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Hundreds of migrants living in camps along the Seine River in Paris were removed this week as the city embarks upon a cleanup effort in preparation for hosting next year’s Summer Olympics. Paris police cleared 221 migrants living on the streets near the Austerlitz train station on Tuesday morning, with around 100 being transferred to accommodations outside of the city.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine’s troops secured multiple bridgeheads on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River in the Kherson region in fighting that the country’s marine corps described Friday as having left nearly 3,500 Russians killed or wounded and dozens of ammunition depots, tanks, armored vehicles and other weaponry destroyed.

SEOUL, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- South Korea announced plans to end the country's dog meat industry on Friday, aiming to phase out the age-old practice entirely by 2027. Lawmakers and government officials are pushing for the passage of a special act to end the dog meat trade by the end of the year, which would then lead to a three-year phase-out period. The announcement came after a meeting among members of the ruling People Power Party, the agricultural ministry and animal rights groups at the National Assembly in Seoul on Friday. "It is time to put an end to the...

President Joe Biden championed his economic agenda on Thursday, vowing to “double down” on “progress.” Biden’s promise to “double down” on his economic agenda appears indifferent to the economic challenges Americans face, such as inflation and soaring housing costs. Recent polling shows Americans are unpleased with Joe Biden’s economy: Only 14 percent of voters believe they are better off with Biden as commander-in-chief. Seventy percent of voters say Biden’s economic policies have either hurt the economy or have had no impact. Among the 70 percent, 33 percent say the president’s policies have hurt the economy a lot.

Brazilian actress and model Isis Freitas has died after being rushed to hospital in serious condition, she was just 22. Freitas passed away on Sunday and was buried on Monday at the Sao Francisco Xavier Cemetery in Rio de Janeiro. The cause of death is still not yet known, but rumors circulating on social media suggest that she died from tuberculosis. Freitas’s talent agency, LMA Producoes confirmed her death on social media. They wrote: “It is with great regret and sadness that we come to inform you of the passing of our actress and companion Isis Freitas.” “On behalf of...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NATIONAL HOMEMADE BREAD DAY On November 17th, homes will fill with warm, comforting aromas reminding us to slow down and enjoy National Homemade Bread Day. #HomemadeBreadDay Yeast bread calls for us to slow down. We need to spend time with each other as we work the dough and let it rest and rise before baking. Quick breads allow a special treat to share and enjoy with coffee or tea. Other homemade breads, such as donuts, pretzels, muffins, and biscuits, add variety to our everyday meals. And making them with friends and family brings joy and an opportunity to exchange...

Argentines head to the polls this Sunday, Nov. 19 for the second round of the most divisive presidential election in decades. The choice couldn’t be more stark—between an establishment Minister of Economy who has presided over an inflation rate that stands at a staggering 140% and a firebrand libertarian that is making international markets jittery. The establishment candidate, Sergio Massa, is part of the Peronist government of President Alberto Fernández. Javier Milei, a relative political outsider and self-described anarcho-capitalist, is the upstart promising to abolish Argentina’s peso and central bank as part of a campaign to radically reduce the Argentine...

HELSINKI, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Finland will erect barriers at four crossings on its border with Russia from midnight, officials said on Friday, in a bid to stem an increase in migrants that Helsinki says has been orchestrated by Moscow. Finland has accused Russian authorities of funnelling migrants to the crossings in retaliation for its decision to increase defence cooperation with the United States, an assertion dismissed by the Kremlin. Barriers will go up at four of the nine crossings with Russia, at Vaalimaa, Nuijamaa, Imatra and Niirala in its southeast, the Finnish Border Guard said. "Our aim is to...

It was a century ago today* that the execution of two American soldiers of fortune set all that strife in motion. Leonard Groce, a mining supervisor, and Lee Roy Cannon, a rubber planter, were among those hired out by the U.S.-backed rebellion of Juan Jose Estrada. Dictatorial Nicaraguan President Jose Santos Zelaya — no known relationship to his namesake bookend at the other end of that century, the recently deposed leftist Honduran President Manuel Zelaya — had earned Washington’s ire by attempting to carve out an excessively independent sphere of action for his country. Most notably, he courted European investment,...

he 72nd annual Miss Universe pageant will take place on Saturday in El Salvador. Eighty-four women from all over the world are competing for the pageant world's biggest crown. The contestants include lawyers, models, and artists. The Miss Universe competition is a celebration of global pageant winners, bringing together the best of the best for the ultimate crown. The 2023 pageant will take place on Saturday in El Salvador, and current Miss Universe R'Bonney Gabriel — who claimed the title after a controversial Miss USA win — will crown the new queen.

Captured from Russian state media. Original Russian language lyrics are available at the link. Lyrics to the song in the video: Brother, don't wait to be called up! Take revenge on the enemy for our destroyed USSR! Our main battle lies ahead Just find your faith and destroy their Devil's Sabbath Globalism and liberal fascism are against us, the Satan's black mass Open racism, social Darwinism The aggressor will be destroyed Poor Ukraine is stricken with the cancer of the fratricide Only the might of weapons can fully cleanse Ukrainians from anti-Russianness From Mazepa's, Petliura's, Bandera's sins and from the...

[Catholic Caucus] Archbishop Viganò: Bergoglio’s continual actions against the faith reveal ‘defect of consent’ to papal officeArchbishop Carlo Maria Viganò's latest response to Bishop Athanasius Schneider.Editor’s note: The following text is taken from a post to Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò’s account on X (formerly Twitter).(LifeSiteNews) – In theory, a Pontiff’s governing action remains valid and effective even where a single act may be questionable; but in practice, an unbroken and consistent series of acts blatantly contrary to the purpose for which the Papacy exists demonstrates – not the Pope’s human fallibility in governing decisions (in which he is not infallibly...

CNN’s senior legal analyst Elie Honig warned that a reported deeper investigation into Hunter Biden in California is “bad news” for the president’s son. Special Counsel David Weiss is reportedly using a California grand jury to pursue more testimony and documents from possible witnesses in the Hunter Biden case, CNN reported. The outlet also reported that James Biden, the president’s brother, also received a subpoena recently. Honig said the new revelations are “bad news for Hunter Biden any way you slice this.” “Let’s remember, he already has a pending indictment in the federal district court in Delaware for the firearms-related...

The pro-Hamas protests and marches keep expanding across our college and university campuses. Much to the dismay of Jewish students, alumni, and donors (as well as non-Jewish Americans watching these events with alarm), those who claim to support the cause of the Arab population living in Gaza and the West Bank feel perfectly comfortable ratcheting up the antisemitic rhetoric, using threats and even resorting to violence. (This disturbing behavior has also spilled into our cities, including the nation's capital. Demonstrations outside the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C., earlier this week turned violent. Six Capitol Police officers were injured,...

President Biden wants Americans to believe his meeting with Xi Jinping was successful. But in truth, the U.S. gained nothing.President Joe Biden and China’s leader Xi Jinping met this week on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in San Francisco. The Biden administration touted the meeting as a significant foreign policy achievement, even though it accomplished little but photo ops.Leading up to the APEC meeting, Xi had a weak hand, while the leverage was on the U.S. side. China’s economic growth has slowed down significantly. Its once high-flying property sector crashed and exports dropped. The youth unemployment...

Former President Trump, his sons, and his companies are sitting on trial in a case filed by New York Attorney General Letitia James with state court Judge Engoron presiding. Pundits, anchors, and political commentators have expressed the common opinion that Donald Trump will be found “guilty” in that case — either because Trump did wrong or because the judge is biased against the Trump surname. Others have announced Trump will soon be in prison as a result of the claims pending against him in this case. There are things we can all know for certain. No one will be found...

A federal judge in Florida denied a key deadline request on Thursday from special counsel Jack Smith in the case against Donald Trump, alleging the former president unlawfully retained classified documents. United States District Judge Aileen Cannon's decision, in which she rejected Smith's request that Trump notify him by mid-December of any classified evidence he plans to use for his defense, is yet another indicator that she is likely to postpone the trial's start date. The trial is currently set to begin on May 20, 2024, but Cannon said last week she would evaluate numerous outstanding deadlines at a scheduling...

espite undergoing myriad personnel changes at all levels in the last year or so, CNN is still woefully CNN. Here is some background on this story from my colleague Rabbi Michael Barclay: An arrest has been made in the death of Paul Kessler, the Jewish man who died in a counter-protest a week and a half ago in Ventura County, Calif. The charge of manslaughter has been leveled against Loay Alnaji, and there is still an ongoing investigation into the possibility of a hate crime. There will be a press conference on Friday morning, and officials will hold a private...

Thursday on FNC’s “Special Report,” outgoing Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) addressed speculation he would seek the White House as a third-party candidate in 2024.The West Virginia Democrat gave low marks to the two parties’ frontrunners, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.He told FNC host Bret Baier he had little confidence in either and warned of consequences if Trump were to win a second term.“Well, first of all, we don’t know on Super Tuesday who the two candidates may be on the Democrat and Republican side,” Manchin said. “But right now, I guess all odds are they will be...

Between February 2022 and August 2023, as many as 19,740 fled Ukraine illegally into Romania, Moldova, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia - with dozens continuing to leave daily. More than 21,000 have also 'attempted to leave' the country since Russia's brutal invasion but have been' turned back' by Ukrainian authorities, according to Kyiv. Ukraine's President has warned that there has been a tenfold increase in exemptions since February last year, blaming corruption among medical military commissions. In August, the US estimated as many as 70,000 could have been killed - a significant proportion of the 800,000 reported to be in Ukraine's...