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New Zealand’s business sector is showing increasingly visible signs of strain, with new data revealing a sharp rise in company liquidations across multiple industries, led overwhelmingly by the construction sector. By elocal Report · According to new commentary from Kiwibank economist Alexandra Turcu, annual company liquidations across New Zealand are now running 15% higher year-on-year, with construction firms accounting for by far the…

A newly unsealed FBI document is fueling fresh questions about what the federal government may have known for decades regarding UFO encounters, extraterrestrial contact, and the mysterious deaths allegedly surrounding witnesses who spoke publicly about such incidents. By Frank Bergman · The 1967 memo, released Friday as part of President Donald Trump’s UFO transparency initiative, details claims from a young female informant who allegedly told…

US President Donald Trump has called Iran’s response to Washington’s latest proposal for ending the war “totally unacceptable,” after Tehran insisted it would not surrender the strategic leverage it has gained around the Strait of Hormuz. The contents of Iran’s response have not been made public, but according to US media reports, Tehran’s counterproposal focused on ending the war and securing guarantees that hostilities would not resume, while…

Long before the D-Day landings came to symbolize the decisive turning point of the Second World War in many Western narratives, the Soviet Union had already spent years bearing the brunt of the war against Nazi Germany, suffering massive losses while repeatedly urging Britain and the US to open a second front. By June 1944, when Allied troops landed in Normandy, the Soviet Union had already spent almost three years bearing the brunt of the war,…

The Ukrainian military needs to pull back from Donbass for the peace process to move forward, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov has said. Talks between Moscow and Kiev will remain stalled until then, he told journalist Pavel Zarubin, adding that the Ukrainian government knows this. Russia and Ukraine have held several rounds of talks, including with US mediation, since early 2025, when President Donald Trump returned to the White House.…

Vladimir Putin hints that the Ukraine conflict could soon conclude, stressing that Moscow won’t take Kiev’s ceasefire violations lightly, as he speaks to journalists following Victory Day commemorations. · As the first group of passengers finally disembark from a disease-hit ship in the Atlantic - a renowned American biochemist slams the media hype seen regarding the ‘hanta-virus’. · A man and his 12-year-old daughter are reported killed in a…

By Barbara Boyd · Barbara Boyd argues Barack Obama helped politicize U.S. justice and led a “British intelligence-instigated” anti-Trump coup, then outlines three developments she says undercut his project: · 1. UK local elections in which Keir Starmer’s Labour Party lost about 1,800 races and power in Wales and Scotland as Nigel Farage’s Reform Party surged on anti-open borders and anti-Net Zero messaging · 2. A 4–3 Virginia Supreme Court…

The Trump administration has released a new batch of previously classified files, photographs, and videos relating to Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), claiming the disclosure marks the beginning of a major federal transparency effort surrounding unexplained aerial encounters and alleged extraterrestrial activity. According to the White House, the material was released under President Donald Trump’s newly established Presidential…

Unelected European Union officials are moving forward with a controversial new vehicle monitoring mandate that will require newly registered vehicles across the EU to include inward-facing “driver-monitoring camera” systems beginning in July. New EU rules will require inward-facing monitoring systems in newly registered vehicles from July · By Frank Bergman · The systems, known as Advanced Driver Distraction Warning (ADDW) technology, are…

The Ukrainian military has violated the Victory Day ceasefire on 8,970 occasions since it took effect at midnight on Friday, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. · Moscow stated earlier that it had ordered all Russian forces along the Ukraine front line to halt combat operations and remain at their positions during the ceasefire period. Moscow says Russian forces are observing the truce · In a statement released Saturday, the Russian…