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OPINION — “In the 12-month period ending in October 2024 [Fiscal Year 2024], 84,076 Americans died from a drug overdose, according to the most recent available provisional statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), underscoring the devastating effect these cartels have on our country. Although these numbers show a 25 percent decline since the same 12-month period …

Belgium, Luxembourg and Malta have all announced recognition of a Palestinian state during the UN General Assembly on Monday Belgium, Luxembourg and Malta have formally recognized Palestine during a summit on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, expanding the list of European Union nations supporting Palestinian statehood. Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever said Brussels …

Hong Kong building owners could incur millions of dollars in costs and require a year to repair glass curtain walls damaged by storms, experts have said, as Super Typhoon Ragasa sparks safety concerns with its potential record wind speeds. The Observatory warned on Monday that Ragasa could pose a “considerably larger” threat than Super Typhoon Mangkhut, which resulted in at …

Multiple drone sightings at major European airports on Monday evening caused all air traffic to be grounded and dozens of diversions, with authorities still investigating the source of the disruptive airspace incursion. Copenhagen Airport in Denmark was closed for over four hours after two or three “large” drones were spotted hovering over the largest travel hub in the Nordics. Witnesses …

Prabowo Subianto said his country is willing to provide peacekeeping forces in Gaza. He made the remarks during a speech at the United Nations’ General Assembly session. “It is with a heavy heart that we recall the ongoing, unbearable tragedy in Gaza”, he said. “Thousands of innocent people have been killed, most of them women and children, and famine and destruction …

The executive order follows the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, which the US president blamed on “radical left violence” US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order formally designating the Antifa movement as a domestic terrorist organization, citing a “coordinated campaign of political violence” aimed at law enforcement and conservative figures, the White House announced on Monday. The …

Copenhagen Airport has been forced to close after drones were spotted in the vicinity, causing major disruption. Reports say up to three UAVS were detected in the airspace over the international airport, forcing authorities to take drastic action. Police have been dispatched to the travel hub to investigate the incident. “We have a massive presence out there,” Henrik Stormer, the …

Disney said Jimmy Kimmel Live! will return to its ABC network line-up on Tuesday, six days after it suspended the talk-show host following threats by the Federal Communications Commission chairman over comments the host had made about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. In announcing the decision to bring Kimmel back to the airwaves, ABC’s parent company said it had suspended …

The new prime minister, just like the old one, is handing Kiev the cash much needed at home Following in the shameful footsteps of both Justin Trudeau and Chrystia Freeland, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney continues pledging support and money (which Canadians desperately need) to Ukraine, to prolong the proxy war against Russia. Carney chose Ukrainian Independence Day to voice …

Ukraine’s army conducted devastating strikes on Russian munition depots, inflicting serious damage. The attacks targeted warehouses storing large quantities of ammunition and over 19,000 drone units in August and September. The depots were located in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions in eastern Ukraine and were completely destroyed, according to Ukraine‘s General Staff. Ukraine‘s intelligence identified a warehouse storing recently delivered …