Starmer Underfunding Defence, Resigning Minister Says
Two defence ministers walked out of the British government within hours of each other this week, and the second one did not leave quietly. Al Carns, who served as armed forces minister under Defence Secretary John Healey, resigned Thursday night and used a Friday morning media round to deliver a pointed critique of the government […]
Yoon Gets 30 Years In Korean Court Over Drone Incursion
A South Korean court added 30 years to the legal reckoning facing former president Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday, convicting him of abuse of power and aiding the enemy for orchestrating an unauthorized drone operation over Pyongyang — one that prosecutors say was engineered not as a military necessity but as a fabrication, a manufactured […]
Musk’s SpaceX Goes Public At $135/Share, $75bn Value
Elon Musk’s space company began trading on the Nasdaq Thursday at a listing price that set a record no company has ever reached — $1.77 trillion — after institutional investors placed orders for more than four times the available shares, sovereign wealth funds from the Gulf committed billions before a single share changed hands on […]
New York Street Named After Soccer Legend Thierry Henry
A stretch of Sixth Avenue at West 50th Street, on the edge of Rockefeller Center, has a new name — at least through November. New York City Council Member Virginia Maloney presided over the unveiling of a temporary “Thierry Henry Way” sign on Tuesday, one of two street renamings the city executed the same day […]
Nigeria: The Slave Name And The Restructuring Verdict — Part 7
JURISDICTIONAL NOTICE STATUS: U.S. First Amendment Protected. Any attempt by the Nigerian State or its proxies to suppress, threaten, hack, intimidate, or interfere with this publication will be documented, preserved as evidence, and reported to the FBI, U.S. Department of Justice, and relevant federal authorities. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze A forensic dissection of Flora Shaw’s […]
No Survivors In Pakistani Kashmir Military Helicopter Crash
A Pakistani army MI-17 helicopter went down Wednesday near Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, killing everyone on board in a crash the military attributed to a technical malfunction — even as the region simmered under a security lockdown triggered by days of deadly unrest. The army did not disclose the number of personnel aboard. […]
Peru’s Presidential Race Comes Down To Contested Votes
Four days after Peruvians cast their votes, the question of who will govern them has migrated from the counting room to the legal system — and may not be resolved for weeks. With 97.9% of ballots tallied, leftist Roberto Sanchez holds a lead of 50.025% against conservative Keiko Fujimori’s 49.975%, a margin so thin that […]
Racist Thuggery Behind Northern Ireland Violence, UK Says
Lists circulated online showing where asylum seekers slept. Addresses of immigration businesses were published. Nurses from ethnic minority communities were chased through the streets by men in masks as they tried to reach hospitals. And for a second consecutive night, police in Belfast deployed water cannon against rioters marching through the city declaring they had […]
Gates Testifies Epstein Used His Affairs To Pressure Him
Bill Gates handed congressional investigators the names of wealthy figures Jeffrey Epstein assembled as prospective donors to his global health foundation, lawmakers confirmed Wednesday, in testimony that pulled one of the world’s richest men deeper into the long reckoning over the late financier’s network. The names stayed behind closed doors. Democrats on the House Oversight […]
Nigeria: The Slave Name And The Restructuring Verdict — Part 6
JURISDICTIONAL NOTICE STATUS: U.S. First Amendment Protected. Any attempt by the Nigerian State or its proxies to suppress, threaten, hack, intimidate, or interfere with this publication will be documented, preserved as evidence, and reported to the FBI, U.S. Department of Justice, and relevant federal authorities. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze A forensic dissection of Flora […]
Nigeria: The Slave Name And The Restructuring Verdict — Part 5
JURISDICTIONAL NOTICE U.S. FIRST AMENDMENT PROTECTED. Any attempt by the Nigerian State or its proxies to suppress, threaten, hack, intimidate, or interfere with this publication will be documented, preserved as evidence, and reported to the FBI, U.S. Department of Justice, and relevant federal authorities. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ By Prof. MarkAnthony Nze A forensic dissection of Flora Shaw’s […]
$119bn And Rising: Global Nuclear Spending Hits New Peak
The legal architecture that governed nuclear weapons reduction between the United States and Russia for three decades is gone. New START, the last standing arms control treaty between the two countries that together hold the vast majority of the world’s warheads, expired in February. No replacement has been negotiated. Nothing is on the table. Into […]