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Former US President Donald Trump has been praised online for a heartwarming gesture to a young boy. On Thursday, a video of a boy named Liam was posted to X, which featured the child receiving a birthday letter from Trump. According to the X account user who posted the video, Liam suffers from a rare brain disorder and growth hormone deficiency. Upon reading who his birthday letter was sent from, Liam was moved to tears and asked, assumingly his mother, to read it for him. Social media users praised the former president for his gesture and called out the media...

Australia’s cattle industry is experiencing a significant boost in exports to China as US beef shipments have ground to a halt amid escalating trade tensions between the world’s two largest economies. The US’ $2.5 billion beef trade to China has effectively ceased after about 300 abattoirs failed to have their export licenses renewed, creating an unexpected opportunity for Australian producers. Statistics from Meat and Livestock Australia show Australian grain-fed beef exports to China have surged nearly 40% in February and March compared to the same period last year, with 21,886 tonnes shipped during those months. “Australia is now the lone...

Two NSW Health nurses have been stood down after video emerged showing them allegedly bragging about killing and refusing to treat Israeli patients.The clip was shared by content creator Max Veifer speaking to a man and a woman, both of whom have been confirmed to be health workers from Bankstown Hospital in Sydney's south-west.

Since 2022, global demand in the arms market has expanded rapidly as many countries rush to restock on systems and munitions as well as adopt new technologies that were increasingly proving their worth in Ukraine. In that environment, the Republic of Korea has become an increasingly prolific arms exporter, with the Korean defence industry working to sustain not just the ROK Armed Forces, but also inking major contracts with buyers from the Asia Pacific to Europe. So following an invitation from the organisers of Korea's largest Defence Exhibition, the Korea Army International Defence Industry Exhibition (KADEX), I thought it was...

The head of a company developing gas in a vast 28,000km-wide Northern Territory basin south of Darwin says the site can provide the type of energy revolution Australia needs as a power crisis continues to plague the territory. The head of a company developing gas in the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin says the “huge” resource has the potential to transform the Australian energy market, lowering gas prices and reducing emissions. Empire Energy managing director Alex Underwood told Sky News his company expected to produce the first gas from the Beetaloo by mid-2025. “Just in the next five or six weeks...

On Sunday, August 25, 2024, thieves broke into the Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum, in Lithgown, Australia. They broke into display cases and stole 27 antique and collectable firearms. The police have recovered 13 of the 27 firearms which were stolen.From Police.nsw.gov.au/news:Drug and Firearms Squad detectives with assistance from Chifley and South Coast Police Districts have charged three men for their roles in the alleged theft of 27 guns during a break and enter of a Lithgow Museum last week.Police were called to the Lithgow Small Arms Factory Museum on Methven Street, Lithgow, about 3.30am on Sunday 25 August 2024,...

Right after the jet starts down the runway, a huge chunk of asphalt lifts up from the ground and blows away.................

Australians will need to cut back on red meat and ditch petrol cars for electric vehicles in order to reach net zero emissions by 2050, according to the government agency advising Anthony Albanese on the target. The Climate Change Authority has suggested a series of lifestyle changes to get Australia to net zero in a new report released on Wednesday. The Authority has suggested Aussies swap red meat like beef and lamb for more emission-friendly options like kangaroo, chicken and pork. The advice comes after the Climate Council found that agriculture was responsible for over half of Australia's methane emissions...

An Australian “trans inclusive” Premier League women’s football team with five male players has secured victory in the grand final match after dominating games throughout the summer. During the 2024 season of the North West Sydney Football Women’s Premier Competition, The Flying Bats won all 17 games and scored 76 goals while only a total of 8 points were scored against them. The Flying Bats, a football club for “self-identified women and non-binary people,” has attracted significant criticism that has escalated over the past year. The mounting outcry presumably motivated the decision by regulators to ramp up security measures during...

On September 7, 1936, the last known thylacine, often referred to as the Tasmanian tiger, is believed to have died in captivity in Hobart, Tasmania. Since then, the species, long presumed extinct, has taken on a near-mythical status. The thylacine still captures the public’s imagination, having earned its place as a modern symbol of both loss, and also possibilities. The creature’s unmistakable striped appearance has also helped propel it to its current position as a pop cultural icon and a constant reminder of humanity’s more destructive side. Yet what is perhaps the most intriguing about the thylacine is that, for...

A young transgender person’s attempt to perform their own mastectomy highlights a healthcare system where gender diverse people’s needs are being chronically unmet, experts say. An 18-year-old transgender person arrived at the emergency department several hours after attempting a mastectomy, with concerns he had damaged a nerve, according to a case report published by the New Zealand Medical Journal on Friday. The young person struggled with gender dysphoria – a clinical term used to describe the dissonance between one’s assigned gender and sense of self – and was on testosterone treatment while waiting for gender-affirmation surgery. He was unable to...

Kiwi fried chicken lovers stood in line for hours – including some overnight – as they waited with anticipation for New Zealand's first Popeyes to open its doors this morning. 1News digital reporter River Lin joined the throng to check it out. A line of people snaked around the building as the American fried chicken joint opened to the fanfare of a brass band in the Auckland suburb of Takanini at 10am. Popeyes, founded in Louisiana in 1972, has more than 4300 restaurants in nearly 40 markets worldwide. The multimillion-dollar Takanini fitout is the first store in New Zealand. One...

Newshub obtains exclusive underwater video of record cocaine haul floating in ocean | Newshub VIDEO AT LINK....................

A Chinese salvage ship has been caught looting British World War II shipwrecks near the Malaysian coast. The vessel, a dredger named Chuan Hong 68, was seen lurking near the shipwrecks of the Royal Navy battleship HMS Prince of Wales and cruiser HMS Repulse, according to the U.K.’s Daily Mail. Imperial Japanese forces destroyed both ships in December 1941, resulting in the loss of 842 British sailors — a significant setback for the Royal Navy in the Far East. The sites of the shipwrecks are officially designated war graves, according to a statement from the Royal Navy National Museum. Chuan...

Four passengers have been charged following two alleged mid-air brawls that saw a window get smashed Four passengers have been arrested following two alleged mid-air brawls that prompted an emergency landing during a flight from Cairns. Australian Federal Police (AFP) and NT Police confirmed charges were laid during an unnamed flight from Queensland to the Northern Territory on Thursday evening. “The AFP was called to attend an incident on a flight from Cairns to Groote Eylandt, which had caused the flight to be turned around, on Thursday, April 20,” an AFP spokesperson told news.com.au in a statement. In a video...

<p>A mammoth meatball has been created by a cultivated meat company, resurrecting the flesh of the long-extinct animals.</p><p>The project aims to demonstrate the potential of meat grown from cells, without the slaughter of animals, and to highlight the link between large-scale livestock production and the destruction of wildlife and the climate crisis.</p>

Westerners need to get back to basics. It's cheaper. A beautiful woman having fun playing catch with a dog. (Click red link below title above.) Absorbing wisdom of great Americans like Harriett Tubman, who passed away 110 years ago today, March 10. (“If you hear the dogs, keep going. If you see the torches in the woods, keep going. If there’s shouting after you, keep going. Don’t ever stop. Keep going. If you want a taste of freedom, keep going.”) The West does NOT need a president like Biden who coul take U.S. national debt to $51 trillion by 2033:...

Sex is great and most guys get more sex in good marriages than by being single. God has arranged things that way to keep families strong. Too many Third Wave Feminists hold motherhood and mothers in contempt. The beauty of Hollywood babes Cyd Charisse, Claire Trevor and Karen Morley is something God created for red-blooded men to take delight in. God Bless Freedom and All Creation's Joys.

In my opinion, Artist Georgia O'Keeffe looked good both in how she appeared as a woman (click the link in red below the title above to see why) and in how she looked at the world and reimagined what she saw. The Mother Of American Modernism. God Bless Freedom. God Bless America.

Tulsi Gabbard's courage and beauty inspire me. She has abandoned the corrupt Democratic Party because she believes in peace. If people of faith get together, a new restorative Social Contract has a chance of rebuilding The West and averting the current PC madness of self destruction.