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On Wednesday [May 31, 2023], Russia's defense ministry said it had "destroyed" the Ukrainian ship Yuri Olefirenko in a "high-precision strike." The vessel was taken out on May 29 in the southern Ukrainian port of Odesa, Russia said in an operational update.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin saying the US will not stand for 'coercion and bullying' from China... US politics the Republican National Committee setting rules for the first debate among presidential contenders... In Canada a convicted serial killer moved from a high security prison to a medium security facility... A federal judge in Miami giving a life sentence to Haitian-Chilean businessman Rodolphe Jaar... Fitch Ratings keeping the credit rating of the United States on "Ratings Watch Negative". This follows the bipartisan deal in Washington for the federal government to spend more money...Joe Biden speaking at 7 pm this evening to...

A Yale University building under construction in New Haven, Connecticut partially collapsed on Friday and left eight people injured with two of them in critical condition. The collapse happened at an apartment block on Lafayette Street at around 12.30pm when crews were pouring concrete. Part of the second floor fell into the first floor and into the basement at the building site where 36 people were working. It left eight construction workers injured with six of them pulled out of the building by first responders and the other two were able to escape on their own. New Haven Fire Department...

...EDWARD LUCE: ...what would happen if Trump won, first of all, in Ukraine? What would happen to the Ukraine situation? HILLARY CLINTON: Look, if Trump wins, ...If in some scenario that were to happen, it would be the end of democracy in the United States, it would be the end of Ukraine. It would become a --you know, he will pull us out of NATO if he wins again. And just like he pulled us out of the Iran deal, he pulled us out of the Paris Accords. He will pull us out of NATO. ... -- and remember, the...

A San Francisco store owner has slammed the Dem-led city's officials for failing to control its out-of-control crime wave, after a gang of thieves smashed into his tobacco shop and stole $100,000 in goods and cash. Storeowner Zaid, an immigrant from Afghanistan, said lawmakers 'need to get a grip' on the city, feeling it has become 'worse than Afghanistan or Iraq'. 'At least in Afghanistan the Taliban will cut your hand off and people are afraid to commit such a crime,' he added to Fox News. His remarks come as the West Coast metro continues to spiral into lawlessness, with...

On this date in 1666, the pastor Andreas Koch suffered the pains of standing up against witch hunts in his town of Lemgo: Koch himself was beheaded as a wizard. Lemgo recorded a busy witch-hunt record with an estimated 250 cases in the 16th and 17th centuries. But the bulk of those cases came surprisingly late — from 1653 to 1681, the period after the Thirty Years’ War witch-smelling acme. As we’ve seen before in these grim annals, elites were not safe from the Hexenverfolgung; this, perhaps, is the reason that even we latter-day seculars still have such a visceral...

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Megyn Kelly begins the show with a monologue explaining why she is done using "preferred pronouns" and will base her conversations on trans ideology in reality and truth, how her own views on this issue have evolved, the harms of gender affirming care in schools and by physicians, the injustice of biological men competing in women’s sports, how Lia Thomas and then Riley Gaines changed the story, standing up for women, and more.

NHS trusts are sharing intimate details about patients’ medical conditions, appointments and treatments with Facebook without consent and despite promising never to do so. An Observer investigation has uncovered a covert tracking tool in the websites of 20 NHS trusts which has for years collected browsing information and shared it with the tech giant in a major breach of privacy. The data includes granular details of pages viewed, buttons clicked and keywords searched. It is matched to the user’s IP address – an identifier linked to an individual or household – and in many cases details of their Facebook account....

We asked DeSantis campaign Communications Director Stephen Lawson to straighten out the Dee/Deh conundrum. It had become the source of debate in our newsroom. "It's also been a little controversial for us on the campaign trail," Lawson confessed. "He uses Dee-Santis." But Casey Dee-Santis, seems to use Deh-Santis, right? Pause. "Yes," Lawson allowed. And added, "He prefers Dee-Santis." Whoa. So this is a giant source of great friction between Mr. Dee-Santis and Mrs. Deh-Santis, then? "I wouldn't go that far," Lawson deadpanned. The mystery lingers.

Atrain crash in India has killed 207 people and left roughly 900 injured. The Friday incident saw two passenger trains collide with a freight train in the Odisha state city of Balasore, CNN reported. The cause remains unknown as of press time, though authorities have indicated that rescue activities remain ongoing. "We are only working (at) sending additional doctors, ambulances, buses, so all those things we are doing so we have not thought of asking what happened, how it happened," State Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena told the local CNN affiliate. More than 200 people were killed and hundreds injured after...

Casey #DeSantis South Carolina pic.twitter.com/q3rKjfLfjf— miguelifornia (@miguelifornia) June 3, 2023

Former Archbishop of Canterbury George Carey has joined calls for Parliament to be given time to debate assisted dying.Lord Carey said it would be “an act of great generosity, kindness and human love” to help someone end their suffering if they choose to do so. His views were set out in a submission to the Commons Health and Social Care Committee’s assisted dying inquiry. He wrote: “It is profoundly Christian to do all we can to ensure nobody suffers against their wishes. Some people believe they will find meaning in their own suffering in their final months and weeks of...

Update from Ukraine | Ruzzia has to move out from Ukraine | Ukraine will strike soon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SwN6Tr8zDs The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 31st May 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-462-summary/ *** Greatly appreciate the viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use on each Front map! https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-462-summary/

On Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Sound On,” White House Council of Economic Advisers member Heather Boushey said that it is crucial that veterans and homeless people were spared the “onerous work requirements” for SNAP benefits in the debt limit and that it appears as though access to food stamps will increase on the whole, but estimates at this point are “very, both preliminary and subject to variance.” Boushey said, [relevant remarks begin around 4:30] “Listen, the important thing here is that the president focused on maintaining his priorities. And certainly, making sure that veterans have access, that homeless folks have...

National Urban League President Marc Morial said Friday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports” that presidential candidate Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is the “21st-century George Wallace.” On Fox News, DeSantis said, “We have school choice. That’s one of the reasons why our black students perform as high as just about any black students in the country. You go to Baltimore or Chicago, some of the kids are more likely to get shot than have a high-quality education. I don’t hear the NAACP talking about that.”

Governor Ron DeSantis is either getting his messaging mixed, or admitting he would be half as effective a President as Donald Trump. Trump, playing to his experience in the job, goaded the Florida governor this week, stating: “When [DeSantis] says eight years, every time I hear it, I wince… because I say, if it takes eight years to turn this around, then you don’t want him… as your president.” When told about Trump’s remarks, DeSantis snapped back: “Why didn’t he do it his first four years?” But speaking on stage in Iowa, DeSantis said: “Let’s just be clear, it really...

Authorities were seeking to remove the dome and minarets of a 13th-century Arabic-style mosque in Yunnan provinceThe Najiaying mosque in Yunnan province of China. (Photo: Wikipedia)Thousands of Muslims from the ethnic Hui community in southwest China clashed with police and surrounded a mosque to stop the authorities from removing its dome and four minarets as part of a state campaign known as ‘sinicization of religion’ in the communist country, reports say. An altercation over the partial demolition of the mosque between Muslim residents and police in Najiaying village, Yunnan province led to clashes last weekend, prompting the authorities to deploy...

resident Joe Biden may have laughed off his dramatic fall at the Air Force Academy on Thursday, but for many others it was far from a joke. Republicans who usually mock the 80-year-old commander-in-chief when he stumbles said the sandbag incident was 'sad' and is proof he shouldn't be in the White House in 2024. Even Donald Trump said he hoped Biden wasn't hurt and admitted in a Fox News town hall on that he urged host Sean Hannity not to joke about the president's condition. Democrats have also been saying in private for months they are nervous about tripping...

Double-tap attacks meant to kill first responders are an outright violation of Geneva conventions.