USA - NASA released the findings of its highly-anticipated study today, scrutinizing more than 800 sightings of UFOs across three decades — with 'inconclusive' results for those who 'want to believe.' 'To date, in the peer-reviewed scientific literature, there is no conclusive evidence suggesting an extraterrestrial origin for UAP,' NASA's panel of experts wrote in their new report which was, in part, designed to recommend future investigative avenues.

POLAND - When the leadership of one of the largest Christian communions – the Lutheran World Federation, representing approximately 80 million Christians worldwide – gathered in Krakow this week they were riveted by a remarkable keynote address by the Czech priest and philosopher Tomáš Halík. Their guest spoke elegantly of a “new reformation”, saying, “We will only receive the gift of unity among Christians if we engage in a common journey towards an even wider and deeper ecumenism.” “We need to have the courage to transcend the current forms and boundaries of Christianity,” he told them. Halík argued that the synodal process launched by Pope Francis has a much broader and deeper meaning than the reform of Catholic internal culture and structures. His hope is that we are on the cusp of a movement that will transform and unite Christianity so that it sees its goal as embracing all of humanity and the whole of creation.

USA - With more than 22,000 migrants being held in custody, a source within US Customs and Border Protection says the Border Patrol is being forced to cut routine patrols along the border. In some areas, highway inspection checkpoints have been closed to accommodate another increase in the number of migrant crossings. On Monday alone, the agency apprehended more than 7,700 migrants nationwide. According to CBP, between October and July, more than 1.6 million migrants have crossed into the United States at the southern border. According to unofficial reports reviewed by Breitbart Texas, just under 180,000 migrants were apprehended in August, bringing the total migrant encounters across the southwest border to more than 1.8 million. As reported by Breitbart Texas, nearly 600,000 migrants have managed to avoid capture by the Border Patrol since October and are listed as “Got-Aways.”

ITALY - The Italian Red Cross sounded the alarm Wednesday about humanitarian conditions on the Sicilian island of Lampedusa after more than 5,000 people in more than 100 different migrant boats arrived in one day with smugglers in north Africa taking advantage of calm seas to set off. Dozens of new arrivals crouched on the rocky jetties of Lampedusa´s port, while others sheltered in the shade of a nearby camping ground as the island´s lone migrant welcome center, which has a capacity of around 400, overflowed with more than 6,000 people. So far this year, more than 115,000 people have arrived by boat, nearly double the 63,000 in the same period last year or the 41,000 in 2021, according to interior ministry statistics.

UK - Highest daily total for migrant crossings this year as 872 people detected in small boats. More than 800 people were detected crossing the Channel in small boats yesterday - the highest number on a single day so far this year. The latest Home Office figures show 872 people arrived in 15 vessels yesterday - taking the total to arrive so far this year to 20,973. The number yesterday surpasses the previous highest daily total of 756 on 10 August. The development will be a further blow to Rishi Sunak who has endured a number of setbacks regarding the small boats crisis this summer. Mr Sunak has made stopping the small boat crossings one of his five key priorities for his government, but his plans for bringing down illegal immigration have been mired in difficulty and delay.

RUSSIA - The two leaders met for about five hours earlier in the day. North Korea said leader Kim Jong Un invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit North Korea following their nearly five-hour meeting on Wednesday. According to North Korea's state-run media, Korean Central News Agency, Kim "cordially" invited Putin to visit North Korea at a "convenient time" and that Putin accepted with "pleasure and reaffirmed his will to invariably carry forward the history" of friendship between the nations. Earlier in the day, the two leaders had their summit and also toured a space base in Russia's Far East, signaling a unified front against the West. "I am so grateful you are paying such attention to our visit to Russia," Putin said at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, adding, "I'm sure we will remain together in our fight against imperialism." The North Korean leader said his country supported Russia's invasion of neighboring Ukraine. "Russia has risen to a sacred fight to its sovereignty and security against the hegemonic forces," Kim said. "North Korea supports all Putin's decisions."

MEXICO - Jaime Maussan, who has led investigations into alien phenomena for decades, stood with scientists to unveil two corpses in what he called a 'watershed' event in front of Mexican Congress on Tuesday. The researchers made the extraordinary claim that the corpses, presented in windowed boxes and supposedly recovered from Cusco in Peru, were not part of 'our terrestrial evolution', with 30 per cent of their genetic composition still 'unknown', according to Mexican media. Carbon dating by the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) found the bodies, pictured with three-fingered hands, no teeth and stereoscopic vision, were more than 1,000 years old, Maussan claimed. But Maussan - who has been associated with debunked alien theories in the past - insisted under oath on Tuesday: 'These specimen are not part of our terrestrial evolution. 'We are not alone in this vast universe, we should embrace this reality,' he said at the event.

MEXICO - The specter of little green men visited Mexico City as lawmakers heard testimony Tuesday from individuals suggesting the possibility that extraterrestrials might exist. The researchers hailed from Mexico, the United States, Japan and Brazil. The session, unprecedented in the Mexican Congress, took place two months after a similar one before the US Congress in which a former US Air Force intelligence officer claimed his country has probably been aware of “non-human” activity since the 1930s. Mexican journalist José Jaime Maussan presented two boxes with supposed mummies found in Peru, which he and others consider “non-human beings that are not part of our terrestrial evolution." In 2017, Maussan made similar claims in Peru, and a report by the country's prosecutor's office found that the bodies were actually “recently manufactured dolls, which have been covered with a mixture of paper and synthetic glue to simulate the presence of skin.”

USA - Officials with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Tuesday that one of America’s leading cold medicines doesn’t actually work, following a review of the latest research on the subject. “At issue is phenylephrine, an almost-century-old ingredient in versions of Benadryl, Mucinex, Tylenol and other over-the-counter pills, syrups and liquids to clear up congested noses,” the Wall Street Journal reported. “Phenylephrine, first permitted for use in 1938, didn’t go through the rigorous clinical trials that regulators require today for medications, and more recent studies found the ingredient to be ineffective at relieving congestion. The latest research prompted pharmacists and physicians to call for ending the sales of the drugs.”

LIBYA - Libya is racing to bury its dead as bodies pile up in the streets of Derna, the northern coastal city devastated by flooding after a torrential downpour smashed through two dams, washing homes into the sea. The death toll rose to over 6,000 people as of Wednesday morning local time, according to Saadeddin Abdul Wakil, health ministry undersecretary of the Unity Government in Tripoli, one of two rival governments operating in the country.

NORTH KOREA - The Korean Peninsula could soon descend into a new crisis, Russia’s Foreign Ministry has warned. A senior diplomat has attributed the rising tensions primarily to an increasing US military presence in the region. Speaking to the news agency TASS on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Monday, Georgy Zinoviev, the head of the Foreign Ministry’s First Asia Department, warned that the “dynamics of events on the Korean Peninsula indicates that a new crisis is approaching.” He pointed to increasingly warlike rhetoric coming from both North Korea and the US, as well as South Korea and Japan. The diplomat also noted that Washington and its allies have been ramping up joint military maneuvers in the region.

SYRIA - Twelve years on, the West’s war on Syria continues, with seemingly new plans to destabilize the country and overthrow its leadership. This after years of brutal sanctions against (and crocodile tears for) the Syrian people. Earlier this year, a discussion between journalist Edward Xu and Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for the UN secretary-general, went viral when Xu’s questions led to a bold-faced display of feigned ignorance on the UN spokesman’s part. Asked whether he thought the presence of the US military in Syria was illegal or not, Haq stammered out, “There’s no US armed forces inside of Syria... I believe there’s military activity, but in terms of a ground presence in Syria, I’m not aware of that.”

NORTH KOREA - North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un met Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny spaceport in far eastern Russia this morning. US officials suggested Putin is hoping to buy weapons from North Korea to use in Ukraine. Kim Jong-un expresses support for Russia in meeting with Putin. Kim Jong-un has issued a warning to the West as he met with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for the first time since 2019. It was the North Korean dictator’s first foreign visit since he closed his country’s borders during the pandemic. During that time, his two most significant allies, China and Russia, have seen tensions with the West reach boiling point. Putin took Kim on a tour of the Vostochny Cosmodrome this morning, Russia’s most important domestic satellite launch centre, before sitting down for a one-on-one, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

RUSSIA - The two despots are meeting in the far-east of Russia, at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, where discussions about the two nations' relationship continue. Vladimir Putin revealed the real reason behind North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un's controversial trip to Russia during a visit to a Kremlin space station. Speaking at the rocket launch site, Putin was asked whether Russia could help North Korea "launch its own satellites and rockets" - to which the president said: "That's exactly why we came here." The Russian continued: "The leader of North Korea shows great interest in space, in rocketry, and they are trying to develop space. We'll show our new objects."

USA - During the Great Depression:

• Houses were 3x the average salary. Today it's 8x
• Cars were 46% of the yearly salary. Today it's 85%
• Rent only took 16% of the annual salary. Today it's 42%

Some ask whether we are already in an unrecognized silent recession (or worse) that is being hidden by massaged data from the government.