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U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday he believes that helping negotiate an end to the Ukraine-Russia war might help him get to Heaven. Trump called into the Fox News program "Fox & Friends" for a phone interview on Tuesday morning, one day after he hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders at the White House as part of the ongoing efforts to end the war in Ukraine, which began with Russia's invasion in 2022. The president provided updates on efforts to end the war. He lamented the toll it was taking on the lives of Russian and Ukrainian...

70,000 Buddhist monks nominate President Trump for Nobel peace prize.

The White House launched an official TikTok account on Tuesday, as Donald Trump continues to permit the Chinese-owned platform to operate in the US despite a law requiring its sale. “America we are BACK! What’s up TikTok?” read a caption on the account’s first post, a 27-second clip, on the popular video-sharing app. The account had about 4,500 followers an hour after posting the video. Trump’s personal account on TikTok meanwhile has 110.1 million followers, though his last post was on 5 November 2024 – election day. Trump has a soft spot for the popular app, crediting it with helping...

Syria is home to the world’s oldest existing Christian communities, which trace their lineage back to Apostolic times. According to Syriac Christian tradition, the Syriac Kingdom of Osroene was the world’s first political entity to declare Christianity as its state religion. King Abgar V — known as Abgar the Black — adopted the Christian faith after being healed from a devastating illness by the disciple Thaddeus in 33 AD. * On the road to Damascus, the former persecutor of Christians, Saul of Tarsus, was transformed into the Apostle Paul, further rooting Christianity in Syrian soil. * Syria has played a...

A 71-year-old Florida woman is behind bars after authorities say she lured a father and his two daughters to her property and held them at gunpoint in a bizarre case that’s left authorities reeling over what caused this strange incident. According to the Wakulla County Sheriff’s Department, Helen Litchfield has been charged with three counts of kidnapping, three counts of aggravated assault, and one count of armed burglary. She was arrested Friday and booked into the Wakulla County Jail. The incident began on August 4, when a father and his two daughters, both under the age of 13, were fishing...

Amir, an underground church leader in Iran, told Iran Alive Ministries of being stopped at a police checkpoint with dozens of Bibles in tow, a crime punishable by imprisonment and death. Police confiscated the Bibles but let Amir go free. When he arrived the next evening at the house church that expected the Bibles, the books were already there, delivered by none other than the police official who had confiscated them. “He (the police official) divulged that he is a Christian,” Iran Alive Ministries founder Hormoz Shariat told Baptist Press of the event that happened earlier this year. “And he...

The Indian immigrant truck driver accused of killing three people in a crash when he made an illegal U-turn across a Florida highway badly flunked English fluency and road sign tests following the smash-up, the US Department of Transportation revealed. Harjinder Singh answered just two of 12 questions correctly when being tested for English language proficiency by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration after the April 12 crash. And when asked to read highway signs and their meanings, Singh could only identify one out of four signs shown to him, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) announced Tuesday. Despite these...

Senator Adam Schiff of California, one of the Democratic Party’s leading antagonists of President Trump, has formed a new legal defense fund in recent days as Mr. Trump threatens him with federal investigations. As a member of the U.S. House, Mr. Schiff led congressional inquiries into Mr. Trump during his first term in the White House. He served as the lead impeachment manager in Mr. Trump’s first impeachment and then on the committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol. Joseph R. Biden Jr., before he left office, issued pre-emptive pardons to the members of that committee...

Special Prosecutor Ed Martin put New York Attorney General Letitia James on notice after her attorney, Abbe Lowell (he also served as Hunter Biden’s attorney), publicly leaked a letter he wrote to Pam Bondi. US Attorney General Pam Bondi recently appointed DOJ official Ed Martin as special prosecutor to investigate Democrat Senator Adam Schiff and New York Attorney General Letitia James over allegations of mortgage fraud. Ed Martin called on Letitia James to resign as New York Attorney General. “At this time, Letitia James would best serve the “good of the state and nation” by resigning from office to address...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has once again started a global debate over the declining population. Recently, Elon Musk warned people Japan will lose nearly 1 million people by the end of 2025. Now once again the tech billionaire has shared another warning on the collapsing population. Resharing a post on social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter) Musk has once again raised the alarm about population collapse saying ‘since the turn of the century, and emphasised that artificial intelligence may be the only viable tool to help reverse the trend.

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The irony is staggering: those protesting against the head of the Gaza Humanitarian Fund. If you truly care about lives, why are you attacking those working tirelessly to provide food and aid to Gazans? It’s hard to reconcile calls for peace with efforts to block lifesaving support." The irony is undeniable: those screaming 'genocider' at the very people providing food to Gazans—who's really calling for genocide now? These extremists, bent on escalating the situation, seem to be the ones fueling hatred and death, not those working to save lives._ 'Genocider!': Gaza Humanitarian Fund head faces pro-Palestinian threats, protests over Gaza...

Sen. Lindsey Graham told The Associated Press in a phone interview Tuesday that if peace talks between Ukraine and Russia aren’t “moving in the right direction” by the time Congress returns next month, then “Plan B needs to kick in.” For months, the Republican senator has been pressing President Trump to support a bipartisan sanctions bill that would impose steep tariffs on countries helping fund Russia’s war. On Tuesday morning, following a phone call with Trump, Graham signaled the president may now be willing to back the effort. “Trump believes that if Putin doesn’t do his part, that he’s going...

In the wake of this week's historic White House meetings, President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine and its allies are "already working on the concrete content of the security guarantees". Sir Keir Starmer has been chairing a virtual meeting of those nations prepared to help secure Ukraine after a peace deal - the so-called "Coalition of the Willing". And Britain has dispatched its Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, to Washington to work out how the US can help. The cogs are clearly turning. But what do "security guarantees" actually mean in practice? There is a wide spectrum here,...

Immigrants seeking a legal pathway to live and work in the United States will now be subject to screening for “anti-Americanism’,” authorities said Tuesday, raising concerns among critics that it gives officers too much leeway in rejecting foreigners based on a subjective judgment. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said officers will now consider whether an applicant for benefits, such as a green card, “endorsed, promoted, supported, or otherwise espoused” anti-American, terrorist or antisemitic views. “America’s benefits should not be given to those who despise the country and promote anti-American ideologies,” Matthew Tragesser, USCIS spokesman, said in a statement. “Immigration benefits—including...

A man is facing assault charges for allegedly injuring an intruder at his home in Lindsay, Ont., according to local police. The Kawartha Lakes Police Service says it responded to a call on Kent Street at about 3:20 a.m. on Monday. According to police, the resident had woken up to find an intruder inside his apartment. The two had an "altercation" and the intruder suffered life-threatening injuries, police say, and was later airlifted to a Toronto hospital. Police say the resident is facing charges for aggravated assault and assault with a weapon. The alleged intruder, 41, is also facing charges,...

A Jewish-owned business in San Jose was vandalized Monday night, with hateful imagery spray-painted on the building and work vehicles. It is being investigated by police as a targeted hate crime. "They broke the windows, they broke side mirrors and swastikas and KKK on the door," HVAC & Insulation Gurus owner Lior Zeevi said. "It's very sad and very disappointing that's to do these kind of bad things. It makes no sense - this kind of hate." Zeevi could not believe was he saw when he arrived at his business Tuesday morning. His work vehicles covered in hateful graffiti as...

California is launching a $250 million redistricting effort to reshape all 52 congressional seats, with Gov. Gavin Newsom—eyeing a 2028 presidential run—undermining the state’s independent commission to favor Democrats. Meanwhile, California faces skyrocketing gas and electricity prices, mass population flight, and crumbling infrastructure. Victor Davis Hanson breaks down how Newsom’s redistricting strategy mirrors Texas in name only and targets Republican incumbents on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.”

The summer of 1969 saw the world united in hope, but by the end of the year, the death of the 60s dream left the world asking: What’s next? The summer of 1969 saw the world united in hope. By the end of the year, however, the death of the 60s brought with it the end of the hippie dream of a brighter future. But the music that united hundreds of thousands of people at mass gatherings throughout 1969 lives on today. So what happened to make 1969 such a beautiful yet shocking climax to the 60s? The answer...

A coalition of 80 faith leaders from congregations across Ohio has appealed to the interim CEO of Kroger, the country's largest supermarket chain, to step back from supporting LGBT initiatives and remain neutral in the "culture war." In a letter dated Aug. 6 addressed to Ronald Sargent, the clergy accused the Cincinnati-based company of alienating its core customer base by aligning with what they described as "diabolical" and "extremist" positions associated with the LGBT movement. The signatories, primarily from Presbyterian, Baptist, Foursquare, Lutheran, and non-denominational churches, warned that ongoing involvement in pride events and similar initiatives could lead to financial...