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Two Chinese nationals were killed, one Chinese national injured, and several Pakistani nationals were killed and injured in a terrorist attack in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Sunday night, the Chinese embassy in Pakistan confirmed. The attack happened at about 11:00 p.m. local time on Sunday (1800 GMT) when a convoy from the Port Qasim Electric Power Company was attacked by terrorists near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, the capital city of the country's south Sindh province, the embassy said in a statement. Conflicting accounts emerged in the wake of the powerful explosion, which was heard across town...

Austria’s Freedom Party has secured the first far-right national parliamentary election victory since the Second World War, beating conservatives in power. Political analysts say the far-right achieved this electoral victory by tapping into voters’ concerns over immigration, inflation, and the war in Ukraine. It must be said, however, that the Freedom Party’s chances of governing are unclear at this stage. Preliminary election results show that the Freedom Party finished first in the election with 29.2 percent of the vote, while the ruling Christian-democratic and liberal-conservative Austrian People’s Party came in second with 26.5 percent of the vote. The center-left in...

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is calling out President Joe Biden’s “horrific” and “hostile” policies for empowering Iran and its terror proxies, noting how they contributed to the savage October 7 attacks on Israel. In an exclusive statement to Breitbart News on Monday — the one-year mark of the unprecedented October 7 massacre — ZOA President Morton Klein, who has led the nation’s oldest pro-Israel group for more than thirty years, issued a fiery statement outlining what he described as the underlying causes of the brutal Hamas assault on Israelis. These causes, he noted, range from U.S. policy failures...

The country of New Zealand lost its first navy vessel since World War II after the HMNZS Manawanui - a $100 million survey and dive vessel commissioned in 2018 - ran aground, burst into flames, and sank off the coast of Samoa. The commanding officer was Commander Yvonne Gray, a Brit who moved to New Zealand in 2012 and joined the NZ Navy after taking a vacation to the country with her lesbian wife. She had previously served with the British Navy since 1993. Reports say that after the ship crashed into the reef, it caught fire within 15 minutes...

On Sunday, the HMNZS Manawanui, a $100 million New Zealand Navy survey and hydrograpic vessel, caught fire and sank after running aground on a reef off the coast of Samoa.It's the first Navy vessel lost by New Zealand since WWII. Thankfully, the 75 crew and passengers were safely evacuated and rescued, although several injuries were reported. All 75 crew and passengers onboard were safely rescued overnight. Two people needed hospital treatment for minor injuries, one with a dislocated shoulder and another with a hurt back."Rescuers battled currents and winds that were pushing the life rafts and sea boats toward the...

A California-based transgender Lutheran pastor said the Bible 'wasn't written for 2024' and intends to make a more inclusive ministry for the LGBTQ+ community. Ordained minister Drew Stever, who identifies as a transgender man, works for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America's Hope Lutheran Church in Hollywood. He says the notion that God created two genders that are clearly defined in the Bible is outdated. 'It's hard to relate it to modern-day time because it wasn't written for 2024, it was written for them. 'When we read in the scripture that God created man and woman, yes, and God created...

When Democrats talk about ‘fixing our broken system of immigration,’ they really mean citizenship for legal and illegal immigrants alike.A bombshell letter written by the deputy director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently revealed that there are a staggering 425,431 noncitizen convicted criminals as well as 222,141 noncitizens with pending criminal charges on the agency’s non-detained docket.These numbers pertain to any illegal immigrant released from detention into the interior of the United States with either final deportation orders or those awaiting an immigration court hearing.If that wasn’t bad enough, it gets much worse once you drill down into...

Key PointsSweden is often viewed as a liberal utopia in Europe, known for its stable economy, high quality of life, and open and progressive society.But its center-right coalition government — which is propped up by the nationalist and right-wing Sweden Democrats party — has adopted an increasingly restrictive stance on immigration.The country is trumpeting its lower numbers of immigrants, but economists say the economic benefits are debatable, with growth and productivity among the factors to consider.Sweden is often viewed as a a liberal utopia in Europe and beyond, with the country of 10.5 million people known for its stable economy,...

Threats to safety in the U.S. come in many forms, from public health crises and natural disasters to mass shootings and traffic accidents. Aside from the types of hazards that can cause physical harm, taking out an unaffordable second mortgage, forgoing health insurance or even falling victim to identity theft are also ways people run into danger. One big worry for many people right now is the cost of inflation, which threatens Americans’ financial safety. No one can avoid all danger, however, and we take on a certain level of risk based on where we choose to live. Some cities...

Using a security loophole that allows the US government access to anybody's electronic traffic, Chinese hackers gained access to an unknown quantity (perhaps all) of internet traffic on American networks. In an exclusive report in Saturday's Wall Street Journal the secret breach was revealed.Good thread too: Manufacturers of networking and phone gear must follow specific standards for 'lawful interception' in different jurisdictions (e.g. CALEA & ETSI's standards) But as we learn time & time again, the scope of potential access & harm almost never matched by efforts to detect & block malicious use. https://t.co/jKREtYTBuh— Matt Johansen (@mattjay) October 5, 2024The...

On October 7, 2023, the Iranian mullahs’ instruments in the Gaza Strip, known as Hamas, carried out a vicious attack on the people of Israel. Terrorists poured through the wall and engaged in devastating action, primarily against unarmed civilians at home or at festivals. By day’s end, 1400 Israelis and Israeli guests had been murdered, hundreds had been taken captive, and thousands more had been injured or forever broken by the experience. But why? And why did Hamas choose that day? To understand this requires some knowledge of how the Enemy works. Hamas had been planning for this attack for...

Vice President Kamala Harris was pressed by CBS News' Bill Whitaker about whether it was a "mistake" for the Biden administration to go soft on its border policies during a tense exchange on Monday's special election episode of "60 Minutes." "You recently visited the southern border and embraced President Biden's recent crackdown on asylum seekers, and that crackdown produced an almost immediate and dramatic decrease in the number of border crossings," Whitaker said. "If that's the right answer now, why didn't your administration take those steps in 2021?" "The first bill we proposed to Congress was to fix our broken...

German Catholics Shrug at the Pope’s HeresyAbove: Pope Francis greets Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops’ conference, during an audience at the Vatican June 24, 2021. CNS photo/Vatican MediaThe internet tells me that Anglophone Catholics are engaged in a heated debate as to whether or not Pope Francis has committed heresy in Singapore. I don’t claim to know what is inside the man’s mind. Usually, in such cases, I try to find a non-heretical, though certainly not acquitting, interpretation of the Pope’s words and leave the rest up to God. Some would accuse me of popesplaining, and frankly:...

Elon Musk sat down for an interview with Tucker Carlson after he came out and endorsed Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania. Elon Musk and Tucker discussed: How Elon Musk is all in on Donald Trump How Elon Musk is providing Starlink to victims of Hurricane Helene Musk says if Trump loses, this is the last election The Epstein and Diddy Client List Vaccines The movement to decriminalize crime Gavin Newsom’s attack on the First Amendment Europe’s declining birthrate We need religion Why is there so much anti-human messaging? AI and the Woke Mind Virus Musk’s role in a Trump Administration Elon...

Over the weekend I wrote about recently hints that the Harris campaign might be in trouble in Michigan, a swing state they need to win next month. One of the issues that has Democrats in the state feeling nervous is the ongoing Israeli-Hamas war. As one Lebanese activist told Reuters, Harris was going to lose a lot of votes over the Biden administration's stance."Harris is going to lose Michigan," said Ali Dagher, a Lebanese American attorney and community leader. "I will not be voting for Kamala Harris. No one I know will vote for her. I cannot find a single...

A month ago, following his debate against Democrat appointee nominee Kamala Harris, Donald Trump fell behind the vice president by four points among likely voters—49 to 45 percent—in a September Yahoo News/YouGov poll.The times they are a-changin'.In their latest poll, Yahoo/YouGov has the two in a dead heat at 47 percent each among likely voters. That’s a pretty big swing:YouGov is a reliably biased and oversampled Democrat poll…. Yikes. pic.twitter.com/f3diyHzN2K— Dr. G. Russian Bot (@overitall69) October 7, 2024Kamala had a brief honeymoon after her unexpectedly not terrible debate performance against the former president in September, but that bump clearly seems...

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A new study showed that reducing daily sitting prevented back pain from worsening over six months. The result strengthens the current understanding of the link between activity and back pain as well as the mechanisms related to back pain. Intuitively, it is easy to think that reducing sitting would help with back pain, but previous research data is surprisingly scarce. The study investigated whether reducing daily sitting could prevent or relieve back pain among overweight or obese adults who spend the majority of their days sitting. The participants were able to reduce their sitting by 40 min/day, on average, during...

Vehicle tracks have torn through the geoglyphs of Alto Barranco. Image courtesy of the Atacama Desert Foundation Acollection of gigantic artworks carved into the Atacama Desert centuries ago has been destroyed by thunderous parades of 4x4s, quadbikes, and all-terrain motorcycles. Located in the Tarapacá region of present-day northern Chile, the geoglyphs of Alto Barranco were made by the region’s Indigenous people along the migration route between the Oasis of Pica and the coast of the Pacific Ocean. The etchings were created between 900 and 1450 CE by removing darker surface rocks and pebbles from the ground, revealing a lighter sandy...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.This is the confidence we have in approaching God: That if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. (1 John 5:14)Religion Forum threads labeled *Prayer* are closed to debate of any kind.Proverbs 29 2 When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan.