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  • Trump threatens to sue WSJ over story on alleged 2003 letter to Epstein July 18, 2025
    WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump on July 17 threatened to sue The Wall Street Journal after it published a story about an alleged off-colour letter written by him to late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein that featured a drawing of a naked woman. The Journal story, which quickly reverberated around the US capital, says the […]
  • Trump warns protests at military parade will be met with force June 10, 2025
    WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump warned people on June 11 against protesting at the weekend military parade in Washington marking the US Army’s 250th anniversary. “For those people that want to protest, they’re going to be met with very big force,” Mr Trump told reporters in the White House’s Oval Office. Law enforcement agencies […]
  • UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Norway sanction Israeli Cabinet ministers June 10, 2025
    Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Norway said Tuesday they have imposed sanctions on two far-right Israeli government ministers for allegedly “inciting extremist violence” against Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich face asset freezes and travel bans from the five countries. The ministers are champions of expanding Israeli settlements in the […]
  • Marines arrive in LA under Trump orders as protests spread to other cities June 10, 2025
    LOS ANGELES – Hundreds of US Marines arrived in Los Angeles overnight and more were expected on June 10 under orders from President Donald Trump, who has also activated 4,000 National Guard troops to quell protests despite objections from California Governor Gavin Newsom and other local leaders. Los Angeles has seen days of public outrage […]
  • When Ideas Become Too Dangerous to Platform June 9, 2025
    Professor Gigi Foster delivered a TEDx talk titled The Manipulators’ Playbook at the University of New South Wales in 2024. It was an examination of how, in times of crisis, fear and conformity can be deliberately harnessed by those in power to manipulate public behaviour. Her message was a call to defend the freedom to question authority […]
  • The Manipulators’ Playbook – Gigi Foster June 8, 2025
    Video: TedX talk by Gigi Foster in Australia, October 2024
  • US decision to sanction ICC judges ‘deeply corrosive’ to justice: UN rights chief June 6, 2025
    Mr. Türk was responding to an announcement by Marco Rubio, the US Secretary of State, on Thursday, of measures targeting the judges, who are overseeing a 2020 case of alleged war crime committed in Afghanistan by US and Afghan military forces, and the 2024 ICC arrest warrants issued against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and […]
  • Did the Feds Label You a Covid “Violent Extremist?” June 3, 2025
    Biden administration policy-makers hated you more than you knew. From the start of the Covid pandemic, I warned that the feds were vilifying anyone who failed to kowtow to the latest commands. In October 2023, I wrote: “Federal bureaucrats heaved together a bunch of letters to contrive an ominous new acronym for the latest peril to […]
  • US detains Palestinian activist Mohsen Mahdawi at citizenship interview April 15, 2025
    Mahdawi’s lawyer says Columbia University student detained as ‘retaliation’ for pro-Palestinian stance. United States immigration agents have arrested a Palestinian man who led demonstrations at Columbia University against the war on Gaza. A green card holder since 2015, Mohsen Mahdawi was detained on Monday as he attended an interview at an immigration office regarding his […]
  • Video: Bodies of eight missing paramedics found in Gaza mass grave April 10, 2025
    The Palestine Red Crescent says it’s located the bodies of eight of the nine paramedics who went missing about a week ago. The medics had been surrounded by Israeli forces while responding to the scene of an attack in Rafah. Gaza’s Health Ministry says their bodies had been discovered in a hole, and that some […]
  • Jeep & Chrysler parent Stellantis lays off 900 US workers as tariffs bite April 4, 2025
    In sum: Stellantis pauses production in Mexico and Canada due to tariffs Automakers face 25% import tax on imported autos UAW criticizes Stellantis for unnecessary layoffs US automaker shares fall sharply
  • Musk’s father says Tesla tycoon admires Putin April 4, 2025
    Errol Musk says his family looks up to the Russian leader for his calm leadership and logical speeches Errol Musk has said that his son Elon and their family admire Russian President Vladimir Putin. Speaking to the BBC in an interview, the billionaire’s father described the head of state as a “strong leader” and praised […]
  • JD Vance says Denmark has ‘under invested’ in Greenland March 28, 2025
    US Vice President JD Vance on Friday criticized Denmark for failing to adequately protect Greenland, during a visit to the strategically significant and resource-rich Arctic territory. His remarks, made at the Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland, have been viewed as a provocation by both Copenhagen and Nuuk. “Denmark has not done enough” Speaking at […]
  • Anti-war Russian Scientist at Harvard Med Detained by U.S. Border Agents March 28, 2025
    U.S. immigration authorities detained and revoked the visa of a Russian scientist who opposes the war in Ukraine and had been conducting genetic research at Harvard Medical School, her friends and colleagues said this week. Ksenia Petrova was stopped at Boston Logan International Airport on Feb. 16 after returning from a personal trip in France. […]
  • 1,400+ Arrested in Turkey as Erdoğan Jails Istanbul Mayor & Intensifies Authoritarian Crackdown March 26, 2025
    Mass demonstrations continue in Turkey, where Istanbul Mayor İmamoglu was arrested on corruption charges. Since protests broke out, Turkish authorities have detained more than 1,400 people, including students and journalists. İmamoglu is the main rival of President Erdogan in the 2028 election and was recently nominated by the Republican People’s Party. Erdogan has led the […]
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  • Trump threatens to sue WSJ over story on alleged 2003 letter to Epstein July 18, 2025
    WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump on July 17 threatened to sue The Wall Street Journal after it published a story about an alleged off-colour letter written by him to late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein that featured a drawing of a naked woman. The Journal story, which quickly reverberated around the US capital, says the […]
  • Antidepressant Withdrawal: Why Do Researchers Keep Downplaying It? July 17, 2025
    When a major study appears in JAMA Psychiatry—a high-profile journal that shapes headlines and clinical decisions—its findings carry weight. So when Kalfas and colleagues released what they billed as the most comprehensive analysis of antidepressant withdrawal to date, it drew immediate attention. The study concluded that symptoms were generally “mild,” short-lived, and possibly amplified by nocebo effects—positioning itself […]
  • Spies, SAS troops among UK nationals affected by Afghan data leak, BBC says July 17, 2025
    LONDON – Details of more than 100 British nationals including spies and special forces soldiers were included in one of the country’s worst ever data breaches that led to thousands of Afghans being relocated to the UK, British media reported on July 17. The leak by the Ministry of Defence in early 2022, which surfaced […]
  • Romanian top court overturns president’s challenge to hate speech bill July 17, 2025
    BUCHAREST – Romania’s top court on Thursday struck down a challenge brought by centrist President Nicusor Dan against a bill seeking harsher punishment for antisemitism and hate speech after a divisive election in which the far right gained ground. Parliament updated legislation outlawing the celebration of fascist leaders or imagery in June, introducing prison sentences […]
  • Chemistry ‘cold spots’ emerging across the UK, RSC warns July 17, 2025
    The closure of university chemistry departments and courses in the UK is leading to the emergence of ‘cold spots’, areas where the subject cannot be studied within a reasonable travel time, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has warned. Currently, these chemistry cold spots, where travel time by car to the nearest university with an […]
  • TikTok Hit By Fresh Controversies Over Data Access July 17, 2025
    By Emmanuel Kwada ‎TikTok, the Chinese-owned social media giant, is under fire again as Austria-based privacy group Noyb (None of Your Business) filed fresh complaints against the company on Thursday, accusing it of violating the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). ‎The complaints, also targeting AliExpress and WeChat, claim the companies failed to comply with […]
  • Greek police arrest five over killing of UC Berkeley professor in Athens July 17, 2025
    ATHENS – Greek police have arrested five people over the killing of a University of California at Berkeley professor who was shot dead in an Athens suburb earlier in July, police said. The professor’s ex-wife, who has denied any wrongdoing, her Greek partner, and three other people – one Bulgarian and two Albanian nationals – […]
  • US Supreme Court keeps ruling in Trump’s favour, offers no rationale July 17, 2025
    WASHINGTON – In clearing the way for President Donald Trump’s efforts to transform American government, the Supreme Court has issued a series of orders that often lacked a fundamental characteristic of most judicial work: an explanation of the court’s rationale. On July 14, for instance, in letting Mr Trump dismantle the Education Department, the majority’s […]
  • EU Court upholds EU parliament’s decision to recover funds from Jean-Marie Le Pen July 16, 2025
    BRUSSELS – The EU’s General Court upheld on Wednesday a European Parliament (EP) decision requiring the estate of late French far-right politician Jean-Marie Le Pen to repay 303,200 euros ($352,380) for wrongly claimed expenses during his time as a member of the parliament. After Le Pen died in January 2025 aged 96, his daughters Yann […]
  • EU sanctions Iranian individuals accused of targeting dissidents July 15, 2025
    BRUSSELS – The EU has imposed sanctions on eight people and one entity responsible for the targeting of Iranian dissidents for assassination on behalf of Iran’s government, the European Council said in a statement on Tuesday. The sanctions, over what it called “serious human rights violations” and “transnational repression”, included asset freezes and travel bans, […]
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