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MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Droughts, flooding and a shrinking Lake Chad caused in part by climate change is fueling conflict and migration in the region and needs to be better addressed, a report said Thursday. Human rights group Refugees International called for the issue to be central to a high-level international conference on the Lake Chad basin next week in Niamey, Niger’s capital. The report found that shrinking natural resources due to adverse weather are heightening tensions across communities and displacing people. It said that around 3 million people have been displaced and an additional 11 million were in need...

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky used the pulpit provided by the World Economic Forum (WEF) gathering in Davos on Thursday to complain about not obtaining enough main battle tanks from some Western countries to help turn back Russian forces. Speaking by video link at a breakfast with U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, AP reports Zelensky offered a very public rebuke of countries like Germany, Poland and the U.S. that had not been quick enough to respond to his call for heavy battle tanks. Zelensky bemoaned a broader “lack of specific...

December’s housing construction numbers are a mixed bag. On the one hand, US housing starts are down -1.36% from November to December, but down -21,8% since December 2021 (YoY). The good news? 1-unit (single family detatched) rose 11.26% from November to December (MoM). But 5+ (multifamily) starts are down -18.91% MoM. But 5+ unit PERMITS are up 7.14%. Perhaps Hunter Biden can now rent an apartment rather than pay his father $50,000 a month in rent for Joe’s Wilmington Delaware house.

Democratic Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, who was sworn into office Wednesday morning, has soared to the top of Democrats’ list of potential 2024 presidential candidates. Moore’s military service, success in the finance industry, fundraising successes and connections to career-making donors have captured the attention of the Democratic party, as has his apparent bipartisan appeal, according to Bloomberg. Moore’s campaign emphasized crime and the economy, talking points typically preferred by Republicans, while he has also attracted several high profile Democratic donors. The new governor was raised in poverty and went on to serve as a U.S. Army captain and paratrooper in...

TOKYO -- Japan on Thursday reported a record annual trade deficit of 19.97 trillion yen ($155 billion) for 2022, after a combination of high commodity prices and a weak yen increased import costs. According to preliminary data released by the Finance Ministry, Japan's exports grew 18% to 98.18 trillion yen last year, while imports increased 39% to 118.15 trillion yen. Both exports and imports reached the highest levels on record. But the annual deficit, the second in a row, far surpassed the previous peak of 12.8 trillion yen in 2014. Resource-poor Japan relies heavily on fuel imports. The value of...

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, an ally of Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, warned NATO on Thursday that the defeat of Russia in Ukraine could trigger a nuclear war. Striking a similar tone at what he described as an anxious time for the country, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church said trying to destroy Russia would mean the end of the world. -snip- Asked if Medvedev's remarks signified that Russia was escalating the crisis to a new level, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: "No, it absolutely does not mean that." -snip- Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church,...

The former roommate of embattled New York Rep. George Santos spoke with CBS News about the congressman, who he says wanted to run for office to receive pension and healthcare benefits. Caitlin Huey-Burns reports. Air Date: Jan 19, 2023

In a New York Times op-ed, author Mara Altman lays out several benefits of being small, but none bigger than this one: The shorter you are, the more you’ll help save the planet from peril. Altman highlights the calculations of the researcher Thomas Samaras, who once estimated that if all citizens of the United State were just 10 percent shorter, and with our same proportions, we’d save 87 million tons of food per year. And that’s just the food. In short, size matters. If you’re naturally smaller, logic dictates that you’ll use up fewer precious resources, and you’re better suited...

17 MIN READ After the 14-year-old was found being sexually assaulted in another state, a judge kept her from loving parents because they questioned her transgender identity. Then she was trafficked again. In August 2021, by concealing a teen’s newly asserted transgender identity from her parents, Virginia’s Appomattox County High School participated in a chain of events that led to that girl falling into the hands of sexual predators not once, but twice. When the FBI found Sage (last name of the family withheld for privacy) in Maryland, where she was victimized by a sexual predator, a judge refused to...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Search for the word “climate” on Twitter and the first automatic recommendation isn’t “climate crisis” or “climate jobs” or even “climate change” but instead “climate scam.” Clicking on the recommendation yields dozens of posts denying the reality of climate change and making misleading claims about efforts to mitigate it. Such misinformation has flourished on Twitter since it was bought by Elon Musk last year, but the site isn’t the only one promoting content that scientists and environmental advocates say undercuts public support for policies intended to respond to a changing climate. “What’s happening in the information ecosystem...

(Last Updated On: January 10, 2023) NATIONAL POPCORN DAY On January 19th, National Popcorn Day pops onto the scene with a crunch we all love to enjoy! The annual celebration recognizes a treat that satisfies munchies, day or night. #NationalPopcornDay This time-honored snack can be sweet or savory, caramelized, buttered or plain, molded into a candied ball, or tossed with nuts and chocolate. However it is enjoyed, enjoy it on National Popcorn Day, January 19th. The word “corn” in Old English meant “grain” or, more specifically, the most prominent grain grown in a region. When Native Americans introduce their most...

The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Appreciating and Applying God's Word ~ T H E L O S T S O N ֎ Featuring 26 Paintings ֎ L U K E Chapter 15 Jesus continued: “There was a man who had two sons. The younger one said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of the estate.’ So he divided his property between them. 1 LUCA GIORDANO "The Parable of the Prodigal Son—Receiving His Portion" 2 BARTOLOME ESTEBAN MURILLO "The Prodigal Son Receives His Rightful Inheritance" “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he...

The College Board...has launched a pilot version of an AP African-American Studies (APAAS) course, to great fanfare in the mainstream press..... On January 12...Florida governor Ron DeSantis wrote a letter to the College Board informing it that Florida was rejecting its request for state approval of APAAS. The letter, from the Florida Department of Education’s Office of Articulation, goes on to state that, “as presented, the content of this course is inexplicably contrary to Florida law and significantly lacks educational value.” At the same time, the letter notes that “in the future, should College Board be willing to come back...

Dr. David Jeremiah ✝️ End Times Warning | The coming of The Mark of the Beast

Hummer EV Hummer EV / IMAGE: The Post Millennial Live via Rumble The owner of an electric GMC Hummer recently posted a video showing that his car will take five days to fully charge using the basic home charging set up. VIDEO AT LINK..................... “This is a brand new hummer and it’s got the largest battery you can buy,” he announces. “250-kilowatt hours of battery in this truck.” The narrator shows his car’s charger connected to a standard wall outlet, plugging it in and then showing the display that indicates the charge won’t be complete for five days. “And that’s...

The Biden Administration is actively working behind the scenes to try to re-implement a nationwide mask mandate on all air travel across the country, despite a court having ruled that such a mandate is unconstitutional. The Daily Caller reports that on Tuesday, Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) asked the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn a Florida judge’s ruling in April of 2021 that struck down the mask mandate. This comes despite the fact that all 50 states and virtually every locality in the nation has dropped mask mandates as of early 2022; Biden himself declared in September of...

The use of DNA to arrest Bryan Kohberger for the murder of four college students in Idaho reminds me that it's time to bring the death penalty back in a big way. Notwithstanding the absence of a single example, the possibility of executing the "wrong man" has been the left's main line against the death penalty for decades. It's the only argument that has ever lessened Americans' support for capital punishment. Well, guess what? Thanks to the miracle of DNA, now there's no risk! The murderer can usually be identified with greater than 99.99% accuracy. Good news, right? Nope! As...

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemMatthew 27Jesus Before Pilate 11 Meanwhile Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied. 12 When he was accused by the chief priests and the elders, he gave no answer. 13 Then Pilate asked him, “Don’t you hear the testimony they are bringing against you?” 14 But Jesus made no reply, not even to a single charge—to the great amazement of the governor. 15 Now it was the governor’s custom at the festival to release a prisoner chosen by the...

One sure sign of historic national decline is the collective inability of a government and its people to defend their own borders and national sovereignty. Left-wing Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador recently praised a visiting Joe Biden: “Just imagine: There are 40 million Mexicans in the United States—40 million who were born here in Mexico, [or] who are the children of people who were born in Mexico!” Why wouldn’t Obrador be delighted? Since Biden took office in January 2021, America has allowed some 5-6 million illegal entries across its southern border. Obrador further congratulated the malleable Biden whom he...

The whole World Economic Forum/Davos experience is one part Bond villain parody, one part clout seeking billionaires, one part megalomania, a heaping cup of greed, and a dash of rent seeking. In 2023 things have reached the point where any association with Davos should put an individual or organization under notice of suspicion. Amazing to see people who claim to be American conservatives or lovers of liberty attending in an non-ironic, non-protesting capacity. This wannabee gaggle of quasi-oligarchs and autocrat throne sniffers represents everything that is wrong with the human desire for control, power, and to crush the individual for...