Foreign words have invaded Korea. The government is fighting back—How do you say "deepfake," "ASAP" and "digital" in Korean? The fight to keep foreign words from diluting the language
- + LA Time National: Thousands rally in downtown Los Angeles, shut down 101 Freeway to protest Trump's immigration policies—Draped in Mexican and Salvadoran flags, roughly 1,000 demonstrators gathered near City Hall shortly before noon, blocking traffic at Spring and Temple...
- + LA Time National: Column: A president who won't tell the truth about California may unfairly punish the state—Trump's bogus claims about his popularity in the Golden State could be laughed off if he hadn't threatened tying wildfire relief to an overhaul of the...
- + LA Time National: Trump cuts chaotic path in first weeks, bucking laws and norms in pursuit of promised agenda—President Trump in his first weeks back in the White House repeatedly bucked the Constitution in pursuit of his conservative agenda. Democrats decried...
- + LA Time National: Mexico and Canada order retaliatory tariffs on U.S. after Trump starts trade war—President Trump announced sweeping tariffs on goods imported from Mexico, Canada and China, triggering a trade war and raising fears about consumer co...
- + LA Time National: This French film about Mexico has 13 Oscar nominations. Why 'Emilia Pérez' is tanking in Mexico —Although it's set in Mexico City, French film 'Emilia Pérez' ran into a frost reception on its opening there. Critics cited stereotypes and the lack o...
- + LA Time National: Trump and the L.A. fires have made for nonstop news. Experts share ways to deal, not reel—Experts said many people today feel overwhelmed by the news, but there are ways to reduce such anxiety, in part by reducing scrolling.
- + LA Time National: CDC scrubs research databases referencing sexual orientation and gender identity —Health researchers began sharing warnings on social media several days ago, urging members of the community to make copies of federal data before the ...
- + LA Time National: Rubio carries anti-immigration message to Latin America in first trip overseas as Trump's top diplomat—Rubio has to balance aggressive Trump policies with Latin America's willingness to cooperate. The Panama Canal will be contentious.
- + Latest UPI: Trump reinstates 'maximum pressure' campaign on Iran—President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a memorandum to restore the so-called maximum pressure campaign on Iran from his first administration.
- + Latest UPI: U.S. Postal Service suspends package shipments from China, Hong Kong—The United States Postal Service has suspended all inbound packages from China and Hong Kong "until further notice," according to a statement released...
- + Latest UPI: U.S. Senate confirms Pam Bondi as attorney general—The U.S. Senate confirmed Pam Bondi on Tuesday night to become the next U.S. attorney general and lead the Justice Department during the Trump adminis...
- + Latest UPI: Trump White House begins sending 'criminal aliens' to Guantanamo Bay—The Trump administration on Tuesday began flights transporting "criminal aliens" to Guantanamo Bay, with plans in the works to use the Cuban detention...
- + Latest UPI: Neo-Nazi found guilty of conspiring to damage a Maryland power substation—Brandon Russell, a 29-year-old neo-Nazi leader from Orlando, Fla., faces up to 20 years in prison after a federal jury found him guilty of conspiring ...
- + Latest UPI: Trump meets with Netanyahu, calls for U.S. to take control of Gaza strip—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Tuesday with President Donald Trump at the White House amid phase two of a fragile cease-fire pact, as T...
- + Latest UPI: All 67 bodies recovered from Potomac River after D.C. midair collision—Recovery crews completed the removal of all 67 bodies from the remnants of the Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines Flight 5342 Bombardier...
- + Latest UPI: NFL scraps 'End Racism' message from Super Bowl LIX end zones—For the first time in four years, Sunday's Super Bowl will not feature the message "End Racism" at the back of one of the end zones, after the Nationa...
- + Latest UPI: Group files lawsuit after Trump administration removes health data from websites—The Trump administration recently removed heath data from government websites, which spurred a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by the Doctors for Americ...
- + Latest UPI: Alleged leader of Mexico-based drug organization added to FBI wanted list—The FBI on Tuesday added a known Mexican drug lord to its notorious "Ten Most Wanted" list of fugitives for a multitude of alleged drug-related crimes...
- + Latest UPI: SpaceX launches Maxar 3 mission, high-resolution commercial satellites—SpaceX is scheduled to launch its Maxar 3 mission, with two high-resolution commercial satellites on board, from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida o...
- + Latest UPI: Heart health at risk for new mothers of twins, study suggests—New moms who just have had twins run a high risk of heart disease in the next weeks and months, a new study suggests.
- + Latest UPI: Trump White House begins sending illegal migrants to Guantanamo Bay—The Trump administration has begun flights taking illegal immigrants to Guantanamo Bay, with plans in the works to use the Cuban detention facility to...
- + Latest UPI: Jury selection underway for accused attacker of author Salman Rushdie—A jury is being seated for the New York trial of Hadi Matar, 27, who is accused of trying to kill author Salman Rushdie on Aug. 12, 2022.
- + Latest UPI: FDA OKs clinical trials for pig kidney transplants in people—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the first-ever clinical trials testing pig kidney transplants in people with kidney failure, markin...
- + Latest UPI: 'A Simple Favor' sequel to open SXSW Film & TV Festival—"Another Simple Favor," starring Blake Lively and and Anna Kendrick, will make its debut March 7, opening the SXSW Film & TV Festival.
- + Latest UPI: Dallas Mavericks trade Quentin Grimes for Philadelphia 76ers' Caleb Martin—The Dallas Mavericks agreed to trade shooting guard Quentin Grimes to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for small forward Caleb Martin, a league sour...
- + Latest UPI: Pig bites officer's hand during Oklahoma 'hoof pursuit'—Police in Oklahoma engaged in a foot pursuit with a pig that was momentarily lured with crackers, but fled again after biting an officer's hand.
- + Latest UPI: More microplastics found in human brains—Tiny microplastics are making their way into the human brain, and new research suggests the problem is getting worse.
- + Latest UPI: Grammys draw 15.4 million viewers, raise $9 million for wildfire relief—The 67th annual Grammy Awards drew an audience of 15.4 million and raised $9 million to support relief efforts following the Los Angeles wildfires tha...
- + Moscow Times: ‘Rare Earths’ for Aid: Ukraine’s Minerals Threatened by War—U.S. President Trump said he wanted to negotiate an agreement in which Kyiv guarantees supplies of the specific category of rare earth metals.
- + Moscow Times: Navalny Family Mulls Taking France To European Court – Lawyer—Alexei and Oleg Navalny took Yves Rocher to court in France over alleged false accusations but their complaint was dismissed by the courts.
- + Moscow Times: Azerbaijani Plane Headed for Russia Likely Damaged By 'External Objects' Before Crash – Probe—The preliminary report released on Tuesday did not identify the reason why the plane went off course.
- + Moscow Times: Yanukovych’s Son Selling Coal From Russian-Occupied Ukraine – IStories —Oleksandr Yanukovych oversaw large-scale coal, gas and property development projects before his father was ousted in 2014 and the family fled to Russi...
- + Moscow Times: European Court Rules Russia Violated Free Speech of LGBTQ+ Website Managers—ECHR said Russia’s restrictions on content presenting same-sex relationships as equal to heterosexual ones violated the six plaintiffs’ freedom of exp...
- + Moscow Times: EU to Provide Moldova With $258M to Strengthen Energy Security—The aid is part of a two-year plan aimed at reducing Moldova’s dependence on Russian energy and integrating the country into the EU energy market.
- + Moscow Times: Pro-Kremlin Paramilitary Leader Killed in Suspected Suicide Bombing – Reports—Police sources told Russian media that early indications suggest the attacker detonated an explosive device he had brought with him.
- + Moscow Times: Ukraine Sees Surge in Inquiries From Russian Families on Missing Soldiers—Ukraine established a hotline last year to help Russians locate missing soldiers as part of efforts to facilitate prisoner exchanges.
- + Moscow Times: Russian Library Book Returned 106 Years Late—The book was originally borrowed in July 1919 and was due back the following month. However, the Russian Civil War likely prevented its return.
- + Moscow Times: FSB May Gain Oversight of Foreign Scientific Cooperation – Vedomosti—The proposed legislation would require scientists to obtain FSB approval before engaging in research collaboration with foreign entities and individua...
- + Moscow Times: ‘What Motivates Me Is My Love for Komi’: Indigenous Activist Lana Pylaeva—A scientist by training, Pylaeva entered political activism following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
- + Moscow Times: Russian Missile Strike on Ukraine’s Izyum Kills 5, Injures Dozens More—Ukrainian authorities said the strike targeted the center of the city, which lies some 40 kilometers from the front line.
- + Moscow Times: Trump Threatens to Strangle Russia’s Economy with an Oil Price Collapse. Is He Bluffing?—Trump says he can drive down prices to force the Kremlin to end its war on Ukraine. But Arab states may be reluctant to comply.
- + Moscow Times: Middle School Student Stabs Classmate in Russia’s Yekaterinburg—Law enforcement authorities said the injured student was hospitalized but in “satisfactory” condition.
- + Moscow Times: Russian Scientists Warn of Dangerous Levels of Carcinogen Along Black Sea Coast—One expert compared the pollution to the U.S. military’s use of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.
- + Moscow Times: North Korean Troops in Russia Not Seen Fighting Since Mid-January, South Korea Says—“One reason for this may be the occurrence of many casualties, but the exact details are still being monitored,” South Korea’s spy agency said.
- + Moscow Times: Trump Eyes Ukraine Deal Exchanging Rare Earths for Aid—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky had floated such an idea last October as part of his "victory plan" for ending the war with Russia.
- + Moscow Times: Russia Tells Hamas to ‘Keep Promises’ on Hostage Release—Russia has called for the release of dual Russian-Israeli citizen Alexander Trufanov and Maxim Herkin, an Israeli man from the Donbas area of Ukraine ...
- + Moscow Times: Raiffeisen Bank Services Firms Supplying Russia's War Machine – Bloomberg—The Austrian bank is effectively stuck in the country despite pressure from the U.S. and the European Central Bank to withdraw.
- + Moscow Times: Putin Signs Decree Creating Russian Eurovision Alternative—The competition, called Intervision, is set to take place in Moscow and the surrounding region later this year.
- + NYT: Trump’s Dream of Gaza Takeover Is His Most Brazen Territorial Aspiration Yet—Once a critic of nation building, the president now envisions taking over a Middle East enclave, driving out its Palestinian population and transformi...
- + NYT: Trump Proposes U.S. Takeover of Gaza and Says Palestinians Should Move—The president met with the Israeli prime minister at the White House, meeting in person with another world leader for the first time since returning t...
- + NYT: Man Sentenced to 44 Years in Prison After Pleading Guilty to Qaeda Ties—Minh Quang Pham was accused of plotting a suicide bombing at Heathrow Airport in London in support of Al Qaeda’s Yemen branch. [Category: Terrorism, B...
- + NYT: Sweden School Shooting Leaves at Least 10 Dead in Country’s ‘Worst’ Gun Attack—The shooting occurred at a center for adult education in the city of Orebro. The suspect is believed to be among the dead, officials said. [Category: ...
- + NYT: Final Remains Recovered From Plane Crash Over the Potomac—Officials in Washington said they had recovered 67 sets of remains. There were 64 people on the jet, and three crew members on the Army helicopter tha...
- + NYT: Daniel Penny Is Hired by Venture Capital Firm Whose Founder Backed Trump—Mr. Penny, who was acquitted after choking a mentally ill subway passenger to death, will work for Andreessen Horowitz. Before the killing, he had bee...
- + NYT: Conditions May Have Stymied Black Hawk Crew Before Fatal Crash—The Army pilots were juggling dark skies, low altitude, a busy airspace and a cockpit without certain traffic detectors before the helicopter’s midair...
- + NYT: The Aga Khan IV, Wealthy Leader of the Ismaili Muslims, Dies at 88—At the age of 20, Prince Karim Al-Hussaini inherited the reins of a Shia Muslim lineage and used his entrepreneurship to become one of the world’s ric...
- + NYT: After the Fires, Los Angeles Has No Shortage of Reconstruction Czars—Civic leaders in the region believe that side efforts are necessary to rebuild after the wildfires. They just can’t settle on which one. [Category: So...
- + NYT: Proposal Calls for Restoring Tulsa Massacre Neighborhood—If approved, the plan would provide cash payments, a new hospital and the potential returning of land to descendants of the victims. [Category: Repara...
- + NYT: Collector Sues David Geffen to Reclaim a Sculpture Worth Millions—In court papers, the collector says an adviser, without authorization, schemed to sell a Giacometti sculpture he bought for $78 million to the enterta...
- + NYT: L.A. Faces Pressure From Wealthy Residents as the Pacific Palisades Rebuilds—The neighborhood is likely to grow more expensive and exclusive as millionaire Angelenos demand a fast-track recovery. [Category: Income Inequality, S...
- + NYT: Newsom to Meet With Trump as He Seeks Federal Aid for Fire Relief—Gov. Gavin Newsom, the Democratic governor of California, has tried to cooperate with President Trump as he seeks federal aid for wildfire relief. [Ca...
- + NYT: Want Eggs With Your Breakfast? Pay a Surcharge, Waffle House Says.—The restaurant chain, which serves breakfast all day, said it was adding the temporary 50-cent surcharge because the bird flu has caused a shortage in...
- + NYT: What Are Book Blurbs, and How Much Do They Matter in Publishing?—An announcement from Simon & Schuster’s publisher left the literary community wondering whether blurbs, the little snippets of praise on a book ja...
- + NYT: Too Busy Blurbing Books to Write One—For the novelist Rebecca Makkai, writing blurbs had become nearly a full-time job. She explains why blurbs matter — and why she’s taking a break. [Cat...
- + NYT: Some Travelers Capture Their Vacation Memories With Sketching—Some travelers are picking up a creative pastime, sketching, in order to slow down and fully appreciate their destinations. [Category: Travel and Vaca...
- + Top News UPI: Trump reinstates 'maximum pressure' campaign on Iran—President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a memorandum to restore the so-called maximum pressure campaign on Iran from his first administration.
- + Top News UPI: U.S. Postal Service suspends package shipments from China, Hong Kong—The United States Postal Service has suspended all inbound packages from China and Hong Kong "until further notice," according to a statement released...
- + Top News UPI: U.S. Senate confirms Pam Bondi as attorney general—The U.S. Senate confirmed Pam Bondi on Tuesday night to become the next U.S. attorney general and lead the Justice Department during the Trump adminis...
- + Top News UPI: Trump White House begins sending 'criminal aliens' to Guantanamo Bay—The Trump administration on Tuesday began flights transporting "criminal aliens" to Guantanamo Bay, with plans in the works to use the Cuban detention...
- + Top News UPI: Neo-Nazi found guilty of conspiring to damage a Maryland power substation—Brandon Russell, a 29-year-old neo-Nazi leader from Orlando, Fla., faces up to 20 years in prison after a federal jury found him guilty of conspiring ...
- + Top News UPI: Trump meets with Netanyahu, calls for U.S. to take control of Gaza strip—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Tuesday with President Donald Trump at the White House amid phase two of a fragile cease-fire pact, as T...
- + Top News UPI: All 67 bodies recovered from Potomac River after D.C. midair collision—Recovery crews completed the removal of all 67 bodies from the remnants of the Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines Flight 5342 Bombardier...
- + Top News UPI: NFL scraps 'End Racism' message from Super Bowl LIX end zones—For the first time in four years, Sunday's Super Bowl will not feature the message "End Racism" at the back of one of the end zones, after the Nationa...
- + Top News UPI: Group files lawsuit after Trump administration removes health data from websites—The Trump administration recently removed heath data from government websites, which spurred a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by the Doctors for Americ...
- + Top News UPI: Alleged leader of Mexico-based drug organization added to FBI wanted list—The FBI on Tuesday added a known Mexican drug lord to its notorious "Ten Most Wanted" list of fugitives for a multitude of alleged drug-related crimes...
- + Top News UPI: Trump White House begins sending illegal migrants to Guantanamo Bay—The Trump administration has begun flights taking illegal immigrants to Guantanamo Bay, with plans in the works to use the Cuban detention facility to...
- + Top News UPI: Jury selection underway for accused attacker of author Salman Rushdie—A jury is being seated for the New York trial of Hadi Matar, 27, who is accused of trying to kill author Salman Rushdie on Aug. 12, 2022.
- + Top News UPI: At least 10 dead in adult education school shooting in Sweden—At least 10 people have died and many were wounded during a school shooting at an adult education center in southern Sweden on Tuesday afternoon.
- + Top News UPI: Trademark name of White hate group 'Proud Boys' now belongs to Black church—A judge granted ownership of the "Proud Boys" trademarked name to a Black church the racist group in 2020 had vandalized, according to multiple report...
- + Top News UPI: In party-line vote, Senate intelligence panel approves Tulsi Gabbard nomination—The Senate Intelligence Committee has voted in favor of Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to lead the Department of National Intelligence.
- + Top News UPI: Report: Trump planning to call for end to U.S. Department of Education—President Donald Trump is expected to follow through on campaign promises to abolish the U.S. Department of Education by issuing an executive order on...
- + Top News UPI: U.S. job openings fall to 7.5 million in December, lowest since September—Available jobs in the United States in December dropped their lowest total since September, according to the new Job Openings and Labor Turnover Surve...
- + Top News UPI: Trump, Netanyahu to meet amid next steps in Gaza cease-fire and hostage release pact—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Tuesday with President Donald Trump amid next steps of a fragile cease-fire pact.
- + Top News UPI: More than 6,000 evacuated off Santorini after series of earthquakes hit Greek island—Thousands of people evacuated Santorini after a series of earthquakes in recent days hit the picturesque Greek island with fears of additional tremors...
- + Top News UPI: Senate panel advances Robert F. Kennedy Jr. nomination to become health secretary—The Senate Finance Committee will vote Tuesday on Robert F. Kennedy Jr's appointment to direct the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
- + Zero Hedge: The Most Important Trade Chart In The World—The Most Important Trade Chart In The World Markets this year - and newsflow in general - seem to be rolling from one mega theme to anoth...
- + Zero Hedge: TV Keeps Losing Ground—TV Keeps Losing Ground Just 59 percent of people surveyed by Statista Consumer Insights in the United States in 2024 had watched linear t...
- + Zero Hedge: California Passes $50M Bill To Resist Trump Agenda—California Passes $50M Bill To Resist Trump Agenda Authored by Eric Lendrum via American Greatness, On Monday, Democrats in the Californ...
- + Zero Hedge: Assassination Bombing At High-Security Area Of Moscow Kills Pro-Russian Ukrainian Separatist—Assassination Bombing At High-Security Area Of Moscow Kills Pro-Russian Ukrainian Separatist Another mysterious assassination of a pro-Ru...
- + Zero Hedge: Pacific Coast Highway Reopens After Devastating Palisades Fire—Pacific Coast Highway Reopens After Devastating Palisades Fire Authored by Rudy Blalock via The Epoch Times, The Pacific Coast Highway (...
- + Zero Hedge: Trump Withdraws From UN Human Rights Council, End Funding To UNRWA—Trump Withdraws From UN Human Rights Council, End Funding To UNRWA President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday withdrawin...
- + Zero Hedge: What DeepSeek Says About Nuland's Role In Ukraine War—What DeepSeek Says About Nuland's Role In Ukraine War Authored by Cathy Vogan via ConsortiumNews.com, News of a Chinese AI program named...
- + Zero Hedge: "Completely Unhinged": Screaming Democrats Call Musk A "Nazi", Bash DOGE, Amid Meltdowns Outside Treasury Building—"Completely Unhinged": Screaming Democrats Call Musk A "Nazi", Bash DOGE, Amid Meltdowns Outside Treasury Building A group of far-left la...
- + Zero Hedge: Palestinians Would 'Love To Leave' Gaza, US Could 'Take It Over' Trump Proclaims Alongside Netanyahu—Palestinians Would 'Love To Leave' Gaza, US Could 'Take It Over' Trump Proclaims Alongside Netanyahu Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Neta...
- + Zero Hedge: State Farm Asks California Insurance Department For Emergency 22 Percent Rate Increase—State Farm Asks California Insurance Department For Emergency 22 Percent Rate Increase Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times (e...
- + Zero Hedge: Anonymous FBI Agents Sue To Prevent Trump from Knowing Their Roles In J6, Mar-a-Lago Raid—Anonymous FBI Agents Sue To Prevent Trump from Knowing Their Roles In J6, Mar-a-Lago Raid Authored by Ken Silva via HeadlineUSA, Nine an...
- + Zero Hedge: Zelensky Tells Piers Morgan He's Ready To Negotiate Directly With Putin In Major Reversal—Zelensky Tells Piers Morgan He's Ready To Negotiate Directly With Putin In Major Reversal Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky has told Br...
- + Zero Hedge: 7 Charged In America's Biggest COVID Tax Credit Fraud Scheme—7 Charged In America's Biggest COVID Tax Credit Fraud Scheme Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, A group of seven who al...
- + Zero Hedge: Time To Build Backyard Chicken Coop As Wholesale Egg Prices Hit New Record Highs—Time To Build Backyard Chicken Coop As Wholesale Egg Prices Hit New Record Highs The latest wholesale data from Urner Barry shows egg pri...
- + Zero Hedge: Elon Musk Is "Special Government Employee", White House Confirms—Elon Musk Is "Special Government Employee", White House Confirms Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, The White House on Monda...
- + Zero Hedge: USAID Panic Mode: Bill Gates Goes On MSM, Bashes Musk's DOGE, Fear-Mongers About Next Pandemic—USAID Panic Mode: Bill Gates Goes On MSM, Bashes Musk's DOGE, Fear-Mongers About Next Pandemic Globalist billionaire Bill Gates made the ...
- + Zero Hedge: What's Happening Is Breathtaking...—What's Happening Is Breathtaking... Authored by Chris Martenson via PeakProsperity.com, These are extraordinary times, and I mean that i...
- + Zero Hedge: Alphabet Tumbles On Cloud, Revenue Miss; Expects Surge In 2025 CapEx—Alphabet Tumbles On Cloud, Revenue Miss; Expects Surge In 2025 CapEx Silicon Valley is still reeling from the sudden rise of China's "bud...
- + Zero Hedge: DOGE Enters FBI Headquarters To Obtain Names Of 5,000 Agents Who Worked Jan. 6 Cases—DOGE Enters FBI Headquarters To Obtain Names Of 5,000 Agents Who Worked Jan. 6 Cases Update (1615ET): DOGE is at it again - kicking down ...
- + Zero Hedge: Still No Progress Made On Arranging Trump-Putin Summit, Kremlin Says—Still No Progress Made On Arranging Trump-Putin Summit, Kremlin Says The Kremlin on Tuesday responded to various international reports sa...
- + Africa News: Protesters rally against Musk's unprecedented control over federal government—Protesters gathered at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management to oppose Musk's actions, citing threats to government integrity and racial divisions i...
- + Africa News: Turkey slams Trump's proposal to relocate Gazans to Egypt and Jordan—Foreign minister, Hakan Fidan, said the conflict between Israel and Palestine should end with a two-state solution. [Author: editorial@africanews.com ...
- + Africa News: From propaganda to street art, Warsaw's walls come alive—Street art is taking over the walls of Warsaw, Poland, turning the capital into an open-air museum. These images, created by amateurs and renowned art...
- + Africa News: Turkey's president holds talks in Ankara with new Syrian leader—Their meeting was the first since the former rebel leader led the offensive that last month toppled Syria’s former autocratic ruler, Bashar al-Assad. ...
- + Africa News: Gaza faces health crisis as uncollected rubbish piles up after ceasefire—Mountains of rubbish in Gaza create unsanitary conditions, attracting vermin and insects. Residents burn rubbish to cope with the situation, adding to...
- + Africa News: Iran: Israel more ‘isolated’ since war with Hamas—Iran's foreign minister said on Tuesday that Israel has become more "isolated and infamous" since the start of the Israel-Hamas war [Author: editorial...
- + Africa News: Cape Town Archbishop apologises for failure to warn of child abuser—The Archbishop of Cape Town held a press briefing on Tuesday after a review panel found that the Anglican Church in South Africa failed to inform othe...
- + Africa News: Ramaphosa speaks with Musk after Trump criticizes land reform—The conversation between the two men took place after US President Donald Trump said he would suspend aid to the country over the new law. [Author: ed...
- + Africa News: Iconic vintage cars gather at Paris' Grand Palais for Bonhams' auction on 6 February 2025—Collectors and enthusiasts gather at Paris's Grand Palais to admire 100 classic cars, including a 1950 Ferrari 166 MM, ahead of Bonhams' auction on 6 ...
- + Africa News: El Salvador’s offer to accept U.S. deportees sparks controversy—Critics fear that such an agreement might not be limited to violent offenders and could affect a broader group of deportees. [Author: editorial@africa...
- + Africa News: Real Madrid faces injury crisis ahead of Copa del Rey Quarter-Final—Real Madrid will be without several key players when they face Leganes in the Copa del Rey quarter-finals on Wednesday [Author: editorial@africanews.c...
- + Africa News: Brazilian state football match paused after fans smoke out the pitch—Sensing victory in a match against Novorizontino, Corinthian supporters lit hundreds of flares in the stadium. [Author: editorial@africanews.com (Réda...
- + Africa News: China imposes new tariffs on U.S. goods in retaliation—On Tuesday China announced it would impose new tariffs on U.S. imports in retaliation for Washington’s recent tariff hike [Author: editorial@africanew...
- + Africa News: Haiti’s government failed to prevent deadly Kenscoff gang attack—Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé has vowed stronger security measures, but public outrage remains over the government’s failure to prevent the mas...
- + Africa News: SADC and EAC summit to address Eastern DRC crisis in Tanzania—A joint summit of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the East Africa Community (EAC) regarding the situation in eastern DRC is sche...
- + Africa News: M23 rebels declare ceasefire in Goma for humanitarian reasons—Rwanda-backed rebels who took control of Goma, a crucial city in eastern Congo, have declared a unilateral ceasefire in the area for humanitarian purp...
- + Africa News: Clinical trial for Sudan strain Ebola vaccine begins in Uganda—Ugandan officials initiated a clinical trial on Monday for a vaccine targeting the Sudan strain of Ebola, which has resulted in one fatality since the...
- + Africa News: Families search for loved ones amid M23 Rebel offensive—Outside the morgue at Goma’s North Kivu Hospital on Monday, Red Cross workers piled bodies into a large truck [Author: editorial@africanews.com (Rédac...
- + Africa News: Thousands protest in Argentina against President Milei's controversial speech—Protesters in Argentina denounced President Javier Milei's controversial remarks against feminism and LGBTQ+ rights. [Author: editorial@africanews.com...
- + Aljazeera: Trump doubles down on US “ownership” of Gaza—US President Donald Trump doubled down on remarks about the United States owning and redeveloping Gaza. [Category: Show Types]
- + Aljazeera: Trump says US will ‘take over’ and ‘own’ Gaza in redevelopment plan—US president claims development plan could turn enclave into the Riviera of the Middle East. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: Trump says US will ‘own’ Gaza in redevelopment plan—US president pledges to turn enclave into the Riviera of the Middle East. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: Donald Trump announces US aims for Gaza during Netanyahu’s visit—The Israeli prime minister was the first foreign leader to visit Trump after his inauguration ceremony on January 20. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: Donald Trump announces US aims to ‘take over’ Gaza during Netanyahu’s visit—The Israeli prime minister was the first foreign leader to visit Trump after his inauguration ceremony on January 20. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: Donald Trump teases US aims to ‘take over’ Gaza during Netanyahu’s visit—The Israeli prime minister was the first foreign leader to visit Trump after his inauguration ceremony on January 20. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: ‘Gaza is not a place for people to be living’—US President Donald Trump said the only reason Palestinians want to live in Gaza is because they have no alternative. [Category: Show Types]
- + Aljazeera: Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI may go to trial in part, judge says—The case is part of a grudge match between Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman which is playing out in court. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: Syria’s al-Sharaa, Turkiye’s Erdogan talk Kurdish fighters, defence pacts—Turkey meeting is second foreign trip by President Ahmed al-Sharaa as he seeks to bolster support for Syria. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: Is US President Donald Trump using tariffs as a negotiating tactic?—US trade taxes on Canada and Mexico have been paused for 30 days. [Category: TV Shows]
- + Aljazeera: How plausible is Trump’s plan to send 30,000 deportees to Guantanamo?—Donald Trump wants to send up to 30,000 undocumented immigrants to the US military base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. [Category: Show Types]
- + Aljazeera: ‘Unfair’ to tell Palestinians they’ll return to Gaza in 5 years, US Adviser—Advisers to Donald Trump said his “cleaning out” Gaza comment referred to a long-range plan to make it habitable [Category: Show Types]
- + Aljazeera: South Africa leader calls Elon Musk over ‘distortions’ after Trump attack—President Ramaphosa called after US leader said he would suspend aid to South Africa over its land reform policy. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: IAEA chief warns of nuclear risk from Russia attacks on Ukraine power grids—Moscow has bombarded Ukraines energy infrastructure during its three-year invasion but avoided attacking nuclear sites. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: Trump’s new missile shield for the US – challenges and dangers—Presidents new missile defence project raises questions about cost, feasibility and global security. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: Five people shot at education centre in central Sweden—Five people are in hospital after being shot at an education centre in central Sweden. [Category: Show Types]
- + Aljazeera: Medical experts dispute evidence in Lucy Letby’s baby killing conviction—Lucy Letby is serving 15 life sentences for seven baby deaths at neonatal units between 2015-16. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: Food prices skyrocket in DR Congo’s Goma after M23 takeover—NGO ActionAid and locals say cost of some items has risen between 18% and 160% as conflict blocks aid and supplies. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: In West Bank, Israel denies Jenin families right to bury loved ones at home—As Israel kills dozens of Palestinians in Jenin, it also denies victims families the dignity to bury their loved ones. [Category: News]
- + Aljazeera: A thousand days of Israeli impunity, still no justice for Shireen Abu Akleh—A full 1,000 days since Israel killed Shireen Abu Akleh, no one has been held accountable despite efforts for justice. [Category: News]
- + Asia Times: What Year of the Snake holds for China’s economy—Chinese people around the world have just celebrated the Lunar New Year, which this year runs from January 28 to February 4. It is the biggest festiva...
- + Asia Times: Iran speeding up work on its nukes, two new reports say—Two conflicting reports on Irans nuclear weapons program were disclosed this week. Both reports offer important insight into just how Tehran is speedi...
- + Asia Times: Trump challenges to Fed independence recall ’70s Nixon-Burns fiasco—Like the 20s of the 21st century, the 70s of the 20th century had an inflation problem. The problem persisted throughout the decade; indeed, it worsen...
- + Asia Times: Rare earth piece in Ukraine peace deal puzzle—Trump’sconfirmed interestin Ukraine’s critical and rare earth minerals is being interpreted by some as beneficial for President Volodymyr Zelensky ami...
- + Asia Times: No, Australia isn’t immune to Trump trade war pain—In a hectic 24 hours of trade diplomacy, US President Donald Trump has paused his threatened 25% tariffs on US imports from Canada and Mexico, while k...
- + Asia Times: How China is playing to win Trump’s trade war—TOKYO — Few anticipated the self-control that Donald Trump appears to be exercising toward China this week. While North American allies Canada and Mex...
- + Asia Times: Japan searching for a quiet place in Trumpworld—In the post-apocalyptic horror film A Quiet Place survivors try, by being completely quiet, to escape from blind alien invaders who possess an acute s...
- + Asia Times: ERAM: US Air Force’s next-gen drone killer or big-time boondoggle?—The US Air Force is developing a low-cost cruise missile known as the Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM), which could evolve into an air-launched c...
- + Asia Times: A thirst for power: China’s water grid shapes its future—Much attention has focused on China’s recent approval of a massive hydropower dam but less has been said about the next crucial step in the country’s ...
- + Asia Times: Trump’s Project 2025 agenda caps decades-long resistance to reform—For much of the 20th century, efforts to remake government were driven by a progressive desire to make the government work for regular Americans, incl...
- + Asia Times: Xi’s China guarantees Asia-Pacific another year of rough sailing—WASHINGTON The year 2024 was rough and 2025 won’t be any smoother. How rough things get depends mostly on Xi Jinping. He won’t be letting up, and he’...
- + Asia Times: Will DeepSeek deep-six the US economy?—America has financed a current account deficit that bloated to US$1.2 trillion in 2024 by selling tech stocks to foreigners. Tech stocks, meanwhile, a...
- + Asia Times: Chinese crime gangs holding Thai tourism hostage—BANGKOK – Beijing and Bangkok are trying to stop criminal gangs from China scamming and kidnapping Chinese travelers in Thailand, causing frightened C...
- + Asia Times: Trump’s tariffs hand China a free-trade opportunity—Donald Trump’s second term is off to a combative start, and the first casualty may be America’s own influence. His sweeping tariff escalation, includi...
- + Asia Times: Mitsubishi Electric doubles down on China supply chains—Mitsubishi Electric, the Japanese maker of programmable logic controllers and other industrial automation equipment, plans to establish complete suppl...
- + Asia Times: Do Trump and Netanyahu see eye to eye on Gaza’s endgame?—The brittle Gaza ceasefire between Israel and Hamas continues against all odds, given the depth of distrust and animosity between the warring parties....
- + Asia Times: Jevons paradox debunks DeepSeek’s clean, green claim—AI burns through a lot of resources. And thanks to a paradox first identified way back in the 1860s, even a more energy-efficient AI is likely to simp...
- + Asia Times: Trump’s path to Ukraine peace becoming more apparent—Trumps Special Envoy for Ukraine and Russia Keith Kellogg toldReutersthat hed like to see Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky hold parliamentary an...
- + Asia Times: Questioning China’s ability to actually fight—China’s military may be modernizing rapidly, but deep-rooted structural flaws, political control and a lack of combat experience could limit its battl...
- + Asia Times: China building world’s biggest military base in prep for US war—China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is reportedly building a new command center in the capital, Beijing, that, upon completion, will be at least 10...
- + BBC: Police say around 10 people killed in Sweden school campus shooting—Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson described Tuesday's attack as the "worst mass shooting in Swedish history".
- + BBC: Police say around 10 people killed in shooting at Sweden school—Police say the suspected gunman is believed to be among the dead and warn casualty numbers could rise.
- + BBC: Police say about 10 people killed in shooting at Sweden school—Police say the suspected gunman is believed to be among the dead and warn casualty numbers could rise.
- + BBC: 'It's like hell': Race to evacuate residents from Ukraine front-line city—Ukrainian volunteers are going house to house in Pokrovsk as Russian drones hunt from the skies.
- + BBC: Thousands evacuate Santorini as earthquakes strike island—Hundreds of earthquakes have rattled the island since Sunday, leading emergency flights to be scheduled.
- + BBC: French man on death row in Indonesia returns home—The 61-year-old, who has cancer, is to be extradited to France on "humanitarian grounds".
- + BBC: Five people shot at education centre in Sweden—The public have been warned to stay away from the scene in Orebro 200km west of Stockholm.
- + BBC: Five people shot at school in central Sweden—The public have been warned to stay away from the scene in Örebro 200km west of Stockholm.
- + BBC: Actress questioned in Turkey over role in French TV thriller—Police are said to be investigating her on suspicion of "promoting terrorist propaganda" in the series.
- + BBC: Thousands evacuate Santorini amid earthquake fears—Hundreds of earthquakes have rattled the island since Sunday, leading emergency flights to be scheduled.
- + BBC: French man on death row in Indonesia to return home—The 61-year-old, who has cancer, is to be extradited to France on "humanitarian grounds".
- + BBC: 'My son was 18 and went to Ukraine as cannon fodder'—James Wilton, from Huddersfield, volunteered to fight so he could make a difference, says his father.
- + BBC: French filmmaker found guilty of abusing child actor Adèle Haenel —Christophe Ruggia was sentenced to two-years house arrest and will have to wear an electronic bracelet.
- + BBC: Pro-Russia paramilitary leader killed in Moscow blast—Armen Sargsyan, the leader of a paramilitary unit wanted by Ukraine, died from his injuries following an explosion on Monday morning.
- + BBC: Spain football kiss 'stained' World Cup win, player tells trial—Luis Rubiales went on trial in Madrid on Monday over the kiss, accused of sexual assault and coercion.
- + BBC: Santorini on alert as tremors rattle Greek island—Authorities advise against gatherings in enclosed spaces following a flurry of seismic activity nearby.
- + BBC: Greenland's dark history - and does it want Trump?—The US president's talk about taking control has come at a time when many on the island are already considering their future
- + CBC Politics: Ottawa defends use of Emergencies Act during convoy protests before Federal Court of Appeal—A lawyer for the federal government says a judge mistakenly concluded it was unreasonable for the government to use the Emergencies Act in 2022 to que...
- + CBC Politics: Aga Khan, leader to millions of Ismaili Muslims, dead at 88—Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims around the world, has died at 88. [Category: News/World]
- + CBC Politics: Aga Khan, leader of Ismaili Muslims, dead at 88—Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims around the world, has died at 88. [Category: News/World]
- + CBC Politics: Aga Khan dead at 88—Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, the spiritual leader of Ismaili Muslims around the world, has died at 88. [Category: News/World]
- + CBC Politics: What's a 'fentanyl czar'? The Canadian government is still figuring that out—When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke to U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday afternoon, he had a new proposition: creating a "fentanyl czar." Wha...
- + CBC Politics: In confidential memo, LeBlanc asks for ideas on how to fight back against U.S. protectionism—Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc has asked his fellow ministers to draw up a list of ideas he can deploy in the planned spring budget to fight back ag...
- + CBC Politics: Poilievre's pivot: Conservatives conducting internal surveys to adapt message—A possible tariff war with the United States, Justin Trudeau's departure and the Liberal leadership race are all upsetting Conservative Leader Pierre ...
- + CBC Politics: The trade war is off — but for how long?—The trade war is off. At least for now. But that is of limited solace. And even if the next deadline somehow comes and goes without the resumption of ...
- + CBC Politics: NATO chief is confident U.S.-Canada trade war wouldn't hurt allied solidarity. Others aren't so sure—For an alliance that prides itself on presenting a united front to Russia, the last few days — even the last few weeks — haven't been kind. [Category:...
- + CBC Politics: With tariff threat paused for now, Poilievre renews call for Parliament to resume—With a historic trade war on pause, at least for now, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is renewing his calls for Parliament to resume sitting. [Ca...
- + CBC Politics: Mexico president says U.S. tariffs on her country delayed for 1 month—Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum says American tariffs on her country have been delayed for a month after a conversation with U.S. President Donald ...
- + CBC Politics: European leaders plot responses to potential Trump tariffs—European leaders warned on Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to expand tariffs to the EU risked setting off a trade war that would caus...
- + CBC Politics: Trump to pause promised tariffs for 30 days after speaking with Trudeau—U.S. President Donald Trump dropped his plan to levy tariffs on Canada for at least 30 days after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a series of commi...
- + CBC Politics: Ontario pausing retaliatory measures after Trump and Trudeau put tariffs on hold
- + CBC Politics: Poilievre pivots focus to reducing provincial barriers as way to deal with trade war—Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Monday that if he becomes prime minister he will implement a plan to boost internal trade in Canada that he ...
- + CBC Politics: Here are all the ways Canada is striking back against Trump's tariffs—U.S. President Donald Trump has declared a trade war on Canada, prompting the federal government, provinces and territories to launch their own counte...
- + CBC Politics: Canada is in a trade war with the U.S. and things could get rough. Here's what to expect—Some Canadian industries have been quick to react to the trade war that began when U.S. President Donald Trump took aim at imports from key trading pa...
- + CBC Politics: What American consumer goods is Canada targeting with counter-tariffs?—The federal government has released a list of American made goods that it will be tariffing starting Tuesday. [Category: News/Politics]
- + CBC Politics: Read Justin Trudeau's speech in response to Trump's tariffs—On Saturday night, shortly after 9 p.m. ET, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered a speech on Parliament Hill announcing Canada's response to a 25 p...
- + CBC Politics: Donald Trump has ruptured the Canada-U.S. relationship. To what end? And what comes next?—Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recalled a solid relationship with the U.S. built on history and necessity as he announced retaliatory tariffs in respon...
- + Covert Action: CovertAction Bulletin: USAID Should Be Shut Down – For Real
- + Covert Action: Immigration and its Discontents: The Coming Struggle
- + Covert Action: Keith Harmon Snow Was a Courageous Investigative Journalist Who Exposed Lies Regarding the Rwandan Genocide
- + Covert Action: American Indian Movement Leader Leonard Peltier Finally Freed from Prison in Last-Minute Move by Biden Administration
- + Covert Action: Donald Trump Revokes Security Clearances of 51 CIA Officers Who Got It Wrong About Hunter Biden Laptop—and So Much Else
- + Covert Action: Trump’s Greenland Takeover Threat Could Cause Denmark, and Other European Countries, To Reclaim their Sovereignty
- + Covert Action: Rwanda Invades DRC on Behalf of Corporate Critical Minerals Supply Chains
- + Covert Action: CovertAction Bulletin – LA Fires: Natural Disaster Made Worse By Capitalism
- + Covert Action: Citizens Tribunal Finds Top U.S. Weapons Contractors Guilty of Participation in Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide
- + Covert Action: Women in the Biden Administration Complicit in the Israeli Genocide of Gaza
- + Covert Action: An Exclusive Interview with Hamas
- + Covert Action: Tom Cotton As New Head of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Is Frank Church’s Worst Nightmare
- + Covert Action: Unmasked: The Secret Life of the Deadliest Arms Dealer Operating with CIA Cover
- + Covert Action: CovertAction Bulletin: Trump Inauguration Met With Nationwide Protests
- + Covert Action: Who Was Antony Sutton?
- + Covert Action: Scandinavians, the World’s Happiest People, Love Killing for the USA – Part V
- + Covert Action: 60 Years After JFK’s Death It Is More and More Apparent that Kennedy Was a Victim of a Palace Coup—Spearheaded by Vice-President Johnson
- + Covert Action: LIVE Webinar – January 13: Intelligence Agencies and Trump – What can we expect?
- + Covert Action: North Korea Has Survived 75 Years of Barbaric Imperial Attack Under the Stewardship of the Much Maligned Kim Dynasty
- + Covert Action: Compatible Left Joins Imperialism in Celebrating Defeat of Syria
- + Egyptian Streets: Art Cairo 2025 Returns to the Grand Egyptian Museum—The sixth edition of Art Cairo, Egypt’s premier art fair, is set to take place from February 8 to 11, 2025, at the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), showca...
- + Egyptian Streets: Egypt and Saudi Arabia’s Trade Increase by 32.7 Percent in 2024—Trade between Egypt and Saudi Arabia has surged to approximately USD 6.5 billion (EGP 327 billion) in 2024, reflecting a growth of 32.7 percent from U...
- + Egyptian Streets: Tour d’Afrique 2025: A Cycling Journey from Cairo to Cape Town—The Tour dAfrique is an annual cycling expedition organized by TDA Global Cycling, a Canadian company based in Toronto. Since its inception in 2003, t...
- + Egyptian Streets: Japan Grants Egypt $1.17 Million to Revamp Cairo Opera House—Japan has granted Egypt USD 1.17 million (EGP 58.9 million) to upgrade the Cairo Opera House’s infrastructure and equipment, in an effort to boost th...
- + Egyptian Streets: ‘Mo’ Season 2 Review: A Bold and Unforgettable Exploration of Identity and Displacement—Few comedies tackle the intricacies of identity, immigration, and displacement with the depth and nuance of Mo. In a television landscape where Palest...
- + Electronic Intifada: EU's Frontex is in denial about how Israel benefits from $192 million drone deal —The Heron is a weapon of genocide. [Category: European Union, Frontex, Israel Aerospace Industries, Airbus, Fabrice Leggeri, National Rally]
- + Electronic Intifada: Why did Israel kill a young man with Down Syndrome?—The family of Ahmad al-Abadlah is still searching for details about the day he was killed by the Israeli military in July 2024. [Category: Gaza genoci...
- + Electronic Intifada: Gaza is not a “thing,” Mr. President—Palestinians have weathered prior Israeli efforts to ethnically cleanse them from Gaza. [Category: Donald Trump, King Abdullah of Jordan, Jared Kushne...
- + Electronic Intifada: Kissing the ground in Gaza's north—We dreamed of this moment for more than a year. [Category: eiGazaDispatches, Jabaliya, northern Gaza]
- + Electronic Intifada: "We will rebuild our lives from scratch" —The destruction was visible everywhere as hundreds of thousands walked toward their homes in north Gaza. [Category: Jabaliya refugee camp, Abdallah al...
- + Euractiv: Fake news fightback needs open-source investigations, new media literacy strategy [Advocacy Lab Content]—In experiments to curb fake news sharing, researchers found that directly reducing anger in the moment had little effect; but encouraging personal age...
- + Euractiv: Countering fake news needs open-source investigations, new media literacy strategy [Advocacy Lab Content]—In experiments to curb fake news sharing, researchers found that directly reducing anger in the moment had little effect; but encouraging personal age...
- + Euractiv: Swedish drug agency’s new pricing model surprises, concerns patient and pharma groups—A new drug reimbursement principle is seen as a significant departure from value-based pricing. Despite concerns, the new pricing system could increas...
- + Euractiv: Carbon farming could reduce agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2030, time to scale up? [Advocacy Lab Content]—Carbon farming has emerged as a crucial strategy in the European Union's efforts to combat climate change and achieve climate neutrality by 2050. [Cat...
- + Euractiv: Getting competitive, and green, with Europe’s carbon capture and storage [Advocacy Lab Content]—In a new special report, Euractiv takes a deep dive into the carbon capture and storage issues facing Europe as it seeks to boost competitiveness. [Ca...
- + Euractiv: The Brief – Trump’s methodless madness—The US president’s recent actions suggest his trade strategy is ultimately incoherent.
- + Euractiv: Greenland heads for early election amid geopolitical spat over country’s future —Recent polls have shown that while the vast majority of Greenlanders are in favour of independence, few are willing to compromise their standard of li...
- + Euractiv: Slovakia’s Fico tones down defence spending opposition after summit—But Slovakia should be able to spend EU defence funds on "dual-purpose projects" like roads and bridges, Fico added.
- + Euractiv: Would-be German farm minister calls for fairness in trade—Euractiv sat down with Günther Felßner, Germany's likely agriculture minister to discuss his priorities. [Category: agriculture, biogas, CAP, EU-Merco...
- + Euractiv: Commission shares AI Act prohibition guidelines, but doesn’t define ‘AI’—The definition of AI under the law will be clarified "just a little bit later," a Commission official said. [Category: AI (Artificial Intelligence), A...
- + Euractiv: Von der Leyen and Costa to visit UK on 19 May—The British prime minister's office confirmed the visit in a statement on Tuesday. [Category: Antonio Costa, Brexit, Britain, EU, Keir Starmer, United...
- + Euractiv: European shipowners helped build Russia’s shadow fleet, investigation says—Western companies had a role in supplying ships and crew for evasion of sanctions on Russian oil, the investigation shows.
- + Euractiv: Insect food market is losing its buzz—Insect proteins arrived on the EU market in 2021. Just a few years later, producers are in dire straits.
- + Euractiv: The tech report that threatens the Parliament’s far-right firewall—French far-right lawmaker Sarah Knafo is holding the pen on a report on the EU's dependence on foreign tech. [Category: Alexandra Geese, Cordon Sanita...
- + Euractiv: Disgraced former Chancellor Schröder is being treated for burnout —The illness has prevented Schröder's appearance in front of a hearing committee on his role in the construction of Germany's controversial Nord Stream...
- + Euractiv: Stoltenberg shelves international plans to take on finance minister role—Stoltenberg could be just what Norway needs to ease tensions with the EU and for his Labour Party to make a solid comeback.
- + Euractiv: Many EU countries are not yet worried about deadly floods—From submitting national plans late to failing to include quantitative targets, countries still focus on reactive protection measures against floods.
- + Le Monde: The bloody rebirth of Bangladesh—Sheikh Hasina's narrative of progress masked a different reality, one of inequality, corruption and state violence. Now she's been ousted, can Banglad...
- + Long War Journal: Drone attack targets gas field in northern Iraq—On February 2, a drone targeted the Khor Mor gas field in the autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Dana Gas, which runs the facility, said that operat...
- + Long War Journal: Analysis: Naim Qassem announces the date of Nasrallah’s funeral—Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem gave a speech to mark the onset of the month of Shaban, in which he announced the date of Hassan Nasrallah’s f...
- + Long War Journal: North Korean troops pull back in Kursk as Pyongyang prepares fresh deployment, officials say—North Korean troops in Russia’s Kursk region have pulled back from the front lines following heavy losses, US and Ukrainian officials say, while Pyong...
- + Long War Journal: US airstrike kills Al Qaeda operative in Syria—CENTCOM described Muhammad Salah al Zabir as “a senior operative in the terrorist organization Hurras al-Din.” The strike takes place less than two we...
- + Long War Journal: Syria appoints new president amid widespread diplomatic engagement efforts—On January 29, Ahmed al Sharaa was declared the new president of Syria in the transitional government that came into power after the collapse of the A...
- + Long War Journal: Hamas confirms the death of Mohammad Deif and other senior leaders—After many months of keeping silent on the matter, Hamas announced the death of seven of the organization’s senior leaders, including longtime militar...
- + Long War Journal: Ahmad al Sharaa’s Victory Conference: Syria’s new era and an exclusive translation of Sharaa’s speech—Syria’s new leaders hosted a conference at which Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS) leader Ahmad al Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al Jolani) was appointed as the presi...
- + Mondoweiss: Trump reiterates plan to remove Palestinians from Gaza following Netanyahu meeting at White House—On Tuesday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu became the first foreign leader to meet Donald Trump in The White House during his second term. D...
- + Mondoweiss: Curfews, demolitions and airstrikes: Israel expands West Bank offensive to Tulkarem, Jordan Valley—Palestinians say life has been "paralyzed" as Israel expands its military operations to Tulkarem and the northern Jordan Valley. Ground troops have be...
- + Mondoweiss: As part of West Bank offensive, Israel conducts largest demolition in years—The Israeli army is expanding its offensive in the northern West Bank and employing some of the same tactics that it has used in Gaza over the past 15...
- + Pravda Report: Azerbaijan Airlines air crash report reveals penetrating damage to fuselage—Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Transport has released a preliminary report on the crash of an Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) aircraft in Aktau. The 53-page docu...
- + Pravda Report: High-ranking official found dead in Petrozavodsk—A high-ranking official was found dead near the building of the Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) of Karelia on Varkausa Embankment in Petrozavodsk. ...
- + Pravda Report: Russia to build road bridge to North Korea by 2027—A road bridge connecting Russia and North Korea is set to be built by 2027, according to an order from Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. The order was...
- + Pravda Report: Ukraine builds up forces near Russia's Belgorod—The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) have built up troops near the border with Russia's Belgorod region, potentially indicating preparations for a new st...
- + Pravda Report: Armen Sarkisyan assassination in Moscow: Business revenge—The suicide bomber who killed Armen Sarkisyan, the founder of the Arbat Battalion, in the lobby of the Alye Parusa luxury residential complex in Mosco...
- + Pravda Report: Mitsubishi Motors braces for sharp profit decline—Japanese auto giant Mitsubishi Motors is preparing for a sharp decline in profits for the current financial year, Interfax reports with reference to c...
- + Pravda Report: Zbigniew Brzezinski in 1992: Russia-Ukraine conflict would be destructive for both sides—In 1992, Zbigniew Brzezinski gave an interview to a Moscow-based publication, in which he spoke about the likelihood of a conflict between Russia and ...
- + Pravda Report: Moscow dislikes idea of Trump's rare earth metals deal with Ukraine—The United States has effectively proposed that Ukraine purchase American aid, and the conflict could be resolved if aid were stopped altogether, Krem...
- + Pravda Report: The beneficiary of the global tariff war: The United States—The United States stands to gain the most from the tariff war. Tax revenues will increase significantly, and tariffs will serve as a tool for economic...
- + Pravda Report: Explosion in Moscow: Ukrainian special forces eliminate yet another target—On Monday, February 3, an explosion rocked the Alye Parusa luxury residential complex in Moscow, resulting in casualties and fatalities. Armen Sarkisy...
- + Pravda Report: Someone needs to save Bianca Censori from Kanye West's madness—Kanye West’s wife, Australian model Bianca Censori, stunned everyone at the Grammy Awards by putting on an unexpected show of nudity. She arrived on t...
- + Pravda Report: Trump pressures Panama to cut ties with China and cede control of Canal to US—Less than a month after his inauguration, President Donald Trump successfully pressured the Panamanian government to accept White House terms and push...
- + Pravda Report: USAID to be shut down — Elon Musk—The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will be dissolved, Elon Musk said during a discussion on the operations of the Departme...
- + Pravda Report: Spanish Foreign Minister: Ukraine will cease to exist should it lose the conflict—If Kyiv is defeated in the conflict, Ukraine will cease to exist, Spanish Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares said at an event organized by Europa Pr...
- + Pravda Report: Russia pledges to punish those responsible for bombing boarding school in Sudzha—The Investigative Committee of Russia identified those responsible for the attack on the boarding school in the city of Sudzha, the Kursk region. Acco...
- + Pravda Report: Explosion at Moscow elite residential complex: Founder of Arbat battalion killed—On Monday morning, February 3, an explosion occurred in the elite Alye Parusa (Scarlet Sails) residential complex in northwestern Moscow. An improvise...
- + Pravda Report: US Congress funds $50 million worth of condoms for Gaza Strip—One of the first executive orders issued by U.S. President Donald Trump was aimed at freezing foreign aid. Secretary of State Marco Rubio explained th...
- + Pravda Report: Russian general: Su-57 fifth-generation fighter outperforms both F-22 Raptor and F-35—Russia's Sukhoi Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jet surpasses the American F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II in maneuverability, Retired Major General ...
- + Pravda Report: Black Hawk transgender pilot crashed helicopter protesting against Trump—One of the pilots of the Black Hawk military helicopter, which collided with a passenger plane over Washington DC on January 30, could be Jo Ellis, a ...
- + Pravda Report: Ukraine will be divided between neighbours – Romanian presidential candidate—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is a semi-dictator who prioritizes his own interests over national ones, Romanian presidential candidate Călin ...
- + Pro Publica: Hoping to “Trump Proof” Students’ Civil Rights, Illinois Lawmakers Aim to End Police Ticketing at School—by Jodi S. Cohen and Jennifer Smith Richards ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of p...
- + Pro Publica: Want to Report on Homelessness? Here’s What Our Sources Taught Us About Engaging Responsibly.—by Asia Fields, with Maya Miller, Nicole Santa Cruz and Ruth Talbot ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that ...
- + Pro Publica: “We Will Fight Back”: Aid Workers Fear Closing a Camp on the Arizona Border Will Endanger Migrants—by Rafael Carranza, Arizona Luminaria, photography by Cengiz Yar, ProPublica This article was produced ...
- + Pro Publica: How Climate Change Could Upend the American Dream—by Abrahm Lustgarten Houses in the Altadena and Pacific Palisades neighborhoods were still ablaze when talk turned to the...
- + Pro Publica: “People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s Not True.—by Brett Murphy and Anna Maria Barry-Jester ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of po...
- + Pro Publica: ICE Enforcement Official Tapped to Lead Unaccompanied Migrant Children Office, Triggering Alarms—by Annie Waldman and Mica Rosenberg ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sig...
- + Pro Publica: ProPublica’s Coverage of Donald Trump’s Appointments — and How They Could Reshape Federal Agencies—by ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our bi...
- + Pro Publica: Boxed Up: A Portrait of an Immigrant Community Living Under Threat of Deportation—by Melissa Sanchez, photography by Benjamin Rasmussen for ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that ...
- + Pro Publica: The Rewriting of a Pioneering Female Astronomer’s Legacy Shows How Far Trump’s DEI Purge Will Go—by Lisa Song ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our big...
- + Pro Publica: To Pay for Trump Tax Cuts, House GOP Floats Plan to Slash Benefits for the Poor and Working Class—by Robert Faturechi and Justin Elliott ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. ...
- + Pro Publica: In the Wild West of School Voucher Expansions, States Rely on Untested Companies, With Mixed Results—by Alec MacGillis ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive ou...
- + Pro Publica: A Defense Department Directive to Expand Access to Military Courts Falls Short of Federal Law’s Requirements—by Ziva Branstetter ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive ...
- + Pro Publica: How Many Students Have Been Expelled Under Tennessee’s School Threats Law? There’s No Clear Answer.—by Aliyya Swaby ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches,...
- + Pro Publica: They Followed North Carolina Election Rules When They Cast Their Ballots. Now Their Votes Could Be Tossed Anyway.—by Doug Bock Clark ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatch...
- + Pro Publica: Dozens of People Died in Arizona Sober Living Homes as State Officials Fumbled Medicaid Fraud Response—by Mary Hudetz, ProPublica, and Hannah Bassett, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting ProPublica is a no...
- + Pro Publica: Madison and Nashville School Shooters Appear to Have Crossed Paths in Online Extremist Communities—by Phoebe Petrovic, Wisconsin Watch This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership wit...
- + Pro Publica: Insurers Failed to Comply With Mental Health Coverage Law, Department of Labor Report Finds—by Duaa Eldeib, Maya Miller, Annie Waldman and Max Blau ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates ...
- + Pro Publica: North Dakota Sued the Interior Department at Least Five Times Under Gov. Doug Burgum. Now He’s Set to Run the Agency.—by Mary Steurer, North Dakota Monitor, and Mark Olalde, ProPublica This article was produced for ProPub...
- + Pro Publica: This Icebreaker Has Design Problems and a History of Failure. It’s America’s Latest Military Vessel.—by McKenzie Funk ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches...
- + Pro Publica: Is a New Mississippi Law Decreasing Jailings of People Awaiting Mental Health Treatment? The State Doesn’t Know.—by Gwen Dilworth, Mississippi Today This article was produced by Mississippi Today, which was a member ...
- + Raw Story: 'Shocking': Expert floored as Trump tries to 'gut' CIA — while floating Gaza takeover—A journalist, historian, and author called an eye-popping new report "shocking" that the CIA offered buyouts to its entire workforce Tuesday in hopes ...
- + Raw Story: MSNBC's Rachel Maddow flags 'clear case' of 'stupidity problem' with Trump agenda—President Donald Trump’s new anti-diversity executive order is off to a rocky start, according to MSNBC host Rachel Maddow, who flagged a crucial snag...
- + Raw Story: 'Brush up on our laws': Ilhan Omar claps back after Elon Musk pushes edited video of her—Tech billionaire Elon Musk sicced his far-right followers on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) this week, over clearly edited video footage purporting to show he...
- + Raw Story: CIA offers buyouts to entire workforce as it seeks to infuse 'renewed energy': report—The CIA, America's decades-old civilian foreign intelligence service tasked with intelligence gathering around the world, joined other federal agencie...
- + Raw Story: Top climate scientist declares 2C climate goal 'dead'—Holding long-term global warming to two degrees Celsius -- the fallback target of the Paris climate accord -- is now "impossible," according to a star...
- + Raw Story: Google shares slide on spending plans despite sales jump—by Alex PIGMANGoogle's parent company Alphabet on Tuesday reported revenue jumped in the recently-ended quarter, but shares sank on concerns it may be...
- + Raw Story: Man convicted of pastor's murder to be executed in Texas—by Cecile Clocheret and Francois PicardA Texas man is to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday for the 2011 murder of a pastor that he insists ...
- + Raw Story: 'Can't understand a word': Trump ducks reporter's question citing her 'beautiful accent'—President Donald Trump told a female reporter from Afghanistan during his news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday th...
- + Raw Story: ‘Preposterous’: CNN anchor slams Trump's latest 'illegal' suggestion—President Donald Trump’s eyebrow-raising support for removing Palestinians from Gaza and relocating them elsewhere was subjected to a cold slap of rea...
- + Raw Story: ‘Blind to what’s happening on his watch’: Rubio slammed over ‘cheap shot’ at aid groups—U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is facing backlash after criticizing charity workers and nonprofit organizations striving to deliver essential, li...
- + Raw Story: All 67 bodies from Washington air disaster now recovered—Salvage crews have recovered the bodies of all 67 people killed when a passenger plane and a US Army helicopter collided near Washington and plunged i...
- + Raw Story: Trump-ordered water release wasted billions of gallons: experts—Donald Trump's demand for billions of gallons (liters) of water to be released in California, in what he said was a move to help combat fires in Los A...
- + Raw Story: Leaders 'should respect' wishes of Palestinians to stay in Gaza: Palestinian UN envoy—World leaders and people should respect Palestinians' desire to remain in Gaza, the Palestinian envoy to the United Nations said Tuesday, after US Pre...
- + Raw Story: US Treasury says Musk team has 'read-only' access to payments data—The US Treasury said Tuesday that Elon Musk's government reform team can read data from its highly sensitive payment system but not alter it, after De...
- + Raw Story: Netflix drops 'Emilia Perez' star Oscar bid over offensive posts: reports—Netflix has dropped Karla Sofia Gascon, the star of "Emilia Perez," from its high-profile Oscars campaign and distanced itself from the best actress n...
- + Raw Story: 'Am I having a stroke?' Trump stuns Internet with suggestion US 'own' Gaza Strip—President Donald Trump's suggestion that the U.S. could take over the Gaza Strip — and move Palestinians out of Gaza — left the internet stunned Tuesd...
- + Raw Story: Pam Bondi confirmed as Trump's attorney general—The Senate has officially confirmed former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to serve as President Donald Trump's Attorney General.The move comes aft...
- + Raw Story: Proud Boys must give up rights to their trademark to Black church they vandalized: report—The Proud Boys have lost their rights to profit off their name — to a Black church.According to The New York Times, the far-right group "was stripped ...
- + Raw Story: Experts warn Dems falling for Trump and Musk's 'trap': 'Don’t swing at every pitch'—Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill are getting caught in a political web created by President Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s showdown over U.S. foreig...
- + Raw Story: 'We'll own it': Trump floats US taking Gaza and turning it into Middle East 'Riviera'—President Donald Trump turned heads Tuesday afternoon when he suggested the United States could take over the Gaza Strip and turn it from a "demolitio...
- + Responsible State Craft: North Korean soldiers in Russia: Were they ever there?—We still don’t know for sure if there are North Korean troops fighting in Russia against Ukrainian forces. Perhaps we never will. But Ukraine’s case f...
- + Responsible State Craft: Trump floors supporters with US 'own' and 'rebuild' Gaza plan—From his days as a scrappy 2016 candidate in the wake of the 9/11 "forever wars" Trump has been pretty adamant that the United States should not be in...
- + Responsible State Craft: Trump stuns: Top Iranians 'do not want...a nuclear weapon'—Most headlines today will rightfully focus on Donald Trump’s shocking declaration that the United States is going to take over Gaza. America has commi...
- + Responsible State Craft: Virginia House passes Defend the Guard 99-0—The Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill on Tuesday that bars the deployment of Virginia’s National Guard into active combat in a conflict that C...
- + Responsible State Craft: Welcome to the 'Lobby Horse'—“I don’t need anybody’s money…I’m not using the lobbyists. I’m not using the donors,” proudly proclaimed Donald Trump in his 2016 campaign for preside...
- + Responsible State Craft: Netanyahu at the White House: Can he read the new room?—As President Trump prepares to receive Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and as the Gaza ceasefire deal enters its third week, fragility is it...
- + Responsible State Craft: Israel to receive $1 billion in bombs and bulldozers from Trump—President Trump paused most foreign aid programs in January but is now asking Congress to approve $1 billion worth of bombs and demolition equipment t...
- + Responsible State Craft: What Rubio said about multipolarity should get more attention—I almost fell off my chair listening to Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s recent interview with former Fox News host Megyn Kelly where he declared unip...
- + Responsible State Craft: Whiplash: Trump says tariffs on Mexico, Canada delayed—In a whiplash series of moves, President Donald Trump imposed swinging tariffs on Mexico, Canada, and China over the weekend, before announcing they w...
- + Responsible State Craft: The 'rivalry peril' with China: toxic cold war is where we are headed—There is a bipartisan hawkish China consensus in Washington that has formed over the last fifteen years. Members of both parties are quick to link the...
- + Responsible State Craft: DRC conflict: Trump's first big challenge in Africa—Among the challenges facing newly appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio is the recent explosion in the long-simmering conflict between the Democrat...
- + Responsible State Craft: Dr. Kurosawa (and how we can learn to fear the bomb again)—When did people stop fearing nuclear armageddon?That’s what it can feel like, watching the movies of the last 25 years or so. When is the last time yo...
- + Responsible State Craft: Trump: 'We're not involved in Syria, they got their own mess'—In response to a question about foreign reports that he is ordering U.S. troops out of Syria, Trump said Thursday that he did not know where that came...
- + Responsible State Craft: John Sullivan: Biden’s Failed Diplomat in Moscow—Donald Trump is once again the president and there is no greater foreign policy challenge he has promised to tackle than how to resolve the Russia-Ukr...
- + Responsible State Craft: Diplomacy Watch: Putin and Zelenskyy say each other is the holdout—Russian and Ukrainian leaders appear to be goading one another as to who is and who isn’t ready to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine. Russian For...
- + Responsible State Craft: Recalibration or Retreat? Russia's shifting Africa strategy—After a whirlwind two-year expansion into the Sahel, 2024 saw a number of setbacks for Russian military operations. The Russian private military compa...
- + Responsible State Craft: Snowden, Snowden, Snowden! Tulsi grilled on little else—Though well ensconced at home in Russia, accused leaker and U.S. defector Edward Snowden nonetheless took center stage at former Hawaii Congresswoman ...
- + Responsible State Craft: If Trump wants to 'denuclearize' then let's help him—Throughout his time in public life, Donald Trump has been nothing if not unpredictable. His public statements can be all over the map, and predicting ...
- + Responsible State Craft: F-35 crashes same day Lockheed CEO touts its success—The CEO of the world’s largest weapons company, Lockheed Martin, and the manufacturer of the U.S. military’s most expensive weapon system, the F-35 st...
- + Responsible State Craft: Why the intel community needs Tulsi (but is too blind to know it)—As it weighs the nomination of Tulsi Gabbard for the position of Director of National Intelligence, the United States Senate faces a fundamental choic...
- + Russia Times: Trump’s Gaza plan could ‘change history’ – Netanyahu—The US president envisions a “long-term ownership” of the enclave, resettling the Palestinians in other states US President Donald Tr...
- + Russia Times: Trump announced he wants US to ‘own’ Gaza: As it happened—The US president plans to demolish the enclave and resettle Palestinians elsewhere US President Donald Trump has proposed that the Un...
- + Russia Times: Trump wants US to ‘own’ Gaza: LIVE UPDATES—The US president plans to demolish the enclave and resettle Palestinians elsewhere US President Donald Trump has proposed that the ...
- + Russia Times: Syria’s new leaders are ‘polite jihadists’ – Israel—Militant groups led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham took power in Damascus in December, toppling the government of Bashar Assad The Syrian tr...
- + Russia Times: US will ‘take over’ Gaza – Trump—The US president announced a plan to raze the Palestinian enclave and turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” for the “people of the world” ...
- + Russia Times: Trump says US will ‘take over’ Gaza Strip—The US president announced a plan to raze the Palestinian enclave and turn it into the “Riviera of the Middle East” for the “people of the world” ...
- + Russia Times: Trump says US will ‘take over’ Gaza—The US president announced a plan to “level” and rebuild the Palestinian enclave US President Donald Trump has announced that the Uni...
- + Russia Times: Palestinians should relocate to a ‘beautiful’ place – Trump—The US president has doubled down on his Gaza resettlement idea during a meeting with the Israeli PM President Donald Trump, during a...
- + Russia Times: RFK Jr. moves closer to becoming US health chief—His nomination now proceeds to a full Senate vote, where Republicans hold a majority Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has moved closer to becomi...
- + Russia Times: RFK Jr. clears key vote to become US health chief—The nomination now proceeds to a full Senate vote, where Republicans hold a majority Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has moved closer to becomi...
- + Russia Times: Tulsi Gabbard advances toward confirmation as intel chief—The former Democratic congresswoman has secured a key Senate committee approval Former Democratic congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has sec...
- + Russia Times: Preliminary report on Russia-bound airliner crash released—Numerous “foreign objects” have been recovered from the wreckage of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in December under unclear circumstances...
- + Russia Times: Biden spent billions promoting illegal immigration – Musk—The billionaire accused the former US president of using taxpayer money to support unlawful border crossings Elon Musk has accused th...
- + Russia Times: Zelensky says he’s ready for talks with Putin—The Ukrainian leader has stated he considers the Russian president “an enemy” and believes the feeling is mutual Ukrainian leader Vla...
- + Russia Times: Zelensky calls for nukes to ‘stop Russia’—Nuclear weapons and missile systems would be the only adequate substitutes to NATO membership, the Ukrainian leader has claimed Ukrai...
- + Russia Times: New Syrian leader rules out elections for at least four years—Ahmed al-Sharaa has said the country needs time to establish a political system and rebuild its infrastructure Syria’s transiti...
- + Russia Times: Member state tells EU it won’t take migrants—Poland has reiterated its opposition to the new bloc-wide policy regarding asylum seekers The Polish government is firmly opposed to ...
- + Russia Times: Moscow hasn’t received samples from Russia-bound flight’s crash site – RT source—Multiple “foreign objects” were found inside the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed late last year, yet Russia has still received none of them ...
- + Russia Times: African nations gaining prominence in global affairs – Lavrov—The Russian foreign minister has reaffirmed Moscow’s commitment to strengthening partnerships with Africa African countries are playi...
- + Russia Times: FBI’s UFO hunters fear Trump layoffs – Politico—The president has required all agents to fill out a questionnaire disclosing what role they played in the January 6 probes FBI agents...
- + South Front: Military Situation In Syria On February 4, 2025 (Map Update)—Click to see full-size image On Jan 4, Syrian Interim President Abu Muhammad al-Julani traveled to Turkey to meet with Turkish President Tayyip Erd...
- + South Front: Ukrainian Nazis Launched Strikes On School Bus, Markets, Other Civilian Targets—Illustrative Image Ukrainian Nazis continue precise attacks on civilians in the regions that Kiev lost. Ukrainian war crimes against the Russian popu...
- + South Front: Kiev Turned Ukraine Into Colony—To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video ...
- + South Front: Fight Global Censorship: Support SouthFront!—Dear Friends, Despite the severe pressure on SouthFront, our Team continues its work, covering military and political developments in various war-tor...
- + South Front: Military Situation In Ukraine On February 4, 2025 (Map Update)—Click to see full-size image Russian strikes destroyed targets in the Sumy region; Russian strikes destroyed targets in the Kharkiv region; Russi...
- + Sputnik: Russia Yet To Receive Samples from AZAL Plane Fuselage—"The Russian side hasn't received samples of external objects found in the fuselage of the plane for examination," RT reports, citing source in Russia...
- + Sputnik: USAID Will Continue Regime Change Ops on Behalf of CIA – Former US Marine—USAID's controversial activities – along with its partnerships with George Soros' Open Society and similar entities – have been exposed in recent year...
- + Sputnik: Yalta Conference at 80: How 'Big Three' Shaped Postwar World Order—February 4, 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the Yalta Conference, where leaders Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and Joseph Stal...
- + Sputnik: 80th Anniversary of Yalta Conference—February 4, 2025 marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the Yalta Conference, where leaders Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and Joseph Stal...
- + Sputnik: De-Dollarization Trend Will Persist Despite Trump’s Opposition—The shift towards national currencies and a multipolar world is here to stay, says Lillie Ferriol Prat, a research assistant at the South African DUT ...
- + Sputnik: USAID's Billion-Dollar Support for Ukraine’s Color Revolutions Unveiled—Disguised as funding ‘civil society’ and ‘promoting democracy’, USAID was used to fuel civil unrest for US-backed regime change – including the 2004 ‘...
- + Sputnik: USAID's Billion-Dollar Support for Ukraine’s Color Revolutions—Disguised as funding ‘civil society’ and ‘democracy promotion’, USAID was used to fuel civil unrest for US-backed regime change – including the 2004 ‘...
- + Sputnik: Trump’s Crypto Play ‘Thinly Veiled Attempt’ to Mimic’s FDR’s Gold Standard Strategy—President Trump's announcement of new tariffs against Canada, Mexico and China has perturbed the crypto market, undermining the administration's ambit...
- + Sputnik: USAID: Soros' Secret Cash Cow—Is US taxpayer money fueling George Soros' global influence? Let's find out.
- + Sputnik: Why Was USAID Kicked Out of Russia?—President Trump has promised to “make a decision” on USAID’s future after getting rid of the “radical lunatics” running it after DOGE chief Elon Musk ...
- + Sputnik: Why was USAID kicked out of Russia?—President Trump has promised to “make a decision” on USAID’s future after getting rid of the “radical lunatics” running it after DOGE chief Elon Musk ...
- + TASS: US ready to take over Gaza, start rebuilding it — Trump—The US government is examining the possibility of long-term ownership of the Gaza Strip, the US president said [Category: World, Middle East conflict]
- + TASS: US wants to strike 'a very good deal' with Iran — Trump—At the same time, he warned that Washington will not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons [Category: World]
- + TASS: US wants to strike ‘a very good deal’ with Iran — Trump—At the same time, he warned that Washington will not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons [Category: World]
- + TASS: Finnish foreign minister does not view Baltic cable ruptures as accident—At the same time, Elina Valtonen emphasized that the Finnish government continues its investigation [Category: World]
- + TASS: Trump stops short of reaffirming two-state solution for Middle East conflict—At a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after bilateral talks, Trump was asked whether his plans to relocate Palesti...
- + TASS: Zelensky estimates Ukraine’s military losses at 45,100—In his words, around 390,000 cases of injuries were reported [Category: World, Military operation in Ukraine]
- + TASS: Hamas rejects Trump’s proposal on relocation of Palestinians from Gaza—Radical Palestinian movement described the proposal as an "outrageous attempt to eradicate the Palestinian cause" [Category: World, Middle East confli...
- + TASS: Trump counts on resolving Ukrainian conflict soon—"We're going to hopefully get that one done at some point in the not too distant future," the president said [Category: World, Military operation in U...
- + TASS: Divers find bodies of all US plane crash victims—By now, 66 bodies have already been identified, CBS reported [Category: Emergencies ]
- + TASS: US in very constructive talks with Russia, Ukraine — Trump—"I think something will be, hopefully dramatically, it will rise about everything," he added [Category: World]
- + TASS: Trump says he plans to visit Israel, Gaza Strip, Saudi Arabia—He did not elaborate on timeframes [Category: World]
- + TASS: US to announce its position on West Bank within next month — Trump—He added that he will likely be "making an announcement" on the subject within the next four weeks [Category: World, Middle East conflict]
- + TASS: Russian human rights commissioner urges UN to react to Kiev’s attack on school bus—Moskalkova said that the fact that the collective West remained tight-lipped on the matter of Kiev’s war crimes raises eyebrows [Category: FOREIGN POL...
- + TASS: AZAL plane that crashed in Kazakhstan was deemed airworthy in 2024—Its certificate of airworthiness was issued on July 16, 2013 by Azerbaijan’s civil aviation authority, and was extended on October 18, 2024 [Category:...
- + TASS: US Senate’s committee supports Tulsi Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence—Trump nominated Gabbard to the post on November 13, 2024 [Category: World]
- + TASS: Ukrainian sources put number of desertion cases at around 200,000—Ukraine has no official statistics on such cases at present, said Ukrainian lawyer Vladislav Mikhaylenko [Category: World, Military operation in Ukrai...
- + TASS: White House has nothing to announce on possible venue of Putin-Trump meeting—Previously, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said he had nothing to announce with regard to the Putin-Trump meeting [Category: World...
- + TASS: Trump to put nearly all USAID staff in Washington on leave — Politico—According to the report, some 1,400 people will be notified about their leave Tuesday, while about 600 were placed on leave starting Sunday night [Cat...
- + TASS: Trump signs order pulling US from UN rights body, Palestinian relief agency—Previously, Politico reported that Trump would stop US engagement with the UNHRC and UNRWA [Category: World]
- + TASS: Palestinian president to attend Victory Day parade in Moscow on May 9 — ambassador—Russian Presidential Aide Yury Ushakov said earlier that invitations were sent to "many countries" [Category: World]
- + The Cradle: Trump repeats call for complete ethnic cleansing of Gaza after Netanyahu meeting—The US president claims 'really rich nations' are prepared to fund the forced displacement of over two million Palestinians to other countries [Author...
- + The Cradle: Erdogan hosts Syrias de facto president, offers support to rebuild—Self-appointed Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa met with Erdogan as part of the first visit of a Syrian official to Ankara in 13 years [Author: News D...
- + The Cradle: Large majority of Israelis agree with Trumps call to clean out Gaza, oppose Palestinian state: Poll—The US president has repeatedly called for Palestinians to be expelled to Jordan and Egypt, calling Gaza a 'demolition zone' [Author: News Desk] [Cate...
- + The Cradle: Hamas says Israel ‘blocking humanitarian protocol’ as talks begin for phase two of Gaza ceasefire—Israel has barred essentials from entering the strip, including tents and equipment for recovering bodies from the rubble [Author: News Desk] [Categor...
- + The Cradle: Turkiye receives Palestinian prisoners exiled by Israel—Israel demanded the released Palestinians be deported from Gaza and the occupied West Bank to Egypt as part of the ceasefire deal [Author: News Desk] ...
- + The Cradle: Palestinian statehood ‘key to resolve all issues’ in West Asia: Lavrov—The Russian foreign minister has accused Israel of violating the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip [Author: News Desk] [Category: News]
- + The Cradle: Trump approves $1 billion in new bombs, armored bulldozers for Israel—Prime Minister Netanyahu is in Washington to push Trump to approve an additional arms transfer of $8 billion in new bombs, missiles, and artillery rou...
- + The Cradle: For Israels criminal soldiers, nowhere to run, nowhere to hide—The Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF) is leading a global legal campaign against Israeli soldiers involved in war crimes, increasingly forcing these troops ...
- + The Cradle: Lebanon demands ‘firm stance’ from UNSC over Israeli ceasefire violations—The Lebanese government’s complaint to the Security Council comes as Israeli troops continue to torch homes and uproot trees in south Lebanon [Author:...
- + The Cradle: Lone resistance fighter storms Israeli army post in West Bank, shooting several soldiers—At least eight soldiers were injured in the operation, in which a Palestinian fighter took control of an Israeli watchtower [Author: News Desk] [Categ...
- + The Cradle: Hamas ready for second phase of Gaza ceasefire talks, warns against Israeli stalling tactics—The second phase is meant to lead to a permanent end to the war even as President Trump calls for the ethnic cleansing of Gaza [Author: News Desk] [Ca...
- + The Cradle: Kremlin considers KSA, UAE as possible venues for Putin–Trump summit: Report—US President Trump claims he seeks to end the war between Russia and Ukraine [Author: News Desk] [Category: News]
- + The Cradle: Gaza death toll surges by over 14,000 as rescuers find more bodies under rubble—According to Gaza's Health Ministry, Israel's war on the strip claimed at least 61,000 lives, including over 17,000 children [Author: News Desk] [Cate...
- + The Cradle: Turkiye plans to establish military bases in Syria: Report—Ankara reportedly plans to train government forces and help establish a new Syrian Air Force [Author: News Desk] [Category: News]
- + The Cradle: White House looks to shutdown US aid agency behind regime change ops worldwide—Trump supporters say USAID is staffed by democrats who sought to impeach the president during his first term in office [Author: News Desk] [Category: ...
- + The Cradle: Palestinian Authority assumes control of Rafah border crossing: Report—Israel’s prime minister recently denied that the authority would control the Rafah crossing, which has been operational for two days [Author: News Des...
- + The Cradle: West Bank witnesses ‘replication of Gaza’ as Israel displaces thousands—Over 3,000 civilians have been evacuated from Jenin and Tulkarem by the Palestinian Red Crescent in just a few days [Author: News Desk] [Category: New...
- + The Cradle: In the West Bank, another Gaza genocide unfolds—Israel, in collusion with the Palestinian Authority, is executing a coordinated crackdown in the occupied West Bank that mirrors its war on Gaza, usin...
- + The Cradle: Massive car bomb kills at least 21 in northern Syria’s Manbij —The bombing hit an area where Turkish-backed fighters and US-backed Kurdish militants have been engaged in fierce clashes for control of the Aleppo co...
- + The War Zone: USS Gerald R. Ford Was Still Struggling With Its Dual Band Radar Prior To Deployment—The dual-band radar (DBR) aboard the Navy aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), the ships primary sensor system, struggled to perform during a...
- + The War Zone: Russia’s Modernized Nuclear Battlecruiser Finally Powers Up Its Reactors: Report—The hugely delayed effort to return the Russian Navy’s nuclear-powered battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov to service is finally yielding some tangible res...
- + The War Zone: RC-135 Rivet Joint Surveillance Jet Just Flew Unprecedented Mission Off Mexico—A U.S. Air Force RC-135V Rivet Joint conducted a highly unusual flight in the Gulf of California yesterday, between Mexicos Baja Peninsula and the res...
- + The War Zone: Pentagon Still Unsure About Lethality Of Dark Eagle Hypersonic Missile—The U.S. Department of Defense has disclosed that it’s still unclear about the lethal effects of the hypersonic missile that’s at the center of the Ar...
- + The War Zone: How Trump Could Use Military Force Against Cartels In Mexico—President Donald Trump, who has frequently suggested he might use U.S. military force against the cartels in Mexico, currently has options to do so. H...
- + The War Zone: VH-92 Patriot Fully Taking Over Marine One Duties Has Slipped To End Of Decade—The U.S. Marine Corps transition to the VH-92A Patriot as its only helicopter for use in the Marine One role shuttling the president, the vice preside...
- + The War Zone: Infrared Seeker For APKWS Guided Rockets Is In The Works—Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System II, better known simply as APKWS, is slated to be demonstrated with a passive infrared seeker. The news cam...
- + The War Zone: Navy HELIOS Laser Aboard USS Preble Zaps Drone In Latest Test—The Navy has disclosed that the Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Preble successfully test-fired its High-Energy Laser with Integrated Optical Dazzler...
- + The War Zone: F/A-18’s Infrared Search And Track System Has “Significant Reliability Problems”—The U.S. Navy’s podded Infrared Search And Track System, or IRST, planned for its F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighters, has “demonstrated significant relia...
- + The War Zone: Escalating Trade War Raises Questions Over Canada’s F-35 Future—With Canada and the United States now locked in a rapidly escalating trade war, questions are being asked about the effect this could have on Ottawa’s...
- + The War Zone: Hunt For A MV-22 Osprey Successor For The Marines Has Begun—A newly released U.S. Marine Aviation Plan shows the service is now looking at a successor to its MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotors actively enough to give it ...
- + UPI International: Trump meets with Netanyahu, calls for U.S. to take control of Gaza strip—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Tuesday with President Donald Trump at the White House amid phase two of a fragile cease-fire pact, as T...
- + UPI International: Alleged leader of Mexico-based drug organization added to FBI wanted list—The FBI on Tuesday added a known Mexican drug lord to its notorious "Ten Most Wanted" list of fugitives for a multitude of alleged drug-related crimes...
- + UPI International: At least 10 dead in adult education school shooting in Sweden—At least 10 people have died and many were wounded during a school shooting at an adult education center in southern Sweden on Tuesday afternoon.
- + UPI International: Trump, Netanyahu to meet amid next steps in Gaza cease-fire and hostage release pact—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Tuesday with President Donald Trump amid next steps of a fragile cease-fire pact.
- + UPI International: Five people shot at school in Sweden—Five people were shot at an adult education center in southern Sweden on Tuesday afternoon with four being sent to local hospitals in what officials a...
- + UPI International: More than 6,000 evacuated off Santorini after series of earthquakes hit Greek island—Thousands of people evacuated Santorini after a series of earthquakes in recent days hit the picturesque Greek island with fears of additional tremors...
- + UPI International: Rebels declare 'humanitarian' cease-fire in war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo—Rebels occupying the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma have declared a cease-fire but the government dismissed the pause in the fighti...
- + UPI International: Jens Stoltenberg to serve as Norway finance minister after government collapse—Former NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said he will temporarily leave his position as chair of the Munich Security Conference because he has accepted a pos...
- + UPI International: Russian missile, drone assault on Ukraine kills at least 7, blacks out large swathes of country—Seven people were killed and more than 50 were injured in Ukraine overnight after Russian missiles and drones targeted communities across the eastern ...
- + UPI International: OpenAI inks deal with South Korea’s Kakao amid growing AI competition—OpenAI chairman Sam Altman inked a deal with South Korean tech giant Kakao Corp. on Tuesday, marking the second major Asian partnership for the ChatGP...
- + UPI International: China responds to Trump's tariffs with retaliatory economic measures—As U.S. President Donald Trump's 10% tariffs on Chinese imports went into effect early Tuesday, Beijing responded with a swaft of retaliatory economic...
- + UPI International: Shark attack kills teenage girl in Australia—A teenage girl was killed Monday in a shark attack in Queensland, Australia. The 17-year-old suffered a "serious shark bite" at Woorim Beach, just nor...
- + UPI International: SoftBank joins with OpenAI in yearly $3B venture to expand AI in Japan—SoftBank inked a $3 billion deal with OpenAI in a joint venture to market OpenAI tech in Japan with its newly-minuted "Cristal Intelligence" suite of ...
- + UPI International: Pro-Russia paramilitary leader Armen Sargsyan dies in Moscow apartment bombing—Armen Sargsyan, the leader of a pro-Russian paramilitary group in eastern Ukraine, died in a hospital after he was injured in an explosion in Moscow o...
- + UPI International: Historic AI law goes into effect in European Union—The first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence restrictions went into effect in the European Union on Sunday, placing prohibitions on how the technolog...
- + UPI International: European stock markets fall as fear of trade war escalates—European stocks tumbled Monday on the back of sharp falls on Asian bourses overnight as fears of a global trade war escalated after the European Union...
- + UPI International: South Korean appeals court clears Samsung Chair Lee Jay-yong in 2015 merger case—A South Korean appeals court cleared Samsung Electronics Chair Lee Jae-yong Monday of stock manipulation and accounting fraud related to the 2015 merg...
- + UPI International: North Korea condemns Rubio’s ‘rogue state’ remarks in first salvo against Trump administration—North Korea denounced U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday for calling it a "rogue state" and threatened a strong counteraction in the regime...
- + UPI International: Car bomb kills at least 14 women, injures many near Aleppo—A car bomb detonated near Aleppo on Monday, killing several people, mostly women, according to Syrian Civil Defense and a human rights monitor.
- + UPI International: Canadian provinces pull U.S. alcohol from shelves in tariff retaliation—U.S. alcohol is being pulled from Canadian shelves as provinces of the Great White North respond to tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on ...
- + Washington Post: Saudi Arabia pushes back against Trump’s proposal for Gaza
- + Washington Post: Live updates: Saudi Arabia rejects Trump’s proposal to displace Palestinians, take over Gaza—President Donald Trump proposed the U.S. take a “long-term ownership position” over Gaza and permanently displace its residents. Hamas condemned the p...
- + Washington Post: Trump says Gaza could be ‘Riviera of Middle East’
- + Washington Post: Trump proposes U.S. control of Gaza, permanent displacement of residents
- + Washington Post: Greenland bans foreign political funding as Trump seeks control—Its government said the law aims to protect the Danish territory’s “political integrity” and must be seen in light of the geopolitical interests in Gr...
- + Washington Post: For Trump, Gaza becomes latest target of U.S. manifest destiny—Trump’s plans for a U.S.-led occupation and redevelopment of the war-ravaged Gaza Strip would be costly, deadly and politically explosive.
- + Washington Post: Fear, pain and hunger: The dire impact of U.S. funding cuts in Africa—Across Africa, the policies of the Trump administration are already having profound consequences for some of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable p...
- + Washington Post: What is the U.N. Human Rights Council, from which Trump has withdrawn?—Trump signed an order withdrawing from the UNHRC, a 47-member international institution tasked with improving human rights around the world.
- + Washington Post: Mexico’s ‘presidenta’ takes on Donald Trump—Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s first female president, has made concessions to President Donald Trump on immigration and fentanyl. But she’s also firing ...
- + Washington Post: ‘Cool-headed’ Claudia Sheinbaum tries to steer Mexico through the Trump era—Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s first female president, has made concessions to President Donald Trump on immigration and fentanyl. But she’s also firing ...
- + Washington Post: What is the U.N. Human Rights Council, from which Trump is set to withdraw?—Trump is expected to sign an order withdrawing from the UNHRC, a 47-member international institution tasked with improving human rights around the wor...
- + Washington Post: In a Colombian cocaine hub, a fragile peace falls apart—The fighting between the two armed drug trafficking groups — fueled and financed in part by a booming global cocaine business — has left former rebels...
- + Washington Post: China displays multiple weapons in retaliation for Trump’s tariffs—The world’s two largest economies did not cut a deal to avert sweeping U.S. tariffs, which came into effect after midnight. Beijing immediately retali...
- + Washington Post: Ukraine welcomes Trump offer to trade its minerals for military support—Ukraine previously offered access to its rare earth minerals in hopes of keeping the Trump administration engaged in its fight with Russia.
- + Washington Post: Ukraine welcomes Trump offer for its minerals in trade for military support—Ukraine previously offered U.S. access to its rare earth minerals in hopes of keeping the Trump administration engaged in its fight with Russia.
- + Washington Post: Ukraine welcomes Trump’s interest in its minerals to maintain support —Ukraine previously offered U.S. access to its rare earth minerals in an effort to keep the Trump administration engaged in supporting the country mili...
- + Washington Post: What is a trade war, and is the U.S. in one after Trump’s tariffs?—What to know as President Donald Trump threatens to impose steep new tariffs, prompting concessions and countermeasures.
- + Washington Post: China strikes back at Trump’s tariffs with levies on U.S. imports—The world’s two largest economies did not cut a deal to avert sweeping U.S. tariffs, which came into effect after midnight. Beijing immediately retali...
- + Washington Post: Trump halts tariffs on Canada and Mexico as both offer new border security plans—President Trump granted Mexico and Canada a 30-day reprieve on U.S. tariffs after both nations agreed to intensify efforts to block illicit drugs and ...
- + Washington Post: El Salvador offers to jail ‘American criminals,’ including U.S. citizens—It is unclear whether the Trump administration plans to send incarcerated U.S. citizens to El Salvador. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the U.S. w...
- + Arc Technica Science: Gecko feet inspire anti-slip shoe soles—Adding zirconia nanoparticles to the mix enhances slip-resistant hydrophilic effects. [Category: Science, biomimicry, chemistry, friction, geckos, pol...
- + Arc Technica Science: Boeing has now lost $2B on Starliner, but still silent on future plans—Boeing has brought back a previous Starliner manager to helm the troubled program. [Category: Science, Space, Boeing, commercial crew, Commercial spac...
- + Arc Technica Science: Bonobos recognize when humans are ignorant, try to help—Study provides evidence that our relatives have a "theory of mind." [Category: Science, Behavioral science, Biology, cooperation, Neuroscience, theory...
- + Ars Technica Software: 22-year-old math wiz indicted for alleged DeFI hack that stole $65M—22-year-old Andean Medjedovic of Canada could spend decades in prison if convicted. [Category: Biz & IT, Security]
- + Computer Weekly: What is Internet Key Exchange (IKE)?
- + Computer Weekly: “Unsafe At Any Speed”. Comparing automobiles to code risk
- + Computer Weekly: Nationwide Building Society to train people to think like cyber criminals
- + Computer Weekly: Government sets out cyber security practice code to stoke AI growth
- + Computer Weekly: Vigilant buyers are the best recipe for accountable suppliers
- + Computer Weekly: DeepSeek-R1 more readily generates dangerous content than other large language models
- + Computer Weekly: What is a certificate revocation list (CRL) and how is it used?
- + Computer Weekly: Police swoop on Sky ECC cryptophone distributors in Spain and Holland
- + Computer Weekly: Barclays hit by major IT outage on HMRC deadline day
- + Computer Weekly: AI jailbreaking techniques prove highly effective against DeepSeek
- + Computer Weekly: DeepSeek API, chat log exposure a ‘rookie’ cyber error
- + Computer Weekly: What is cryptology?
- + Computer Weekly: What is biometric verification?
- + Computer Weekly: How government hackers are trying to exploit Google Gemini AI
- + Computer Weekly: Vallance rejects latest charge to reform UK hacking laws
- + Computer Weekly: NAO: UK government cyber resilience weak in face of mounting threats
- + Hack a Day: The Lowest-Effort Way Yet To Make 3D Printed Lenses Clear—This technique shared by [Andy Kong] is for 3D printed lenses, but would probably be worth a shot for any resin prints that need to be made nice and c...
- + Hack a Day: Inside Project Delilah—The invention of the computer is a tricky thing to pinpoint. There were some early attempts that were not well known and some early attempts that were...
- + Hack a Day: Cyberbass Brings Bass Guitar To Modern Era—For better or worse, the fundamental design of guitars has remained familiar since they electrified around a century ago. A few strings, a fretboard, ...
- + Hack a Day: What Is the Hour? It’s XVII o’ Clock—When live-action role playing, or LARPing, one must keep fully in tune with the intended era. That means no digital watches, and certainly no pulling ...
- + Hack a Day: Telling Time Used to be a Ball—If you watch the New Years festivities from New York, you know that they mark midnight with the dropping of a big, gaudy ball. You might assume this w...
- + Hack a Day: Freedesktop and Alpine Linux Looking for New Hosting—A well-known secret in the world of open source software is that many projects rely on donated hosting for everything from their websites to testing i...
- + Hack a Day: A Closer Look At The Tanmatsu—A few weeks ago we brought you news of a new palmtop computer for hackers, powered by the new Espressif ESP32-P4 application processor. The Tanmatsu (...
- + Hack a Day: Homebrew Foil and Oil Caps Change Your Guitar’s Tone—How any string instrument sounds depends on hundreds of factors; even the tiniest details matter. Seemingly inconsequential things like whether the tr...
- + Hack a Day: Understanding the T12 Style Soldering Iron Tip—Soldering irons and their tips come in a wide range of formats and styles, with the (originally Hakko) T12 being one of the more interesting offerings...
- + Hack a Day: The Clever Design Behind Everyday Traffic Poles—Ever stopped at a red light and noticed something odd about the poles holding up the traffic lights? Look closer next time—many of them appear to hove...
- + Hack a Day: Bicycle Adds Reliability With Second Chain—Ignoring the International Cycling Unions mostly arbitrary rules for what a bicycle is supposed to look like (at least if you want to race), there are...
- + Hack a Day: More Details On Why DeepSeek is a Big Deal—The DeepSeek large language models (LLM) have been making headlines lately, and for more than one reason. IEEE Spectrum has an article that sums every...
- + Hack a Day: Communicating With Satellites Like It’s 1957—When the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, was put into orbit around Earth, anyone in the path of the satellite could receive the beeps transmitted...
- + Hack a Day: Examining the Vulnerability of Large Language Models to Data-Poisoning—Large language models (LLMs) are wholly dependent on the quality of the input data with which these models are trained. While suggestions that people ...
- + Tech Dirt: YouTube Bad Takedowns Continue, Details Behind The Silicon Curtain As Always—At this point, we have built up enough stories on bad YouTube takedowns to fill up a small library. Because of a combination of automated systems that...
- + Tech Dirt: New York State Isn’t Enforcing Its New $15 Low Income Broadband Law, So Journalists Are Doing Their Job For Them—As recently noted, New York State now has a law requiring that ISPs (with more than 20,000 subscribers) offer low-income state residents a 25 Mbps bro...
- + Tech Dirt: ‘Moral Sanity:’ Dipshit Lawmaker Issues Slew Of Bills To Ban Everything From Porn Possession To No-Fault Divorces—Theres a coup underway in the federal government. Across the rest of the nation, people seeking to endear themselves with President Trump or his suppo...
- + Tech Dirt: When It’s Not Just A Coup But A CFAA Violation Too—The hazard with landing upon a legal solution that seems too good to be true is that it often is. So as you read this post it is important to keep in ...
- + Tech Dirt: To Stop The Coup, We Must Be Clear About The Truth: Two Plus Two Equals Four—In George Orwells Nineteen Eighty-Four, the ultimate act of rebellion comes when Winston Smith insists that two plus two equals four, defying a s...
- + Tech Dirt: Daily Deal: Costco 1-Year Gold Star Membership + $20 Digital Costco Shop Card—Costco is your one-stop shop for everything you want and offers a wide range of merchandise that will likely cover all of your shopping needs! With hu...
- + Tech Dirt: First Cracks Appear: Some Conservatives Admit We’re In A Constitutional Crisis—When even the Wall Street Journals reliably pro-Trump opinion page starts sounding alarm bells about the administrations policies, something significa...
- + Tech Dirt: CVS Will Make Shopping Slightly Less Annoying If You Download An App, Consent To Being Tracked—I dont know if its the same where you are, but all the pharmacies here in South Seattle have a decidedly apocalyptic feel. Many shelves are empty. A l...
- + Tech Dirt: GOG’s New Plan To Weaponize Its Community’s Wishlist Of Games To Pressure IP Holders—Ill give the folks over at Good Old Games (GOG) credit: theyre certainly doing what they said they were going to do. Weve been talking about GOG a fai...
- + Tech Dirt: Poland’s Justice Minister Arrested For Illegal Use Of NSO Group Malware—After several months of pretending this sort of thing just didnt happen there, the Polish government finally admitted some of its members had abused p...
- + Tech Dirt: Musk Shows Us What Actual Government Censorship On Social Media Looks Like—For years, weve watched self-proclaimed free speech warriors hyperventilate about imaginary government control of social media content moderation. Mys...
- + Tech Dirt: A Coup Is In Progress In America—A coup is underway in the United States, and we must stop pretending otherwise. The signs are unmistakable and accelerating: in just the past 48 hours...
- + Tech Dirt: Musk’s Takeover Of The Government’s Computer Systems Needs To Be Understood As A Cyberattack, Or Worse—People sometimes think that cybersecurity is just about defending computer systems from remote adversaries. But it’s broader than that; cybersecurity ...
- + Tech Dirt: Daily Deal: Rosetta Stone (All Languages)—Embark on the journey of language learning with the Rosetta Stone lifetime subscription for all languages. Trusted by top-tier organizations like NASA...
- + Tech Dirt: The Twitter Files Playbook Comes For The US Government—Remember the Twitter Files? That carefully orchestrated exposé where incredibly gullible hand-picked journalists were given selective access to intern...
- + UFO Sightings: Alien Abduction: The Chilling Truth Behind the Examination Table—Terrifying alien abductions often feature a cold examination table, strange beings, and mysterious medical procedures. Explore the truth! The post Ali...
- + UPI Science: U.S. Senate confirms Pam Bondi as attorney general—The U.S. Senate confirmed Pam Bondi on Tuesday night to become the next U.S. attorney general and lead the Justice Department during the Trump adminis...
- + UPI Science: Trump White House begins sending 'criminal aliens' to Guantanamo Bay—The Trump administration on Tuesday began flights transporting "criminal aliens" to Guantanamo Bay, with plans in the works to use the Cuban detention...
- + UPI Science: Neo-Nazi found guilty of conspiring to damage a Maryland power substation—Brandon Russell, a 29-year-old neo-Nazi leader from Orlando, Fla., faces up to 20 years in prison after a federal jury found him guilty of conspiring ...
- + UPI Science: Trump meets with Netanyahu, calls for U.S. to take control of Gaza strip—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Tuesday with President Donald Trump at the White House amid phase two of a fragile cease-fire pact, as T...
- + UPI Science: All 67 bodies recovered from Potomac River after D.C. midair collision—Recovery crews completed the removal of all 67 bodies from the remnants of the Army Black Hawk helicopter and American Airlines Flight 5342 Bombardier...
- + UPI Science: NFL scraps 'End Racism' message from Super Bowl LIX end zones—For the first time in four years, Sunday's Super Bowl will not feature the message "End Racism" at the back of one of the end zones, after the Nationa...
- + UPI Science: Group files lawsuit after Trump administration removes health data from websites—The Trump administration recently removed heath data from government websites, which spurred a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday by the Doctors for Americ...
- + UPI Science: Alleged leader of Mexico-based drug organization added to FBI wanted list—The FBI on Tuesday added a known Mexican drug lord to its notorious "Ten Most Wanted" list of fugitives for a multitude of alleged drug-related crimes...
- + UPI Science: Trump White House begins sending illegal migrants to Guantanamo Bay—The Trump administration has begun flights taking illegal immigrants to Guantanamo Bay, with plans in the works to use the Cuban detention facility to...
- + UPI Science: Jury selection underway for accused attacker of author Salman Rushdie—A jury is being seated for the New York trial of Hadi Matar, 27, who is accused of trying to kill author Salman Rushdie on Aug. 12, 2022.
- + UPI Science: At least 10 dead in adult education school shooting in Sweden—At least 10 people have died and many were wounded during a school shooting at an adult education center in southern Sweden on Tuesday afternoon.
- + UPI Science: Trademark name of White hate group 'Proud Boys' now belongs to Black church—A judge granted ownership of the "Proud Boys" trademarked name to a Black church the racist group in 2020 had vandalized, according to multiple report...
- + UPI Science: In party-line vote, Senate intelligence panel approves Tulsi Gabbard nomination—The Senate Intelligence Committee has voted in favor of Tulsi Gabbard's nomination to lead the Department of National Intelligence.
- + UPI Science: Report: Trump planning to call for end to U.S. Department of Education—President Donald Trump is expected to follow through on campaign promises to abolish the U.S. Department of Education by issuing an executive order on...
- + UPI Science: U.S. job openings fall to 7.5 million in December, lowest since September—Available jobs in the United States in December dropped their lowest total since September, according to the new Job Openings and Labor Turnover Surve...
- + UPI Science: Trump, Netanyahu to meet amid next steps in Gaza cease-fire and hostage release pact—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet Tuesday with President Donald Trump amid next steps of a fragile cease-fire pact.
- + UPI Science: More than 6,000 evacuated off Santorini after series of earthquakes hit Greek island—Thousands of people evacuated Santorini after a series of earthquakes in recent days hit the picturesque Greek island with fears of additional tremors...
- + UPI Science: Senate panel advances Robert F. Kennedy Jr. nomination to become health secretary—The Senate Finance Committee will vote Tuesday on Robert F. Kennedy Jr's appointment to direct the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
- + UPI Science: Rebels declare 'humanitarian' cease-fire in war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo—Rebels occupying the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo city of Goma have declared a cease-fire but the government dismissed the pause in the fighti...
- + UPI Science: Jens Stoltenberg to serve as Norway finance minister after government collapse—Former NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said he will temporarily leave his position as chair of the Munich Security Conference because he has accepted a pos...
- + Wired: USPS Halts All Packages From China, Sending the Ecommerce Industry Into Chaos—As part of new tariffs on Chinese imports, President Donald Trump eliminated an exemption for small packages, vastly increasing the amount of parcels ...
- + Wired: State Department Puts ‘All Direct Hire’ USAID Personnel on Administrative Leave—The US government’s primary foreign aid agency has employees stationed all over the world, many of whom are now bracing to abruptly leave their posts....
- + Wired: Chaos Consumes USAID as State Department Moves to Send Overseas Staffers Home—The US government’s primary foreign aid agency has employees stationed all over the world, many of whom are now bracing to abruptly leave their posts....
- + Wired: Google Lifts a Ban on Using Its AI for Weapons and Surveillance—Google published principals in 2018 barring its AI technology from being used for sensitive purposes. Weeks into President Donald Trump’s second term,...
- + Wired: The Best Early Presidents’ Day Mattress Deals (and Bedding Too!)—It’s one of the best times of year to invest in a mattress, pillows, and sheets. Here’s everything we recommend buying and who has the best sales ahea...
- + Wired: The 44 Best Shows on Hulu Right Now (February 2025)—Paradise, Scamanda, and What We Do in the Shadows are just a few of the shows you should be watching on Hulu this month. [Category: Culture, Culture /...
- + Wired: China Is Investigating Google Over Trump’s Tariffs—Google’s limited presence in China gives Beijing room to hit back harder if President Donald Trump’s trade war escalates. [Category: Business, Busines...
- + Wired: Federal Workers Sue to Disconnect DOGE Server—Two federal workers, citing reports that Elon Musk’s associates are operating an illegally connected email server at OPM, seek a restraining order. [C...
- + Wired: Trump's Plan to Make European Cars More Expensive Has a Fatal Flaw—President Trump's threat of 25 percent tariffs on EU car imports could spark an automotive trade war—one that will result in higher prices for all and...
- + Wired: 10 Best Gifts for Women Who Are Over This Planet (2025)—She’s seen enough. She’s had enough. She can’t book a one-way ticket to the stars (yet), but these gifts will help her transcend this world. [Category...
- + Wired: Chris Anderson Is Giving TED Away to Whoever Has the Best Idea for Its Future—In an exclusive interview with WIRED, the British entrepreneur shares why it’s time to move on from TED. [Category: Business, Business / Tech Culture]
- + Wired: Best Tested Walking Pads (2025): Sperax, WalkingPad, Egofit—These compact walking pads fit under your desk and make staying active so much easier. [Category: Gear, Gear / Buying Guides, Gear / Products, Gear / ...
- + Wired: Xbox Wireless Headset Review (2024): Pair and Play—Microsoft’s updated headset shines with simplicity and surround sound. [Category: Gear, Gear / Reviews, Gear / Products / Accessories]
- + Source NM: NM Legislative Roundup Feb. 4: ‘No one really belongs until we all do’—Van Hauh Lion Dancers perform in the House Chambers during Asian American, Pacific Island and Native Hawaiian Day at the Legislature, Tuesday, Februar...
- + Source NM: ‘Red or Green Chile Month’ proposal advances—Ristras hang at a roadside chile stand just outside of the 'Green Chile Capital,' Hatch, New Mexico. (Danielle Prokop / Source New Mexico)What’s your ...
- + Source NM: Railway Safety Act races through first committee—Amtrak passengers and workers step out to stretch their legs at the stop in Raton on Dec. 29, 2024. (Photo by Austin Fisher / Source NM)A legislative ...
- + Source NM: Trump administration begins first detention flights to Guantanamo Bay—U.S. Marines with the 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2d Marine Division, disembark from a C-130 Hercules at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, o...
- + Source NM: Demonstrators at U.S. Capitol rally against Trump’s ‘direct attack’ on education—U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat, decries President Donald Trump's recent education initiatives and choice of Linda McMahon to lead the...
- + Source NM: Billionaire-backed think tank that pushed homeless crackdowns elsewhere hires veteran NM lobbyists —An American flag hangs over a temporary homeless encampment at a parking lot near Coronado Park in Albuquerque in July 2022. Amid homelessness increas...
- + Source NM: Green amendment gets grilled, but moves forward—Maya van Rossum is the founder of the nonprofit Green Amendments for the Generation and author of The Green Amendment: The People’s Fight for a Clean,...
- + Source NM: Gabbard nomination for intel chief headed to Senate floor after panel approval—Former Hawaii U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump's pick to serve as director of national intelligence, appears before the Senate Select C...
- + Source NM: U.S. Sen. Luján signs onto HHS Head Start letter—(Stock photo by Johner Images/Getty)U.S. Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), along with more than two dozen colleagues, has signed onto a letter to the U.S. ...
- + Source NM: AG, lawmakers propose constitutional amendment to tighten higher-ed oversight—Sen. George Muñoz (D-Gallup) is joined by Attorney General Raúl Torrez to introduce a bill to tighten oversight of university boards of regents.Attorn...
- + Source NM: Lawsuit filed over attempts by Elon Musk’s DOGE to take over U.S. benefit payment system—Elon Musk arrives for the inauguration of President Donald Trump in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda on Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kenny Hol...
- + Source NM: NM HCA launches child-support outreach events—On Feb. 4, New Mexico's Health Care Authority announced a year-long program to highlight child-support services. (Getty Images)To mark 50 years of chi...
- + Source NM: RFK Jr. nomination as health secretary approved by key U.S. Senate panel—Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of Health and Human Services, testifies during his Senate Finance Committee conf...
- + Source NM: NM Legislature Recap Feb. 3: The People’s House—People gathered outside the Roundhouse greet others marching along Paseo de Peralta on Monday, Feb. 3, 2025. (Photo by Austin Fisher / Source NM)As mo...
- + Source NM: Trio of behavioral health bills clears first committee—Sen. George Munoz, D-Gallup, introduces guest and makes a comment about getting and keeping doctors in rural hospitals at the start of the floor sessi...
- + Source NM: ACLU, immigration legal aid groups sue Trump administration over asylum ban—Afternoon light shines on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service Processing Center in El Centro, California, on May 27, 2022. (Getty pho...
- + Source NM: Second federal judge issues temporary order blocking Trump spending freeze—President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press as he prepares to depart the White House aboard Marine One on Jan. 24, 2025, in Washington, D.C....
- + Source NM: Noem calls deportation protection for Venezuelans ‘contrary to the national interest’—U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem delivers remarks to staff at the Department of Homeland Security headquarters on Jan. 28, 2025, in Washin...
- + Source NM: Trump postpones big tariffs against Canada and Mexico for one month—President Donald Trump speaks to reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 3, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty...
- + Source NM: Judge finds Public Education Department’s 180-day school calendar rule ‘unenforceable’—(Getty Images)A Ninth Judicial District Court judge ruled Monday that the New Mexico Public Education Department’s 180-day school calendar rule is unl...
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- + Defense Breaking: Army says DUCES to cyber hackers: New RFI looks for tactical edge zero trust solutions—Sgt. Victor Sanchez, a fire direction coordinator assigned to Alpha Battery, 1st Battalion, 258th Artillery Regiment, 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Tea...
- + Defense Breaking: Eyeing a new autonomous launcher prototyping initiative, Army checking out industry options—The US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center and Ground Vehicle Systems Centers combined Autonomous Multi-domain ...
- + Defense Breaking: Turkish defense exports surge to $7.15B, up 29 percent from 2023—Kaplan MT tanks produced for Indonesia are ready for delivery as the first package of the project will be completed this year in Ankara, Turkiye on Ma...
- + Defense Breaking: How Trump’s ‘Iron Dome for America’ upends four decades of nuclear doctrine—Rockets launched towards Israel from the northern Gaza Strip and response from the Israeli missile defense system known as the Iron Dome leave streaks...
- + Defense Breaking: The Weekly Break Out Ep. 4: Contracting chaos and congressional dollars [VIDEO]—Its an industry-heavy episode of The Break Out this week, as Congressional and Industry Reporter Valerie Insinna joins Aaron Mehta to discuss the late...
- + Defense Breaking: Marine Corps cutting F-35B buy for more F-35Cs: New aviation plan—An F-35B lands aboard Japans Izumo-class multi-functional destroyer JS Kaga (DDH-184) for the first time on Oct. 20, 2024. (Photo by Cmdr. Darin Russe...
- + Defense Breaking: Baltic Sentry mission could provide proving ground for NATO’s underwater drones—Standing NATO Maritime Group One trains with Finnish FNS Hanko during a 2017 passing exercise in the Baltic Sea. (FRAN CPO Christian Valverde) This i...
- + Defense Breaking: North Korea welcomes Trump back with ‘strategic’ cruise missile test: What’s next?—A Yonhap news TV broadcast shows test-firing of a sea-based (underwater) ground-to-ground strategic cruise guided missile in North Korea. (Photo by Ki...
- + Defense Breaking: Pentagon weapons tester highlights delays for B-52, 3DELRR radars—A US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress and a Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18F Super Hornet fly over the Northern Territory during Exercise Talisman Sab...
- + Defense Breaking: Missile Defense Agency asks industry for American ‘Iron Dome’ concepts—Hypersonic and Ballistic Tracking Space Sensor (HBTSS). (Northrop Grumman image) WASHINGTON — The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has issued a call for ...
- + Defense Breaking: Saudi Arabia increases defense spending to $78B in 2025—The GAMI stand seen at World Defense Show 2024. (Agnes Helou/Breaking Defense) BEIRUT — The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has allocated $78 billion for def...
- + Defense Breaking: Rep. Bacon: Enough talking about defense innovation. It’s time to make choices and move out.—Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., makes his way a House Republican Conference meeting in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, October 19, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll C...
- + Defense Breaking: Eyal Zamir, well known to industry, named Israeli Defense Forces Chief of Staff—The Director General of the Israel Ministry of Defense, Maj. Gen. (Res.) Eyal Zamir (Center), in mid-January signing the first contract under the U.S....
- + Defense Breaking: With Foreign Military Financing paused, Lebanese forces wait on promised funds—The Lebanese Army is deployed on the ground as search operations continue at the site of the israeli strike in Basta, Central Beirut. According to the...
- + Defense Breaking: Addressing risk and intellectual property rights in the FLRAA supply chain—The Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA) team show Col. Matthew Scher, the 25th Combat Aviation Brigade commanding officer, what his Soldiers ca...
- + Defense Breaking: The sky is not falling: Why Trump may not need the space council anyway—US President Donald Trump watches the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, with astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, lif...
- + Defense Breaking: ‘More work to be done’ to lower barriers to tech-sharing for AUKUS Pillar II, Australian official says—The crew of the USS Asheville assemble on the casing of the submarine during a visit to HMAS Stirling in Rockingham, Western Australia. (Australian go...
- + Defense Breaking: Army launching self-propelled howitzer competition in mid-February, after globetrotting evaluation tour—A photo of the Extended Range Cannon Artillery (US Army) WASHINGTON — After globetrotting to evaluate existing self-propelled howitzers, the US Army ...
- + Defense Breaking: Don’t force Pacific Island nations to choose between us or China, says UK Royal Navy admiral—Chinas Premier Li Qiang shows the way to Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare after they observed their national anthems during a welcome ...
- + Defense Breaking: Sweden’s new $1.2B donation to Ukraine includes drones, missiles and boats—Swedish and Ukrainian flags on a balcony in Kiev, Ukraine. (Getty Images) STOCKHOLM — Sweden today announced a 13.5 billion SEK ($1.23 billion) milit...
- + Defense One: USAID shutoff will hurt US interests around the globe, including Ukraine—The Trump administrations assault on USAID will help China and Russia and hurt countries friendly to the United States, current and former government ...
- + Defense One: Ethics concerns surround Musk's dual role as defense CEO, federal employee —Elon Musks recent designation as a “special government employee” only adds to the potential for conflicts of interest in the Tru...
- + Defense One: Marines aim to buy more carrier-based F-35s, fewer VTOLs—The Marine Corps plans to double its buy of the carrier-borne F-35C variant and scale back its buy of the short-takeoff-vertical-landing F-35B, accord...
- + Defense One: Defense One Radio, Ep. 172: The Air Force's force-design leader—Google Pla Apple Podcasts Guest: Air Force Maj. Gen. Joseph Kunkel, director of Force Design, Integration and Wargaming at Air Force Futures; he...
- + Defense One: Trump’s anti-DEI efforts damage national security, former officials say—In the early years of the Cold War, the U.S. government embarked on sweeping purges of federal employees deemed security risks. While the Re...
- + Defense One: The D Brief: China’s retaliatory tariffs; ‘Constitutional crisis’ in DC; ‘No improvement’ in F-35 software; Latest natsec nominees; And a bit more.—President Donald Trump’s 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico have been delayed 30 days, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa announced Monday af...
- + Defense One: The F-35 program’s software development isn’t getting any better, Pentagon report finds—A recent report from the Pentagons test office found the F-35 program is still struggling to develop and test software, highlighting persistent challe...
- + Defense One: ‘Offensive bullshit’: Dem lawmakers slam Trump's ‘illegal’ USAID moves—Several Democratic lawmakers pushed back Monday at the Trump administration’s attempts to dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Developmen...
- + Defense One: Trump’s tariffs fit a growing global trend of hardball migration diplomacy—As diplomatic spats go, it was short-lived. On Jan 26, 2025, Colombian President Gustavo Petro turned away American military planes carryin...
- + Defense One: The D Brief: USAID lockout; Musk seizes US payment system; Global markets tumble; Army aviation’s bad year; And a bit more.—Musk continues assault on USAID, seizes America’s purse Just in: Staffers have been locked out of the U.S. Agency for International Development...
- + Defense One: The future of China's new information support force—In December 2024, Xi Jinping made a highly publicized visit to the PLA’s newly formed Information Support Force (ISF), underscoring its strategi...
- + Defense One: Let's talk about the next US-Israel military-assistance agreement—When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President Trump at the White House this week, the two leaders should announce the launch of ...
- + Defense One: Army aviation was having a bad few years—even before Wednesday’s crash—The deadly Jan. 29 helicopter crash outside Washington, D.C., was the Army’s first serious aviation incident in months—but it came on the ...
- + Defense One: The D Brief: Crash update; May or June for next budget?; Navy’s nimble combat tuneups; China’s big new military HQ; And a bit more.—DC helo collision update: Investigators are beginning to assess the collision of a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger aircraft near Reaga...
- + Defense One: Shore-based analysts help US warships fine-tune for imminent Red Sea combat—SAN DIEGO—Sailors aboard the USS Stockdale were tapping threat data analysis from a local naval base hours before their destroyer came under att...
- + Defense One: Gabbard and Patel hearings display diverging views of reality, history along partisan lines—Senate confirmation hearings Thursday for two top intelligence jobs revealed a growing gap between Trump administration nominees and Democratic lawmak...
- + Defense One: Trump’s ‘Iron Dome for America’ plan would put weapons in space, at a big cost—Updated: Jan. 31, 12:11 p.m. President Donald Trump’s executive order to create a “next-generation missile defense shield” that can...
- + Defense One: Army secretary nominee talks drones, recruiting, and lawful orders at confirmation hearing—Relatively little was publicly known about Dan Driscoll before he appeared before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Thursday as President Donald ...
- + Defense One: Navy ops centers need AI to sift through troves of intel data —SAN DIEGO—Future naval battles could hinge on how quickly information warfare officers analyze and send information from maritime operations cen...
- + Defense One: Hegseth stands up anti-DEI task force—Like many Pentagon chiefs who have come before him, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is standing up a task force to support his top priority for the dep...
- + Global Research: President Trump and Peace in the Middle East—Our new president’s policies for the Middle East, are, I’m sorry to say, a disaster for those of us who support a non-interventionist foreign policy. ...
- + Global Research: Personality Cult in Politics—“Neither of us cares a straw of popularity. Let me cite one proof of this: such was my aversion to the personality cult [orig. Personenkultus] that at...
- + Global Research: Where’s the “Virus?” Missing Since: Forever.—[This article was originally published in March 2023.] “No virus has been obtained in an absoutely pure state. Not even the washed granules of vaccin...
- + Global Research: Kiev enviando esquizofrênicos para a linha de frente.—O regime de Kiev está a tomar medidas desesperadas para continuar a abastecer as suas fileiras no campo de batalha. Já ficando sem recursos humanos pa...
- + Global Research: Trump’s Interest in Ukraine’s Rare Earth Minerals. $10-12 Trillion. Will it Backfire on Zelensky?—Trump’s confirmed interest in Ukraine’s rare earth minerals is being interpreted by some as beneficial for Zelensky amidst uncertainty about his commi...
- + Global Research: US Special Envoy Keith Kellogg Says Ukraine Should Hold Elections in 2025—US President Donald Trump’s special envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, said that elections should be organized in Ukraine. This is another message to U...
- + Global Research: How Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBM) Drive Up the Cost of Health Care—Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) evolved from simple claims processors into powerful health care intermediaries that control drug pricing and access t...
- + Global Research: Czech Republic Data: Vaccinated Women Are 66% Less Likely to Give Birth Compared to Unvaccinated Women—Executive summary In 2023, about 114 children were born per thousand unvaccinated women aged 18–39. Only about 42 children were born to vaccinated wo...
- + Global Research: Audit USAID…Then Shut It Down! USAID is a “Key Component of the U.S Government’s Regime Change”—As of this writing, when you attempt to access the US Agency for International Development (USAID) website or social media pages you are informed that...
- + Global Research: A Review of Vaccination and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Study of Nine-Year-Old Children Enrolled in Medicaid—A recently released peer-reviewed study co-authored by Anthony R. Mawson and Binu Jacob looks into the connection between vaccination and neurodevelop...
- + Global Research: Musk’s DOGE Takes Aim at USAID “Viper’s Nest of Radical Left-Wing Marxists”—The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which is led by tech billionaire Elon Musk, is taking aim at the U.S. Agency for International Develop...
- + Global Research: Trump, Tariffs and Russia: A Very Muddled Policy—It has become something of a fixation in the Donald Trump war chest of options that cowing, discomforting and baffling his various counterparts on the...
- + Global Research: Selected Articles: Towards a WW III Scenario. The Privatization of Nuclear War. Michel Chossudovsky—Towards a WW III Scenario. The Privatization of Nuclear War. Michel Chossudovsky By Prof Michel Chossudovsky, February 04, 2025 Canadian economist P...
- + Global Research: Israel’s “Fake Ceasefire”. A “Pause”. Genocide, Exodus of Palestinians from their Homeland—Israels Fake Ceasefire. A Pause. Genocide, Exodus of Palestinians from their Homeland Scroll Down for AI Translation into Arabic وقف إطلاق النار الم...
- + Global Research: The True Efficacy of COVID-19 “Vaccines”: A Critical Examination—Thank you to the Word of Life Outreach Church for graciously hosting this event and uniting people from across Ontario. A heartfelt thanks also to the...
- + Global Research: Vaccinated vs. Unvaccinated: Serious and Irreversible Neurological, Developmental, and Immune-Related Health Risks—When studies compare vaccinated to unvaccinated children, they find serious and irreversible neurological, developmental, and immune-related health ri...
- + Global Research: Canada’s Policy in the Ukraine: Do as I Say, Not as I Do—Once, at the Foreign Press Club in Tokyo, during a discussion on Canada’s foreign policy, a Montreal journalist began his talk with a succinct stateme...
- + Global Research: Ireland’s Israeli Embassy Closure. Is Mossad Now Preparing a False Flag in Dublin?—Last month, tensions between the southern Irish state and Israel would come to a head with the announcement by Tel Aviv that they would close their em...
- + Global Research: The Lingering Power of Institutional Religion: Its Relevance in Moral Guidance and Social Critique—Institutional religion, long a dominant force in shaping civilizations, has played a crucial role in defining moral frameworks, cultural norms, and ev...
- + Global Research: US Once Again Threatening Mexico with Military Strikes—Scroll down for AI Translation into Spanish Abajo véase la traducción de AI al español Estados Unidos amenaza una vez más a México con ataques mil...
- + Military Watch: Russia Powers Up Nuclear Reactors on World’s Largest Surface Combat Ship For Return to Sea—<p >The Russian Navy is reported to have brought the two nuclear reactors powering the country’s last Kirov Class battlecruiser, the Adm...
- + Military Watch: Chinese Navy Wargame Sees Advanced Type 055 Destroyer Take on Eight American Combatants —<p >A simulated engagement organised by the China Ship Development and Design Centre (CSDDC) and Huazhong University of Science and Tech...
- + Military Watch: Will Iran Save Russia’s Su-35 Fighter Program? —<p >Following Iranian Deputy Defence Minister Mehdi Farahi’s&nbsp;<a href="https://militarywatchmagazine.com/art...
- + Military Watch: Europe Divided Over Plans to Escalate Ground Force Deployments in Ukraine: France and UK Lead Push For Escalation —<p >European states remain deeply divided over the possible large scale deployment of ground forces in Ukraine, which has <a href...
- + Military Watch: New U.S. Intel Chief Slams Obama Era Policy of Supporting Al Qaeda in Syria: What Was CIA Operation Timber Sycamore?—<p >Newly nominated Director of National Intelligence and U.S. Army Reserve Lieutenant Colonel Tulsi Gabbard on February 1 elaborated on...
- + Military Watch: Russia Deploys Top MiG-29 Fighter Unit For Arctic Exercises—<p >The Russian Navy Northern Fleet has deployed MiG-29K fighter aircraft for a series of operations in the Arctic, which included fligh...
- + Military Watch: Iranian Javelin: New Badr Anti-Tank Missile System Provides Asymmetric Solution to Armoured Offensives—<p >The Iranian Armed Forces have demonstrated the capabilities of the Badr man-portable anti-tank missile system in its first publicly ...
- + Military Watch: Israel Finally Caves to Western Pressure to Arm Ukraine: Large Quantities of Patriot Air Defence Missiles Sent—<p >The U.S. Armed Forces have begun large scale deliveries of surface to air missiles for the MIM-104 Patriot long range air defence sy...
- + Military Watch: U.S., Japan and Australia to Deploy F-35As For War Drills at Key Guam Airbase—<p >The United States, Japan and Australia are scheduled to conduct their first joint large scale military exercises, Cope North, on the...
- + Military Watch: Russia’s New ‘Iskander-1000’ Ballistic Missile Boasts Doubled Range and Greater Accuracy—<p >Multiple sources have reported that Russia is close to beginning serial production of a new derivative of the<a href=&quo...
- + Military Watch: U.S. Air Force F-35 Filmed Crashing at Key Arctic Air Base—<p >Footage released from Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska has shown a U.S. Air Force F-35A spinning into the base’s runway area with it...
- + Understanding War: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 25, 2025—Christina Harward, Angelica Evans, Nate Trotter, William Runkel, and Frederick W. KaganJanuary 25, 2025, 4:15 pm ET Click here to see ISW’s interacti...
- + Understanding War: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, January 31, 2025—Angelica Evans, Christina Harward, Davit Gasparyan, Grace Mappes, Olivia Gibson, and Frederick W. Kagan with Nate Trotter and William RunkelJanuary 31...
- + Understanding War: Iran Update, February 4, 2025—Ria Reddy, Katherine Wells, Ben Rezaei, Kelly Campa, Siddhant Kishore, Carolyn Moorman, Johanna Moorman, Christina Harward, Avery Borens, Annika Ganze...
- + Understanding War: Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, February 4, 2025—Nicole Wolkov, Christina Harward, Olivia Gibson, Grace Mappes, Kateryna Stepanenko, George Barros, and Frederick W. Kagan with Nate TrotterFebruary 4,...
- + Understanding War: Iran Update, January 31, 2025—Alexandra Braverman, Ria Reddy, Carolyn Moorman, Johanna Moore, Ben Rezaei, Avery Borens, and Nicholas CarlInformation Cutoff: 2:00 pm ETThe Critical ...
- + Understanding War: Iran Update, January 30, 2025—Kelly Campa, Siddhant Kishore, Carolyn Moorman, Ria Reddy, Ben Rezaei, Katherine Wells, Johanna Moore, Avery Borens, Victoria Penza,and Brian Carte...
- + Breitbart: Alex Marlow: Cynthia Nixon Accidentally Exposes the Unspoken Truth About ‘Trans Kids’—On Tuesdays Alex Marlow Show, host and Breitbart Editor-in-Chief Alex Marlow talked about a speech by Cynthia Nixon about trans issues. Marlow stated,...
- + Breitbart: Trump to Sign Executive Order Banning Trans Athletes from Women's Sports—Trump is reportedly set to sign an executive order that would ban transgender athletes from playing in girl's and women's sports. The post Trump to Si...
- + Breitbart: Scorched Earth: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Torches DEI, the Establishment in First Week at Pentagon—Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth went scorched earth in his first week at the Pentagon -- taking a torch to diversity, equity, and inclusion programs th...
- + Breitbart: Chuck Schumer Goes Full Cringe in Anti-Trump 'We Will Win' Chant—Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer went full cringe this week as he delivered a hoarse chant of "we will win" at an anti-Trump protest. The post Ch...
- + Breitbart: Far-Left, Media Freak Out over Trump's Announcement of U.S. Taking over Gaza—The radical left and members of the establishment media grew extremely angry after President Donald Trump announced the U.S. would take over Gaza. The...
- + Breitbart: Senate Confirms Pam Bondi as Attorney General with Bipartisan Support, 54-46—The Senate confirmed Pam Bondi as Attorney General, fulfilling President Donald Trump's choice to run his Justice Department. The post Senate Confirm...
- + Breitbart: Trump's First Military Flight of GTMO-Bound Migrants Leaves El Paso—The first military flight transporting migrants to the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp from El Paso for the Department of Homeland Security departed Big...
- + Breitbart: Trump: U.S. Will Take Over Gaza, 'We Will Own It'—President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. would take over Gaza and remove debris, tunnels, and explosives left there by Hamas after the war wi...
- + Breitbart: Trump Restores 'Maximum Pressure' Policy to Keep Iran from Possessing Nukes—President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday that reinstates the "maximum pressure" policy on Iran that he implemented during his first te...
- + Breitbart: Trump Launches Antisemitism Investigations into Five Universities—President Donald Trump's administration launched investigations into antisemitism at five universities on Tuesday, following through on commitments he...
- + Breitbart: Watch Live: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu Meets President Trump at the White House—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday, February 4. The post Watch Live: Israeli PM...
- + Breitbart: Report: Hamas Tortured, Executed Members Suspected of Gay Sex—New documents reportedly reveal that Hamas, the Palestinian terror organization formerly in control of Gaza, tortured and executed those of its member...
- + Breitbart: Trump Effect: Ecuador Imposes 27 Percent Tariff on Mexico—President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa announced on Monday that his country will impose a 27 percent tariff on Mexican goods to ensure "fair treatment" of ...
- + Breitbart: Report: Feds Catch Illegal Accused of Rape and Freed on Plea Deal in NYC—An illegal alien's deal with Queens prosecutors helped him avoid jail for allegedly raping a woman in 2023, but federal agents have reportedly taken h...
- + Breitbart: Senate Confirms Doug Collins to Fix 'Broken' Veterans Affairs Department—The Senate confirmed former Rep. Doug Collins' (R-GA) nomination as Secretary of Veterans Affairs Tuesday afternoon, giving President Donald Trump his...
- + Breitbart: Trump, with Netanyahu Present, Repeats Idea of Moving Palestinians from Gaza—President Donald Trump, seated Tuesday next to visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reiterated his proposal to move Palestinians out of...
- + Breitbart: Alleged Intruder Dead After Confrontation with Armed Homeowner—An alleged intruder was shot and fatally wounded around 11:00 p.m. Monday in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The post Alleged Intruder Dead After Confron...
- + Breitbart: Report: 5,000 FBI Employees Worked on January 6 Cases While Crime Skyrocketed—FBI officials acknowledged over 5,000 employees worked on investigations related to January 6, CNN reported Tuesday. The post Report: 5,000 FBI Employ...
- + Breitbart: Exclusive — JD Vance on Cabinet Confirmations: ‘Knock On Wood,’ But ‘I Think We Get Every Single One of Our Nominations Through’—Vice President JD Vance told Breitbart News exclusively in his West Wing office in the White House on Tuesday that while he’s “superstitious,” he does...
- + Breitbart: Senate Intelligence Committee Advances DNI Nominee Tulsi Gabbard in 9-8 Vote—The Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday afternoon voted 9-8 to advance Tulsi Gabbard's nomination as director of national intelligence to the Sen...
- + Common Dreams: “Unlawful and corrupt empowerment and enrichment of Elon Musk” Impeach Trump Again Campaign Adds New Grounds for Impeachment Investigation—Impeach Trump Again, a nonpartisan campaign led by Free Speech For People, announced today that the “unlawful and corrupt empowerment and enrichment o...
- + Common Dreams: Grassroots & Progressive Democrats Call for Total Blockade of Trump Nominees—Grassroots progressives are sounding the alarm: Donald Trump and Elon Musk are engineering a corporate coup, handing the levers of government to unele...
- + Common Dreams: As Netanyahu Visits U.S., Palestinian Americans Call on DOJ to Enforce ICC Arrest Warrant for Crimes in Gaza—Today, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President Trump in Washington, Palestinian Americans are calling on the Department of J...
- + Common Dreams: Families and Advocates Sue Trump Administration Over Executive Order Seeking to Restrict Access to Gender-Affirming Care—Transgender young adults and families with transgender youth joined PFLAG National and GLMA in a federal legal challenge against an executive order fr...
- + Common Dreams: Suspend Arms Transfers to End US Complicity in Israeli Abuses—The United States will be complicit in the Israeli government’s grave violations in Gaza so long as it continues to provide arms and other military ai...
- + Common Dreams: Senate Finance Committee Should Not Have Advanced Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Nomination—Following the vote by the Senate Finance Committee supporting the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. for the Secretary of Health and Human Services,...
- + DeSmog: Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage to Speak at ‘Glastonbury for Climate Deniers’—Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage have been announced as speakers at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference later this month alongside...
- + DeSmog: Finger-Pointing Over Funding Freeze May Lead Trump to Drop Lawyer Linked to DOGE and Project 2025—The recent federal funding freeze spurred immediate finger-pointing inside the Trump administration, with anonymous sources telling major news outlets...
- + Havana Times: Antonio Adolfo – Song of the Day—Our featured artist is Brazilian pianist Antonio Adolfo with the Wayne Shorter composition “Beauty the Beast” from the disc “Hybrido” 2017. The po...
- + Havana Times: A Week Without Gas to Cook—The beginning of 2025 hasn’t brought anything good; problems are starting to unravel that are beyond our control to resolve. The post A Week Without G...
- + Havana Times: International News Briefs for Tuesday, February 4, 2025—Here are the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Tuesday, February 4, 2025. The post International News Briefs for Tuesday, Fe...
- + Havana Times: Ecuador Goes to the Polls Amidst Multiple Crises—There is a multiple crisis that demands a broad and long-term agreement between politicians, society, and business for the next four years. The post E...
- + Havana Times: A Proposal for Non-Violence and Reconciliation in Cuba—While some congratulate him for his courage and clarity, others label him a "traitor." His interview with El Toque has sparked heated debate. The post...
- + La Monde: The bloody rebirth of Bangladesh—Sheikh Hasina's narrative of progress masked a different reality, one of inequality, corruption and state violence. Now she's been ousted, can Banglad...
- + Moon of Alabama: Lavrov vs. Rubio On Multipolarity—I have lauded Marco Rubio's view which declared that the short period of a unipolar world has come to an end. The new Secretary of State had said: "So...
- + Naked Capitalism: Trump Commits to Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza—Trump and Netanyahu have gone all in on ethnic cleansing in Gaza. [Category: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, Social values]
- + Naked Capitalism: 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/4/2025—~ Today's Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics ~ [Category: Water Cooler]
- + Naked Capitalism: Rob Urie: To End Oligarchy, End Finance Capitalism—One prescription for rolling back oligarchy. [Category: Guest Post]
- + Naked Capitalism: Links 2/4/2025— [Category: Links]
- + Naked Capitalism: What Just Happened to UK TBTF Lender Barclays’ Online Banking Services, and What Could It Mean for the Wider World?—"[W]e have this house of cards where you’ve got an awful lot of institutions working co-operatively with each other, but if one messes up the system, ...
- + Naked Capitalism: New Filing Details How Crooked Attorney Ann Oldfather and Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman Conspired to Sell Out Underwater Pension Funds and Taxpayers to the Tune of Hundreds of Millions, Even $1 Billion, in Lost Recoveries—As more legal filings and reviews show, Ann Oldfather and Attorney General Russell Cameron are shafting Kentucky taxpayers for their benefit [Category...
- + Naked Capitalism: AI’s Impending Information Crisis—AI coverage whistles past the graveyard of its lack of enough content to generate good output, assuring garbage in, garbage out. [Category: Free mark...
- + Naked Capitalism: Tankus and Kelton on Musk’s DOGE Seizing Treasury’s Payments Chokepoint. But Where Are The Lawyers?—What attack surfaces does DOGE present? [Category: Banana republic, Guest Post, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams]
- + Naked Capitalism: 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/3/2025—~ Today's Water Cooler: Open Thread ~ [Category: Water Cooler]
- + Naked Capitalism: Links 2/3/2025— [Category: Links]
- + Naked Capitalism: Trump Declares Economic War on Just About Everyone That Matters. Is a Smash-Up a Feature and Not a Bug? Update: Mexico One Month Pause. Who Blinked?—Trump is opening up a multi-front economic war by imposing tariffs on America's biggest trade partners, with the EU next in line. What gives? [Categor...
- + Naked Capitalism: Trump Declares Economic War on Just About Everyone That Matters. Is a Smash-Up a Feature and Not a Bug?—Trump is opening up a multi-front economic war by imposing tariffs on America's biggest trade partners, with the EU next in line. What gives? [Categor...
- + Naked Capitalism: How Do We Get Competent Politicians?—Richard Murphy argues that all prospective UK parliamentarians and councillors should have to take an exam to prove their competence. [Category: Guest...
- + Naked Capitalism: Meditation and Mindfulness at Work Are Welcome, but Do They Help Avoid Accountability for Toxic Culture?—An update on corporate efforts to deploy seemingly beneficial practices like meditation for their benefit. [Category: Corporate governance, Guest Post...
- + NPR: Senate votes to confirm Pam Bondi as attorney general—Bondi was confirmed by a vote of 54 to 46, and will now take the reins at the Justice Department at a moment when it is facing questions about the ris...
- + NPR: 'Thank you for your service': Trump administration puts USAID staff on leave—In a brief note posted on the international development agency's website, almost all employees were told they would be put on leave. The note ended wi...
- + NPR: Trump administration prepares to withdraw USAID staff from overseas posts by weekend—"We are being tasked to assist the department in recalling USAID employees to the United States by Saturday," State Department official Seth Green wro...
- + NPR: FBI gives Justice details on employees who worked Jan. 6 cases, FBI agents sue—The details on FBI employees comes in response to a Justice Department memo last week, asking for names of all current and former FBI personnel who wo...
- + NPR: DOGE is making major changes to the federal government. Is it legal?—President Trump said the entity would focus on cutting government waste and slashing federal regulations, and he put tech billionaire and adviser Elon...
- + NPR: What is the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE?—President Trump said the entity would focus on cutting government waste and slashing federal regulations, and he put tech billionaire and adviser Elon...
- + NPR: A guide to what the U.S. Education Department does (and doesn't) do—more than 4,000 people and has an annual budget of $79 billion.'/The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-...
- + NPR: Miami Beach is continuing to crack down on spring break partiers—It started last year, when the city launched an expensive ad campaign telling spring breakers that the party was over and announcing new curfews and f...
- + NPR: The prospect of immigration agents entering schools is sending shockwaves among communities—President Trump got rid of a decades-old policy that prevented agents from arresting migrants without legal status in sensitive places, such as school...
- + NPR: Winter storm to move across U.S. but the South will see record high temps—Parts of the South will see high temperatures while upper parts of the U.S. will see wintry weather.(Image credit: NOAA)
- + NPR: Trump says he wants the U.S. to take ownership of the Gaza Strip—Trump said he and Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu talked Tuesday about relocating Palestinians and leveling Gaza, which he suggested could be the "R...
- + NPR: Netanyahu meets Trump with 2nd phase of the ceasefire under negotiation—Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is the first world leader to visit President Trump at the White House since his inauguration. (Image credit:...
- + NPR: The first group of migrants has been sent to Guantánamo, but legal challenges loom—President Trump aims to deport up to 30,000 migrant detainees to a holding facility there, despite the questionable legality of that move.(Image credi...
- + NPR: A sense of foreboding hangs over the National Institutes of Health—There's widespread confusion and fear among scientists and doctors on the sprawling National Institutes of Health campus and at institutions dependent...
- + NPR: A man was sentenced to 475 years for dogfighting. The sport is surprisingly prevalent—A man who was arrested with over 100 dogs and equipment at his Georgia home got the maximum sentence last week. Prosecutors hope it sheds light on the...
- + NPR: About 10 people are dead in a shooting at an adult education center in Sweden—Swedish police said that about 10 people, including the gunman, were killed during a shooting Tuesday at an adult education center. (Image credit: Kic...
- + NPR: Neil Gaiman's former nanny files rape, human trafficking lawsuit—The lawsuit alleges that Gaiman coerced sexual services from his former live-in nanny, and that Palmer "knowingly benefited" from Gaiman's actions.(Im...
- + NPR: RFK Jr. appears on his way to being Trump's health secretary after a party-line vote—RFK Jr.'s nomination cleared the Senate Finance Committee by a 14-13 party line vote. (Image credit: Kevin Dietsch)
- + NPR: The moon's grand canyons were carved in the blink of an eye—The Earth's Grand Canyon took millions of years to carve, but the moon's grand canyons took about ten minutes.
- + NPR: Trump administration adds fine print to 'Fork' resignation offer, deepening confusion—Federal agencies are sending out sample contract agreements to their employees in what appears to be an effort to alleviate doubts. But some of the la...
- + The Anarchist Library: Giovanni Rossi - An episode of love in the Cecilia Socialist Colony—Author: Giovanni RossiTitle: An episode of love in the Cecilia Socialist ColonyDate: 1896Source: Socialist utopianism (1830–1893) by Carlos Manuel Ram...
- + The Anarchist Library: Peter Gelderloos - Betrayed by Green Capitalism, Here’s How We Can Build a Livable Future—Author: Peter GelderloosTitle: Betrayed by Green Capitalism, Here’s How We Can Build a Livable FutureSubtitle: The mainstream climate framework is utt...
- + The Anarchist Library: Andreas (from the magazine “Train”) - Mediterranean: the remainder is Cyprus—Author: Andreas (from the magazine “Train”)Title: Mediterranean: the remainder is CyprusDate: 1994Notes: In the summer of 1994, while the war in the f...
- + The Anarchist Library: Ichikawa Hakugen - Universal Suffering—Author: Ichikawa HakugenTitle: Universal SufferingDate: 1/27/1964Source: Retrieved from https://hu.repo.nii.ac.jp/records/846 and translation finished...
- + The Anarchist Library: Z. Zolty - Benjaminian Resistance, Circumnavigating Border walls, Negating Schmittian Katechon—Author: Z. ZoltyTitle: Benjaminian Resistance, Circumnavigating Border walls, Negating Schmittian KatechonDate: 1, 1, 2024Source: https://philpapers.o...
- + The Anarchist Library: Sudan Anarchist Gathering, CNT-AIT France, and their friends - Hope—Author: Sudan Anarchist Gathering, CNT-AIT France, and their friendsTitle: HopeSubtitle: Issue #1Date: Jan 2025Notes: This is the first issue of a pap...
- + The Anarchist Library: Idealizing Collapse—Title: Idealizing CollapseDate: 4/19/2018Source: https://barbarically.wordpress.com/2018/04/19/idealizing-collapse/ One thing I’ve noticed in the re...
- + The Anarchist Library: Sebastian Kalicha - Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker Movement—Author: Sebastian KalichaTitle: Dorothy Day and the Catholic Worker MovementDate: 2012Source: Retrieved on February 1, 2025 from https://www.anarchism...
- + The Anarchist Library: Queer Satanic - Why You Should (Not) Become a Satanist—Author: Queer SatanicTitle: Why You Should (Not) Become a SatanistSubtitle: (A Case Against) Identifying with Satanism in the Modern WorldDate: June 1...
- + The Anarchist Library: Sébastien Faure - Parliamentary rot—Author: Sébastien FaureTitle: Parliamentary rotDate: 1921Source: Retrieved on January 31, 2025 from https://es.anarchistlibraries.net/library/sebastie...
- + The Anarchist Library: Iberian Anarchist Federation - Statutes of the FAI—Author: Iberian Anarchist FederationTitle: Statutes of the FAIDate: 1937Source: Retrieved on January 30, 2025 from https://acracia.org/historico/Acrac...
- + The Anarchist Library: Zac Larkham - Finding Joy in Queer Activism—Author: Zac LarkhamTitle: Finding Joy in Queer ActivismSubtitle: An AutoethnographyDate: 01/05/2024 #notes so this is my undergrad dissertation. a lo...
- + The Anarchist Library: Food Not Bombs - How To Do A Guerilla Sharing—Author: Food Not BombsTitle: How To Do A Guerilla SharingSubtitle: by a Food Not Bombs CellDate: 2023Source: Retrieved on 1/29/2025 from https://archi...
- + The Anarchist Library: Grackle Collective - Disorganized Thoughts on Anarchist Organizing—Author: Grackle CollectiveTitle: Disorganized Thoughts on Anarchist OrganizingDate: 2024Source: Retrieved on 1/29/2025 from https://archive.org/detail...
- + The Anarchist Library: Sebastian Kalicha - Christian anarchism—Author: Sebastian KalichaTitle: Christian anarchismDate: 2013Source: Retrieved on January 28, 2025 from https://www.anarchismus.at/religionskritik/chr...
- + The Anarchist Library: Heiner Koechlin - Christianity, Church and Anarchism—Author: Heiner KoechlinTitle: Christianity, Church and AnarchismDate: 1974Notes: Akratic contribution to a Christian confrontation. Slightly modified ...
- + The Anarchist Library: Alfonso Martínez Rizo - 1945—Author: Alfonso Martínez RizoTitle: 1945Subtitle: The advent of libertarian communismDate: 1932 Brief introduction I think that before starting the...
- + The Anarchist Library: Dubian Ade - Black Is Crime: Notes on Blaqillegalism—Author: Dubian AdeTitle: Black Is Crime: Notes on BlaqillegalismDate: 12 March 2022Source: Retrieved on 2025/01/28 from https://afanarchists.wordpress...
- + The Anarchist Library: Lucas Poy - The Swan Song of Latin American Anarcho-Syndicalism—Author: Lucas PoyTitle: The Swan Song of Latin American Anarcho-SyndicalismSubtitle: The Asociación Continental Americana de TrabajadoresDate: 2020Sou...
- + The Anarchist Library: Johann Most - Godlessness: A Critique of the Idea of God—Author: Johann MostTitle: Godlessness: A Critique of the Idea of GodDate: 1870Source: Retrieved on January 28, 2025 from https://www.anarchismus.at/re...
- + William Bowles: Krynky: Very British Military Cataclysm—In November 2024, previously US-funded Ukrainska Pravda published a little-noticed investigation, documenting in frequently disquieting detail the cat...
- + William Bowles: The Panama Canal Treaty Declassified—Continued U.S. control of the Panama Canal “looks like pure colonialism,” Henry Kissinger advised President Gerald Ford during a National Security Cou...
- + William Bowles: In the West Bank, another ‘Gaza genocide’ unfolds—Israel, in collusion with the Palestinian Authority, is executing a coordinated crackdown in the occupied West Bank that mirrors its war on Gaza, usin...
- + William Bowles: GM Watch Daily Digest 3 February 2025—Monday, 3 February 2025 GM Watch Lab-grown breast milk firm goes tits-up BIOMILQ — a startup culturing mammary cells to produce bioactives found in b...
- + William Bowles: The US Mafia Boss Lashes Out At His Made Men—The beginning of the end of any mafia boss is when his made men start to question his power, and when he starts to distrust and lash out against those...
- + William Bowles: The February 2025 issue of ColdType is now online—Monday, 3 February 2025 ColdType Read Issue 266 at https://www.coldtype.net/Assets23/PDFs/ColdType266Feb2025.pdf And at https://issuu.com/coldtype/d...
- + William Bowles: US tech CEOs admit they want AI monopoly & ‘unipolar world’, blocking China’s competition—US Big Tech oligarchs fear Chinese AI companies like DeepSeek. Billionaire Trump backer Peter Thiel admits they want monopolies: "competition is for l...
- + William Bowles: Russia Prepares to Negotiate With the US—We discussed how peace can be achieved in future negotiations with Dmitri Polyanskiy, the First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Federat...
- + William Bowles: The Postil Newsletter February 2025—Greetings to all our dear readers. A lot has been happening in this world and we have some interesting points of view for you to consider, and even id...
- + William Bowles: CIA/NYT Remove North Korean Troops From Ukraine’s Front Line—After three months of intense propaganda the CIA decided to bury an Ukrainian disinformation scheme and announced to 'pull North Korean troops off the...
- + William Bowles: MIT hides its tracks after complicity with “Israel” was exposed—After a report went into light highlighting MIT's role in Israeli crimes in Palestine and the entire region, the institute prevented access to the dam...
- + William Bowles: Jerusalem Post Targets MintPress After Exposé on Israeli Spies in US Media—In December, The Jerusalem Post published an investigation from Nicholas Potter, a “counter-extremism expert,” who falsely accused MintPress News of b...
- + William Bowles: “Operation Wrath of Zion” Aims to Dox and Deport Pro-Palestinian Protestors in New York City—Steered by a "right-wing Zionist" organization, the campaign is using facial-recognition technology to intimidate and out activists demonstrating agai...
- + William Bowles: Black Agenda Report January 29, 2025—Wednesday 28 January 2025 Black Agenda Report The Death of DEI Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist Black people must be dis...
- + William Bowles: Forgetting Auschwitz and imperialist crimes—The exclusion of Russia at the official commemorative event marking the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz is not just shameful. It is mu...
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- + DKOS Native: Indians 101: Natchez Indians 300 years ago, 1725—On the Mississippi River in the eighteenth century the French encountered the Natchez Nation whose territories included portions of the present-day st...
- + Indigenous News: Buffy's Censored Words Led to Revelations in New Peltier Film Premiered at Sundance— [Author: noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)]
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