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Yellowstone swallows people in a way the public rarely understands. It isn’t just the cliffs, the gorges, the sudden weather, or the predators. It’s the scale — mile after mile of wilderness that makes an ordinary disappearance feel inevitable, almost explainable. When someone vanishes in a place like that, the mind reaches for a comforting story: a slip, a fall, a bear, an accident. That’s exactly what everyone assumed happened to Kelly…

Proposed changes to New Zealand’s telecommunications laws could significantly affect how New Zealanders communicate online, particularly where encrypted services and overseas providers are concerned, says the Free Speech Union. The Telecommunications and Other Matters Amendment Bill would extend New Zealand’s regulatory regime to overseas-based providers such as messaging apps and satellite services, requiring them to comply with local…

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…

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…

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…

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…

In my previous article I discussed at length how the Treaty of Waitangi has been weaponised by a small group of radicals and used to cast the blame onto early settlors for all of the so-called harm suffered by Maori as a result of colonisation. I also discussed how this process seems to have accelerated over recent years particularly since the passing into law of the Treaty of Waitangi Act in 1975. · The Treaty which the Maori chiefs signed…

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…

Vino Ramayah, the CEO of Manage My Health, couldn’t have summed up the contradiction at the heart of this mess any better. In one interview, he told RNZ last week that the doctor-patient relationship was “sacrosanct”, insisting his company would never compromise it. Then he admitted they’d “dropped the ball” on security, allowing hackers to stroll in “through the front door” with a stolen password. This wasn’t some elaborate cyber espionage; it…

This quick and easy sizzler is perfect for a simple, but flavour-packed, midweek meal to serve with rice and make the most of summer snap peas in their limited season. Ingredients · - 150g raw king prawns, peeled - 100g sugar-snap peas - ½ tbsp groundnut oil - 1 red chilli, halved, deseeded and finely sliced - ½ green chilli, halved, deseeded and finely sliced - 2 garlic cloves, finely sliced - ½ tbsp fish sauce - 3 tsp caster sugar -…