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Faith Summit in Abu Dhabi to highlight role of believers in addressing climate changeAhead of the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, religious leaders from around the world are meeting in Abu Dhabi to emphasize the role of believers in the response to the global crisis of climate change.Faith leaders from around the world are converging on Abu Dhabi for a global summit on climate action ahead of next month’s COP28 meeting in Dubai.The summit has been organized by the Muslim Council of Elders, in collaboration with the COP28 Presidency, the United Nations Environment Programme, and the Holy See, and aims...

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (WWSB) - A mother was arrested on Tuesday following an incident at Port Charlotte High School in which she attempted to hit a staff member with her vehicle. On Nov. 2, Tarajayne Samuels-Catalan dropped her child off at school and then attempted to exit the parking lot the same way she entered. A staff member stopped the woman and said that she could not exit that way due to buses coming in to unload students. This exchange agitated the woman, who eventually backed up and turned her vehicle around, leading the staff member to believe she...

NBC News quietly stealth-edited a headline previously downplaying the death of an elderly Jewish man who died during an altercation with pro-Palestinian counter-protesters. (snip) NBC News initially headlined its report on Kessler’s death as “Man dies after hitting head during Israel and Palestinian rallies in California, officials say,” according to an archived version of the report. It later changed the headline to read, “Jewish man killed in altercation at dueling pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian rallies in California.”

Today is National Day for the Victims of Communism. Please show your kids the following about unchecked liberalism. It’s like the entire Black Book of Communism condensed to a 1-minute perusal.

A heartwarming yet intense video circulating on Twitter has captured a nerve-wracking encounter between two household pets. Pinky, a courageous canine, finds herself facing an unexpected obstacle in the form of Leo, a formidable feline, as she attempts to ascend the stairs to her owner's room. This intriguing footage showcases Pinky's determination to overcome her fear and navigate past Leo, who appears to be asserting his dominance.

Explanation: It moved across the surface of Mars -- what was it? A dust devil. Such spinning columns of rising air are heated by the warm surface and are also common in warm and dry areas on planet Earth. Typically lasting only a few minutes, dust devils become visible as they pick up loose red-colored dust, leaving the darker and heavier sand beneath intact. Dust devils not only look cool -- they can leave visible trails, and have been credited with unexpected cleanings of the surfaces of solar panels. The images in the featured AI-interpolated video were captured in early...

Italian Regime Newspaper Mocks Pinocchio-FrancisThe daily IlGiornale.it (owner: Berlusconi family) satirised on November 5 that the Vatican had created the Golden Pinocchio award, which Jorge Mario Bergoglio had won “without competition".The story behind it was Francis’ recent answer to the regime's TG1 news programme on whether he preferred Maradona or Messi, "I prefer the third one, Pelé", he said.But seven years ago, when asked by a group of boys whether he preferred Maradona or Pelé, he replied, “I chose the third one, Messi."IlGiornale.it comments that no one knows what the truth is, but they all agreed to award Bergoglio the...

House Republicans are urging President Joe Biden’s Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary, Pete Buttigieg, to reject reported plans that would see United States airports transformed into migrant camps for tens of thousands of illegal aliens. A total of 70 House Republicans, led by House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), are asking Buttigieg to drop plans in which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) “has proposed housing 60,000 migrants at four public airports and various other facilities in New York and New Jersey,” they write: These airports and their communities rightfully fear being transformed into larger versions of...

A Manhattan coffee shop nearly had to close for the day after its baristas walked out because its Jewish owner confronted them about their pro-Palestinian pins — but members of the Jewish community showed up in droves offering to work shifts and wanting to support the cafe. Caffe Aronne owner Aaron Dahan said he was left short-staffed at his Upper East Side location after he tried to talk to two of the baristas about their Free Palestine pins — just the latest staffers to leave over the eatery’s pro-Israel support. “Our staff was young. They think they know everything, liberal,...

If you're looking into Supplemental Security Income, we'll tell you how much you could get on a monthly basis for your payment. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you're thinking about applying for Supplemental Security Income, or SSI, you'll want to know some things about the program ahead of time. For instance, the maximum amount you can receive each month in your SSI check and what can cause you to receive less. The SSI program is funded by the Treasury Department, and payments are issued by the Social Security Administration to those with limited income and resources. The average monthly SSI payment is around...

Election Day got off to a rough start in several districts in Northampton County, Pennsylvania. Lehigh Valley News has reported several voting machines in multiple districts across Northampton County are down due to “votes getting flipped and not recording properly.” Voting machines went down in Palmer Township, Bethany Wesleyan Church in Lehigh Township, College Hill Presbyterian Church in Easton, and at the Allen Township Fire Hall. The voting machines only flipped votes in the retention race between Judge Jack Panella and Judge Victor Stabile for the Pennsylvania Superior Court. In a press release, the Northampton County Elections Office stated: “It...

President Joe Biden’s popularity among Americans plummeted to the lowest rating since April, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found Tuesday, renewing Democrat fears about his chances of winning reelection in 2024. Only 39 percent of Americans approved of Biden’s job performance in November, dropping below previous marks: October: 40 percent September: 42 percent April: 39 percent “Biden’s public approval rating has held below 50% since August 2021, and this month’s rating was close to the lowest levels of his presidency – 36% – seen in mid-2022,” according to Reuters’ polling.

German media report that the Anne Frank Daycare Center in a small German town will be renamed because migrant parents objected. The Jerusalem Post wrote [emphasis added]: The “Anne Frank” daycare center in Tangerhütte, which has been operating for generations, is set to undergo a name change. The decision to rename the daycare center, named after the most famous Jewish girl, has sparked controversy. The idea of changing of name of Frank, who tragically died in a concentration camp at the age of 15, has come from migrant parents, according to the daycare center’s director. “It is reported that parents...

VIDEO AT LINK................ A Tesla Model X caught fire after backing down a boat ramp and becoming fully submerged in the water. The car continued to burn while underwater. The video above shows the Model X burning. It's the "on-the-scene" video from the actual day of the event. The story, some of which we can't fully confirm, reportedly is that the Model X was backing jet skis (or maybe a boat) down the boat ramp when some malfunction occurred. The malfunction could possibly have been caused by water intrusion or perhaps striking some underwater object. There's even a chance that...

Two new preliminary studies on recreational marijuana and health strengthen existing evidence that regular use negatively impacts heart and brain health, according to the American Heart Association.The first report, drawing on data from a major study involving more than 150,000 people from all walks of American society looking at the relationship between lifestyle, biology and environment, found daily use of marijuana raised the risk of developing heart failure by about one-third compared with non-users.A research team from Medstar Health, a not-for-profit health provider in the Baltimore-Washington metro area, found that among 156,999 healthy people it followed, those who used marijuana...

In a leaked memo obtained by Politico, a group of State Department staffers criticized President Joe Biden for his pro-Israel stance during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas. The memo calls for the president to publicly criticize Israel’s actions and demand a ceasefire, stating concerns about the perception of bias and dishonesty on the part of the United States. According to the leaked memo, the Biden administration staffers are urging the White House to air criticism of the Israeli government’s treatment of Palestinians that would typically be kept private. They argue that publicly addressing Israel’s violations of international norms...

Democratic strategist David Axelrod played down comments he made Monday which implied President Biden should drop out of the 2024 race. “It’s overreacting to say I told him to drop out,” the senior Obama advisor told Politico on Tuesday. “I didn’t do that.” “He’s the only one to make the decision. And if his decision is ‘no, I’m the best person to take this on,’ then he will,” he added. Axelrod sent a dire warning to the president on Monday, saying poor polling numbers “will send tremors of doubt thru the party.”

Montreal police have launched an investigation after what appear to be firebombs were thrown against the front door of a synagogue in Dollard-des-Ormeaux as well as the rear entrance of a nearby Jewish community centre. A police spokesperson said the event happened overnight. A perimeter was set up Tuesday morning in front of the Beth Tivkah synagogue on Westpark Blvd. A second incendiary device had been placed at the rear entrance of a Jewish community centre a block away from the synagogue, police said. There were no injuries reported in the incident and damage to both buildings was minor. Police...

Israel will likely have to occupy Gaza post-war, due to fears Hamas would reestablish a stronghold in the region, according to former CIA director and military expert David Petraeus. “This is about ensuring that Hamas cannot reconstitute itself,” Petraeus said. Aaron David Miller, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, sat down with Petraeus for an event the think tank hosted Tuesday, where the two discussed the United States’ role in international conflicts, including the Russia-Ukraine war and the Israel-Hamas war. While Petraeus echoed the Biden administration’s concerns that Israeli occupation of Gaza would be unfavorable, he...

Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared to side with the Biden administration's appeal of a lower court ruling that struck a federal statute barring people under a domestic violence restraining order from possessing a gun, teeing up a possible narrow ruling over the law in question. United States v. Rahimi is the high court’s first major Second Amendment case since Justice Clarence Thomas and the Republican-appointed majority ruled 6-3 that firearms regulations must be consistent with the nation's "historical tradition." That case, New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, featured a successful challenge to the Empire State's handgun...