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“Which country in the world allows itself to be exploited in this manner?”.. The argument that mass migration is needed to support GDP levels and pay for pensions took another blow when it was revealed 47.3% of welfare recipients in Germany are foreign migrants. According to newly released government statistics, nearly half of the 5.49 million people in Germany on benefits are foreign migrants, four percentage points higher than in 2022. €42.6 billion euros is now being paid out in welfare compared to to €36.6 billion in 2022. “In addition, there was another record €6.3 billion worth of administration costs...

Paris — The famous medieval cathedral in the city of Rouen in western France was evacuated Thursday when a fire broke out in the spire. The Notre Dame of Rouen Cathedral is undergoing renovations and video from the scene showed thick smoke rising from the spire, which is partially covered in scaffolding. Fire trucks raced to the scene to save the cathedral, made famous by impressionist painter Claude Monet who depicted the imposing structure in a series of paintings in the 1890s.

A gang of "Middle Eastern men" beat the potato salad out of a lesbian couple in Halifax, Nova Scotia, leaving the two zamis to wonder why the men would treat the ladies so viciously, especially considering it was during Pride month. Emma MacLean, one of the women assaulted, posted to Facebook that there were between seven and ten men, all between the ages of 18 and 25 and "believed to be from Syria."

When Americans are not safe here at home, which country should they go to for asylum? What American with half a brain would vote for a man who offers more of this? Ten months after finding Rachel Morin on a jogging trail the DNA evidence brought investigators in Tulsa, to arrest illegal alien Victor Antonio Martinez-Hernandez for rape and the murder of Rachel Morin, a mother of five children. The El Salvadorian “asylum seeker” will no doubt face serious consequences if convicted. Most Americans expect him to be jailed for life, others would hope for the death sentence.

Three French teens were arrested for the gang rape of a 12-year-old Jewish girl in Paris in a sickening antisemitic attack, police said — prompting President Emmanuel Macron and other officials to demand schools crack down on racism and hate-fueled violence. The victim, from Courbevoie, told police the boys raped her, made death threats and hurled antisemitic slurs at her during the assault on Saturday. The girl was specifically targeted over her religion, the Nanterre public prosecution office said.

Suspects alleged to have attacked victim and beat her while hurling antisemitic insults before gang-raping her in park near her home French prosecutors have opened an investigation into three teenage boys suspected of raping a 12-year-old girl in an attack motivated by antisemitism, French media reported Tuesday. An investigation was opened on Saturday night after the girl and her parents filed a police complaint in Courbevoie, near Paris, alleging that she had been attacked in a park near her home by three teenagers, who hurled antisemitic insults at her before dragging her to a shed and gang-raping her, Le Monde...

It is now little more than a “developing country”. Its stock market is a “junk shop” selling old tat. And its reputation as a place to do business has “never been so bad’. In the middle of the UK’s dismal election campaign, it would be easy to imagine that Britain was the country under discussion. But Theodor Weimer, the head of the once mighty Deutsche Börse, was describing his native Germany. And he was absolutely right. After a series of catastrophic policy mistakes by centrist leaders, there is no way back for Germany – and its decline is only going...

Over the course of one night last year, three people were killed in separate attacks across Sweden - three of many violent attacks to rock the country in 2023. The first victim was an 18-year-old man who was shot dead in a Stockholm suburb on September 27. Just hours later, one man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting in Jordbro, south of the city. Then, as if two killings weren't enough, Soha Saad - a 24-year-old kindergarten teacher living with her brother and parents - died in an explosion in Uppsala, west of Stockholm, in the early...

A male suspect has been arrested for assaulting Denmark's liberal leader Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was assaulted on a public square in Copenhagen on Friday. Police have arrested a male suspect, and Frederiksen is not believed to be seriously injured. The attack took place at Kultorvet square in the center of the Danish capital. Prior to the attack Frederiksen had been campaigning with her party's lead European election candidate, Christel Schaldemose, according to local media reports. "Mette Frederiksen was today assaulted and beaten by a man on Kultorvet in Copenhagen. Mette is naturally shocked by the attack. I must...

With the arrival of a new, highly contagious fungal infection in NYC, health experts are sharing what you need to know to keep yourself safe. An unidentified NYC man in his 30s was diagnosed with the first US-reported case of Trichophyton mentagrophytes type VII, a rare, sexually transmitted form of ringworm. Details of his infection were shared Wednesday in the journal JAMA Dermatology. “The first thing to note is that we do not have evidence this infection is endemic in the US or even widespread in the US,” Dr. Avrom S. Caplan, who led the study of the man’s case,...

After a double homicide shooting earlier this week, Swedish residents in Norrköping's district of Hageby can be searched or have their vehicles searched without the need for reasonable suspicion.. Swedish police have introduced the first “stop-and-frisk-zone” in the country’s history, giving officers the power to search any individual or vehicle without the need for reasonable suspicion. The draconian measure is in response to a double shooting on Monday evening in the Hageby residential district of Norrköping, a city southwest of Stockholm. Two men were pronounced dead at the scene. As of Wednesday, the authorities are introducing what is also known...

Berlin – In den letzten Sommerbädern beginnt trotz Regenwetter nach und nach auch die Badesaison: Am Samstag öffnen etwa das Sommerbad Staaken West und das Kindersommerbad Monbijou. Die bekannten Problem-Bäder haben derweil mit Stacheldraht und höheren Zäunen aufgerüstet! Innensenat und Bäderbetriebe machten jetzt ihre kürzlichen Versprechungen wahr, für mehr Sicherheit in den Bädern zu sorgen. Doch der Ort, an dem eigentlich ausgelassener Badespaß herrschen sollte, gleicht jetzt einem Gefängnis. In Berlin notwendig! Denn in den vergangenen Sommern eskalierte die Lage in den Berliner Freibädern immer wieder. Massenschlägereien, sexuelle Belästigung, Attacken auf Sicherheitsmitarbeiter und Bademeister!

We’re roughly two months out from the 2024 Olympics, and authorities have already foiled the first planned terrorist attack. Here’s the story, from Amy Mek at RAIR Foundation:A planned Islamic terrorist attack targeting the Geoffroy-Guichard Stadium in Saint-Étienne during the upcoming Paris 2024 Olympics has been successfully foiled. Rokhman B., an 18-year-old Chechen asylum seeker, was arrested for his involvement in plotting the Islamic attack. In contact with ISIS fighters, he aimed to kill ‘disbelievers.’Surprise! He’s a Muslim. But, there’s more: “Previously unknown to authorities, Rokhman B. and his family arrived in France as asylum seekers in 2023.”Oh, so not...

President Biden on Tuesday blamed former President Trump and Republicans for leaving him with no choice but to act on curbing the influx of migrants at the U.S.-southern border. The president, in remarks from the White House, said he is “moving past Republican obstruction” to act on his own and announce the order, which will be in effect when the seven-day average of daily border crossings exceeds 2,500 between ports of entry. “Frankly, I would have preferred to address this issue through bipartisan legislation, because that’s the only way to actually get the kind of system we have now that’s...

President Biden is expected to sign an executive order Tuesday that would give the White House additional authority to limit the flow of migrants across the southern border, sources confirmed to The Hill. The order would allow border officials to turn away migrants at the southern border once crossings surpass a certain number, an official said. The Associated Press reported the order would shut down the border after 2,500 daily encounters, and the border would reopen once the number of encounters drops below 1,500. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

A German police officer died of his injuries after being stabbed several times while trying to pull somebody clear of a knife attack in Mannheim on Friday , police and prosecutors said in a joint statement late on Sunday. The 29-year-old officer had been in hospital in a coma following the attack. "He underwent an emergency operation immediately after the crime and was put into an artificial coma, but succumbed to his serious injuries late in the afternoon on Sunday, June 2," the joint statement said. "We mourn a police officer who gave his life for our safety." What do...

Reacting to events, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party's Deputy Leader, Beatrix von Storch, shared some of the footage on social media, adding: "On this day more than ever: Stop Islamism!"

Johnny Wactor, a long time veteran of TV soap General Hospital, was shot and killed Saturday in a Los Angeles when he confronted thieves breaking into his car, according to TMZ. He was 37. Wactor's mother Scarlett told TMZ that her son saw three men trying to steal the catalytic converter off of his car. She said that her son didn't attempt to fight them or even stop them from robbing Wactor but they still shot him and got away. Police said that paramedics got to the scene at around 3am local time and took him to a local hospital,...

In an effort to address a barrage of noise complaints, Milan is preparing to ban late-night snacks. This war on ice cream isn’t new, and does not sit well with many... The Italian city of Milan is proposing a new law to ban ice cream after midnight, in an effort to protect the "peace and health" of residents. A legislative starting paper has been filed by the city's local government. If passed, the new law could come into effect next month and last until November – something which local vendors will not be best pleased about, considering they are accustomed...

Massive fire at Copenhagen's stock exchange building.