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The Telegram CEO did not have a face-to-face meeting with the Russian leader days before his arrest in France, Dmitry Peskov says Vladimir Putin did not have a meeting with Telegram CEO…

The new regulation is part of a broader reform of labor laws aimed at improving people’s work-life balance Most Australian workers have been granted a legal ‘right to disconnect’ from any work-related…

With his own approval rating faltering, Keir Starmer is set to blame the Conservatives for Britain’s dire economic straits British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will deliver a grim speech to the nation…

Locking the defenders in a fight helps the main force cross the dangerous gray zone, the MOD has explained The Russian Defense Ministry has released a video that it says showcases the…

The bloc’s Digital Services Act implies “purely” economic penalties and does not provide for criminal liability, an expert says The arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov by French prosecutors was beyond the…

The PM made the comments amid mass protest against the rape and murder of a woman doctor in Kolkata The safety and empowerment of women is a top priority for India, Prime…

‘The Honest View’ aims to promote best practices in journalism Applications are being accepted from foreign entities and journalists for an international media competition to be held in Russia. ‘The Honest View’…

IBM’s move is set to affect over 1,000 employees from across the country, local news outlets have reported International Business Machines Corporation (IBM) is closing its research and development (R&D) division in…

Teacher Fired After Alleged Jan. 6 Involvement Wins Wrongful Termination Lawsuit By Dave Huber of The College Fix A Pennsylvania teacher who was fired for allegedly attending the U.S. Capitol “insurrection” on…

Global Rally Pauses As Yields Rise On Surging Oil US futures edged fractionally higher to start the week with small-caps outperforming as last week’s rally, when euphoric investors bought stocks after Fed…

“We’re Looking At Serious Civil Unrest Regardless Who Wins” – Martin Armstrong Fears Post-Election Chaos Via Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com, Almost everything you see and hear with the Lying Legacy Media and the government…

Disney Is Killing Its Free Streaming Service And Shutting Down Its ABC App By Luke Bouma of Cordcutternews For about a year now, Disney has been building a free streaming service inside…

Attempts to tamper with New Delhi’s delicately constructed policy will not go unnoticed, while historically warm relations with Russia will continue The seven-hour visit to Kiev by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last week…

Ryan Evans, who worked as a security adviser for Reuters, was reportedly killed in a strike on a hotel in the city of Kramatorsk Reuters security adviser Ryan Evans has reportedly been…

Officials in Kiev claim that 15 regions were targeted and that emergency blackouts were activated The Russian military has conducted a series of strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities, the Defense Ministry in…

The IDF struck targets in Lebanon shortly before the group attacked Israel to avenge the death of its top commander   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned that Israel’s preemptive strike…

Pavel Durov, who fled his birth country refusing to cooperate with authorities, has discovered the limits of free expression in France French officials have sprung into action with an arrest warrant that…

Cornell University To Offer Course On “Ecological Justice” Focused On “Feminist, Queer, And Trans Perspectives” By Sarah Prentice of Campus Reform Cornell University is set to offer a course on ecological justice…

Ties between Washington and Georgia frayed after MPs in the ex-Soviet republic passed a controversial ‘foreign agents’ law The US is setting the stage for a Ukraine-style coup in Georgia by fomenting…

The messaging app’s founder Pavel Durov has been arrested in France over reported accusations of failing to moderate the platform The Indian government is investigating Telegram over concerns that the messaging app…

Artyom Dmitruk reportedly fled the country over what he calls fabricated criminal charges and threats against his life Ukrainian authorities have accused MP Artyom Dmitruk of violent crimes and illegally crossing the…

Zimbabwe is planning to build a nuclear power plant, the country’s education minister revealed Zimbabwe has expressed its appreciation to Russia for assistance in training specialists in the nuclear power and space…

The lifestyle choices of centenarians do not necessarily guarantee longevity for others, a biogerontology professor has said The health and lifestyle choices of the world’s oldest people should not be taken as…

The move by President Kais Saied comes ahead of the North African nation’s elections in October Tunisian President Kais Saied has replaced nearly 20 members of his government, including those in charge…

Vote For Harris If You Want Radical Racial Indoctrination Of Your Kids Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, What starts in California and Minnesota is guaranteed to not stay in California and…

The Telegram founder and CEO was detained upon arriving in Paris The judicial authorities in France confirmed on Sunday the arrest of Pavel Durov, the CEO and founder of the Telegram messaging…

These Are The Countries Committing The Most Aid To Ukraine As Statista’s Martin Armstrong shows in this infographic, based on the Ukraine Support Tracker from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Ukraine currently…

Kiev has vowed to exact a price from Moscow with continued infrastructure attacks A large-scale, long-range Russian air assault has reportedly been launched targeting industrial sites across Ukraine. Kiev has vowed to…

Labour’s North Sea Windfall Tax Sparks Industry Backlash Via OilPrice.com, Over 40 energy sector companies have voiced their concerns over Labour’s proposed windfall tax increase, warning it could lead to significant job…

Luxembourg & Finland Offer Their Workers The Most ‘Paid Time Off’, US & China Not So Much… This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Pallavi Rao, ranks the countries with the highest number of…

Chris Pavlovski’s video hosting platform has been embroiled in a long-running legal battle with the French authorities France has crossed all boundaries by arresting Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov, Chris Pavlovski,…

10 Reflections On Ukraine After Its Latest Independence Day Celebrations Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Ukraine celebrated its 33rd Independence Day on Saturday, during which time Zelensky made a hyper-aggressive speech boasting about his…

The regulation says that tech companies are responsible for policing content on their platform The arrest of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov in France is in line with the EU’s Digital Services Act…

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post…

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And…

Fascism 2.0, Part 3: Feudalism 2.0 Authored by Paul Lancefield via Off-Guardian.org, Read parts 1 and 2 HERE and HERE Now in this third article in the series, I want to link this back to…

The attack took place in the Saratov Region on Monday Ukrainian kamikaze drones have hit high-rise residential buildings in Russia’s Saratov Region, Governor Roman Busargin said in the early hours of Monday….

CBP’s Migrant App Faces Tech Glitches, Security Flaws: Report Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, The official app which allows illegal immigrants to schedule appointments with the agency at U.S….

University Of Nebraska-Lincoln Shuts Down DEI Office, Eliminates $320k Vice Chancellor Position By Adam Sabes of Campus Reform The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has closed its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion office and eliminated…

Are We Headed For Another Great Depression? Authored by Gail Tverberg via Our Finite World, Today’s economy is like that of the late 1920s… Today, there is great wage and wealth disparity,…

Tatyana Moskalkova has blasted the arrest of Pavel Durov as the violation of free speech The French authorities have arrested Telegram founder Pavel Durov because they want to shut down the censorship-free…

Five Ways That Ukraine’s Invasion Of Kursk Actually Harms American Interests Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, Nobody should get their hopes up about the US forcing Ukraine to withdraw though. The…

Vice Presidential nominee Senator JD Vance, appears on Meet the Press for an argumentative debate on Trump policy.  On the issue of tariffs, this might have been JD Vance’s first opportunity to…

Pennsylvania Judge Rules Cornel West Can’t Appear On Ballot In Key Swing State Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A court in Pennsylvania on Aug. 23 ruled that…

Kiev urged Minsk to “cease unfriendly actions” and warned that it reserve the right to defend its territory Belarus has amassed a large number of troops at the border, the Ukrainian Foreign…

Pope Francis Condemns Ukraine’s Ban On Country’s Largest Orthodox Church Pope Francis has condemned the Ukrainian government’s move to ban the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) which maintains communion with the Moscow Patriarchate….

Robert F Kennedy appears on Fox News Sunday to talk about his endorsement of President Donald Trump.  RFK Jr said President Trump reached out to him several times before the independent candidate…

Judge Clears Former Police Officers Of Key Felony Charges In Breonna Taylor’s Death Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, A federal judge has dismissed the most serious charges against two…

The Telegram CEO wouldn’t have landed in Paris if he thought he was in danger, Georgy Loboushkin has told RT Telegram founder Pavel Durov wouldn’t have “disregarded his own safety” and landed…

Netanyahu Vows More ‘Surprising Blows’ After Preemptive Hezbollah Attack: “Not The End” “What happened today is not the end of the story,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a statement posted on…

Some believe the St Petersburg-born tycoon has paid for his naivety, others want his homeland to intervene On Saturday night, Telegram’s founder and frontman Pavel Durov was arrested by French police. The…

Company CEO Pavel Durov is not responsible for any misuse of his platform, Telegram said in a statement on Sunday Telegram abides by EU laws and its founder, Pavel Durov, “has nothing…

Rare Mosquito-Borne Disease Triggers Voluntary Curfew In Massachusetts Towns Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times, Four towns in central Massachusetts are advising residents to stay indoors at night to avoid…

Does It Matter To The Market Who Wins The White House? During election years, the focus is on the political horse race. However, after the final poll closes, how have the market and…

U Of Tampa RA Training Includes Scenario Of Student Feeling “Threatened” By Conservative Roommate With MAGA Flag By Brendan McDonald of CampusReform The University of Tampa’s resident advisor (RA) training featured a…

“Musk Should Be Nervous” – Deep State Lackey Admits Real Target Following Telegram Founder’s Arrest Russia is demanding answers following the arrest Pavel Durov, the billionaire co-founder and CEO of messaging app…

The Social Recession Is Accelerating Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Did wages rise 10-fold to match the 10-fold rise in the cost of a modest house? No. That is…

Lithuania’s prime minister publicly wished for a future “without Rusnya” while flanked by Zelensky During a speech marking Ukraine’s independence day, Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte used the term “Rusnya” – an…

Heads I’m Smart, Tails I’m Stupid By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities That is how this week felt on many levels. Maybe it was because I was travelling, so I wasn’t staring…

Dems Scramble To Walk Back Harris’ Price Control Scheme Democrats are in damage control mode after Kamala Harris’ communist price control scheme received a harsh rebuke – including from the Washington Post,…

Authorities in Ivory Coast have reportedly been investigating Kiev’s alleged training of Tuareg insurgents Kiev has been using its embassy in the West African country of Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) for its…

Why State Enforcement Of “Fairness” Is Wrong Authored by Wanjiru Njoya via The Mises Institute, There is a popular perception that the role of the state is to uphold and enforce “fairness”…

Visualizing How The G20 Generates Electricity This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Bruno Venditti, shows how much electricity is generated from renewable sources among G20 countries. The data is based on Ember’s yearly and monthly…

Kiev must not stop people from praying in whatever church they want, the pontiff has said Pope Francis has said that he “fears for the freedom of those who pray,” after Ukraine’s …

Large numbers of faithful made symbolic march for days to reach Pochaevskaya Lavra monastery in the west of the country Hundreds of Ukrainian Orthodox faithful have arrived at a major monastery in…

These Are The Fattest States In America Global adult obesity rates have steadily increased in the past few decades, more than tripling from 5% to 16% from 1990 to 2022. With a much higher…

How Democrats Make Republicans: RFK Should Be A Wake Up Call For The Party Authored by Jonathan Turley, The withdrawal of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the presidential race and his endorsement of…

NSA whistleblower has called the arrest in France of Telegram founder Pavel Durov an “assault” on basic human rights The detention of Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov jeopardizes the basic human…

Demonstrators have placed hundreds of paper airplanes in front of the diplomatic mission in support of Telegram’s detained founder Hundreds of paper planes symbolizing the logo of Telegram have been brought by…

Before Pavel Durov’s arrest, the messaging app’s “Russian origins” placed it in the bloc’s crosshairs The arrest in France of Telegram founder Pavel Durov is the latest escalation in an EU-wide campaign…

Taylor Swift Could Derail The Global Battle Against Inflation; UBS Via SchiffGold.com, Just when you thought the headlines couldn’t seem more absurd, Swiss banking giant UBS has issued a warning that in…

European Commission’s inaction on halted supplies of crude proves that Brussels is behind the flow stoppage, Hungary claims The European Commission (EC) is behind the stoppage of flows of Russian crude oil…

Britain, Which Birthed American Ideas About Liberty, Has Embraced Despotism Authored by Vince Coyner via AmericanThinker.com, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction”  – Ronald Reagan When I grew…

Death Of Woke: Queer Activist Video Game Funded By The EU Can’t Find Players If the new punk rock is to be politically correct, then it’s not punk rock.  The woke activist…

RFK JR delivered a short speech in Arizona, highlighting why it was both challenging and important for him to drop out of the race and support President Donald Trump.   The people closest…

Rutgers Prof Who Said She Hoped Trump Shooting Would “Inspire Others” Will Teach This Fall By Adam Sabes of Campus Reform The Rutgers University professor who was under an internal review after…

The latest barrage came in retaliation for the killing of the group’s commander Fouad Shukr last month The Islamic paramilitary group Hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets at Israel to avenge the…

French authorities have so far avoided engaging over the Telegram founder’s detention, the Russian embassy in Paris has said The Russian embassy in Paris swiftly demanded that French authorities explain the reasons…

Washington specifically used France to bypass its First Amendment in cracking down on Telegram’s founder, the American investor has suggested The US has violated its own constitutional freedoms by forcing its NATO…

The “brutal terrorist attack” has also resulted in the injury of 13 people, including three children, Vyacheslav Gladkov said Five civilians have been killed and 13 more suffered injuries as a result…

Why’d Bangladesh Lie About India Being Responsible For The Latest Floods? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, It serves as the cover for once again hosting anti-Indian separatists, which could in turn…

Florian Philippot has asked if Elon Musk would be detained if he landed in the country Florian Philippot, the leader of France’s Patriots (Les Patriotes) party, has slammed the government of French…

The founder and CEO of Telegram was reportedly detained upon arriving at Paris-Le Bourget airport on Saturday US tech mogul Elon Musk has called for the release of Telegram founder and CEO…

When the messaging app had legal issues in Russia, Pavel Durov remained free, the foreign ministry’s spokeswoman noted Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova is asking if international human rights groups will…

American security agencies have been trying to get more control over Telegram for a long time, the tech entrepreneur believes Telegram CEO and founder Pavel Durov told American conservative journalist Tucker Carlson…

The 26-year-old Syrian national has turned himself in German authorities have arrested the suspected knifeman responsible for killing three people and injuring eight in the city of Solingen on Friday at the Festival…

The detainment of Telegram’s founder in France is the direct result of Washington’s sanctions, Ekaterina Mizulina has said The US has essentially ordered the French authorities to arrest Telegram founder Pavel Durov…

While no major Western leader made a concrete effort to engage with both Kiev and Moscow, Indian PM has showcased true willingness to find a long-term, mutually acceptable resolution to the conflict…

In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post…

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And…

The Telegram owner has reportedly been detained upon arriving in France on Saturday The arrest of Telegram founder Pavel Durov in France is a warning to platforms that stand up to censorship,…

Fascism 2.0 – Globalism & The Subjects Of Interest Authored by Paul Lancefield via Off-Guardian.org, This is Part 2 of Paul’s “Fascism 2.0” series, part one can be read HERE. In this second…

America Divided On The Legacy Of Slavery Divides persist between many Black and white Americans’ views on the ongoing impacts of slavery in the United States. As Statista’s Anna Fleck reports, according…

Net Migration: Which Regions Are Gaining Or Losing People? This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Marcus Lu, shows the flow of people globally by visualizing net migration by region, from 1950 to 2023…

Karim Khan has asked the court to decide on issuing arrest warrants for Netanyahu and Hamas leader Sinwar The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has called on the judges…

Pavel Durov and his brother Nikolai are genuinely brilliant tech programmers, mathematicians and entrepreneurs.  The Durov brothers founded the Telegram communication app in 2013.  Telegram now has 950 million active users who…

US Strike Eliminates Senior Al-Qaeda-Linked Terrorist Leader In Syria Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, A U.S. military drone strike has killed a senior leader of Hurras al-Din, an al-Qaeda-aligned…

Giga-Vaxxed Fauci Somehow Contracts Ultra-Rare West Nile Virus On Heels Of COVID-19 Infection Talk about bad luck! Former NAIAD Director Anthony Fauci – who outsourced risky COVID gain-of-function research to a shoddy…

Media Claims Elon Musk Is A Threat To Democracy… But Is “Democracy” Even Worth Saving? Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us There is perhaps nothing more tiresome and embarrassing as the theatrical…

The Permanent Temptation Of All Governments Authored by Alex Pollock via The American Institute for Economic Research, In We Need to Talk About Inflation, his thoughtful, accessible tour of the history, theories, politics and…