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The move means London will lose access to a database of some 26,000 verified violations by West Jerusalem, the outlet has reported · FILE PHOTO: Destruction caused by Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. © Getty Images / Abed Rahim Khatib · The British Foreign Office has closed a special unit that had been keeping a record of breaches of international law by Israel in the Gaza Strip, The Guardian has reported. · The…

The Pentagon has suggested punishing Madrid for blocking bases and airspace during the war on Iran, according to an internal email cited by the outlet · FILE PHOTO. Spanish President Pedro Sanchez at 2024 NATO summit in Washington, DC. © Getty Images / Andrew Harnik · The US is allegedly weighing unprecedented measures to punish NATO members it believes failed to support its war against Iran, Reuters reported on Friday,…

At least five ships reportedly pass through the Strait of Hormuz, while the US says its blockade is in full effect and no one gets a greenlight without Washington’s permission. A stranded ship captain is standing by to speak with us ahead in the programme. Representatives from Iran and the UAE among many at the table at the BRICS meeting in New Delhi, as tensions remain high between Abu Dhabi and Tehran in the Middle East. Donald…

Any crisis with the Baltic States, such as if Russia intercepts Ukrainian drones over their airspace, could now lead to a French-Russian crisis with nuclear stakes if Poland rushes to their rescue and Paris extends its nuclear umbrella further eastward to cover its ally. · Andrew Korybko · A Russian pollster recently discovered that “More Russians Perceive Poland To Be An Enemy Than They Do Any Other Country”, yet it turns out that their…

Estonia shares Ukraine’s interests with regard to sabotaging the Russian-US talks and receiving more aid from NATO, so passing up the chance to advance these goals by parroting his latest rhetoric suggests that there’s truly no basis to Zelensky’s claims about a Russian invasion of the Baltic States. · Andrew Korybko · Even casual followers of foreign affairs know that Estonia hates Russia for historical reasons, with the memory of its…

Growing Concerns as Assisted Death Expands to Younger Age Groups · By Frank Bergman · A growing group of leading experts in the Netherlands is raising urgent concerns as the country’s euthanasia regime continues expanding, now increasingly targeting young people and even minors with assisted suicide. · The warning comes as officials push policies that critics say are normalizing assisted death in cases involving psychological suffering. ·…

Source · Last week, a friend from Switzerland sent me an article she had read in a magazine. She was deeply upset and asked if I knew about it. I didn’t. But after everything we have learned in the past decade about so-called philanthropy, can I still be surprised? · Yes, I can. · Every time I learn something new about how people treat children, I’m shocked to my core. What kind of beings are we, that we can harm the offspring of our own…

by Tyler Durden · Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, · The case of yet another top NASA nuclear engineer turning up dead in a fiery crash has hit the headlines, adding to the dark and mysterious pattern of experts tied to advanced propulsion and space secrets apparently being targeted. · Joshua LeBlanc, 29, a team lead on NASA’s most cutting-edge nuclear thermal propulsion projects, was found charred beyond recognition inside his…

A political shockwave is building in the United States — and New Zealand should be paying very close attention. · In Washington this week, Senator Ron Johnson revealed that 11 million pages of internal U.S. health documents have now been handed over for review. These documents, tied to COVID vaccine safety monitoring, were withheld for years. · That alone is significant. · But it’s what Johnson claims is inside those documents that matters —…

By Bronwyn Thompson · !Humanoid robots competing in a half marathon in Beijing · There was no stopping Lightning – nor the Honor team, which took the top three spots with its humanoid models. Image: Xinhua via China Daily · The era of laughing at humanoid robots attempting human sports may now be over. A recent half marathon in Beijing has demonstrated just how rapidly robotics technology has advanced in the space of a single year. · A field…