New Zealand's First African MP Receives Standing Ovation for Maiden Speech

The IDF expands its ground operation into Lebanon. The incursion is already the deepest in several decades and Netanyahu now wants to take more of the country - in an effort that, he insists, is to protect Israel. · A warning, these are disturbing images -two people are killed and dozens of others wounded as Israel strikes a seaport area in Gaza. While Gaza suffers, Jewish residents in New York gather for a parade to commemorate Israel Day. ·…

The Free Speech Union is calling on Parliament to narrow the Summary Offences (Move-on Orders) Amendment Bill, warning it hands police open-ended discretion to move people on, and prosecute them, for peaceful conduct in a public place. The Bill lets an officer order anyone aged 14 or over to leave a public place for 24 hours on grounds as vague as “disorderly” or “disruptive” behaviour, or for begging. Whatever you think about begging, the Free…

Vladimir Zelenksy’s decision to name a commando unit after Ukrainian Nazi collaborators is evidence that his country is “not ready to become part of the European family,” Polish President Karol Nawrocki has said. Under a decree signed on Tuesday, Zelensky granted the title ‘Heroes of the UPA’ – the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, the armed wing of the Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists (OUN) – to the Special Operations Center North, saying the…

A Canadian independent broadcaster is drawing renewed attention to the role of the United Nations, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and a network of affiliated organisations, arguing that their influence extends far beyond the public mandates most citizens associate with them. By elocal · In a recent episode of Artemis News Media, the host examined the historical origins of the United Nations and questioned whether global…

by Clandestine · We were promised the US uranium from Uranium One would never leave the US, but it did. · Some was sent to Canada, which was then sent to Europe and Asia, namely the UK, France, Germany, and Japan. · After that, we don’t (officially) know where it went. · Uranium laundering. · I think Trump’s animosity towards Canada/EU/NATO, might have something to do with Uranium One. He’s been showing us they aren’t our allies for a reason.…