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New Zealand likes to see itself as a principled nation — small, independent, and willing to stand up for public safety even when powerful interests object. We banned nuclear weapons when others told us it would be economically reckless. We rejected certain trade pressures when they conflicted with national values. We pride ourselves on sovereignty. Yet when it comes to COVID-19 and the unprecedented deployment of mRNA technology, New Zealand…

Ryan Wesley Routh stalked the US president with a rifle during his 2024 campaign · A screen grab shows police forces arresting Ryan Wesley Routh in Florida. September 16, 2024. ©  Getty Images · [RT] A US federal court has sentenced Ryan Wesley Routh to life in prison for attempting to assassinate Donald Trump at his Florida golf resort in 2024. Prosecutors said Routh, who was reportedly obsessed with the Ukraine…

Finland has warned the US against using the term, arguing it risks diluting the bloc’s core mutual defense clause · Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen © Getty Images / Murat Gok;  Anadolu · [RT] Finland has privately urged US officials to avoid describing future security commitments to Ukraine as “Article 5-like,” warning the terminology could undermine NATO’s foundational mutual…

Clandestine · Observe the timeline: · June 2025, Trump and Elon have a very public social media spat that leads to a falling out, in which Elon claims Trump is in the Epstein files. · The result of this feud was a MASSIVE rise in public interest in Epstein, particularly on the Left. · Jump to the present, Trump and Elon have slowly and quietly gotten back on good terms. Elon has attended multiple events with Trump, including private…

Newly unsealed documents linked to the convicted sex offender have renewed scrutiny of the billionaire’s personal life and health-related dealings · Bill Gates. © Getty Images / Hans Gutknecht/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News · [RT] Bill Gates has apologized for his ties to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, saying he was “foolish” to spend time with him. · In an interview with 9 News Australia released…

The issue was reportedly discussed on the sidelines of the Ukraine peace talks in Abu Dhabi · FILE PHOTO. ©  Global Look Press / Sergey Elagin · [RT] Moscow and Washington are working on a deal to continue the New START nuclear reduction treaty, Axios reported on Thursday, citing three sources familiar with the issue. The strategic arms control agreement officially expired on February 5. · Signed in 2010, the treaty put…

It’s suppositionally possible that the Financial Times’ report becomes reality, but to be absolutely clear, this is pure guesswork and it’s much more likely that Russia won’t agree to that. · Andrew Korybko · The US signaled its support for NATO troops in Ukraine last month after Trump’s Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner praised the principle of security guarantees for the first time right after France and the UK committed…

Third State to Introduce Legislation Classifying mRNA as Weapons of Mass Destruction or Biological Weapons · Dr. Joseph Sansone · Tennessee is the third state to see a version of the Sansone mRNA Bioweapons Prohibition Act introduced. American Patriot, Tennessee State Senator Janice Bowling introduced the ‘mRNA Bioweapons Prohibition Act’ (SB 1949) into the Tennessee legislature. The bill classifies mRNA as Weapons of Mass…

New Zealanders are badly ripped off by profit-gouging companies in some of the country’s most important sectors. The Big Four banking oligopolies make super profits totalling about 3% of GDP. The supermarket duopoly makes excess profits of $1 million a day. The lack of competition in energy, building materials, and other sectors is also gouging consumers. These are all “broken markets” contributing to the “broken New Zealand” we are currently…

The Millbank Quarterly (a multidisciplinary journal of health and health policy) published an article on 2 February 2026 entitled “From Tobacco to Ultraprocessed Food: How Industry Engineering Fuels the Epidemic of Preventable Disease”. The authors explain how ultra processed foods (UPFs) and beverages are specifically designed to heighten chemical rewards in order to develop addictive eating behaviours among consumers that bypass the…