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Investigators reportedly located a garage in a Paris suburb where the missing gemstones were kept *RT: French police officers stand in front of the Louvre Museum after a robbery in Paris, France, on October 19, 2025. ©  Jerome Gilles/NurPhoto via Getty Images* Investigators probing last year's jewel heist from the Louvre Museum have traced the stolen gems to a garage in Aubervilliers, a suburb north of…

*Frank Bergman* Claims that U.S. forces deployed a powerful, previously unseen “sonic weapon” during the raid that captured Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro are spreading rapidly after a dramatic eyewitness account described Venezuelan security forces being incapacitated by what appeared to be a mysterious wave of sound or energy. The eyewitness report received a major boost of authenticity after the post was shared on X by White House…

Peer-reviewed study finds that a common plant selectively induces apoptosis in human cancer cells while sparing normal cells. *by **Nicolas Hulscher, MPH*** A **peer-reviewed study published in*****Oncotarget*** reports that an orally administered **ethanolic lemongrass extract** (Cymbopogon citratus at ~80 mg/kg/day) dramatically suppressed tumor growth in a human lymphoma xenograft mouse model, while selectively inducing apoptosis in…

Nearly 25 years after the September 11 attacks, a chilling new investigation is reviving unanswered questions about what the government may still be hiding. *Frank Bergman* A documentary produced by TMZ suggests that authorities may have buried evidence of a fifth hijacked aircraft on 9/11. The evidence presented in the film is described as “absolutely chilling” by BlazeTV host Liz Wheeler. September 11, 2001, is remembered as the deadliest…

The “Trump Doctrine” is all about the US’ continued military overmatch vis-à-vis China together with placing the US in a position where it can complementarily deny China access to the energy and markets that it requires to maintain its growth and thus its superpower trajectory. *Andrew Korybko* Trump 2.0’s grand strategy has become much clearer over the past month since the US bombed ISIS in Nigeria on Christmas, executed its astoundingly…

Britain is developing new tactical ballistic missiles with a range of more than 500 km, the Defense Ministry in London has announced *RT: UK Defence Secretary John Healey (right) and Vladimir Zelensky. ©  Stefan Rousseau/PA Images via Getty Images* The UK Defense Ministry has announced plans to develop new long-range missiles for Ukraine that would be capable of striking targets deep inside Russian…

*RT: US President Donald Trump. © Joe Raedle/Getty Images* Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky *“has no cards”* to negotiate peace with Russia, US President Donald Trump has said. Trump made the remarks in a New York Times interview released in full on Sunday, discussing US mediation efforts. These include a leaked 28-point peace plan envisioning Kiev ceding the remainder of Donbass to Russia, renouncing its NATO ambitions, and capping its …

The agricultural workers fear that cheaper Latin American beef could drive them out of business *© RT* Farmers across France have continued to block key motorways and ports in protest against a trade deal between the EU and Latin American economic bloc, Mercosur. The agricultural workers are citing unfair competition from Latin American meat producers, who don’t have to follow the EU’s strict…

The constant strife and hurly-burly in the public forum and on social media suggests we are suffering from a collective Histrionic Personality Disorder. ### *John Leake**- Alexander von Wagner’s 1882 imaginative painting of the Circus Maximus* Give them bread and circuses and they will never revolt. —Decimus Junius Juvenalis, know in English as Juvenal As readers of my recent columns know, I’ve lately been thinking about the fall of the…

Primer on the "emerald elixir" of Gen Z *Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH* One of the privileges of parenting is to learn from adult children. My daughter who is part of the health-conscious Gen Z generation has introduced me to matcha as a healthy caffeinated alternative to coffee. AlterAI assisted with this review. The Comprehensive Health Benefits of Matcha Green Tea In a time when synthetic supplements and overstimulation dominate…

*Peter A. McCullough, MD, MPH* This week **US Health and Human Services **rolled out their new inverted food pyramid that has created a buzz in the health freedom community. Analysis of my response was summarized by AlterAI. Summary: Dr. Peter McCullough’s Response to the New HHS Inverted Food Pyramid In his *Focal Points* presentation, **Dr. Peter McCullough**, an internist, cardiologist, and epidemiologist, critiques and evaluates the…

Should the US president go ahead with an operation, it could lead to “the destruction of NATO from the inside,” the Daily Mail has reported *RT: A map featuring Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Denmark is seen inside the Greenland Representative's office in Copenhagen, on March 25, 2025 in Copenhagen, Denmark. © Getty Images* US President Donald Trump has ordered his senior commanders to draw up a plan for a potential invasion of…

The US military intervention in Venezuela to kidnap President Maduro was a gross violation of the UN Charter. Nothing justifies this blatant flouting of international law. The arguments given by the US to justify its aggression do not stand up to scrutiny. !Image Text [*By **Kanwal Sibal**, retired Indian foreign secretary and former Ambassador to Russia between 2004 and 2007. He also held ambassadorial positions in Turkey, Egypt, France…

Forecasting is a thankless business and often one that appears, at first glance, only partly rational. Yet it remains indispensable. Without an effort to look ahead, it is impossible to craft strategy or design public policy in a way that reduces information asymmetry and uncertainty. !Image Text *By* ***Murad Sadygzade****, President of the Middle East Studies Center, Visiting Lecturer, HSE University (Moscow).*…

A Belgian court on Wednesday sentenced a woman to seven years in prison after rejecting claims that early menopause, stress, and a household overrun by 60 chihuahuas explained months of sadistic abuse that resulted in her husband being locked up and tortured for weeks on end. *Published by Tyler Durden**Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News,* The court heard how the 48-year-old Belgian male victim escaped from his home in Grobbendonk on…

Globalist leaders across Europe are openly panicking as President Donald Trump continues to dismantle the so-called “rules-based international order” that Western elites spent decades constructing. *Frank Bergman* Their fear is no longer whispered behind closed doors, as globalist world leaders scramble to preserve the crumbling “world order,” with concerns now being voiced publicly. German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier lashed out this…

The US has announced it is withdrawing from dozens of international bodies that no longer serve American interests, including major UN and non-UN forums focused on climate, migration, social policy, peace, and democracy. *US President Donald Trump © Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images* President Donald Trump had signed a memorandum suspending support for a total of 66 organizations, agencies, and commissions *“that operate contrary to US national…

Bayer on Tuesday filed a federal lawsuit, accusing Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson of unlawfully using mRNA optimization technology — originally developed by Monsanto to enetically engineer crops — as the platform for their COVID-19 vaccines, Reuters reported. Bayer acquired Monsanto in 2018. *by Brenda Baletti, Ph.D.* Bayer is suing COVID-19 vaccine makers Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) in federal court. The chemical giant…

Today, the CDC **formally adopted a revised childhood and adolescent immunization schedule**, following a Presidential Memorandum directing alignment with international best practices. by ***Nicolas Hulscher, MPH*** **This marks the largest rollback of routine childhood vaccination in U.S. history.** After reviewing peer-country schedules and the scientific evidence underlying them, federal health leadership acknowledged that we are …

*Andrew Korybko* The US launched a half-hour-long “special military operation” in Venezuela on Saturday morning that culminated in Delta Force’s capture of President Nicolas Maduro. Several military sites were bombed, US helicopters flew freely over Caracas in a surreal display of the US’ aerial supremacy, and there were reportedly no US casualties. The US’ “special military operation” was therefore an astounding success regardless of…