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The Berlin youth wing of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) has suggested abolishing marriage in Germany in favor of cohabiting partnerships. · At present, marriage enjoys constitutional protection under Article 6 of the Basic Law. The motion titled ‘Down with the patriarchy, even if it feels romantic’ was presented late last month ahead of a conference of the SPD’s Berlin branch scheduled for May 8 to May 9. According to the Berlin Young…

Three children are wounded in a Ukrainian drone attack, as Russian troops respond with multiple precision strikes against Kiev's forces. Turkish police reportedly detain at least 50 protesters trying to reach Istanbul's main square for a Labour Day demonstration. · A government ban prohibits gatherings at the central location. Mali holds a service commemorating its fallen defence minister, killed last weekend during a mass wave of violence by…

Fall of the Cabal Official · !Why Comey · Image from original article · Yesterday James Comey, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from 2013 until 2017, was indicted, arrested and led before Court. · What had happened? · On May 15, 2025 James Comey ‘knowingly and willingly made a threat to the life of the President of the United States’, by posting this: · 86 is a code used to ‘get rid of’ someone, literally saying to put someone…

Emerging micro-sensor technologies raise questions around surveillance, autonomy, and future control systems · The Reese Report · Smart Dust originated as a military-funded research program, primarily supported by DARPA, with the aim of developing rapidly deployable sensor networks for battlefield environments. · The core function of such systems is detection. Specifically, detecting individuals without their awareness. As a result,…

Washington’s proposed initiative signals a shift from crisis response to long-term strategic positioning in one of the world’s most critical energy corridors _elocal report on the research document IRAN AND THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ: A Four-Pillar Analysis of History, Law, Strategy, and the Record of Disruption authored by  MoonGeezerTalk | moongeezertalk@gmail.com | April 2026_ · A critical chokepoint under pressure · The Strait of Hormuz remains…

The loosely defined initiative will reportedly be pitched to foreign governments by the State Department · Satellite view of the Strait of Hormuz with lines representing global shipping lanes. © Getty Images / Alones Creative · The US is set to pitch foreign governments on a new initiative for controlling the Strait of Hormuz, with participation explicitly excluding “adversaries” Russia and China, according to media reports. · The proposal…

The UK-led grouping will include the Netherlands, Nordic nations, and the Baltic states, according to the country’s first sea lord · FILE PHOTO: The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth arriving at the Portsmouth harbour. © Getty Images / Andrew Matthews · Britain and other north European states will create a naval force outside of NATO to counter Russia, first sea lord and chief of naval staff in the UK, General Gwyn Jenkins, has…

Abu Dhabi’s break with the oil cartel is less about barrels than power – testing Riyadh, helping Trump, and redrawing Gulf alliances · By Murad Sadygzade, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow) · © Getty Images / Buena Vista Images · Although the United Arab Emirates has tried to present its upcoming exit from OPEC and the wider OPEC+ framework as part of its sovereign energy strategy and…

Vladimir Zelensky © Beata Zawrzel / NurPhoto via Getty Images · The public was given a rare opportunity this week to see how the Ukrainian wartime economy, much praised by the media, actually operates. And everyone knows the saying about not knowing how the sausage is made. · Western media has hailed Ukraine for being highly innovative in fighting Russia, both in frontline tactics and the development of technologies, primarily drone warfare.…

The US president has for months been urging his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog to absolve the prime minister, who is facing corruption charges · US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outside the White House in Washington, DC. © Alex Wong / Getty Images · US President Donald Trump has called on his Israeli counterpart Isaac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing charges of bribery,…