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Putin's Victory Day remarks naming China, India, and the U.S. as Russia's “partners and friends” have rattled the Obama–Soros network — who convened in Mark Carney's Toronto to launch a “Principled Pragmatism” rebrand and declare Trump's presidency an “interregnum.” By Susan Kokinda · As President Trump prepares to travel to China, this episode argues that Putin's remarks about Russia's “partners and friends” (China, India, and the U.S.) reveal…

A right-wing Austrian politician has demanded that the country’s Finance Ministry explain how nearly $22 billion in cash and gold was shipped to Ukraine from Austria since 2022 without triggering concerns about money laundering or regulatory oversight. In a statement published on Sunday, Austrian Freedom Party (FPO) Secretary General Christian Hafenecker called out what he described as Vienna’s “two-class justice system” for overlooking massive…

The EU might be on the verge of a new migrant crisis, with more than half a million people waiting in Libya alone to cross into Europe, Greek Migration Minister Thanos Plevris has said. The bloc was first inundated by asylum seekers from the Middle East and Northern Africa during the 2015 refugee crisis, when a million migrants entered Europe, straining welfare systems and prompting tens of millions of European voters to turn to far-right…

Donald Trump is set to touch down in Beijing, China, on Wednesday for a two-day state visit – the first by a US president in eight years – as relations between the world’s two largest economies teeter at a crossroads defined by the Iran war, trade friction, and technological rivalry. The visit is expected to feature a bilateral meeting with President Xi Jinping on Thursday morning, to be followed by a visit to the Temple of Heaven and a state…

Public broadcasters in Spain, Ireland and Slovenia have said they would not air the 70th anniversary Eurovision Song Contest, which begins on Tuesday in Austria and will culminate in Saturday’s grand finale, citing opposition to Israel’s participation. The three countries, along with the Netherlands and Iceland, withdrew on Monday from this year’s event in Vienna, leaving the contest facing the biggest boycott in its 70-year history. · Vienna…

Russia’s Defence Ministry accuses Kiev of violating the Victory Day ceasefire thousands of times since it took effect on Friday. · Moscow says its army is observing the ceasefire, and is only responding-in-kind to the assaults. Donald Trump rejects Iran’s response to his peace deal proposal - calling it ‘totally unacceptable’ - coming after he threatened lethal action against anyone getting between the US and the Islamic Republic’s enriched…

The OECD says New Zealand has “no future in gas.” · That may sound visionary inside policy circles and international climate forums. · But there is a major problem. · Modern New Zealand still runs on carbon fuels. · Not hypothetically. Not ideologically. Physically. · Every single day New Zealand consumes approximately 23 million litres of liquid fuels across transport, freight, aviation, shipping, agriculture, heavy machinery, construction…

The Marlborough Sounds, where the pair were last seen. New Year’s Eve, 1997. Hundreds gathered in the Marlborough Sounds for celebrations on the water. Among them were two young New Zealanders: Ben Smart and Olivia Hope. By morning, both were gone. · The final journey · Witnesses reported that the pair had boarded a water taxi in the early hours. From there, accounts suggest they transferred to a yacht belonging to an unknown man. ·…

Ford Motor Company has filed a new patent application for an advanced biometric identification system aimed at enhancing vehicle security and supporting law enforcement operations. Filed on September 27, 2023 and published near the end of last month, the patent describes a multi-modal system capable of collecting and analyzing biometric data from individuals near or inside a vehicle, with the goal of identifying potential threats in real time. U…

Radio New Zealand recently published a piece expressing concern over coalition politicians increasingly criticising mainstream media institutions. The framing was predictable. · Politicians attacking the media, readers were told, risk undermining “independent journalism” and democratic accountability. · But buried inside that argument lies the contradiction now driving one of the biggest collapses in public trust across the Western world: ·…