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BOGOTA, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Saturday dismissed the U.S. decision to revoke his visa and accused Washington of violating international law over his criticism of Israel's actions in Gaza.The U.S. said on Friday it would revoke Petro's visa after he took to New York's streets on Friday to join a pro-Palestinian demonstration and urged U.S. soldiers to disobey President Donald Trump's orders.Read about innovative ideas and the people working on solutions to global crises with the Reuters Beacon newsletter. Sign up here."I no longer have a visa to travel to the United States. I don't...

Summary Sarkozy handed five years in prison for criminal conspiracy Sarkozy and Le Pen sentences prompt accusations of overreach Judges' union says no one is above law PM says up to parliament to amend sentencing rules PARIS, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Former President Nicolas Sarkozy's prison sentence has deepened divisions in France over judges' handling of political wrongdoing, months before far-right chief Marine Le Pen attempts to overturn an embezzlement conviction and run for top office.A Paris court jolted the political sphere on Thursday when it handed Sarkozy a five-year sentence for criminal conspiracy over attempts to raise campaign funds...

Gerry Nolan: "Kiev’s Gleiwitz Gambit: Europe on the Edge of 1939 Redux History doesn’t just repeat — it mutates. In 1939, the world stumbled into catastrophe after Nazi operatives staged the infamous Gleiwitz incident: a radio station seized, a body left as “proof,” and a lie broadcast to justify war. Eighty-six years later, whispers from the battlefield suggest Kiev may be scripting its own Gleiwitz 2.0. Only this time, the stage is NATO’s eastern flank, the props are repurposed Geran drones, and the audience is a sleepwalking Europe. Hungarian journalists were the first to sound the alarm: several downed Russian...

The Obama library is a massive money laundering operation designed to funnel tax free funds to the worst terrorist elements here and abroad. Tides has also handled donations for Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, which sued the group in California Superior Court last year. It alleged “egregious mismanagement” of more than $33 million in their funds, according to court documents. That lawsuit is ongoing. And what a money laundering operation it is. Obama’s ‘presidential’ library is almost a billion over budget and three years late. It has been in the works for eight years and only half done. Originally,...

U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. stated during a United Nations high-level meeting on Sep. 25 that the United States will not endorse the U.N.’s new political declaration on non-communicable diseases (NCDs). He called the pact “misdirected,” “overly controlling in parts,” and outside the U.N.’s proper remit — adding that Washington remains committed to fighting chronic disease, but on its own terms.The 15-page declaration sets targets for non-communicable diseases that “account for more than 43 million deaths each year,” many of which “occur prematurely (before the age of 70 years),” according to the document. The referenced diseases include cancers,...

One of President Trump's most valuable cabinet members, Marco Rubio, who wears both the Secretary of State cap, and the National Security Advisor cap, gets called on to perform a lot of duties. One of them is the equivalent of barroom bouncer. At the United Nations, he threw out the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro from the U.S. premises. That was after a string of leftwing buffooneries and outrages. Two days ago, it was buffooneries: It should be noted that this was the assessment of Colombians who also believed he had not just been drinking but snorting cocaine. It ought...

Charlie Kirk is emblematic of one of the things that is great about our country. Endowed by our Creator, we have freedom of speech. The First Amendment in our Bill of Rights enshrines this. Within bounds, we can express our own opinion, argue, and debate. Most importantly, we are free to say unpopular things so long as there’s no incitement to violence or willful defamation. Charlie used freedom of speech to enlighten, educate, argue, and persuade. He chose a debate format, offering people with ideological differences a chance to give their own perspectives. If you count winning by hearts and...

Republicans in North Carolina and beyond are making a concerted effort to turn the stabbing death of a Ukrainian woman on a Charlotte commuter train into a political liability for Democratic former Gov. Roy Cooper in his bid to win a key U.S. Senate race that is still more than a year away. GOP candidate Michael Whatley has said Cooper bears "direct responsibility" for the deadly Aug. 22 attack on Iryna Zarutska because of a commission he created in June 2020 to address racial inequity in the criminal justice system. The panel's unveiling occurred weeks following the death of George...

Defendants Allegedly Arranged for Women to Travel to a Sex ‘Dungeon’ in a New York City Penthouse, Where He Exceeded the Scope of Their Consent by Violently Abusing ThemA 10-count indictment was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging retired New York-based financier, Howard Rubin, also known as “Howie” and “H,” along with his personal assistant, Jennifer Powers, with sex trafficking and transporting women in interstate commerce for sex acts with Rubin. Rubin was also charged with bank fraud in connection with misrepresentations made to a bank in the course of financing Powers’s mortgage for the Texas home of...

"Full self-driving will someday become the norm when it comes traveling in particular, one day it will be the norm..."

U.S. — Americans were not quite sure what former FBI Director James Comey had been indicted for, but they felt very sure that he deserved it. Most of the nation did not know if indictment details had even been released, but didn't really feel compelled to look into it as Comey pretty clearly had it coming. "Whatever it was, he probably did it. I mean, it's James Comey," said local man Drake Bennington. "I really haven't paid attention if it was embezzling, selling state secrets, or cooking meth. There's nothing I would put past that tool. I don't know what...

The globalists aren’t happy with the tongue-lashing President Donald Trump unleashed on the United Nations General Assembly earlier this week. His speech undermined 80 years of subversive work and propaganda designed to destroy nationhood and create a world government. Not surprisingly, their rebuke to Trump’s comments is just as dishonest as the stated purpose of their agendas. Trump impaled the UN for its refusal to support peace negotiations he worked on this year, its financing of disastrous open-border policies, and the litany of erroneous climate doomsday predictions the organization has made over the decades. He said the UN is run...

The long-awaited indictment of Former FBI Director James Comey was surely cause for celebration among his targets.Vindictive former FBI Director James Comey’s power trip is finally over as he has learned the “rule of law” he so often speaks of applies to him too.A federal grand jury has indicted Comey for obstructing a congressional investigation into the disclosure of sensitive information and with making false statements to the federal government, according to a DOJ statement. The false statements charge carries a penalty of up to five years in prison, which means Comey may be fitted for the prison jumpsuit he...

Turning Point USA (TPUSA) CEO Erika Kirk appeared on “The Charlie Kirk Show” Friday, saying the show would feature rotating hosts while there was a “blueprint” for the organization.TPUSA founder Charlie Kirk was gunned down during a Sept. 10 TPUSA “Prove Me Wrong” event at Utah Valley University, where he was debating attendees. Erika, who succeeded her late husband as CEO of the conservative student group, said that some of the co-hosts and staff for Kirk on his radio show were “pieces of his brain.”“Collectively, each one of you are a piece of his brain,” Erika Kirk said. “I know...

The pharmaceutical company behind Tylenol privately acknowledged the likelihood of an association between its drug in pregnancy and neurodevelopmental disorders like autism in children seven years ago, company documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation show.“The weight of the evidence is starting to feel heavy to me,” said Rachel Weinstein, U.S. director of epidemiology for Janssen, the pharmaceutical arm of Johnson & Johnson, in 2018. Johnson & Johnson marketed Tylenol at the time but in 2023 spun off its consumer products division into a separate company called Kenvue.Legacy media headlines and vocal public health experts have dismissed the conclusion...

ANN ARBOR, MI — To get ready for a political debate at the University of Michigan campus, local Democrat Fred Phillips headed down to the gun range to practice. In preparation to repel his conservative counterparts' views, Phillips spent over an hour sighting in his scope. "Oh yeah, just getting in a little debate prep," said Phillips to the range owner as he set up his rifle. "We're supposed to talk abortion, immigration, and foreign policy. So I've got to be sure I've got my aim right." Though Phillip's methods may seem unorthodox, Democrats across the nation say shooting rifles...

Whitefish Bay businessman Bill Berrien — who also had a past dalliance with the disastrously kinky election method known as ranked-choice voting — has dropped out of the Badger State governor’s race. A Wisconsin RINO who appears to have a penchant for “sexually explicit” material — and a connection to a trans porn site — has dropped out of the Badger State governor’s race. Whitefish Bay businessman Bill Berrien, who also had a past dalliance with the disastrously kinky election method known as ranked-choice voting, quit Friday following reports linking the candidate to several “sexually explicit accounts” on social media....

KNOB NOSTER, MISSOURI — President Donald Trump shocked the world with his announcement on the evening of Saturday, June 21: the United States had successfully attacked three nuclear sites in Iran, and the B-2 bombers who had completed this incredibly secretive mission were on their way home. “Congratulations to our great American Warriors,” the president shared in a triumphant Truth Social post. “There is not another military in the World that could have done this.” It was an incredible victory for Trump 2.0 in more ways than one: Operation Midnight Hammer had been executed without a single leak to the...

The Justice Department’s announcement that former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of making a false statement and obstruction of a congressional proceeding is all but a fait accompli. Pious, sanctimonious self-righteousness and hypocritical moralizing had long ago cost him his professional reputation.With charges of perjury and obstruction, Comey could face imprisonment. If that comes to pass, his tattered legacy will earn yet another stain.More tragically, the narcissistic leader, who was relieved of his duties by President Donald Trump soon into his first term, will continue to damage the agency I love...

The pain of a government shutdown won’t just be political: Millions of low-income women and children could be left hungry as soon as next week if congressional Democrats and the White House do not come to a deal. The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children will soon run out of funding. If they don’t cut a deal to keep the government open, a senior White House official told RealClearPolitics, “Democrats would be turning their back on WIC recipients.” Called WIC for short, the program provides vouchers for healthy food to low-income pregnant and postpartum women, their infants,...