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The prime minister has blasted the EU’s reported plan to make Ukraine a member in spite of Budapest’s objections · Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Budapest, January 5, 2026. ©  Janos Kummer / Getty Images · Brussels and Kiev have declared war on Budapest, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said. His comments come amid reports that the EU is seeking to offer Ukraine a form of 'membership lite,’ despite the…

Beyond their appalling morals is an astonishing lack of style, imagination, and creativity. · John Leake · When I was in college in Boston I knew an old history professor who told me that, in his youth, he had been pals with an extremely handsome and charming young man who worked as Huntington Hartford’s procurer. · For readers who don’t remember Huntington Hartford: he was born in 1911 in New York. In 1922, when he was eleven…

The New Zealand Government has quietly initiated a surprise review into the Reserve Bank’s controversial decision to underwrite approximately $55 billion in pandemic-era money-creation programmes during COVID-19. Caption: Finance Minister Nicola Willis has announced an inquiry into RBNZ actions. Photo / Mark Mitchell · The inquiry is aimed at assessing the impact of the central bank’s Large-Scale Asset Purchasing (LSAP) and other measures on…

New Zealand’s slide down the global corruption rankings has become so predictable it barely causes a stir. Tonight, Transparency International released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index, and New Zealand has dropped again: from 83 to 81, losing another two points and sinking to equal fourth alongside Norway. We are now eight points behind Denmark, which continues to sit comfortably at the top. Over the past four years, New Zealand has lost…

Frequent sexual fantasies are linked with neuroticism – a personality trait that could put you at risk of a range of physical and mental health problems – according to a study from Michigan State University, US. Credit: Getty images · Researchers surveyed more than 5,000 US adults about their sexual fantasies and personality traits. · The scientists used the Big Five framework, which is widely used in psychology to measure open-mindedness,…

Every society claims its emergencies are exceptional. History shows the opposite: emergencies are the preferred pathway for expanding power, because fear collapses resistance faster than force ever could. New Zealand’s COVID response must be understood not only as a public-health event, but as a political precedent — one that future governments will study carefully. · The Old Rule: Emergency First, Accountability Later · Emergency powers…

Member states should work on economic matters in small groups in the absence of unanimity, the European Commission president has said · European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. ©  Philipp von Ditfurth / picture alliance via Getty Images · [RT] European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has called for a mechanism that would further water down the European Union unanimity requirement – a key pillar…

Czech PM Andrej Babis is the latest official to accuse British ex-PM Boris Johnson of insisting that Kiev shouldn’t seek peace · Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis has become the latest addition to a growing chorus of Western officials who are prepared to acknowledge the role Britain and the West played in sabotaging a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine in 2022, the terms of which were far better for Kiev than those being discussed…

Russia’s top diplomat said the late US financier’s crimes are “beyond comprehension” · A protester holds a picture of Jeffrey Epstein outside a New York courthouse. July 8, 2019. ©  Stephanie Keith / Getty Images · [RT] The decadent lifestyle of disgraced US financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his entourage is a testament to the moral decay of Western elites, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. ·…

Tucker Carlson and The Why Files · The people who run countries believe in the supernatural. It’s the main thing they believe in. Why do they try so hard to convince the rest of us it’s not real? AJ Gentile on giants, the pyramids and remote viewing. · Chapters: 00:00 Why Does the Science Community Refuse to Admit When They’re Wrong? · 04:10 What Do We Know About the Pyramids and Giants? · 11:29 Why Would the U.S. Government Suppress the…