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Shanghai, the global financial hub and China’s biggest city, has become the epicentre of COVID-19 cases in the country as it set a record of six-straight days of logging around 20,000 cases, as the city ramped up mass testing to tackle the rapid spread of the Omicron variant. The Chinese mainland reported 1,284 new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases, including 322 in Shanghai, on Wednesday, China’s National Health Commission reported on Thursday. Wednesday also saw 21,784 new asymptomatic cases, including 19,660 in Shanghai, it said. Shanghai with a population of about 26 million, which remained under lockdown for several days, has already...

At the end of hours of manhunt: The terrorist was located near a mosque in Jaffa, and killed after an exchange of fire More than 1,000 policemen and special unit fighters took part in the search. • Police after the attack: "Continue with the routine of life, avoid crowds"

“Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips” (Proverbs 8:6-7).

"I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come." "These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world." "See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the...

Ukraine needs heavy weapons and air support. Tanks, multiple-launch rockets, self-propelled artillery, air support — MiGs and Sukhoi aircraft — and mobile air defense. They need hundreds of thousands of 152mm artillery rounds. The US-supplied Javelins and Stingers are necessary but no longer sufficient. Why? Because there is a window of opportunity now — for a week or two perhaps — in which Ukraine can counterattack in the north, south and east to expel Russian forces. This will require mobile armored forces and air power. And if this window is lost, the future is darker and more uncertain. [cut] NO...

As federal agencies prepare for a “mass migration event” at the United States-Mexico border due to President Joe Biden’s ending Title 42 on May 23, Sens. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) are setting their sights on amnesty for illegal aliens. Last week, Biden officials announced that the administration would end the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Title 42 authority that has allowed U.S. Border Patrol to quickly return illegal aliens to their native countries over the last two years.

The United States Postal Service (USPS) announced Wednesday that it aims to raise postage prices by July 10 and has filed a notice of the desired changes with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC). The Forever stamp will move from 58 cents to 60 cents, marking what would be its second price hike in a year, CBS noted. In August, it moved from 55 cents to 58 cents. Between August of last year and this upcoming July, the stamp’s cost would have gone up nine percent, or five cents, should the prices take effect. But the Forever stamp is not the...

Walmart (WMT) is driving up pay for its truckers. In a blog post Thursday, the nation's largest retailer announced it will be increasing starting salaries for its freight drivers to between $95,000 and $110,000 a year, up from an average starting salary of $87,500, according to a Walmart spokesperson. "Drivers who have been with Walmart longer can earn even more, based on factors like tenure and location," the blog noted. The push comes as supply-chain problems further exacerbate an already troubled trucking industry. The American Trucking Association estimates the nation is short about 80,000 drivers. Walmart has hired 7,000 drivers...

U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson – Texas District 13 is under investigation by the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Ethics, according to a statement from the committee released Thursday. According to the statement, attributed to U.S. Rep. Theodore E. Deutch, the Democratic Chairman from Florida, and U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, the Republican Ranking Member from Indiana, the committee has decided to extend the investigation into Jackson, first transmitted to the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Ethics by the Office of Congressional Ethics in late December 2021.

Every political campaign’s dream is to get potential voters to glance at piece of mail they find in their mailboxes, then their hearts pound quicker if those voters stop and read the mailing cover. Then they hope the voter will open the piece and read what they want those voters to know – either good stuff about their candidate or bad stuff about their opponent. And that’s all besides the great money the printer gets for doing the mailer, the piece designer gets for putting it together and the political consultants commonly get for, well, being campaign consultants. That’s the...

“Plaza Suite” star Sarah Jessica Parker has tested positive for COVID just days after her husband and co-star, Matthew Broderick. The Broadway show’s Instagram account said Thursday afternoon that the night’s performance would be canceled. “Today Sarah Jessica Parker tested positive for COVID with a second test confirming the diagnosis,” the social media statement said of the 57-year-old actress. “With both Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker positive for COVID, tonight’s performance of ‘Plaza Suite’ is canceled. The producers apologize for the inconvenience this has caused audience members.” There was no word on how long the shutdown would last. The...

457 years after the Great Siege of Malta, Pope Francis surrenders to IslamPope Francis, despite being the head of worldwide Catholicism, always seems to be apologizing for the faith. In Malta, that apology extended to hiding the cross from illegal Muslim aliens. This act of Christian cowardice was more poignant than usual, given that Malta, in the mid-16th century, was the site of one of the Catholic world's bravest and most successful stands against Islam's push to take over Europe.The Republic of Malta is a tiny island located southwest of both the toe of the Italian boot and the island...

In an interview with Ukrainian journalists broadcast on state television on Tuesday after a period of alleged war crimes carried out by the Russian army against his people, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to rebuild after the conflict, turning his country into a “big Israel.” “Ukraine will definitely not be what we wanted it to be from the beginning. It is impossible. Absolutely liberal, European – it will not be like that,” Zelensky said. “I think all our people will be our great army. We cannot talk about ‘Switzerland of the future’ — probably, our state will be able to...

The tennis world has been shocked this week at the Miami Open. Fans witnessed an unprecedented number of withdrawals/retirements from the tournament at Hard Rock Stadium. The most shocking moments of the event occurred when both favorites, Italian Jannik Sinner and Spaniard Paula Badosa retired from their quarterfinal contests on the same day. Yahoo Sport reported: Soon to be World No.3, Badosa was in tears as she was forced to bow out of the quarter-final after not feeling well against American Jessica Pegula. On Monday, Badosa admitted she wasn’t sure if she could compete in her fourth round match that...

Grand Rapids. Mich. (WOOD)--While the jury in the governor kidnapping conspiracy trial has deliberated in room in downtown Grand Rapids for four days, the nearby federal courtroom has been mostly empty, except for relatives of the suspects. Families of Daniel Harris, Brandon Caserta and Adam Fox have sat on the wooden benches on the "defense" side of the sixth-floor courtroom of Chief U.S. District Court Judge Robert J. Jonker, some working on word puzzles, all waiting for any word, brought together by the alleged deeds of their sons or brothers. Barry Croft Jr, who is from Delaware, is the only...

The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a live public broadcast urging all western nations to quickly adopt so called “green energy policies” which he says will undermine the influence of Russia in Europe. In the new video Zelensky urges the NATO alliance, specifically western Europe, to quickly adopt the WEF’s “Build Back Better” climate change agenda as it helps his country. He advocates for “Green Energy” as a top priority so that NATO alliance members are not reliant on Russian energy sales. Zelensky’s proposal to stop the war is basically so-called Green Energy. It seems a bit odd, doesn’t it?...

Whether you’re Catholic or not, you need to know what’s going on inside the Vatican right now. Michael Matt unmasks the globalist threat that is Pope Francis. In this episode of The Remnant Underground, Michael J. Matt returns briefly to the war in Ukraine, noting that President Zelensky has now confirmed exactly what the Underground argued at the very start of the war. This is all about The Great Reset. Speaking of the Reset, President Biden takes center stage to get his fourth shot. Yes, and on live television. Why? Well, that is the question.

When you’ve read the news items below you might be tempted to think that the world is now being controlled by people who are totally insane. I couldn’t possibly comment. Pakistani Prime Minister, Imran Khan, warned people planning to vote against him in elections that they risked social disgrace. And he warned that no one would marry their children. A driver was fined £1008 after a cyclist fell off her bike. The motorist had driven past her – leaving as much space as he could and the cyclist was not hit by the car. An official said that motorists should...

A Bitcoin for your thoughts? Globalist Pippa Malmgren said the quiet part out loud at the World Government Summit when she stated that soon the world will be using “digital” currency, which will be “sovereign” and record “every single transaction.” Malmgren said, “Most people think that digital money is crypto and private, but what I see are superpowers introducing digital currency—the Chinese were the first, the US is on the brink.” Ah, yes, the Chinese Communist Party, which is committing ethnic-based genocide and using a social credit score to prevent political dissidents from functioning in society! Makes sense why Malmgren...

In a landmark ruling, a federal district court has ordered the U.S. Department of Defense to end a longstanding Pentagon policy forbidding enlisted military service members from deploying in active duty outside the continental United States and being commissioned as officers if they have HIV. Supporters hailed it as overdue legal affirmation that people receiving effective antiretroviral treatment for HIV are essentially healthy and pose no risk to others. The judgment topples one of the nation’s last major pillars of HIV-related employment discrimination. Federal law has for decades barred employers from discriminating against people with HIV under the Americans with...