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According to France info, the three were sentenced on charges of plunder during the unrest First verdicts to participants in mass riots have been pronounced in the city of Grenoble in southeastern France, where three people were sentenced to prison terms of from three to four months, the France info radio station said on Sunday. According to France info, the three were sentenced on charges of plunder during the unrest. It also said that some 30 more people will face trial in this city. Most of them were detained for plundering on the night to Saturday. Unrest broke out in...

Ron Desantis was asked about how his presidential campaign is going... Thanks Michael Scott...

In the wake of last week's Supreme Court's ruling striking down affirmative action in college admissions, Joe Biden has vowed to crack down on white 'privilege' in college admissions. According to Joseph Simonson and Andrew Kerr at the Washington Free Beacon: Shortly after the Supreme Court declared affirmative action college admission policies unconstitutional, President Joe Biden said his administration would direct the Department of Education to scrutinize how "practices like legacy admissions … expand privilege instead of opportunity." Good luck with that one, Joe, given that entrenched leftist elites who donate to Democrats are the ones in the crosshairs with...

On this week’s broadcast of CBS’s “Face the Nation,” former Attorney General Eric Holder suggested President Joe Biden “let the system do its work” in the event of a hypothetical conviction of former President Donald Trump. Holder argued for signs of remorse from Trump and that he had turned his life around before Biden granted the pardon.

Parents had paid more than £1,000 for a year-long coaching programme at the club.The boy died after sustaining injuries at a self defence class (Image: Chinese media) An eight-year-old boy has allegedly been killed by his martial arts instructor just one day after joining a class in China. The child, whose identity has not been revealed, enrolled in self-defence lessons at the Chongde Juying Martial Arts Sports Club in Qingdao, Shandong. According to reports from Chinese media, parents had paid more than £1,000 for a year-long coaching programme at the club that had obtained its license and registration in April....

@DougAMacgregor HERE IS WHAT THE MEDIA WILL NOT TELL YOU.. Ukrainian forces are on the verge of collapse, they are totally demoralized. They've all been killed, it's OVER.

The King of the Netherlands used his historic speech on Saturday, July 1 to apologise for the country's role in slavery.King Willem-Alexander asked for forgiveness on a key anniversary of the abolition of slavery. The event was held to commemorate the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the Dutch colonies. The speech comes just a few months after Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte issued a similar apology last year. Get the latest royal news straight to your phone by joining our Whatsapp community! In his emotional speech, Willem-Alexander said: "Today, I stand before you. Today, as your King and...

Current and former U.S. service members tell DailyMail.com that Republicans' proposed amendments in next year's defense spending bill may not be comprehensive enough to undo the 'serious harassment' they endured by the Biden administration's strict COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Over 8,000 service members - many who sought religious exemptions - were fired for refusing to comply with the Pentagon's COVID-19 vaccine mandate enacted in August 2021. Following outrage, the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) terminated the mandate, but it did not reinstate service members who were fired for not receiving the shot nor provide any other compensation....

Just got a roku TV with a used camper trailer Simple Remote is dead, batteries are fine. I cannot believe that the on-set buttons are useless. I have reset the entire box and am stuck at the language menu. No way to select or enter from the buttons on the side. Can anyone help.

"Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. "Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh." "Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ; As obedient children, not fashioning yourselves according to the former lusts in your ignorance." Matthew, Chapter 25 1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened...

Capt. Samuel Whittemore, a seventy-eight year old American farmer, became a legend on April 19, 1775 when he was shot in the face by British soldiers, bayoneted at least six times, and clubbed in the head with the butts of their muskets. Armed with a musket and horse pistol, Whittemore had crouched behind a wall near his home as the British retreated to Boston through Menotomy.[1] As a flank-guard approached, he shot two soldiers dead and possibly killed one more. Inevitably, the soldiers discovered the old farmer and inflicted their wrath upon him, leaving him for dead. Certainly we all...

A man who transitioned to become a woman when he was just 19 has laid bare his pain and heartbreak following the decision that 'destroyed' his life. Daniel Black, who is now 23, says he 'misses his genitals every day' after he took the drastic step to have transgender surgery before he had even reached 20 years old. The salon-owner is one of a growing number of people who have decided to detransition after life-changing surgery or hormone drugs. Daniel decided to become a woman after bullies at school made him doubt his masculinity and sexual orientation. He claims that...

China's Consulate General in Marseille complained to France after a bus carrying a Chinese tour group in the southern city had its windows smashed leading to minor injuries, China's Consular Affairs Office said in a statement on Sunday. The Consulate General's formal complaint called for France to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens and their property, the statement said. SNIP The Chinese tourists have since left France, the Consular Office statement said. Chinese citizens in France or heading to France should "strengthen prevention" and be "more vigilant and cautious" in light of the riots which have swept across the country...

A firm majority of Americans back the Supreme Court’s decision to gut affirmative action in college admissions, according to a new poll. The ABC News/Ipsos survey showed 52% of Americans approve the decision, 32% disapprove, and 16% don’t know. Results varied by race and party affiliation: 75% of Republicans and 58% of independent voters approve the 6–3 Supreme Court decision, compared with 26% of Democrats. In a breakdown by race, 60% of white respondents, 58% of Asians, 40% of Hispanics and 25% of black respondents favored the landmark ruling.As a result of the high court’s decision, colleges and universities will...

Open Society Foundations, the grant-making nonprofit founded by billionaire George Soros and used to control most of the assets managed by the family's $25 billion office, is planning to cut at least 40% of its staff in upcoming months. The move comes after Soros, 92, confirmed last month that he had handed over control of his company to his son Alex, Bloomberg News reported Friday. A spokesman for the charity said its board has approved "significant changes" to its operating model, including a "substantial reduction in headcount of no less than 40% globally.

Police arrested a Democratic Rhode Island senator earlier in June after he allegedly keyed the side of a car that had a “Biden Sucks” bumper sticker, according to the Washington Free Beacon. Sen. Joshua Miller, who has been representing the people in his state since 2007, was charged with vandalism and malicious injury to property after a driver reported to police that this representative keyed his car. All because there was a “Biden Sucks” sticker on his truck? If you can’t get it together about a bumper sticker, you don’t deserve to be representing people in any form of elected...

On June 6, Ukraine suffered an environmental catastrophe. The collapse of the Kakhovka dam in the south of the country sent water thundering downstream, killing more than 100 people according to Ukrainian officials. It wiped out villages, flooded farmland and nature reserves, and swept up pollutants like oil and agricultural chemicals as it made its destructive path towards the Black Sea. The causes of the collapse have yet to be established – whether it was targeted as part of Russia’s war in Ukraine, or whether it was a structural failure – but what is certain is that it is one...

"It's good to have an enemy," says George Birnbaum, one of the godfathers of modern populism. "Very rarely will you find someone who's loved by everybody." A political consultant for 30 years, he helped Benjamin Netanyahu come to power in a surprise victory in Israel in 1996, and Hungary's Viktor Orban in 2010. He has clients in many countries, and flits nowadays between New York, Dubai and Harare. George Birnbaum built his reputation as one of "Arthur's kids" - under mentor and late business partner Arthur Finkelstein, a brilliant mathematician who re-invented the art of political campaigning in the US,...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he's afraid to lose bipartisan support from the United States, following what he called "dangerous messages coming from some Republicans." “Mike Pence has visited us, and he supports Ukraine. First of all, as an American, and then as a Republican,” Zelensky said in a news conference with Spanish media in Kyiv on Saturday. “We have bipartisan support. However, there are different messages in their circles regarding support for Ukraine. There are messages coming from some Republicans, sometimes dangerous messages, that there may be less support.” Zelensky said that regardless of who wins the next US...

China is adding to Xi Jinping's vast powers with a new law that will assert Beijing's interests on the world stage. The law threatens to punish entities that act in ways "detrimental" to China's interests but does not specify which lines should not be crossed. Experts say the law underscores China's aggressive diplomacy, but how actively it will be enforced when it takes effect on 1 July remains to be seen. After all, China has been keen to court foreign investment post Covid. Jacques deLisle, a law and political science professor from the University of Pennsylvania, said much of the...