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Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh says that the issue of prisoner exchanges will only be tackled after the end of the war. In a statement, the terror group leader says that “parties that have contacted us” offering mediation for a hostage release through a prisoner swap have been informed of the decision. Haniyeh also praises Gazans’ endurance and willingness to sacrifice themselves for the Palestinian cause, and says that the “destruction” currently carried out by the Israeli army in Gaza in retaliation strikes is a reflection of the “shame of its defeat.”

Nearly 1 million coal jobs may be lost by 2050 in the wake of the coal industry’s expected closures, a new report found. That number excludes additional climate pledges to phase out coal. An estimated 990,200 global coal mining jobs will be shed by 2050, with nearly half a million, or 414,200, of these expected to be gone by 2035, according to a report from the Global Energy Monitor. Equal to an average of 100 layoffs per day, the projected cuts would lay off around 37 percent of its nearly 2.7 million person workforce by 2050. Analyzing 4,300 active and...

A subsea gas pipeline and a telecommunications cable connecting Finland and Estonia under the Baltic Sea have been damaged in what may have been a deliberate act, the Finnish government said on Tuesday. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said NATO was sharing its information over the damage and stands ready to support the allies concerned. Finland joined the military alliance in April, while Estonia has been a member since 2004. The Balticconnector gas pipeline was shut early on Sunday on concerns that gas was leaking from a hole in the 77-km (48-mile) pipeline. Finnish operator Gasgrid said it could take...

K. I’ve kept an eye on this Israel situation for the past few days. Here’s what I’ve learned, & here are my blunt & honest thoughts: 1. Israel chose to ignore intelligence from Egyptian officials about a major attack coming from Hamas. 2. Multiple former IDF soldiers & Israeli intelligence personnel have come forward online and said there’s a zero percent chance Israel was unaware of this attack beforehand or couldn’t have prevented it.

Four Republican presidential candidates are slated to attend a closed-door summit in Utah today sponsored by Sen. Mitt Romney and his 2012 presidential running mate, former House speaker Paul Ryan. Former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Vice President Mike Pence, Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, and North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum are scheduled to attend the event in Park City where they can make their case to a network of “influential” donors, the Washington Post reported. Romney launched the annual policy forum, known as the E2 Summit, before being elected to the Senate in 2019. The report said...

Michelle Obama is continuing to enjoy her year. The former First Lady was photographed enjoying herself in Italy, accompanied by friends Steven Spielberg,Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson. The three were photographed aboard Spielberg’s yacht and were also seen snorkeling in Portofino. Photos show Obama relaxing with her friends aboard a smaller boat. She wore a cream colored one piece bathing suit, and paired the look with some sunglasses. Wilson was seen with a black bathing suit, while Hanks wore a white shirt. Spielberg is also visible in the image, wearing a blue shirt, with a white hat. Also in the...

Beloved; the Greatest day of Eternal deliverance in Israel’s History will be here shortly as Zech. 12:10-14; 14; Be sure to listen to the scriptural words of this song; it will be! Keep praying for the peace of Jerusalem; it is coming very soon! The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand! Maranatha!

Fifteen minutes later, one of Markey’s Capitol Hill colleagues, U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss, D-4th District, seemed to hit back at the Democratic senator’s remarks. “Now is not the time for equivocation,” Auchincloss said. “Hamas is an internationally recognized terrorist organization that is executing and raping civilians. Israel is a liberal democracy with the right and responsibility to defend itself and its citizens. “Deescalation is not possible when they are taking hostages. And Israel did not ask America to deescalate on September 12, 2001,” he said. By midday Monday, when the crowd rallied on the Boston Common, an estimated 1,500 people...

Tino Chrupalla is one of the two co-leaders of German AfD ("Alternative for Germany"), a conservative anti-mass immigration party. On Wednesday Chrupalla was taken to the hospital after a "violent incident" at an election rally. German newspaper Junge Freiheit has reported (https://jungefreiheit.de/politik/deutschland/2023/chrupalla-sta-koerperverletzung/) that he was attacked with some sort of needle or syringe, possibly poisoned. AfD is currently polling as the second largest party in Germany. In spite of being one of the largest parties in the country, AfD leaders are systematically intimidated, threatened and physically attacked: Even Germany's own intelligence service has attacked (https://rumble.com/v2rl73k-german-spy-chief-smears-conservative-afd-party.html) AfD. After a recent election...

Amazon’s virtual assistant technology, Alexa, is under fire again after telling users that the 2020 presidential election was “stolen by a massive amount of election fraud.” Alexa cited Rumble and Substack to argue that the election was “notorious for many incidents of irregularities and indications pointing to electoral fraud taking place in major metro centers.” Following the claims, Amazon was forced to announce it only uses so-called credible sources such as Ballotpedia and Reuters when giving information regarding elections. The company went on to say it would “address the problem.” Amazon spokeswoman Lauren Raemhild in a statement: “These responses were...

The Hungarian polymath John von Neumann developed the doctrine, although some attribute it or its acronym to others.

Let this be an object lesson for Americans: Never give up your Second Amendment rights! By now you’ve all seen the horrifying images from Israel over the weekend. People being murdered in their homes. Women being pulled out of vehicles by their hair and raped. Men being dragged behind vehicles to their deaths. Spat upon. Executed. The victims called the police and military, which did not arrive on most of the bloody scenes for two hours or more. Looking at these images of carnage, many of us have asked, why didn’t the Israelis fight back? Many of us, myself included,...

Mary Mary is a contemporary gospel group consisting of sisters Erica Campbell and Tina Atkins. The group is named after the two Marys of the Bible; Mary, the mother of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.Mary Mary - "Heaven" (uplifting tune about wanting to go to/making it, to Heaven)I gotta get myself together 'cause I got some place to go And I'm praying when I get there I'll see every one I know I wanna go to Heaven, I wanna go to Heaven Said I wanna go to Heaven, I wanna go to Heaven Do you wanna go Can you picture a...

Like President Biden enjoying a barbeque at The White House with a live band (probably NOT Justin Moore singing “Small Town USA”) while Hamas declared war on Israel and Americans are being held hostage with the promise of public executions of hostages livestreamed. Nothing that “Empathy Joe” does ever surprises me anymore, but I am surprise that various Federal Reserve Presidents will speak today while Hamas terrorizes Israeli and US citizens. It could be that investors think that Talking Heads at The Fed will claim that Fed rate increases are over. Then again, the Iran/Hamas terror campaign against Israel is...

[Catholic Caucus] ‘Tensions will rise’ Says Top Synod Official as Participants Convene for Week TwoCV News Feed // In his opening address to synod delegates on Monday, Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich warned that tensions will likely rise during week two of the Synod on Synodality.Cardinal Hollerich, the general rapporteur of the Synod on Synodality, reviewed the previous week’s discussions and talked about what the participants could expect the second week. He warned this week’s topics could lead to tensions. “We are not afraid of tensions,” Hollercich said. “Tensions are part of the process, as long as we consider ourselves to be...

A perfect little red schoolhouse stands on a plot of land outside Petersburg, Virginia, complete with four walls, a flagpole, and that classic schoolhouse look. Its classes follow that old-fashioned school model to the letter in that they teach reading, writing, and arithmetic, learn the Constitution, and say the Pledge of Allegiance. As for the status quo, that same little schoolhouse blows the protocols of public schools out of the water. It certainly forbids LGBTQ ideology and CRT from being taught and refuses to celebrate Pride Month—now espoused in so many American public schools.

Migrants say they are still determined to make their way to New York City despite strong rhetoric from Mayor Eric Adams, who recently finished a four-day tour of Latin America. Adams had embarked on a trip to Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador and the Darién Gap, a dangerous jungle terrain between Panama and Columbia, where a large influx of migrants traveled through last month on their way to the U.S.-Mexico border. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Adams said that while the official position of the city is that the border should "remain open," they have made it clear there should be a...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOV) - WalletHub has named St. Louis the least safe city in America. WalletHub compared 182 cities across three dimensions: 1) Home & Community Safety, 2) Natural-Disaster Risk, and 3) Financial Safety. They then evaluated the dimensions using 41 metrics graded on a 100-point scale, with 100 representing the highest level of safety. Among the metrics were assaults per capita, law-enforcement employees per capita, traffic fatalities per capita, earthquake risk level, unemployment rate, job security, and retirement plan access. After the metrics were compiled, WalletHub ranked St. Louis 182nd with a score of 44.88. The city ranked...

Former President Barack Obama has a powerful presence in social and other forms of media. Just last week he took to the digital airwaves to mourn the passing of US football great Dick Butkus. This makes his silence on the current war in Israel all the more repugnant. As we write, he’s said nothing. But as thunderous as the silence is, it cannot come as a surprise. This is the future of the Middle East that Obama, in effect, wanted, fought for and now has achieved: Iran ascendant; nascent normalization between Israel and Arab states in jeopardy; the terrorist group...

I live in Galilee. We know what’s coming, you can literally feel the tension, you can almost cut the heaviness in the air with a knife. The question is not if, but when. Our hearts break at the sight of what is happening in the south of the country. We feel paralyzed. So far we have been spared attacks in recent years, with the exception of a few isolated incidents such as the one in April, which only affected a few towns in the Western Galilee. I know families who were surprised by the rocket attack in April and whose...