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  • Your Magasty: Trump and Melania greet King Charles and Queen Camilla at the White House as security worries overshadow historic meeting

    04/27/2026 3:57:53 PM PDT · by Albion Wilde · 2 replies
    DailyMail ^ | By ELINA SHIRAZI, US SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER and JON MICHAEL RAASCH, US POLITICAL REPORTER and RE
    ouching down in the nation's capital under a cloud of security and fierce political tension, King Charles III and Queen Camilla officially kicked off their four–day state visit on Monday. Donald Trump and Melania Trump were on hand to welcome the royal couple at the White House in the afternoon. Amid West Wing construction and fresh security concerns following the terrifying shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner over the weekend, the royals were greeted by the President and First Lady...
  • Number of immigrants in EU reaches record high of 64.2 million in 2025, study shows

    04/27/2026 3:17:03 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 14 replies
    Reuters ^ | April 22, 2026 | Maria Martinez
    The number of immigrants residing in the European Union climbed to ​a record high of 64.2 million in ‌2025, up about 2.1 million from a year earlier, according to a report published on Wednesday by the ​Centre for Research and Analysis on Migration ​at RFBerlin. The figure compares with 40 million ⁠in 2010, the report said, citing Eurostat and ​U.N. Refugee Agency data. Germany remained the bloc's biggest ​host of foreign-born people at nearly 18 million, 72% of them of working age, while Spain posted the ​fastest recent growth, adding about 700,000 to bring ​its foreign-born population to 9.5 million....
  • Brazil's Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro neck and neck in second‑round poll

    04/27/2026 2:44:31 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 3 replies
    Reuters ^ | April 27, 2026
    Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro are statistically tied in a simulated runoff for this year's presidential election, a BTG Pactual/Nexus poll showed on Monday. • Leftist Lula would receive 46% of the vote in a second-round matchup, compared with 45% for right-wing Bolsonaro. • In a March survey, they were tied at 46% each. • In three first-round simulations, Lula was seen capturing 41% of the vote, while Flavio would take between 36% and 38%, depending on other candidates. • In Brazil, if no candidate gets more than 50% of valid votes, the two...
  • King Charles Can Save the Falkland Islands

    04/27/2026 2:05:42 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 37 replies
    National Review ^ | April 27, 2026 | Elliott Abrams
    British control of the Falkland Islands, which the United States helped the Brits reconquer in the 1982 Falklands War, now seems to be at risk. There are news reports that the Trump administration’s list of ways to punish recalcitrant NATO allies includes siding with Argentina over control of the Falklands. London’s Express reported that Donald Trump’s Pentagon officials are exploring ways the United States can punish NATO countries for failing to support the Iran war, including by reportedly reviewing Britain’s claim to the Falkland Islands. . . . An option included in the message is to consider reassessing US diplomatic...
  • The 2024 IDF Bill and the Question of Extending US Military Protections

    04/27/2026 1:40:56 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 8 replies
    Military.com ^ | April 23, 2026 at 3:00am ET | Haley Fuller
    A real policy push emerged in 2024 to extend certain legal protections to Americans who serve in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). In 2024, members of Congress introduced H.R. 8445, a bill that would have amended federal law “to provide for the eligibility of United States citizens who serve in the Israeli Defense Forces for certain protections relating to such service.” Under current law, US veterans’ benefits are tied to service in the US armed forces. The statutory definition of “veteran” appears at 38 USC § 101(2) and limits eligibility to those who served in US military forces or narrow...
  • Assisted suicide Bill will not become law as it fails in House of Lords

    04/27/2026 11:32:16 AM PDT · by Morgana · 13 replies
    Right to Life UK ^ | April 24, 2026 | staff
    The assisted suicide Bill will now fall when the current Parliamentary session ends and will not become law, after the final day of Committee Stage of the Bill was completed this afternoon, without the Bill passing the Lords. The fall of the assisted suicide Bill comes as new polling suggests that the Bill would likely fail if it were reintroduced to the House of Commons, and an analysis reveals there have been near-unprecedented levels of opposition to the Bill in the House of Lords. Private Members’ Bills, like the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, are only debated on...
  • Court of Appeal Delivers Landmark Ruling on Abortion (Kenya)

    04/27/2026 11:15:08 AM PDT · by Morgana · 3 replies
    The Kenya Times ^ | April 24, 2026 | Annah Nanjala Wekesa
    The Court of Appeal of Kenya has overturned a 2022 High Court ruling that had recognized abortion as a fundamental right. In its decision delivered on Friday, April 24, the appellate court held that abortion is not a fundamental right under the Constitution, but rather an act that is generally prohibited, subject to specific exceptions. The court ruled that while the Constitution guarantees the right to life from conception, abortion is only permissible under limited circumstances outlined in law. “Having scrutinized the records in the two consolidated appeals, the written and oral submissions by respective counsel for the parties, the...
  • Eurabia: What can we say about the impact of Muslim demographics on Europe?

    04/27/2026 10:27:43 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 22 replies
    American Thinker ^ | 04/27/2026 | Bill Ponton
    The demographic shift has a sinister political dimension if the fundamentalist brand of Islam continues to rise amongst this rapidly growing segment of the population. No matter what European politicians may say to downplay the negative impact of Moslem immigration, they cannot deny that the continent will experience an unprecedented demographic shift by the end of the century. If the current rate of Muslim immigration continues, Europe’s Muslim population could grow from 30 million today to about 110 million by 2100. This estimate assumes that the Muslim fertility rate will move downward over that period to approach native fertility rates,...
  • The Iran War and How It Might End

    04/27/2026 9:36:42 AM PDT · by EnderWiggin1970 · 64 replies
    Geopolitical Futures ^ | 4/27/26 | George Friedman
    The U.S.-Israel war against Iran was to a great extent predictable. The United States feared Iran becoming a nuclear power. Israel feared that as well, and was also concerned about the Islamist forces – in this case, Hezbollah – that Iran supported in Lebanon. For the United States, the latter was at most a secondary concern, but the nuclear threat was potentially existential. The United States attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities almost one year ago, damaging but not destroying the program. In subsequent negotiations, Iran rejected the U.S. and Israeli demand that it end its nuclear program, and so war was...
  • Power Play

    04/27/2026 9:27:36 AM PDT · by EnderWiggin1970 · 10 replies
    RealClearDefense ^ | Christopher Little
    How Trump Is Running the Most Aggressive Geopolitical Play in a Generation—and Why It Has to Be This Way From 1973 to 1977 the National Hockey League was the wild west, and Bob “Gasser” Gassoff—a 5’10”, 190-pound wrecking ball who skated for the St. Louis Blues—was one of the best enforcers in the game. His job was not to score. It was to protect the players who did. High-stick, slash, board or manhandle a Blues skill player and Gasser would drop the gloves and answer the bell, over and over, until somebody turtled or a referee had the stones to...
  • Oil prices rise as US-Iran peace talks stall

    04/27/2026 3:56:25 AM PDT · by McGruff · 23 replies
    BBC ^ | April 27, 2026 | Osmond Chia
    Oil prices have risen after plans for a second round of peace talks between the US and Iran stalled again. Brent, the global benchmark, rose by around 2% to $109.33 (£80.72) a barrel, while US-traded crude also increased by 2% at $96.78. US President Donald Trump said on Saturday that Washington had cancelled plans to send a team to Pakistan for negotiations with their Iranian counterparts. Brent crude has risen by more than 10% since Trump announced last week that he would extend a ceasefire with Tehran to give its leadership a chance to present a "unified proposal".
  • 53 per cent of Scots would back independence, fresh poll shows

    04/26/2026 6:25:39 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 51 replies
    The National ^ | April 22, 2026 | Steph Brawn
    MOST Scots would vote for independence if a referendum were held tomorrow, a fresh poll carried out in the middle of the Holyrood election campaign has found. A poll of just over 1000 Scots commissioned by James Kelly of the pro-independence Scot Goes Pop blog found 53% would vote Yes, excluding don't knows. When don't knows are left in, 50% would vote Yes while 44% would vote to remain in the Union. The survey was carried out between April 15 and 20 for Scot Goes Pop. According to Kelly, there have been nine polls this year that suggest Scots would...
  • Argentina Eyes the Falklands Again. This Time, the U.S. May Not Back Britain

    04/26/2026 5:16:28 PM PDT · by MinorityRepublican · 135 replies
    Time ^ | April 25, 2026 | Rebecca Schneid
    Argentine President Javier Milei has launched a new effort to claim control of the Falkland Islands, reigniting a long-standing dispute with the United Kingdom over the archipelago, which once led to war. "THE MALVINAS WERE, ARE, AND ALWAYS WILL BE ARGENTINE,” Milei said on X in Spanish on Friday, using the Argentine name for the islands. In a separate interview with the Argentine digital channel Neura posted by Milei on Friday, he said that the country was doing “everything humanly possible” to return the Falklands to Argentina. “Sovereignty is non-negotiable, but it must be handled judiciously, with brains,” said Milei,...
  • Mali defence minister killed as country hit by wave of rebel attacks

    04/26/2026 4:38:39 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 13 replies
    BBC ^ | April 26, 2026 | Makuochi Okafor, Hafsa Khalil
    Mali's defence minister has been killed in an apparent suicide truck bombing on his residence near the capital Bamako.Multiple news outlets reported the death of Sadio Camara, part of a wave of coordinated attacks by jihadist militants and separatists carried out across the country.State TV confirmed the death several hours later, saying he died of wounds received while engaging with the attackers. Reports say the head of the military junta, Gen Assimi Goita, was moved to a safe location after his home was targeted.Further north Russian mercenaries hired by Mali's military agreed to withdraw from Kidal after two days of...
  • EU Court rules Orbán’s anti LGBTQ+ law breaches core values, calls on Budapest to cancel it

    04/26/2026 10:25:00 AM PDT · by Angelino97 · 41 replies
    Euro News ^ | April 21, 2026 | Sandor Zsiros
    The European Court of Justice has ruled that Hungary’s amended Child Protection Law violates EU law and discriminates against gay and transgender people. It is the first time the court has found that an EU member state breached the fundamental values set out in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. The law was pushed by Viktor Orbán in a referendum coinciding with a general election vote. At the time, the law faced accusations that it unfairly criminalised gay men as pedophiles. The ruling on Tuesday comes nine days after Hungary’s parliamentary elections, in which the opposition Tisza Party defeated Orbán’s...
  • Bus blast in Colombia kills 13 amid rising violence

    04/26/2026 6:00:05 AM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 6 replies
    France 24 ^ | 26/4/26 | Lea Hurel
    Narrated video embedded An explosive device killed 13 people traveling on a bus in southwestern Colombia on Saturday, an attack the country's army chief described as a “terrorist act" that also left at least 38 injured as violence linked to drug trafficking in the region escalates. ...
  • Defense Startup Castelion Wins $105M Navy Deal to Arm Fighter Jets With Mach 5-Plus Hypersonic Missiles

    04/25/2026 6:01:18 PM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 17 replies
    Red State ^ | 04/25/2026 | RC Maxwell
    ARLINGTON— The Navy took a major step forward in delivering game-changing hypersonic strike power to carrier pilots when it awarded California startup Castelion a contract nearing $105 million to fully integrate the Blackbeard hypersonic weapon onto the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. The deal puts U.S. forces on a fast track to field its first operational air-launched hypersonic strike weapon from carrier decks by 2027. Unlike land-based ballistic missiles, Blackbeard is made for Navy aircraft carriers and can be launched from an F/A-18 fighter jet operating hundreds of miles from shore, giving the U.S. enhanced capabilities to strike an adversary’s missile batteries...
  • Cut off by 3rd landslide in a decade, Old Fort, B.C., residents worry about community's future

    04/25/2026 5:35:46 PM PDT · by jerod · 6 replies
    CBC news ^ | Apr 25, 2026 | Matt Preprost, Tom Summer, Andrew Kurjata
    Ministry says it will take a deeper dive into cause once current slide stops movingOn a sunny Friday morning, Kelly Ziebart walks through mountains of mud and dead grass that have heaved off the hills, just south of Fort St John, B.C. "Look how far the road slid down here," he said, pointing to damage along the closed road into Old Fort. "I think they're talking 50, 60 metres." This is the third landslide to hit the community of roughly 150 people since 2018. Once again, it has destroyed the only road in or out of the hamlet along the...
  • Giuffre family hold anniversary vigil ahead of King's US visit

    04/25/2026 5:15:10 PM PDT · by RandFan · 20 replies
    bbc ^ | Apr 25 | Sean Coughlan
    Family, friends and supporters of Virginia Giuffre held an emotional memorial vigil in Washington DC marking the first anniversary of her death. With the White House in the background, her brother Sky Roberts spoke of how his sister, a prominent accuser of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, had turned "pain into purpose". The event was held ahead of the arrival of the King and Queen in Washington DC on a state visit. Giuffre's lawyer Sigrid McCawley repeated calls for the King to meet Epstein survivors, saying it was a "missed opportunity". McCawley said she appreciated the concerns about the King not...
  • Mexico says US agents killed in crash weren't permitted to operate there

    04/25/2026 4:13:38 PM PDT · by Mariner · 38 replies
    BBC via Yahoo ^ | April 25th, 2026 | Jessica Rawnsley
    The Mexican government says two US agents who died last weekend in a car crash had not been authorised to operate in the country.The officials, who reportedly worked for the CIA, had taken part in a raid on suspected drug labs in the northern state of Chihuahua before their vehicle skidded off a mountain road and exploded.Following an investigation ordered by President Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's security ministry said that "neither had formal accreditation to participate in operational activities" and that federal authorities had not been informed of their presence.The incident comes amid at-times fraught relations between Mexico and the US...