Biden: No one in the region should undermine efforts to reach a deal
US President says a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal is in sight, warns that “no one in the region should take actions to undermine this process”. “I am sending Secretary Blinken to Israel to reaffirm my iron-clad support for Israel’s security, …….
Anti-Israel protests set to reignite on US and Canadian college campuses as YDSA plans student strike
Pro-Palestinian college students are planning to skip classes at the start of the upcoming semester to pressure their schools to divest from Israel, according to a report by The Free Press on Monday. The far-left organization Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA), published a new resolution last month urging its members across over 100 university chapters nationwide to join a “Student Strike for Palestine.”
US official says Mideast mediators are preparing for implementation of cease-fire deal in advance
A U.S. official said Friday that mediators are preparing for a possible cease-fire and hostage-release deal in Gaza, in a sign that they believe an agreement to end the 10-month Israel-Hamas war might be imminent. … the proposal currently on the table basically bridges every gap between Israel and Hamas and mediators were making preparations before a final agreement is approved. It was unclear what measures were being taken, but the official said a new “implementation cell” was being established
Zelenskyy says Ukrainian troops have taken full control of the Russian town of Sudzha
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that his country’s troops had taken full control of Sudzha, the largest Russian town to fall to Ukraine’s forces since the start of their cross-border incursion more than a week ago. Although it had a prewar population of only around 5,000 people, Sudzha is the administrative center for the border area of Russia’s Kursk region and is larger than any of the other towns or settlements that Ukraine says it has taken since the incursion began on Aug. 6.
WHO issues dire warning for Europe after first Mpox case detected in Sweden
The infection in Sweden of a more contagious variant of Mpox has sparked alarm around the world, amid claims that there are “dozens of undetected cases in Europe”. (Get ready for pandemic 2)
Putin puppet blames MI6 for Ukraine invasion as hundreds of Russian soldiers surrender
Russian State Duma deputy Adalbi Shkhagoshev claimed what he called “the third department of British MI6” had coordinated groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces during the attack on the Kursk region. Without providing evidence, Shkhagoshev referred to the ongoing “monitoring and study of the work of the special services based on various data”.
Trump assassination attempt victim Corey Comperatore’s family vows to get justice: ‘Blood is on their hands’
His daughter Kaylee reflected on security failures at the rally that led to her father’s death. “[B]lood is on their hands.” — Kaylee Comperatore. “I just want [security] to know I really think my dad’s blood is on their hands,” she told WTAE, “and I hope they wake up every day thinking about what they took from our family, because we have to wake up every day and see that image of our father in our head, and no child should ever have to see that.”
Trump: The hostages are largely dead
Former US President and Republican presidential nominee speaks at “Fighting Antisemitism” event in New Jersey: When I’m back in the Oval Office I will support Israel’s right to win its war on terror. I will give Israel the support that it needs to win. … but I do want them to win fast. Wouldn’t it be nice if they could win fast?
Joint statement from US, Egypt and Qatar
Over the last 48 hours, senior officials from our three governments have engaged in Doha in intensive talks as mediators aiming to finalize the agreement for a ceasefire and release of hostages and detainees. The talks were earnest and constructive and were held in a positive atmosphere.
Thinking Minnesota Poll: The kids are not alright in Tim Walz’s Minnesota
For the first time ever, the Thinking Minnesota poll exclusively surveyed young people and the results were shocking. Ninety percent of 18- to 34-year-olds in Minnesota said their generation is worse off economically compared to their parents.
Hostage’s father: ‘Emerging deal could kill my son’
“What reason will the senior Hamas officials have to release the young men in the next stages, when they know that as soon as they release these human shields, Israel will immediately eliminate the Hamas leadership? I am desperately worried that this deal could kill my beloved child Eitan, along with the other hostages left behind in Gaza after the first stage,” Mor states. Mor says that the only way to free all the hostages is to increase the military pressure on Hamas,
IDF soldiers: ‘Lessons of October 7 not learned in Judea and Samaria’
IDF surveillance post operators who served in Judea and Samaria say that the IDF has not learned lessons from October 7 and are warning of another horrific scenario in the near future. “Thousands of Palestinians approach the fence and the IDF does nothing. We have been seeing 60,000 people – and that is just one hole in the fence. There are many breaches in the fence, thousands could cross in one night. Maybe some go to work, beyond that we have no idea what they are doing here.”
FM Katz to British and French: ‘We expect international coalition to join attack on Iran’
Foreign Minister Israel Katz made it clear to his British and French counterparts that if Iran attacks, Israel expects an international coalition led by the US, UK, and France to strike back with Israel. “Iran must understand that if it won’t stop its direct and proxy aggression against Israel, it will pay a heavy strategic and economic price – and that is the only chance of stopping an all-out war,”
Ukraine’s swift push into the Kursk region shocked Russia and exposed its vulnerabilities
A daring Ukrainian military push into Russia’s Kursk region has seen Kyiv’s forces seize scores of villages, take hundreds of prisoners and force the evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians in what has become the largest attack on the country since World War II. In more than a week of fighting, Russian troops are still struggling to drive out the invaders.
Severe storm, torrential rains hit parts of Spain, causing widespread floods
Torrential rains swept across parts of Spain, including the Balearic Islands, on August 14 and 15, 2024, causing widespread flooding, evacuations, and flight cancellations. The Spanish Emergency Military Unit (UME) confirmed on August 15, that it had been deployed to Mallorca to assist with the crisis.
Strong and shallow M6.1 earthquake hits Taiwan
A strong and shallow earthquake registered by the USGS as M6.1 hit near the east coast of Taiwan at 23:35 UTC on August 15, 2024. The agency is reporting a depth of 14 km (22.5 miles). EMSC is reporting the same magnitude and depth.
IDF: Dozens of tunnels razed on Gaza-Egypt border; 17,000 terror operatives killed in war
The Israel Defense Forces said Thursday that more than 50 tunnels discovered along the Philadelphi Corridor, along the Egypt-Gaza border area, have been demolished by combat engineers over the past week.
Red Alert! Virtually All of Our Personal Information, Including Social Security Numbers, Have Been Stolen and Posted Online by Hackers
Most Americans don’t even realize that virtually all of their personal information has been stolen and posted online for free. The personal records of 2.9 billion people were stolen from a major data broker known as National Public Data earlier this year, and this month almost of the information that was stolen was posted online for anyone to freely take.
Literally Just One Day Later, We Got a Major Confirmation That Something Really Big Could Be Happening
Are we not supposed to notice something big is going on? A day after the World Health Organization classified the Monkeypox outbreak in Africa as a “public health emergency of international concern,” a case of the new strain was confirmed in Sweden. Did the WHO know about this case before they made their announcement? Somebody needs to ask that question. And one expert now tells us there are “almost certainly” cases in the UK already. Will we soon see cases of the new mutant strain of Monkeypox popping up all over the world?
Nearly half of Covid vaccine study participants reported sleep disorders, a Jordanian study found.
The study found narcolepsy symptoms are possibly an adverse effect of Covid injections. 48% of study participants reported excessive daytime sleepiness, 20% reported sleep paralysis, 15% reported hypnagogic hallucinations, 25% reported sleep attacks, and fragmented nighttime sleep was reported by 42.3% of the survey participants.
Attack on free speech: UK government is turning Big Tech companies into online police
Before some of the UK’s strictest censorship laws in living memory have even come into effect, there are already calls to make them even more draconian. In 2023, the UK government passed the Online Safety Act allegedly to protect children from online harms, or so the public was told. However, the Government is now threatening to use this Act to crack down on free speech in response to recent civil unrest.
Fertility rates in Western countries are below replacement level; immigration is not the answer
Worldwide, fertility rates have halved from 60 years ago. The global average fertility rate is now around 2.4. This worrisome drop is approaching the 2.1 replacement level, which is considered to be required for a stable population size.
House Oversight Committee investigates Tim Walz over China connections
The House Oversight Committee launched an investigation into Democratic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz on Friday in response to his alleged “longstanding connections” to China and entities linked to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Massachusetts passes radical pro-LGBT ‘equality’ bill seeking to completely redefine the family
When the LGBT movement used the courts to force same-sex “marriage” on America, the talking point was, “This won’t affect anything else.” But now it’s evident their next major goal was to use state legislatures to completely redefine the family.
Cops enforcing Tim Walz’s curfew shot residents with paintballs
Disturbing video shows dozens of riot cops enforcing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s curfew order spreading out in a Minneapolis neighborhood and peppering residents with paintballs while they stood on their porches and in their front doorways.