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Chinese President Xi Jinping has accepted Russia's invitation to attend the commemorations of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, TASS state news agency reported on Monday. "Chinese President Xi Jinping has accepted an invitation to take part in the celebrations on May 9 in Moscow on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War," TASS cited Russian ambassador to China, Igor Morgulov, as telling Russian state television.

As the Hungarian prime minister said, the money was used to sponsor opposition media outlets and non-governmental organizationsBUDAPEST, February 10. /TASS/. The recent disclosure by President Donald Trump about where US foreign aid went shows that the funds were used to overthrow unwanted governments in other countries, including Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said, noting that "a grandiose scandal is unfolding in America." "The US president has decided to reveal who received money and how much was allocated by various government agencies in recent years. It turned out that the liberal world elite used the budget and the US government...

Sweden is planning gun bans and tighter gun control after the country’s stringent controls failed to a prevent a February 4, 2025 school shooting. On February 4, Breitbart News reported at least five people were killed in the shooting. On February 7, Reuters noted the reported number of deceased had increased to eleven. Justice Minister Gunnar Strommer told Reuters they are looking to ban AR-15 rifles as a “preventative measure.” Strommer said this even though the specific type of firearm(s) used in the attack has not been reported. Authorities have only indicated that the attacker, a 35-year-old man, had rifles...

A MANHUNT is underway after an 11-year-old girl was found dead with "stab wounds" after vanishing on her way home from school. Louise Lasalle, 11, from Essonne in northern France, went missing shortly before 2pm on Friday after leaving André-Maurois middle school in Épinay-sur-Orge. The body of 11-year-old Louise Lasalle has been found after going missing on Friday When she failed to return home, her panicked parents alerted authorities. The schoolgirl was last seen on a pedestrian crossing wearing leggings and a hat, according to BFMTV, and CCTV footage allegedly showed the young girl heading towards a park. But hopes...

Russia's point man for relations with the United States said on Monday that all of President Vladimir Putin's conditions must be met in full before the war in Ukraine can end, suggesting Moscow is playing hardball with U.S. President Donald Trump. -snip- Moscow swiftly underscored that its maximalist demands - as set out by Putin in June last year - remained the opening bid at the outset of the negotiations. The "political solution as we envisage it cannot be achieved otherwise than through the full implementation of what was pronounced by President Putin when he spoke to the Russian Foreign...

"What my parents taught me is that they used to live in peace and calm, without having to have any fear in their own country," says 19-year-old Nick. "I would like to live in a country where I don't have to be afraid." I meet him in a small bar on a street corner in the ex-mining town of Freiberg, Saxony – where he is playing darts. It's a cold, foggy night in February with just over two weeks to go until Germany's national election. Nick and his friend Dominic, who is 30, are backers or sympathetic to Alternative für...

Americans rejected Kamala Harris because she reminded them of a condescending administrator who cloaks her incompetence by scolding everyone smarter than her. In response to her crushing defeat, Democrats made that persona their entire personality. When the Trump administration arrived in Washington with an air of “we can just do things,” the media and other Democrats stepped into the unflattering role of sore losers screeching “you can’t do that.” (Where, oh where, was this principled originalist restraint when the last administration tried to jail a political opponent while propping up a Potemkin president?) Trump’s approach has conservatives wondering: What were...

No words exist in the English language to express the magnitude of government fiscal fraud that has happened. It has to be in the trillions. While almost all of us worked for many years and paid close to half of our funds to taxes of all kinds, individuals in government have stolen our money and given to anyone and everyone (especially those who hate God and righteousness) in large amounts while giving us a drop on our tongues and THEN taxing even that. We have been literally enslaved by the IRS, tax assessor-collectors, sales tax departments of the states, etc....

The United States “Intelligence Community” (“IC”) consists of 18 intelligence organizations. Of these, only the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are supposed to be focused on activities occurring within the United States. The CIA in particular is supposed to have no responsibilities or operations within the United States. However, the very nature of the CIA makes it impossible for Americans to know in real time what the CIA is doing domestically, especially with respect to propagandizing Americans. However eventually, as Shakespeare wrote, the “truth will out,” and it has now been demonstrated that the CIA has not followed...

On last week's Clubland Q&A, I remarked en passant that almost everything connected with the Government of the United States turns out to be a racket, and it might be quicker for Elon Musk just to listen the seven things that aren't a racket. And several commenters protested that seven was a gross-overestimate of the non-racket component. After the weekend's revelations, I am inclined to agree with them. Just as a f'rinstance, USAid funds nine out of ten media outlets in Ukraine, under the guise of supporting "independent journalism". Hang on. If words mean anything, wouldn't the "independent" media in...

The Philadelphia Eagles take on the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 59 on Sunday, Feb. 9. While the Chiefs look become the first team in NFL history win a Super Bowl three-peat, the Eagles look to reclaim the Lombardi Trophy for the first time since 2018. Before kickoff at the Superdome in New Orleans, Fox delivered all-star pregame ceremony that included Lady Gaga singing live from Bourbon Street and Trombone Shorty and Lauren Daigle delivering a special rendition of “America the Beautiful" inside the Superdome. To perform the national anthem, the network tapped 7-time Grammy Award winner, Jon Batiste,...

During the year 2024, the Transportation Security Agency (TSA) discovered 6,678 firearms in the baggage of 904 million people who were screened at TSA checkpoints in the calendar year. This was slightly lower than the 6,737 firearms discovered in 2023 when 858 million people were screened. The rate of people who were found to possess firearms at airport security checkpoints was down from .0000785% to .0000739%, a minor reduction in the tiny percentage of firearms discovered at airport security checkpoints. The reduction amounts to 59 fewer firearms discovered, a bit less than 1% of the total.Given the hundreds of millions...

* Elon Musk x @elonmusk•3h The @DOGE team just discovered that FEMA sent $59M LAST WEEK to luxury hotels in New York City to house illegal migrants. Sending this money violated the law an... Show more

"This feels like a national exorcism." — Charlie Kirk. “It is axiomatic that those who are beneficiaries of waste, fraud and unnecessary government spending will be the most threatened by the cuts that DOGE is making in these programs. These beneficiaries of waste and fraud are also extremely worried about the reputational, legal and potential criminal risk they will suffer by being exposed by DOGE” — Bill Ackman. I’m so glad that The New York Times explained what Kendrick Lamar was up to in his Superbowl half-time act because all I could make out was a grown man dressed-up like...

Daily Readings from the USCCBWhatever villages or towns or countryside he entered, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged him that they might touch only the tassel on his cloak; and as many as touched it were healed. Mark 6:56It would have been truly awe-inspiring to witness Jesus healing the sick. The people who witnessed this clearly had never seen anything like it before. For those who were sick, or whose loved ones were sick, each healing would have had a powerful effect upon them and upon their whole family. Today, modern science, with its ability to treat...

The mask is off. Democrats aren’t just resisting Trump’s return—they’re threatening to shut down the government to stop him. Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ) made it crystal clear on NBC’s Meet the Press. When asked if Democrats would withhold votes needed to keep the government running, Kim didn’t mince words: “They shouldn’t count on that this time,” he said. Pressed on whether Democrats were prepared to grind the government to a halt, Kim confirmed, “So yes.” The reason? Trump is doing exactly what he promised: draining the swamp. And the swamp is fighting back. Trump’s war on corruption just got its...

Failing elevators at a veterans hospital in Miami have injured at least a dozen people over two years, according to a nurses’ union that called the lifts a “death trap.” The elevators at the Miami VA Medical Center tend to suddenly drop several floors, creating a danger for injured and ill patients, according to union officials. All of the main elevators in the 12-story hospital have had issues flagged during a 2023 assessment obtained by the Herald. The building, which has been standing for almost six decades, has been plagued with structural issues for years including problems with its air-conditioning...

In yet another desperate attempt to keep Donald Trump and his allies under legal fire, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) is now threatening a nationwide class-action lawsuit against the Trump administration and Elon Musk over an alleged “data breach.” Raskin claims that the Trump White House mishandled government data and that Musk’s newly created U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) played a role in the so-called security failure. Appearing on “The Weekend” with Michael, Raskin floated the idea that Musk’s team of “Midnight fascist teenagers” somehow managed to access every American’s computer data. His so-called legal argument hinges on the Computer...

GLSEN, the national nonprofit dedicated to fostering safe and inclusive schools for LGBTQ+ students, has laid off 60 percent of its workforce. The organization’s leader says that the business decision was painful and necessary in response to mounting financial pressures and coordinated right-wing attacks. Melanie Willingham-Jaggers, GLSEN’s executive director, confirmed to The Advocate that 18 employees—more than half of the organization’s staff—were let go on Monday as part of a restructuring effort the organization says is aimed at ensuring the group’s survival and long-term impact. The decision, Willingham-Jaggers noted, was driven by a steep decline in revenue and a broader...

Army recruiting ad under Trump: masculine dude working out saying strong people are harder to kill