The United Nations emblem uses a projection map centered on the North Pole. When it was adopted in 1945, the Arctic was strategically irrelevant. Today, that same region has become one of the most contested zones on Earth. By Greg Reese · The geographic centre of that map now aligns with the terrain major global powers are competing to control. · The Arctic becomes the focal point · Russia’s strategic narrative centres on a future where Arctic…
A leaked prison email from Ghislaine Maxwell is raising new questions about what Jeffrey Epstein’s convicted accomplice knows and whether that knowledge could secure her freedom. · Veteran Miami Herald investigative journalist Julie K. Brown, whose reporting helped expose Epstein’s crimes, revealed what she described as a key clue buried in Maxwell’s own words. By Frank Bergman · A leaked prison email from Ghislaine Maxwell is raising new…
The Free Speech Union is today writing to Police asking why an Auckland woman was telephoned at home, with Police calling her mother first, and then called into a station to be told a Facebook post was "unkind" and "unwelcoming to the Indian community". No offence has been alleged. No threat of violence has been alleged. According to public reporting over the past 48 hours, Renee-Rose Schwenke posted a photo captioned "Welcome to New India…
The 1960s were a turning point for Norwegian identity. Most Norwegians didn’t notice it at the time, but the arrival of the first illegal Pakistani immigrants would eventually erode the very community and sense of self on which the country had been built. These young Pakistani men began arriving in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Many came via Germany or other European countries on tourist visas, fully intending to stay. By Rebecca Mistereggen…
By The Conversation · Amid a worsening global energy crisis, New Zealand and Singapore’s freshly struck deal to keep fuel and other essential goods flowing is being touted as a boost to supply chain resilience. · The agreement commits both countries not to impose export restrictions on each other during economic upheaval. But it also highlights an uncomfortable reality facing New Zealand’s energy security, which depends heavily on fuel stored…
It’s the year 2020. The world lives through humanity’s worst pandemic. People are dying, hospitals are overflowing, countries are locked down to prevent the spread of this lethal disease. by Fall of the Cabal Official · In the middle of this chaos, this panic, governments do their utmost to inform their citizens. Experts from all over the world give daily updates about the severity of this new pandemic. The World Health Organization orders all…
Breaking news here on RT. Iranian Armed Forces report firing warning shots at American destroyers as they attempted to approach the Hormuz Strait. That's after the vessels ignored initial commands to turn around, claims that US Central command refutes. Tehran meantime insists it is the sole protector of the waterway. · Tehran says any war ending agreement must include stopping the assault on Lebanon. That's as Israel steps up attacks on its…
US President Donald Trump has rejected an Iranian counterproposal to a peace plan previously conveyed via Pakistani intermediaries. · The back-and-forth has so far resulted a deadlock in which neither party appears to be willing to budge. Although active fighting was paused under a fragile ceasefire last month, both Washington and Tehran continue to rely on economic leverage to force concessions. Iran submitted its 14-point proposal late…
The Russian Defense Ministry has announced a two-day ceasefire on May 8–9 to mark the end of World War II in Europe, calling on Kiev to follow suit. It warned that any attempt to disrupt the celebrations, including a strike on Moscow, would be met with a retaliatory strike on the Ukrainian capital. The ministry pointed in particular to a statement made by Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky on the sidelines of the European Political Community summit in…
The move comes just days after the Gulf nation broke with OPEC and OPEC+, citing the need to gain more flexibility over oil output The United Arab Emirates has officially withdrawn from the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC), according to a statement posted by the group on X on Sunday. · The exit took effect on May 1 – the same day Abu Dhabi’s withdrawal from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC),…
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