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The EU and the UK are unprepared and face deindustrialization after rejecting Russian oil and gas, Kirill Dmitriev has said · Kirill Dmitriev. © Sputnik / Ramil Sitdikov · The world is heading toward the most severe energy crisis in history and Europe is unprepared, Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev has said. The warning comes as the escalating conflict in the Middle East has driven volatility in global energy markets. ·…

Tehran says transit comes under the condition that the countries will not support acts of aggression against it · Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi (C) participates in the traditional Quds Day rally in the capital Tehran on March 13, 2026. © Getty Images / Fatemeh Bahrami/AnadoluIran has permitted the passage of Indian and Russian ships through the Strait of Hormuz, its foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, has said. ·…

Frank Bergman · The Iranian regime is issuing a stark warning to the world, threatening to unleash a “new, secret weapon” that it claims will immediately “bring an end” to the conflict in the Middle East. · The threat comes after President Donald Trump announced a temporary halt to U.S. strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure following what he described as “very good” peace talks with Tehran. · Regime Issues Ominous Warning ·…

The National Party is holding a “Mainland Dinner” at Christchurch’s Town Hall next month, hosted by party president Sylvia Wood, and the invitation was accidentally posted on Facebook by National MP Maureen Pugh before being swiftly deleted. The invitation lays out the “price list for power” with remarkable clarity. For $5,000 you get a seat at the “silver” table. For $8,000, you sit with a Cabinet minister. And for $10,000 (the “platinum”…

Following global giant Kraft Heinz’s decision to close their iconic NZ Watties growing and processing operation, rival company McCain, also a food multinational with an annual turnover of NZ$17 billion, is following suit. McCain has announced the closure of their Hastings vegetable processing operation, effective at the end of the 2026 growing season. A McCain spokesperson said “the decision follows a strategic review of our Hastings operations…

The Courts of New Zealand had 6,200 followers on X. They walked away and set up on Bluesky, where they now have 113. That is a 98% drop in audience for official court information, and no one has explained why. They are not alone. A growing number of government agencies have quietly abandoned X, one of New Zealand’s most widely used platforms with approximately 716,000 users, without publishing a rationale, conducting a cost-benefit analysis, or…

Russia’s threat perception of the US is growing as a result of stalled peace talks, increasing pressure to enter into even more concessions than were already agreed to during the Anchorage Summit, and the global systemic consequences of the Third Gulf War that the US initiated. · Andrew Korybko · Last month, “Lavrov Soberly Acknowledged The Challenges Posed By Trump 2.0”, and now he’s warning about its plans for global dominance in a…

Kiev’s agents planned to send explosive devices disguised as humanitarian aid, according to the security agency · © FSB of Russia · Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has thwarted a Ukrainian plot to deliver over 500 improvised explosive devices (IED) disguised as heated boot insoles to Russian military personnel, the agency announced on Tuesday. · The FSB said a foreign national was detained in Moscow after retrieving a parcel…

Girlguiding will require non-biological women to leave by September 2026 under new rules following a court ruling · ©  Andrea Domeniconi/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images · Transgender members in one of Britain’s largest organizations for women and girls, Girlguiding, have been told they must leave by September 2026 under new rules introduced after a Supreme Court ruling on biological sex.   · Girlguiding, …

The US state of New Mexico ordered Facebook’s parent company to pay $375 million over profiting from exposing youngsters to online abuse · ©  Getty Images/Matt Cardy · Meta has been ordered to pay $375 million for knowingly harming children’s mental health and concealing evidence of child sexual exploitation on its social media platforms. · The New Mexico Department of Justice issued the ruling on Tuesday after a jury…