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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at the Ukraine: Year 2025 forum that Kiev does not recognize a $500 billion debt to the United States, insisting that the aid it received was in the form of grants, not loans. "I don't even recognize $100 billion. We agreed with Biden that it was a grant, not a debt," the Ukrainian president claimed. The administration of United States President Donald Trump has asked Ukraine for a deal that would include giving it access to its minerals as a way to repay for the aid Washington provided for Kiev. Despite rejecting the debt, Zelnesky...

He is on the advisory board of a think tank funded by George Soros which literally came up with the entire academic and tactical blueprint for the NGO mass migration pipeline we see today. He then took that blueprint and implemented it at the UN and at Catholic Charities. Why is anyone promoting this guy? Was Norm Eisen and George Soros himself not available? In 2009, George Soros invested 50 million dollars into a think tank, a think tank where Jeffrey Sachs sits on the advisory board of. A think tank that has advocated for open borders, and mass migration...

...and is insisting on free and democratic elections in Ukraine. Zelensky cannot be trusted. Even Biden admits that. [More at URL].

It should be no surprise to TGP readers that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not a trustworthy ‘partner.’ Still, a recent meeting Zelenskyy had with top Trump Administration officials proves beyond all doubt that he remains a key obstacle to peace. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat down with former CBS News correspondent Catherine Herridge for an exclusive interview this week to discuss an array of foreign policy issues, including Ukraine, America’s proposal for Gaza, preventing Iranian nuclear weapons, and more. The conversation took a turn when Ukraine and Zelenskyy came up. After Herridge asked Rubio about Trump’s Truth Social...

Chinese scientists have found a new bat coronavirus, HKU5-CoV-2, that can infect humans, raising concerns about another potential pandemic. This virus can attach to the same human cell receptor (ACE2) that Covid-19 used to spread, making experts pay close attention. The discovery was made by a team led by Shi Zhengli, famously known as "batwoman" for her work on bat viruses. The study, published in the journal Cell, involved scientists from top research institutes, including the Wuhan Institute of Virology. HKU5-CoV-2 is part of the merbecovirus family, which also includes the MERS virus. It was first found in bats in...

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday that President Donald Trump is living in a Russian "disinformation space" regarding his previous day's comments about the Ukrainian leader's approval rating. Trump said at Mar-a-Lago that Zelenskyy's rating stood at 4%. Zelenskyy replied in a news conference in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv that "we have seen this disinformation. We understand that it is coming from Russia." He said that Trump "lives in this disinformation space." Trump also suggested Ukraine ought to hold elections, which have been postponed due to the war and the consequent imposition of martial law, in accordance with the Ukrainian...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky responded to President Trump’s latest rebuke, calling out Trump for living in a Russian “disinformation space.” “Unfortunately, President Trump, I have great respect for him as a leader of a nation that we have great respect for, the American people who always support us, unfortunately lives in this disinformation space,” Zelensky told reporters early Wednesday. His claim follows Trump’s news conference from his Mar-a-Lago resort Tuesday evening, where he criticized the Ukrainian leader and claimed his approval ratings were low. Zelensky also pressed Trump and U.S. officials to “be more truthful.” The request follows a high-stakes...

MUNICH (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday Ukraine would never accept any peace deals reached behind its back or without Kyiv's involvement - an implicit message to U.S. President Donald Trump as he strives to end the war with Russia.In a speech to the Munich Security Conference, Zelenskiy also called on Europe to create its own armed forces, urging the continent's leaders to decide their own future and saying Ukraine's armed forces alone were not enough for their security."Ukraine will never accept deals made behind our backs without our involvement. And the same rule should apply to all...

Pope Francis plans major inter-faith event for ‘fraternity’ between Catholics and MuslimsPope Francis has reportedly tasked the Vatican to organize a high-level inter-religious event with Muslims, following a request from the rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, who cited Francis’ ‘Fratelli Tutti’ as inspiration for the event.Upon the suggestion of the rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, Pope Francis has reportedly tasked the Vatican to organize a high-level inter-religious dialogue event between Muslims and Catholics this year.As the outcome of a February 10 private audience with Chems-Eddine Hafiz, the rector of the Grand Mosque of Paris, Pope Francis...

ROME — Pope Francis weighed in on U.S. politics Tuesday, slamming new measures to deport irregular immigrants and insisting that illegal entry into the country is not a crime. The pontiff has taken the extraordinary step of writing an open letter to the U.S. bishops in which he opposes the mass deportation of migrants, while also berating U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance for allegedly misinterpreting the Augustinian concept of “ordo amoris” (the order of love). “I have followed closely the major crisis that is taking place in the United States with the initiation of a program of mass deportations,” he...

Pope Francis slates ‘major crisis’ of Trump’s border policies, rebuffs JD VancePope Francis has written to US Catholic bishops critiquing the 'major crisis' of Trump's policies on illegal immigration and urging the bishops to 'work closely' with migrants.In a highly unusual move, Pope Francis has written to the Catholic bishops in the U.S. critiquing the “major crisis” of the Trump administration’s policies regarding illegal immigration and urging bishops to “work closely” with migrants.Citing “these delicate moments that you are living as Pastors of the People of God who walk together in the United States of America,” Pope Francis’ letter was...

Uncommon Sense✓@Uncommonsince76; Why should White people care about the White South Africans??? 🤔 Plays clip of South African political leader Julius Malema shouting “Kill The Boer.” (White farmer) to the thunderous applause of thousands of people…

Since 2012, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded over $30 million to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under the guise of tackling “global health challenges” In a 2008 conversation with Klaus Schwab at the World Economic Forum, Bill Gates outlined his vision for the next 15 years, stating that his efforts would largely focus on population control through health interventions. He emphasized that combating infectious diseases and expanding access to healthcare could lead to lower birth rates.

WASHINGTON — Billionaire Bill Gates, a philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft, said he met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday to advocate for continuing foreign aid disbursements from the U.S. Agency for International Development. "I went by the White House because there's a lot in this transition, what we keep, in terms of foreign aid, what we keep — it's all kind of up in the air," he told NBC’s "TODAY" show anchor Savannah Guthrie in an interview. "And I'm doing my best to make sure we keep the things that I think are very value-based."

Republican attorneys general are asking Congress for information necessary to potentially investigate former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci over his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson (R) is leading a group of GOP statewide prosecutors asking congressional GOP leadership for information from the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic’s investigation into the pandemic that could lead to state-level investigations and prosecutions, National Review has learned. “As state Attorneys General, we possess the authority to address violations of state law or breaches of public trust. We are fully committed...

Globalist billionaire Bill Gates has arrogantly dismissed documented charges of genocide, including allegations that claim his experimental vaccines have caused the deaths of millions of children worldwide.When questioned about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s accusations, Gates told the Wall Street Journal that he’s “prepared to let the public decide.” An astonishing response from a man at the center of such grave claims, who is facing trial in the Netherlands for misleading the public about Covid mRNA vaccines. The self-appointed pandemic expert continues to raise eyebrows with his recent statements about an impending pandemic. During the interview with WSJ Editor-in-Chief Emma Tucker,...

He frequently failed at school, so how did the ‘weirdo’ teenager Bill Gates go on to found Microsoft and become a billionaire by 31? He talks about his memoir, Source Code — and what happened when he met Donald Trump last month‘When Kent died, I didn’t know who to sit next to at lunch any more,” Bill Gates tells me. “He was my best friend. We spent hours writing code, working out whether we wanted to be an ambassador, a general or a scientist. We used to scour the biographies of famous men and later CEOs and wonder what it...

What To Know Fauci responded to the preemptive pardon in a statement reported by CNN's Jim Acosta. "It feels good and I'm grateful to the president for doing it," he told Acosta. "I have done nothing wrong. Certainly nothing criminal. No grounds at all." Fauci said the White House told him in December that Biden was considering a preemptive pardon, but that he did not know it was actually happening "until last night," Acosta posted on X, formerly Twitter. Newsweek reached out to Fauci via Georgetown University for comment

No one would ever refer to CIA Director William J. Burns as “Wild Bill,” the nickname of William J. Donovan, who led the OSS, the agency’s swashbuckling predecessor, during World War II. But the self-effacing Burns has bravely commanded a CIA force in Ukraine since Russia’s invasion nearly three years ago. Burns had just returned from his 14th visit to Ukraine when I visited him in late December at CIA headquarters. Two days before, he had been with President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. His trips are usually secret, but this time Zelensky posted a photo of the two shaking hands...

ROME — Pope Francis said Thursday migrants should be valued for their dreams and talents rather than treated as a “problem to me managed.” “I find it greatly disheartening to see that migration is still shrouded in a dark cloud of mistrust, rather than being seen as a source of empowerment,” the pontiff declared in his yearly address to members of the diplomatic corps. “People on the move are seen simply as a problem to be managed,” he lamented, urging that they not be “treated like objects to be moved about.” Migrants “have dignity and resources that they can offer...