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North Korea says its recent barrage of missile launches were a "simulation" of a nuclear attack on the South. It comes as intelligence suggests North Korea is preparing to hold its first nuclear weapon test in five years. In recent weeks, Pyongyang has launched seven sets of missiles in response to recent US and South Korea drills. On Monday, state media published extensive reports claiming the missiles were designed to carry tactical nuclear weapons. These are small short-range weapons intended for use on the battlefield. They said the military practised loading the missiles with dummy versions of these miniaturised warheads.

Citing witness accounts., Reuters reports on Monday, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky's office was destroyed by a missile strike. In this explosion in Kyiv, clouds of black smoke could be seen rising from buildings in the city's centre, witnesses report. Various media outlets are reporting that Missile attacks are hitting major Ukrainian cities, including central Kyiv hit while some neighborhoods in Lviv and Ternopil are left with no electricity.

Stocks fell on Monday with the Nasdaq Composite index falling to the lowest level in two years as tech shares continue to be the hardest hit in this bear market because of a spiking interest rates. The Nasdaq Composite fell more than 1.3% to touch its lowest levels since September 2020, weighed down by a slump in semiconductor stocks such as Nvidia and AMD. The S&P 500 also fell, dragged down by semi stocks and dips in major tech names Apple and Microsoft. The benchmark lost about 0.78%.

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The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated $1.27 billion to “advance progress toward the global goals” during United Nations General Assembly week last month, with $200 million going toward the development of an invasive global digital ID system, Life Site News reported. “We see the greatest progress when governments, the private sector, and local communities collaborate in global health programs,” said Bill Gates, co-chair. “The commitment this week to combat preventable diseases and save millions more lives through the Global Fund replenishment is a great step forward in getting back on track to reach the Sustainable Development Goals.” The $200...

Andrew Weissmann and his part in decades of criminal activities. We first heard about Andrew Weissmann during the Mueller Special Counsel. It was uncovered that Weissmann was at Hillary’s 2016 Inauguration [funeral] party. This made no sense to this former international audit executive. There are ethics practices in auditing that prevent partaking in audits where you have a conflict of interest, whether real or perceived. This guy Weissmann should never have been assigned to the Mueller team. Something was up. Some believe the Mueller gang was led by Weissmann. This gang deviated from standard practices or committed crimes over 130...

The two teens shot near the Long Island home of GOP gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin had been at a recording studio on a reservation in Suffolk County that is known for gang activity, a law enforcement official told The Post. Joel Murphy and Elijah Robinson, both 17-year-olds from Mastic, suffered gunshot wounds to the chest in the shooting in Shirley, police said Monday. Murphy also suffered a lacerated liver and Robinson sustained an arm wound, cops said. A high-ranking law enforcement source told The Post the teen victims are “known to the department.” Investigators are looking into whether a Saturday...

A plane full of migrants could be destined for Nantucket this week, according to officials on the upscale island. Workers at Nantucket’s airport on Friday alerted police to a flight that is scheduled to arrive Tuesday because it bore “many similarities” to the plane that brought dozens of migrants to the neighboring Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard last month, police said in a press release. “In the event there is an arrival of a plane carrying migrants, the Nantucket Police Department and many other Town departments have a detailed plan to manage such a situation,” the Nantucket Police Department said...

"For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” President Biden said of Vladimir Putin in March, a month after Russia’s second unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, in remarks the Washington Post called “the most defiant and aggressive speech about Russia by an American president since Ronald Reagan.” Biden’s staff, however, immediately backpedaled, saying, “the president’s point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region. He was not discussing Putin’s power in Russia or regime change.” Later, Biden himself dutifully resiled from regime change. (snip) Outsiders can assist in many ways, including augmenting dissidents’...

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Love it or hate it, it's coming: The end of Daylight saving time. Yes, you'll need to get ready to "fall back." At 2 a.m. Pacific time on Sunday, Nov. 6, California residents will have to set their clocks back by one hour. That's happening again, even though in 2018, California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 7, a ballot initiative that opened the door to permanently adopting daylight saving time. Prop. 7 gave state lawmakers the power to pass legislation making daylight saving time permanent. Less than a month later, Assemblyman Kansen Chu introduced AB 7, the Daylight Saving Time law...

Ukraine's State Emergency Services said at least 11 people have been killed and more than 60 wounded in Russian missile strikes on several Ukrainian cities Monday. The strikes are the largest coordinated assault on Ukrainian cities since the early days of the war. The Russian Defense Ministry said the strikes targeted Ukraine's military command and communication facilities and energy infrastructure. At least six people were killed in Kyiv when missiles struck several locations in the city center during morning rush hour. Officials in the central city of Dnipro said four people were killed. The leader of Ukraine's armed forces, Valeriy...

VIDEO AT LINK....................... Andrés Muñoz of the Seattle Mariners threw a nasty 103-mile-per-hour fastball during a playoff game Friday against the Toronto Blue Jays. The opposing batter was Toronto’s Vlad Guerrero, Jr., and even he was blown away by how fast the pitch was thrown. Guerrero could be seen shaking his head in awe at it. Muñoz’ throw was the fastest pitch heaved during the MLB playoffs in five years, Codify reported. The 103 mph heater was indicative of how the first game of the American League Wild Card series would wind up going. The Seattle pitching duo of Luis...

CNN’s in-house Biden spokesman Jake Tapper had a dyspeptic episode over pesky GOPers who claim Big Tech “rigged” the 2020 election by censoring one of the most important stories in recent years. The CNN anchor piggybacked on a so-called Washington Post “exclusive” in a ridiculous attempt to cast Big Tech platforms like Twitter that censored the Hunter Biden laptop scandal as having a negligible effect on the 2020 election. As if questioning is somehow a bad thing, he whined on the Oct. 7 edition of CNN’s The Lead how GOP “questioners” ripping Big Tech for censoring the New York Post...

On August 28, 2022, in Utica, New York, the Attorney General’s office of Letitia James paid out over $21,000 in gift cards for 3D printed “ghost guns.” The guns were printed by an anonymous entrepreneur on a $200 printer he received for Christmas. Letitia James took credit for the “buyback” of “ghost guns” at Utica. “Buyback” is an Orwellian term. The guns which are turned in were never owned by the government. The AG did not mention the mass purchase of 3D printed guns, although they mentioned 177 “ghost guns.” From ag.ny.gov:NEW YORK – New York Attorney General Letitia James...

KYIV and DNIPRO, UKRAINE, and MOSCOW — Explosions rocked several cities across Ukraine in the most extensive attack on the country since the early days of Russia's invasion in February. The attacks came only hours after Russia blamed Ukraine for a weekend explosion that partially damaged a strategic bridge that connects Russian-occupied Crimea to mainland Russia. Ukrainian emergency services report that several people are dead across the country, including at least five people in the the capital Kyiv, which hasn't been hit since June. It's also the closest strike to the center of the city since the war began, coming...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday people were killed and injured in multiple missile strikes on cities across Ukraine, including the first bombardment of the capital in months. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata said the strikes, which could signal a major escalation in the eight-month-old war, appeared to be entirely punitive — retaliation meant to terrorize Ukrainian civilians in densely-populated urban neighborhoods, close to government buildings, with one even hitting a children's playground. Ukraine's national police later said at least 10 people were killed and about 60 others injured by the missile strikes early Monday morning. Russia's strongman leader...

Ukraine poked the Russian bear on Saturday by blowing up the Kerch Bridge from Russia to Crimea. According to Russian news agency Tass, an explosion occurred in early Saturday morning on one of Putin’s prestige projects and Europe’s longest bridge, which connects Russia and Crimea. “An object believed to be a fuel storage tank has caught fire on the Crimean Bridge, but the viaduct’s navigable arches sustained no damage, an aide to the head of Crimea, Oleg Kryuchkov, said on Saturday,” according to the news outlet. “According to preliminary information, a fuel storage tank is on fire… Navigable arches were...

Yahoo! Finance (Adam Sabes) reported yesterday (as did many other sites):A new PayPal user agreement that threatens to fine users up to $2,500 if they use the service to "promote misinformation," was sent out "in error," a PayPal spokesperson tells FOX Business.The updated PayPal Acceptable Use Policy effective Nov. 3 included an expansion of "prohibited activities," which includes the "ending, posting, or publication of messages, content, or materials that meet certain criteria."According to the updated PayPal user agreement, the company states that each violation could result in "liquidated damages of $2,500.00" per violation, which would be withdrawn directly from their...

ST. PETERSBURG. October 10. /TASS/. Russia will respond toughly, if the Kiev regime continues attempts to carry out terror attacks on Russian territory, President of Russia Vladimir Putin said on Monday. "If attempts continue to carry out terror attacks on our territory, Russia’s responses will be tough and by their scope correspond to the level of threats created for the Russian Federation," the head of state said at a meeting with members of Russia’s Security Council. "No one must have any doubts about that," Putin stressed. By its acts, the Kiev regime has put itself on a par with international...