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NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte is reportedly pushing for NATO member states to allocate 0.25% of their GDP directly toward Ukraine’s war effort — a proposal that could funnel an estimated $143 billion into Kiev. The plan was reportedly discussed during a closed-door meeting of NATO ambassadors last month and is expected to surface again at the alliance’s annual summit in Ankara in July. · Although 0.25% may sound small, the combined GDP of…

Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court has ordered Vladimir Zelensky’s former chief of staff, Andrey Yermak, into pre-trial custody, setting bail at approximately $3.2 million over allegations linked to a $10 million money laundering scheme. The ruling was delivered Thursday following three days of hearings in Kiev. Yermak told the court he could not afford the amount and plans to appeal the decision. Prosecutors argued that electronic monitoring…

Russia's Ministry of Defense carries out large-scale retaliation strikes on Ukrainian military and energy infrastructure in response to Kiev's attacks on civilians. · The former head of Vladimir Zelensky's office who was his right hand man in Ukraine is arrested over a large-scale corruption scheme. · A court orders he be held behind bars for 60 days. The US and China talk diplomacy in Beijing but major sticking points remain including the…

US President Donald Trump’s counterterrorism director has suggested that two of the president’s loudest critics – Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes – are considered potential left-wing threats by the White House. The White House released its National Strategy for Counterterrorism last week, which labels “Narcoterrorists and Transnational Gangs, Legacy Islamist Terrorists, [and] Violent Left-Wing Extremists, including Anarchists and Anti-Fascists”…

Shots ring out in the Senate of the Philippines. It's all reportedly linked to an attempt to arrest Senator Bato dela Rosa, who's been hiding for months from an International Criminal court arrest warrant. · Donald Trump touches down in China. All eyes on Beijing as the East-West trade rivalry is in high gear, the Taiwan issue, the war on Iran and AI are all set to dominate the agenda. Romania’s president gives a hard NO to holding snap…

The United Nations is preparing to make another aggressive push for what critics warn would become the world’s first true global carbon tax, as the globalist body demands a sweeping mandatory international levy that would drive up prices for families while funneling billions into unelected international bureaucracies. By Frank Bergman · The vote is scheduled to return in October 2026 at the International Maritime Organization after President…

By Redacted News · The U.S. intelligence community has officially opened an investigation into more than 120 U.S. taxpayer-funded biological laboratories operating overseas, including over 40 located in Ukraine. · Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard says the probe is part of an effort to shut down risky “gain-of-function” research. The plan is to “identify where these labs are, what pathogens they contain, and what research is being…

The US has launched a probe into more than 120 American-funded biological labs abroad, including in Ukraine, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told the New York Post on Monday. Russia has consistently raised concerns about Pentagon-backed biological labs worldwide, particularly near its borders and in Ukraine, alleging that they are involved in bioweapons research. · Gabbard said that the move aims to halt risky virus experiments…

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has tightened her control over the EU’s executive branch to the point where the bloc’s leaders and diplomats now view her as too powerful, according to a Bloomberg report. Von der Leyen’s power grab angers EU officials – Bloomberg In power since 2019, von der Leyen has rebuilt the European Commission in her image and become “the face of Europe,” Bloomberg wrote on Tuesday. She has spearheaded…

At least 70 Labour MPs are demanding that Prime Minister Keir Starmer resign, Sky News reported on Monday. This comes after last week’s local elections in which the party came out as the biggest loser, relinquishing more than 1,300 council seats across the country. In addition to dozens of lawmakers calling for Starmer to go, at least three junior members of his government have resigned from their positions, Sky News reports. · Under Labour…