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KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine said on Saturday it would speed up the construction of a naval base at the port of Berdyansk to prevent what Kyiv calls a gradual attempt by Moscow to take control of the Sea of ​​Azov that flows past Russian-annexed Crimea.Ukraine's newly-appointed defence minister announced the plans after a trip to Berdyansk that followed Western warnings this week about Russian troop movements near Ukraine's borders and a possible attack.Russia has dismissed as inflammatory suggestions Moscow might be weighing an attack and accused Washington of aggressive moves in the Black Sea where Ukraine and the United States...

For deer hunters this time of year, checking trail camera photos can either be a frustratingly tedious chore or as exciting as Christmas Eve. If your SD card is filled with does and dink bucks, you groan. But then, every once in a while, your cameras capture unique, once-in-a-lifetime images. New England bowhunter Dave Morel recently got some of those. No, they weren’t photos of the next world-record whitetail, but rather of a big bobcat which let curiosity get the best of him. The bobcat leapt and climbed to impressive heights. But ultimately, the scent dripper survived the encounter.

Video Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt3vns42Nd8From Youtube: The message coming out of China is getting louder by the day. It doesn't like other countries, especially Australia, ganging up and meddling in its affairs. As we know Beijing is currently doing its best to punish us economically, but in the last few days President Xi Jinping has also ratcheted up the rhetoric by warning of the perils of a new cold war. A loose translation is if we don't stop poking the panda, we'll face serious consequences. Now it's worth taking the threat seriously because Xi controls the largest military force in the world,...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Some Peoria community leaders are fighting what they call a “spiritual war.” Saturday, Nov. 13, various Peoria clergy, school and community leaders held a panel at Peoria’s Greater City of Refuge Worship Center to address black-on-black crime in the city. Some called the recent uptick of violence in the city a “black genocide.” “Now with a record-setting number of homicides, we thought that it’s time to revisit this event with the war of black genocide in the black community,” said Agbara Bryson with the Annie Malone Center for Development and organizer of the panel. The purpose...

If you are a foreign resident in Denmark, there’s a good chance you can have a say in upcoming municipal and regional elections. Votes by post can already be submitted for Denmark’s municipal elections (kommunalvalget in Danish) and regional elections (regionalvalget), with election day scheduled just over two weeks from now on November 16th. EU, Norwegian and Icelandic citizens over the age of 18 with a permanent address in Denmark are entitled to vote in municipal and regional elections. ...

Author’s Note: Interested readers can find all previous volumes of this series here. News Flash: The first 56 volumes are compiled into a book titled, “Bible Study For Those Who Don’t Read The Bible.” More details at the end. Now back to our regular programming.Thanks for joining us today as we study Jesus Christ’s first miracle when He turned water into wine during the wedding feast at Cana. The story is recorded in only one of the four gospels — John 2:1-11. I will try to explain all the symbolism packed into these 11 verses as we read along.“On the...

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said on Sunday that Steve Bannon’s indictment will encourage others to cooperate with the House select committee's investigation of the Jan.6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. “Without a doubt. And indeed, even before the Justice Department acted, it influenced other witnesses. ... And now that witnesses see that if they don't cooperate, if they don't fulfill their lawful duty when subpoenaed, that they, too, may be prosecuted, it will have a very strong, focusing effect on their decision making,” Schiff told host Chuck Todd on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen in a new interview said the COVID-19 pandemic is the cause for the record inflation increase the U.S. is seeing nationwide. Asked by host Margaret Brennan on Sunday in a pre-taped interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation” if she is confident prices for the average American will be back at normal levels by next November, Yellen said it “really depends on the pandemic.”

The federal government announced on Sunday a nationwide lockdown for people who have neither been vaccinated nor recovered. This will come into force at midnight. The lockdown includes exit restrictions for all unvaccinated people from the age of twelve, according to Federal Chancellor Akexander Schallenberg (OVP). The governnent reiterated its appeal to increase the vaccination rate, and further possible measures were promised... Only leave private living areas in exceptional cases The private living area "may only be left in exceptional cases", said Schallenberg. The rules of previous lockdowns prdominately apply: the apartment can only be left for important errands, for...

The mask debacle was probably the first big mistake that confused people on a wide scale and created broad skepticism. The decision to advise people to isolate at home was another big mistake, according to many independent scientists. We now know that even CDC acknowledges most Covid is spread in the household. Instead of having people stay home and arresting those surfing by themselves at the beach, our public health officials should have encouraged people to get outdoors. Instead of closing parks and beaches, they should have advised people to go to them. Some scientists knew this on the front...

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) is refusing to say if he would support former President Trump's possible reelection campaign in 2024, instead arguing that it is too early to make such a statement. Asked by CNN’s Dana Bash if he would support the former president should he lead the GOP ticket in 2024, Christie, a former White House adviser under Trump, would not give a firm answer.

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Sen. Ron Johnson’s (R-Wis.) YouTube account was suspended for one week starting Friday for uploading content violating the platform’s policy against COVID-19 misinformation. The video that triggered the suspension was a roundtable discussion in which the lawmaker falsely claimed that coronavirus vaccines are unsafe. “The updated figures today are 17,619,” he said. “That is 225 times the number of deaths in just a 10-month period versus an annual figure for the flu vaccine. These vaccine injuries are real.” Johnson was citing numbers from the self-reporting database the Vaccine Adverse Effects Reporting System (VAERS). The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

Representative Karen Bass (D-CA) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that the two white men killed by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest were like white Civil Rights activists killed in the 1960s. When asked about the trial on the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, Bass said, “I think that particular trial is off to a bad start just like the trial of Rittenhouse is off to a bad start as well. A year ago, we were talking about racial reckoning, and it seemed to be an enlightened period, and now we’ve had major setbacks. I think that people understand...

How do you know when your life is under assault? When Obama pirates your health care. After all, it constitutes about 18% of GDP — not only a sizable grab on your vitality, but a confiscation of control over a good chunk of the nation's economy. How can you tell when all your freedoms are under assault? When Biden goes after your energy — all of it. And what easier way to mask an energy grab than to tuck it under the solemn shroud of climate? "Climate change," a vacuous term mindlessly embraced by equally mindless leaders, is an easy...

Democratic lawmakers are urging President Joe Biden to require that all airline passengers either show proof of full vaccination against the coronavirus or a negative COVID-19 test before boarding a domestic flight. The request was made in a letter, signed by more than 30 Democrats that was sent to Biden November 11. "This is a necessary and long overdue step toward ensuring all Americans feel safe and confident while traveling and reduce the chances of yet another devastating winter surge," the Democrats wrote in the letter. The letter comes as millions plan to travel for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.

Republicans surged in the Philadelphia suburbs on both sides of the Pennsylvania-New Jersey state line in the off-year elections earlier this month, suggesting that President Joe Biden is in trouble in an area that was key to his 2020 victory.

Yeah, that's the problem: the liberal media has gone too easy on Kyle Rittenhouse! Incredibly, former Obama appointee Brittany Packnett Cunningham claimed exactly that during Tiffany Cross's MSNBC show on Saturday, where Cunningham's a frequent guest. Of all outlets, Cunningham amazingly singled out the New York Times as being too soft on Rittenhouse. Right: that dastardly, conservative-controlled, Gray Lady! Cunningham also claimed that there were "only so many acceptable losses" in the minds of white supremacists, and since Derek Chauvin was sent to prison, extra efforts were being made to defend Rittenhouse and the defendants in the Ahmaud Arbery trial....

Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Steele’s dossier that he does not regret publicly advancing the claims in the infamous dossier by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele. Anchor Chuck Todd said, “I want to ask you about the Steele dossier because it’s been in the news for a lot of reasons, including questions about its validity. I want to play around that you had on the steel dossier over the years. take a listen.”

CAIRO (AP) — Heavy rain and flooding in a southern province in Egypt have left three people dead and more than 500 others hospitalized from scorpion stings, state-run media reported. Downpours, hail and thunder in the province of Aswan over the weekend forced local authorities to suspend school classes Sunday, Gov. Ashraf Attia said. The storms forced scorpions from their hiding places into many houses across the province, Attia added. He said at least 503 people were hospitalized after suffering scorpion stings and that all of them were discharged after they were given anti-venom doses. Acting Health Minister Khalid Abdel-Ghafar...