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JAKARTA – As Ukrainian and Russian forces battled each other on the other side of the world, Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto was the featured speaker at a conference on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Bali which addressed the spiraling food crisis the conflict has created. Over the space of an hour, the retired general managed to avoid mentioning Ukraine once, instead demonstrating an impressive grasp of food security issues and agriculture in general that seemed at odds with his military background. “In my opinion, the main topic of the whole G20 summit should be about food security,”...

An Iranian man who lived for 18 years in Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport and whose saga loosely inspired the Steven Spielberg film “The Terminal” died Saturday in the airport that he long called home, officials said. Mehran Karimi Nasseri died after a heart attack in the airport’s Terminal 2F around midday, according an official with the Paris airport authority. Police and a medical team treated him but were not able to save him, the official said. The official was not authorized to be publicly named. Nasseri lived in the airport’s Terminal 1 from 1988 until 2006, first in legal...

On Election night at 8 PM Uplift Data released its final hourly results on the Arizona and Maricopa County elections.Throughout the election cycle, Uplift posted the latest updates on mail-in ballot counts on its website as ballots arrived in the weeks leading up to Election Day. This was a great tool for Democrats to understand the real-time results. On Election Day Uplift tracked the hourly reported results from precincts across Maricopa County.When the polls closed at 8:00 PM MT Uplift released its final analysis from the day. Maricopa County turnout numbers on Election Day at 8:00 PM:Republicans received 52.7% of...

Former Vice President Mike Pence was "angered" by former President Donald Trump's words and actions during the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021. In an exclusive interview with ABC's "World News Tonight" anchor David Muir, Pence described Trump's words as "reckless" and said they "endangered me and my family and everyone at the Capitol building" during the riot. "I mean, the president's words were reckless. It was clear he decided to be part of the problem," Pence said.

New York City voters approved three ballot questions on Tuesday concerning race proposed by the city's Racial Justice Commission. Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio established the commission in 2021 as a "temporary appointed government body that is tasked with reviewing the entire City Charter and proposing amendments," according to the commission’s 2021 final report. One of the ballot measures approved in the Nov. 8 election creates a permanent Office of Racial Equity within the city government, along with a Racial Equity Commission to establish priorities and "review agency and citywide Racial Equity Plans." Another ballot measure added a preamble...

In what she has called a David versus Goliath battle, New York real estate lawyer Bobbie Anne Cox sued Governor Kathleen Hochul for issuing directives mandating quarantine for people exposed to or infected with highly contagious diseases such as COVID-19. The directives, dubbed “quarantine camp regulations,” have been compared to laws that relocated Japanese during World War II without due process. Cox won the lawsuit on the grounds that Hochul’s regulation was unconstitutional. In a recent interview on Epoch TV’s American Thought Leaders, Cox told host Jan Jekielek that it’s crucial Americans learn about the U.S. Constitution so that they...

In a tragic turn of events, Santino Godoy Blanco, just 4 years old, has passed away from pneumonia on Nov. 3, according to multiple reports. If that name sounds at all familiar to you, that’s because Blanco was the face of one of Argentina’s various vaccination campaigns. You can see an example of the type of campaign that Blanco was featured in below: Santino Godoy Blanco, 4 year old star of vaccination campaign in Argentina, dies pic.twitter.com/rEwJ6KZqrT — Tiossinob (@tiossinob) November 13, 2022 The above ad is promoting vaccinations against measles, rubella, mumps and polio. As multiple Argentinian outlets are...

Tom Peters, a management guru of the late 20th century, coined the memorable quote “under-promise—over-deliver.” His advice constitutes a well-known business strategy aimed at maintaining, extending, and satisfying a company’s customer base. In under-promising, but over-delivering, businesses can satisfy their customers who would be pleasantly surprised and grateful that they gained more than they expected. Peters’ quote is also capable of explaining political developments, including the lacklustre performance of the Republicans in the United States midterm elections. For many months now, media commentators and politicians have been predicting a landslide Republican victory in Congressional elections—a red wave no less—which would...

Between #AZ01, #AZ06 and #CA41, Dems' dreams of holding the House majority probably died tonight. https://mobile.twitter.com/Redistrict/status/1591972832820531202?cxt=HHwWhMC4heu26ZcsAAAA New House math: Dem called/probable (213), incl. #AKAL, #CA09, #CA21, #CA47, #CA49, #CO08, #ME02, #OR06 GOP called/probable (220): incl. #AZ01, #AZ06, #CA03, #CA27, #CA41, #CA45, #CO03, #NY22, #OR05 Toss Ups (2): #CA13, #CA22 Dems need a miracle now.

Institutional investors were souring on cryptocurrencies even before this week. The sudden downfall of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX.com may have permanently damaged their prospects of being included in mainstream portfolios. While plenty of industry die-hards remain, many professional money managers are saying the case for crypto as a portfolio diversifier or digital gold has been debunked. The losses are too great and the market structure is too risky, they say. “What’s become clear is it will not find a home in institutional asset allocation,” said Hani Redha, a multi-asset portfolio manager at Pinebridge Investments in London. “There was a period when...

The cause of Arizona’s massive 30% machine tabulator failure is identified. This action disproportionately affected Republicans and assured delays in counting. Technical expert, Dan Sundin, has homed in on the likely cause of why 30% of the tabulators in Arizona could not process the majority of Republican ballots on Election Day. During the 2022 General Election, the election programming was set up to process 20” long ballots. This was a change from the 2020 General and the 2022 Primary ballots, which were 19” long – an inch shorter. So when Arizona election officials say they don’t know what happened on...

Today's Sermon looks at Jesus replacing the Temple- and the revealing of His New Kingdom at hand. 14 min. YouTube video link below:The Shaking of Three Worlds

Michelle Swinik Michele Swinick was an election judge in Maricopa County on election day last week. Following the election Michele stepped forward to discuss what she experienced in Maricopa County on Election Day. Michele worked at a center in a heavily Republican district. According to Michele, the tabulators worked perfectly well the night before the election. Then on Election Day they quit working. Only 1 in 10 ballots were accepted through the tabulators. The officials were told to put the defective ballots into a different section called “Door 3.” Michele believes this was all planned. The election officials knew that...

Former House Freedom Caucus Chairman Andy Biggs (R-AZ) is likely to run against House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) to become the next speaker of the House if Republicans lock down a majority in the lower chamber, a member of the powerful conservative group confirmed on Sunday.

German Bishop: German Synod Only Implements Francis' ProposalsAachen Bishop Helmut Dieser, Germany, would like Francis to understand "that I want to do precisely all that Francis proposes to us."Without being asked, Dieser told Dw.com (8 November) that he did not want to preach Church teaching to practicing homosexuals. For him, the urges of such persons are "not unnatural" and therefore they must live not chastely but: "As Church we must answer these questions anew."Contradicting the Bible, Dieser considers homosexual acts "positive," but defines it in a consistently negative way as "not a mishap," "not a disease," "not an expression of...

On Election night at 8 PM Uplift Data released hourly results on the Arizona and Maricopa County elections.Throughout the election cycle, Uplift posted the latest updates on mail-in ballot counts on its website as ballots arrived in the weeks leading up to Election Day. This was a great tool for Democrats to understand the real-time results.When the polls closed at 8:00 PM MT Uplift released its final analysis from the day.Maricopa County turnout numbers on Election Day at 8:00 PM:Republicans received 52.7% of the vote.“Other” received 30.7% of the vote.Democrats received 16.6% of the vote.The “other” category is likely independents...

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Over the past five years, the United States’ largest independent oil and gas company, Exxon Mobil, has mostly focused its exploratory activities in South America.Last month, the oil major announced that it had made two new discoveries at the Sailfin-1 and Yarrow-1 wells in the Stabroek block offshore Guyana, potentially adding more barrels to one of the most closely watched new oil discoveries. ExxonMobil has now made more than 30 discoveries on the block since 2015, and has ramped up offshore development and production at a pace that far exceeds the industry average.In contrast, Exxon’s exploits in Africa have been...

For months the US has repeatedly tried to coerce India into cutting ties with Russia, thereby abandoning its national interests. New Delhi, however, continues to spurn American attempts to subject its economy to Washington’s dictates.The latest fuss concerns the G7 price cap on Russian oil and EU and UK bans on shipping and related services for Russian crude. India continues to have no interest in joining the US-led initiative as it gets a steep discount on oil from Russia and wants to maintain the relationship with a long-time strategic partner. Indian Foreign Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar was just in Moscow...

It seems like only yesterday when Joe Biden’s Customs and Border Protection chief Chris Magnus was saying ‘hell no, I won’t go.’ (Actually, it was two days ago.) It was immediately understandable why Magnus would feel that he didn’t need to resign and was being made to take the fall for the gross errors and incompetence of others. The man had been handed an impossible task without anywhere near the resources required to accomplish it. But last night, he thought better of his options and relented, tendering his resignation. At least for the moment, this decision staves off an ugly...