❗️Armenia ready to sign draft peace agreement with Azerbaijan this month - PM Pashinyan
#Armenia #Azerbaijan - Boost
Bin Laden son barred from entering France
The Al-Qaeda founder’s son was deported in 2023 after allegedly posting messages promoting terrorism on social media, after having lived and worked in France for seven years as an artist.
Omar Bin Laden was the only one of Osama’s over 20 children to disavow his father’s acts of terrorism in the mid 2000s, but was denied a spousal visa entry to the UK and Spain before French authorities allowed him residency in 2016.
#France #BinLaden - Boost
❗️Second 'peace summit' won't take place in November - Vladimir Zelensky's office
#Ukraine - Boost
Kamala Harris: ‘I have a glock’
Erm, big if true?
#US #KamalaHarris - Boost
❗️Hamas ‘dismantled’, Hezbollah shattered - Israeli DefMin Gallant
"When the smoke clears over Lebanon, Iran will realize it has lost its prized asset, Hezbollah, built over many years,” Gallant said at a situation assessment at the Northern Command’s operations bunker alongside senior officers.
“A year into the war, Hamas is dismantled, and Hezbollah is a shattered organization with no command or control, politically or militarily.”
#Israel #Hezbollah - Boost
Romania admits censoring election on ideological grounds
The Supreme Court banned Diana Sosoacă earlier this week from running in the presidential elections, but has only now admitted it did so for her "pro-Russian, anti-European and anti-NATO views."
Sosoacă has called for peace talks on the Ukrainian conflict and criticized European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for "killing people in Ukraine with her policies."
Western Democracy 101 folks; you can vote for who you agree with, as long as they agree with us.
#Romania #EU - Boost
Critics cackle as ‘middle-class’ Kamala can’t work a shovel
The VP and her hubby Doug Emhoff were mocked online for their effete tree-planting skills while commemorating the October 7 attacks.
The couple planted a pomegranate tree at their Washington residence on Monday - with social media commenters quickly pointing out that the VP may not have grown up in a ‘middle-class family,’ a viral refrain the Dem often retorts with.
Other critics remembered how Harris often points out the green thumb factor she grew up with in a front-yard prideful neighborhood.
How will she ‘dig’ herself out of this one?
#Shovelgate - Boost
Slovakian PM: Kiev’s NATO entry risks escalating conflict
Robert Fico insisted in an interview with STVR Sunday that Europe’s insistence on prolonging the bloodshed in Ukraine is fueled by a “futile” stance of trying to “bring Russia to its knees.”
Ukraine’s demand to be admitted to NATO would be a mistake, he claimed, as it would risk the conflict spiraling out of control. Hence, he promised never to support Kiev’s application to join the military bloc.
Fico also slammed the ‘Russophobia’ narrative peddled in Western media, pointing out that: “Freedom came to Slovakia from the east” - a reference to the Soviet Union’s role in defeating Nazi Germany in World War II.
#Slovakia #Russia - Boost
Gaza City: Before and during the war
The monumental destruction Israel’s campaign has brought to the Gaza Strip has left over 90% of the area’s population displaced, around two-thirds of all structures at least partially destroyed, and an operation to clear the rubble that will take at least 14 years and cost $1.2 billion.
#Israel #Gaza - Boost
‘Humanitarian situation getting worse’ in Lebanon – UNICEF spokesperson
More than 100 Lebanese children have been killed by Israeli strikes in the past 11 days alone, according to recent data published by UNICEF. Almost 700 have been wounded.
#IDF - Boost
Another one bites the dust: Toyota dumps DEI and LGBT schemes to focus on… work
The car manufacturer has decided to stop sponsoring diversity, equity, and inclusion policies to concentrate on “STEM education and workforce readiness,” according to a new Bloomberg report.
Anit-woke activist Roddy Starbuck exposed Toyota funding groups that oppose laws to ban gender transition treatments on minors, dividing work groups by race and gender orientation, and sponsoring a drag queen program at a summer camp for kids.
A Toyota spokesperson told the outlet that despite a section of online reaction fuming at the move, the real impact on the company was “negligible.”
#Toyota - Boost
⚡️Hezbollah launches around 100 rockets at Haifa, northern Israeli territories — Reports
#IDF - Boost
❗️Azerbaijan’s President Aliyev arrives at the Kremlin for talks with Vladimir Putin
#Kremlin - Boost
Hurricane Milton could be worst storm in century to strike Tampa area — NWS
The National Weather Service in Tampa Bay warned that Hurricane Milton could be even more devastating than Hurricane Helene, with winds of up to 175mph and “life-threatening” 15-foot storm surges now forecast.
Tampa Mayor Jane Castor has warned residents they are “going to die if they don’t evacuate. “If Milton stays on its designated path, it will be catastrophic for our area,” she said, adding that storm surges are expected to be twice as large as Helene’s.
Six million people fall under hurricane warning zones, with a state of emergency already in place for 51 of Florida’s 67 counties.
#US #HurricaneMilton - Boost
Flower power: Nighttime brawl interrupted by a tip-top shot from man on balcony
In the heart of Chelyabinsk, two men, fueled by unknown grievances, were poised for a showdown of epic proportions.
What exactly sparked this clash of titans remains a mystery, lost to the annals of diplomatic history.
But just as the tension reached its peak, a perfectly aimed flowerpot, launched with impeccable timing, shattered the brewing conflict, bringing a fragile peace to the region… For now, at least.
#FlowerPower - Boost
Biden cancels Germany trip to meet Zelensky
The White House said the US president is changing his plans due to Hurricane Milton, and will not visit Angola either.
Vladimir Zelensky had reportedly intended to unveil his 'plan' for Ukraine at the meeting in Germany on October 12.
#Biden #Zelensky - Boost
❗️Norway raises terror threat to high due to threats on Israeli targets
#Norway #Israel - Boost
Foxconn’s Mexico megafactory to supercharge Nvidia’s AI ambitions
Foxconn is building the world’s largest facility in Mexico to assemble Nvidia’s GB200 Superchips, crucial for its next-gen Blackwell computing platform.
The Taiwanese company, known for assembling Apple’s iPhones, is benefiting from the AI boom by producing servers for AI processing, as Foxconn's senior VP, Benjamin Ting, emphasized the importance of their partnership with Nvidia.
Nvidia began shipping Blackwell samples in August and expects significant revenue from them in the fourth quarter.
#AI - Boost
❗️National currency settlements booming among CIS countries - President Putin
Today over 85% of all settlements between CIS countries are conducted in national currencies, and the share continues to grow.
#Russia #CIS - Boost
Azerbaijan, Armenia leaders meet President Putin separately
Vladimir Putin held separate meetings with Azerbaijani President Aliyev and Armenian PM Pashinyan at the Kremlin earlier on Tuesday, before the CIS heads of state summit.
#Russia #Azerbaijan #Armenia - Boost
Is King Charles’s reign doomed to be short?: Monarch’s death plan ‘tearing Royal Family apart’ — Report
Plans for the event of King Charles’ death have revealed a greater concern his reign might be much shorter than the two decades reportedly anticipated when he took the throne - and ramped up tensions between Prince Harry and his family.
The Daily Beast’s Tom Sykes report on the secret plans suggests Harry had banked on his healthier relationship with his father to mend bridges burned since his departure from Royal duties.
The Prince of Wales hired a new PA with international peacekeeping experience just five days after his father’s cancer diagnosis in February and is reportedly already taking on more senior duties.
#UK #KingCharles - Boost
Haiti condemns Dominican Republic's mass deportation plans amid surging violence: 'An affront to human dignity'
Haitian Foreign Minister Dominique Dupuy has hit out at the Dominican Republic’s intentions to sharply boost deportations of illegal Haitian migrants amidst escalating gang violence gripping Port-au-Prince.
"The brutal scenes of roundups and deportations that we are witnessing are an affront to human dignity," Dupuy said on X.
Last year, Dominican authorities deported around 200,000 Haitians across the border on the two nations’ shared island of Hispaniola.
#Haiti - Boost
China bites back: EU brandy imports hit as trade tensions escalate over EV tariffs
Beijing imposed anti-dumping measures on EU brandy imports, affecting brands like Hennessy and Remy Martin. This follows the bloc’s decision to impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.
A government investigation has preliminarily determined that dumping of brandy from the EU is threatening China's brandy sector with "substantial damage,” the Chinese commerce ministry said.
Officials added that it was considering a hike in tariffs on imports of large-engine vehicles, which would deliver a hard hit to Germany's carmakers.
#Henny - Boost
❗️Talks between President Vladimir Putin and Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan are about to begin at the Kremlin
#Kremlin - Boost
Black voters unconvinced Kamala Harris can bring real change — Polls
Although Black voters overwhelmingly said they approve of Kamala Harris, only about half think she will change the US for the better, according to a poll conducted by AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
One Black voter said she felt that Harris would be limited as it was “with (Barack) Obama because the Republican Party shut him down.”
Only one in 10 Black voters said they believed Donald Trump would “fight for people like them,” while six in 10 said Harris would handle the economy better than Trump.
#Harris #Trump - Boost
❗️Lebanon: Fresh Israeli airstrike reported in Beirut — Reports
#IDF - Boost
❗️Russian troops liberated Zolotaya Niva in the DPR — Defense Ministry
#RussianMoD - Boost
‘Evil geezer’ desecrated 7 October shrine in UK’s Brighton
Police arrested an older man who had ripped up plants at a memorial to the Israelis killed last year in the 7 October attack that sparked the war in Gaza after footage spread of a local stopping him from doing further damage.
“It doesn't matter which side of the argument you are on, this is a memorial to the children that died,” the man who stopped him told the Daily Mail. “I'm not an aggressive guy, but this man was very angry. He was saying, ‘You don't know what they've done, you don't know what they've done”.
The 58-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of racially or religiously aggravated criminal damage.
#Israel #Gaza - Boost
Aussie PM heckled at Hamas attack memorial: ‘Tell him to go home!’
Footage from the first-anniversary memorial for October 7 on Monday shows a mixed reception for Australia’s Anthony Albanese as he walked among the crowd.
While some attendees greeted him warmly, others voiced their displeasure, with one shouting, "Tell him to go home!" Another called Albanese an expletive, and a third suggested that the politicians present "need to grow some balls."
#October7 - Boost
❗️The French defense minister has announced that Paris will deliver Mirage 2000 fighter jets, equipped with advanced air-to-ground weapons, to Ukraine between January and March 2025
#Kiev - Boost
