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 (Dec 29 2024) - Post Searchlight : Georgia’s Greatest Mystery
GEORGIA : There is something about Jan that makes me want to tell you about some of the unusual happenings in our gorgeous state. So, this month expect the unexpected as we go through some different kinds of historical happenings. Let’s start with this not so usual monument (...) In a field on Georgia State Highway 77
(Dec 28 2024) - Activist Post : Will (AI) Cause Mass Deflation ???
WORLD WIDE : Forbes Magazine warns AI will set off “The Great Deflation Bomb.” Will we be buying eggs for fractions of a penny, houses for a song? The impact of Artificial Intelligence on the economy is heating up as AI begins to seep from its original killer app of cheating on college essays and porn.
(Dec 27 2024) - Richardson Post : Trump stands up to China
AMERICA : President Trump’s comment earlier this week about the United States potentially regaining control of the Panama Canal has brought renewed attention to communist China’s expanding influence in the Latin American country. The Panama Canal, which opened in 1914 after 10 years of construction by the U.S. ...
(Dec 26 2024) - Bangkok Post : Azerbaijan plane downed by Russia
BAKU : An Azerbaijan Airlines flight that crashed in Kazakhstan on Wednesday was downed by a Russian air defence system, four sources in Azerbaijan with knowledge of the investigation have told Reuters. The Embraer passenger jet crashed near the city of Aktau in Kazakhstan on Wednesday, killing 38 people ...
(Dec 25 2024) - Jerusalem Post : Unprecedented intel' penetration
ISRAEL : The IDF disclosed on Wednesday that its decapitation of Hezbollah from mid-September until the November 26 ceasefire was not luck, but based on an unprecedented level of infiltration. According to the military, its intelligence branches spent years separately diagnosing each level of Hezbollah’s firepower:
(Dec 24 2024) - Kathmandu Post : Gov't renews travel advisory
NEPAL : The Nepal gov't has renewed its travel advisory for citizens planning to visit Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia & Laos, highlighting increasing risks of human trafficking & fraudulent recruitment schemes. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in an advisory issued on Monday, warned citizens to exercise caution and ...
(Dec 23 2024) - Financial Post : Alberta is not entitled to half
ALBERTA : Canada’s chief actuary has determined that Alberta is not entitled to take more than half the funds in the Canada Pension Plan if its provincial gov't decides to follow through on a proposal to leave the national retirement scheme. Chief actuary Assia Billig, in her assessment released on Friday, said ...
(Dec 22 2024) - Scheer Post : Israel’s Crime of Extermination
JERUSALEM : Israeli authorities have intentionally deprived Palestinian civilians in Gaza of adequate access to water since Oct 2023, most likely resulting in thousands of deaths, thus committing the crime against humanity of extermination & acts of genocide, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today.
(Dec 21 2024) - Saturday Evening Post : Sky Lanterns
CANADA : Alice readjusted her laptop bag over her shoulder & pulled her battered suitcase behind her on the frigid Via Rail platform, wishing she'd worn warmer gloves. Winnipeg in December was not for sissies, as the arthritis in her hands kept reminding her. You’re not getting any younger, her twin had reminded her ...
(Dec 20 2024) - Nottingham Post : Clifton's biggest drug dealers
NOTTINGHAM : Two large-scale Nottingham drug dealers spent the profits of their criminal behaviour to fund holidays, spa breaks and hiring luxury cars. Nottingham Crown Court was told how Liam Kennerdale and Ryan Selwood operated “a sophisticated and organised” line which had up to 60 “loyal” customers ...
(Dec 19 2024) - Post Millennial : Chinese spy pleads guilty
NEW YORK : A New York man pleaded guilty to running a police station for the Chinese gov't in Manhattan. This comes about a year after it was revealed that the country's gov't was seeking to suppress dissidents from the country who came to America. 60-yr-old Chen Jinping pleaded guilty Wed to charges related to ...
(Dec 18 2024) - JC Post : Astronauts forced to stay longer
CAPE CANAVERAL : NASA’s two stuck astronauts just got their space mission extended again. That means they won’t be back on Earth until spring, 10 months after rocketing into orbit on Boeing’s Starliner capsule. NASA announced the latest delay in Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams' homecoming on Tuesday.
(Dec 17 2024) - Huff Post : Russian General killed by a bomb
MOSCOW : A senior Russian general was killed Tuesday by a bomb hidden in a scooter outside his apartment building in Moscow, a day after Ukraine’s security service leveled criminal charges against him. A Ukrainian official said the service carried out the attack. Lt. Gen. Igor Kirillov, the chief of ...
(Dec 16 2024) - Jakarta Post : Taiwan receives US Abrams tanks
TAIWAN : Taiwan has received 38 advanced Abrams battle tanks from the U.S., the defence ministry said, as Taiwan boosts its military capabilities against a potential Chinese attack. Wash D.C. has long been Taipei's most important ally & biggest arms supplier - angering Beijing, which claims Taiwan as its own.
(Dec 15 2024) - Activist Post : ABC To Pay Trump $15 Million
NEW YORK : ABC News & George Stephanopoulos have reached a settlement with Trump for $15 million, after Stephanopoulos asserted that Trump was found “liable for rape” in a civil case while interviewing Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC). After the network played a clip of Mace discussing being a rape victim, Stephanopoulos asked ...
(Dec 14 2024) - SCM Post : South Korean President impeached
SOUTH KOREA : South Korean President Yoon was impeached on Saturday over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, leaving the nation under caretaker rule. The impeachment resolution, citing “insurrectionary acts”, passed with 204 lawmakers voting in favour – just 4 votes over the 2/3's threshold required.
(Dec 13 2024) - Nagaland Post : UN chief calls for reform
U.N. : United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for the reform of global financial institutions and urged action to address the debt crises affecting some countries. Guterres made these remarks in Johannesburg while addressing the first G20 Sherpas-Finance and Central Bank Deputies Joint Meeting.
(Dec 12 2024) - Christian Post : Violence against Christians in ???
MEXICO : Violence against Christians in Mexico has reached its "peak" as religious leaders faced targeted killings & assaults while hundreds of Catholics faced threats & extortion in the last 6 yrs, according to a new report. Nearly 900 members of the Roman Catholic Church's ministries faced extortion or threats ...
(Dec 11 2024) - Daily Post : Grid collapses for 12th time
NIGERIA : Nigeria’s National Grid collapsed for the 12th time this year on Wednesday. The latest incident happened around 2.09 pm, plunging Nigerians into darkness again. Since January 2024 until date, the grid has collapsed 11 times. Within one week in October, the grid collapsed three times.
(Dec 10 2024) - Orissa Post : Two Bangladeshi vessels ...
INDIA : The Coast Guard Tues intercepted 2 Bangladeshi vessels with 78 people on board while allegedly fishing in Indian waters, a statement said. The vessels were located during routine surveillance by the Coast Guard ship ‘Amogh’, it said. The vessels, FV Laila-2 & FV Meghna-5, were found in unauthorised fishing area ...
(Dec 09 2024) - PSY Post : Hippocampal neurogenesis decreases ...
U.S.A. : A study on mice found that interventions increasing the creation of new neurons in the hippocampus (hippocampal neurogenesis) weaken memories of traumatic events & reduce PTSD symptoms (...) Researchers of brain development believed that the brain stops creating new neurons once a person reaches adulthood.
(Dec 08 2024) - Sunday Post : Scots face tax ‘super hikes’
SCOTLAND : Hard-pressed Scots households face being hit with more than £208 million in council tax “super hikes” following the Govt’s decision to scrap a rates freeze. New analysis of revenue plans for the coming years (...) indicates local authorities (...) are preparing to send bills skyrocketing next year ...
(Dec 07 2024) - Pittsburgh Post : SK president avoids impeachment
SEOUL : South Korea's embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol avoided an opposition-led attempt to impeach him over his short-lived imposition of martial law, as most ruling party lawmakers boycotted a parliamentary vote Saturday to deny a 2/3 majority needed to suspend his presidential powers. Scrapping the motion ...
(Dec 06 2024) - First Post : Canada's immigration problem
CANADA : Intelligence experts within Canada’s border agency alerted the federal immigration department last Dec' about a significant increase in illegals crossing at the Canada-US border, including into the US, raising questions why action to address the issue wasn’t taken earlier. According to The Globe & Mail report ...
(Dec 05 2024) - Guam Post : New home port of USS Minnesota
GUAM : The USS Minnesota, the 10th of the powerful Virginia-class subs, has received forward deployment to Naval Base Guam & steamed into Apra Harbor on Nov. 26. A crew of about 140 sailors, 18 whom are officers & their families are in the process of relocating from their prior home port, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
(Dec 04 2024) - Indianapolis Post : Cellphone services crash ...
COPENHAGEN : A major cellphone network outage in Denmark on Nov 29 disrupted emergency services, delayed public transport & left security services patrolling streets to assist those unable to call for help. TDC Net, one of Denmark's largest network providers, attributed the issue to a system update within the past 24 hrs.
(Dec 03 2024) - Kenyan Post : Gov't selling data to insurance
KENYA : Kenyans have raised concerns about their privacy after it emerged that President William Ruto and his gov't plan to sell out data under the Social Health Authority & Social Health Insurance Fund. This follows the govt’s move to monetise patient data, which will be managed exclusively by gov't authorities.
(Dec 02 2024) - Phnom Phen Post : Hun Sen visits China
CHINA : Hun Sen, president of both the Senate & Cambodian People’s Party arrived in China today for a 3-day official visit. During the trip, he plans to meet with Chinese president Xi to further strengthen the "ironclad" friendship between the two nations. This marks Hun Sen’s first official visit to China ...
(Dec 01 2024) - National Post : God Help Us ... If This Happens
CANADA : President Donald Trump pitched a hard curveball into trade relations this week, proposing a 25-per-cent tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico until the flow of illegal drugs and migrants into America is staunched. Coming on the heels of his campaign promise to deport millions of illegal immigrants ...
(Nov 30 2024) - Bay Post : Israeli army says it killed militant
ISRAEL : The Israeli military says it has killed a militant who took part in the Oct 7, 2023 Hamas attacks on Israel & who it says was employed by the World Central Kitchen charity in the Gaza Strip. The official Palestinian news agency WAFA reported that 3 employees of World Central Kitchen were killed ...
(Nov 29 2024) - Salina Post : Bomb threats: Trump cabinet picks
WEST PALM BEACH : At least five Democratic members of Congress from Connecticut were targeted by bomb threats on their homes Thursday, the lawmakers or their offices said. Sen. Chris Murphy and Reps. Jim Himes, Joe Courtney, John Larson and Jahana Hayes all reported being the subject of such threats.
(Nov 28 2024) - Kyiv Post : FBI Informant Indicted for Lying ...
WASH D.C. : Alexander Smirnov, a former FBI informant previously indicted for lying about Joe Biden & his family’s links to Ukraine, has been indicted on new tax-related charges. US DoJ Special Counsel filed the new charges on Nov. 21, which accused Smirnov of hiding millions of income earned between 2020 & 2022.
(Nov 27 2024) - Punching Bag Post : Democrats double down ...
U.S.A. : One of the issues that transitioned Trump from former President to President-elect was the failure of the Biden/Harris admin' – and the Democrat Party, in general – to secure America’s southern border. Not only did he not close the border, Biden reversed Trump’s Executive Orders that tightened the border.
(Nov 26 2024) - Frontier Post : Trump vows big tariffs on ...
WASH D.C. : President Trump said Monday he intends to impose sweeping tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada & China, prompting a swift warning from Beijing that “no one will win a trade war.” In a series of posts to Truth Social, Trump vowed to hit some of the largest trading partners with duties on all goods ...
(Nov 25 2024) - Conservatives Post : Red Rural Counties Splitting
CALIFORNIA : It’s a common situation where a state has big, politically conservative but sparsely populated rural & small-town areas that are outweighed by state politics by heavily populated, mostly liberal/progressive urban enclaves. California is such place and in the 2024 election, counties are more divided ...
(Nov 24 2024) - St Joseph Post : New unemployment system ...
TOPEKA : After years of fraud, delayed claims and long waits, Kansas’ beleaguered unemployment program has rolled out a new, modernized system. Gov. Laura Kelly and Kansas Department of Labor secretary Amber Shultz announced Friday the launch of the online claim system that has been three years in the making, and ...
(Nov 23 2024) - NY Post : NYC ICE director declares ...
NEW YORK CITY : There are thousands of migrant criminals roaming the streets of Gotham, the head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s NYC field office told The Post. “In New York City, it would take a lifetime to clear the city of the criminals that we have” if the status quo remains the same ...
(Nov 22 2024) - Guam Post : AG : Search Every Container
GUAM : AG Douglas Moylan has requested that Gov. Guerrero & her admin' use drug detection dogs to "inspect every container at & leaving the Port Authority of Guam." On Friday, Moylan shared with media a letter sent to Gov. Guerrero requesting, recently purchased drug detection dogs search containers at the Port
(Nov 21 2024) - Defense Post : Israel Killed 71 Pro-Iran Fighters
SYRIA : Israeli strikes killed 71 pro-Iran militants in the Syrian city of Palmyra, with more than a 3rd of them identified as fighters from Iraq & Lebanon, a monitor said Thursday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said those killed in Wednesday’s strikes included 45 fighters from pro-Iran Syrian groups ...
(Nov 20 2024) - Huff Post : Comcast Spins Off MSNBC ...
U.S.A. : Comcast, the parent company of NBCUniversal, on Wed announced the spinoff of many of its cable TV channels, including MSNBC, carrying out a plan the company hinted at earlier this year. In addition to MSNBC, the portfolio of the newly created company titled “SpinCo” will also comprise CNBC, USA, Oxygen & E!
(Nov 19 2024) - Baton Rouge Post : Confirmed 50th polio case
ISLAMABAD : Pakistan's National Emergency Operations Centre reported another polio case, bringing the total this year to 50, ARY News reported on Tues. According to NEOC, the National Reference Lab identified the latest case involving a 20-month-old girl from Tank district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, ARY News reported.
(Nov 18 2024) - Post Email : Trump to declare National Emergency
U.S.A. : At approximately 4:00 a.m. on Monday, President-Elect Donald J. Trump confirmed a statement from Judicial Watch president Tom Fitton that once he takes office he will “declare a national emergency and will use military assets to reverse the Biden invasion through a mass deportation program.” “TRUE!!!”
(Nov 17 2024) - Borneo Post : UK to review travel ban ...
LONDON : The U.K’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office has assured the Sabah Tourism delegation that it'll look into the request to lift the travel ban prohibiting Brit's from visiting the east Cmcoast of Sabah. The travel advisory, which has been issued by the ministerial depart' for some time now ...
(Nov 16 2024) - Patriot Post : Meet the New Boss
WASH D.C. : Donald Trump’s visit to Washington on Wednesday had all the hallmarks of his first term. There was the cable-news pageantry of Trump Force One’s arrival in and departure from D.C. There was a cordial and reassuring meeting in the Oval Office between President Donald J. Trump and President Biden.
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