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Europe stands on the brink of a structural shift in its energy landscape. In the first nine months of 2026, electric vehicles (EVs) accounted for 24.2% of all new car sales across the continent, marking a 41.9% surge compared to 2025. In September 2026, that market share climbed as high as 30.5%. This momentum is no passing anomaly; it is the direct result of targeted policy interventions, technological advances, and evolving consumer behavior. The electrification of passenger road transport is striking at the very core of the oil sector. Globally, EVs now displace 1.2 million barrels of oil per day—a...

Australian drivers have increasingly turned to electric cars, with EVs' share of new car sales having tripled in the past year. Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries figures reported by 7NEWS put battery EVs at 23.1% of new car purchases in October, compared with 7.3% a year earlier. Over that span, every Australian state and territory recorded growth in EV sales. Tesla alone notched 4,050 sales, a 342% increase from the previous October, while sales of gas and diesel vehicles declined. Peter Khoury, the NRMA head of media, pointed to growing frustration with fluctuating fuel costs as the primary reason for...

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Two Tennessee lawmakers have introduced legislation that would create a $1 million fine or “damages award” in certain cases involving abortion-inducing drugs sent into the state. Under House Bill 1 and Senate Bill 2, a patient or other wrongful death beneficiary would have to prove that a defendant sent an abortion-inducing drug to the patient in Tennessee by courier, delivery or mail service and that the drug caused the death of an unborn child. The proposal is sponsored by Rep. Gino Bulso, R-Brentwood, and Sen. Joey Hensley, R-Hohenwald. It would amend Tennessee’s law over damages. The...

The baby, Koah Sharp, was found buried in a crate that was wrapped in a towel, crying and “clinging to life,” Sheriff Jay Koon of Lexington County, S.C., said at a news conference on Tuesday. The child’s father had disappeared with him the day before, prompting a widespread search by county and state officials, as well as the F.B.I. Koah was receiving medical care at a hospital adding that he hoped the child would make a full recovery. He did not elaborate on the extent of the child’s injuries. Koah’s father, Michael A. Comer, 25, was arrested on Monday night...

Liu: Up until the ’70s, the Democratic Party was dominated by working-class people in unions — non-college-educated people. By ’77, they saw the complete takeover of the Democratic Party elite by what conservatives called the new class. I think Spiro Agnew called them the “nattering nabobs of negativism.” The conservatives understood that this class was taking power and was creating a huge rift between what the Democratic Party had once represented and what it was now going to represent. You could make a caricature of the Berkeley-to-Cambridge continuum. In my very, very wealthy neighborhood in Orange County, we see signs...

As protests in France convulsed into weeks of arson, looting, and street warfare that spread to other nations, the world had a front-row seat to watch the Red-Green Alliance in action. Red flags of socialists and communists flew alongside the Palestinian flags of Islamists. Student protests over bad schools were quickly hijacked by an alliance with the intent to overthrow democratic governments. The Far Left and Islamists who make up the Red-Green alliance have such different beliefs that the two sides should be attacking each other, but they have joined forces because there is something they both hate more and...

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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey was so worried that a 2028 ballot initiative might nullify an abortion law that was passed over the summer, and took effect November 8, that she issued an “emergency” declaration on November 6 that puts the law into effect while the referendum moves forward. The state’s four bishops denounced her decision, taking aim at her statement that abortion may be considered “health care.” Two aspects of Healey’s ruling make her among the most radical public officials in America today: (a) she knows abortion kills the innocent and (b) she falsely justifies her decision by citing her...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness - 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you...

Three Bellingham residents have been arrested in connection to the alleged drugging of a woman in an attempt to induce an abortion without her knowledge. An investigation began Oct. 20, when a woman reported to the Bellingham Police Department that her former fiancé, 32-year-old Jean Brando Zintz, intentionally drugged her and gave her medication to terminate her pregnancy while she was sleeping. Zintz initially reacted negatively when he learned the woman was pregnant in March, according to court records. His mother offered her $10,000 to get an abortion, and Zintz encouraged the woman to accept it. She declined, and reported...

Now that pro-abortion Democrats have taken over all the statewide offices in Texas and the Texas state House, they’re on the warpath to legalize abortions. Only the Republican-controlled Texas Senate can stop them. Texas Democrats filed multiple bills this week seeking to repeal or weaken the state’s abortion ban, which protects the lives of unborn children and their mothers. State Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin, introduced House Bill 126, which would repeal Texas’ three abortion bans: the 2022 trigger law prohibiting abortion from fertilization until birth, the 2021 Heartbeat Bill (SB 8) banning abortion when an unborn baby’s heartbeat is detected,...

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang faces fresh affair allegations involving healthcare VP Kimberly Powell, following earlier reports about his alleged relationship with Alice Huang, a suspected Chinese spy.

Daily Readings from the USCCBMemorial of Saint Josaphat, Bishop and MartyrAsked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, Jesus said in reply, “The coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, ‘Look, here it is,’ or, ‘There it is.’ For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you.” Luke 17:20–21The Pharisees, like many Jews of their time, expected the Kingdom of God to arrive in a dramatic, visible, and political way. They awaited a Messiah from the line of King David who would deliver Israel from Roman rule, restore national independence,...

WHY RUSSIA'S YAKOVLEV FACED A BANKRUPTCY PETITION DESPITE STATE BACKING Russian aircraft manufacturer Yakovlev , responsible for the MC-21 and SJ-100 passenger jet programs, is facing a bankruptcy petition filed by a steel supplier over unpaid debts. The case has attracted attention because the company is controlled by the Russian state and plays a central role in the country's efforts to replace Western-built commercial aircraft. The Moscow Arbitration Court accepted the petition from Izhstal, a steel producer belonging to the private Russian industrial group Mechel, on October 30. A hearing has been scheduled for January 18, 2027, when the court...

Foreclosures and tighter credit reveal the hidden costs of price controls.Well, that didn’t take long. New York’s democratic socialist mayor, Zohran Mamdani, has managed to make the city’s already counterproductive rent regulations even worse, and the results are coming in. Mamdani tried for months to steer 38 largely rent-stabilized properties to an affordable-housing buyer. Instead, on Tuesday, the first of the buildings headed to foreclosure auctions. The troubled portfolio, formerly owned by Emerald Equities, contains about 850 mostly rent-stabilized apartments and carries roughly $250 million in mortgage debt. A prospective buyer offered $110 million last month, and creditors rejected the...

Salmonberries are a tasty edible berry in the rose family. Unlike regular raspberries which produce canes, salmonberries grow on perennial bushes and produce stunning floral displays followed by juicy sweet fruit. I’m always on the hunt for new edible berries to add to our permaculture homestead, and eventually, I hope to have every square inch covered in something delicious. It can be tricky to find crops that thrive in certain microclimates, and finding edibles that grow in wet/shady locations is a particular challenge.Salmonberries, unlike other fruit in the rubus genus, actually thrive in wet boggy soil. While regular raspberries can’t...

NOBUNAGA🇯🇵🏯@japan_nobunaga·Nov 10In August 1953, as American prisoners of war came home from Korea, a U.S. Army general stood a thin young soldier of Japanese descent in front of the reporters' microphones and told him something the Army had kept secret.He had been awarded the Medal of Honor while he was still a prisoner.They had hidden it on purpose. If his captors had found out, Brig. Gen. Ralph Osborne said, "they might have taken revenge on this young man. He might not have come back."Hiroshi Miyamura was born in Gallup, New Mexico, in 1925, to parents who had come from Japan....

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Rep. Don Bacon, who did not seek re-election for what could have been his sixth term for Nebraska, was asked Tuesday if he was preparing for a run for the presidency. He replied that he has a speech at the National Press Club next week. “I’m not announcing for president, but I want to lay out an agenda for America,” Bacon said. “It’s more about ideas and the principles that I think we need.” Bacon said he would be happy if someone else took up the message.