By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov on Wednesday said that the momentum toward a peace deal in Ukraine following the August 15 summit between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin has been “largely exhausted” as the two sides remain very far apart on the conditions to end the war. Continue reading “Russia Says Momentum Toward Ukraine Peace Deal Has Been ‘Largely Exhausted’”

By Kyle Anzalone – The Libertarian Institute

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As the US is engaging in a large military buildup in the Caribbean, there is a growing number of statements from US officials suggesting that a bombing campaign inside Venezuela could soon begin. Continue reading “Defense Officials Say Strikes on Cartels Could Happen Inside Venezuela”

By Dan Frieth – Reclaim The Net

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A controversial EU regulation is drawing fierce warnings from a global group of free speech advocates who argue it paves the way for widespread censorship in Europe and beyond. Continue reading “Free Speech Advocates Warn EU’s Digital Services Act Enables Pan-European Censorship and Threatens Political Dissent”

By Wyatt Reed – The Grayzone

Behind closed doors, the noted ‘humanitarian interventionist’ successfully lobbied for Israel’s inclusion on important UN committees even after the Human Rights Council accused it of targeting civilians in Gaza.

The leaked emails also reveal that Israel furnished Power with a dodgy dossier on Syrian chemical weapons as she pushed regime change in Damascus.

Continue reading “Samantha Power secretly colluded with Israel to enhance UN role, leaked emails show”

By Tyler Derden – Zerohedge

Rare blackouts have impacted the Ukrainian capital overnight and into Friday, along with some nine other regions plunged into darkness. While blackouts have been frequent in the eastern half of the country since the war began, they occur less commonly in Kiev.

But this is a sign of the escalating air campaign, also at a moment Ukrainian cross-border drone attacks keep wreaking havoc on Russian oil facilities.

Continue reading “Kiev, Nine Other Regions, Plunged Into Darkness As Russian Air War Escalates”

By Thomas Stevenson – The Postmillennial

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A Democrat North Carolina state lawmaker has been charged with statutory rape of a minor as well as multiple other sex crimes. Cecil Antonio Brockman, 41, was arrested on Wednesday for two counts of statutory rape of a child between 13 and 15, as well as two counts of indecent liberties with a child. Continue reading “Dem NC state lawmaker Cecil Antonio Brockman charged with statutory rape of 15-year-old”

By Dave DeCamp – Antiwar.com

President Trump has announced that Israel and Hamas have both “signed off” on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire deal. Continue reading “Trump Says Hamas and Israel Have ‘Signed Off’ on First Phase of Ceasefire Deal”

By Ken Macon – Reclaim The Net

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Microsoft is once again tightening its grip on local account setups in Windows 11, eliminating several widely used methods that allowed users to bypass signing in with a Microsoft account during installation. Continue reading “Microsoft Makes It Harder to Set Up Windows 11 Without a Microsoft Account”

By Chris Menahan – Information Liberation

Hamas, two years into the Gaza genocide, has reportedly accepted a raw deal in which they’ll give up their captives in the hope that President Trump will force Israel to go through with a complete withdrawal from Gaza. Continue reading “Hamas Accepts Raw Deal In Hope Trump Will Force Israel to Withdraw From Gaza”