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Gothenburg, Stockholm and Nyköping together saw four explosions in just over an hour last night, police said. Just after 1am, police in Gothenburg received reports of two explosions at separate addresses, just 10 minutes apart. "Both sites have been cordoned off and technical investigations are ongoing," police said, adding that the national bomb squad had been called to the scene.

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The White House is warning House Republicans that a potential impeachment inquiry into President Biden will only backfire on an already fractured conference. The possibility of an impeachment inquiry appears to be growing, with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) giving signals recently that one could be launched as soon as September. Republicans have hammered the White House over allegations of corruption in the form of the business and lobbying work of Hunter Biden, the president’s son, arguing the younger Biden used his ties to power to win business in Ukraine. Conservative media is also shouldering into the Biden-corruption narrative, particularly in...

My late mother would read this story and scream: "Que estupidos son" or loosely translated to "how stupid they are." Yes, who knew that ISIS or any other terrorist group would exploit a porous border? This is the story: Border Patrol arrested a whopping 12,028 criminal illegals in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, and the criminals keep coming. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) statistics on criminal illegals apprehended FY2023 to date (last updated Aug. 16) is 10,810 criminal illegals. There was also a 600% spike in potential “national security risk” migrants (i.e. potential terrorists) apprehended in FY2022, a total...

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemJohn 9Spiritual Blindness 35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” 36 “Who is he, sir?” the man asked. “Tell me so that I may believe in him.” 37 Jesus said, “You have now seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.” 38 Then the man said, “Lord, I believe,” and he worshiped him. 39 Jesus said,[a] “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will...

A family is seeking answers after FBI agents killed their relative in a predawn raid, claiming the victim, a disabled vet, had been unarmed when he was shot. Previously, the suspect, 45-year-old Theodore 'Teddy' Deschler, was arrested as a suspect after a fatal stabbing at a Tennessee gas station in May - but as for why he was targeted this month by FBI SWAT agents, feds have so far kept silent. 'Teddy was a 100% disabled veteran,' he added, speaking to the outlet on August 20. He went on to concede of his sibling - who reportedly served for eight...

The Big Apple is scrambling to get up to speed for the first day of school next week with 500 new migrant kids enrolled for the first time and a possible school bus strike looming. And yet, New York City School Chancellor David Banks claims it’s just business as usual. “Everything has been okay,” Banks assured New Yorkers at a press conference Wednesday. “We have room for the students, our principals, our superintendents, outside communities have worked extremely well.” Just over 19,000 kids in temporary housing are enrolled in the city school system — the overwhelming majority of whom are...

During an interview with Spectrum News NY1 on Wednesday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) stated that the Biden administration will work to help migrants in New York “find a path so these individuals can get what they came here for, the ability to be independent,” and provide housing vouchers. Hochul also said that applying New York City’s right to shelter law to migrants for an unlimited period, “is basically an open invitation to the world to come to New York City. And you can see, the city is crushed under the weight of this.” Hochul said, “I reinforced my...

The judicial persecution of Donald Trump has exposed the blatant political bias that animates many Federal District Court judges. The judicial persecution of Donald Trump has exposed the blatant political bias that animates many Federal District Court judges. Packing the Federal Judiciary at all levels with left-wing judges is the cornerstone of the Marxist Democrat Party strategy to permanently transform America. If they win the presidency in 2024, they will have succeeded in packing the Federal Judiciary by the end of the term on January 20, 2029. This process began in earnest with Barack Obama. He came into office determined...

Almost a third of Americans are still worried about the threat of Covid, a survey suggests. When asked by YouGov, 'How worried are you about getting Covid-19?', 24 percent of adults said they were 'somewhat worried', while seven percent said they were 'very worried.' The answers — given between August 17 and August 21 — are down slightly from April 2022, when 45 percent said 'somewhat worried' and 13 percent said 'very worried'. The poll was conducted amid a slight upswing in Covid rates and the rise of two highly mutated variants — EG.5, or Eris, and BA.2.86, or Pirola....

31 August 2023 Thursday of week 21 in Ordinary TimeSt Aidan of Lindisfarne East Acton, London Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First reading1 Thessalonians 3:7-13 ©Now we can breathe again, as you are still holding firm in the LordBrothers, your faith has been a great comfort to us in the middle of our own troubles and sorrows; now we can breathe again, as you are still holding firm in the Lord. How can we thank God enough for you, for all the joy we feel before our God on your account? We are earnestly praying night and day...

@WarClandestine Viktor Orbán, PM of Hungary, a NATO Member, on what he would do if he was in charge: “Peace immediately. Call back Trump.” “Trump is the man who can save the Western world and probably all human beings on the globe.”

A discredited media has never expressed remorse for damage done Joe Biden lied repeatedly when he claimed he knew nothing of his son Hunter’s influence-peddling businesses. The President further prevaricated that he had no involvement in Hunter’s various shake down schemes. Yet, the media continued to misinform by serially ignoring these facts. Had journalists just been honest and independent, then candidate Joe Biden might have lost a presidential debate and even the 2020 election. The public would have learned that Hunter’s business associates and his laptop proved Joe was deeply involved in his son’s illicit businesses. Later, as the evidence...

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You are never an ex CIA guy (or gal): https://youtu.be/89wL-8_ApAk It’s shocking that the Ukraine people are willing to continue dying in these numbers, and it’s shocking that there is not some kind of revolt. It seems like if they were going to do it, they would have done it already. It’s sort of obvious at this point that the only way the Ukraine is going to be able to stay together as a rump state when this war is over is under military rule. Military governments tend to be practical, rather than ideological. They are less reliant on narratives....

SEOUL -- South Korean semiconductor shipments fell sharply in July, an apparent example of how the slowdown in China is hurting export-oriented economies elsewhere in Asia. Data from the official statistics agency released Thursday show that chip shipments tumbled 31.2% from the previous month, while exports of electronic components dropped 22.7%. In recent years, semiconductors have been a product of growing importance in South Korea, accounting for roughly one-fifth of all exports. Chip sales increased drastically as demand for electronics soared during the COVID pandemic, hitting a record $128 billion in 2021. The data did not provide a country breakdown,...

Ukrainian drones attacked more targets in Russia late on Wednesday, a night after drones struck at least six regions deep within Russia in one of the broadest volleys yet of Kyiv's campaign to turn the tables on Moscow. One of the drone strikes, targeting an airfield far from Ukraine's borders, destroyed military transport planes on the ground. (snip) The previous night, Russian officials described attacks on Bryansk and five other regions, including Moscow region, and Pskov in the north, where four military transport planes were damaged in a huge blaze at an airfield. The Russian foreign ministry said the attacks...

TAIPEI -- Details on Huawei's latest phone are trickling out after the Chinese company quietly released its flagship Mate 60 Pro domestically this week with little comment and no fanfare. Local tech reviews suggest the phone is Huawei's first 5G handset with its own chips since U.S. sanctions cut off the Chinese tech champion from critical chip supplies and production partners. According to teardown videos posted by Chinese media, the new phone comes with a self-developed Kirin mobile chipset and can support 5G connectivity and satellite phone calls. Huawei also developed its own Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and power management chips for...

"Do not love the world, nor the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him" (1 John 2:15). The world is opposed to everything God stands for. Loving the world begins with thinking that God doesn't know what's best for you and is trying to cheat you out of something you deserve. That thought soon blossoms into a willingness to disregard God's warnings altogether and take whatever Satan has to offer. Love of the world started in the Garden of Eden and continues to this day. Genesis 3:6 says, "When...