USA - The United States is approaching disaster with its increasing national debt, according to well-known author Robert Kiyosaki. Kiyosaki recalled that when former President Richard Nixon took the dollar off the gold standard in 1971 it meant the dollar became fake money, or fiat currency. He added that throughout history, no fiat currency has ever survived, and it has brought down the Chinese Empire, the Roman Empire and the Greek Empire. The entrepreneur, educator and investor said since the dollar was taken off the gold standard people have seen changes around the world. He also took note that whenever the government gets into trouble, they would just start printing more money.

NORTH KOREA - The world is just a step away from nuclear conflict, North Korean Defense Minister General Kang Sun-nam said in a statement made public on Tuesday and presented at the XI Moscow International Security Conference. The official blamed Washington’s desire for a regime change in Pyongyang for ratcheting up tensions. He also accused the US of increasing its military presence in the region by deploying nuclear-capable aircraft and a submarine to the area. “Now, the question is not if a nuclear war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula, but who and when it starts,” Kang warned. In this year alone, the US sent “massive strategic arms” to the region, including a nuclear-capable submarine, an aircraft carrier group, and a nuclear-capable bomber, he added.

UK - Parents need to ‘get a grip’ and stop their children joining dangerous TikTok crazes, a policing leader said yesterday. Donna Jones, the new chairman of the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners (APCC), issued a stern warning as she revealed teenagers in Southampton took paracetamol over the weekend in a social media challenge to see who could stay in hospital the longest. It comes just days after flash-mob looting in London’s Oxford Street, which was prompted by videos and screenshots trending on social media encouraging youngsters to rob J D Sports and other stores. Ms Jones says parents must speak to their children as she blasted video-hosting service TikTok and other sites for not ‘preventing these challenges which are facilitating criminal activity’. She wants youngsters to be fined by magistrates’ courts if they join looters, so parents realise there is a cost to their behaviour.

UK - Shocking video has shown police wielding batons clashing with dozens of youths in London's Oxford Street this afternoon after chaos erupted when a social media-fuelled campaign to 'rob JD Sports' and shoplift went viral. Nine people have been arrested by the Metropolitan Police on suspicion of offences including assaulting a police officer, going equipped to steal and breaching a dispersal order at the shopping hotspot today. Cops mounted on horseback are expected to be among those patrolling the streets to tackle any potential disorder. The Met Police said on Twitter: 'We are aware of online speculation about opportunities to commit crime around Oxford Street. There will be a significant number of our officers in the area over the next 24 hours. Anyone committing a crime can expect to be dealt with robustly.' The Met Police also posted a video on TikTok warning people officers 'will not tolerate' anti-social behaviour.

USA - The middle class in the US has been steadily shrinking for decades, but in recent years our leaders have greatly accelerated that process. In 2020, 2021 and 2022 they absolutely flooded the system with new money, and almost all of that new money went into the pockets of the wealthy. The gap between the wealthy and the rest of us is now larger than ever, and that isn’t a good thing for our society. Even if you are still making as much money as you did a few years ago, you have lost a lot of ground financially, because the cost of living has been rapidly eating away at our standard of living.

FINLAND - Sharing the wrong Bible verse could get you two years jail time in Finland. She was accused of a hate crime for posting a Scripture along with her views on marriage and sexuality. After a three year battle, a court in Finland upheld the right to free speech in March and dropped all charges. But now, Päivi Räsänen, former Minister of the Interior, is on trial again. The reason she spoke up in the first place might surprise you. Her own church jumped on the Pride bandwagon at the time, and she was concerned because they were going against the Bible they profess to believe in. This has also been a problem in too many American churches. Conforming to the world comes to mind. It has been a four-year battle for her. This is what the God-hating left does here in the US as well. They drag you into court and try wearing you down. The word “bullying” comes to mind.

USA - In order for a civilized society to function, most people have to willingly follow the rules of that society. If that happens, law enforcement authorities can deal with the few that choose to be lawless. For generations, that is how things worked in America. There was a high standard of morality among the general population, and so the police were able to successfully handle the few bad apples that insisted on breaking the law. But now everything has changed. As a result of decades of extreme moral decay, lawlessness is rampant and there are vast multitudes of young people that openly flaunt the rules of our society. In fact, there are already some areas of the country that are literally on the verge of being ungovernable.

USA - Renowned climate scientist Dr Judith Curry, who once warned about global warming, now says alarmists push crisis for 'fame and fortune'. Curry accused some United Nations officials of pushing an "anti-capitalism" agenda. "They hated the oil companies and seized on the climate change issue to move their policies along," she told Stossel. "The IPCC wasn’t supposed to focus on any benefits of warming," Curry stated. "The IPCC’s mandate was to look for dangerous human-caused climate change."

TONGA - Were you aware that one of the biggest natural explosions on Earth took place last year in the South Pacific, near the Island of Tonga? It’s a fact – an underwater volcano erupted with such force that it propelled massive amounts of water vapor into the atmosphere. And naturally, in their typical fashion, liberals are quietly attempting to exploit and manipulate the eruption to bolster their climate change hoax. A new study says that this massive and historical eruption could wreak havoc and even “warm” the planet. The January 2022 eruption of Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai in the island nation of Tonga was so powerful that it may have caused the climate to warm temporarily, a study says.

UK - British army chiefs are developing 'bionic' soldiers with Terminator-like powers. According to Government files, state-of-the-art gadgets – either implanted or worn externally – will produce troops who can 'see through walls', communicate 'telepathically' or detect airborne chemicals with no smell or taste. By 2030, soldiers will also wear 'exoskeletons', a protective covering, to protect from bullets and enhance strength and speed. The ground-breaking projects, in collaboration with Germany's defence ministry, come as the UK attempts to stay ahead of similar developments by China.

USA - Hawaii's governor has said that the terrifying fire tornados that tore though the island's buildings were '1,000 degrees' - as it's revealed warning sirens did not go off. The blazes on the island of Maui have now become the deadliest wildfires in modern US history - killing 93 people - and authorities are still working to identify the victims. Hawaii Governor Josh Green described the wildfire as a 'fire hurricane' - blowing 80mph winds and reaching temperatures of up to '1,000-degree heat.' Meanwhile, Hawaii Emergency Services Administration said Friday: 'Neither Maui nor HI-EMA activated warning sirens on Maui during the wildfire incident.' Green told MSNBC on Sunday that the weather front, pushed on by Hurricane Dora, created fire cyclones that were able to go through buildings.

UK - Never let it be said that Greenpeace lacks a sense of its own importance. After the government broke off all contacts with the ecological campaign group, following its invasion of the Prime Minister's family home in North Yorkshire (draping it with black cloth in protest over new North Sea oil licensing), Greenpeace issued a statement of epic pomposity. I can think of many reasons why Greenpeace — while it has a kind of PR genius at drawing attention to itself — should never have been given such high-level access to government in the first place. The Germans, influenced by Greenpeace scare stories about Fukushima, have just completed the closure of their entire nuclear energy industry. The result has been self-defeating in terms of their campaign to reduce CO2 emissions. To avoid the blackouts that would be caused by over-reliance on its vaunted wind-power programme, over the past 12 months Germany has recommissioned almost 20 coal-fired power stations.

UK - Trading Standards Officials should brand milk 'bovine mammary secretions' if they want to be honest about labelling in their overzealous crackdown on non-dairy products, the world's largest animal rights organisation has said. Guidance commissioned by the Department for Environmental, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) recommended that non-dairy brands avoid using the terms 'yoghurt-style' or 'cheddar-type', as well as describing almond and oat milk as 'mylk' to avoid confusing customers. But now the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) have recommended the Whitehall department go one further in striving for accuracy and brand dairy milk as 'bovine mammary secretions'.

INDIA - Let Trade Run Free. Tie your currency to the US dollar. Align your foreign policy with America’s. The US and its Western partners wrote these economic rules, a cornerstone of the world order prevailing since World War II. Now developing countries, often called the Global South, are quietly revising them.

NIGERIA - Terrorists reportedly identified as “Fulani militia” stormed two villages in central Plateau state overnight Thursday, killing 21 people and making a mockery of government checkpoints set up after police received tips that local “bandits” were organizing an attack. Nigerian media identified the affected areas as two villages in Heipang, Plateau, with a large population of internally displaced civilians. Plateau is part of Nigeria’s “Middle Belt” region that divides that Muslim-majority north from the Christian-majority south and has experienced years of radical jihadist attacks meant to eradicate the Christian population.