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The prolonged stay of migrants’ families is straining the Russian social sphere, the former president has said Ethnic enclaves formed by extended families of migrant workers can be hotbeds for the spread…

Two desperate draft-dodgers were reportedly dumped by smugglers after their ruse was discovered Two Ukrainians desperate to escape conscription pretended to be dead so they could get smuggled out of the country,…

Previously, Donald Trump Jr discussed how he organized and coached his father Donald Trump to enlist JD Vance as the Vice-President nominee on the 2024 ticket.  However, it appears Donald Trump Jr…

Bratislava earlier proposed itself as a mediator between Moscow and Kiev Russian President Vladimir Putin has endorsed Slovakia as a suitable location for potential future negotiations on resolving the Ukraine conflict. Speaking…

The IDF reportedly deemed upwards of 20 civilian casualties per airstrike an acceptable death toll The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) allegedly loosened its rules of engagement at the start of the war…

The $895 billion spending bill focuses on internal issues but does not include payments to allies Ukraine appears to have been left out of US President Joe Biden’s latest record-setting $895 billion…

Russian security services have reportedly foiled an attack on the leader of a drone training project Russian security services have prevented a bombing attempt targeting Mikhail Filippov, the leader of the volunteer…

Sanctioned Russian LNG Shipment Travels Around World, Finds No Buyers  The shadow fleet of liquefied natural gas carriers transporting blacklisted Russian LNG has encountered a major setback, with at least one ship’s cargo traveling around…

Washington was willing to delay Kiev’s membership US President Joe Biden offered to delay Ukraine’s membership in NATO during the 2021 summit in Geneva, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. Putin spoke with…

Biden Pledges More Arms To Ukraine After Christmas Strikes Authored by Melanie Sun via The Epoch Times, President Joe Biden on Christmas Day said he has directed the Pentagon to continue its…

The NATO-supplied jet was reportedly attempting to bomb Zaporozhye Region One of the F-16 jets donated to Ukraine by NATO has reportedly been downed while attempting to launch missiles at Russia’s Zaporozhye…

The first phase of the project in Mali is expected to yield over 500,000 tons of the mineral annually Chinese company Ganfeng Lithium has commenced operations at the Goulamina lithium mine in…

Peace talks are the most popular option in France, Germany, Italy, and Spain Public support for backing Ukraine “until it wins” the conflict with Russia has fallen dramatically in seven Western European…

The Eagle S was reportedly stopped after an electricity cable linking Finland and Estonia was cut Authorities in Finland are investigating whether a Russian oil tanker had anything to do with the…

A lack of Russian language proficiency has created obstacles for foreign students and schools, according to the former president Thousands of migrant children studying in Russian schools have a bad command of…

Trump Will “Un-California” US Energy Policy On Day One Authored by Mike Shedlock via MishTalk.com, An energy policy battle is brewing and I believe Trump will win on day one. Pulling the…

Biden’s “Obstructionist” Veto Of JUDGES Act Is ‘A Disgrace’ President Joe Biden has been criticized by judicial leaders for vetoing a bill that would have added more judges to the federal bench…

Princeton’s new spring semester program also includes erotic dance and pornography Princeton University, one of the most prestigious institutions in the US, is introducing courses on traditionally taboo subjects as part of…

Merry Surveillance And A Happy New World Via Off-Guardian, Welcome to our third Christmas edition of This Week, where we pull out just the most seasonal, tinseliest headlines we can find, take a…

Azerbaijan Airlines Flight Reportedly Hit By Russian Missile On Christmas Day Azerbaijani government sources told Euronews on Thursday that a Russian surface-to-air missile hit Azerbaijan Airlines Flight J28243, ultimately causing the plane…

Continuing Jobless Claims Hit 3-Year-Highs As Initial Claims Hold Near 7-Month-Lows Initial jobless claims for the week ending 12/21 were flat on the prior week at 219k, holding near 8 month lows……

The tycoon has slammed the Wikimedia Foundation for spending over $50 million on ‘Equity’ and ‘Safety and Inclusion’ Elon Musk has urged internet users to stop supporting Wikipedia over what he sees…

Minsk is ready to accommodate even more new missiles, should Moscow desire to deploy them, the Belarusian president has said Belarus wants to host at least 10 new Russian Oreshnik medium-range hypersonic…

Futures Slide As Bond Yields Jump To 6 Month High US stock futures and Treasuries dropped as muted trading resumed after the Christmas holiday, with investors looking to initial jobless claims data…

Cross-border strikes on military targets could boomerang back to West Jerusalem, the Russian foreign minister has said Israel should refrain from solving its geopolitical problems at the expense of war-torn Syria, Russian…

The Fed Is Cutting… So, Why Are Mortgage Rates Going Up? Via SchiffGold.com, Powell is admitting that inflation is still too high, but the Fed still plans to cut interest rates by…

Visualizing Big Tech Company Spending On AI Data Centers Big tech companies are aggressively investing billions of dollars in AI data centers to meet the escalating demand for computational power and infrastructure necessary for…

US Launches New Trade Probe Into Chinese Legacy Chips Authored by Lily Zhou via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Biden administration announced an 11th-hour probe on Monday into China’s trade practice…

A Chinese national is facing jail time for attempting to take 3,300 ivory fragments out of the country, according to the customs service Customs officers at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport have thwarted an…

An unspecified number of people have been hiding underground in mine shafts for months in an attempt to avoid being arrested In a desperate attempt to survive, illegal miners in Stilfontein claim…

The director of the Foreign Ministry’s consular department has said that Moscow hasn’t imposed visa restrictions on most US citizens More Russian visas have been issued to US citizens this year than…

Finland-Estonia Undersea Power Cable Goes Dark As Russian Shadow Fleet Tanker Investigated Update (0828ET):  Bloomberg reports that Finnish authorities boarded the crude oil tanker named Eagle S. after a 658-megawatt Estlink 2…

Thailand has confirmed its readiness to become a partner state, local media has reported Thailand has formally accepted Russia’s invitation to become a BRICS partner state, local media reported on Wednesday. A…

New Delhi is transforming its maritime sector with a $10 billion investment over the next 25 years   India is aiming to emerge as one of the world’s leading shipbuilding nations, cementing…

“Rating-hungry” officials are undermining national unity, Pyotr Poroshenko has claimed Holding elections in Ukraine would deal a blow to national unity and “ruin the state,” the country’s former president, Pyotr Poroshenko, has…

The African state’s police say protesters have forcibly removed 1,534 prisoners from their cells More than 30 inmates have been killed and over 1,500 others, including convicted terrorists, have escaped after a…

Paris has proposed helping Moscow establish dialogue on the conflict without Kiev’s participation, the Russian foreign minister has said France has repeatedly offered to help establish secret talks on the Ukraine conflict…

The notion was voiced by Utah Senator Mike Lee amid reports that the US president-elect plans to make several unconventional personnel changes Elon Musk believes US President-elect Donald Trump should be able…

The Russian foreign minister has conducted an online briefing with domestic and international media to address major global issues Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has spoken on the country’s stance regarding the…

Major Shifts In Irregular Border Crossings Along Key EU Routes Conflicts, climate-related disasters and economic pressures have continued to drive ever more people from their homes in search of security and a…

Milei Unveils Ambitious Nuclear Plan To Position Argentina As Global Energy Player In a bold move to transform Argentina into a global energy powerhouse, President Javier Milei introduced the “Argentine Nuclear Plan”…

The Russian military acts to curb threats posed by Kiev and its backers, the foreign minister has said Moscow selects Ukrainian targets for long-range strikes based on the threats emanating from Kiev,…

A bloodied conscript in Dnepr attempted a daring escape through a passenger window, according to a clip A potential Ukrainian recruit has bailed out of a moving van in an apparent attempt…

The Progressive Left’s Glossary Of Terms, 2024 Edition Authored by Richard Truesdell and Keith Lehmann via American Greatness, Listen to any speech given by Democrats in 2024, and you’ll be bombarded by…

Berlin did not just turn against Russia – it forgot what made it successful in the first place For decades, Germany was the envy of the world: a shining example of how…

Kashmir, which has seen decades of unrest, has no direct rail connection with rest of the country  Indian Railways is set to launch five trains connecting Jammu and Kashmir, a contested region…

The target “burned like a match” after a coordinated twin bombing, the military has said Russian forces have staged a twin drone bomb strike to wipe out an apparently abandoned Ukrainian tank,…

A number of applications have been removed from the AppStore in line with “lawful orders” from Russia’s regulator, the tech giant has said Apple is removing VPN services, some media apps and…

The Somali president has visited Eritrea to discuss bilateral ties and issues of mutual concern, including Ethiopia’s sea access ambitions Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has paid an official visit to Eritrea…

The security agency reports that it has detained four people allegedly working for Ukraine’s intelligence services Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has said it foiled several assassination attempts on high-ranking military officials….

The IDF claims the attack targeted members of an Islamic Jihad terrorist cell Five Palestinian journalists were killed in an overnight Israeli strike near a hospital in central Gaza, their news outlet,…

Moscow hopes Washington will look at the root causes of the hostilities, the foreign minister has stated Moscow is open to holding consultations with the administration of incoming US President-Elect Donald Trump…

There is no one to replace troops at the front line due to struggling draft efforts, Anna Skorokhod has lamented Demobilization in Ukraine is out of the question, lawmaker Anna Skorokhod has…

Moscow’s top diplomat is holding an online briefing with domestic and foreign press to discuss key international issues Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is holding an online press conference with both Russian…

The attacks reportedly targeted suspected insurgent camps after last week’s raid in Pakistan’s Waziristan border area The Afghan military has vowed retaliation for deadly airstrikes apparently carried out by Pakistan this week…

The individual drove his car into the building and set it on fire, Gus-Khrustalny Mayor Aleksey Sokolov has said A man has rammed his car into an army office in the Russian…

Apart from cultural topics, the new platform offers information on citizenship, education, and relocating to the country RT has unveiled a new multimedia initiative called ‘Gateway to Russia’, designed to provide international…

The reported diplomatic reshuffle comes amid strained ties with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz over military aid Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has dismissed Aleksey Makeev as the country’s ambassador to Germany, according to…

MOSCOW, December 26 – RT has unveiled a new multimedia project, ‘Gateway to Russia.’ The platform enables foreign users to not only learn the Russian language, but also deepen their knowledge of Russian…

“This was no small thing, to restore a republic after it had fallen into corruption. I have studied history for years and I cannot recall it ever happening. It may have been…

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…

41% Of College-Aged Voters Consider UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing “Acceptable”; New Poll Finds Authored by Adam Sabes via Campus Reform, 41% of college-aged voters consider the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thomas as…

China Drone Swarms And US Lasers: The Coming Revolutions In Warfare Authored by Anders Corr via The Epoch Times, Given the coming technological revolutions in warfare, it is important that the United…

In a post on his Truth Social page, President Trump shared some information from Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick who is reporting that the border wall panels have been pulled from auction….

The surveillance state is an outcropping of the Fourth Branch of Government, which is, essentially, the unelected intelligence community in control of our government. The surveillance state comes from the creation of…

The pontiff has condemned the deaths of Palestinian civilians The Vatican’s ambassador has been summoned to the Israeli Foreign Ministry after Pope Francis criticized the “cruelty” of airstrikes in Gaza, several Israeli…

Could Trump’s 2024 Victory Counter A 2026 ‘Midterm Curse’? Authored by Susan Crabtree via RealClearPolitics, Donald Trump’s popular vote victory has eroded some of the demographic gains Democrats have been working on…

The jolly winter gift-bringer is akin to a cartoon character, the mufti of Moscow has said Ded Moroz, Russia’s equivalent to Santa Claus, is nothing more than a fictional character, a senior…

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues NCAA Over Allegedly Misleading Transgender Policy Authored by Matt McGregor via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the…

Merry Christmas… Here’s The Average Credit Card Debt In Every US State This map, via Visual Capitalist’s Pallavi Rao, visualizes the average credit card debt held by households in each U.S. state…

Western boots on the ground would be “a hard sell,” sources told Radio Free Europe It is very unlikely that EU member states will deploy peacekeepers in Ukraine, especially without American participation,…

Trump Announces Anti-Drug Ad Blitz, Vows To Designate Mexican Cartels As Terrorists Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President-elect Donald Trump said Sunday he would aim to designate…

The undersea connection delivering electricity from Finland to Estonia has suffered an outage The Finnish authorities are investigating an outage of the undersea power cable connecting Finland and Estonia, Prime Minister Petteri…

The US president-elect has singled out China, Canada, Panama, Greenland and the Democrats US President-elect Donald Trump has posted a Christmas message taking potshots at China, Panama, Canada, Greenland, and his domestic…

Millions Of Companies Must Register w/ Massive U.S. Database By Jan. 1 Due To Last-Minute Court Ruling Authored by Ken Silva via Headline USA, Millions of U.S. companies might be busy over…

A Systane product was found to have been contaminated A popular brand of eye drops has been recalled in the US after a vial was found contaminated with fungus. The Systane Lubricant…

“Sudden Spike” In US Marijuana Substitution For Alcohol Ahead Of Trump-Era The number of Americans turning to marijuana as a substitute for alcohol, cigarettes, and painkillers has surged in recent years, according to a…

The move was hailed by reformists in Tehran, but condemned by conservatives Iran’s Supreme Council of Cyberspace has unanimously voted to lift a nationwide ban on WhatsApp and Google Play, state media…

The number of newborns has decreased by 3% compared to last year, according to Russian Academy of Sciences data Russia’s birth rate this year is expected to be the lowest in three…

The influence of the Muslim Brotherhood in the country is growing, according to Bertrand Chamoulaud The Islamist movement Muslim Brotherhood has been expanding its influence in France, acting behind the scenes to…

The conduit will boost supplies by 45 billion cubic meters per year, according to Aleksandr Novak Russia has begun developing a new gas pipeline to China via Kazakhstan that will have a…

The Ursa Major was racked by three explosions, shipping firm Oboronlogistics has said A “terrorist attack” is to blame for the sinking of the Russian cargo ship Ursa Major in the Mediterranean…

These Are The 9 Most MAGA-Friendly Christmas Movies (And Why) Authored by Ben Sellers via Headline USA, Christmas is, above all else, a time for putting aside the petty grievances and differences that…

Owners Of Russian Ship Ursa Major Declare Sinking An “Act Of Terrorism” The Russian cargo ship that sank on Tuesday in the Mediterranean Sea following a mysterious explosion in its engine room…

End-of-year statistical reports suggest that fortune tellers and other “sorcerers” made 20 times more this year than psychologists Russians spent almost as much money on “sorcerers” and various “occult services” in 2024…

How The Daniel Penny Trial Divided The Nation Authored by Michael Washburn via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The trial of Daniel Penny split many observers into two camps—one passionately for and…

Too Much Tesla Hype From Wedbush’s Daniel Ives? Deutsche Bank Sees Q4 Deliveries Missing Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives recently told clients that Tesla could surpass a $2 trillion market cap by the…

Moscow’s patience is not limitless when it comes to its national interests, the foreign minister has said Moscow is convinced that a nuclear conflict cannot be won and should not be launched…

The Musk-Led Manufacturing Revolution Nobody Is Talking About When most analysts discuss Tesla, they focus on new vehicles or the electric vehicle company’s advancements in autonomy. Yet, according to Launch i/o CEO Jeff…

MOSCOW, DECEMBER 25, 2024 — RT Documentary presents its new film, Russia’s Avant-Guardians, exploring how modern trends in music, cinema and arts in general find a way into the traditional life of…

The Global Engagement Center was described by Elon Musk as a “threat to democracy” The US State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC) has shut down after Republicans cut its funding. The agency…

El-Erian: A Baseline Scenario For The Global Economy In 2025 Authored by Mohamed El-Erian via Project Syndicate, In 2024, global geopolitics and national politics have undergone considerable upheaval, and the world economy…

Moldova has declared a state of emergency as Ukraine plans to end its gas transit deal with Russia A potential energy crisis in Moldova, which declared a state of emergency earlier this…

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has put Ukraine’s sponsors on notice Ukraine lacks the capability to develop nuclear weapons on its own and can only obtain them with help from the…

The incoming US president has pledged to end the conflict as soon as possible Moscow has no illusions about the possibility of an easy settlement of the Ukraine conflict with the administration…

The precious stone market faces weak demand and rising competition De Beers Group has amassed its largest diamond stockpile since the 2008 financial crisis, reflecting ongoing challenges in the luxury gemstone market,…

  “This was no small thing, to restore a republic after it had fallen into corruption. I have studied history for years and I cannot recall it ever happening. It may have…

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…

Moscow may challenge Washington’s illegal transfer of its funds to Kiev in court, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Russia has accused the West of “stealing” its assets after the US transferred $1…

Syrian Christians Protest Presence Of Foreign Jihadists After Christmas Display Burned Starting Monday night and into Tuesday, large demonstrations broke out in Christian areas of Damascus and other parts of Syria over…