Louisiana set to become 1st state requiring 10 Commandments be posted in schools

Louisiana is poised to become the first state requiring display of the Ten Commandments at all schools that receive public funding, including colleges and universities. The big picture: Lawmakers in other states, like Texas, South Carolina and Utah have recently … Read More

WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Granted Right to Appeal Extradition to United States

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted the right to appeal his extradition to the United States by London’s High Court on Monday as judges found assurances from the American legal team were unsatisfactory. Julian Assange’s fight to avoid being … Read More

A warrant for Netanyahu’s arrest was requested. But no decision was made about whether to issue it

CLAIM: The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan announced Monday that he is seeking arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Israeli Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant, … Read More

In divided Iran, president’s death met by muted mourning and furtive celebration

DUBAI, May 20 (Reuters) – Iran proclaimed five days of mourning for President Ebrahim Raisi on Monday, though the muted atmosphere revealed little of the spectacular public grief that has accompanied the deaths of other senior figures in the Islamic … Read More

Vatican releases new norms on alleged supernatural phenomena

The Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith releases a document detailing new norms regarding cases of reported supernatural phenomena. As a rule, neither the local bishop nor the Holy See will declare that these phenomena are of supernatural origin, … Read More

Record Highs in Illegal Crossings at Canada-U.S. Border Expected This Year

Reports suggest that the rate of migrants illegally traversing the border between Canada and the United States could surpass previous years’ figures. Data provided by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) indicates a surge in migrant encounters along the northern border—with … Read More

Man shot dead after French synagogue set on fire

French police have killed a man after a synagogue was set on fire in the north-western city of Rouen. The man was armed with a knife and a metallic tool and was shot after he threatened officers, the Rouen prosecutor … Read More

Weekly Update by Mark Armstrong – May 17, 2024

Greetings from Tyler, Is there anything else that can go wrong? It looks like the United States is on a path to national suicide. The pretender doesn’t know which way is up and things are falling apart at warp speed. … Read More

Biden invokes executive privilege to shield Robert Hur interview tapes from House

Biden’s assertion of executive privilege came as two House committees planned to vote on contempt resolutions for Attorney General Merrick Garland, who refused to turn over the recording. WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden invoked executive privilege Thursday to keep the … Read More

The Netherlands veers sharply to the right with a new government dominated by party of Geert Wilders

THE HAGUE (AP) — Anti-Islam firebrand Geert Wilders and three other party leaders agreed on a coalition deal early Thursday that veers the Netherlands toward the hard right, capping a half year of tumultuous negotiations that still left it unclear … Read More

France grapples to regain control of violent unrest in New Caledonia as death toll rises to 4

A state of emergency was declared in New Caledonia on Wednesday France hopes to regain full control of events in New Caledonia “in the coming hours”, Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said on Thursday, after a third night of riots that … Read More

Putin and Xi pledge a new era and condemn the United States

BEIJING/MOSCOW, May 16 (Reuters) – China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Thursday pledged a “new era” of partnership between the two most powerful rivals of the United States which they cast as an aggressive Cold War hegemon that … Read More

With its soldiers mired in Gaza, Israel fights a battle at home over drafting the ultra-Orthodox

JERUSALEM (AP) — As Israel battles a prolonged war in Gaza, broad exemptions from mandatory military service for ultra-Orthodox men have reopened a deep divide in the country and rattled the government coalition, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fellow War … Read More

DOJ: $25 million in crypto allegedly stolen by 2 brothers in 12 seconds

Called ‘first-of-its-kind manipulation of the Ethereum blockchain.’ May 15 (UPI) — The Justice Department on Wednesday revealed it indicted two brothers in their twenties for a series of alleged crimes for manipulating the cryptocurrency market to steal $25 million in … Read More

Jordan foils arms plot as kingdom caught in Iran-Israel shadow war

AMMAN, May 15 (Reuters) – Jordan has foiled a suspected Iranian-led plot to smuggle weapons into the U.S.-allied kingdom to help opponents of the ruling monarchy carry out acts of sabotage, according to two Jordanian sources with knowledge of the … Read More

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