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1. Haiti: Deadly earthquake kills three after floods

   At least three people have been killed in an earthquake in the Haitian city of Jérémie, just days after floods left at least 42 dead. The 4.9-magnitude quake struck in the early hours of the morning, the US Geological Survey said. It came in the wake of torrential rains that have displaced more than 13,000. Prime Minister Ariel Henry said his government and international partners were taking "urgent measures" to deal with the flooding. The World Food Programme, an agency of the United Nations, said that it would start providing hot meals to the displaced.

2. Skies turn dark as heavy dust storm engulfs parts of Rajasthan, India

   Several parts of Rajasthan saw skies turning dark on Tuesday afternoon as a fierce dust storm hit some places. The dust storm was coming from the north-west direction. The affected places include Churu, Taranagar, Sardarshahar, and Rajgarh. The dust storm covered the skies during the day, affecting visibility and traffic. Many trees, plants, electric poles, and tin sheds were damaged.

3. Thousands of South Australians left without power after lightning storm - 65,000 strikes in 24 hours

   Thousands of South Australians have been left without power after the state was hit by a massive thunderstorm. More than 65,000 lightning strikes hit Australian state of South Australia (SA) in the 24 hours to Wednesday morning as a large storm system passed through causing mass blackouts. As of 06:00 am local time on Wednesday, more than 10,000 homes and businesses were still without power mostly in Adelaide, capital city of SA, and its surrounding towns. Two bands of heavy rainfall hit between 09:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday night and between 03:00 a.m. and 03:30 a.m. on Wednesday morning, prompting a severe thunderstorm warning.

4. Lightning strikes kill boy, 4 cows in Cambodia

   A torrential downpour accompanied by lightning killed a boy and injured four others in three different locations of Puok district in Siem Reap province on Sunday. Four cows grazing in a field also perished when lightning struck three villages in Puok district at around 3.30pm on Sunday. Tep Pomsen, Puok district police chief, said on Monday that the deceased and the four injured men were ploughing and seeding a paddy field in Muk Pen village in Puok district when the tragic incident happened. The deceased was identified as Penh Vannchara, 13, while the injured were identified as Keo Rotha, 17, Vath Mithona, 33, Pich Sambath, 41, and Han Hay, 19. All of them belong to the same village except Rocha, all were severely injured.

5. Lightning strike kills father, son in Pakistan

   A father-son duo was killed while another child was in­jured after lightning struck them at mauza Burana of Karampur on Tuesday. Ac­cording to Rescue-1122, a labourer Munawar along with his son Hassan Ali was toiling whereas his 6-year-old son Ghulab Ali Shah was playing nearby when suddenly lightning struck them. They said Mu­nawar and his son Ghulab Ali died on the spot. Has­san Ali, Munawar's sec­ond son, sustained burn injuries. The injured was shifted to a nearby hospi­tal, they added.

6. Meteor fireball over Connecticut and Massachusetts on June 6

   We received 7 reports about a fireball seen over CT and MA on Tuesday, June 6th 2023 around 02:39 UT. For this event, we received one video and one photo.

7. Zelensky accuses Russia of putting little nazi stickers on the helmets of all his soldiers

   KYIV — Tensions flared today after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused Russia of sending espionage agents into his country to place little Nazi stickers on all his soldiers' helmets. "The fact that my entire army is wearing Nazi insignias on their uniforms and gear is entirely the fault of Russia," said Zelenskyy while desperately scraping an "I love Hitler" sticker off the side of a tank. "This is an unforgivable provocation. I hereby call on the United States to drop all their atomic bombs on Russia immediately."

8. Mental derangement: PETA president plans to donate her flesh for sizzling post-death human barbecue

   People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) President Ingrid Newkirk said she updated her will to include a request for her flesh to be donated for a "human barbecue," according to a Monday announcement. "Flesh is flesh, and mine is given, not taken," Newkirk said. "[T]he thought of carving up human flesh for steaks might be just the thing to jolt diners into kindness." Comment: No, it will not, and the fact that she would even say or consider such a thing speaks volumes. Newkirk has a few screws loose, to say the least. The request detailed a desire for her flesh to be "Carve[d] out and sear some of her flesh to fry up with onions for a human barbecue." The will also asked for her body parts to be shipped off to various individuals and groups. PETA, the world's largest animal rights organization, said, "the will ensures that even after her demise, Newkirk will continue to help animals and honors her commitment that 'my body be used in a manner that draws attention to...

9. White Supremacy™ umbrella expands, now covers Mexicans, Indians, and Blacks

   To the social justice-obsessed left, omnipresent White Supremacy™ is the boogeyman that infiltrates every aspect of life. This is literal; mathematics, punctuality, and the scientific method have all been decried at various times in recent history as the tools of White Supremacy™. As I recently covered at Armageddon Prose, even waking up early is framed as a racist hate crime against BIPOCs. Now, the White Supremacist™ label has expanded to include Mexicans, Indians, and blacks. White Supremacy™ is truly, as it were, a "big tent" ideology. Comment: It is truly the most diverse and inclusive ideology. When a deranged Mexican shot up a Texas mall recently, The View token minority and Democrat operative Ana Navarro reminded everyone that blacks and Hispanics can be White Supremacist™ terrorists as well! After Republican Tim Scott recently declared his candidacy for his party's 2024 presidential nomination, the leftist hive mind generated a cacophony of predictable Uncle Tom smears...

10. Canadian wildfire arson: Glendon woman charged with 32 counts

    A Glendon woman has been charged in connection to multiple arsons in the Bonnyville and Lac La Biche areas. The RCMP Forestry Crimes Unit has charged Audrey Elaine Dunham with 32 counts of arson following an in-depth investigation into a series of suspicious wildfires across the Lakeland. On April 24, Bonnyville RCMP, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, and the Bonnyville Regional Fire Authority (BRFA) responded to multiple wildfires northwest of Bonnyville and east of Lac La Biche, within the Forest Protection Area. The RCMP Forestry Crimes Unit, in collaboration with Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, determined the cause of the fires had been arson and identified a suspect. Roughly one month later, on May 27, local authorities responded to a report of seven wildfires near Hwy. 55 and Hwy. 881 in the MD of Bonnyville. An investigation led authorities to 54-year-old Dunham. At the time of her arrest, four wildfires were located nearby with a total of 19 wildfires started over the...

11. 'Highly credible' source reveals scandal bigger than Biden bribery: FBI election interference

    The confidential human source (CHS) behind the detailed allegations that then-Vice President Joe Biden agreed to accept money from a foreign national to affect policy decisions was reportedly "highly credible" and used by the FBI in multiple criminal investigations dating back to the Obama administration. Friday's exclusive by Fox News provides further insight into Sen. Chuck Grassley's focus on the FBI — as opposed to the Biden family — as the primary scandal in play. "We aren't interested in whether or not the accusations against [then]-Vice President Biden are accurate," Grassley said during an interview last week discussing FBI Director Christopher Wray's refusal to comply with the congressional subpoena issued for the FD-1023 form. That form, dated June 30, 2020, included detailed information from a CHS to the FBI regarding an agreement by now-President Biden to deliver preferred foreign policy positions for a $5 million payment. After Grassley revealed he had already seen the...

12. Vermont high school forced to pay out $125,000 to girl told she must shower with trans-identified boy in female locker room

    A $125,000 settlement was reached in a lawsuit where the Orange Southwest School District and its co-principals at Randolph Union High School allegedly punished Blake and Travis Allen unlawfully for complaining about a male using the female locker room after volleyball practice. According to The Herald, the compromise also restored Travis Allen as the middle school soccer coach and wiped Blake Allen's suspension off of her record. It notes that the district is compromising and "is not in any way to be construed as an admission of liability or wrongdoing." Comment: Narcissists rarely admit they're wrong. The district is holding true to its pathological principles. The case stems back to an incident where a trans-identified male was in the female locker room after volleyball practice, which was allowed under state law at the time. Witness statements from the incident vary, with some claiming the teen stopped and leered at the other girls in the shower, and others saying the...

13. Wildfire smoke blankets much of Canada, raising health risks

    Hundreds of wildfires have left much of the country blanketed in smoke and smog that brings real health risks — especially for vulnerable children and seniors, pregnant people, and those with asthma and heart or lung disease.

14. Police omitted folder called 'CIA' from the computer of Spaniard who allegedly spied on Julian Assange

    In a recent document dump delivered to the presiding judge, more than 250 extra gigabytes of files related to the surveillance of the founder of WikiLeaks were included — far more than what was initially presented by police David Morales — the owner of the Spanish security company that spied on Julian Assange during his prolonged stay at the Ecuadorian Embassy in London — kept the work he did for the CIA on his laptop. It was all marked under the initials of the U.S. intelligence agency, according to a new examination of his MacBook, to which EL PAÍS has had access. The word "CIA" appears several times on a Western Digital-branded external hard drive, on which Morales kept the projects and operations that his company — UC Global, S.L. — was contracted to deliver. Morales' personal files, which were previously unknown to investigators, builds on the allegations and evidence that Morales — a former Spanish soldier — spied on the meetings that the WikiLeaks founder and his lawyers...

15. Mysterious homo naledi species may have been the first to bury their dead

    An extinct human species that lived hundreds of thousands of years ago may have deliberately buried its dead and carved meaningful symbols deep in a South African cave — advanced behaviors generally deemed unique to Neanderthals and modern Homo sapiens. If confirmed, the burials would be the earliest yet known by at least 100,000 years. The claims, made today in two research papers uploaded to the preprint server bioRxiv, were also announced by paleoanthropologist Lee Berger at a conference at Stony Brook University in New York. The publications come eight years after Berger first reported the discovery of a new hominin species inside the Rising Star cave system 25 miles northwest of Johannesburg. Named Homo naledi, the species is characterized by its small size — including a brain roughly a third the size of today's humans — and a baffling mix of very old and relatively modern anatomical features.

16. Green meteor fireball shooting across the sky over British Columbia on June 3

    A green fireball shot across the sky on Saturday night dazzling those who caught a glimpse of it. One B.C. man captured the flaming ball on his dash camera while driving home along 36 Avenue in Langley, just after 11 p.m. "It was very large, as opposed to seeing a meteor shower when all the objects are very small," says Brody, who only gave his first name, and noted he was with two other friends at the time. He says he was surprised by how big and bright it was. "My reaction was just 'wow'," he says. "The three of us who saw it all reacted because it was just not something that you see on a regular basis."

17. NATO's big gamble in Ukraine has failed

    Nothing has gone right for the US and NATO since the initial phase of the war. Attempts to isolate Russia have failed. European economies have been stung badly by the war while others saved themselves and Russia by purchasing discounted Russian crude. Even the war theatre in Ukraine isn't looking the way NATO envisioned it... The Russian military seems to be ahead of NATO on at least the following capabilities - air defence, electronic warfare, artillery/counter artillery, and hypersonic missiles. Fifteen months into the biggest land war in Eurasia since the Second World War, the tables have turned. US and NATO began with a confidence that a proxy war was the only way to roll back Russian influence in Europe. It was aimed to cut Russia down to size and snuff out the incipient multipolar order. On paper it was an ingenious, if diabolical, strategy. Ukrainian blood and NATO weapons would be more than a match for Russia. At the very least, western policymakers surmised, Russia would...

18. Biden's Interior Department cuts off Navajo Nation from oil and gas development

    In May, the Navajo Nation rejected the Biden administration's plan to withdraw 351,000 acres from consideration for oil and gas leases. President Joe Biden's Department of the Interior took another step this week to lock up 30 percent of the nation's land and waterways by 2030. On Friday, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland announced a 10-mile radius around the Chaco Cultural National Historical Park now cut off from new oil and gas leases despite local opposition to the new regulations. The 10-mile buffer around the American Indian historical site offers protections for existing leases but eliminates opportunities for new drilling for the next 20 years.

19. 'It means castration': Jordan Peterson and Elon Musk SLAM those who call child sex changes 'gender affirming care'

    Famed Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson pointed out on Twitter that the "phrase 'gender affirming' care is a criminally evil lie." Elon Musk replied that "'gender-affirming care for minors' is pure evil." Trans activists, as well as the Biden White House, all tout sex changes for minors as "gender affirming care," completely obfuscating the horror of what that really means: sterilization, castration, and life-altering changes to healthy bodies.

20. UK Labour leader's 'green energy superpower' plans will bankrupt households and cripple economy

    At 47 U.S. cents per kilowatt hour (c/KWh) the U.K. has some of the highest household energy costs in the world. Countries like India (7 c/KWh) and China (8 c/KWh) and South Korea (9 c/KWh) pay around a fifth of U.K. prices. The U.S. at 18 c/KWh, France at 21 c/KWh, Singapore at 22 c/KWh and Japan at 25 c/KWh pay around half of the U.K.'s prices. Only Germany at a massive 52 c/KWh and Denmark at 53 c/KWh pay more than we do. What effect will Sir Keir Starmer's ambition to turn Britain into a "clean energy superpower" and ban any further oil and gas exploration have on the price we will pay for our electricity, assuming he becomes our next Prime Minister? In general (there are some exceptions such as Germany) the more coal a country uses for its energy, the cheaper that energy is (source Our World in Data):

21. BEST OF THE WEB: Kiev's long-term "last resort" plan to blow up the Kakhova Dam exposed

    A day after Ukraine's much-heralded counter-offensive appears to have failed, almost before it had even begun, a major dam in the Russian-occupied region of Kherson is suddenly bombed, prompting mass evacuations as floods spread across the region. As we detailed earlier, both sides accuse each other of the attack that puts tens of thousands of homes at risk and might even threaten the safety of Europe's largest nuclear power plant. However, as Raul Ilargi Meijer writes, twice last year (here and here), Ukrainian officials discussed Kiev's plans to blow up the dam.

22. Dozens of peacekeepers killed by militants - Ugandan president

    At least 54 African Union (AU) peacekeepers died in a late May assault by al-Shabaab extremists on a base in Somalia housing Ugandan troops, Uganda's president said on Saturday. "We discovered the lifeless bodies of 54 fallen soldiers, including a commander," Yoweri Museveni said in a statement posted to social media, referring to the May 26 dawn raid. He admitted last week that there had been Ugandan casualties in the attack, but had not specified the numbers. Al-Shabaab, a Somali-based Salafi-jihadist militant organization which has waged an insurgency for more than a decade against Somalia's western-backed government, has claimed responsibility for the assault. The group said it killed 137 soldiers in the attack, which involved a suicide-bombing.

23. Unverified Wagner video claims drunk Russian military chief launched attack on group

    In a sign of rising tensions between Russia's Wagner mercenary group and the country's official armed forces, the private company led by Yevgeny Prigozhin has released a video of a captured Russian officer where he "confesses" to ordering an attack on the mercenaries. The video, released by Wagner's press service on June 4, shows the apparent interrogation of a person who calls himself Colonel Roman Venevitin, the commander of the Russian Army's 72nd motorized rifle brigade. During the questioning, he says he ordered an attack on Wagner troops due to "personal enmity." Just prior to the publishing of the video, Wagner's press service released a military report about a shootout between the mercenary group's fighters and regular Russian armed forces that allegedly took place on May 17 near Ukraine's eastern city of Bakhmut, the epicenter of heavy fighting between Russian troops -- backed by Wagner forces -- and Ukrainian armed forces for months.

24. Ukraine operates network of saboteurs inside Russia - CNN

    Ukraine has cultivated a network of well-trained agents and Ukrainian sympathizers inside Russia to perform acts of sabotage across the country, CNN has reported, citing officials familiar with US intelligence. Kiev is believed to have provided those people with Ukrainian-made drones in order to stage attacks on Russian territory, the outlet claimed in an article published on Monday. The unnamed US officials also told CNN that those pro-Ukrainian agents were responsible for an attempted drone attack on the Kremlin in early May and that the UAVs used in it were launched from inside Russia.

25. 3D scans shed new light on mysterious Roman burial practice

    Archaeologists in York have used 3D scans to study the Roman burial practice of pouring liquid gypsum over the bodies of adults and children laid to rest in coffins - the first time this cutting-edge technology has been applied to Roman burials of this type anywhere in the world. Researchers say the "unparalleled" 3D images have shed new light on this intriguing and unusual burial practice. For reasons archaeologists do not entirely understand, the Romans sometimes poured liquid gypsum - a mineral used in making various types of cement and plaster - over the clothed bodies of adults and children in lead or stone coffins before burying them. As the gypsum hardened around the bodies and they then broke down, a negative cavity formed that preserved the original position and contours of the dead. The imprint of shrouds, clothing, and footwear also survives in the gypsum, providing precious evidence for perishable materials that rarely survive in Roman graves.

26. SOTT FOCUS: Twenty Grim Realities Unearthed by Lockdowns

    It's common now to speak of the before times in contrast to the after times. The turning point was of course March 16, 2020, the day of 15 Days to Flatten the Curve, though authoritarian trends predate that. Rights were suddenly broadly throttled, even religious rights. We were told to conduct every aspect of our lives in accordance with the priorities of the bio-medical security state. Very few people anticipated such a shocking development. It was the onset of a new state-conducted war and the enemy was something we could not see and hence could be anywhere. No one has ever doubted the omnipresence of potentially dangerous pathogens but now we were being told that life itself depended entirely on avoidance of them and the only guide going forward would be public-health authorities. Everything changed. Nothing is the same. The trauma is real and lasting. The claim of "15 Days" was revealed to be a ruse. The emergency lasted three years and then some. The people and machinery that...

27. Troubling questions surround BBC 'disinformation correspondent' Marianna Spring

    Little is known about the history of Marianna Spring, the BBC's first "disinformation correspondent." But her record of churning out disinfo of her own in the service of British government objectives sends a bright red flag up over the new Verify project. The launch of BBC Verify, "a new brand to address the growing threat of disinformation and build trust with audiences by transparently showing how BBC journalists know the information they are reporting," has raised questions about whether the British state broadcaster is ramping up plans to manufacture consent for official objectives while maligning dissent. The endeavor is said to be "a highly specialized team with a range of forensic and Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) capabilities that enable them to go beyond conventional newsroom techniques." In all, 60 BBC journalists are involved - including the "specialist disinformation correspondent" Marianna Spring. The week after Verify's rollout was announced, the 27-year-old Spring...

28. Globalists revving up plans to engineer global famine and starvation: 13 nations agree to convert over to less-productive 'green' farming methods

    The global climate cult is getting ready to kick its war on food into overdrive with 13 nations - many of them major cattle and food-producing states led by the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Spain - signing onto a commitment to place farmers under new restrictions intended to reduce emissions of methane gas. The Global Methane Hub announced in a May 17 press release that agriculture and environmental ministers and ambassadors from 13 countries, including the United States, have signed a commitment that pledges to reduce methane emissions in agriculture. The U.S. was represented by Biden's climate czar, John Kerry. What does this mean and why should you care? We'll break it down. According to the press release issued by these nations and posted at Global Methane Hub: "Last month (in April 2023), the Global Methane Hub collaborated with the Ministries of Agriculture of Chile and Spain to convene the first-ever global ministerial on agricultural practices to reduce...

29. WHO concludes 76th Assembly as debate over 'Pandemic Treaty' rages on

    As the WHO concludes its 76th assembly, the Pandemic Treaty continues to be a hotly contested topic, with supporters claiming it will prevent future pandemics and critics warning it will end national sovereignty. "I think we'll get an accord in place if everyone realizes that our window before this next pandemic, this next health threat, is probably not far away." Those were the words of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra while speaking to journalists in Geneva, Switzerland last week for the 76th meeting of the World Health Organization's World Health Assembly. The statement is a reminder that world leaders and health bureaucrats who failed the people of the world during the COVID-19 panic continue to push unscientific theories and failed policies. Becerra was among the heads of state and representatives gathered in Geneva from May 21 to 30 to discuss a wide array of public health issues. While the so-called "pandemic treaty" and International Health...

30. Russia claims they collected evidence of Avian Flu pathogens with lethality rate up to 40% in humans at US biolab in Ukraine

    It wasn't that long ago that Mitt Romney was threatening former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard for suggesting the US was funding biolabs in Ukraine. Back in March 2022, RINO Senator Mitt Romney accused former Democrat Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of spreading 'treasonous lies' for simply talking about the US-funded biolabs in Ukraine. "There are 25+ US-funded biolabs in Ukraine which if breached would release and spread deadly pathogens to US/world." Gabbard said at the time. "We must take action now to prevent disaster. US/Russia/Ukraine/NATO/UN/EU must implement a ceasefire now around these labs until they're secured and pathogens destroyed," she added.

31. Flood waters gush through Ankara, Türkiye building

    Gushing flood waters in the Turkish capital Ankara entered an apartment building on Saturday (June 3) after submerging a nearby road, later pouring down from a second-floor balcony.

32. Rare landspout tornados, cold air funnel clouds popping up across Utah

    A landspout tornado was seen in the Herriman and Bluffdale areas, based on multiple photos and videos captured by residents. The tornado formed near the Point of the Mountain, raising questions about the difference between a landspout and a cold air funnel. According to reports, the National Weather Service had issued earlier alerts today about the possibility of a landspout tornado in the area. There was also several reports of cold air funnels seen near Coalville as the storm moved toward Wyoming.

33. Two humpback whales found dead off coast of New York

    Two humpback whales were found dead off the coasts of New York and New Jersey, according to local officials. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced the presence of the two whales in a Wednesday Facebook post. One whale was off Wainscott, New York, and the other in Raritan Bay, New Jersey, the agency said. The Atlantic Marine Conservation Society and Marine Mammal Stranding Center performed necropsies on both whales, according to a Friday update from NOAA.

34. Meteor fireball over the Netherlands and nearby countries on June 4

    We received 15 reports about a fireball seen over England, Gelderland, Hauts-de-France, Noord-Brabant, Noord-Holland, Nordrhein-Westfalen, North Holland, South Holland, Utrecht, Vlaams Gewest, Zeeland and Zuid-Holland on Sunday, June 4th 2023 around 22:10 UT. For this event, we received one video and one photo.

35. 'Large-scale' Ukrainian offensive repelled - Russian MOD

    Kiev's troops have unsuccessfully attempted to break through the front line in Donbass, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said. Russian forces have successfully repelled a "large-scale offensive" by Ukrainian troops along five sections of the front line in Donbass, the Russian Defense Ministry said in the early hours of Monday. According to the ministry, the assault began on Sunday morning. "The enemy's goal was to breach our defenses in what they assumed was the most vulnerable section of the frontline," it said in a statement. "The enemy has failed to reach its goals and was unsuccessful," the ministry added. Russian officials said Ukraine had deployed the 23rd and the 31st mechanized brigades from its "strategic reserves," which were supported in battle by other units. "The Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost more than 250 service members, 16 tanks, three infantry vehicles, and 21 armored vehicles," the Defense Ministry claimed.

36. Disney fires top execs after box-office flop

    Disney's Pixar Animation Studios has slashed 75 jobs, including the top crew members of 2022's 'Lightyear', which was blocked from release in 17 countries because of its depiction of a homosexual kiss and ridiculed by conservatives in the West. 'Lightyear' director Angus MacLane and producer Galyn Susman were let go late last month, Reuters reported on Saturday. While MacLane was a relative newcomer to the studio, Susman had been at Pixar since the original 'Toy Story' movie in 1995. Including the two executives, a total of 75 positions were axed at Pixar. Released last June, 'Lightyear' cost $200 million to produce, but only managed to pull in $226 million in worldwide ticket sales. Its depiction of a homosexual relationship between two female characters saw it banned in 16 Muslim countries and in China. These bans reportedly cost Disney $100 million in potential profits. While the homosexual scene was initially cut from the movie several months before release, Disney's then-CEO...

37. Iran says to form naval alliance with Gulf states to ensure regional stability

    Iran's navy commander said his country and Saudi Arabia, as well as three other Gulf states, plan to form a naval alliance that will also include India and Pakistan, Iranian media reported on Saturday. "The countries of the region have today realized that only cooperation with each other brings security to the area," Iran's navy commander Shahram Irani was quoted as saying. Comment: Say what? We that the U.S. Empire was the only official provider of "security" to the region. What a novel idea: regional cooperation. He did not elaborate on the shape of the alliance that he said would be formed soon. Iran has recently been trying to mend its strained ties with several Gulf Arab states.

38. BEST OF THE WEB: Intel officials say US has retrieved craft of non-human origin

    A former intelligence official turned whistleblower has given Congress and the Intelligence Community Inspector General extensive classified information about deeply covert programs that he says possess retrieved intact and partially intact craft of non-human origin. The information, he says, has been illegally withheld from Congress, and he filed a complaint alleging that he suffered illegal retaliation for his confidential disclosures, reported here for the first time. Other intelligence officials, both active and retired, with knowledge of these programs through their work in various agencies, have independently provided similar, corroborating information, both on and off the record. The whistleblower, David Charles Grusch, 36, a decorated former combat officer in Afghanistan, is a veteran of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). He served as the reconnaissance office's representative to the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena...

39. What's Next

    "In this singular quest to win the [Eurasian] Heartland the West has bankrupted itself — economically, morally, and most importantly, spiritually. This has led to a political crisis gnawing at the center of western society." — Tom Luongo, the Gold, Goats, and Guns blog What's next? You must be wondering because the psychopathic regime running our national affairs seems to be fresh out of trips to lay on us. One thing for sure, as the sweet zephyrs of springtime merge into the punishing infernos of summer, is that the collapse of the USA continues apace. You can debate whether it is a good thing or a bad thing, but above all it is the thing. Have you forgotten our Ukraine project (Let's you and him fight)? The idea was to bleed Russia dry because, you know... Russia! (They meddle in our elections... they collude with Trump... they tamper with our hopes and dreams....) It was years in the making, impeccably gamed-out in the State Department's sub-basement. Secret Agent Man Hunter...

40. 'Give war a chance' - A 'war that even pacifists can get behind'

    More than a year into Russia's Special Operation, the initial burst of European excitement at western push-back on Russia has dissipated. The mood instead has turned to "existential dread, a nagging suspicion that [western] civilisation may destroy itself", Professor Helen Thompson writes. For an instant, a euphoria had coalesced around the putative projection of the EU as a world power; as a key actor, about to compete on a world scale. Initially, events seemed to play to Europe's conviction of its market powers: Europe was going to bring down a major power - Russia - by financial coup d'état alone. The EU felt 'six feet tall'. It seemed at the time a galvanising moment: "The war re-forged a long-dormant Manichaean framing of existential conflict between Russia and the West, assuming ontological, apocalyptic dimensions. In the spiritual fires of the war, the myth of the 'West' was rebaptised", Arta Moeini suggests. After the initial disappointment at the lack of a 'quick kill',...

41. Ukraine 'ready' to launch counteroffensive - Zelensky

    The upcoming military operation will come at a tremendous cost, and many soldiers will die, the Ukrainian president has warned... Ukraine is ready to launch its long-awaited offensive, President Vladimir Zelensky told the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) in an interview published on Saturday. He did not reveal the exact date, but said Kiev can no longer "wait for months." The operation is likely to inflict heavy losses on Ukrainian troops, and might not go exactly as planned, Zelensky admitted, adding that Russia's air superiority would inevitably mean Kiev's forces will be exposed to enemy fire. "I don't know how long it will take," Zelensky said, commenting on the operation's potential timeframe. He added that "it can go a variety of ways, completely different." The president admitted that the military equipment and weapons supplied to Ukraine by its Western backers are still not enough. "We would like to have certain things, but we can't wait for months," he said. Zelensky also...

42. Seymour Hersh: Russiagate's missing pieces

    What was not said in the Durham Report? The first thing to understand about John Durham is that he was a fearless prosecutor who went after organized crime and put in prison retired and active FBI agents who protected the mob for money or other enticements. One of the agents he stopped had enabled James "Whitey" Bulger Jr., once one of America's most wanted men, the Winter Hill Gang boss who evaded arrest for sixteen years. In his forty-five years as a state and federal prosecutor in Connecticut and Virginia, Durham worked often and closely with FBI agents, especially on cases that involved violations of federal racketeering statutes. Durham also handled two inquiries into the CIA's conduct in the War on Terror, and he did so without angering his superiors in the executive branch. In one case he was asked to investigate the alleged destruction of CIA videotapes of detainee interrogations, the so-called torture tapes. His final report on the matter remains secret, and he recommended...

43. Blue state blues: George Soros' 'New World Order' plan, 1993

    Thirty years ago, billionaire financier George Soros articulated a plan for a "New World Order" that he wanted to promote through his philanthropic efforts. I first came across Soros's old essays when I was working on the biography of my mother-in-law, Rhoda Kadalie. She knew Soros from his work in South Africa. She broke with him later, but kept a few of his publications in her collection. There are some interesting, long-lost gems. In one address in South Africa in 1994, for example, Soros amusingly admitted that he once pulled his funding out of that country because local activists seemed more interested in seizing his money than in producing results. Today, Soros is presumed by his critics to be an evil manipulator intent on destroying society. Certainly some of the radical prosecutors he has backed, and the far-left groups funded by his Open Society Foundations, have earned him an infamous reputation, though it is debatable whether the 92-year-old is running his own operation...

44. Kiev rebuffs Indonesian peace efforts

    Ukraine has rejected Indonesia's proposal for a peace settlement with Moscow, arguing that Jakarta's plan would only serve Russia's interests. President Vladimir Zelensky's top adviser Mikhail Podoliak wrote on Twitter on Saturday that the roadmap "frankly looks like a twin of the Russian proposal... about the surrender [of Ukraine]. The only one realistic proposal is [for Russia] to "withdraw from the sovereign territory of Ukraine." Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleg Nikolenko also insisted that Russia should surrender its newly incorporated regions, which Kiev says were illegally occupied. He said on Facebook: "There can be no alternative scenarios. Ceasefire without the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine will allow Russia to win time, regroup, fortify the occupied territories and accumulate forces for a new wave of aggression." Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue security forum in Singapore on Saturday, Indonesian Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto suggested that...

45. Scholz branded 'warmonger' at rally held by his own party

    German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, received an icy welcome at a 'European Festival' organized by his own Social Democratic Party (SPD) on Friday. Scholz was booed and whistled at as he sought to address a festival held in the town of Falkensee, in the German state of Brandenburg, near Berlin. Footage published by the Ruptly video agency shows event attendees criticizing Scholz for being a "people's traitor" and a "warmonger." Few supporters are seen cheering for the chancellor. A group was also heard shouting "liar" and "bandit" while demanding "peace without weapons" and urging Scholz to "go away." According to the German tabloid Bild, some of the chancellor's critics are associated with the country's right-wing scene and were wearing clothes bearing symbols of Russia and the anti-vaccination movement. Scholz defended his government's policies amid the chilly reception, insisting that Russian President Vladimir Putin was a "warmonger" for ordering the military operation in Ukraine....

46. 'Waging Peace': How a tour of Russia showed me that propaganda perverts reality in the minds of Americans

    My month-long tour of the country was an eye-opening experience, and so was the hostility that met me back home... At the end of April, my daughter Victoria and I departed New York City's JFK airport, ultimately bound for the Siberian city of Novosibirsk, the first destination of what would be a 26-day, 12-city tour of Russia. While the official purpose of the visit was business (I was promoting my book, Disarmament Race, which has been published in the Russian language by the Komsomolskaya Pravda publishing house), the unofficial - and for me, most important - purpose of the visit was an opportunity to better understand today's Russia. To do this, I was going to dig deeper into Russian history, get a better grasp of the culture, and, in the process, try to understand the "Russian soul" in as precise a manner as possible.

47. Algeria - 6 dead after further heavy rain and floods

    Recent heavy rainfall has once again led to devastating flooding in multiple provinces of Algeria, marking the second occurrence of such incidents within a two-week period. Fatalities have been reported in the provinces of Saïda and Laghouat over the past few days, highlighting the severity of the situation. On 03 June 2023, two men lost their lives in Laghouat Province's municipality of Beidha when their vehicle was swept away by floodwaters. Witnesses recount that the driver attempted to navigate through a flooded river, resulting in the vehicle being overturned and dragged by the raging currents. The Civil Protection authorities in Algeria confirmed on 04 June that four individuals had died in separate flooding incidents in Saïda Province.

48. Harvard hires failed Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot for teaching gig

    Failed Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will be taking a teaching role as a Menschel Senior Leadership Fellow at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Lightfoot, the first Chicago mayor to lose re-election in 40 years, will teach a course titled "Health Policy, and Leadership." Under Lightfoot's leadership, crime and poverty in the Windy City skyrocketed, while public school test scores plummeted. In its announcement, Harvard claimed: "Lightfoot led a coordinated, citywide response across government, business, and community organizations to safeguard public health and minimize economic impact from the COVID-19 pandemic." Lightfoot, who left office on May 15, received heavy criticism for her strict COVID policies and was slammed for violating them by getting a haircut at the height of pandemic lockdowns after telling residents to remain at home. After her loss in the primary, Lightfoot attempted to blame her defeat on racism rather than her failed policies.

49. Ecuador - Hundreds rescued as flooding impacts thousands in Esmeraldas Province

    Severe flooding has left a profound impact on Esmeraldas Province in Ecuador, affecting numerous communities in the cantons of Esmeraldas, Atacames, Quinindé, and Muisne. According to disaster authorities, over 11,000 people have been affected by the recent flooding, prompting extensive rescue efforts involving boats and helicopters. Thankfully, no fatalities or missing persons have been reported. Esmeraldas Canton, in particular, has been severely hit, with vast areas submerged under water. As a result, approximately 2,395 homes have been damaged, leaving around 10,000 people directly affected. The devastation has also extended to other vital structures, including a prison and several schools.

50. Floods in northwestern Bulgaria caused severe damage

    The intensive rains in North-West Bulgaria caused severe damage in the region. Several important roads and some villages were flooded, reported bTV and Nova TV. People from the Mezdra village of Rebarkovo are without water and electricity. In addition to the water supply network, the only road from the "Botulinovets" district to the village was also destroyed. Which makes the locals' only connection to the world a narrow grassy pathway.