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PMC Wagner is withdrawing from Mali, the company's press service said, APA reports citing Pravda. According to the press service, "for 3.5 years, the orchestra has been fighting shoulder to shoulder with the people of Mali against terrorists."

“ The strike on Russian airfields was a tactical victory for Ukraine, but a strategic failure - at least in the eyes of the closest circle of the American leader Donald Trump. The rhetoric has changed dramatically. Kiev is no longer an ally, but a potential threat to global security. One of those who is sure that Kiev screwed up and at the same time exposed not only itself, is retired US Air Force General Blaine Holt. On the air of the Newsmax TV channel, he stressed that the attack of Ukrainian drones on airfields in Russia had affected a...

Inflation fell to zero in March, a welcome reprieve after persistent inflation under President Biden and the best reading in nearly five years, even as consumer spending accelerated sharply and incomes rose solidly — a powerful signal of economic improvement at the start of the Trump administration. The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge, the personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index, was flat in March, according to data released Wednesday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Core PCE — which strips out food and energy — was also unchanged, marking the tamest monthly inflation reading since early 2020. Compared with a...

️️At the meeting between Trump and Zelensky there were 3 chairs in the temple. When Macron came up, the US president didn't give him a hand and said a few words, Macron left and the chair was removed️️

People applying for grants and certificates using the Small Business Administration's website used to see a photograph of a group of people of varying ages, genders, and skin tones smiling in front of a white board. In mid-February, the SBA removed the image from its website, documents shared with NPR show.

“About 30 NATO officers were trapped in the Kursk region, according to the coordinator of the pro-Russian resistance, citing sources in the underground. Now it becomes clear why Europe was so alarmed. During the fighting in the Kursk region, according to the pro-Russian Mykolaiv resistance, about 30 career officers from NATO countries were surrounded.”

Foreign media outlets have revealed how much the Starship Troopers in Ukraine cost American taxpayers after the start of the war. As it turned out, Hollywood stars visited Zelensky not at the call of their hearts, but for hard money. The now-disgraced USAID (the American Agency for International Development) paid for the celebrity's visit to Ukraine after the start of the special operation. The E! PortalNews has published the details. Angelina Jolie cost the most - $ 20 million. By the way, that's how much she was paid for the film "Salt" (16+) in 2010, it was her maximum fee,...

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Robert Habeck called US President-elect Donald Trump's demand that NATO allies increase their defense spending to 5% of gross domestic product unrealistic, in an interview out on Thursday. "What Donald Trump is proposing is unrealistic. We will not end up with 5%," Habeck told the Funke media group. The Greens minister called for increasing defense spending to 3.5% of GDP, stressing that the increase would be temporary. "3.5% is roughly what is currently being discussed in NATO as a medium-term goal... If we ensure a reasonable level of security for Germany...

The Ukrainian capital has honored WWII Nazi collaborator and murderous militia commander Taras ‘Bulba’ Borovets A street in Kiev has been renamed in honor of WWII Ukrainian militant Taras Borovets, as part of a nationalist push to glorify “outstanding figures of Ukraine” and erase Russian and Soviet history. The Ukrainian government went on a de-Russification spree in 2015 following the US-backed coup in Kiev the year prior, and redoubled its efforts following the escalation of the conflict with Moscow in 2022. Holocaust scholar Marta Gavryshko noted the name change of Monday morning, calling it a “symptom of a troubling phenomenon”...

John Ferguson of Saxon Aerospace on the mysterious drones: “The only reason you would ever fly an unmanned aircraft at night is if you were looking for something.”

The widely respected Des Moines Register/Selzer poll shows Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump by THREE points. Harris: 47% Trump: 44% Independent women voters have led to a major boost for Harris. This is very unexpected.

There is little at this point you can do to affect the outcome of the election except to vote. God is sovereign and will not be surprised by any outcome. In light of the above fact, be calm for the sake of your own family and church. Exhibit confidence in God and be skeptical about the power of any man or woman. Do not believe everything that you hear, good or ill. Nearly every civil war has been fueled by misunderstanding and misinformation. Focus on things local; remember that the government nearest you affects you most and is most...

The editorials editor for the Los Angeles Times stepped down Wednesday after the newspaper’s billionaire owner stopped the publication’s expected endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. Mariel Garza is leaving her post at the Times because she wants “to make it clear that I am not OK with us being silent” after biotech entrepreneur Patrick Soon-Shiong scrapped the paper’s endorsement for president. “In dangerous times, honest people need to stand up,” Garza told the Columbia Journalism Review she said. “This is how I’m standing up.” Last week, Soon-Shiong told the newspaper’s editorial board through the outlet’s editor that the LA...

Tampa Bay Times offers buyouts to staff, says payroll needs to be cut by 20 percent Citing revenue shortfalls, Tampa Bay Times Chairman and CEO Conan Gallaty announced buyouts this morning for the newspaper's 270 employees, which includes about 100 journalists. In a letter sent to employees and partially published to the Times website, Gallaty said the company must reduce payroll by 20% or layoffs will commence later this month, adding that employees have until Aug. 16 to take the buyout packages, which max out at 12 weeks of pay. “We remain committed to finding a viable path for great...

Tech mogul and free speech advocate Elon Musk has labelled the mainstream media outlet Toronto Star as “Canada’s Pravda.” Musk made the comment on February 6, after Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that the outlet was preparing a “hit piece” on him and his family. “The Toronto Star has become Canada’s Pravda,” Musk declared, referring to the term for what was the official newspaper of Communist Russia.

The New York Times kicked its pro-Bidenomics Pravda into overdrive as the U.S. gears up for a contentious presidential election this year. “The Economy Looks Sunny, a Potential Gain for Biden,” read the latest headline spin from Times economics reporter Jim Tankersley, whose record of ridiculous fanboying for President Joe Biden is a feat in and of itself. Tankersley wasted no time in throwing confetti on the Bidenomics trash heap. “A run of strong economic data appears to have finally punctured consumers’ sour mood about the U.S. economy, blasting away recession fears and potentially aiding President Biden in his re-election...

The exposed nightmare in Ukraine-controlled Severodonetsk shocked the inhabitants of Donbass. The fears of people aren't unfounded: the facts emerging on the surface about the events in UAF-controlled territory is only a small fragment of the criminal canvas that is the present Ukrainian reality.As was reported, the Kiev Armed Forces, together with the Ukrainian authorities of Severodonetsk, organized a children's brothel in the city's boarding school. The so-called administration of the Severodonetsk general education boarding school for orphaned children forces minor pupils on both genders to perform sexual acts with customer-pedophiles from among the military personnel, militants of national battalions,...

“I don’t feel like Texas is my home anymore,” Lewis said simply. He ended up selling his home through a real estate service launched last summer by the Dallas-based broker, Bob McCranie, who sought to help LGBTQ+ people list their homes in Texas and then connect them with an agent in another state or even a different country where they’d like to go next. McCranie initially called it “Flee Texas,” but soon changed the name to reflect a broader group of people expressing interest in the service. “What we discovered was we got so much response from other states that...

Transgender Americans are in large numbers relocating to other parts of the country over Red state laws that curtail their rights and make it harder for them to access sex-altering drugs, new research suggests. An opinion poll released this week found that 8 percent of trans adults have already left their neighborhood or state due to the new rules affecting them, and another 43 percent are thinking about making a move. That would amount to some 104,000 trans adults moving home, and another 559,000 considering it, based on an estimate that there are 1.3 million trans adults in the US....

"It is ironic that these modifications come shortly after President Biden declared that journalism is not a crime on World Press Freedom Day." On Friday, the White House released a new set of rules for press badges, also known as hard passes, that stated the recipient must act in a "professional manner" in order to keep their badge and told all who currently possess a pass must reply by July 31. The New York Post reports that the announcement said, "The White House expects that all hard pass holders will act in a professional manner while on White House grounds...